dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/col_MW.json

{
  "Coliiformes":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an order of birds comprising the colies":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Colius + -iformes":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115323",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "Colima":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city south-southwest of Guadalajara, Mexico population 146,904":[],
      "state of southwestern Mexico bordering on the Pacific area 2106 square miles (5454 square kilometers), population 650,555":[],
      "volcano in the state of Jalisco, southwestern Mexico":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u014d-\u02c8l\u0113-m\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174624",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Colinus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the genus of birds (family Phasianidae) consisting of the bobwhites":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Spanish col\u00edn":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259\u02c8l\u012bn\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104445",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Colius":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of birds comprising the colies":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek kolios green woodpecker":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014dl\u0113\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125314",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "College Board":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120049",
    "type":[
      "service mark"
    ]
  },
  "Collins":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "(William) Wilkie 1824\u20131889 English novelist":[],
      ": a tall iced drink of soda water, sugar, lemon or lime juice, and liquor (such as gin)":[],
      "Billy 1941\u2013 William Collins American poet; poet laureate (2001\u201303)":[],
      "Francis S(ellers) 1950\u2013 American geneticist":[],
      "Michael 1890\u20131922 Irish revolutionary":[],
      "Michael 1930\u20132021 American astronaut":[],
      "William 1721\u20131759 English poet":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "COLLINS : And was the president under investigation at the time of your dismissal on May 9th",
      "Collins just turned 27 and Kirksey will be 25 when the 2017 season starts, giving the Browns two key players at important positions under contract for a good chunk of their prime years. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland.com , 30 May 2017",
      "Collins refused before Urbanski stabbed him in the chest, police said. \u2014 The Washington Post, NOLA.com , 27 May 2017",
      "Collins leads the Mids with 71 goals and 40 assists while Kelly Larkin, the first Navy freshman to score 100 points in a single season, has 48 goals and 54 assists. \u2014 Katherine Dunn, baltimoresun.com , 25 May 2017",
      "COLLINS : Does that get in the way of our ability to pursue this or any other investigation",
      "Collins scored 11 points with five rebounds and two blocked shots and Tillie had 11 points and six rebounds. \u2014 Orange County Register , 9 Feb. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1887, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from the name Collins":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259nz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073038",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Collinsville":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in southwestern Illinois northeast of East Saint Louis population 25,579":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259nz-\u02ccvil"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011749",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Colonel Blimp":{
    "antonyms":[
      "hipster",
      "modern",
      "trendy"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "felt like a Colonel Blimp who had outlived his time"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1938, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Colonel Blimp , cartoon character created by David Low":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8blimp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "antediluvian",
      "dodo",
      "fogy",
      "fogey",
      "fossil",
      "fud",
      "fuddy-duddy",
      "mossback",
      "reactionary",
      "stick-in-the-mud",
      "stuffed shirt"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074526",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Colorado steer hide":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hide from a side-branded steer":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132537",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Colorado white balsam":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": white fir sense 1a(1)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174930",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Colorado wild potato":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an herb ( Solanum jamesii ) of Colorado and adjacent states with white flowers and small tubers":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192907",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Colossae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "ancient city of southwest central Asia Minor in southwestern Phrygia":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-(\u02cc)s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124015",
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Colton":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in southwestern California south of San Bernardino population 47,662":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014dl-t\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010244",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Coltrane":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "John William 1926\u20131967 American jazz musician":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014dl-tr\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223755",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Col\u00f3n":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a colonial farmer or plantation owner":[],
      ": a punctuation mark : used chiefly to direct attention to matter (such as a list, explanation, quotation, or amplification) that follows":[],
      ": the basic monetary unit of Costa Rica \u2014 see Money Table":[],
      ": the basic monetary unit of El Salvador until 2001":[],
      ": the part of the large intestine that extends from the cecum to the rectum":[],
      ": the sign : used between the parts of a numerical expression of time in hours and minutes (as in 1:15) or in hours, minutes, and seconds (as in 8:25:30), in a bibliographical reference (as in Nation 130:20), in a ratio where it is usually read as \"to\" (as in 4:1 read \"four to one\"), or in a proportion where it is usually read as \"is to\" or when doubled as \"as\" (as in 2:1::8:4 read \"two is to one as eight is to four\")":[],
      "city and port on the Caribbean Sea at the entrance to the Panama Canal in northern Panama population 224,000":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Latin colonus":"Noun",
      "Latin, part of a poem, from Greek k\u014dlon limb, part of a strophe":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Latin, from Greek kolon":"Noun",
      "Spanish col\u00f3n , from Crist\u00f3bal Col\u00f3n Christopher Columbus":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014d-l\u0259n",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u014dn",
      "k\u022f-\u02c8l\u014d\u207f",
      "k\u014d-\u02c8l\u014dn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081621",
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "col":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": E. coli":[
        "coli form",
        "coli phage"
      ],
      ": colon":[
        "col itis",
        "colo stomy"
      ],
      ": saddle sense 3":[],
      "Colorado":[],
      "Colossians":[],
      "collateral":[],
      "collect; collected; collection":[],
      "college; collegiate":[],
      "colonel":[],
      "colonial":[],
      "colony":[],
      "color; colored":[],
      "column":[],
      "cost of living":[],
      "counsel":[],
      "\u2014 see com-":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a remote col in the Alps"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1853, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Middle French, neck, from Latin collum":"Noun",
      "New Latin, from Latin colon":"Combining form"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "canyon",
      "ca\u00f1on",
      "couloir",
      "defile",
      "flume",
      "gap",
      "gill",
      "gorge",
      "gulch",
      "gulf",
      "kloof",
      "linn",
      "notch",
      "pass",
      "ravine",
      "saddle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023447",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "combining form",
      "noun",
      "prefix"
    ]
  },
  "cold":{
    "antonyms":[
      "cold wave",
      "deep freeze",
      "freeze",
      "snap"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bodily sensation produced by loss or lack of heat":[
        "they died of the cold"
      ],
      ": conveying the impression of being cold: such as":[],
      ": cool sense 6a":[],
      ": depressing , gloomy":[
        "cold gray skies"
      ],
      ": deprived of benefits given others":[
        "the plan benefits management but leaves labor out in the cold"
      ],
      ": far off the mark : not close to finding or solving":[
        "\u2014 used especially in children's games"
      ],
      ": giving the appearance of being dead : unconscious":[
        "passed out cold"
      ],
      ": having a relatively low temperature or one lower than normal or expected":[
        "the bath water has gotten cold"
      ],
      ": having lost freshness or vividness : stale":[
        "dogs trying to pick up a cold scent"
      ],
      ": having or being a temperature that is uncomfortably low for humans":[
        "it is cold outside today",
        "a cold drafty attic"
      ],
      ": involving processing without the use of heat":[
        "cold working of steel"
      ],
      ": marked by poor or unlucky performance":[
        "the team's shooting turned cold in the second half"
      ],
      ": marked by sure familiarity : pat":[
        "had her lines cold weeks before opening night"
      ],
      ": not heated: such as":[],
      ": not prepared or suitably warmed up":[
        "The player's sub entered the game cold ."
      ],
      ": served chilled or with ice":[
        "a cold drink"
      ],
      ": served without heating especially after initial cooking or processing":[
        "cold cereal",
        "cold roast beef"
      ],
      ": with premeditation : deliberately":[
        "was killed in cold blood"
      ],
      ": without introduction or advance notice":[
        "walked in cold to apply for a job"
      ],
      ": without preparation or warm-up":[
        "was asked to perform the solo cold"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The water was too cold for swimming.",
      "The weather has been unusually cold this spring.",
      "a country with a cold climate",
      "It was a long, cold winter.",
      "It's cold outside, but the wind makes it feel even colder .",
      "It's bitterly cold out there!",
      "metal that is cold to the touch",
      "Are you cold ",
      "a bowl of cold cereal",
      "He ate cold pizza for breakfast.",
      "Noun",
      "I mind cold more than heat.",
      "They died of exposure to cold .",
      "The cold really sets in around late November and doesn't let up until April.",
      "I stood there shivering in the cold .",
      "He waited outside for her in the bitter cold .",
      "Come in out of the cold .",
      "It's not the flu, it's just a cold .",
      "Adverb",
      "She was asked to perform the song cold .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "At that time, protection from current vaccine doses will be waning and cold weather will drive people indoors, where the risk of transmission is highest. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 30 June 2022",
      "If heading to a cold -weather destination, make sure windows are copious and offer a view out onto the nature beyond. \u2014 Tracey Sawyer, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "More than 20,000 fans brave the cold weather to celebrate the event in high style. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
      "The wood-burning fireplace is the cozy cold -weather staple of the living room. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 25 June 2022",
      "Located at a high elevation where snow and cold weather is not uncommon eight months of the year and there are many tiny earthquakes, road surfaces don\u2019t last as long and road crews have a short window to complete projects. \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst And Brian Melley, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
      "Located at a high elevation where snow and cold weather is not uncommon eight months of the year and there are many tiny earthquakes, road surfaces don\u2019t last as long and road crews have a short window to complete projects. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "Organic and polymer-coated urea fertilizer products do not release well in cold weather. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
      "Located at a high elevation where snow and cold weather is not uncommon eight months of the year and there are many tiny earthquakes, road surfaces don't last as long and road crews have a short window to complete projects. \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The final piece of the Saudi effort to bring MBS in from the cold is focused on the US. \u2014 Aaron David Miller, CNN , 23 June 2022",
      "Temperatures dip below freezing at night, and Save the Children has received reports of children becoming ill from the cold . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Especially in the winter months, when transmission, at least in my part of the world, was greatest, replacing masks when coming in from the cold was an almost acrobatic process. \u2014 Richard Brookhiser, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Videos on social media have shown officials appearing to threaten to shoot groups of African students, a woman shielding an infant from the cold , officials chasing groups of people and people reported to be stranded in Ukraine. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Diggins, also skiing alone for much of the race, kept a steady pace behind the Norwegian as gusts whipped across the tracks and battered the skiers, many with tape on their faces to protect from the cold . \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "These tent-like enclosures are equipped with infrared space heaters and are responsible for shielding plant components from the cold . \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "That's when the invasive species fall from trees or end up on sidewalks stunned from the cold . \u2014 Jennifer Sangalang, USA TODAY , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Farmers spray water onto the crops to help protect them from the cold . \u2014 Curt Anderson, ajc , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Perhaps, as several experts have posited since the pandemic\u2019s early days, SARS-CoV-2 will just become the fifth cold -causing coronavirus. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
      "This body wash is formulated with sea salt and cold -pressed orange oil, providing nutrients to the skin and improving its ability to absorb moisture. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "The juvenile turtle is one of 29 turtles that rescuers discovered stranded and cold -stunned in Cape Cope, Massachusetts, last November. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Saturday Night Live returned to 13th century England in the May 7 cold open to tackle the Supreme Court document leak signaling Roe v. Wade's reversal. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
      "As parents, artists, and also an athlete/pharmacist combo, the Andrews\u2019 collaborated with a food scientist to encourage a balanced lifestyle through the fast, fresh and efficient nutrition provided in cold -pressed juice. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Brazil could prove more complicated: The Biden administration has so far largely cold -shouldered President Bolsonaro, seeing him as a populist soulmate of former President Donald Trump. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The hydrating and soothing skincare recipe contains an exceptional blend of botanical plant extracts and cold -pressed plant oils that plump, brighten, and moisturize the skin to reduce visible signs of aging. \u2014 Essence , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Once the temperature drops below 45 degrees Fahrenheit the iguanas go into a dormant or cold -stunned state. \u2014 CBS News , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, going back to Old English cald (Anglian), ceald (West Saxon), going back to Germanic *kal\u00f0a- (whence Old Saxon cald \"cold,\" Middle Dutch cout, Old High German kalt, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds ), verbal adjective from *kalan- \"to be cold\" (whence Old English calan \"to be cold, to make cold,\" Old Norse kala \"to freeze\") going back to a dialectal Indo-European base *\u01f5el-, *\u01f5ol-, whence also Latin gel\u016b, gelus \"frost, cold,\" gel\u0101re \"to freeze, chill\"":"Adjective",
      "Middle English, going back to Old English ceald, cald, noun derivative of ceald, cald cold entry 1 (or derivative from the Germanic base of these adjectives)":"Noun",
      "derivative of cold entry 1":"Adverb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014dld"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "algid",
      "arctic",
      "bitter",
      "bone-chilling",
      "chill",
      "chilly",
      "coldish",
      "cool",
      "coolish",
      "freezing",
      "frigid",
      "frosty",
      "gelid",
      "glacial",
      "ice-cold",
      "icy",
      "nipping",
      "nippy",
      "numbing",
      "polar",
      "shivery",
      "snappy",
      "wintry",
      "wintery"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043419",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cold agglutination":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": autoagglutination":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110510",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cold call":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a telephone call soliciting business made directly to a potential customer without prior contact or without a lead":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any kind of cold call asking you to invest in something is automatic red flag and so good for the Highland Heights guy for going to the police and ending this thing and stopping anybody else from getting built. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
      "Luhrmann soon received a cold call from none other than Denzel Washington, who starred opposite Butler on Broadway. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 15 May 2022",
      "Gone are the days of the effectiveness of the cold call . \u2014 Tony Pec, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "And sometimes just getting that first cold email, the first cold call , to land \u2014 because that\u2019s the one that can start the momentum. \u2014 Brendan O'meara, Longreads , 10 May 2022",
      "That cold call wasn\u2019t a slam dunk for Sonder House at first. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "But a cold call from one of the Beatles was a little more unusual. \u2014 Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "However, a blog entry posted on the association\u2019s website discussing how agents can use text messaging to communicate with clients does not mention using texts to cold call prospective buyers or sellers. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Oct. 2021",
      "Chef Alvaro Padilla, second-generation co-owner of El Nacimiento in southwest Detroit, didn't hesitate to say yes to a cold call from local publicist David Rudolph, the organizer of Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen for Good. \u2014 Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 30 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1966, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104530",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "cold cream":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a soothing and cleansing cosmetic":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She uses cold cream to remove her eye makeup.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Not only is the cold cream over hot coffee an amazingly pleasant juxtaposition, but the cream mitigates the sweetness, looks incredible, and keeps the alcohol vapors in the drink, preventing it from being too volatile. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "The hot coffee already needs to carry room-temperature whiskey and cold cream \u2014asking it to use its own heat to also warm the glass will shoot the cocktail in the foot before the first sip is ever taken. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Vanilla ice cream is a classic addition, but a swoosh of yogurt on the serving plate or a drizzle of cold cream straight in the pan works just as well. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "In a large bowl, beat cold cream and vanilla with an electric mixer on low speed until foamy, about 1 minute. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "Keep in mind that your first line of defense will be working with very cold cream and, ideally, equipment (bowls, beaters, whisks) that has been chilled as well. Starch. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Beat cold cream and caramel syrup together in a large mixer bowl until stiff peaks form. \u2014 Star Tribune , 14 July 2021",
      "Cream cheese or mascarpone: Replace up to half the cream with mascarpone cheese, but whip cheese with the sugar first before adding the cold cream . \u2014 Rachel Boller, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2021",
      "Besides having cold cream , this is the most important thing to remember. \u2014 Rachel Boller, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1693, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That followed a price hike for products like Oscar Mayer cold cuts and hot dogs in the fall. \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The classic Vietnamese banh mi sandwich is characterized by cold cuts and p\u00e2t\u00e9 with mayonnaise and a painter\u2019s box of colorful vegetables and herbs, including cucumbers, carrots, jalape\u00f1os and cilantro. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Most cold cuts and beef hot dogs will go up around 10% and coffee around 5%. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Maybe Geico will bring it back \u2014 going to get some cold cuts today! \u2014 Joe Harrington, The Enquirer , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "During some pregnancies, expecting mothers tend to have some interesting cravings, from cold cuts to pickles. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "In 1836, the owner started feeding cold cuts to hungry customers in the queue. \u2014 Ben Reynolds, Travel , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Specials include regional cold cuts and cheese plates, a spaghetti special and even a free ride up on your birthday. \u2014 Shelby Knick, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Skewer a piece of mortadella with pepperoncini and focaccia in this party-friendly recipe from Andy Baraghani, or layer its velvety sheets into a dreamy bed of cold cuts for your next big hoagie. \u2014 Bettina Makalintal, Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Dec. 2021"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dell executives warned, however, that supply chain issues would weigh on the company\u2019s bottom line in the current quarter. Getting cold feet . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
      "Abraham Lincoln was getting cold feet , but Joseph Medill, the newspaper\u2019s editor and a prominent anti-slavery voice, would have none of it. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "By the time of PC's second Comdex show in November 1982, the lead investor in the magazine, Tony Gold of Lifeboat Associates, started to get cold feet due to the cash flow problems. \u2014 Eric Griffith, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
      "Is Elon Musk getting cold feet over his $44 billion bid for Twitter",
      "Some people have cold feet pretty much all the time! \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 10 Feb. 2021",
      "On the run-up to the 1860 Republican Convention, Abraham Lincoln got cold feet . \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "The seemingly contradictory messages left many wondering whether Mr. Musk was getting cold feet , trying to drive down the acquisition price or looking for a bit of attention. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "Speaking of Christine, the 1983 film version was directed by John Carpenter, who was slated to direct the original Firestarter until Universal got cold feet after the disappointing box-office of The Thing. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022"
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      "She's a lovely person, but her husband's a bit of a cold fish .",
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      "Uncle Richard came round to the flat especially to reason with her, and reported back to Hilary that his niece was a funny sort of girl, bit of a cold fish , very set on her own ideas. \u2014 Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Each ticket comes with a 15-minute window for pickup, to avoid any risk of long lines and cold fish . \u2014 Star Tribune , 25 Feb. 2021",
      "That solace is not forthcoming, and not only because Elliot is a very cold fish . \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 21 June 2018",
      "Frank thought him, despite the expensive suit, the leather briefcase and the manicured hands, or perhaps because of them, a cold fish . \u2014 Andrew Liptak, The Verge , 25 Mar. 2018",
      "There is nothing cathartic or healthful about breaking a cold sweat, and a cold fish is not attractive as entr\u00e9e or lover. \u2014 Michelle Weber, Longreads , 19 Dec. 2017"
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      "In the West, after a weekend of record-breaking heat, a strong cold front was expected to bring cooler temperatures across much of California and the Great Basin on Monday. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
      "Sunday will be the last day of record heat across the Southwest before a strong cold front is expected to move through the region, cooling temperatures to more seasonal values, as summer officially remains nine days away. \u2014 Haley Brink And Allison Chinchar, CNN , 12 June 2022",
      "Compounding the wildfire threat, a fast-moving cold front is expected to slice across the critically outlooked area near sunset. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Several rounds of rain and thunderstorms are expected Wednesday and a strong cold front is expected to sweep across the state, forecasters say. \u2014 Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "According to the National Weather Service, a cold front is expected to slide eastward through Utah late Monday or early Tuesday. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Then another cold front is expected to approach the state. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Another cold front is expected to move into the area during the weekend bringing temperatures down into the 50s along with chances of rain. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "But Caracozza said another cold front is expected to come through South Florida Sunday night and Monday. \u2014 David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Jan. 2022"
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      "at the party the two former friends consciously gave each other the cold shoulder",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Particularly in today\u2019s challenging market environment, investors should think twice before giving ex-U.S. assets the cold shoulder . \u2014 Kristin Mckenna, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Four progressive Democrats last year proposed increasing that to 13, but most Democrats, including President Biden, gave the idea the cold shoulder . \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 9 May 2022",
      "Pyongyang has given the Biden administration the cold shoulder , and Mr. Kim didn\u2019t mention the U.S. in a year-end speech. \u2014 Timothy W. Martin, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "That means the judgment that Republican voters render on Tuesday will go a long way to show whether even conservative candidates like Mr. Mandel and Mr. Gibbons can overcome a cold shoulder from Mar-a-Lago. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The young woman didn\u2019t get the kind of public reception many autistic and otherwise disabled children get \u2014 awkwardness, a cold shoulder , even irritation. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "But the contrast between the reception that Ukrainians are seeing now and the cold shoulder that refugees from Syria received during the 2015 refugee crisis in Europe is stark. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "In a recorded Democratic response, Sen. William C. Smith Jr. countered the governor\u2019s narrative of progress, alleging instead that Hogan has not focused on key areas of government and given a cold shoulder to lawmakers who want to work with him. \u2014 Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "President Barack Obama gives a cold shoulder to Russian President Vladimir Putin pat on the back in Beijing, Nov. 11, 2014. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The person passing on the infection need not have symptoms to transmit the infection, although the presence of a cold sore dramatically increases the likelihood of infection. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "The object is to avoid kissing the one with the cold sore . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Aug. 2021",
      "One 2017 study looked at 23 common infections including chickenpox, shingles and cold sores and found genes that seemed to be associated with many of them. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "Herpes type 1 or oral herpes is a virus that causes painful cold sores on your mouth and lips. \u2014 Yerin Kim, Seventeen , 16 Jan. 2020",
      "Researchers affilated with the organization estimated that 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 are infected with HSV-1, the type of herpes most people associate with cold sores on the mouth. \u2014 Kristine Thomason, Health.com , 29 Oct. 2019",
      "Cold and flu virus, cold sores , those viruses they're not usually not transferred through food. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Nov. 2019",
      "Numbing medication caused her reaction In his patient\u2019s case, her reaction was caused by benzocaine, an active ingredient found in over-the-counter toothache and cold sore medicine. \u2014 Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News , 19 Sep. 2019",
      "Neither Angus or myself have ever had a cold sore in our lives. \u2014 Michelle Gant, Fox News , 19 July 2018"
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      "1870, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "food that has been taken out of cold storage",
      "the president's domestic programs had been in cold storage while he attended to a string of international crises",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The basement hallways are crammed with everything from cold storage units on wheels to crates of oranges. \u2014 J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Fujifilm briefed me recently on the environmental advantages of using magnetic tape for cold storage applications in data centers. \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "It will be used to distribute, store and process food items and has substantial cold storage space for fresh produce and dairy, the nonprofit organization said in a news release. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Apartments also have cold storage lockers for grocery delivery services, electric vehicle charging stations, a fitness center and resident health programs. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Ikegwuonu's ColdHubs are 10-foot-square cold storage units which keep produce fresh for up to 21 days. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, Video By Hazel Pfeifer, CNN , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "On its journey, the drone cradled a medical cold storage box packed with dry ice and special insulation to protect precious cargo: vaccines against measles, mumps, and rubella. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "When that happens, food orders have to go in cold storage or be eaten. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
      "Wall Street interest in cold storage has also been heating up. \u2014 Lydia O\u2019neal, WSJ , 3 May 2022"
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      ": concurrent perspiration and chill usually associated with fear, pain, or shock":[]
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      "The patient feels faint and is in a cold sweat .",
      "I break out in a cold sweat when I think about asking my boss for a pay raise.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Austin Butler would wake up in a cold sweat and sick to his stomach. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
      "Pitt officials have provided no evidence of tampering, but the accusations have been enough to stir the college football masses into a cold sweat . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
      "Those include: Chest tightness, shortness of breath, pain between the shoulder blades, arm, jaw, chest or upper abdomen, dizziness or fatigue, clammy skin or cold sweat , indigestion or nausea and vomiting. \u2014 Chris Coppola, The Arizona Republic , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Just as the cold sweat began to break out all over me, some one in front began to pray. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "After all, waking up in a cold sweat after being surrounded by swarms of bugs might just be worse. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Wirija broke out into a cold sweat and began shivering, already bracing himself for the worst. \u2014 Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "His body breaks out in a cold sweat and his armpits, now so full of hair, are clammy. \u2014 Hurmat Kazmi, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "The guy in the song is in a cold sweat , but not like James Brown. \u2014 Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone , 21 Oct. 2021"
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      "First off, there\u2019s no need to go cold turkey or follow any other kind of horrible detox program. \u2014 Elijah Rawls, Men's Health , 14 June 2022",
      "Certainly, going cold turkey would reverberate negatively on the European populace and economy, sending oil prices even higher. \u2014 Paul Hockenos For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 5 May 2022",
      "Spencer Haywood, who tries and fails to quit cocaine cold turkey at Kareem\u2019s behest. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
      "Luckily, my father quit cold turkey 20 years ago and never relapsed. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Studies show that people who use counseling or the FDA products have much more success quitting than those who try to stop cold turkey . \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Quitting this person will not be entirely painless, but do it cold turkey anyway. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The day before the July 27, 2017 car crash and fatal shooting of Allan, Brown decided to quit cocaine cold turkey . \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Either way, this method is best achieved by starting slow, gradually limiting the number of shampoo sessions, rather than quitting the use of shampoo cold turkey . \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
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      "1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "the era of the Cold War",
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      "The deal, announced Wednesday, deepens the detente between Turkey and the U.A.E., powers that until recently were on opposite sides of a Middle Eastern cold war and remain at odds over conflicts in the region. \u2014 Jared Malsin, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Reagan fought and won a cold war because even a successful hot war might have resulted in the annihilation of a significant portion of our population. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "While Russia and China are not formal allies, their strengthening partnership has raised concerns in Washington and other capitals about how well Western powers could combat challenges in a two-front cold war . \u2014 Don Lee, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "The expansion of restaurants to curbside spaces and the closure of city streets to automobiles began in 2020, but in 2021 those alterations felt like a new phase in a decades-old cold war over the look and feel of the modern city. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "But this can\u2019t be what sets the budding cold war between the U.S. and China apart from the old. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
      "The several-year-long political cold war culminated in the economic crisis in 2008, which paved the way for Orb\u00e1n\u2019s landslide election victory two years later. \u2014 Zsuzsanna Szel\u00e9nyi, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Her parents, for example, lived through a presidential assassination, a cold war , and a military draft. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "In 1945, most American officials did not expect a cold war stretching to four and a half decades. \u2014 Hal Brands, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And this first encounter of a lifelong cold warrior and a vigorous business like Russian drew the world's attention. \u2014 Fox News , 10 June 2018",
      "But the right, once rife with cold warriors , complained about the move (on Twitter), since the #TwitterLockout appeared to mostly affect the accounts of conservatives. \u2014 Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "In 1972, when China was desperately poor and largely insular, President Richard Nixon, a staunch cold warrior , traveled to Beijing for historic meetings with Mao Zedong, the father of the Communist revolution there. \u2014 Bill Powell, Newsweek , 16 Oct. 2017"
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      "the unseasonable cold wave in the Northeast has already put a strain on oil supplies",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is also borne out by the IMD study that found that the number of cold wave days over the mountainous region has been decreasing over the past three decades, according to Pai. \u2014 Soumya Sarkar, Quartz , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Lots of goth & new wave, dark wave, cold wave \u2026 a whole lot of waves! \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "However, the effects of the cold wave in France may be less severe than 2021 due to the timing and coverage, said Touzard. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The cold wave also seems to be less extensive, mainly concentrated in southwest regions. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Seriousness of the cold wave , which blankets all the far west, is emphasized in a report by Blake that firing probably will have to be started early in the evening. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Illinois was affected by seven billion-dollar disasters in 2021, including a February storm and cold wave . \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The bright side is that the cold wave is expected to be short-lived. \u2014 Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "The report uses the recent heatwave in the Arctic and cold wave in Texas as one example. \u2014 Felicia Jackson, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021"
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      "1606, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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      "adjective"
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        "\u2014 R. F. Adams"
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      "at the party the two former friends consciously gave each other the cold shoulder",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Particularly in today\u2019s challenging market environment, investors should think twice before giving ex-U.S. assets the cold shoulder . \u2014 Kristin Mckenna, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Four progressive Democrats last year proposed increasing that to 13, but most Democrats, including President Biden, gave the idea the cold shoulder . \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 9 May 2022",
      "Pyongyang has given the Biden administration the cold shoulder , and Mr. Kim didn\u2019t mention the U.S. in a year-end speech. \u2014 Timothy W. Martin, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "That means the judgment that Republican voters render on Tuesday will go a long way to show whether even conservative candidates like Mr. Mandel and Mr. Gibbons can overcome a cold shoulder from Mar-a-Lago. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The young woman didn\u2019t get the kind of public reception many autistic and otherwise disabled children get \u2014 awkwardness, a cold shoulder , even irritation. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "But the contrast between the reception that Ukrainians are seeing now and the cold shoulder that refugees from Syria received during the 2015 refugee crisis in Europe is stark. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "In a recorded Democratic response, Sen. William C. Smith Jr. countered the governor\u2019s narrative of progress, alleging instead that Hogan has not focused on key areas of government and given a cold shoulder to lawmakers who want to work with him. \u2014 Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "President Barack Obama gives a cold shoulder to Russian President Vladimir Putin pat on the back in Beijing, Nov. 11, 2014. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022"
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      "1816, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      "kindhearted",
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      "warm",
      "warmhearted"
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      "1606, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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      "\u02c8k\u014dl(d)-\u02c8bl\u0259-d\u0259d",
      "\u02c8k\u014dl(d)-\u02c8bl\u0259d-\u0259d",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030851",
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      "People are criticizing the government's coldhearted plans to stop funding programs for the poor.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And if Roe is indeed overturned, God bless our country that can make such a terrible, coldhearted mistake and yet, half a century later, redress it, right it, turn it around. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "There are ambitious Black politicians, avaricious developers and coldhearted investment bankers. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "Biden will face new accusations of betraying America's helpers, and of putting coldhearted judgments of national interest ahead of basic humanity. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "Even coldhearted Wall Streeters seem to accept the unthinkability of AT&T correcting a payout strategy that started 37 years ago in a completely different kind of company. \u2014 WSJ , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "Two dimwits concoct a scheme to prevent their friend from marrying a coldhearted and conniving woman. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "Seasonal joy comes to a screeching halt when a coldhearted woman tries to sell her hometown\u2019s land, but the love and cheer of the small town may ultimately change her heart and her mind. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Nov. 2020",
      "Parton plays a guardian angel trying to find the goodness in a businesswoman (Christine Baranski) who\u2019s three times more coldhearted than Jolene. \u2014 Star Tribune , 20 Nov. 2020",
      "Only a coldhearted road tripper heading southeast toward Indio on I-10 would pass Shields\u2019s roadside curiosity without tasting the granddaddy of all date shakes. \u2014 Jennifer Emerling, National Geographic , 6 Aug. 2019"
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      "circa 1616, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": marked by lack of sympathy, interest, or sensitivity":[
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      "People are criticizing the government's coldhearted plans to stop funding programs for the poor.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And if Roe is indeed overturned, God bless our country that can make such a terrible, coldhearted mistake and yet, half a century later, redress it, right it, turn it around. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "There are ambitious Black politicians, avaricious developers and coldhearted investment bankers. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "Biden will face new accusations of betraying America's helpers, and of putting coldhearted judgments of national interest ahead of basic humanity. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "Even coldhearted Wall Streeters seem to accept the unthinkability of AT&T correcting a payout strategy that started 37 years ago in a completely different kind of company. \u2014 WSJ , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "Two dimwits concoct a scheme to prevent their friend from marrying a coldhearted and conniving woman. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "Seasonal joy comes to a screeching halt when a coldhearted woman tries to sell her hometown\u2019s land, but the love and cheer of the small town may ultimately change her heart and her mind. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Nov. 2020",
      "Parton plays a guardian angel trying to find the goodness in a businesswoman (Christine Baranski) who\u2019s three times more coldhearted than Jolene. \u2014 Star Tribune , 20 Nov. 2020",
      "Only a coldhearted road tripper heading southeast toward Indio on I-10 would pass Shields\u2019s roadside curiosity without tasting the granddaddy of all date shakes. \u2014 Jennifer Emerling, National Geographic , 6 Aug. 2019"
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      "circa 1616, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "adverb",
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[
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      "deep freeze",
      "freeze",
      "snap"
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      ": depressing , gloomy":[
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      ": deprived of benefits given others":[
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      ": far off the mark : not close to finding or solving":[
        "\u2014 used especially in children's games"
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      ": giving the appearance of being dead : unconscious":[
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      ": having a relatively low temperature or one lower than normal or expected":[
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      ],
      ": having lost freshness or vividness : stale":[
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      ": having or being a temperature that is uncomfortably low for humans":[
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      ],
      ": involving processing without the use of heat":[
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      ": marked by poor or unlucky performance":[
        "the team's shooting turned cold in the second half"
      ],
      ": marked by sure familiarity : pat":[
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      ],
      ": not heated: such as":[],
      ": not prepared or suitably warmed up":[
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      ": served chilled or with ice":[
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      ": served without heating especially after initial cooking or processing":[
        "cold cereal",
        "cold roast beef"
      ],
      ": with premeditation : deliberately":[
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      ": without introduction or advance notice":[
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      ],
      ": without preparation or warm-up":[
        "was asked to perform the solo cold"
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    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The water was too cold for swimming.",
      "The weather has been unusually cold this spring.",
      "a country with a cold climate",
      "It was a long, cold winter.",
      "It's cold outside, but the wind makes it feel even colder .",
      "It's bitterly cold out there!",
      "metal that is cold to the touch",
      "Are you cold ",
      "a bowl of cold cereal",
      "He ate cold pizza for breakfast.",
      "Noun",
      "I mind cold more than heat.",
      "They died of exposure to cold .",
      "The cold really sets in around late November and doesn't let up until April.",
      "I stood there shivering in the cold .",
      "He waited outside for her in the bitter cold .",
      "Come in out of the cold .",
      "It's not the flu, it's just a cold .",
      "Adverb",
      "She was asked to perform the song cold .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "At that time, protection from current vaccine doses will be waning and cold weather will drive people indoors, where the risk of transmission is highest. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 30 June 2022",
      "If heading to a cold -weather destination, make sure windows are copious and offer a view out onto the nature beyond. \u2014 Tracey Sawyer, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "More than 20,000 fans brave the cold weather to celebrate the event in high style. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
      "The wood-burning fireplace is the cozy cold -weather staple of the living room. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 25 June 2022",
      "Located at a high elevation where snow and cold weather is not uncommon eight months of the year and there are many tiny earthquakes, road surfaces don\u2019t last as long and road crews have a short window to complete projects. \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst And Brian Melley, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
      "Located at a high elevation where snow and cold weather is not uncommon eight months of the year and there are many tiny earthquakes, road surfaces don\u2019t last as long and road crews have a short window to complete projects. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "Organic and polymer-coated urea fertilizer products do not release well in cold weather. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
      "Located at a high elevation where snow and cold weather is not uncommon eight months of the year and there are many tiny earthquakes, road surfaces don't last as long and road crews have a short window to complete projects. \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The final piece of the Saudi effort to bring MBS in from the cold is focused on the US. \u2014 Aaron David Miller, CNN , 23 June 2022",
      "Temperatures dip below freezing at night, and Save the Children has received reports of children becoming ill from the cold . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Especially in the winter months, when transmission, at least in my part of the world, was greatest, replacing masks when coming in from the cold was an almost acrobatic process. \u2014 Richard Brookhiser, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Videos on social media have shown officials appearing to threaten to shoot groups of African students, a woman shielding an infant from the cold , officials chasing groups of people and people reported to be stranded in Ukraine. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Diggins, also skiing alone for much of the race, kept a steady pace behind the Norwegian as gusts whipped across the tracks and battered the skiers, many with tape on their faces to protect from the cold . \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "These tent-like enclosures are equipped with infrared space heaters and are responsible for shielding plant components from the cold . \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "That's when the invasive species fall from trees or end up on sidewalks stunned from the cold . \u2014 Jennifer Sangalang, USA TODAY , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Farmers spray water onto the crops to help protect them from the cold . \u2014 Curt Anderson, ajc , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Perhaps, as several experts have posited since the pandemic\u2019s early days, SARS-CoV-2 will just become the fifth cold -causing coronavirus. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
      "This body wash is formulated with sea salt and cold -pressed orange oil, providing nutrients to the skin and improving its ability to absorb moisture. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "The juvenile turtle is one of 29 turtles that rescuers discovered stranded and cold -stunned in Cape Cope, Massachusetts, last November. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Saturday Night Live returned to 13th century England in the May 7 cold open to tackle the Supreme Court document leak signaling Roe v. Wade's reversal. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
      "As parents, artists, and also an athlete/pharmacist combo, the Andrews\u2019 collaborated with a food scientist to encourage a balanced lifestyle through the fast, fresh and efficient nutrition provided in cold -pressed juice. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Brazil could prove more complicated: The Biden administration has so far largely cold -shouldered President Bolsonaro, seeing him as a populist soulmate of former President Donald Trump. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The hydrating and soothing skincare recipe contains an exceptional blend of botanical plant extracts and cold -pressed plant oils that plump, brighten, and moisturize the skin to reduce visible signs of aging. \u2014 Essence , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Once the temperature drops below 45 degrees Fahrenheit the iguanas go into a dormant or cold -stunned state. \u2014 CBS News , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, going back to Old English cald (Anglian), ceald (West Saxon), going back to Germanic *kal\u00f0a- (whence Old Saxon cald \"cold,\" Middle Dutch cout, Old High German kalt, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds ), verbal adjective from *kalan- \"to be cold\" (whence Old English calan \"to be cold, to make cold,\" Old Norse kala \"to freeze\") going back to a dialectal Indo-European base *\u01f5el-, *\u01f5ol-, whence also Latin gel\u016b, gelus \"frost, cold,\" gel\u0101re \"to freeze, chill\"":"Adjective",
      "Middle English, going back to Old English ceald, cald, noun derivative of ceald, cald cold entry 1 (or derivative from the Germanic base of these adjectives)":"Noun",
      "derivative of cold entry 1":"Adverb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014dld"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "algid",
      "arctic",
      "bitter",
      "bone-chilling",
      "chill",
      "chilly",
      "coldish",
      "cool",
      "coolish",
      "freezing",
      "frigid",
      "frosty",
      "gelid",
      "glacial",
      "ice-cold",
      "icy",
      "nipping",
      "nippy",
      "numbing",
      "polar",
      "shivery",
      "snappy",
      "wintry",
      "wintery"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111139",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coldness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "cold wave",
      "deep freeze",
      "freeze",
      "snap"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bodily sensation produced by loss or lack of heat":[
        "they died of the cold"
      ],
      ": conveying the impression of being cold: such as":[],
      ": cool sense 6a":[],
      ": depressing , gloomy":[
        "cold gray skies"
      ],
      ": deprived of benefits given others":[
        "the plan benefits management but leaves labor out in the cold"
      ],
      ": far off the mark : not close to finding or solving":[
        "\u2014 used especially in children's games"
      ],
      ": giving the appearance of being dead : unconscious":[
        "passed out cold"
      ],
      ": having a relatively low temperature or one lower than normal or expected":[
        "the bath water has gotten cold"
      ],
      ": having lost freshness or vividness : stale":[
        "dogs trying to pick up a cold scent"
      ],
      ": having or being a temperature that is uncomfortably low for humans":[
        "it is cold outside today",
        "a cold drafty attic"
      ],
      ": involving processing without the use of heat":[
        "cold working of steel"
      ],
      ": marked by poor or unlucky performance":[
        "the team's shooting turned cold in the second half"
      ],
      ": marked by sure familiarity : pat":[
        "had her lines cold weeks before opening night"
      ],
      ": not heated: such as":[],
      ": not prepared or suitably warmed up":[
        "The player's sub entered the game cold ."
      ],
      ": served chilled or with ice":[
        "a cold drink"
      ],
      ": served without heating especially after initial cooking or processing":[
        "cold cereal",
        "cold roast beef"
      ],
      ": with premeditation : deliberately":[
        "was killed in cold blood"
      ],
      ": without introduction or advance notice":[
        "walked in cold to apply for a job"
      ],
      ": without preparation or warm-up":[
        "was asked to perform the solo cold"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The water was too cold for swimming.",
      "The weather has been unusually cold this spring.",
      "a country with a cold climate",
      "It was a long, cold winter.",
      "It's cold outside, but the wind makes it feel even colder .",
      "It's bitterly cold out there!",
      "metal that is cold to the touch",
      "Are you cold ",
      "a bowl of cold cereal",
      "He ate cold pizza for breakfast.",
      "Noun",
      "I mind cold more than heat.",
      "They died of exposure to cold .",
      "The cold really sets in around late November and doesn't let up until April.",
      "I stood there shivering in the cold .",
      "He waited outside for her in the bitter cold .",
      "Come in out of the cold .",
      "It's not the flu, it's just a cold .",
      "Adverb",
      "She was asked to perform the song cold .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "At that time, protection from current vaccine doses will be waning and cold weather will drive people indoors, where the risk of transmission is highest. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 30 June 2022",
      "If heading to a cold -weather destination, make sure windows are copious and offer a view out onto the nature beyond. \u2014 Tracey Sawyer, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "More than 20,000 fans brave the cold weather to celebrate the event in high style. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
      "The wood-burning fireplace is the cozy cold -weather staple of the living room. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 25 June 2022",
      "Located at a high elevation where snow and cold weather is not uncommon eight months of the year and there are many tiny earthquakes, road surfaces don\u2019t last as long and road crews have a short window to complete projects. \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst And Brian Melley, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
      "Located at a high elevation where snow and cold weather is not uncommon eight months of the year and there are many tiny earthquakes, road surfaces don\u2019t last as long and road crews have a short window to complete projects. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "Organic and polymer-coated urea fertilizer products do not release well in cold weather. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
      "Located at a high elevation where snow and cold weather is not uncommon eight months of the year and there are many tiny earthquakes, road surfaces don't last as long and road crews have a short window to complete projects. \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The final piece of the Saudi effort to bring MBS in from the cold is focused on the US. \u2014 Aaron David Miller, CNN , 23 June 2022",
      "Temperatures dip below freezing at night, and Save the Children has received reports of children becoming ill from the cold . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Especially in the winter months, when transmission, at least in my part of the world, was greatest, replacing masks when coming in from the cold was an almost acrobatic process. \u2014 Richard Brookhiser, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Videos on social media have shown officials appearing to threaten to shoot groups of African students, a woman shielding an infant from the cold , officials chasing groups of people and people reported to be stranded in Ukraine. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Diggins, also skiing alone for much of the race, kept a steady pace behind the Norwegian as gusts whipped across the tracks and battered the skiers, many with tape on their faces to protect from the cold . \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "These tent-like enclosures are equipped with infrared space heaters and are responsible for shielding plant components from the cold . \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "That's when the invasive species fall from trees or end up on sidewalks stunned from the cold . \u2014 Jennifer Sangalang, USA TODAY , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Farmers spray water onto the crops to help protect them from the cold . \u2014 Curt Anderson, ajc , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Perhaps, as several experts have posited since the pandemic\u2019s early days, SARS-CoV-2 will just become the fifth cold -causing coronavirus. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
      "This body wash is formulated with sea salt and cold -pressed orange oil, providing nutrients to the skin and improving its ability to absorb moisture. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "The juvenile turtle is one of 29 turtles that rescuers discovered stranded and cold -stunned in Cape Cope, Massachusetts, last November. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Saturday Night Live returned to 13th century England in the May 7 cold open to tackle the Supreme Court document leak signaling Roe v. Wade's reversal. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
      "As parents, artists, and also an athlete/pharmacist combo, the Andrews\u2019 collaborated with a food scientist to encourage a balanced lifestyle through the fast, fresh and efficient nutrition provided in cold -pressed juice. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Brazil could prove more complicated: The Biden administration has so far largely cold -shouldered President Bolsonaro, seeing him as a populist soulmate of former President Donald Trump. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The hydrating and soothing skincare recipe contains an exceptional blend of botanical plant extracts and cold -pressed plant oils that plump, brighten, and moisturize the skin to reduce visible signs of aging. \u2014 Essence , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Once the temperature drops below 45 degrees Fahrenheit the iguanas go into a dormant or cold -stunned state. \u2014 CBS News , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, going back to Old English cald (Anglian), ceald (West Saxon), going back to Germanic *kal\u00f0a- (whence Old Saxon cald \"cold,\" Middle Dutch cout, Old High German kalt, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds ), verbal adjective from *kalan- \"to be cold\" (whence Old English calan \"to be cold, to make cold,\" Old Norse kala \"to freeze\") going back to a dialectal Indo-European base *\u01f5el-, *\u01f5ol-, whence also Latin gel\u016b, gelus \"frost, cold,\" gel\u0101re \"to freeze, chill\"":"Adjective",
      "Middle English, going back to Old English ceald, cald, noun derivative of ceald, cald cold entry 1 (or derivative from the Germanic base of these adjectives)":"Noun",
      "derivative of cold entry 1":"Adverb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014dld"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "algid",
      "arctic",
      "bitter",
      "bone-chilling",
      "chill",
      "chilly",
      "coldish",
      "cool",
      "coolish",
      "freezing",
      "frigid",
      "frosty",
      "gelid",
      "glacial",
      "ice-cold",
      "icy",
      "nipping",
      "nippy",
      "numbing",
      "polar",
      "shivery",
      "snappy",
      "wintry",
      "wintery"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103949",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colin":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the bobwhite or any of several related New World game birds":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish col\u00edn , modification of Nahuatl \u00e7olin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0259\u0307n",
      "k\u0259\u02c8lin",
      "-l\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083101",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colinear":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": collinear":[],
      ": having corresponding parts arranged in the same linear order":[
        "a gene and the protein it determines are colinear"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)k\u014d-\u02c8lin-\u0113-\u0259r",
      "(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02c8li-n\u0113-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085654",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun,"
    ]
  },
  "colingual":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one speaking the same native language as another":[
        "a poet who has done so much to set the taste of his colinguals as has Shakespeare",
        "\u2014 Allan Gilbert"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "co- + lingual":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)k\u014d+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075137",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coliphage":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any bacteriophage active against E. coli":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014d-l\u0259-\u02ccf\u0101j, -\u02ccf\u00e4zh",
      "-\u02ccf\u00e4zh",
      "\u02c8k\u014d-l\u0259-\u02ccf\u0101j"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185645",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coliseum":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large sports stadium or building designed like the Colosseum for public entertainments":[],
      ": colosseum sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the local coliseum is a standard stop for rock bands on tour",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Of course, folks who planned ahead can sit indoors at the coliseum . \u2014 oregonlive , 11 June 2022",
      "The most notable demographic change has been a 15 percent decline in the population of this once-booming river port; the neoclassical coliseum where Wallace spoke now hosts bingo nights in a downtown that is all but empty after 5 p.m. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "The amphitheater main structure is off white in color, combining with the coliseum -style design to make Orion look instantly classic. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
      "Recounts in Wisconsin can be observed by the public, but Arizona's review included tight limits on who could visit the coliseum where ballots were being examined. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "In season 14\u2019s latest episode, which aired on Friday, Mar. 18, every queen (save for challenge winner DeJa Skye) was flung into the coliseum for a lip sync LaLaPaRuZa smackdown. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "As part of the project, the fairgrounds coliseum is being razed, although a part of its fa\u00e7ade will be preserved. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "During Saturday's third round, Ryder, coming off a birdie at the par-5 15th, made an ace in front of the rowdy, heavily lubricated, coliseum fans and the place went nuts. \u2014 Golfweek, USA TODAY , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Today\u2019s three-story coliseum enclosing the hole had yet to be built, but a massive wall of people was waiting on the hill that extended to the green and another mass of people were behind the hole. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, The Arizona Republic , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin Colosseum, Colisseum":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02c8s\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bowl",
      "circus",
      "colosseum",
      "stadium"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184616",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coliseum ivy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": kenilworth ivy":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000103",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colistin":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a polymyxin produced by a bacterium ( Bacillus polymyxa var. colistinus ) from Japanese soil":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "About a decade ago, doctors needing a last-resort antibiotic turned to an old but still-effective antibiotic called colistin to cure highly resistant infections. \u2014 Wired , 19 Sep. 2019",
      "While India\u2019s drugs technical advisory board, part of the ministry of health and family welfare, has recommended that colistin and other antimicrobials should not be used in agriculture, there is no formal ban. \u2014 Ranjit Devraj, Quartz India , 23 July 2019",
      "The researchers also sequenced the genomes of bacteria resisting colistin and those susceptible to it. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2018",
      "In fact, the bacteria is resistant to the last-resort antibiotic colistin . \u2014 Reuters, Newsweek , 26 May 2016",
      "Across the world, researchers in China have documented colistin -resistant Shigella flexneri, a form of bacteria that causes severe diarrhea and was discovered on a pig farm. \u2014 Matthew Wellington, STAT , 19 Mar. 2018",
      "Researchers at Emory University found that a common type of resistant bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae, can mask resistance to colistin . \u2014 Matthew Wellington, STAT , 19 Mar. 2018",
      "This isn\u2019t the first time scientists have identified bacterial heteroresistance to colistin . \u2014 Betsy Mckay, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2018",
      "Recent reports cite different forms of bacteria in both people and animals resisting colistin , an antibiotic that doctors prescribe when other treatment options fail. \u2014 Matthew Wellington, STAT , 19 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1951, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin colistinus , specific epithet of the bacterium producing it":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8lis-t\u0259n, k\u014d-",
      "k\u014d-",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8li-st\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105958",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colitic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": belonging to or affected with colitis":[
        "colitic pain",
        "colitic patient"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin colit is + English -ic":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259\u02c8litik",
      "-itik",
      "-\u0113k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174816",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "colitis":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": inflammation of the colon":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In one study, CBD oil was shown to reduce inflammation in rats with colitis . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Ulcerative colitis is a general diagnostic term for chronic, inflammatory bowel disease affecting your colon. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, SELF , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Infectious colitis can spread via the fecal-oral route. \u2014 Jill Seladi-schulman, SELF , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Toxic megacolon: Ulcerative colitis can cause the colon to rapidly swell and widen. \u2014 Demetria Wambia, SELF , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Ulcerative colitis is a chronic illness that does not yet have a medical cure. \u2014 Tria Wen, SELF , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "To find out if that was true, the researchers slipped a chemical into the drinking water of laboratory mice to give them a weeklong bout of colitis . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "That law requires most businesses to allow individuals with medical issues like Crohn\u2019s disease, colitis or pregnancy access to private restrooms. \u2014 Emily Hoerner, chicagotribune.com , 17 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1860, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u014d-\u02c8l\u012bt-\u0259s, k\u0259-",
      "k\u014d-\u02c8l\u012b-t\u0259s",
      "k\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081725",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collabent":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": sunken or falling in : collapsing in the middle":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin collabent-, collabens , present participle of collabi to collapse":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259\u02c8l-",
      "(\u02c8)k\u014d\u00a6l\u0101b\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130212",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "collabo":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a musical collaboration":[
        "I do tons of duets and collabos with people, and a lot of times you can't end up having the song on the album.",
        "\u2014 Nelly Furtado , quoted in Spin , August 2006",
        "On Tuesday night, Bieber posted a link on Twitter that led to a short video of Carey talking about her \"festive collabo \" with the teen star.",
        "\u2014 Jason Lipshutz , billboard.com , 5 Oct. 2011",
        "\"Birthday Cake,\" Rihanna's fourth single and collab with Chris Brown, has reached No. 2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with 496,000 downloads sold.",
        "\u2014 Sarah Maloy , billboard.com , 20 Apr. 2012"
      ],
      ": one who collaborates with an enemy":[
        "After the fall of France rational calculation told me that an invasion was probable and might well succeed. In that event what",
        "\u2014 E. R. Dodds , Missing Persons: An Autobiography , 1977"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8la-(\u02cc)b\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184037",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collaborate":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cooperate with an agency or instrumentality with which one is not immediately connected":[
        "The two schools collaborate on library services."
      ],
      ": to cooperate with or willingly assist an enemy of one's country and especially an occupying force":[
        "suspected of collaborating with the enemy"
      ],
      ": to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor":[
        "An international team of scientists collaborated on the study."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The two companies agreed to collaborate .",
      "He was suspected of collaborating with the occupying army.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead of working with the same legacy partners and suppliers, brands should actively seek out and collaborate with a diverse roster of agencies, consultancies and partners. \u2014 Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "The goal is to effectively work and collaborate with fellow film industry professionals. \u2014 Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The report recommended the university support descendants and Native communities, establish an endowed Legacy of Slavery Fund and collaborate with Black colleges and universities. \u2014 Camille Furst, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "During the development stage, seek out and collaborate with community and subject-area experts. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In each place, the local staff will partner with a library or cultural organization and collaborate with non-profit organizations, businesses, and citizens to document community stories and address a local challenge raised by these stories. \u2014 Douglas Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Twenty-five years ago, Jefferson predicted a world where musicians could live around the world and easily collaborate with each other. \u2014 Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "During the meeting, the organizations said, the rapper promised to use his platform to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, donate to the cause and collaborate with advocacy groups to offer HIV testing at his shows. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Instead, schools or community programs can apply for funds to expand or support their existing summer school programs or collaborate with a specialized program, Ducey's office announced Wednesday. \u2014 Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin collaboratus , past participle of collaborare to labor together, from Latin com- + laborare to labor \u2014 more at labor":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8la-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "band (together)",
      "concert",
      "concur",
      "conjoin",
      "conspire",
      "cooperate",
      "join",
      "league",
      "team (up)",
      "unite"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062858",
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "collaborateur":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": collaborator":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Medieval Latin collaborator":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "+V -\u0259r\u2027 also -\u0259\u0304r",
      "+V -\u0259r\u2027",
      "-t\u0259\u0304"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024234",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collaboration":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cooperate with an agency or instrumentality with which one is not immediately connected":[
        "The two schools collaborate on library services."
      ],
      ": to cooperate with or willingly assist an enemy of one's country and especially an occupying force":[
        "suspected of collaborating with the enemy"
      ],
      ": to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor":[
        "An international team of scientists collaborated on the study."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The two companies agreed to collaborate .",
      "He was suspected of collaborating with the occupying army.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead of working with the same legacy partners and suppliers, brands should actively seek out and collaborate with a diverse roster of agencies, consultancies and partners. \u2014 Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "The goal is to effectively work and collaborate with fellow film industry professionals. \u2014 Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The report recommended the university support descendants and Native communities, establish an endowed Legacy of Slavery Fund and collaborate with Black colleges and universities. \u2014 Camille Furst, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "During the development stage, seek out and collaborate with community and subject-area experts. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In each place, the local staff will partner with a library or cultural organization and collaborate with non-profit organizations, businesses, and citizens to document community stories and address a local challenge raised by these stories. \u2014 Douglas Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Twenty-five years ago, Jefferson predicted a world where musicians could live around the world and easily collaborate with each other. \u2014 Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "During the meeting, the organizations said, the rapper promised to use his platform to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, donate to the cause and collaborate with advocacy groups to offer HIV testing at his shows. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Instead, schools or community programs can apply for funds to expand or support their existing summer school programs or collaborate with a specialized program, Ducey's office announced Wednesday. \u2014 Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin collaboratus , past participle of collaborare to labor together, from Latin com- + laborare to labor \u2014 more at labor":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8la-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "band (together)",
      "concert",
      "concur",
      "conjoin",
      "conspire",
      "cooperate",
      "join",
      "league",
      "team (up)",
      "unite"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080118",
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "collaborationism":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the advocacy or practice of collaboration with an enemy":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The message that united two-thirds of French voters behind Macron was to oppose the National Front, a narrative so powerful that the sitting French ambassador to Washington got on the radio to compare a Le Pen victory to Vichy-era collaborationism . \u2014 Matt Peterson, The Atlantic , 13 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1923, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02ccla-b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140331",
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collaborative":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cooperate with an agency or instrumentality with which one is not immediately connected":[
        "The two schools collaborate on library services."
      ],
      ": to cooperate with or willingly assist an enemy of one's country and especially an occupying force":[
        "suspected of collaborating with the enemy"
      ],
      ": to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor":[
        "An international team of scientists collaborated on the study."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The two companies agreed to collaborate .",
      "He was suspected of collaborating with the occupying army.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead of working with the same legacy partners and suppliers, brands should actively seek out and collaborate with a diverse roster of agencies, consultancies and partners. \u2014 Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
      "The goal is to effectively work and collaborate with fellow film industry professionals. \u2014 Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The report recommended the university support descendants and Native communities, establish an endowed Legacy of Slavery Fund and collaborate with Black colleges and universities. \u2014 Camille Furst, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "During the development stage, seek out and collaborate with community and subject-area experts. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In each place, the local staff will partner with a library or cultural organization and collaborate with non-profit organizations, businesses, and citizens to document community stories and address a local challenge raised by these stories. \u2014 Douglas Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Twenty-five years ago, Jefferson predicted a world where musicians could live around the world and easily collaborate with each other. \u2014 Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "During the meeting, the organizations said, the rapper promised to use his platform to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, donate to the cause and collaborate with advocacy groups to offer HIV testing at his shows. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Instead, schools or community programs can apply for funds to expand or support their existing summer school programs or collaborate with a specialized program, Ducey's office announced Wednesday. \u2014 Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin collaboratus , past participle of collaborare to labor together, from Latin com- + laborare to labor \u2014 more at labor":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8la-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "band (together)",
      "concert",
      "concur",
      "conjoin",
      "conspire",
      "cooperate",
      "join",
      "league",
      "team (up)",
      "unite"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015540",
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "collage":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a creative work that resembles such a composition in incorporating various materials or elements":[
        "the album is a collage of several musical styles"
      ],
      ": a work (such as a film) having disparate scenes in rapid succession without transitions":[],
      ": an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface":[
        "cut pictures from magazines to make a collage"
      ],
      ": hodgepodge":[
        "a collage of ideas"
      ],
      ": the art of making collages":[
        "an artist known for her use of collage"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We made collages in art class.",
      "an artist known for her use of collage",
      "The album is a collage of several musical styles.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "June 14, Fiber artist Kianga Jinaki shows participants how to make a unique collage . \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 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",
      "So too is Roxy Music a grand debut for Brian Eno, whose synth and tape work enhances their case for sound collage as high art. \u2014 Jill Krajewski, SPIN , 8 June 2022",
      "When the curtain \u2014 which before the show had been decorated with a projection of Said\u2019s face \u2014 comes down, his likeness is joined by a dense collage reflecting the accumulation of his experience, with images that resonate across time to the present. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
      "Discover fresh designs for any style and personalize a sentimental heart collage with 30 personal photos to create a special keepsake. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 13 May 2022",
      "His work reminds me of Robert Rauschenberg and his collage -like, silkscreen paintings from the 1960s\u2014large, complex juxtapositions of seemingly unrelated images. \u2014 Vogue , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The result is a collage of galaxies with growing black holes outlined in blue. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Last March, a digital collage by a South Carolina artist known as Beeple sold for $69 million \u2014 the third highest ever price for a work by a living artist. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1919, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, gluing, from coller to glue, from colle glue, from Vulgar Latin *colla , from Greek kolla":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u022f-",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4zh",
      "k\u014d-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "agglomerate",
      "agglomeration",
      "alphabet soup",
      "assortment",
      "botch",
      "clutter",
      "crazy quilt",
      "farrago",
      "gallimaufry",
      "grab bag",
      "gumbo",
      "hash",
      "hodgepodge",
      "hotchpotch",
      "jambalaya",
      "jumble",
      "jungle",
      "litter",
      "mac\u00e9doine",
      "medley",
      "m\u00e9lange",
      "menagerie",
      "miscellanea",
      "miscellany",
      "mishmash",
      "mixed bag",
      "montage",
      "motley",
      "muddle",
      "olio",
      "olla podrida",
      "omnium-gatherum",
      "pastiche",
      "patchwork",
      "patchwork quilt",
      "potpourri",
      "ragbag",
      "ragout",
      "rummage",
      "salad",
      "salmagundi",
      "scramble",
      "shuffle",
      "smorgasbord",
      "stew",
      "tumble",
      "variety",
      "welter"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173854",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "collapse":{
    "antonyms":[
      "burnout",
      "exhaustion",
      "fatigue",
      "frazzle",
      "lassitude",
      "prostration",
      "tiredness",
      "weariness"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a breakdown in vital energy, strength, or stamina":[
        "suffered a mental collapse"
      ],
      ": a state of extreme prostration and physical depression (as from circulatory failure or great loss of body fluids)":[],
      ": a sudden failure : breakdown , ruin":[
        "the collapse of the government"
      ],
      ": a sudden loss of force, value, or effect":[
        "the collapse of respect for ancient law and custom",
        "\u2014 L. S. B. Leakey"
      ],
      ": an airless state of all or part of a lung originating spontaneously or induced surgically":[],
      ": condense":[
        "collapse several stories into one"
      ],
      ": the act or action of collapsing":[
        "the cutting of many tent ropes, the collapse of the canvas",
        "\u2014 Rudyard Kipling"
      ],
      ": to break down completely : disintegrate":[
        "\u2026 his case had collapsed in a mass of legal wreckage \u2026",
        "\u2014 Erle Stanley Gardner"
      ],
      ": to cause to collapse":[
        "buildings collapsed by an earthquake",
        "He knelt for a long time, first watching the bay below, then collapsing the spyglass and settling his hands on his legs in a thoughtful pose.",
        "\u2014 Heather Dunboine"
      ],
      ": to cave or fall in or give way":[
        "The bridge collapsed ."
      ],
      ": to fall or shrink together abruptly and completely : fall into a jumbled or flattened mass through the force of external pressure":[
        "a blood vessel that collapsed"
      ],
      ": to fold down into a more compact shape":[
        "a chair that collapses",
        "a collapsing golf club that can fit into a travel bag"
      ],
      ": to suddenly lose force, significance, effectiveness, or worth":[
        "fears that the currency may collapse"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The roof collapsed under a heavy load of snow.",
      "The chair he was sitting in collapsed .",
      "He collapsed on stage during the performance and had to be rushed to the hospital.",
      "She came home from work and collapsed on the sofa.",
      "The crying child ran to his mother and collapsed in her arms.",
      "The civilization collapsed for reasons that are still unknown.",
      "He warned that such measures could cause the economy to collapse .",
      "Noun",
      "The structure is in danger of collapse .",
      "She was on the verge of collapse .",
      "The country has endured civil war and economic collapse .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "With worse job prospects and higher mortgage rates, homebuyer interest could collapse to more dangerous levels, driving prices down. \u2014 David Westenhaver, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "But those efforts could collapse in failure if prominent dignitaries such as Mexico\u2019s president, Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador, skip the event. \u2014 Soudi Jim\u00e9nez, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "The roof and ceiling could collapse on the residents and firefighters at any moment, and toxic gas from burning materials could easily kill residents who had no access to the kind of breathing gear worn by firefighters. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
      "While a generous amount of topping is welcome, a tender bun could collapse under its weight. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "In the second half, Iowa State could collapse on him and the Wisconsin perimeter more and force the Badgers to take different shots after point guard Chucky Hepburn left with an ankle injury. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Russia's biggest search engine could collapse as financial fallout from the invasion of Ukraine spreads. \u2014 Cnn Business, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "But if the strategy falters, Nielsen\u2019s business could collapse as customers splinter to such rivals as Comscore, iSpot.tv, and VideoAmp. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Plans that rely on others cooperating could easily collapse today if anyone lets you down. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The meteoric rise of NGL tracks with the growth, and the collapse , of earlier anonymous messaging apps that have become popular with teens. \u2014 Iain Martin, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "The late 1990s Russian economic collapse , in tandem with an Asian financial meltdown, doomed Yeltsin and maybe even the entire Russian democratic experiment. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
      "The United States\u2019 power was similarly astounding after the Soviet Union\u2019s collapse in the early Nineties, especially when one aggregates its strength with that of its Western allies. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "Details about what led to the collapse , which the department said happened at 300 W. Indiana St. in the city\u2019s Fairhill neighborhood, or what the building housed weren\u2019t immediately available. \u2014 Jason Hanna, CNN , 18 June 2022",
      "Here the setting is a speculative American future ravaged by the familiar dystopian features of environmental collapse , technological tyranny and lawlessness. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "Last Mile\u2019s collapse , the first for an electric automaker that went public through a SPAC, followed executive upheaval and internal chaos. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
      "This was his mission now, Marquez said: Going from crisis to crisis - migrant caravans, the Surfside condo collapse - to create art. \u2014 Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
      "Will the Game 5 collapse of the Colorado Avalanche spiral into a complete freefall"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1620, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin collapsus , past participle of collabi , from com- + labi to fall, slide \u2014 more at sleep":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8laps"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "buckle",
      "cave (in)",
      "crumple",
      "founder",
      "give",
      "go",
      "go out",
      "implode",
      "tumble",
      "yield"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101309",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "collar":{
    "antonyms":[
      "apprehend",
      "arrest",
      "bust",
      "nab",
      "nail",
      "nick",
      "pick up",
      "pinch",
      "pull in",
      "restrain",
      "run in",
      "seize"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a band placed about the neck of an animal":[],
      ": a band that serves to finish or decorate the neckline of a garment":[],
      ": a band, strip, or chain worn around the neck: such as":[],
      ": a part of the harness of draft animals fitted over the shoulders and taking strain when a load is drawn":[],
      ": a protective or supportive device (such as a brace or cast) worn around the neck":[],
      ": a short necklace":[],
      ": an act of collaring : arrest , capture":[],
      ": an indication of control : a token of subservience":[],
      ": any of various animal structures or markings similar to a collar":[],
      ": arrest , grab":[],
      ": clerical collar":[],
      ": something resembling a collar in shape or use (such as a ring or round flange to restrain motion or hold something in place)":[],
      ": to get control of : preempt":[
        "we can collar nearly the whole of this market",
        "\u2014 Roald Dahl"
      ],
      ": to put a collar on":[
        "collar a dog"
      ],
      ": to seize by the collar or neck":[],
      ": to stop and detain in unwilling conversation":[
        "collar the guest of honor"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He wore a shirt with a tight-fitting collar .",
      "She grabbed me by the collar .",
      "I bought a new collar for the dog.",
      "Verb",
      "The police collared the guy a few blocks from the scene.",
      "He collared me on my way out the door.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Stretching roughly from Sabaudia in the north down to Formia, some 40 miles to the south, the region is situated halfway between Rome and Naples, and tends to attract a fairly blue- collar crowd from both cities. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
      "The story\u2019s tone is in keeping with much of Saunders\u2019 work\u2014which often features blue- collar men and woman toiling within mostly unfeeling capitalist environments. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 18 June 2022",
      "Scientists studied 36 years of GPS collar tracking data, tissue samples, helicopter observations and other data to get a fuller picture of the polar bears. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 June 2022",
      "To the south, there\u2019s the old Woolwich, which hums with blue- collar life but could badly do with some cash. \u2014 Will Hawkes, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "Maker of Seresto defends collar amid calls for a ban over safety concerns. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "The vest features two straps around the waist and a padded crotch to keep the vest secure, and also has a collar handle. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 15 June 2022",
      "The Dominique Morisseau play is about blue- collar job insecurity set in a Detroit auto stamping plant. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 June 2022",
      "However, M\u00e9lenchon\u2019s plans to raise the minimum wage to 1,400 euros a month will surely curry favor among blue- collar voters. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 11 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Local police, who are working with the FBI and law enforcement in other states, are trying to collar the con artists behind what is now a nationwide scheme targeting the deaf and hard of hearing community. Windsor Locks Det. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 25 Mar. 2021",
      "Federal agents and resources were poured into Detroit and a number of other cities this summer to help local authorities collar the rising crime rates. \u2014 Corey Williams, ajc , 28 Dec. 2020",
      "This collared shirt blocks UVA and UBA with UPF 30. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 20 May 2020",
      "Animals collared for research in the GYE favor long migration routes. \u2014 Popular Science , 23 Mar. 2020",
      "The five-year study started late in 2016 when some predators were collared . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Mar. 2020",
      "Chancel and pulpit, once reserved for a choir and collared cleric, now go unused. \u2014 G. Jeffrey Macdonald, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Apr. 2020",
      "Animals collared for research in the GYE favor long migration routes. \u2014 Popular Science , 23 Mar. 2020",
      "Animals collared for research in the GYE favor long migration routes. \u2014 Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life , 18 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "derivative of collar entry 1":"Verb",
      "latinization of earlier and Middle English coler, borrowed from Anglo-French coler, colere \"collar, necklace\" (also continental Old French coler ), going back to Latin coll\u0101re \"neck band, collar,\" noun derivative from neuter of coll\u0101ris \"of the neck,\" from collum, collus \"neck\" + -\u0101ris -ar ; collum, collus going back to dialectal Indo-European *k (w) olso-, whence also Germanic *halsa-, whence Old English heals, hals \"neck,\" Old Frisian hals, h\u0101ls, Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Icelandic & Gothic hals":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259r",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "choker",
      "dog collar",
      "lei",
      "necklace"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034659",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "collect":{
    "type":[
      "adverb or adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": collection":[],
      ": to bring together into one body or place":[],
      ": to gather or exact from a number of persons or sources":[
        "collect taxes"
      ],
      ": to gather an accumulation of (objects) especially as a hobby":[
        "collects stamps"
      ],
      ": infer , deduce":[],
      ": to gain or regain control of":[
        "collect his thoughts"
      ],
      ": to claim as due and receive payment for":[],
      ": to come together in a band, group, or mass : gather":[],
      ": to collect objects":[],
      ": to receive payment":[
        "collecting on the insurance"
      ],
      ": to be paid for by the receiver":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-likt",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8lekt",
      "also -\u02cclekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "calm",
      "compose",
      "contain",
      "control",
      "re-collect",
      "settle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for collect Verb gather , collect , assemble , congregate mean to come or bring together into a group, mass, or unit. gather is the most general term for bringing or coming together from a spread-out or scattered state. a crowd quickly gathered collect often implies careful selection or orderly arrangement. collected books on gardening assemble implies an ordered union or organization of persons or things often for a definite purpose. experts assembled for a conference congregate implies a spontaneous flocking together into a crowd or huddle. congregating under a shelter",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They hope to collect over 1,000 signatures on the petition.",
      "He collected stories from all over the world.",
      "They collected information about the community.",
      "We collected soil samples from several areas on the site.",
      "We collected our baggage from the baggage claim at the airport.",
      "I left my suit at the cleaners and I have to collect it today.",
      "She enjoys collecting antique teapots.",
      "He has an impressive stamp collection, though he has been collecting for only a few years.",
      "I took a minute to collect my thoughts.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Divots in the dome\u2019s surface collect rainwater to create vernal pools, which are home to fairy shrimp, tiny translucent freshwater crustaceans. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 June 2021",
      "Help park staff collect litter in and around Big Bone Creek or help Sierra Club with trail maintenance. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "This act lets the FDA collect fees from companies that produce certain drugs and biological products for humans. \u2014 Sneha Dave, STAT , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "So what has this campaign done over the past seven months besides collect signatures",
      "Asked whether the state should increase the current $4,000 filing fee or the alternate requirement that a candidate collect at least 7,000 voter signatures, only 51% of voters gave their approval. \u2014 John Myers, Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Muskego Beer, Wine & Liquor Muskego Beer, Wine & Liquor has a wide variety of Oktoberfest collect . \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "To have Simple Recycling collect , call 855-835-5068 to schedule a pick-up day. \u2014 courant.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "The recipient of a call from someone locked up in Metro Corrections currently must pay $1.85 for collect calls to a local landline, while intrastate and interstate calls can have additional per-minute fees. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 25 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "They'll be required to collect $500 million annually from producers for a fund aimed at cleaning up plastic pollution. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 July 2022",
      "They\u2019ll be required to collect $500 million annually from producers for a fund aimed at cleaning up plastic pollution. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
      "They'll be required to collect $500 million annually from producers for a fund aimed at cleaning up plastic pollution. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, ajc , 1 July 2022",
      "The droppings tend to collect on lower leaves and are clearly visible. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 30 June 2022",
      "Mobile residents can also pay a private recycling service to collect recyclables from their home. \u2014 Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al , 30 June 2022",
      "People even deliberately burned down houses to be able to collect nails from the ashes. \u2014 Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
      "Ashok Elluswamy, director of Autopilot software, said at the AI Day event that Tesla was able to collect 10,000 video clips from its cars and automatically label them in a week. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 29 June 2022",
      "Then, scientists believe that Jupiter began to absorb and collect gas from the birth of our Sun. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb or adjective",
      "The octogenarian monetarist, who knew the value a dollar from all angles, would phone back collect . \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 6 Oct. 2021"
    ],
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      "Middle English collecte, collet, borrowed from Anglo-French collecte, borrowed from Medieval Latin coll\u0113cta, perhaps going back to Late Latin, in sense \"gathering place, assembly\" (assuming the original reference was to \u014dr\u0101ti\u014d ad coll\u0113ctam, a prayer recited at the congregation's gathering place), going back to Latin, feminine of coll\u0113ctus, past participle of colligere \"to gather together, assemble, accumulate\" \u2014 more at collect entry 2":"Noun",
      "Middle English collecten \"to accumulate, infer, calculate,\" borrowed from Anglo-French collecter, borrowed from Latin coll\u0113ctus, past participle of colligere \"to gather together, assemble, accumulate, pull (oneself) together,\" from col-, assimilated variant of com- com- + legere \"to gather by picking or plucking, select, choose\" \u2014 more at legend":"Verb",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194302",
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      "1791, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "borrowed from Medieval Latin coll\u0113ct\u0101nea, noun derivative from neuter plural of Latin coll\u0113ct\u0101neus \"assembled from various sources, collected,\" from coll\u0113ctus, past participle of colligere \"to gather together, assemble, accumulate\" + -\u0101neus, adjective suffix (from -\u0101nus -an entry 2 + -eus -eous ) \u2014 more at collect entry 2":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062338",
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      "Medieval Latin, from collecta collect + Latin -arium":""
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      "the collected works of Shakespeare",
      "She seemed completely cool, calm, and collected during her speech.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ali got a job at a smoke shop that paid $35 a day, cash, and collected scrap metal to supplement his income. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Construction excavators have been brought in to remove earth and clear passageways to the site, and pumps are being used to drain collected water from the rain. \u2014 Fox News , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Construction excavators have been brought in to remove earth and clear wider passageways to the site, and pumps are being used to drain collected water from the rain. \u2014 Ken Moritsugu, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Construction excavators have been brought in to remove earth and clear wider passageways to the site, and pumps are being used to drain collected water from the rain. \u2014 Ken Moritsugu, ajc , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "The collected information sets a baseline, sometimes reaching back decades, so researchers can identify trends and sudden changes, Anchor said. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Typically known for his cool and collected demeanor, Bowman is taking the initiative to be more attentive and vocal in order to help take his crew to the promised land. \u2014 Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The pressure can cause anxiety in even the most organized, calm and collected entrepreneurs, especially when things are happening that are out of their control. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "But for all eight runners to have made big strides in such a short time, despite many individual and collected stresses, is at least partially due to the team chemistry and symbiotic atmosphere that has been fostered by everyone involved. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 10 June 2021"
    ],
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      "circa 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
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      "from past participle of collect entry 2":""
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      "noun"
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      "disturbed",
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      "perturbed",
      "unglued",
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      "unstrung",
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    ],
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      ": gathered together":[
        "the collected works of Scott"
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      "the collected works of Shakespeare",
      "She seemed completely cool, calm, and collected during her speech.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ali got a job at a smoke shop that paid $35 a day, cash, and collected scrap metal to supplement his income. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Construction excavators have been brought in to remove earth and clear passageways to the site, and pumps are being used to drain collected water from the rain. \u2014 Fox News , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Construction excavators have been brought in to remove earth and clear wider passageways to the site, and pumps are being used to drain collected water from the rain. \u2014 Ken Moritsugu, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Construction excavators have been brought in to remove earth and clear wider passageways to the site, and pumps are being used to drain collected water from the rain. \u2014 Ken Moritsugu, ajc , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "The collected information sets a baseline, sometimes reaching back decades, so researchers can identify trends and sudden changes, Anchor said. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Typically known for his cool and collected demeanor, Bowman is taking the initiative to be more attentive and vocal in order to help take his crew to the promised land. \u2014 Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The pressure can cause anxiety in even the most organized, calm and collected entrepreneurs, especially when things are happening that are out of their control. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "But for all eight runners to have made big strides in such a short time, despite many individual and collected stresses, is at least partially due to the team chemistry and symbiotic atmosphere that has been fostered by everyone involved. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 10 June 2021"
    ],
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      "circa 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from past participle of collect entry 2":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8lek-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for collected cool , composed , collected , unruffled , imperturbable , nonchalant mean free from agitation or excitement. cool may imply calmness, deliberateness, or dispassionateness. kept a cool head composed implies freedom from agitation as a result of self-discipline or a sedate disposition. the composed pianist gave a flawless concert collected implies a concentration of mind that eliminates distractions especially in moments of crisis. the nurse stayed calm and collected unruffled suggests apparent serenity and poise in the face of setbacks or in the midst of excitement. harried but unruffled imperturbable implies coolness or assurance even under severe provocation. the speaker remained imperturbable despite the heckling nonchalant stresses an easy coolness of manner or casualness that suggests indifference or unconcern. a nonchalant driver",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070250",
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      "perturbed",
      "unglued",
      "unhinged",
      "unstrung",
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    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": gathered together":[
        "the collected works of Scott"
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      ": performed slowly and restrainedly with the animal's center of gravity toward the hindquarters \u2014 compare extended":[],
      ": possessed of calmness and composure often through concentrated effort":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the collected works of Shakespeare",
      "She seemed completely cool, calm, and collected during her speech.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ali got a job at a smoke shop that paid $35 a day, cash, and collected scrap metal to supplement his income. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Construction excavators have been brought in to remove earth and clear passageways to the site, and pumps are being used to drain collected water from the rain. \u2014 Fox News , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Construction excavators have been brought in to remove earth and clear wider passageways to the site, and pumps are being used to drain collected water from the rain. \u2014 Ken Moritsugu, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Construction excavators have been brought in to remove earth and clear wider passageways to the site, and pumps are being used to drain collected water from the rain. \u2014 Ken Moritsugu, ajc , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "The collected information sets a baseline, sometimes reaching back decades, so researchers can identify trends and sudden changes, Anchor said. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Typically known for his cool and collected demeanor, Bowman is taking the initiative to be more attentive and vocal in order to help take his crew to the promised land. \u2014 Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "The pressure can cause anxiety in even the most organized, calm and collected entrepreneurs, especially when things are happening that are out of their control. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "But for all eight runners to have made big strides in such a short time, despite many individual and collected stresses, is at least partially due to the team chemistry and symbiotic atmosphere that has been fostered by everyone involved. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 10 June 2021"
    ],
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      "circa 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from past participle of collect entry 2":""
    },
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      "k\u0259-\u02c8lek-t\u0259d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for collected cool , composed , collected , unruffled , imperturbable , nonchalant mean free from agitation or excitement. cool may imply calmness, deliberateness, or dispassionateness. kept a cool head composed implies freedom from agitation as a result of self-discipline or a sedate disposition. the composed pianist gave a flawless concert collected implies a concentration of mind that eliminates distractions especially in moments of crisis. the nurse stayed calm and collected unruffled suggests apparent serenity and poise in the face of setbacks or in the midst of excitement. harried but unruffled imperturbable implies coolness or assurance even under severe provocation. the speaker remained imperturbable despite the heckling nonchalant stresses an easy coolness of manner or casualness that suggests indifference or unconcern. a nonchalant driver",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172036",
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  "collectible":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": due for present payment : payable":[
        "collectible credit card bills"
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      ": suitable for being collected":[
        "collectible coins",
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    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The shop sells antiques and various collectible items.",
      "Noun",
      "She displays her collectibles in a glass case.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The 507 is widely considered the most collectible and coveted bimmer to date. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 23 June 2022",
      "That significantly hurts the collectible and merchandise markets, which are driven by on-field success. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "The sugar bowl is Hotel Silver, very collectible and intriguing, with a value of $65. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 19 Aug. 2021",
      "While the Gucci Garden space on Roblox was open for two weeks last month, the platform\u2019s 42 million users could spend from $1.20 to $9 on collectible and limited-edition Gucci accessories. \u2014 Colleen Barry, chicagotribune.com , 9 June 2021",
      "But as well as marking a new type of philatelic collectible , the stamps are famous for an unusual mistake: Due a to a printing error, images of a plane on the front of the stamps appear upside down. \u2014 CNN , 3 June 2021",
      "The surge in popularity is part of the larger trend of collectible and classic cars doing exceptionally well during the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com , 7 Jan. 2021",
      "The Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen, in Wolfsburg, Germany\u2014home of VW\u2014exhibits a variety of Type 2s; everything from a fire brigade pickup truck to the most collectible of them all\u2014the Volkswagen Samba, a 23-window Deluxe Microbus. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 13 June 2022",
      "During the nostalgic interview, Roberts and Co. presented Romano and Friedle collectible action figures of their characters. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 7 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Adidas, for instance, has launched its own POAP NFT, a digital collectible to reward users for their loyalty to the brand. \u2014 Maddie Raedts, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "But some doubt whether playable ROM leaks like these are actually damaging to the value of a rare collectible . \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
      "As each award is announced during the show, a custom digital collectible will unlock in real time, available for free minting for only 20 minutes. \u2014 James Dinh, Billboard , 11 May 2022",
      "The auction \u2014 which brought nearly 300 people \u2014 was held inside Chicago Joe\u2019s, 2256 W. Irving Park Rd., where every single collectible had been ripped down and displayed for buyers. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 1 May 2022",
      "Steve take on cases involving a son who\u2019s furious at his mother for throwing out a rare collectible and a woman whose former best friend damaged her scalp and supposedly caused her hair loss. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "That suggests the demand for this hot Lego collectible will continue to exceed its supply in the near future at the very least. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "By combining such recognizable components of Dutch life into a handheld collectible , KLM has birthed something that's more cultural touchstone than mere amenity. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "As with the sale of any art investment, that capital gain or loss would be taxed as a collectible . \u2014 Kelli Mar\u00eda Korducki, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1953, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "collect entry 2 + -ible":"Adjective",
      "derivative of collectible entry 1":"Noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111940",
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      "noun"
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  "collection":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": a set of apparel designed for sale usually in a particular season":[
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      ],
      ": group , aggregate":[
        "a collection of symptoms, such as fatigue, headaches, and joint pain"
      ],
      ": the act or process of collecting":[
        "the collection of data",
        "the collection of taxes"
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    },
    "examples":[
      "a system of tax collection",
      "The technology makes data collection easier.",
      "There will be a trash collection this week.",
      "The museum's collection is one of the best in the country.",
      "We took up a collection for the school renovations.",
      "Ten percent of the collection goes to the city's shelters for homeless people.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the back of the barn was a collection of props categorized by sound. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
      "While there have been no moves to do that, a collection of Republican attorneys general and coal companies banded together to appeal the ruling. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
      "The Utah Wine Festival located in southern Utah is a collection of exceptional events like no other, and guests can pick and choose which ones to attend. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022",
      "Overall, Sonic Origins is an excellent collection of games to introduce newer players to what made Sonic the Hedgehog so interesting and unique. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
      "The Lowell Observatory has various tours throughout the year as well as the Giovale Open Deck Observatory, which is a collection of six advanced telescopes that allow visitors to see the stars up close. \u2014 Lisa Davis, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
      "Based on our first impressions, this is a pretty special collection of whiskies, especially the Lagavulin. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
      "There is also a huge collection of tickets for the 1953 Coronation as well as items going back further in royal history to the eras of Queen Victoria and King George III. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 21 June 2022",
      "In a country as large as the United States, every COVID-19 wave is also a collection of staggered regional surges, complicating national trends. \u2014 Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English colleccioun, collection, borrowed from Anglo-French collection, borrowed from Latin coll\u0113cti\u014dn-, coll\u0113cti\u014d \"bringing together, accumulation,\" from colleg-, variant stem of colligere \"to gather together, assemble, accumulate, pull (oneself) together\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at collect entry 2":""
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    "synonyms":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213940",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": shared or assumed by all members of the group":[
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      ": a collective body : group":[
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      ": a helicopter control system governing lift":[]
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      "Adjective",
      "We made a collective decision to go on strike.",
      "The incident became part of our collective memory.",
      "the collective wisdom of generations",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "What an incredible opportunity to share a collective experience. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 1 July 2022",
      "The union members will now vote on whether to accept the new collective agreement, beginning on June 19, with the DGC B.C. negotiating committee recommending ratification. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "People want to come together right now and remind themselves of their pain and collective grief. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 15 June 2022",
      "That said, Saturday\u2019s performance was superb, showcasing a cohesion and unity due not only to violinist Daniel Ching\u2019s leadership but to the decades of collective chamber music experience among the performers. \u2014 David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "On gun control, climate change, taxation and pandemic safety mandates, Republicans have seemingly decided individual rights trump a collective , societal response, regardless of the cost. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Until last week\u2019s announcement, the men had been working without a collective agreement since 2018; the women\u2019s CBA expired at the end of March. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
      "The power that comes from the collective experience of fandom, whether in euphoria or misery, is what makes these games so compelling. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022",
      "The metaverse may be part of our inevitable collective future, but aespa is working on conquering this world first. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 11 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "D\u2019Amelio is making sure the collective is NCAA compliant throughout the entire process. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 13 May 2022",
      "The collective of Black identities and voices on Twitter have been a diligent, occasionally merciless watchdog for problematic behavior. \u2014 Kori Hale, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "The reason the collective is [good is] because being a creator is really lonely. \u2014 Elisabeth Garber-paul, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
      "The collective is still active and has hosted workshops in more than 18 cities around the world. \u2014 Anna Betts, ELLE , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Founded by Bing Chen in 2017, Gold House is a non-profit collective of changemakers\u2014founders, artists, and leaders\u2014aimed at unifying the API community and championing greater representation and socioeconomic equity. \u2014 Jamila Stewart, Vogue , 23 May 2022",
      "Sehiri is also a co-founder of Rawiyat-Sisters in Film, a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab world. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "Teatro P\u00fablico de Cleveland is a collective of Latino theatre artists and produces performances that preserve and promote the cultures of Cleveland Latinos for Spanish-speaking audiences and the broader public. \u2014 cleveland , 20 July 2021",
      "Kalina Trifonova, an astrologer at Nebula, says that the time after this Mercury retrograde will be a major growth period for the collective . \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 3 June 2022"
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      "Middle English collectif, borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin coll\u0113ct\u012bvus, going back to Late Latin, \"comprehensive, (in logic and grammar) inferential,\" going back to Latin, \"preceding by inference, deductive,\" from coll\u0113ctus, past participle of colligere \"to gather together, assemble, accumulate, deduce, infer\" + -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at collect entry 2":"Adjective",
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      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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      "The next round of collective bargaining is scheduled for September.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unions have long groused that corporations use the franchise business model to avoid legal liability and collective bargaining . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "Fitzgerald said the Machinists union plans to seek statewide legislation to give library workers around Maryland a pathway to unionization and collective bargaining . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 2 May 2022",
      "Rather, collective bargaining can become a vehicle through which joint solutions to productivity, safety and health, scheduling, and workplace governance can be devised and effectively implemented. \u2014 Harry C. Katz, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
      "Keeping the unions out is a knee-jerk reaction by businesses concerned that collective bargaining will usher in higher costs and lower profitability, plus give them less control over their organizations. \u2014 Lauren Debter, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The bill also includes top priorities for union leaders, such as stiff penalties for employers that block union organizing and collective bargaining . \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "The claim will now be investigated by the National Labor Relations Board, which is designed to protect the rights of most private sector employees to engage in actions such as organizing and collective bargaining . \u2014 Jennifer Zhan, Vulture , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "But experts such as McDevitt acknowledged that collective bargaining may lead to a stalemate between unions and a mayoral administration. \u2014 Danny Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "Union participation is at historic lows and collective bargaining is less prevalent in retail, restaurants and hotels \u2014 segments of the private sector with high concentrations of low-wage jobs. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 28 Oct. 2021"
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      "noun"
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      "Adjective",
      "We made a collective decision to go on strike.",
      "The incident became part of our collective memory.",
      "the collective wisdom of generations",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "What an incredible opportunity to share a collective experience. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 1 July 2022",
      "The union members will now vote on whether to accept the new collective agreement, beginning on June 19, with the DGC B.C. negotiating committee recommending ratification. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "People want to come together right now and remind themselves of their pain and collective grief. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 15 June 2022",
      "That said, Saturday\u2019s performance was superb, showcasing a cohesion and unity due not only to violinist Daniel Ching\u2019s leadership but to the decades of collective chamber music experience among the performers. \u2014 David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "On gun control, climate change, taxation and pandemic safety mandates, Republicans have seemingly decided individual rights trump a collective , societal response, regardless of the cost. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Until last week\u2019s announcement, the men had been working without a collective agreement since 2018; the women\u2019s CBA expired at the end of March. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
      "The power that comes from the collective experience of fandom, whether in euphoria or misery, is what makes these games so compelling. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022",
      "The metaverse may be part of our inevitable collective future, but aespa is working on conquering this world first. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 11 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "D\u2019Amelio is making sure the collective is NCAA compliant throughout the entire process. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 13 May 2022",
      "The collective of Black identities and voices on Twitter have been a diligent, occasionally merciless watchdog for problematic behavior. \u2014 Kori Hale, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "The reason the collective is [good is] because being a creator is really lonely. \u2014 Elisabeth Garber-paul, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
      "The collective is still active and has hosted workshops in more than 18 cities around the world. \u2014 Anna Betts, ELLE , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Founded by Bing Chen in 2017, Gold House is a non-profit collective of changemakers\u2014founders, artists, and leaders\u2014aimed at unifying the API community and championing greater representation and socioeconomic equity. \u2014 Jamila Stewart, Vogue , 23 May 2022",
      "Sehiri is also a co-founder of Rawiyat-Sisters in Film, a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab world. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "Teatro P\u00fablico de Cleveland is a collective of Latino theatre artists and produces performances that preserve and promote the cultures of Cleveland Latinos for Spanish-speaking audiences and the broader public. \u2014 cleveland , 20 July 2021",
      "Kalina Trifonova, an astrologer at Nebula, says that the time after this Mercury retrograde will be a major growth period for the collective . \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 3 June 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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      "Middle English collectif, borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin coll\u0113ct\u012bvus, going back to Late Latin, \"comprehensive, (in logic and grammar) inferential,\" going back to Latin, \"preceding by inference, deductive,\" from coll\u0113ctus, past participle of colligere \"to gather together, assemble, accumulate, deduce, infer\" + -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at collect entry 2":"Adjective",
      "derivative of collective entry 1":"Noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8lek-tiv"
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      "combined",
      "common",
      "communal",
      "concerted",
      "conjoint",
      "conjunct",
      "cooperative",
      "joint",
      "multiple",
      "mutual",
      "pooled",
      "public",
      "shared",
      "united"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115227",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a body of clergy living together and supported by a foundation":[],
      ": a body of electors \u2014 compare electoral college":[],
      ": a building used for an educational or religious purpose":[],
      ": a group of persons considered by law to be a unit":[],
      ": a part of a university offering a specialized group of courses":[
        "the university's college of pharmacy"
      ],
      ": a preparatory or high school":[],
      ": a self-governing constituent body of a university offering living quarters and sometimes instruction but not granting degrees":[
        "Balliol and Magdalen Colleges at Oxford"
      ],
      ": an institution offering instruction usually in a professional, vocational, or technical field":[
        "business college",
        "an embalming college"
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      ": the faculty, students, or administration of a college":[
        "The college was at the football game in force."
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    "examples":[
      "She teaches art at a local college .",
      "He graduated from one of the country's best colleges .",
      "She attended a business college .",
      "He attended college for several years, but didn't graduate.",
      "She dropped out of college .",
      "I went to Mount Holyoke College .",
      "When I was a junior in college , I spent a semester in Spain.",
      "the Edinburgh College of Art",
      "the London College of Fashion",
      "She is attending fashion college .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Working in accounting and finance, Bielke said his restaurant experience was limited to McDonald's in high school and a frozen custard place in college , and cooking at home wasn't much of a draw. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
      "Less than a fourth of them enroll in college by age 21, although 77 percent wish to pursue higher education. \u2014 Damian Danemann, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
      "According to the Postsecondary National Policy Institute, as of 2020, only 19% of Native Americans ages 18 to 24 were enrolled in college , compared with 41% of the overall U.S. population of the same age. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "Like the Sharts sisters, Volza, the rising senior in New Mexico, plans to play in college . \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
      "Greene had many stops, most of those in college , before coming to Fairfax in 2018. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
      "Waugaman has long had an interest in science, even studying botany in college before attending the Lexington seminary in the early 1970s. \u2014 James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal , 27 June 2022",
      "Research shows that students of color who have had teachers of their race or ethnicity are more likely to graduate high school and enroll in college . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
      "Theegala, 24, is an inspiration, overcoming scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, to become one of the best golfers in college while at Pepperdine, and perhaps the top rookie in his first full year on the tour. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin collegium society, from collega colleague \u2014 more at colleague":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-lij"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "association",
      "board",
      "brotherhood",
      "chamber",
      "club",
      "congress",
      "consortium",
      "council",
      "fellowship",
      "fraternity",
      "guild",
      "gild",
      "institute",
      "institution",
      "league",
      "order",
      "organization",
      "society",
      "sodality"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114627",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a corporation in England dependent upon the crown and consisting of three kings of arms, six heralds, and four pursuivants under the earl marshal's headship who have retained from the middle ages certain of the ceremonial duties of heralds but whose principal responsibility in modern times is the designing, grant, and registration of armorial bearings":[],
      ": an officially incorporated body of officers of arms of any nation":[],
      ": the building occupied by this corporation":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195109",
    "type":[]
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  "college try":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a zealous all-out effort":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But he was hired to give it the old college try \u2014 one more time, at least. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "But none of them got a chance at one final college try at triumph. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Dec. 2020",
      "Still, the State University System\u2019s Board of Governors is obliged to give it the old college try . \u2014 Star Tribune , 28 Sep. 2020",
      "The category was football and not only did none of three presumed geniuses on the show get any of the questions correct, none of them buzzed in even once to a give it the ol' college try . \u2014 Joey Morona, cleveland.com , 2 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1918, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the phrase \"give it the old college try \"":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120741",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": educated in a college":[
        "forgotten who of their gownsmen was college-bred",
        "\u2014 R. W. Emerson"
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    "examples":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124443",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "antonyms":[
      "antagonistic",
      "hostile",
      "unfriendly"
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      ": characterized by equal sharing of authority especially by Roman Catholic bishops":[
        "a collegial church"
      ],
      ": collegiate sense 2":[],
      ": marked by camaraderie among colleagues":[
        "collegial relationships among faculty members"
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      ": marked by power or authority vested equally in each of a number of colleagues":[
        "There was an increasing tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management.",
        "\u2014 Merle Fainsod"
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    "examples":[
      "company luncheons that are designed to instill a collegial spirit among coworkers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Their collegial traditions, like shaking hands with each other before taking the bench for oral argument, hardly seem an effective bulwark in a hyper-partisan era. \u2014 Barbara A. Perry, CNN , 12 May 2022",
      "The show\u2019s shrewd theme\u2014that grubby but collegial favor-trading might preserve democracy better than ideological purity\u2014was about to get stomped on by history. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "While they can be categorized as big-name auteurs with filmographies that make them out as writer-director-producers, the reality is more collegial . \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 29 May 2022",
      "Our office is a collegial , collaborative environment. \u2014 Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer , 8 June 2022",
      "But the place is filled with many terrific people who are smart and collegial . \u2014 Oliver Darcy, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Be collegial and professional but otherwise, don\u2019t give her a second thought. \u2014 Roxane Gay, New York Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Her testimony before Ohio\u2019s House Government Oversight Committee remained collegial through most of Wednesday\u2019s hearing, although lawmakers\u2019 passions flared while discussing her bill\u2019s lack of a rape exception. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "More than two hours into the 94th Academy Awards, the show was running long, but the atmosphere was congenial and collegial . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see college":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113-j(\u0113-)\u0259l",
      "especially for sense 2a also -\u02c8l\u0113-g\u0113-\u0259l"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
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      "bonhomous",
      "buddy-buddy",
      "chummy",
      "companionable",
      "comradely",
      "cordial",
      "friendly",
      "genial",
      "hail-fellow",
      "hail-fellow-well-met",
      "hearty",
      "matey",
      "neighborly",
      "palsy",
      "palsy-walsy",
      "warm",
      "warmhearted"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184406",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
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    "definitions":{
      ": a peasant tenant next superior to the serfs":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Medieval Latin collibertus , from Latin, fellow freedman, from com- + libertus one made free, from liber free":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0259\u02ccb\u0259rt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085645",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin colliculus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082210",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having small elevations":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin collicul us (diminutive of collis hill) + English -ate":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259\u02c8liky\u0259l\u0259\u0307t",
      "\u02ccl\u0101t"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091801",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "accord",
      "blend",
      "conform (to ",
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      "harmonize",
      "match"
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      ": clash":[
        "colliding cultures",
        "Science and religion collided in the court."
      ],
      ": to come together with solid or direct impact":[
        "The car collided with a tree.",
        "Two helicopters collided ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Two football players collided on the field.",
      "a story of what happens when modern American mores and traditional Asian values collide",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Earth passes through the debris trails annually, allowing these objects to collide with Earth's atmosphere. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Another issue, solved on the fly, could have caused the service module to collide with the crew capsule upon separation. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "The force of the collision caused the Nissan Sentra to collide with a 2001 Nissan Frontier that was traveling in the same direction. \u2014 Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic , 8 Aug. 2021",
      "Friday\u2019s crash would be among the deadliest since 2016, when an error by a dispatcher caused two trains to collide near Bad Aibling, southern Germany, leaving 12 dead. \u2014 William Boston, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "Two boats carrying a total of nine people appeared to collide nearly head-on Saturday morning along the Wilmington River near Savannah, Georgia, Chatham Emergency Services Chief Philip D. Koster said. \u2014 Joe Studley, NBC News , 29 May 2022",
      "Her existence is an endless cycle of routine, but one that gradually begins to collide with worlds and timelines that have inhabited the land previously, including those lost at sea and the former workers in the mine. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
      "During this conjunction, Jupiter and Venus will appear to collide . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "All of this is being caused by a cold front that is poised to collide with unseasonably warm, humid air that is flowing up into Wisconsin from the Gulf of Mexico. \u2014 Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin collidere , from com- + laedere to injure by striking":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u012bd"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "conflict",
      "disaccord",
      "discord",
      "jar"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005354",
    "type":[
      "verb"
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  "collider":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a particle accelerator in which two beams of particles moving in opposite directions are made to collide":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To chill them, the collider uses 150 tons of liquid helium. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "As for the detectors, the injectors, the magnets, the thousands of tonnes of ultracold collider ",
      "In the coming weeks, these groups will be making key steps toward restarting the collider . \u2014 Aylin Woodward And Janet Babin, WSJ , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "These collisions -- made by smashing the particles together at mind-bending speeds to study them -- were made by the Tevatron collider in Illinois. \u2014 CBS News , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The measurement, reported today in the journal Science, comes from a vintage particle collider at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, that smashed its final protons a decade ago. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "No large-scale particle accelerator or particle collider is needed, Vopson says. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The lab is home to the Large Hadron Collider, the world's highest-energy particle collider , which was used to discover the famed Higgs boson particle in 2012. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Consider how the collider will wrap around the moon. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 29 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1979, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090349",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a number of organic bases C 8 H 11 N that are the trimethyl, methyl-ethyl, and propyl homologues of pyridine, that are in general pungent oily poisonous liquids, and are obtained chiefly as by-products in the coking process or are synthesized: such as":[],
      ": methylethylpyridine":[],
      ": the liquid symmetrical trimethyl homolog made by reaction of acetone and ammonia and used as a solvent in chromatography":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary coll- + -idine":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0259\u02ccd\u0113n",
      "-d\u0259\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082537",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collie":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a breed of large dogs developed in Scotland that occur in rough-coated and smooth-coated varieties and have erect ears and a long muzzle":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The wolfhounds once took off after a collie that was wandering near the bear pits. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
      "The collie landed 10 feet down, its fall stopped by a clump of bushes. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
      "This Border collie is seriously doubting her career decisions. \u2014 Jake Goldwasser, The New Yorker , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Brown had few friends her age, counting among her closest companions a cat, a collie , two squirrels, and dozens of rabbits. \u2014 Anna Holmes, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Kerry McNab has a black lab- collie mix named Buster who got neutered on the day of the Giants 2014 World Series parade. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "According to a release from the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, the U.K. animal rescue organization is caring for a 10-year-old collie named Marley. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "Essentially, the beloved collie named Lassie is out on a wilderness romp with a human that happens to get trapped or somehow hurt, being unable to make their way back to civilization and safety. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "The wolf later attacked a terrier and a collie in Cleveland Park. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1651, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from English dialect colly black":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120056",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collingual":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": using the same language":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "com- + lingual":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)k\u014d\u00a6l-",
      "k\u0259\u02c8li\u014bgw\u0259l",
      "(\u02c8)k\u00e4\u00a6l-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114015",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "collinsia":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of U.S. biennial or annual herbs (family Scrophulariaceae) with irregular whorled flowers":[],
      ": any plant of the genus Collinsia":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Zaccheus Collins \u20201831 American botanist + New Latin -ia":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-s\u0113\u0259",
      "k\u0259\u02c8linz\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080738",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collinsite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral consisting of a hydrous phosphate of calcium, magnesium, and iron Ca 2 (Mg,Fe)(PO 4 ) 2 .2H 2 O occurring in concentric layers in phosphorite nodules":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "William H. Collins \u20201937 Canadian geologist + English -ite":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0259\u0307n\u02ccz\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233813",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collinsonia":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of aromatic herbs (family Labiatae) with large ovate leaves and terminal spikes of yellow flowers \u2014 see horse balm":[],
      ": any plant of the genus Collinsonia":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Peter Collinson \u20201768 English naturalist + New Latin -ia":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00e4l\u0259\u0307n\u02c8s\u014dn\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175901",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colliquate":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": melt":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin colliquatus , past participle of colliquare , from Latin com- + liquare to melt; akin to liquor liquid":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053425",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "collision":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an act or instance of colliding : clash":[],
      ": an encounter between particles (such as atoms or molecules) resulting in exchange or transformation of energy":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The car was destroyed in the collision .",
      "the collision of two opposing philosophies regarding the rearing of children",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One person was killed in a collision with a train in Birmingham. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 26 June 2022",
      "On June 7, the second day of the operation, 84-year-old Liesel Hulden died in a fatal collision with a Brightline train in Oakland Park. \u2014 Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
      "Emergency crews responded to reports of a vehicle collision with a bus just after 11 a.m. at Lombard and Fillmore streets, said San Francisco Police Officer Robert Rueca. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 June 2022",
      "He was also involved in another collision in one of the qualifying rounds. \u2014 Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
      "As of Friday, Anderson is not facing charges in this fatal collision . \u2014 Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star , 17 June 2022",
      "The driver\u2019s vehicle was damaged in the collision with the pedestrian and after striking another vehicle on the street, Hernandez said. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Justin Bullock, 24, of Battle Ground was in the passenger seat of the vehicle in a collision at Southwest Eaton Boulevard and 20th Avenue around 11 p.m. on June 9, police said in a release. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
      "Ten years after that, poor John Gillespie Magee was killed during a training mission over Lincolnshire, in a collision with a Royal Air Force trainer. \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin collision-, collisio , from collidere":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8li-zh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for collision impact , collision , shock , concussion mean a forceful, even violent contact between two or more things. impact may be used to imply contact between two things, at least one of which is impelled toward the other. the glass shattered on impact with the floor collision implies the coming together of two or more things with such force that both or all are damaged or their progress is severely impeded. the collision damaged the vehicle shock often denotes the effect produced by a collision and carries the suggestion of something that strikes or hits with force. the shock of falling rocks concussion when not in technical use, often suggests the shattering, disrupting, or weakening effects of a collision, explosion, or blow. bystanders felt the concussion of the blast",
    "synonyms":[
      "bump",
      "concussion",
      "crash",
      "impact",
      "impingement",
      "jar",
      "jolt",
      "jounce",
      "kick",
      "shock",
      "slam",
      "smash",
      "strike",
      "wallop"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192014",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collision bulkhead":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the first watertight bulkhead in the forward part of a ship designed to keep out water in the event of a collision":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042300",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collision clause":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a policy provision that the insurer agrees to assume the legal liability of an insured shipowner to owners of another vessel and its cargo for loss resulting from collision with the insured ship":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180153",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collision course":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a course (as of moving bodies or antithetical philosophies) that will result in collision or conflict if continued unaltered":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Now humanity finds itself on a collision course with a fresh set of limitations: the agricultural sector has consumed half of the earth\u2019s arable land while destabilizing the climate whose relative stability had made agriculture possible. \u2014 Jeff Mcmahon, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
      "After all, Earth-838 might be on a collision course with Earth-616 for an epic Secret Wars crossover. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 June 2022",
      "The move put the investor on a collision course with Facebook\u2019s Democratic board members and liberal employee base. \u2014 Elizabeth Dwoskin, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
      "The move put the investor on a collision course with Facebook\u2019s Democratic board members and liberal employee base. \u2014 Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
      "Robinhood has also found itself on a collision course with regulators after Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler last week outlined a revamp of trading rules that could threaten part of its business model. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
      "And Earth-838 might be on a collision course with Earth-616 following the events of Doctor Strange 2. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 17 June 2022",
      "That put her on a collision course with Clint Barton/Hawkeye, who had hung up his Ronin gear for good. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 18 May 2022",
      "Her imagination, defiance, and deep belief in her own right to independence put her on a collision course with her parents. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175407",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collision insurance":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": insurance provided for a motor-vehicle owner against damage to the motor vehicle due to collision with another object":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214938",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collisionless":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or being a plasma in which particles interact through charge rather than collision":[
        "a collisionless shock wave"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259\u02c8lizh\u0259nl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135731",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "colloquial":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bookish",
      "formal",
      "learned",
      "literary"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to conversation : conversational":[
        "colloquial expressions"
      ],
      ": using conversational style":[
        "a colloquial writer"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "But I think part of this pickle that we're in\u2014if I may be colloquial, even though I'm not running for office\u2014is that we've lost their sense of responsibility. \u2014 Sarah Vowell , Entertainment Weekly , 24 Oct. 2008",
      "Langston was the merriest and the most colloquial of them all. \"Best party I've ever been given!\" he said. \u2014 Gwendolyn Brooks , Booklist , 15 Oct. 1993",
      "Mr. Salisbury's firsthand account is written in a fast-paced, chaotic and colloquial style, which often feels confused and hastily set down. \u2014 Susan Shapiro , New York Times Book Review , 10 Sept. 1989",
      "Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. \u2014 Thomas Jefferson , letter , 2 Jan. 1814",
      "the new coworker's rudeness soon began\u2014to use a colloquial expression\u2014to rub me the wrong way",
      "a colloquial essay on what makes a marriage successful",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is true, not in the colloquial sense but in the literal sense: rocket science is a domain in which Musk has demonstrated some expertise. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The hug is sort of a colloquial term\u2014in fact, there isn\u2019t an official medical definition of M.S. hug, according to a 2019 paper published in the journal Neurology2. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "In April 2021, while India was battling the devastating second wave of covid-19, it was also hit by infections of black fungus, the colloquial term for mucormycosis. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Yet, most of us think of road rage as the colloquial term for any type of angry driving. \u2014 Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Presidents can\u2019t speak in public on this subject in such a casual, colloquial manner, and a tone of calming down his caucus. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "His recordings encompassed songs in colloquial Sudanese and classical Arabic and works written by contemporary and historical poets. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "Moreover, throughout her career, the singer has blatantly copied Black women\u2019s aesthetics, wearing durags and African appropriative braids, and attempted a Caribbean persona, donning a caribe\u00f1a accent and misusing colloquial terms. \u2014 Melania Luisa Marte, refinery29.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The Ukrainian defensive line runs the length of the de facto border of the Donbas, the colloquial name for the Donets Basin, a mining and industrial region. \u2014 Nils Adler, Los Angeles Times , 21 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1751, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see colloquy":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-kw\u0113-\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "conversational",
      "informal",
      "nonformal",
      "nonliterary",
      "unbookish",
      "unliterary",
      "vernacular",
      "vulgar"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042812",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colloquy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a high-level serious discussion : conference":[
        "a colloquy between the trial judge and defendant"
      ],
      ": conversation , dialogue":[
        "a colloquy between senators"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "attended a colloquy on economic globalization",
      "the subject of the spirited colloquy was the disputed authorship of the plays attributed to Shakespeare",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Charlie and Joanie\u2019s colloquy in the thoroughfare is also a mutual reassurance that the other\u2019s dream has value. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "And the superb Baryshnikov somehow turns his body to stone, ending the colloquy . \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books , 14 May 2020",
      "While there is inevitably a performative dimension to the colloquy between these two figures who have spent so many years on the public stage, Obama and Springsteen are also both deeply introspective. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Mar. 2021",
      "Milius concentrates on conservative patriots, yet her colloquy of all those involved in creating or fighting the coup highlights the varied countenances, plus their camera-ready expressions, that reveal an unexpectedly broad, adversarial America. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 9 Dec. 2020",
      "Leach said during a news conference colloquy with this New York Times reporter, drawing some Mississippi State faithful to Twitter\u2019s ramparts. \u2014 Alan Blinder, New York Times , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "An additional 10,000 have since listened to the recording of the colloquy with Joyce Barnathan, president of the International Center for Journalists. \u2014 Peter Coy, Bloomberg.com , 16 May 2020",
      "Of course, any congressman-law professor colloquy risks breaking the logorrheic scale. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Dec. 2019",
      "Cinderella\u2019s innocent colloquies with her all-knowing birds never failed to crack me up. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 July 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin colloquium , from colloqui to converse, from com- + loqui to speak":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-kw\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "conference",
      "council",
      "forum",
      "panel",
      "panel discussion",
      "parley",
      "round-robin",
      "roundtable",
      "seminar",
      "symposium"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061030",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "collude":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to work together secretly especially in order to do something illegal or dishonest : conspire , plot":[
        "It was arithmetically possible, too, for a handful of senators \u2026 to collude with the president to approve a treaty betraying some vital interest to a foreign power.",
        "\u2014 Jack N. Rakove",
        "\u2026 the travails of the world's two biggest art-auction businesses, \u2026 rivals that now stand accused by the U.S. Justice Department of colluding to rig the auction market by fixing their sales-commission rates.",
        "\u2014 Robert Hughes",
        "\u2026 argues that while the kids are not entitled to collective representation, major universities are permitted to collude to prevent players from being paid for their work.",
        "\u2014 David Sirota"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The two companies had colluded to fix prices.",
      "accused of colluding to block the sale of the vacant land",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "President Biden blames the surge in prices on large firms that dominate markets and collude to raise prices. \u2014 William Dunkelberg, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Do social-media companies collude with the federal government to suppress speech",
      "Other studies show that, under certain experimental conditions, such algorithms can learn to collude with one another to create price-fixing schemes. \u2014 Ethan Wilk, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "But some experts worry that, without careful checks, these programs might inadvertently learn to discriminate against minority groups and possibly collude to artificially inflate prices. \u2014 Ethan Wilk, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Watson escaped criminal charges last week, but 22 women didn\u2019t collude and come up with the same story. \u2014 Marla Ridenour, USA TODAY , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "What Mueller found was that there wasn\u2019t an express agreement between Trump\u2019s campaign and the Russians to collude in hopes of getting Trump elected. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "The case adds to a growing body of evidence that spyware has been used widely in Mexico to undercut political opponents, human rights activists and journalists, as well as monitor the loyalty of certain allies and even collude with drug cartels. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "After the 1981 strike, which cost 713 games, and a brief strike in 1985, owners illegally conspired to collude against free agents. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1525, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin colludere , from com- + ludere to play, from ludus game \u2014 more at ludicrous":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fcd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "compass",
      "connive",
      "conspire",
      "contrive",
      "intrigue",
      "machinate",
      "plot",
      "put up",
      "scheme"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211403",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "collywobbles":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bellyache":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1823, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps by folk etymology from New Latin cholera morbus , literally, the disease cholera":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0113-\u02ccw\u00e4-b\u0259lz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bellyache",
      "stomachache"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043513",
    "type":[
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
    ]
  },
  "cologarithm":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the logarithm of the reciprocal of a number":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8l\u00e4-",
      "(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02c8l\u022f-g\u0259-\u02ccri-t\u035fh\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124712",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colometric":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to colometry":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6k\u014dl\u0259\u00a6me\u2027trik",
      "\u00a6k\u00e4l-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114417",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "colometrize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to analyze or divide into cola : apply colometry to":[
        "colometrize a manuscript or verse"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0259m-",
      "\u02c8k\u014dl\u0259m-",
      "k\u0259\u02c8l\u00e4m\u0259\u2027\u02cctr\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175336",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "colometry":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": measurement or division (as of a manuscript or a rhythmic utterance) by cola":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle Greek k\u014dlometria , from Greek k\u014dlo- (from k\u014dlon part of a strophe) + -metria -metry":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ri",
      "k\u0259\u02c8l\u00e4m\u0259\u2027tr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163855",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colon":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a colonial farmer or plantation owner":[],
      ": a punctuation mark : used chiefly to direct attention to matter (such as a list, explanation, quotation, or amplification) that follows":[],
      ": the basic monetary unit of Costa Rica \u2014 see Money Table":[],
      ": the basic monetary unit of El Salvador until 2001":[],
      ": the part of the large intestine that extends from the cecum to the rectum":[],
      ": the sign : used between the parts of a numerical expression of time in hours and minutes (as in 1:15) or in hours, minutes, and seconds (as in 8:25:30), in a bibliographical reference (as in Nation 130:20), in a ratio where it is usually read as \"to\" (as in 4:1 read \"four to one\"), or in a proportion where it is usually read as \"is to\" or when doubled as \"as\" (as in 2:1::8:4 read \"two is to one as eight is to four\")":[],
      "city and port on the Caribbean Sea at the entrance to the Panama Canal in northern Panama population 224,000":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Latin colonus":"Noun",
      "Latin, part of a poem, from Greek k\u014dlon limb, part of a strophe":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Latin, from Greek kolon":"Noun",
      "Spanish col\u00f3n , from Crist\u00f3bal Col\u00f3n Christopher Columbus":"Noun"
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      "\u02c8k\u014d-l\u0259n",
      "k\u022f-\u02c8l\u014d\u207f",
      "k\u014d-\u02c8l\u014dn",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u014dn"
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      "noun"
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      "1893, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      ": a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general":[],
      ": a minor titular official of a state especially in southern or midland U.S.":[
        "\u2014 used as an honorific title"
      ],
      ": lieutenant colonel":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He retired as a colonel in the air force.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "James Warren, now a colonel , and the other officers, retold the story. \u2014 Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Tom Parker was a Dutch guy who passed himself off as a Southern colonel . \u2014 David Marchese, New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "While many of the royals arrived by carriage, the Queen's daughter, Princess Anne, took up her traditional position on horseback\u2014an honor afforded to her as a royal colonel of the Household Division. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
      "Andrew participated in the last Trooping the Color, in June 2019, as colonel of the Grenadier Guards regiment. \u2014 Adela Suliman, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "As colonel , Weaver will lead oversee the Division of Sheriffs, the 911 telephone system, the Capitol police, the Public Safety Grants Administration Office, and the Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Halvorsen remained in the military after the war, retiring as a colonel in 1974 from the Air Force, reports Richard Goldstein for the New York Times. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "March 1972 - Retires from the Air Force as a colonel . \u2014 CNN , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Prince Andrew, as a colonel in the British Army\u2019s Grenadier Guards, would be expected to attend the Trooping of the Colour, a military parade to mark the queen\u2019s official birthday. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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      "alteration of coronel , from Middle French, modification of Old Italian colonnello column of soldiers, colonel, diminutive of colonna column, from Latin columna \u2014 see column":""
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": an officer in some foreign armies usually equivalent to a U.S. full general":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200935",
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an honorary rank in some corps or regiments of foreign armies (as the British) usually held by a member of a royal family or a distinguished military leader":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074318",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      ": the complement of a longitude":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "co- + longitude":""
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043820",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      ": an unincorporated settlement (as of Mexican-Americans or Mexicans) in the U.S. usually near the Mexican border that typically has poor services and squalid conditions":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Mexican Spanish, suburb, from Spanish, colony, residential development, from Latin":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033113",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "settler"
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      ],
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      ": adapted from or reminiscent of a mode of design from a colonial period":[
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      ],
      ": forming, existing in, or used by a colony":[
        "Though it may look like a tropical plant or colorful rock, coral is a colonial carnivore \u2026",
        "\u2014 Mark Derr"
      ],
      ": having the status of a colony":[
        "colonial trade",
        "colonial life",
        "a colonial capital",
        "The Haitian Revolution, led by self-liberated enslaved people against the French colonial government, was an early precursor to the abolition movements of the United States.",
        "\u2014 Chadd Scott",
        "colonial territories"
      ],
      ": made or prevailing during a colonial period":[
        "a town known for its Dutch/French/Spanish colonial architecture",
        "colonial furniture"
      ],
      ": of or relating to a period when an area is being colonized and especially to the period of European colonization in U.S. history between the early 17th century and the late 18th century":[
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      ],
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony":[
        "colonial trade",
        "colonial life",
        "a colonial capital",
        "The Haitian Revolution, led by self-liberated enslaved people against the French colonial government, was an early precursor to the abolition movements of the United States.",
        "\u2014 Chadd Scott",
        "colonial territories"
      ],
      ": possessing or composed of colonies":[
        "Britain's colonial empire",
        "\u2026 when the United States became a colonial power, assuming control of Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii \u2026",
        "\u2014 Peter S. Canellos"
      ],
      ": such as":[
        "in colonial times"
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The country was a colonial power.",
      "a colonial nation and its colonial empire",
      "The book describes life in Colonial America.",
      "an example of colonial architecture",
      "The port had been very important in colonial times.",
      "Noun",
      "They bought a Colonial on a quiet street.",
      "increasing tension between colonials and the mother country",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Its colonial -era downtown is a great place to explore and enjoy Maryland\u2019s signature oysters and crabs at local hotspots such as Middleton\u2019s or Cantler\u2019s. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
      "The African nations of Togo and Gabon have asked to join the Commonwealth despite having no colonial history with Britain. \u2014 Ignatius Ssuuna, ajc , 24 June 2022",
      "Yet the country, with its jarring colonial history, has a further claim to complexity. \u2014 Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
      "Rosemead opened on Christmas Day in a former colonial -era bank building with soaring tray ceilings in the heart of Singapore\u2019s business district. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "The colonial -era law will be paused until the government completes a review, the Supreme Court said. \u2014 Swati Gupta, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "Indonesia\u2019s Criminal Code, a legacy of the Dutch colonial era, recognizes only rape and lewd crimes committed by men against women and doesn\u2019t have provisions for restitution or other remedies for victims and survivors. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Indonesia\u2019s Criminal Code, a legacy of the Dutch colonial era, recognizes only rape and lewd crimes committed by men against women and doesn\u2019t have provisions for restitution or other remedies for victims and survivors. \u2014 Niniek Karmini, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "For me \u2014 and perhaps other Black travelers \u2014 touring great houses, staying at former plantation homes, and even being in rooms with colonial -era d\u00e9cor feels unsettling. \u2014 Sarah Greaves-gabbadon, Travel + Leisure , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The hotel is set upon the Chao Praya River and its elegant rooms and suites feature an alluring mix of traditional Thai and colonial -inspired designs with modern touches, private balconies, and marble bathrooms. \u2014 Livia Hengel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "In early colonial America, salt was hard to come by and valuable enough to merit display in decorative wooden boxes. \u2014 Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor , 22 June 2022",
      "Nestled on a private cul-de-sac and surrounded by trees on a one-plus-acre lot in the Chagrin Valley Trails development, the brick colonial was built in 2000 and offers six bedrooms and six and a half bathrooms. \u2014 cleveland , 17 June 2022",
      "This 1920s colonial designed by Maura McEvoy in Minnesota features dark green paint on the shutters and entrance of the home for a vintage look that still feels fresh. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful , 8 June 2022",
      "From the hills of Tuscany through the valley of Napa to the top of the Johnnycake Mountain Farm neighborhood in Burlington stands a 12-room, luxury European colonial with lush rolling hills, emerald meadows and a private pond as its backdrop. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
      "Sprigs of wattle have been used to represent Australia for decades, notably decorating the colonial -era Commonwealth Coat of Arms. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Thanks to Britain\u2019s colonial history, Elizabeth remains the head of state of 14 countries outside the United Kingdom. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The first story explored the impact of the Philippines\u2019 colonial history on Filipino American mental health. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ny\u0259l",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259l"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "sociable",
      "social"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230622",
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      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "British colonists settled the area in the 18th century.",
      "over time the colonists began to sense that they were becoming a people unto themselves",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For one, both have French roots: The Motor City was founded by French colonist Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac in 1701, and Herm\u00e8s, well, Herm\u00e8s's Gallic bona fides, which date to 1837, are well established. \u2014 Ann Binlot, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
      "The current seal that appears on state flags, which dates to the late 19th century, features a depiction of a Native American man beneath a colonist \u2019s arm brandishing a sword. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "The family\u2019s heritage is as diverse as the stories within the novel: Native American, European penal colonist , plantation owner, enslaved African. \u2014 Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 May 2022",
      "Edwin, modelled on Mandel\u2019s own colonist ancestor, has a hallucinatory experience in the woods\u2014which links him to Olive, who is similarly transported more than two hundred years later. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "For centuries, Pocahantas has been romanticized and mythologized as a woman who defied her father to save the English colonist John Smith from execution. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The deity was surely carved by a Nahua artist immersed in his culture\u2019s religion, while the cross may (or may not) have been carved by an Aztec but just as surely happened at the direction of a Spanish colonist . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "The colonist \u2019s descendants went on to hold a number of prominent positions in New England, noted Nancy Riley for My New England Ancestors in 2016. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Their investment paid off in the mid-1610s when an enterprising colonist named John Rolfe planted West Indian tobacco seeds in the region\u2019s fertile soil. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1701, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-n\u0259st",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-nist"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "colonial",
      "colonizer",
      "frontiersman",
      "homesteader",
      "pioneer",
      "settler"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222931",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an act or instance of colonizing : such as":[],
      ": the establishing of a colony (see colony sense 1 ) : subjugation of a people or area especially as an extension of state power":[
        "The news arrives at a time of debate over how museums should handle artifacts acquired through colonization and conquest.",
        "\u2014 Isis Davis-Marks",
        "\"\u2026 in contrast to their earlier colonization of the Caribbean, the Spanish encountered highly urbanized civilizations in Mesoamerica and continually equated them with those of the Islamic and Greco-Roman Mediterranean.\"",
        "\u2014 David Carballo"
      ],
      ": migration to and settlement in an inhabited or uninhabited area":[
        "the colonization of space/Mars"
      ],
      ": the spread and development of an organism in a new area or habitat":[
        "The colonization of land by eukaryotes probably was facilitated by a partnership (symbiosis) between a photosynthesizing organism \u2026 and a fungus.",
        "\u2014 Daniel S. Heckman et al."
      ],
      ": the presence and multiplication of a microorganism (such as a bacterium) in or on a host or an inanimate object or surface":[
        "It is important to reassess wounds frequently to determine if there is colonization of bacteria within the wound.",
        "\u2014 Emergency Medicine Reports",
        "Adhesion to the intestinal epithelial cells is considered as necessary for probiotic microorganisms to colonize the large intestine, and colonization is important for beneficial health effects such as modulation of the immune system \u2026",
        "\u2014 O. D. Amund",
        "\u2026 they significantly reduced the rate of bacterial colonization of the devices from 30% to 9% and cut the rate of infection in patients from 4% to 0.",
        "\u2014 Carol Potera"
      ],
      ": the act or practice of appropriating something that one does not own or have a right to":[
        "\u2026 the pop culture discourse is more open to considering the fraught dynamic of Western colonization of music rooted in Africa than it's ever been.",
        "\u2014 Matthew Ismael Ruiz",
        "It's a strange objection from someone who rails against the growing blandness of New York\u2014the chain stores and suburban sensibilities, the colonization by the rich, the boring, the feloniously ahistoric.",
        "\u2014 Ginia Bellafante"
      ],
      ": the state of being colonized : subjugation by a foreign power":[
        "\"If I am fighting our struggle on Indigenous territories, then I must also understand and be in solidarity with Indigenous struggles against colonization . To imagine our freedom without first recognizing and fighting for Indigenous sovereignty is impossible.\"",
        "\u2014 El Jones"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00e4-l\u0259-n\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The site played host to different waves of colonization from roughly 2,600 to 1,400 years ago. \u2014 Petro Kotz\u00e9, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022",
      "Estimates vary, but there are slightly more than 100 Native American languages still spoken today, less than half of what existed before European colonization began. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
      "His vision: sustainable colonization in which humans survive without plundering the non-human environment. \u2014 Marc Weingarten, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
      "Fernandez explains that the impact of centuries of colonization from western countries has contributed to the eurocentric beauty standard that reigns supreme in Filipino culture. \u2014 Jada Jackson, Allure , 23 May 2022",
      "The Japanese colonization during the first half of the 20th century brought the end of many cottage industries. \u2014 Jake Kwon, CNN , 22 May 2022",
      "The plan results in an explosion that engulfs SpaceX headquarters, dashing Musk\u2019s hopes for Martian colonization . \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 13 May 2022",
      "Musk next set his sights on a lofty goal: space exploration, and the future colonization Mars. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The British colonization in the Bahamas began in 1629, and the Bahamas officially became a colony in 1718. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143204"
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    "antonyms":[
      "depopulate",
      "unpeople"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to migrate to and settle in (an inhabited or uninhabited area)":[
        "the areas of New England colonized by the Puritans",
        "\u2026 the seaside town of Puerto Madryn, named by the Welsh settlers who colonized the few river valleys of Patagonia.",
        "\u2014 Anita McConnell"
      ],
      ": to multiply in or on a host or an inanimate object or surface":[
        "C. diff. is a spore-forming, toxin-producing bacterium that can colonize the large intestine and wreak havoc there \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jane E. Brody",
        "\u2026 the bacteria that colonize our gut and play a key role in keeping us healthy.",
        "\u2014 Katie Hunt",
        "Microorganisms, particularly normal skin flora, colonize and form biofilms quickly on catheter surfaces \u2026",
        "\u2014 Daryl S. Paulson"
      ],
      ": to spread to and develop in a new area or habitat":[
        "\u2026 usually the first plant to colonize newly formed sand spits and newly deposited sands on the barrier islands \u2026",
        "\u2014 Robert H. Mohlenbrock"
      ],
      ": to take control of a people or area especially as an extension of state power":[
        "areas colonized by European powers",
        "It [Al\u00e9ria, France] was, at different times in history, colonized by the Greeks, Etruscans, Carthaginians, and Romans.",
        "\u2014 Kristina Killgrove",
        "Pacific Islanders\u2014Hawaiians, Samoans, the Chamorro of Guam\u2014were and remain colonized by the United States \u2026",
        "\u2014 Viet Thanh Nguyen",
        "Before the U.S.'s occupation of the roughly 7,500 islands, Spain colonized the Philippines and Mexico concurrently for around 300 years \u2026",
        "\u2014 Amanda Albee",
        "As the indigenous people of North America, Native Americans were colonized on their own land, the places to which they trace their social, cultural, and religious origins.",
        "\u2014 Kate A. Berry et al."
      ],
      ": to take or make use of (something) without authority or right : appropriate":[
        "Parked cars have colonized city streets for so long that most people assume cars own the curb lane.",
        "\u2014 Donald Shoup",
        "\"Before colonizing the artistic and intellectual work of Black people, white people should ask themselves questions such as, how can I contribute to this Black person's wellbeing",
        "\u2014 Amanda Bennett"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The area was colonized in the 18th century.",
      "Weeds quickly colonized the field.",
      "The island had been colonized by plants and animals.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Made mostly of pH-neutral cement, stainless steel, and basalt, the sculpture provides an artificial reef that encourages coral growth and provides a novel place for marine life to colonize and inhabit while steering tourists away from natural reefs. \u2014 Ross Kenneth Urken, Travel + Leisure , 8 June 2022",
      "The 21st will be defined by human\u2019s endeavor to explore, use, and even colonize the heavens. \u2014 Charles Beames, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "Mickey7 is based on the upcoming novel by author Edward Ashton and centers on Mickey7, a man on an expedition to colonize the ice world Niflheim, THR reports. \u2014 Alexia Fern\u00e1ndez, PEOPLE.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "During the Pennsylvanian era, plants started to colonize dry land by way of more evolved seeds; animals did so through the evolution of the amniotic egg, in which the embryo develops inside a shell, like with birds and reptiles. \u2014 Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "But, at the same time, his idea to colonize Mars with a million people is an obscenity. \u2014 Michael Lapointe, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The mesocosms laden with microplastics produced not just more marine snow but also more organic carbon, as the plastics offered more surfaces for microbes to colonize . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "The development of faster-than-light travel has allowed humans to colonize within a vast number of worlds. \u2014 Victoria Priola, oregonlive , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "But the Joro won\u2018t just resort to its traditional means of traversal to colonize new terrain. \u2014 Ben Turner, Scientific American , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l-\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "people",
      "populate",
      "settle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021501",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "definitions":{
      ": a microorganism that multiplies in or on a host or an inanimate object or surface":[
        "Identification of the typical flora in the postoperative ethmoid sinus cavity, as well as a determination of the type of bacteria expected to be colonizers rather than pathogens, would also assist the physician in selecting an appropriate antibiotic.",
        "\u2014 Neil Bhattacharyya and Harsha V. Gopal",
        "Unnoticed biofilm colonizers are present in ventilator connectors and humidifiers, which may not be removed by routine methods.",
        "\u2014 Bipassa Chakraborty et al."
      ],
      ": a nation or state that takes control of a people or area as an extension of state power":[
        "the country's relationship with its former colonizer"
      ],
      ": a person who migrates to and settles in an inhabited or uninhabited area":[
        "Almost all early explorers and colonizers marveled at the natural abundance they found in the Americas, a biodiversity at odds with the deforestation and extinctions that the Europeans had already wrought in most of their own continent.",
        "\u2014 Alan Taylor",
        "Lemur was the Roman name for the spirits of the dead \u2026 . The lemurs of Madagascar, an island of southeastern Africa, were named by French colonizers .",
        "\u2014 International Wildlife"
      ],
      ": an organism that establishes a population in a new area or habitat":[
        "\u2026 debate among scientists trying to determine how tube worms, clams and other colonizers of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps arrive and persist in their ephemeral habitats.",
        "\u2014 Julie Zeidner Russo",
        "Seaweeds tend to be the first colonizers on shorelines \u2026",
        "\u2014 Mark Carwardine"
      ],
      ": one that colonizes : an individual or entity that establishes a colony or colonies: such as":[]
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      "1766, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190921",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "dye",
      "paint",
      "pigment",
      "stain",
      "tincture",
      "tinge",
      "tint"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a color other than and as contrasted with black, white, or gray":[],
      ": a hypothetical property of quarks that differentiates each type into three forms having a distinct role in binding quarks together":[],
      ": a legal claim to or appearance of a right, authority, or office":[],
      ": a naval or nautical salute to a flag being hoisted or lowered":[],
      ": a phenomenon of light (such as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects":[],
      ": a pretense offered as justification : pretext":[
        "the color for his action"
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      ": a small particle of gold in a gold miner's pan after washing":[],
      ": an appearance of authenticity : plausibility":[
        "lending color to this notion"
      ],
      ": an identifying badge, pennant, or flag":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural a ship sailing under Swedish colors"
      ],
      ": an outward often deceptive show : appearance":[
        "His story has the color of truth."
      ],
      ": analysis of game action or strategy, statistics and background information on participants, and often anecdotes provided by a sportscaster to give variety and interest to the broadcast of a game or contest":[
        "a color commentator"
      ],
      ": armed forces":[],
      ": blush":[],
      ": character , nature":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural showed himself in his true colors"
      ],
      ": characterize , label":[
        "\u2026 call it progress; color it inevitable with shades of job security",
        "\u2014 C. E. Price"
      ],
      ": clothing of a bright (see bright entry 1 sense 4 ) color : clothing that is neither dark nor light in color":[
        "Wash your colors separately from your darks and lights."
      ],
      ": colored clothing distinguishing one as a member of a particular group or representative of a particular person or thing":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural a jockey wearing the colors of the stable wore his college colors to the game"
      ],
      ": complexion tint:":[],
      ": gloss , excuse":[
        "color a lie"
      ],
      ": influence":[
        "\"The lives of most of us have been colored by politics \u2026 \"",
        "\u2014 Christine Weston"
      ],
      ": local color":[],
      ": misrepresent , distort":[
        "a highly colored version of the facts"
      ],
      ": position as to a question or course of action : stand":[
        "\u2026 the USSR changed neither its colors nor its stripes during all of this \u2026",
        "\u2014 Norman Mailer"
      ],
      ": skin pigmentation other than and especially darker than what is considered characteristic of people typically defined as white (see white entry 1 sense 2a )":[
        "The charges \u2026 allege that the social network discriminates based on color \u2026",
        "\u2014 Shawn Knight",
        "\u2014 often used with of \u2026 the policy of treating youthful offenders as adults falls most heavily on those of color . \u2014 Kristin Choo"
      ],
      ": something used to give color : pigment":[],
      ": the quality of timbre in music":[
        "the color and richness of the cello"
      ],
      ": the tint characteristic of good health":[
        "\u2026 sat looking at her with wistful eyes, trying to see signs of hope in the faint color on Beth's cheeks.",
        "\u2014 Louisa May Alcott"
      ],
      ": the use or combination of colors":[],
      ": to change as if by dyeing or painting: such as":[],
      ": to change the color of (as by dyeing, staining, or painting)":[
        "She colors her hair."
      ],
      ": to fill in a shape or picture outlined on a piece of paper using markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc.":[
        "His granddaughter Fernanda sat at his side, coloring with crayons.",
        "\u2014 Charles Montgomery"
      ],
      ": to give color to":[],
      ": two or more hues employed in a medium of presentation":[
        "movies in color"
      ],
      ": vitality , interest":[
        "The play had a good deal of color to it."
      ],
      ": vividness or variety of effects of language":[
        "\u2026 that color and force of style which were later to make him outstanding among American editors \u2026",
        "\u2014 Arthur Krock"
      ],
      "\u2014 see also man of color , person of color , woman of color":[
        "The charges \u2026 allege that the social network discriminates based on color \u2026",
        "\u2014 Shawn Knight",
        "\u2014 often used with of \u2026 the policy of treating youthful offenders as adults falls most heavily on those of color . \u2014 Kristin Choo"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The color of blood is red.",
      "What color are your eyes",
      "What color paint shall we use",
      "Blue and green are my favorite colors .",
      "The pillows are all different colors .",
      "The room needs more color .",
      "In early summer the garden is full of color .",
      "She added color to her outfit with a bright scarf.",
      "His eyes were bluish-green in color .",
      "She's using a new lip color .",
      "Verb",
      "We colored the water with red ink.",
      "The children were busy coloring in their coloring books.",
      "My nephew colored a picture for me.",
      "The child colored the sky blue and the sun yellow.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "To Baer, these willful imperfections are not simply a technique for introducing dynamism into otherwise static color fields. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "With that, Jackson will become the 104th associate justice \u2013 marking the first time women and people of color outnumber white men on the court. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
      "Clubs are separated by color , so pick from red, white, or a mix. \u2014 Kate Dingwall, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
      "The placement and color makes the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 appear busy, which Cenedella highly warns against. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
      "Inside the interactive space, children and adults alike can pick up a washable Crayola marker and color in the collaborative mural resembling one of Monet\u2019s paintings. \u2014 Chloe Mcgowan, The Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2022",
      "And instead of the bright magenta or teal of the 2000s, this matching set features a two-toned light and dark purple-ish gray color -blocking. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 30 June 2022",
      "Larry McCarren, the longtime color commentator on the Packers\u2019 radio network, summed it up best. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
      "But at the same time, there\u2019s a lot of sky blue, your signature TWICE color , in the album concept photos and packaging. \u2014 Crystal Bell, ELLE , 30 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The striking tortillas chef Julio Hernandez makes at his Nashville food truck and pop-up, Ma\u00edz de la Vida, color the chef's Instagram, speckled with purple-yellow suns and moons, patterned with colorful rings, or imprinted with leaves of epazote. \u2014 Andrea Aliseda, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 June 2022",
      "For seniors across the country, the admissions journey may color a portion of their high school experience. \u2014 NBC News , 3 May 2022",
      "Although Donovan said there\u2019s no reason to sound alarms over the injury, the uncertainty of LaVine\u2019s availability will color the rest of the season. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Early fatherhood, when portrayed in literature, is often similarly practical: serving to color the characters, plot, and themes, but rarely warranting a sustained look. \u2014 Oliver Munday, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
      "Nadieszda said the dyeing eggs also dates back to the ancient Middle East when people used onion skins to color them. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Team leaders are often driven by personal agendas which may color their opinions about remote work, observed Okta\u2019s Fisher. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 20 May 2022",
      "Two outdoor lounge chairs there are covered in stylish removable covers\u2014a comfortable perch for a budding artist who may color outside the lines, from parents with an eye for design details that will withstand the test of time. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 6 May 2022",
      "However, Ripa was prepared for the long flight with projects \u2014 like popsicle sticks to color with magic markers \u2014 and toys to keep her little ones occupied. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English colour, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin color, earlier col\u014ds \"color as a physical phenomenon, pigment, complexion, appearance,\" probably, assuming an original meaning \"covering, outermost layer, appearance,\" going back to *\u1e31el-\u014ds, collective derivative from an Indo-European s-stem *\u1e31el-os \"covering\" (whence perhaps Sanskrit \u015baras- \"skin on boiled milk, cream\" and, from a thematic derivative, Old High German hulisa \"hull of a legume\"), derivative of a verbal base *\u1e31el- \"cover, conceal\" \u2014 more at conceal":"Noun",
      "Middle English colouren, borrowed from Anglo-French colurer, going back to Latin col\u014dr\u0101re, derivative of color color entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cast",
      "hue",
      "shade",
      "tincture",
      "tinge",
      "tint",
      "tone"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053148",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "color lake":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": lake entry 4 sense 1b":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1807, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223821",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "color line":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a set of societal or legal barriers that segregates people of color from white people (as by restricting social interaction or requiring separate facilities) and prevents people of color from exercising the same rights and accessing the same opportunities as white people":[
        "\u2014 usually used with the His father \u2026 had grown up in California with Jackie Robinson, who broke the color line in Major League Baseball. \u2014 Maureen O'Donnell"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1874, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001921",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "color-feed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to feed (as canaries) elements intended to enrich the color of plumage":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125958",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "color-field":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": abstract painting in which color is emphasized and form and surface are correspondingly de-emphasized":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1964, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259r-\u02ccf\u0113ld"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114004",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colorant":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a substance used for coloring a material : dye , pigment":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "in ancient times, a mollusk was used to produce a rich purple colorant for clothing and linens",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Prior to World War II, uranium was often added to glass and ceramic glazes as a colorant , but after the conflict broke out, the heavy metal became critical to the war effort. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Now the time has come to shed some light on the other end of the practical paint spectrum: a new colorant described as the whitest white. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 21 May 2021",
      "Children have been doing this for decades, but researchers have struggled to turn this or similar natural blues into a stable and abundant colorant \u2014one that could be used to naturally dye your favorite candies, sodas, or ice creams. \u2014 Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "Non-organic turmeric may include colorants to keep it yellow, so be sure to use an organic variety (like BareOrganics Raw Organic Turmeric Root Powder) to decrease the chance of staining. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Using a temporary colorant (or trusting a pro) is your safest bet. \u2014 Sam Escobar, Good Housekeeping , 15 Oct. 2018",
      "The products are made from natural ingredients and natural colorants with over 125 scents in their collection. \u2014 Brittney Oliver, Essence , 9 Sep. 2019",
      "This lotion is infused with olive oil and rosemary, and is free of fragrances, sulfates, colorants and harsh chemicals. \u2014 Nicole Forsyth, The Mercury News , 5 Sep. 2019",
      "Some colorants are completely unfit for injecting into your skin. \u2014 Jessica Toscano, SELF , 9 Nov. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1800, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "color entry 2 + -ant entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259r-\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259-r\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "color",
      "coloring",
      "dye",
      "dyestuff",
      "pigment",
      "stain"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163804",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coloration":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": arrangement of colors":[
        "the coloration of a butterfly's wing"
      ],
      ": aspect suggesting an attitude":[
        "the chameleon talent for taking on the intellectual coloration of whatever idea he happened to fasten onto",
        "\u2014 Budd Schulberg"
      ],
      ": characteristic quality":[
        "the newspapers \u2026 took on the former coloration of the magazine",
        "\u2014 L. B. Seltzer"
      ],
      ": subtle variation of intensity or quality of tone":[
        "a wide range of coloration from the orchestra"
      ],
      ": the state of having color":[
        "the dark coloration of his skin"
      ],
      ": use or choice of colors (as by an artist)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the coloration of a flower",
      "the bright yellow coloration of the curtains",
      "wine glasses with circle designs and blue and green colorations",
      "He attempted to give a religious coloration to the war.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The neutral coloration of the appointments in the kitchen and eating area don't sacrifice interest. \u2014 Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
      "Of course, to see the overcast of Monday afternoon as symbolic of the coloration of April thus far might mean overlooking the details and the nuances. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Brown coloration indicates a dead or dying cane and may require pruning to a bud eye lower to the crown to find live pith. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The purplish coloration is a common expression by tomato, but sometimes greater appearance of it can signify that the plants are under stress. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "In keeping with our winter of white, keep an eye out for cloud glass, which has an interesting physique of coloration , almost like a storm within the glass. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Some sections demonstrated Copland and Thomas\u2019s shared fascination with creating environments of sound \u2014 like the rising introductory theme that later returns with sunset coloration . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Its cartoonish yellow beak and distinctive wing coloration recently attracted crowds of rapt birders to Maine before turning up on April Fools\u2019 Day in Nova Scotia. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "You are humbled by the leviathan Sierra peaks, overwhelmed by the beauty of blooming Indian paintbrush, the intricate coloration of these wild trout, or the softness of summer meadows blanketed in moss heather. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin col\u014dr\u0101ti\u014dn-, col\u014dr\u0101ti\u014d, from Latin col\u014dr\u0101re \"to color entry 2 \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-201009",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colorational":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or depending on coloration":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115601",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "colored":{
    "antonyms":[
      "colorless"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person of a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a ) other than white or of mixed race":[],
      ": colorful":[],
      ": having color":[],
      ": marked by exaggeration or bias":[],
      ": of mixed race (see race entry 1 sense 1a )":[],
      ": of or relating to persons of races (see race entry 1 sense 1a ) other than white or to persons of mixed race":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "We decorated the Christmas tree with colored lights.",
      "He gave a highly colored account of the events."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1832, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chromatic",
      "colorful",
      "kaleidoscopic",
      "motley",
      "multicolored",
      "multihued",
      "polychromatic",
      "polychrome",
      "prismatic",
      "rainbow",
      "varicolored",
      "varied",
      "variegated",
      "various"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040849",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colorful":{
    "antonyms":[
      "colorless"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": full of variety or interest":[
        "a colorful description"
      ],
      ": having striking colors":[
        "colorful scenery"
      ],
      ": rude , offensive":[
        "\u2026 he had begun to gamble and use colorful language \u2026",
        "\u2014 Yohannes Edemariam"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I wore a colorful outfit.",
      "He gave a colorful account of his travels.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hailey Bieber just stepped out wearing an easy, breezy outfit that just inspired us to keep our looks casual and colorful from here on out. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
      "He was then led along a red carpet, as colorful lion dancers performed, adding to the din of drumming, chanting and trumpets. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 1 July 2022",
      "The shell is packed with these stars, which create the colorful arrangements seen in the sky. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2022",
      "At every turn in the space, there\u2019s something colorful and unique to see. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2022",
      "Think revitalizing hair masks after days in the sweltering sun, hydrating facial mists, and colorful nail polishes to match your new sundress. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 30 June 2022",
      "Casual and colorful , the Red Bird Bar and Grille isn\u2019t all that new, decorated with vestiges of beloved but long-gone local hangouts. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 30 June 2022",
      "But to see Roald Dahl's vision brought to life, Tim Burton's colorful version of the classic book is available on Netflix. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
      "More like colorful , sophisticated, smart, textural, and light-filled. \u2014 Rima Suqi, ELLE Decor , 30 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "color entry 1 + -ful entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259r-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chromatic",
      "colored",
      "kaleidoscopic",
      "motley",
      "multicolored",
      "multihued",
      "polychromatic",
      "polychrome",
      "prismatic",
      "rainbow",
      "varicolored",
      "varied",
      "variegated",
      "various"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082535",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coloring":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": change of appearance (as by adding color)":[],
      ": color sense 8":[],
      ": complexion , coloration":[],
      ": influence , bias":[],
      ": natural color":[],
      ": something that produces color or color effects":[],
      ": the act of applying colors":[],
      ": the effect produced by applying or combining colors":[],
      ": timbre , quality":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Her favorite activities include playing with stuffed animals and coloring .",
      "Our product contains no artificial coloring or flavoring.",
      "She added some blue food coloring to the icing.",
      "This scarf will look great with your coloring .",
      "He has very light coloring .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On Juneteenth, Stephanie Hart will serve up a decadent representation of the African American flag: A green, black and red velvet cake frosted with a green cream cheese and drizzled with dark chocolate dyed black with food coloring . \u2014 Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Bring the beach to your backyard by making these cute mini-aquariums with blue food coloring , plastic toys, plants, and rocks. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
      "Each layer is a vanilla cake, dyed with food coloring . \u2014 CNN , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Extra: Try some other substances, such as sugar or food coloring . \u2014 Sabine De Brabandere, Scientific American , 25 Jan. 2018",
      "Hadid shared a photo of her ex, Zayn Malik, and their 21-month-old daughter, Khai, enjoying some father-daughter coloring time. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 20 June 2022",
      "Although eyebrow coloring can be done at home, Richardson advises against it. \u2014 Wendy Sy, Allure , 8 June 2022",
      "The protesters carried Ukrainian flags and were also covered in red coloring to symbolize those who have died at the hands of Russian forces. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
      "Like all GlenAllachie whisky, this expression is bottled with no additional coloring and is not chill filtered. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259-ri\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "color",
      "colorant",
      "dye",
      "dyestuff",
      "pigment",
      "stain"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102006",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colorist":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that colors or deals with color":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Traditionally, the colorist mixes the lightener with water to soften the lightener. \u2014 Alexis Benveniste, Allure , 20 June 2022",
      "Paris salon know that the beloved French hair colorist has a knack for creating welcoming spaces. \u2014 April Long, Town & Country , 13 June 2022",
      "Regardless of your type, though, celebrity colorist and Olaplex ambassador Bianca Hillier says there\u2019s no way to overuse the system. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "They gray hair revolution has been bubbling up for years, but Tom Smith, colorist and Evo Hair's creative director, credits the pandemic for the mainstream embrace of the shade. \u2014 Glamour , 21 May 2022",
      "Born in 1954 in the South Bronx, the Puerto-Rican American writer, penciler, colorist , inker and more began his comics career in the 1970s, making his professional debut for a major publisher in August 1974 with Marvel Comics\u2019 Astonishing Tales #25. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 May 2022",
      "High-profile Hollywood colorist Sarah Douglas reports that more of her new clients\u2014about 20%\u2014request copper-red. \u2014 Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "Covid-19 spike last year, that led the designer, an expert colorist , to create a new ready-to-wear collection. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Celebrities that include Brazilian models Gisele, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio and Izabel Goular all seek this master colorist when looking for the show-stopping, glowing complexities of natural highlights and effortless beach waves. \u2014 Chelsea Davis, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1685, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1990, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French coloriste, from Latin color color entry 1 + French -iste -ist entry 1":"Noun",
      "color entry 1 + -ist entry 2 (after racist entry 1 , sexist , etc.)":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259r-ist",
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259-rist"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121309",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coloristic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to color or coloring":[],
      ": of or relating to timbre in music":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Certainly there\u2019s much of Strauss in this real showpiece \u2014 the dramatic flair, the succulent harmonies, the textural and coloristic riches. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "DiDonato did an impressive job of picking pitches out of clear air and delivering emotional and coloristic nuances, ably abetted by Villaume and the orchestra. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 11 May 2021",
      "Maria hefts her basket of green apples beside a lush tree heavy with fruit, the blues of her sweater and scarf in coloristic counterpoint. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "The orchestration is a masterpiece of coloristic and textural variety. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 28 Nov. 2020",
      "What made Poulenc\u2019s music appealing was his moderate, coloristic use of the very dissonances that made the works of many 20th-century composers so disquieting. \u2014 John Check, WSJ , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "Portraying Amneris, Barton supplied a voice a size smaller, but with a coloristic range as vast as the character\u2019s range of emotion, from glowing middle and upper range to strategically brassy chest voice. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 30 Oct. 2020",
      "Trojahn\u2019s orchestral writing is similarly fluent: the pacing is confident, the coloristic contrasts intelligent, and there are some beguiling textures; a diaphanous web of harp and stratospheric string harmonics early in the opera was breathtaking. \u2014 Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books , 7 Dec. 2019",
      "While the soprano occasionally sounds strained in higher passages, or overly vibrato-laden\u2014lacking the overall vocal ease of, say, Anja Harteros, who recorded the work with Jansons and the BRSO in 2010\u2014she more often exhibits coloristic beauty. \u2014 Barbara Jepson, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "color entry 1 + -istic":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8ri-stik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202542",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "colorize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to add color to (a black-and-white film) by means of a computer":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ticket buyers will choose a time to colorize their lives: 10 a.m., 1 p.m. or 4 p.m. Oct. 17. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Denis Shiryaev uses algorithms to colorize and sharpen old movies, bumping them up to a smooth 60 frames per second. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 12 Aug. 2020",
      "And Christie knew just what to do with them, bringing out Rimsky\u2019s lurid textures as though newly colorized . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Oct. 2019",
      "One journalist, Ars Technica\u2019s Timothy B. Lee, noted that commercially-available machine learning apps could also be used to colorize old film footage. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "An obvious next step would be to colorize the video. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 4 Feb. 2020",
      "Whatever his reasons, Bong is now part of a mini-trend of filmmakers de- colorizing their films. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 23 Jan. 2020",
      "Given hundreds of hours of footage of World War I from Britain\u2019s Imperial War Museum, Jackson and his team masterfully restored and colorized the material. \u2014 Susan King, Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2020",
      "Illinois, for example, is colorized politically by Chicago with its overwhelmingly Democratic populace, most of whom are just as poor and unhealthy as any rural Republican voters, and more likely to have their lives terminated by gun violence. \u2014 Dp Opinion, The Denver Post , 10 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1979, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "color entry 1 + -ize":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
      "-l\u0259r-\u02cc\u012bz"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014909",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "colorized":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to add color to (a black-and-white film) by means of a computer":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ticket buyers will choose a time to colorize their lives: 10 a.m., 1 p.m. or 4 p.m. Oct. 17. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Denis Shiryaev uses algorithms to colorize and sharpen old movies, bumping them up to a smooth 60 frames per second. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 12 Aug. 2020",
      "And Christie knew just what to do with them, bringing out Rimsky\u2019s lurid textures as though newly colorized . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Oct. 2019",
      "One journalist, Ars Technica\u2019s Timothy B. Lee, noted that commercially-available machine learning apps could also be used to colorize old film footage. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "An obvious next step would be to colorize the video. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 4 Feb. 2020",
      "Whatever his reasons, Bong is now part of a mini-trend of filmmakers de- colorizing their films. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 23 Jan. 2020",
      "Given hundreds of hours of footage of World War I from Britain\u2019s Imperial War Museum, Jackson and his team masterfully restored and colorized the material. \u2014 Susan King, Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2020",
      "Illinois, for example, is colorized politically by Chicago with its overwhelmingly Democratic populace, most of whom are just as poor and unhealthy as any rural Republican voters, and more likely to have their lives terminated by gun violence. \u2014 Dp Opinion, The Denver Post , 10 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1979, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "color entry 1 + -ize":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
      "-l\u0259r-\u02cc\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163724",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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      "hued",
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      "tinged",
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    ],
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        "colorless prose"
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        "a colorless complexion"
      ]
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      "since we can't decide what color to paint the doghouse, our latest home project remains colorless for the time being",
      "page after page of colorless prose without even one neat turn of phrase",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With a colorless prime minister in Jean Castex \u2014 Mr. Macron has tended to be wary of anyone who might impinge on his aura \u2014 there have been few other compelling political figures able to carry the president\u2019s campaign in his absence. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Black diamonds have never been as desirable as colorless white diamond or other fancy colored diamonds. \u2014 Jill Newman, Town & Country , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "During production, a blank dial is finished in a silvery-white color on its right half, then the black chronograph counters are milled while the rest of the dial is protected with a layer of transparent and colorless lacquer. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Windrip defeats Franklin Roosevelt for the 1936 Democratic presidential nomination and then defeats his colorless Republican opponent. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas that can cause illness and death if found in sufficient concentration in the air. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Nothing will do more to slow the rate of near-term global warming than cutting an odorless, colorless greenhouse gas\u2014not carbon dioxide but methane. \u2014 Fred Krupp, WSJ , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "By contrast, Villeneuve envisioned the Harkonnens\u2019 Giedi Prime as a highly advanced but colorless world, devoid of any semblance of vegetation or natural light, to the point that its inhabitants have evolved to become ghostly pale and hairless. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "Sitting among the ministers, as their equal, but next to Prince Lvov, was gray, colorless Shchepkin, administrator for the Ministry of the Interior, inasmuch as Prince Georgi Evgenich himself, given his busy schedule and responsibility . . . \u2014 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, National Review , 13 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259r-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "tintless",
      "uncolored",
      "undyed",
      "unpainted",
      "unstained",
      "white"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103854",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colorless corpuscle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": white blood cell":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013021",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colorman":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dealer in colors and paints":[],
      ": a worker who mixes dyes (as in leather manufacturing)":[],
      ": one that distributes identifying silks and numbers to jockeys":[],
      ": one that obtains colored finishes in the electroplating of metal objects by the use of various plating solutions":[],
      ": one that plans, supervises, or carries out dyeing processes in manufacturing":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115138",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "colors":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bepaint",
      "dye",
      "paint",
      "pigment",
      "stain",
      "tincture",
      "tinge",
      "tint"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a color other than and as contrasted with black, white, or gray":[],
      ": a hypothetical property of quarks that differentiates each type into three forms having a distinct role in binding quarks together":[],
      ": a legal claim to or appearance of a right, authority, or office":[],
      ": a naval or nautical salute to a flag being hoisted or lowered":[],
      ": a phenomenon of light (such as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects":[],
      ": a pretense offered as justification : pretext":[
        "the color for his action"
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      ": a small particle of gold in a gold miner's pan after washing":[],
      ": an appearance of authenticity : plausibility":[
        "lending color to this notion"
      ],
      ": an identifying badge, pennant, or flag":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural a ship sailing under Swedish colors"
      ],
      ": an outward often deceptive show : appearance":[
        "His story has the color of truth."
      ],
      ": analysis of game action or strategy, statistics and background information on participants, and often anecdotes provided by a sportscaster to give variety and interest to the broadcast of a game or contest":[
        "a color commentator"
      ],
      ": armed forces":[],
      ": blush":[],
      ": character , nature":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural showed himself in his true colors"
      ],
      ": characterize , label":[
        "\u2026 call it progress; color it inevitable with shades of job security",
        "\u2014 C. E. Price"
      ],
      ": clothing of a bright (see bright entry 1 sense 4 ) color : clothing that is neither dark nor light in color":[
        "Wash your colors separately from your darks and lights."
      ],
      ": colored clothing distinguishing one as a member of a particular group or representative of a particular person or thing":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural a jockey wearing the colors of the stable wore his college colors to the game"
      ],
      ": complexion tint:":[],
      ": gloss , excuse":[
        "color a lie"
      ],
      ": influence":[
        "\"The lives of most of us have been colored by politics \u2026 \"",
        "\u2014 Christine Weston"
      ],
      ": local color":[],
      ": misrepresent , distort":[
        "a highly colored version of the facts"
      ],
      ": position as to a question or course of action : stand":[
        "\u2026 the USSR changed neither its colors nor its stripes during all of this \u2026",
        "\u2014 Norman Mailer"
      ],
      ": skin pigmentation other than and especially darker than what is considered characteristic of people typically defined as white (see white entry 1 sense 2a )":[
        "The charges \u2026 allege that the social network discriminates based on color \u2026",
        "\u2014 Shawn Knight",
        "\u2014 often used with of \u2026 the policy of treating youthful offenders as adults falls most heavily on those of color . \u2014 Kristin Choo"
      ],
      ": something used to give color : pigment":[],
      ": the quality of timbre in music":[
        "the color and richness of the cello"
      ],
      ": the tint characteristic of good health":[
        "\u2026 sat looking at her with wistful eyes, trying to see signs of hope in the faint color on Beth's cheeks.",
        "\u2014 Louisa May Alcott"
      ],
      ": the use or combination of colors":[],
      ": to change as if by dyeing or painting: such as":[],
      ": to change the color of (as by dyeing, staining, or painting)":[
        "She colors her hair."
      ],
      ": to fill in a shape or picture outlined on a piece of paper using markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc.":[
        "His granddaughter Fernanda sat at his side, coloring with crayons.",
        "\u2014 Charles Montgomery"
      ],
      ": to give color to":[],
      ": two or more hues employed in a medium of presentation":[
        "movies in color"
      ],
      ": vitality , interest":[
        "The play had a good deal of color to it."
      ],
      ": vividness or variety of effects of language":[
        "\u2026 that color and force of style which were later to make him outstanding among American editors \u2026",
        "\u2014 Arthur Krock"
      ],
      "\u2014 see also man of color , person of color , woman of color":[
        "The charges \u2026 allege that the social network discriminates based on color \u2026",
        "\u2014 Shawn Knight",
        "\u2014 often used with of \u2026 the policy of treating youthful offenders as adults falls most heavily on those of color . \u2014 Kristin Choo"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The color of blood is red.",
      "What color are your eyes",
      "What color paint shall we use",
      "Blue and green are my favorite colors .",
      "The pillows are all different colors .",
      "The room needs more color .",
      "In early summer the garden is full of color .",
      "She added color to her outfit with a bright scarf.",
      "His eyes were bluish-green in color .",
      "She's using a new lip color .",
      "Verb",
      "We colored the water with red ink.",
      "The children were busy coloring in their coloring books.",
      "My nephew colored a picture for me.",
      "The child colored the sky blue and the sun yellow.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "To Baer, these willful imperfections are not simply a technique for introducing dynamism into otherwise static color fields. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "With that, Jackson will become the 104th associate justice \u2013 marking the first time women and people of color outnumber white men on the court. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
      "Clubs are separated by color , so pick from red, white, or a mix. \u2014 Kate Dingwall, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
      "The placement and color makes the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 appear busy, which Cenedella highly warns against. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
      "Inside the interactive space, children and adults alike can pick up a washable Crayola marker and color in the collaborative mural resembling one of Monet\u2019s paintings. \u2014 Chloe Mcgowan, The Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2022",
      "And instead of the bright magenta or teal of the 2000s, this matching set features a two-toned light and dark purple-ish gray color -blocking. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 30 June 2022",
      "Larry McCarren, the longtime color commentator on the Packers\u2019 radio network, summed it up best. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
      "But at the same time, there\u2019s a lot of sky blue, your signature TWICE color , in the album concept photos and packaging. \u2014 Crystal Bell, ELLE , 30 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The striking tortillas chef Julio Hernandez makes at his Nashville food truck and pop-up, Ma\u00edz de la Vida, color the chef's Instagram, speckled with purple-yellow suns and moons, patterned with colorful rings, or imprinted with leaves of epazote. \u2014 Andrea Aliseda, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 June 2022",
      "For seniors across the country, the admissions journey may color a portion of their high school experience. \u2014 NBC News , 3 May 2022",
      "Although Donovan said there\u2019s no reason to sound alarms over the injury, the uncertainty of LaVine\u2019s availability will color the rest of the season. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Early fatherhood, when portrayed in literature, is often similarly practical: serving to color the characters, plot, and themes, but rarely warranting a sustained look. \u2014 Oliver Munday, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
      "Nadieszda said the dyeing eggs also dates back to the ancient Middle East when people used onion skins to color them. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Team leaders are often driven by personal agendas which may color their opinions about remote work, observed Okta\u2019s Fisher. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 20 May 2022",
      "Two outdoor lounge chairs there are covered in stylish removable covers\u2014a comfortable perch for a budding artist who may color outside the lines, from parents with an eye for design details that will withstand the test of time. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 6 May 2022",
      "However, Ripa was prepared for the long flight with projects \u2014 like popsicle sticks to color with magic markers \u2014 and toys to keep her little ones occupied. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English colour, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin color, earlier col\u014ds \"color as a physical phenomenon, pigment, complexion, appearance,\" probably, assuming an original meaning \"covering, outermost layer, appearance,\" going back to *\u1e31el-\u014ds, collective derivative from an Indo-European s-stem *\u1e31el-os \"covering\" (whence perhaps Sanskrit \u015baras- \"skin on boiled milk, cream\" and, from a thematic derivative, Old High German hulisa \"hull of a legume\"), derivative of a verbal base *\u1e31el- \"cover, conceal\" \u2014 more at conceal":"Noun",
      "Middle English colouren, borrowed from Anglo-French colurer, going back to Latin col\u014dr\u0101re, derivative of color color entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cast",
      "hue",
      "shade",
      "tincture",
      "tinge",
      "tint",
      "tone"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221602",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "colossal":{
    "antonyms":[
      "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"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of a bulk, extent, power, or effect approaching or suggesting the stupendous or incredible":[
        "colossal rock formations",
        "colossal stellar explosions"
      ],
      ": of an exceptional or astonishing degree":[
        "a colossal failure",
        "a colossal bore",
        "colossal ambition"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or resembling a colossus":[
        "colossal statues"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a colossal statue of the town's founder",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As fans of the franchise know, Raquel\u2019s efforts to steer Kanan down a more righteous path prove to be a colossal failure. \u2014 Joshua Alston, Variety , 5 June 2022",
      "On pull-up two-pointers, Paul is shooting a colossal 54.1% and doing so on 6.5 attempts per game, the league's third-best efficiency on the seventh-most attempts. \u2014 Mark Deeks, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Now that the colossal design project is finished, the couple is relieved to finally settle into the massive labor of love. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
      "This is because scent is a colossal business, and scammers are good at following the money. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "So, why not throw money at something that can withstand both the environment and colossal cranial dispositions",
      "To have reduced the building to rubble would have been a colossal tragedy, the late Jeff West, who once served as director of the museum, said in a 2000 interview. \u2014 Michael Granberry, Dallas News , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "Ambition seems to be at an all-time high as sellers across Southern California chase colossal profits and record-breaking prices. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
      "Word had been getting around about the colossal shoot, its enormous footprint in the Northwest, its cost, and its delays. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 22 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see colossus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for colossal enormous , immense , huge , vast , gigantic , colossal , mammoth mean exceedingly large. enormous and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but enormous often adds an implication of abnormality or monstrousness. an enormous expense an immense shopping mall huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount. incurred a huge debt vast usually suggests immensity of extent. the vast Russian steppes gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind. a gigantic sports stadium colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimensions. a colossal statue of Lincoln mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk. a mammoth boulder",
    "synonyms":[
      "astronomical",
      "astronomic",
      "Brobdingnagian",
      "bumper",
      "cosmic",
      "cosmical",
      "cyclopean",
      "elephantine",
      "enormous",
      "galactic",
      "gargantuan",
      "giant",
      "gigantesque",
      "gigantic",
      "grand",
      "herculean",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "Himalayan",
      "huge",
      "humongous",
      "humungous",
      "immense",
      "jumbo",
      "king-size",
      "king-sized",
      "leviathan",
      "mammoth",
      "massive",
      "mega",
      "mighty",
      "monster",
      "monstrous",
      "monumental",
      "mountainous",
      "oceanic",
      "pharaonic",
      "planetary",
      "prodigious",
      "super",
      "super-duper",
      "supersize",
      "supersized",
      "titanic",
      "tremendous",
      "vast",
      "vasty",
      "walloping",
      "whacking",
      "whopping"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110007",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "colossal magnetoresistance":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an extreme change in electrical resistance (as of a conductive material) due to the presence of an applied magnetic field":[
        "\u2026 other scientists have recently developed materials exhibiting \" colossal magnetoresistance ,\" or CMR. The magnetoresistance of a material refers to the percentage change of its electrical resistance in the presence of a magnetic field. The higher the magnetoresistance of a material, the smaller the magnetic field it can distinguish. When materials with higher levels of magnetoresistance are incorporated into future drives' \"read heads\"\u2014the components that float just above the spinning platters and react to magnetic polarities on their surface\u2014they can determine the magnetic state of smaller areas, thus making possible huge increases in the data-storage capacity of a given surface area.",
        "\u2014 Henry Norr , The San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Sept. 2000"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1995, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112206",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colossality":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": colossal nature or characteristics":[
        "the colossality of the skyscraper"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1800, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00e4l\u0259\u02c8sal\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110614",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "colossally":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or resembling a colossus":[
        "colossal statues"
      ],
      ": of a bulk, extent, power, or effect approaching or suggesting the stupendous or incredible":[
        "colossal rock formations",
        "colossal stellar explosions"
      ],
      ": of an exceptional or astonishing degree":[
        "a colossal failure",
        "a colossal bore",
        "colossal ambition"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "astronomical",
      "astronomic",
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      "infinitesimal",
      "Lilliputian",
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for colossal enormous , immense , huge , vast , gigantic , colossal , mammoth mean exceedingly large. enormous and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but enormous often adds an implication of abnormality or monstrousness. an enormous expense an immense shopping mall huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount. incurred a huge debt vast usually suggests immensity of extent. the vast Russian steppes gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind. a gigantic sports stadium colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimensions. a colossal statue of Lincoln mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk. a mammoth boulder",
    "examples":[
      "a colossal statue of the town's founder",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As fans of the franchise know, Raquel\u2019s efforts to steer Kanan down a more righteous path prove to be a colossal failure. \u2014 Joshua Alston, Variety , 5 June 2022",
      "On pull-up two-pointers, Paul is shooting a colossal 54.1% and doing so on 6.5 attempts per game, the league's third-best efficiency on the seventh-most attempts. \u2014 Mark Deeks, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Now that the colossal design project is finished, the couple is relieved to finally settle into the massive labor of love. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
      "This is because scent is a colossal business, and scammers are good at following the money. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "So, why not throw money at something that can withstand both the environment and colossal cranial dispositions",
      "To have reduced the building to rubble would have been a colossal tragedy, the late Jeff West, who once served as director of the museum, said in a 2000 interview. \u2014 Michael Granberry, Dallas News , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "Ambition seems to be at an all-time high as sellers across Southern California chase colossal profits and record-breaking prices. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
      "Word had been getting around about the colossal shoot, its enormous footprint in the Northwest, its cost, and its delays. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 22 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see colossus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172726"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": an amphitheater built in Rome in the first century a.d.":[],
      ": coliseum sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "run 10 laps around the colosseum",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And so, each year Fred would return to the mastodon colosseum of greater Fort Wayne for incredibly violent rounds of combat. \u2014 Peter Brannen, The Atlantic , 22 June 2022",
      "For the exchange student, school is a maze, a confusing colosseum . \u2014 Hurmat Kazmi, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "The colosseum Lego set, which will be available to buy on Nov. 27, or Black Friday, is part of the brand\u2019s Creator Expert line, which is designed for builders over the age of 18 years old. \u2014 Jonathan Bender, NBC News , 18 Nov. 2020",
      "The Stadio San Paolo, Napoli's famed crumbling colosseum , erupted as Mertens headed home from Adrian's save, only to fall quiet after seeing the linesman's flag raised for an obvious offside. \u2014 Matias Grez, CNN , 17 Sep. 2019",
      "In the trailer for the Season Seven finale, Cersei, Daenerys, and Jon find a neutral spot to have their meeting\u2014something like a rundown colosseum . \u2014 Matt Miller, Esquire , 22 Aug. 2017",
      "For Americans, a new people in a new country, the land gave us a history and heritage older than Europe\u2019s cathedrals and colosseums . \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 2 Sep. 2017",
      "McGregor and Mayweather are gladiators, the arena their colosseum , Las Vegas their Rome. \u2014 Christine Flammia, Esquire , 27 Aug. 2017",
      "A bunch of half-sunken structures off the Italian coast might sound less impressive than a gladiatorial colosseum . \u2014 The Washington Post, NOLA.com , 6 July 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin, from Latin, neuter of colosseus colossal, from colossus":""
    },
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      "\u02cck\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02c8s\u0113-\u0259m"
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      "coliseum",
      "stadium"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031445",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "colossus":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": a person or thing of immense size or power":[],
      ": a statue of gigantic size and proportions":[]
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      "The building is a colossus of steel and glass.",
      "Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Stanley Jenkins stands astride the nation as a colossus of American folk food. \u2014 Fox News , 10 June 2022",
      "The friar\u2019s presence in the image turns the Madonna into a colossus , massive and otherworldly. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
      "But doing that well will be a lot easier picking your own stocks than relying on, for example, an index machine like Dow Jones or an ETF marketing colossus like Blackrock or Vanguard. \u2014 Roger Conrad, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Under its current president, Tsai Ing-wen, the Taiwan government has positioned the island as a Chinese society that is democratic and tolerant, unlike the colossus across the strait. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "And why is the U.S.\u2014that globe-bestriding colossus with more than 700 overseas bases\u2014so strangely isolated",
      "Out, the Australasian touring colossus whose multi-stage, single-day format became the template for alternative rock festivals across a generation, has died at the age of 64. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "For as long as Johnson\u2019s foul colossus stands tall, HRC might want to consider knocking off a couple points. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2021",
      "While Canada became the first Western power to sanction Potanin last week, the mining colossus , in which Potanin holds an over one-third stake, has not been sanctioned. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from Greek kolossos":""
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      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-s\u0259s"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073151",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a young male horse that is usually not castrated and has not attained an arbitrarily designated age (such as four years)":[],
      ": a young untried person":[]
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      "a colt who looked to the team's more experienced players for advice",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This colt possesses the high cruising speed that usually wins this race. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Violence colt cut back to a one-turn mile last out and ran well chasing behind a slow pace but closing strong. \u2014 Ed Derosa, The Courier-Journal , 6 May 2022",
      "But even more than all that, Joseph has a legitimate chance this week to win the Kentucky Derby with the striking grey colt White Abarrio, who has won four of five lifetime starts, including the Florida Derby in April. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
      "The eye-catching grey colt showed his versatility in putting away 10 rivals to capture the $1 million Florida Derby Saturday. \u2014 Tom Jicha, sun-sentinel.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Harry has managed to buy his own freedom but is still saving to pay for his son's, and is excited when his boss, Dr. Elisha Warfield, promises him an interest in the bay colt in lieu of a year's wages. \u2014 Heller Mcalpin, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
      "The colt ran at the tail of the field for most of the race before closing to a sixth-place finish. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
      "Using all their best data and intuition, the trainer and owner had guessed Baltimore would be the place to strike with their fast, tough, inexperienced colt , Early Voting. \u2014 Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun , 22 May 2022",
      "Brown will saddle the morning line favorite for America\u2019s preeminent dirt race, with confidence in the colt , his team and that this may be his time. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English; akin to Swedish dialect kult half-grown pig":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014dlt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "rookie",
      "tenderfoot",
      "tyro",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232139",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000703",
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a dull black ore that consists of a mixture of columbite and tantalite and is a minor source of tantalum":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bol\u00edvar, a sprawling state in Venezuela\u2019s southeast, is home to steel and aluminum plants and large deposits of gold, diamonds and coltan . \u2014 New York Times , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Some mines are run by warlords who work with rogue members of the Congolese army to smuggle the coltan out. \u2014 The Economist , 23 Jan. 2021",
      "But mining operations are destroying these forests to extract minerals such as coltan \u2014used in making electronics like cell phones and laptops. \u2014 National Geographic , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "Then there were the critical minerals in their phones and computers\u2014the coltan , cobalt, and lithium\u2014that are mined in Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. \u2014 Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2020",
      "Congo produces some two-thirds of the world\u2019s cobalt, a mineral key in the production of lithium-ion batteries that power laptops and electric cars, as well as coltan , copper, tantalum and tin, all used in modern electronics. \u2014 Gabriele Steinhauser, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2018",
      "The Western lowland gorilla's native habitat in Africa is shrinking due in part to mining of a metallic ore called coltan , a key ingredient in manufacturing batteries, including the kind found in our phones. \u2014 Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com , 1 Mar. 2018",
      "Wakanda\u2019s entire Vibranium economy is based on Congo\u2019s exclusive rights to the rare mineral coltan (which is in basically EVERY cellphone). \u2014 Jason Johnson, The Root , 22 Jan. 2018",
      "Race organizers ask for these donations because recycling cell phones reduces the need for additional coltan , a mineral extracted from the forests of Congo, home to endangered lowland gorillas. \u2014 Chris Barlow, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1999, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary col umbo- tan talite, from columb ite + - o - + tantalite":""
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      "\u02c8k\u014dl-\u02cctan"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141335",
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      "noun"
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      ": a knife, sharp disc, or other cutting tool that is attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward in advance of the plowshare and moldboard":[]
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      "Middle English colter , from Old English culter & Old French coltre , both from Latin culter plowshare, knife; akin to Old High German scala husk, Old Norse skilja to separate, Gothic skilja butcher, Greek skalis hoe, mattock, Lithuanian sk\u00e9lti to split":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203555",
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      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[
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      ": frisky , playful":[
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    "examples":[
      "off camera the actor is high-spiritedly coltish , but turns serious once the camera starts rolling",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "By starring in her own film, Lindon makes her own youth apparent as an artist, as well as the youth of her character, who remains coltish and childlike. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021",
      "In the role of the young Diana, Corrin is effortlessly perfect, conveying Diana\u2019s memorable physical qualities, including her coltish grace and head-down/eyes-up stance, along with a vivid blend of vulnerability and cunning. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Nov. 2020",
      "Ramirez muttered and sighed as the teens, with their baby faces and coltish bodies, bumbled a run-through. \u2014 Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times , 20 Aug. 2019",
      "Such is the case with our guest, the McLaren 600LT Spider ($306,000, as tested), the open-air version of the British speed shop\u2019s coltish club racer. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2019",
      "Harrison Coll, a corps dancer who made his debut as Romeo on Tuesday, is endearingly impulsive and coltish . \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, New York Times , 14 Feb. 2018",
      "On a bare-bones stage with the moodiest of lighting, her band little more than silhouettes, Lorde gestured and danced with a coltish awkwardness that contrasted with the maturity in her big, confident yet confiding voice. \u2014 Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2018",
      "Willie Wise, the son of a Souderton obstetrician, was a coltish 15-year-old in the middle of a growth spurt. \u2014 Craig R. Mccoy / Staff Writer, Philly.com , 12 July 2017",
      "The two Jones families find plenty of occasions to interact, resulting in some mild flirting between Jennifer and her new neighbor John and perhaps something more carnal between the coltish Pony and the lumbering Bob. \u2014 Robert W. Butler, kansascity.com , 28 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014dl-tish"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014009",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
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    "examples":[
      "off camera the actor is high-spiritedly coltish , but turns serious once the camera starts rolling",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "By starring in her own film, Lindon makes her own youth apparent as an artist, as well as the youth of her character, who remains coltish and childlike. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021",
      "In the role of the young Diana, Corrin is effortlessly perfect, conveying Diana\u2019s memorable physical qualities, including her coltish grace and head-down/eyes-up stance, along with a vivid blend of vulnerability and cunning. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Nov. 2020",
      "Ramirez muttered and sighed as the teens, with their baby faces and coltish bodies, bumbled a run-through. \u2014 Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times , 20 Aug. 2019",
      "Such is the case with our guest, the McLaren 600LT Spider ($306,000, as tested), the open-air version of the British speed shop\u2019s coltish club racer. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2019",
      "Harrison Coll, a corps dancer who made his debut as Romeo on Tuesday, is endearingly impulsive and coltish . \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, New York Times , 14 Feb. 2018",
      "On a bare-bones stage with the moodiest of lighting, her band little more than silhouettes, Lorde gestured and danced with a coltish awkwardness that contrasted with the maturity in her big, confident yet confiding voice. \u2014 Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2018",
      "Willie Wise, the son of a Souderton obstetrician, was a coltish 15-year-old in the middle of a growth spurt. \u2014 Craig R. Mccoy / Staff Writer, Philly.com , 12 July 2017",
      "The two Jones families find plenty of occasions to interact, resulting in some mild flirting between Jennifer and her new neighbor John and perhaps something more carnal between the coltish Pony and the lumbering Bob. \u2014 Robert W. Butler, kansascity.com , 28 May 2017"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082821",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mischievous hobgoblin supposed to appear as a colt and mislead people or horses into bogs":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201503",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014dlts-\u02ccfu\u0307t"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082000",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "coltskin":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": leather made of the skin of a colt":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131713",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a long row (as of soldiers)":[
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      ": a tube or cylinder in which a chromatographic separation takes place":[],
      ": a vertical arrangement of items printed or written on a page":[
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      ": an accumulation arranged vertically : stack":[
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      ": one in a usually regular series of newspaper or magazine articles":[
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      ": one of two or more vertical sections of a printed page separated by a rule or blank space":[
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      ": something resembling a column in form, position, or function":[
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        "columns of smoke"
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    "examples":[
      "a facade with marble columns",
      "Add the first column of numbers.",
      "The article takes up three columns .",
      "The error appears at the bottom of the second column .",
      "She writes a weekly column for the paper.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Gleiberman was recognized for obituary/appreciation for his column on pioneering director Lina Wertm\u00fcller, who died in December at the age of 93. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 25 June 2022",
      "More from Carolyn Hax From the archive: More: Sign up for Carolyn\u2019s email newsletter to get her column delivered to your inbox each morning. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
      "As my colleague Jean Guerrero points out in her latest column , President Biden can step in and do more. \u2014 Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "All of this has significant impacts related to AI Ethics and the advent of Ethical AI, which is a topic that my column has and continues to extensively cover, such as the link here and the link here, just to name a few. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "Famous last words: How Mitch Albom ended his column about the victory parade: After the parade and rally, the players gathered at Joe Louis Arena for the official championship team photo. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
      "Buchwald sweated little blood while writing his thrice-weekly column . \u2014 Dave Shiflett, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "The Beavers were able to find their footing over Crusaders in set three, dominating on the pitch and marking another tally in their win column before Moeller could even reach 20 points, ending 25-19. \u2014 Sara Tidwell, The Enquirer , 5 June 2022",
      "Without the Fever stringing together stops, Mitchell\u2019s offensive production was wiped away and the Fever fell back into the losing column with a 93-80 loss to the Mercury at home. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English columne , from Anglo-French columpne , from Latin columna , from columen top; akin to Latin collis hill \u2014 more at hill":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l-\u0259m",
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      "file",
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      "The report notes that Samsung replaced the polarizer with a color filter on the thin film encapsulation (CF on TFE). \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 May 2022",
      "Birds and reptiles evolved a structure in their retinas, called oil droplets, that serve as a color filter but are also hypothesized to act as microlenses, like the mitochondrial bundles. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The lens sports an F1.9 aperture, one that gathers twice the light as an F2.8, and eschews the standard RGGB Bayer color filter array for an RYYB design. \u2014 Jim Fisher, PCMAG , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "And, each sub-pixel has a red, green, or blue (RGB) color filter , and combining these can effectively create any color. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 18 July 2021",
      "Ever since she was inspired by a fun hair- color filter on Instagram, Chrissy Teigen has been all about making quick and bold hair-color changes via gorgeous wigs. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 6 Apr. 2021",
      "The final battle, which has a red tint in the theatrical release, won\u2019t have the color filter in Snyder\u2019s version. \u2014 James Grebey, Vulture , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "Removing the color filter makes for astounding black and white images but also increases sharpness and high ISO performance because more light reaches the pixels. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, National Geographic , 25 Nov. 2020",
      "Cameras The 8 Pro\u2019s camera bump has four cameras: the 48-megapixel main camera, an 8-megapixel hybrid zoom, a 48-megapixel ultra-wide angle and a 5-megapixel color filter camera. \u2014 Jim Rossman, Dallas News , 16 Apr. 2020"
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      "Another cologne for men with an impressive bottle is the Maritime Triumph Cologne from Tommy Bahama. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "Just like the fashion house\u2019s clothing, its cologne is made from some of the finest ingredients available. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "By Kilian founder Kilian Hennessy had been working on his own cologne for years, sparking the idea for this fresh scent created by perfume Calice Becker. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Most of the aftershave products released by fashion and cologne industry giants don\u2019t make it to this list. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "There, in a dark room bathed in black light, man-smelling, stale with sweat and cologne , a show was about to begin. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
      "After Shave Elixir, a two-in-one aftershave and mild cologne that soothes and heals, and also perfumes your skin with the subtle scent of the great outdoors. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "With key notes of sandalwood, Chinese pepper and oud wood, this cologne will give any guy a scent that's absolutely swoonworthy. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 15 Apr. 2022"
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      "1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Moreover, fuel shortages threaten to close down cold stores in 22 governorates, Mr. Boulierac added, risking damage to vaccines needed for thousands of children and worth millions of dollars. \u2014 Ben Hubbard And Nick Cumming-bruce, New York Times , 19 Dec. 2017"
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      "1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Giving mice a drug that blocked the critical protein colony-stimulating factor 1, which microglia need to survive, was shown to remove around 90 percent of microglia in the brain. \u2014 Jason Ulrich, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2021",
      "Otilimab is a monoclonal antibody against the granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor , or GM-CSF, which stimulates the production of white blood cells. \u2014 Matthew Herper, STAT , 27 Feb. 2021",
      "The virus, called T-VEC, produces a substance called granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor . \u2014 Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com , 7 Sep. 2017"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "These are the universal characters that reside within our collective unconscious . \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "And it is driven by an effort to sanitize our collective unconscious , to make our fascination with this dreamlike image express virtues such as compassion and hope. \u2014 Michael W. Clune, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "So trauma sank back down into the collective unconscious once more, only to reemerge after a defeat inflicted on U.S. forces that\u2014because of all the asymmetries of force and culture involved\u2014couldn\u2019t be repressed. \u2014 Will Self, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "Kurant is fascinated by moments in which new developments \u2014 the agricultural revolution, the invention of writing, the advent of electricity \u2014 transform humanity, rewiring both individual brains and the collective unconscious . \u2014 New York Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Yet each is engaging and most have a political dimension worthy of consideration, reminding us that artists often voice a nation\u2019s or an era\u2019s collective unconscious . \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
      "So now other parts of the brain that are more aligned with the collective unconscious , maybe spirituality, those parts are coming forward. \u2014 Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com , 12 July 2021",
      "The were already seared into the Spurs\u2019 collective unconscious . \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2021",
      "Mythology opens the way to the Jungian theory of libido, to the theory of the collective unconscious , to the theory of psychic energy. \u2014 Anna Zanardi Cappon, Forbes , 12 Mar. 2021"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "translation of German kollektives Unbewusstes":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1917, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155729"
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      "For an earthier scent, this Jo Malone cologne includes just two simple notes: sea salt and sage. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 23 June 2022",
      "Another cologne for men with an impressive bottle is the Maritime Triumph Cologne from Tommy Bahama. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "Just like the fashion house\u2019s clothing, its cologne is made from some of the finest ingredients available. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "By Kilian founder Kilian Hennessy had been working on his own cologne for years, sparking the idea for this fresh scent created by perfume Calice Becker. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Most of the aftershave products released by fashion and cologne industry giants don\u2019t make it to this list. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "There, in a dark room bathed in black light, man-smelling, stale with sweat and cologne , a show was about to begin. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
      "After Shave Elixir, a two-in-one aftershave and mild cologne that soothes and heals, and also perfumes your skin with the subtle scent of the great outdoors. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "With key notes of sandalwood, Chinese pepper and oud wood, this cologne will give any guy a scent that's absolutely swoonworthy. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 15 Apr. 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160342"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Through two games, Army has held the ball for over 81 minutes, compared to their opponents\u2019 collective mark of just over 37 minutes. \u2014 Shawn Mcfarland, courant.com , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "For the third straight week, our panel put together a collective mark north of 50% against the spread. \u2014 Scott Bell, Dallas News , 23 Dec. 2020"
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      "When Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, farms were collectivized with all land in state hands. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Oct. 2019",
      "The authorities collectivized agriculture and broke down institutions of civil society. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 24 Aug. 2019",
      "The way to make more walruses and reindeer was to collectivize their herding and killing. \u2014 Bathsheba Demuth, The New Yorker , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "Is doing so essential somehow for society\u2019s psychological well-being, an attempt to collectivize experience increasingly diffused by the distractions of the internet",
      "At the same time, a hairy Marxist academic who's been hanging around the factory tries to persuade the workers to collectivize and run the place themselves, a notion that soon collides with their unenlightened self-interest. \u2014 Chicago Reader , 7 Mar. 2018",
      "The seeds of the disaster were sown when Stalin collectivized the vast farmlands of Ukraine in 1929, systematically ending not only local farming autonomy but all aspects of local autonomy, from village government to inheritance laws. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 20 Oct. 2017",
      "To understand where ObamaCare is vulnerable, first consider why President Obama succeeded in collectivizing American health care when President Clinton had failed. \u2014 Phil Gramm, WSJ , 18 Oct. 2017",
      "The government does not collectivize all the farms in the country and determine what should be grown, how much should be grown and what farmers will be paid for their crops. \u2014 Alaska Dispatch News , 19 July 2017"
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      "1893, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With all of the outdoor eating on the horizon, coleslaw is likely in your future. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "Some of the restaurants and caterers will recreate Johnson\u2019s recipes, including her signature coleslaw and pecan pie. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 20 May 2022",
      "Now, Chicken Shack's ready to bring their newest sandwich to Detroiters for $7.99, or $10.98 for the deluxe meal, including shack potatoes and coleslaw . \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "On a recent Wednesday evening, there was Whitener\u2019s take on hot chicken, served over thick slices of white bread with plenty of sweet pickles and a cup of coleslaw . \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Ideal for summer nights, this saucy sandwich features jackfruit with barbecue sauce and a cool, crisp coleslaw \u2014 with extra crunch from peanuts \u2014 on top. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
      "Sides include French fries, coleslaw , mac and cheese, and hushpuppies. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The signature Naptown hot chicken sandwich, topped with coleslaw and served with fries also is $10.99; as is a mac and cheese bowl with chicken tenders and sauce. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Indeed, her engagement ring was brought out on a plate with a Langer\u2019s No. 19 sandwich \u2014 pastrami with coleslaw , Russian-style dressing and Swiss cheese \u2014 as other patrons applauded. \u2014 Barbara Isenberg, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022"
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      "1794, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Financials improving, but big losses continue Experts have poured cold water on the ambitious transformation plan unveiled earlier this year by CEO Anko van der Werff and further detailed following the latest poor financials. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov poured cold water on hopes of a speedy resolution, saying that an agreement is not close. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "For the best results, the brand recommends washing it in cold water and tumble drying it in low heat. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Add sweetbreads and enough cold water to submerge them. \u2014 Kathleen Squires, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Other congregants began handing out cold water bottles, or standing among cars and holding hands to pray. \u2014 Ruth Serven Smith | Rserven@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
      "Galindez said one way to cool the body temperature quickly is place cold water or ice in the groin area or armpits. \u2014 Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
      "Alexis then gradually adds a mixture of sour cream and cold water , which ensures a light and tender crust that's easy to roll out. \u2014 Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 14 June 2022",
      "To cold brew tea, fill a jar with cold water and add tea bags or loose-leaf tea, which can be held in a tea ball or reusable muslin tea bag for easier straining. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 13 June 2022"
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      "1942, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is another significant source of information loss in the collation of Covid mortality statistics. \u2014 George Calhoun, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The Taliban has seized control of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, the first major city to fall to the insurgent group after a string of victories following the withdrawal of foreign collation forces. \u2014 Steve George, CNN , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "On the other hand, automation debt is a collation of all of the simple and complex processes that are commonly automated but aren't. \u2014 Sriram Bhargav Madhav, Forbes , 24 May 2021",
      "The collation has been denounced by Beijing as an anti-China bloc. \u2014 Brad Lendon And Selina Wang, CNN , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "The collation has been denounced by Beijing as an anti-China bloc. \u2014 Brad Lendon And Selina Wang, CNN , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "The collation has been denounced by Beijing as an anti-China bloc. \u2014 Brad Lendon And Selina Wang, CNN , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "The collation has been denounced by Beijing as an anti-China bloc. \u2014 Brad Lendon And Selina Wang, CNN , 9 Mar. 2021",
      "The collation has been denounced by Beijing as an anti-China bloc. \u2014 Brad Lendon And Selina Wang, CNN , 9 Mar. 2021"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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        "\u2014 Dutton's Navigation & Piloting 14th Edition",
        "These rings almost certainly have their origin in the release of dust from each of the four small satellites \u2026 which are colocated with the rings.",
        "\u2014 Carolyn C. Porco"
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        "Staying with the relaxation theme, it will make sense to co-locate entertainment facilities, so your family and friends can occupy themselves during the training.",
        "\u2014 Erik Seedhouse"
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      ": to place (computer servers) together in a secure dedicated storage facility":[
        "It has thousands of customers who pay handsomely to colocate servers in carrier-neutral data centers that are network and cloud interconnection hubs.",
        "\u2014 Bill Stoller"
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      ": to be in the same location":[
        "\u2026 announced May 18 that the Oregon School for the Blind and the Oregon School for the Deaf would co-locate on the OSD campus in Salem after the 2008-09 school year \u2026",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Miners often colocate to where power is abundant and free, which often means renewable hydroelectric or geothermal sources. \u2014 Alex Tapscott, Fortune , 17 Mar. 2021",
      "Some of the nation\u2019s biggest dry-ice makers, in fact, colocate their plants adjacent to those facilities, to make using the gas as easy as possible. \u2014 Charles Fishman, The Atlantic , 27 Nov. 2020",
      "Kurt Firnhaber, Housing and Human Services director, explained the plan is to colocate the homeless navigation services now offered at 30th Street with the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless after the May closure. \u2014 Sam Lounsberry, The Denver Post , 2 Oct. 2019"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173235"
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      ": a branch of a bodily part (such as a vein)":[],
      ": informational materials (such as brochures and fact sheets) used in selling a product or service to a prospective customer or buyer":[
        "Attendees can expect to make approximately 50 new business contacts and should \u2026 have an ample supply of business cards, marketing collateral and anything else to help potential leads remember them.",
        "\u2014 Nancy Hollingshead and Laurie Winslow"
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      "k\u0259-\u02c8la-t\u0259-r\u0259l, -\u02c8la-tr\u0259l",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8lat-\u0259-r\u0259l, -\u02c8la-tr\u0259l"
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      "the collateral effects of the government's policies",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Pfizenmayer warns that when fraudsters forge a home's deed and then use that home as collateral to obtain loans, lenders looking to be paid back could go after the homeowner or their property. \u2014 Mike Levine, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
      "The token is heavily used as collateral to borrow ether from leading DeFi platforms like AAVE. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "As collateral on debt, Mr. Musk would also pledge about a third of his Tesla stake. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "More than 88 million of those shares are pledged as collateral on debts Musk has accumulated, according to Tesla\u2019s 2021 proxy statement. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Crypto worth around $85 billion has been put up for collateral on DeFi platforms, according to DeFi Pulse, a crypto-data and analytics website. \u2014 John Detrixhe, Quartz , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "However, a line of credit is limited to the collateral or invoices a business has. \u2014 Phil Dushey, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Musk has leveraged much of his Tesla stock as collateral for his loans, making the recent economic downturn a particular issue for his bid. \u2014 Reed Albergotti, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "The price at which Musk might have to start selling to shore up the collateral for the banks is unclear. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "These lending standards aren\u2019t always followed, however, as some lenders offer unsecured loans and others lend out the collateral backing loans. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 21 June 2022",
      "What\u2019s more, non-Russian entities will suffer collateral cyber damage. \u2014 Ran Nahmias, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "The Milan Furniture Fair and the collateral events at Fuori Salone that make up design week closed just days before fashion week opens, boasting 400,000 visitors over six days. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 17 June 2022",
      "Prominent crypto fund Three Arrows faced at least $400 million in liquidations and scrambled to lower its collateral levels by selling key positions this morning, as reported. \u2014 Shaurya Malwa, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
      "But the move away from veneration may bring collateral benefits. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "Still, unofficial lists of collateral deaths maintained by independent Chinese media include a number of suicides where a mental health crisis may have been triggered by the pressures of isolation or deepened by inadequate care. \u2014 Christian Shepherd, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "In late 2021, a New York trial court squarely considered the validity of a dual collateral structure. \u2014 Joshua Stein, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "Today, your focus is on the collateral exhibitions dotted around the city. \u2014 Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN , 14 May 2022"
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      "derivative of collateral entry 2 , in sense 1 as short for collateral security":"Noun",
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      "1691, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174123"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a chisel made of tool steel of a strength, shape, and temper suitable for chipping or cutting cold metal":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This was a major operation involving three people, a cold chisel , a hacksaw, a crowbar, and an angle grinder. \u2014 Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "If any part of the metal tie is protruding from the wall, strike it with a cold chisel and three-pound sledgehammer. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 12 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1699, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174349"
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      "noun"
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      ": a room or section of a cellar where root crops may be stored over winter at temperatures slightly above freezing":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180110"
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      "noun"
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      ": the quality or state of being collective":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "While Documenta Fifteen\u2019s obsession with collectivity can feel, at times, dogmatic and overly repetitive, the show also contains a great deal of magic. \u2014 Cassidy George, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
      "This kind of local collectivity feels increasingly hard to find \u2014 steadily replaced, in media, by national coverage of national controversies. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Split in two, the northern part of the island is an overseas collectivity of France, while the southern part, named Sint Maarten, is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. \u2014 Nicola Chilton, CNN , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "The island, an overseas collectivity of France with a year-round population of 10,000, is best known as an escape for bold names such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Gwen Stefani, and Beyonc\u00e9. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Everything afterward, from the cinematic grammar breaking of Speed Racer to the radical collectivity of Sense8 can be seen as more steps along that road. \u2014 Emily Yoshida, Vulture , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The result is a somatic landscape that seeks to cultivate a sense of collectivity during a distressingly isolating and disjointed time. \u2014 Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Many of the biggest trends seen throughout six days of shows were excavated from the 1990s -- a decade that's become a fashion perennial -- while a crop of newer labels founded on principles of sustainability and collectivity looked to the future. \u2014 CNN , 29 June 2021",
      "This collectivity may in fact make alleviating anxiety easier, since the common experience can be used as a way for employees to come together to help each other. \u2014 Ira Bedzow, Forbes , 22 June 2021"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "collective entry 1 + -ity":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180650"
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      "noun"
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      ": chromaticity diagram":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181121"
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      "noun"
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      ": a mathematical transformation in which collinear elements (as points or lines) are transferred as corresponding elements to another plane or space":[]
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      "New Latin collineation-, collineatio , from Latin collineatus (past participle of collineare to direct in a straight line, from com- + lineare to make straight, from linea line) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181620"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a color photograph to be examined by transmitted light":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182257"
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  "color commentator":{
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      "noun"
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      ": a person whose job is to make interesting comments on a radio or television broadcast about the things that are happening in a sports contest":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182623"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a black-and-yellow striped beetle ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata ) that feeds on the leaves of the potato":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "colorado , state of the U.S.":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182712"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a book of line drawings for coloring (as with crayons)":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "I bought my son a new coloring book .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sopher is also the author of a coloring book , The Bear That Cares, a tool designed to help children navigate the tragedy of gun violence. \u2014 cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "Maps the researchers created to show the turtles\u2019 routes look like the scribbles in a child\u2019s coloring book . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
      "Droid Life notes that the coloring book doesn't actually feature the Pixel 6a on the pages indicated in the table of contents. \u2014 Nathaniel Mott, PCMAG , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Each page in this delightful coloring book opens up to a different animal and new cocktail recipe. \u2014 Jaimie Potters, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "The coloring book of clues, a package of colored pencils and a prize for completing the scavenger hunt are available for free at the Valparaiso Library branch, 103 Jefferson St. \u2014 Philip Potempa, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "This witty, irreverent adult coloring book offers a creative diversion, brain break and a good laugh. \u2014 Stephanie Witmer, Good Housekeeping , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The Pixel 6a was previously leaked through, of all things, a coloring book . \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Parents can help their children download a coloring book featuring a journey through the forest with their banking friends, Banker the Bear, Teller and ATM and Grace the Squirrel. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183105"
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      "plateau in the southwestern U.S. west of the Rocky Mountains in the Colorado River basin in northern Arizona, southern and eastern Utah, western Colorado, and northwestern New Mexico":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183940"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184046"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the vulcanization especially of thin rubber products by treatment at ordinary temperatures with a solution or vapors of a sulfur compound, usually sulfur monochloride":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184650"
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      ": a reddish brown iron oxide left as a residue when ferrous sulfate is highly heated and used formerly in polishing glass and as a pigment":[],
      ": a moderate reddish brown that is yellower and deeper than roan, yellower, stronger, and slightly darker than mahogany, and yellower, less strong, and slightly darker than oxblood":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l-k\u0259-\u02ccth\u00e4r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin, from Middle French or Old Spanish; Middle French colcotar , from Old Spanish c\u00f3lcotar (now colc\u00f3tar ), from Arabic dialect qulqu\u1e6d\u0101r , probably modification of Greek chalkanthos":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185726"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": one who carries a color or standard especially in a military parade or drill":[]
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      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259r-\u02ccber-\u0259r"
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1677, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a steel weapon (as a sword or bayonet)":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191328"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": an oily liquid that is a high-boiling component of the mixture obtained by treating turpentine (see colophene sense 2 ) with sulfuric acid":[]
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      "\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0259\u02ccf\u0113n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary coloph ony + -ene ; originally formed as French coloph\u00e8ne":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191329"
  },
  "colog":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
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      "cologarithm":[]
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191443"
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  "color base":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": dye base":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191622"
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  "colony":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a distinguishable localized population of a species or type of organism":[
        "a colony of termites/ants",
        "The birds [black skimmers] generally nest in colonies along beaches, with the largest colony in Florida residing on Marco Island.",
        "\u2014 Karl Schneider"
      ],
      ": a circumscribed mass of microorganisms usually growing in or on a solid medium":[
        "colonies of bacteria"
      ],
      ": the aggregation of zooids of a compound animal (such as a coral or bryozoan )":[
        "A new coral colony is begun when a planula settles down on a reef, attaches itself there, and forms the first polyp, from which others bud.",
        "\u2014 Joseph E. Neigel and John C. Avise"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-n\u0113",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l-\u0259-n\u0113"
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      "plantation"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Massachusetts was one of the original 13 British colonies that later became the United States.",
      "a former French colony in Africa",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The colony was not exclusively female, though the resident husbands never attracted much press interest. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic , 28 June 2022",
      "While the nesting colony is closed to tourists, up to 50,000 visitors come to see the flamingos in Celest\u00fan every year which can disrupt their eating habits. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, CNN , 21 June 2022",
      "But as the colony of humans on the remote planet is on the verge of being torn apart by religious differences, the androids realize the challenge and danger of attempting to control humans' beliefs. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
      "The penal colony on the Great Lakes, like the zombie metropolis on the Hudson, is a place that exists only in Trump\u2019s imagination. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2020",
      "Cuba was still a Spanish colony and its Capitol building \u2014 modeled on the U.S. Capitol \u2014 wouldn't be built nearby for a few decades yet. \u2014 Andrea Rodr\u00cdguez, ajc , 12 May 2022",
      "Control of the Southeast Asian archipelago, formerly a Spanish colony , was contested after the Spanish-American War, and after first declaring independence, the Philippine-American War brought the country under U.S. colonial governance in 1902. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The shift was notable because Spain and Morocco had feuded over the fate of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony that was later occupied by Moroccan forces, leading to a 16-year war with the Polisario movement. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "In 1731, San Antonio began to expand as 14 families of immigrants from the Canary Islands, another Spanish colony , arrived to assist with the missions, or religious outposts, and a presidio, or fort. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English colonie , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin colonia , from colonus farmer, colonist, from colere to cultivate \u2014 more at wheel":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192117"
  },
  "colobus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various slender, long-tailed monkeys (genus Colobus and related genera) of equatorial African forests and grasslands that have the thumb absent or vestigial and are black usually with white encircling the face and long white fringes of silky hair on the sides of the body and the tail":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-b\u0259s-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden welcomed a tiny guereza colobus monkey Friday morning. \u2014 Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com , 2 June 2020",
      "In addition, the zoo lets gorillas live with colobus monkeys , seals with penguins, zebras with buffalo, and more, Insider reported. \u2014 Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Among the human-primate contacts recorded: A boy digging in his family\u2019s garden was bitten by a black-and-white colobus monkey . \u2014 Catrin Einhorn, New York Times , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "On that occasion the prey was a red colobus monkey . \u2014 National Geographic , 17 Apr. 2019",
      "Also this month, the zoo also welcomed a male baby giraffe and a black-and-white colobus monkey . \u2014 USA TODAY , 19 June 2019",
      "Stop in the Jozani Forest, part of Zanzibar\u2019s only national park, for a chance to see Zanzibar red colobus monkeys , a rare species indigenous to the islands. \u2014 National Geographic , 12 June 2019",
      "Red colobus monkeys on the island of Zanzibar, for instance, have been observed eating charcoal to counteract toxic substances in their diets. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 26 Mar. 2018",
      "The park is home to 70 mammal species, from bush pigs and forest antelopes to red colobus monkeys and a dozen other species of primates. \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 15 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin colobus , from Greek kolobos docked, mutilated, from kolos docked; probably akin to Greek klan to break \u2014 more at clast":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1866, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192319"
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  "cold stoking":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the operation in glass manufacturing of reducing the glass to the proper degree of viscosity for being worked":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192845"
  },
  "coldcock":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to knock unconscious":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u014dl(d)-",
      "\u02c8k\u014dl(d)-\u02c8k\u00e4k"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He got coldcocked by some guy in a bar."
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps cock entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1918, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193958"
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  "colorfast":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having color that retains its original hue without fading or running":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259r-\u02ccfast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Always use the care instructions as your guide and bleaching wool, silk, mohair, leather, spandex and non- colorfast colors is never recommended. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 18 May 2022",
      "If the rug material is colorfast , consider sun drying. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 May 2022",
      "Ecocitex\u2019s yarn is also colorfast because it is made with clothes that have already been washed and worn. \u2014 Andrea Miliani, Vogue , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Also beware of doing it on non- colorfast items, anything that can\u2019t take hot water, and on fabrics with natural fibers that could be weakened by the process. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "Always use the care instructions as your guide, but in most instances, bleaching wool, silk, mohair, leather, spandex and non- colorfast colors is not recommended. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 22 Jan. 2021",
      "The colorfast dyes, beautiful patterns and soft, lightweight fabrics surpassed anything Europeans could achieve\u2014threatening silk, linen and wool producers. \u2014 Virginia Postrel, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1951, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195932"
  },
  "collating":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to compare critically":[],
      ": to collect, compare carefully in order to verify, and often to integrate or arrange in order":[
        "collated the data for publication"
      ],
      ": to verify the order of (printed sheets)":[],
      ": to institute (a cleric) to a benefice":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101t, k\u00e4-, k\u014d-; \u02c8k\u00e4-\u02ccl\u0101t, \u02c8k\u014d-",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101t",
      "k\u014d-",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "\u02c8k\u014d-",
      "k\u00e4-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for collate compare , contrast , collate mean to set side by side in order to show differences and likenesses. compare implies an aim of showing relative values or excellences by bringing out characteristic qualities whether similar or divergent. compared the convention facilities of the two cities contrast implies an emphasis on differences. contrasted the computerized system with the old filing cards collate implies minute and critical inspection in order to note points of agreement or divergence. data from districts around the country will be collated",
    "examples":[
      "The invisible part of the work of such a writer is collating and organizing all the research material, which is a slow, painstaking task that many writers skip or abbreviate. \u2014 Nicholas LeMann , New Republic , 2 Sept. 2002",
      "Rare-book dealers use the word \" collating \" to mean going through a book page by page when it arrives to make certain that it is complete \u2026 \u2014 Calvin Trillin , New Yorker , 30 Oct. 1989",
      "\"Certainly,\" Kidson said. \" \u2026 we need to have him on our side and cooperating every step of the road after we've collated all the information.\" \u2014 Evelyn Anthony , The Defector , (1981) 1982",
      "And here have I, as before observed, carefully collected, collated and arranged them \u2026 \u2014 Washington Irving , A History of New York , 1809",
      "They are still collating the data.",
      "The photocopier will collate the pages of the report.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "How, on a day-to-day basis, will NICS interact with the disparate sources of information that it is now being asked to collate ",
      "The spreadsheet program was a huge selling point for IBM PCs, letting users collate and compare data faster and more efficiently than ever before. \u2014 PCMAG , 4 May 2022",
      "While variations occur, my company's research has helped collate a list of four personality traits that tend to be associated with the most successful remote employees. \u2014 Jonathan Keyser, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
      "Exact comparison of investment between regions is not very straightforward, as different metrics are used by data sources to collate these figures. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Collecting data on the number of death certificates which mention Covid-19 as a contributing cause is more precise, but takes longer to collate . \u2014 Denise Roland, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Investigators at Cedars-Sinai are seeking patients for the Smidt Heart Institute Takotsubo Registry to collate data that will help deepen their understanding of the condition. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Allow at least five to 10 hours (depending on the award size) to write your submission and collate your supporting documentation. \u2014 Annette Densham, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Our data team partnered with staff at the Children's Hospital Association to pull together state-level data about kids and COVID and collate that into one place. \u2014 Erin Richards, USA TODAY , 2 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back-formation from collation":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200553"
  },
  "Colocephali":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a suborder of Apodes consisting of the morays":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00e4l\u0259\u02c8sef\u0259\u02ccl\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from colo- (from Greek kolos docked, hornless) + -cephali (plural of -cephalus -cephalous)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200614"
  },
  "Colet":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
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    "definitions":{
      "John 1466(or 1467)\u20131519 English theologian and scholar":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201410"
  },
  "collect on delivery":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to be paid for in cash at the time of delivery to the buyer":[
        "\u2014 abbreviation COD"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201439"
  },
  "colonus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tenant farmer in the later Roman Empire who was bound to the land and obliged to pay a rent usually in produce":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-n\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, literally, farmer":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1857, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202441"
  },
  "collection station":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": collecting station":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205014"
  },
  "collared lemming":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stout-bodied murine rodent ( Dicrostonyx hudsonius ) of arctic America that is white-pelted in winter and more or less brown in summer":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205402"
  },
  "colortype":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a halftone print in three or more colors":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205717"
  },
  "collat":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "collateral":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205945"
  },
  "colony collapse disorder":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a disorder of honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) that is of unknown cause and that is characterized by sudden colony death due to the disappearance of all adult worker bees in a hive while immature bees, the queen bee, and the honey remain":[
        "\u2026 since 2006, hundreds of thousands of U.S. honeybee colonies have died out in what is being called colony collapse disorder . Whether caused by a new insecticide, disease, or a mix of stressors, the losses have spurred a flurry of research \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jennifer S. Holland",
        "\u2014 abbreviation CCD"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "2007, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210222"
  },
  "colobus monkey":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various slender, long-tailed monkeys (genus Colobus and related genera) of equatorial African forests and grasslands that have the thumb absent or vestigial and are black usually with white encircling the face and long white fringes of silky hair on the sides of the body and the tail":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-b\u0259s-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden welcomed a tiny guereza colobus monkey Friday morning. \u2014 Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com , 2 June 2020",
      "In addition, the zoo lets gorillas live with colobus monkeys , seals with penguins, zebras with buffalo, and more, Insider reported. \u2014 Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Among the human-primate contacts recorded: A boy digging in his family\u2019s garden was bitten by a black-and-white colobus monkey . \u2014 Catrin Einhorn, New York Times , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "On that occasion the prey was a red colobus monkey . \u2014 National Geographic , 17 Apr. 2019",
      "Also this month, the zoo also welcomed a male baby giraffe and a black-and-white colobus monkey . \u2014 USA TODAY , 19 June 2019",
      "Stop in the Jozani Forest, part of Zanzibar\u2019s only national park, for a chance to see Zanzibar red colobus monkeys , a rare species indigenous to the islands. \u2014 National Geographic , 12 June 2019",
      "Red colobus monkeys on the island of Zanzibar, for instance, have been observed eating charcoal to counteract toxic substances in their diets. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 26 Mar. 2018",
      "The park is home to 70 mammal species, from bush pigs and forest antelopes to red colobus monkeys and a dozen other species of primates. \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 15 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin colobus , from Greek kolobos docked, mutilated, from kolos docked; probably akin to Greek klan to break \u2014 more at clast":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1866, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210908"
  },
  "collective farm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a farm especially in a Communist country formed from many small holdings collected into a single unit for joint operation under governmental supervision":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some of the Russians and their armored vehicles were holed up in a tractor garage by the cattle pens and had stopped people from working at the collective farm , called Husarivkse. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Underneath the plot about wealthy peasants (known as kulaks) fighting to undermine a collective farm is beautiful imagery of Ukrainian nature and the unique qualities of Ukrainian folk culture. \u2014 Joshua First, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The kolkhoz, or collective farm , that once stood in the heart of Senkivka was abandoned, graffiti on its walls warning that the building was liable to collapse. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Her mother, who worked on a collective farm , a vineyard, had a pleasant singing voice and encouraged her gifted daughter\u2019s singing in school choirs and local ensembles. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "The museum, housed in a grand villa built before the war as a summer retreat and then confiscated by Hoxha\u2019s communists, closed decades ago, along with the clinic and the collective farm . \u2014 New York Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "So basically, everything that everybody loves about communism but without the collective farm . \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 3 June 2021",
      "The photographs, all in black and white, were the work of Zaharia Cu\u0219nir, the house\u2019s former owner, who had eked out a living by taking passport and other photos for residents of the surrounding villages, which were part of a local collective farm . \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2021",
      "Their president has been in power for more than 25 years, ever since the Soviet Union fell, and his prior job was managing a socialist collective farm . \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 19 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1925, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212114"
  },
  "colorism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": prejudice or discrimination especially within a racial or ethnic group favoring people with lighter skin over those with darker skin":[
        "Under this system of colorism \u2014the system which prevailed in my childhood in Jamaica, and which has carried over to the present\u2014rarely will dark and light people co-mingle. Rarely will they achieve between themselves an intimacy informed with identity.",
        "\u2014 Michelle Cliff",
        "What writer Alice Walker defined as colorism , the preferential or prejudicial treatment of same-race people based on skin color, continues to this day. And as she once wrote, unless we exorcise it \"we cannot as a people progress. For colorism , like colonialism, sexism and racism, impedes us.\"",
        "\u2014 Itabari Njeri"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259r-\u02cci-z\u0259m",
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259-\u02ccri-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "color entry 1 + -ism , after racism":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1964, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212638"
  },
  "collector":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that collects : such as":[],
      ": an official who collects funds or moneys":[],
      ": a person who makes a collection":[
        "stamp collector"
      ],
      ": an object or device that collects":[
        "the statuette was a dust collector"
      ],
      ": solar collector":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8lek-t\u0259r"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He is an avid stamp collector .",
      "The painting was purchased by a private collector .",
      "The trash collectors came early today.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "From the journey of the collector , the journey of emotions and the journey of knowledge. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "The work had been stored in its original Plexiglas box for over four decades in the vault of a private collector from the United States. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
      "The auction house is sending an exceptional collection of DRC under the hammer this month that comes from the cellar of a single discerning collector . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Marvin\u2019s Marvelous Mechanical Museum near Detroit is the creation of a pharmacist- collector of unusual things by enjoyment. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will return a 17th-century painting in its collection to the heirs of a Jewish collector from whom the painting was stolen during the Holocaust. \u2014 Shira Hanau, sun-sentinel.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The global reggaeton superstar from Columbia J Balvin, who handed off the award to the artist, is a friend and collector , and made note of the similarities the pair have shared in conquering their respective worlds. \u2014 Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2022",
      "Johnson\u2019s steadfast opposition to gun safety regulations is well-known, as is her status as a gun owner and collector . \u2014 oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
      "Southington should also consider allowing two- to four-family homes on arterial or collector streets, and streetfront townhouses within walking distance of the town center and Plantsville Center, the plan advises. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English collectour, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin coll\u0113ct\u014dr-, coll\u0113ctor, from colleg-, variant stem of colligere \"to gather together, assemble, accumulate\" + -t\u014dr-, -tor, agent suffix \u2014 more at collect entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212811"
  },
  "colorpoint":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or being a color pattern of the domestic cat (such as the Siamese cat ) consisting of a pale body with darker ears, paws, tail, and face":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259r-\u02ccp\u022fint"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1958, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214822"
  },
  "color-blind":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": affected with partial or total inability to distinguish one or more chromatic colors":[
        "Dull colors are the rule for color-blind animals, like elephants and hippos and rhinos.",
        "\u2014 Terence Monmaney",
        "\u2026 the examiner in Seattle who had first looked at these capsules couldn't possibly have seen the green specks: he was color-blind .",
        "\u2014 David Fisher",
        "It really was an awful garment, that pullover. It had a queasy zigzag pattern, in many strange, unhappy colors. It looked like something knitted as a present by a colorblind aunt.",
        "\u2014 Terry Pratchett"
      ],
      ": insensitive , oblivious":[
        "We maintain no cash reserves, assuming we can borrow our way out of a crisis. We live as if color-blind to risk.",
        "\u2014 Byron Moore"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259r-\u02ccbl\u012bnd",
      "\u02c8k\u0259l-\u0259r-\u02ccbl\u012bnd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215655"
  },
  "color force":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fundamental physical force that is responsible for the binding together of quarks : strong force":[
        "All of this is analogous to the convention in which ordinary mesons are said to consist of ordinary quarks held together by the color force .",
        "\u2014 Kenneth Lane , Physics Today , January 1984",
        "The trio \u2026 were cited for their important theoretical discoveries \"concerning the strong force, or the ' color force ' as it is also called,\" the academy said. \"The strong force is the one that is dominant in the atomic nucleus, acting between the quarks inside the proton and the neutron.\"",
        "\u2014 Matt Moore , Associated Press International , 5 Oct. 2004"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1977, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220646"
  },
  "Colorado potato beetle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a black-and-yellow striped beetle ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata ) that feeds on the leaves of the potato":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "colorado , state of the U.S.":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1866, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221835"
  },
  "collecting station":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a medical installation in a forward combat area where casualties are received from aid stations, treated, classified, and either returned to duty or prepared for evacuation to a clearing station in the rear":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222130"
  },
  "Colorado pikeminnow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large dull olive green pikeminnow ( Ptychocheilus lucius ) that was formerly present in most of the Colorado River and its tributaries but is now restricted mainly to its northern range and that may reach a length of six feet (1.8 meters)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1998, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223156"
  },
  "color separation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1904, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223554"
  },
  "collection plate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": plate entry 1 sense 3e(1)":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224048"
  },
  "collects":{
    "type":[
      "adverb or adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": collection":[],
      ": to bring together into one body or place":[],
      ": to gather or exact from a number of persons or sources":[
        "collect taxes"
      ],
      ": to gather an accumulation of (objects) especially as a hobby":[
        "collects stamps"
      ],
      ": infer , deduce":[],
      ": to gain or regain control of":[
        "collect his thoughts"
      ],
      ": to claim as due and receive payment for":[],
      ": to come together in a band, group, or mass : gather":[],
      ": to collect objects":[],
      ": to receive payment":[
        "collecting on the insurance"
      ],
      ": to be paid for by the receiver":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-likt",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8lekt",
      "also -\u02cclekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "calm",
      "compose",
      "contain",
      "control",
      "re-collect",
      "settle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for collect Verb gather , collect , assemble , congregate mean to come or bring together into a group, mass, or unit. gather is the most general term for bringing or coming together from a spread-out or scattered state. a crowd quickly gathered collect often implies careful selection or orderly arrangement. collected books on gardening assemble implies an ordered union or organization of persons or things often for a definite purpose. experts assembled for a conference congregate implies a spontaneous flocking together into a crowd or huddle. congregating under a shelter",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They hope to collect over 1,000 signatures on the petition.",
      "He collected stories from all over the world.",
      "They collected information about the community.",
      "We collected soil samples from several areas on the site.",
      "We collected our baggage from the baggage claim at the airport.",
      "I left my suit at the cleaners and I have to collect it today.",
      "She enjoys collecting antique teapots.",
      "He has an impressive stamp collection, though he has been collecting for only a few years.",
      "I took a minute to collect my thoughts.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Divots in the dome\u2019s surface collect rainwater to create vernal pools, which are home to fairy shrimp, tiny translucent freshwater crustaceans. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 June 2021",
      "Help park staff collect litter in and around Big Bone Creek or help Sierra Club with trail maintenance. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "This act lets the FDA collect fees from companies that produce certain drugs and biological products for humans. \u2014 Sneha Dave, STAT , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "So what has this campaign done over the past seven months besides collect signatures",
      "Asked whether the state should increase the current $4,000 filing fee or the alternate requirement that a candidate collect at least 7,000 voter signatures, only 51% of voters gave their approval. \u2014 John Myers, Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Muskego Beer, Wine & Liquor Muskego Beer, Wine & Liquor has a wide variety of Oktoberfest collect . \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "To have Simple Recycling collect , call 855-835-5068 to schedule a pick-up day. \u2014 courant.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "The recipient of a call from someone locked up in Metro Corrections currently must pay $1.85 for collect calls to a local landline, while intrastate and interstate calls can have additional per-minute fees. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 25 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "They'll be required to collect $500 million annually from producers for a fund aimed at cleaning up plastic pollution. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 July 2022",
      "They\u2019ll be required to collect $500 million annually from producers for a fund aimed at cleaning up plastic pollution. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
      "They'll be required to collect $500 million annually from producers for a fund aimed at cleaning up plastic pollution. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, ajc , 1 July 2022",
      "The droppings tend to collect on lower leaves and are clearly visible. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 30 June 2022",
      "Mobile residents can also pay a private recycling service to collect recyclables from their home. \u2014 Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al , 30 June 2022",
      "People even deliberately burned down houses to be able to collect nails from the ashes. \u2014 Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
      "Ashok Elluswamy, director of Autopilot software, said at the AI Day event that Tesla was able to collect 10,000 video clips from its cars and automatically label them in a week. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 29 June 2022",
      "Then, scientists believe that Jupiter began to absorb and collect gas from the birth of our Sun. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb or adjective",
      "The octogenarian monetarist, who knew the value a dollar from all angles, would phone back collect . \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 6 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English collecte, collet, borrowed from Anglo-French collecte, borrowed from Medieval Latin coll\u0113cta, perhaps going back to Late Latin, in sense \"gathering place, assembly\" (assuming the original reference was to \u014dr\u0101ti\u014d ad coll\u0113ctam, a prayer recited at the congregation's gathering place), going back to Latin, feminine of coll\u0113ctus, past participle of colligere \"to gather together, assemble, accumulate\" \u2014 more at collect entry 2":"Noun",
      "Middle English collecten \"to accumulate, infer, calculate,\" borrowed from Anglo-French collecter, borrowed from Latin coll\u0113ctus, past participle of colligere \"to gather together, assemble, accumulate, pull (oneself) together,\" from col-, assimilated variant of com- com- + legere \"to gather by picking or plucking, select, choose\" \u2014 more at legend":"Verb",
      "derivative of collect entry 2":"Adverb or adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1563, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1893, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224903"
  },
  "color top":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": color mixer":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225937"
  },
  "collatio bonorum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": collation of goods":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259\u02c8l\u0101sh(\u0113)\u014db\u0259\u02c8n\u014dr\u0259m",
      "-\u022fr-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230419"
  },
  "cold dark matter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a form of dark matter theorized to consist of slow-moving elementary particles and to have contributed to the formation of large-scale structure (such as galaxies) in the early universe":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231631"
  },
  "collimator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a device for producing a beam of parallel rays (as of light) or for forming an infinitely distant virtual image that can be viewed without parallax":[],
      ": a device for obtaining a beam (as of particles) of limited cross section":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l-\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232222"
  },
  "colleague":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an associate or coworker typically in a profession or in a civil or ecclesiastical office and often of similar rank or status : a fellow worker or professional":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-\u02ccl\u0113g",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-(\u02cc)l\u0113g"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "associate",
      "confrere",
      "confr\u00e8re",
      "coworker"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Not since Cronkite's CBS mentor and colleague Edward R. Murrow lifted Senator Joe McCarthy by the skunk tail for public inspection had one TV broadcast reflected such a fateful climate change in public opinion. \u2014 James Wolcott , Vanity Fair , June 2003",
      "My colleague Gene Sperling and I were standing over my speakerphone, but for all Mario Cuomo knew we were on our knees. \u2014 George Stephanopoulos , Newsweek , 15 Mar. 1999",
      "Nineteenth-century naturalist Thomas Henry Huxley, a colleague of Charles Darwin, was the first to suggest that dinosaurs and birds were related. \u2014 Laura Tangley , U.S. News & World Report , 6 July 1998",
      "\u2026 it gets noticed no more than an hour later by another colleague of mine, whom I've never met personally but know to be an art historian \u2026 \u2014 John Barth , Atlantic , March 1995",
      "A colleague of mine will be speaking at the conference.",
      "on her first day at work her colleagues went out of their way to make her feel welcome",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His death, in a hospital, was caused by kidney failure, said Richard Starkings, a friend and colleague . \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Take a friend or colleague with you on your daily coffee run. \u2014 Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
      "Absolutely devastated to hear about the loss of a blazing talent, a dear friend and colleague @ss_thompson \u2013 gone far too soon. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "Rock-hard glacier-ice globules, ranging from golf ball to basketball size, can cause lethal ski crashes, as happened to my friend and colleague Cory Johnson in 2020. \u2014 Outside Online , 29 May 2022",
      "Eventually, a friend and colleague brought up that Goodman may be depressed, which even he was compelled to reject at first. \u2014 Katie Dupere, Men's Health , 16 May 2022",
      "Annie\u2019s friends and family remember her as a thoughtful and loving mother, friend and colleague . \u2014 Dateline Nbc, NBC News , 10 May 2022",
      "Next most popular was being asked to pay in advance for a service or product (12%), help out a friend or colleague in need (12% each) or pay someone\u2019s phone or utility bill (10%). \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Betsy touched many lives, including mine as a friend and colleague . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 11 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French collegue , from Latin collega , from com- + legare to depute \u2014 more at legate":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1533, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232822"
  },
  "collapse therapy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a surgical procedure that collapses a lung and is now used almost solely in the treatment of tuberculosis to rest an infected lung by immobilization":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234235"
  },
  "color emissivity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": monochromatic emissivity":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000345"
  },
  "color tone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": tone sense 8":[],
      ": the general effect of a pleasing color harmony":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000834"
  },
  "colophon":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an inscription at the end of a book or manuscript usually with facts about its production":[],
      ": an identifying mark used by a printer or a publisher":[],
      "ancient city of western Asia Minor in Lydia":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-f\u0259n",
      "-\u02ccf\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Like the colophon actually means like these are the people who made it. \u2014 Lale Arikoglu, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Aug. 2020",
      "The differences between the editions, which begin with the colophon , include extended or altered scenes and three distinct endings. \u2014 James Yeh, New York Times , 3 May 2020",
      "This is one reason, Melanie Holcomb, a curator in the Met\u2019s department of medieval art explained, it is thought that the Bible dates from the early part of the 14th century, despite bearing a colophon dated A.D. 1366. \u2014 Peter Libbey, New York Times , 22 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from Greek koloph\u014dn summit, finishing touch; perhaps akin to Latin culmen top \u2014 more at hill":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001018"
  },
  "colead":{
    "type":[
      "noun,",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to lead (something, such as a group) with one or more other people":[
        "They were chosen to co-lead the investigative team."
      ],
      ": to share a lead with another person in a competition":[
        "A former U.S. Amateur champion in Byeong Hun An co-leads at 10 under after a second straight 66.",
        "\u2014 Kevin Casey"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u014d-\u02c8l\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tensions flared in late 2015 when Mr. Meissner proposed coleading a \u20ac20 billion loan to Volkswagen AG , which needed cash to help weather its emissions-testing scandal. \u2014 Liz Hoffman, WSJ , 13 Oct. 2018",
      "That was the case with Bamako*Chicago Sound System, a group that Ms. Mitchell coleads with the Malian kora player Ballake Sisoko, but that began as her brainchild. \u2014 Giovanni Russonello, New York Times , 10 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1931, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001045"
  },
  "color bar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a set of societal or legal barriers that segregates people of color from white people (as by restricting social interaction or requiring separate facilities) and prevents people of color from exercising the same rights and accessing the same opportunities as white people : color line":[
        "\"Rosetta [LeNoire] did more than dream of a theater with no color bar \u2014she actually built one,\" he [Bill Clinton] said.",
        "\u2014 Douglas Martin",
        "\u2014 usually used with the In London, the department funded two student hostels, which aided the many students whom the color bar prevented from finding decent lodging \u2026 \u2014 Aminatta Forna As a minor leaguer, he was one of five players who broke the color bar in the South Atlantic League. \u2014 The (Mankato, Minnesota) Free Press"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Massingale said his father couldn\u2019t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters\u2019 union. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Massingale said his father couldn\u2019t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters\u2019 union. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Massingale said his father couldn\u2019t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters\u2019 union. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Massingale said his father couldn\u2019t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters\u2019 union. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Massingale said his father couldn\u2019t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters\u2019 union. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Massingale said his father couldn\u2019t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters\u2019 union. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Massingale said his father couldn\u2019t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters\u2019 union. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Massingale said his father couldn\u2019t work as a carpenter because of a color bar preventing African Americans from joining the carpenters\u2019 union. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Feb. 2022"
    ],
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Put the sliced onion in a colander in the sink and pour some boiling water over it, then briefly refresh under cold running water and drain well. \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
      "Uncooked, fresh mussels can be placed in a colander set over a large bowl and refrigerated for up to 2 days. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
      "Bring several inches of water to a boil in a large pot, reduce to a vigorous simmer, and add your eggs to a colander , double boiler or vegetable steamer set in the pot. \u2014 Lynne Sherwin, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "My sister wore a colander decorated with kitchen utensils on her head. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Then rinse them thoroughly in a colander and place on a towel to dry. \u2014 Beth Branch, Country Living , 11 May 2022",
      "About a week after the season finale of Severance dropped, Jen Tullock appeared on Zoom (her computer balanced on a stainless steel colander ) to discuss her work on the breakout drama of the spring and her growing list of TV credits. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Remove from heat and strain the rice in a fine colander . \u2014 Felicia Campbell, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Remove from heat and strain the rice in a fine colander . \u2014 Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic , 8 Apr. 2022"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Make a cold frame or hotbed to start early vegetables or flowers. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Both really do need an outdoor greenhouse, cold frame or a really sunny summer window, though there are a few varieties that will fruit outdoors. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "In a way, this is like starting seeds using a cold frame . \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Pull them into an unheated garage, basement, greenhouse, cold frame or similar site. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Place a portable cold frame over rows of winter vegetables. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "Otherwise, set the open bottom of the cold frame directly on the soil. \u2014 Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 Aug. 2021",
      "The cold frame acts like a mini greenhouse and keeps the vegetables from freezing. \u2014 Judy Hake, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 20 Mar. 2021",
      "But an unheated greenhouse or cold frame structure will lose heat quickly at night. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Aug. 2020"
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      ": permanent social parasitism (as that between certain species of ants)":[]
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      "New Latin, from Greek kolak-, kolax parasite + New Latin -o- + -biosis":""
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      "1914, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      "\u02cck\u00e4l-\u0259-",
      "\u02cck\u014d-l\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-sk\u0259-p\u0113",
      "\u02cck\u014d-l\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4s-k\u0259-p\u0113"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On Wednesday afternoon, TMZ reported that multiple sources connected to the family informed them that Barker has pancreatitis, which doctors believe was triggered by a recent colonoscopy . \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 30 June 2022",
      "The cause of Travis Barker\u2019s emergency trip to the hospital Tuesday is reported to be due to pancreatitis, which doctors believe to be triggered by a colonoscopy . \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 29 June 2022",
      "The condition \u2014 which occurs when the pancreas becomes inflamed and includes symptoms such as nausea, severe belly pain, fever, and rapid heart rate \u2014 was believed to be triggered by a recent colonoscopy , according to TMZ. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 29 June 2022",
      "Colorectal cancer screenings among men and women remained steady in 2020 compared to 2018 because patients were able to replace colonoscopy procedures with at-home stool testing, researchers found. \u2014 Madeline Halpert, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Today, that process is an invasive procedure that moves bacteria from a healthy patient to the gut of someone who\u2019s sick, and requires a colonoscopy to transfer material from the donor to the patient. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "Finally, editor-in-chief Tony Quiroga went to England for drophead that comes with a sweet engine, horrible infotainment, gorgeous lines, and free a colonoscopy . \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Twenty-two years ago, Couric used her nationwide platform to raise awareness of the importance of getting checked for colon cancer by having a colonoscopy on-air on Today. \u2014 Marissa Charles, PEOPLE.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "In 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration approved prep in the form of tablets, which makers say can be an alternative to liquid colonoscopy preparations. \u2014 Cat Lafuente, Health.com , 9 Feb. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Among the available cultivars are Jade Butterfly ginkgo, a dwarf variety that grows just 12 to 15 feet high; Princeton Sentry ginkgo, a narrow, nearly columnar tree that tapers to a point; and Autumn Gold ginkgo, which has excellent fall color. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 27 Sep. 2020",
      "The trek features some breathtaking views of the crumbling volcanic cliffs above Munson Creek and Annie Creek Canyon\u2019s distinct, columnar formations. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 15 Jan. 2020",
      "Pruning didn\u2019t much change Twisty Baby\u2019s columnar appearance. \u2014 Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities , 16 Nov. 2019",
      "To the left of the guest house is a pair of columnar eastern white pines that, like the Katsuras, seem not to mind the very same conditions the birch detest. \u2014 Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities , 12 Oct. 2019",
      "Among them are a terrific pair of life-size young athletes poised to begin a footrace; two columnar water nymphs identified as the work of Stephanos, a Greek sculptor in Rome; and a leaping month-old piglet, poised on rear hooves. \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 3 July 2019",
      "Four years later, the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., introduced an even more columnar variety named Capital. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, The Seattle Times , 17 Sep. 2018",
      "The temperature at which magma cools to form these columnar joints is a question that has fascinated the world of geology for a very long time. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 12 Apr. 2018",
      "Rounded barrel cactuses have low surface area, relative to their succulent storage capacity, while columnar cactuses or prickly pears expose only their thin edges at the tops or sides to direct sunlight. \u2014 Natalie Angier, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2017"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1728, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041313"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French & Latin; Middle French colosse , from Latin colossus":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1549, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041908"
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      ": the quality or state of being color-blind : such as":[],
      ": partial or total inability to distinguish one or more chromatic colors":[
        "In color blindness which affects as many as 8 to 10 percent of men, a person may lose the ability to see all colors or merely the capacity to discriminate between certain hues.",
        "\u2014 R. Lipkin",
        "\" Colorblindness \" is almost always a misnomer. In the vast majority of cases, people can still see many colors, but they can't discriminate as many as people with regular vision.",
        "\u2014 Amos Zeeberg"
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      ": the act or practice of treating all people the same regardless of race":[
        "For [Justice John] Harlan, color blindness forbade the state from creating invidious racial categories; for Rehnquist (and Reagan and Steele), color blindness means racial neutrality\u2014as if we live in a world where wishing makes prejudice go away.",
        "\u2014 Julian Bond",
        "Many sociologists, though, are extremely critical of colorblindness as an ideology. They argue that as the mechanisms that reproduce racial inequality have become more covert and obscure than they were during the era of open, legal segregation, the language of explicit racism has given way to a discourse of colorblindness .",
        "\u2014 Adia Harvey Wingfield",
        "They [critics] argue that since race is a major contributing factor in all sorts of societal outcomes, from who goes to jail to what educational opportunities a child has, to adopt color-blindness as an ideology is to ignore important discrepancies, thereby allowing them to fester.",
        "\u2014 Jesse Singal"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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      "1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043621"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There's almost no assembly required, aside from removing it from the wheeled carry case, unfolding the collapsible , rust-resistant frame, and pushing up the canopy. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 9 May 2022",
      "Peak\u2019s Field Barista Set comes with a grinder, kettle, and collapsible coffee drip. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 20 May 2022",
      "For a collapsible style with tons of space, the best cooler is the Maelstrom Soft Cooler Bag. \u2014 Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022",
      "The canopy features a collapsible awning, which can be used to shield you from rain or the sun's rays, or to block the wind behind the grill. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 9 May 2022",
      "This easily transportable cornhole game set includes two collapsible boards, 8 beanie bags and a carrying case. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Get your mom the most popular Squeeze Water Filtration System, $39, which comes with a lifetime warranty and a reusable BPA-free collapsible pouch, and your mom will be ready to hit the trails. \u2014 Wendy Altschuler, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "That\u2019s how its low-profile, collapsible tenders were born. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Avoid getting parched while reducing waste with Stojo\u2019s collapsible silicone water bottle, which holds 20 ounces and comes in other stylish colors. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Mar. 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044654"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1789, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050850"
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      "Samuel Taylor 1772\u20131834 English poet":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051949"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053029"
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      ": a genetic variant manifested by the occurrence of a skin or pelage color unlike the wild type of the animal group in which it appears":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The lesser snow geese of the Mississippi and Central flyways come in both white and the blue color phase . \u2014 Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream , 22 Feb. 2021",
      "The gobblers have included oddities such as unusual color phases , toms with no beard and adult males with no spurs. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 May 2020",
      "With 25,000-35,000 bears, its good to wait for a color phase or a particularly large bear. \u2014 Gerald Almy, Field & Stream , 2 Apr. 2020",
      "The color phase breakdown was 44% red, 20% intermediate, 14% split, 11% brown and 10% gray. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055445"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055915"
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      ": the distortion of a solid under sustained pressure especially with an accompanying inability to return to its original dimensions when the pressure is removed":[],
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      "The good news about the economy is cold comfort to people who have lost their jobs.",
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      "Energy and food prices made up much of the May increase, but this is cold comfort for consumers. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
      "This should be cold comfort to people who live in those jurisdictions or who have the financial means to travel. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 8 May 2022",
      "If that sounds a little like cold comfort , remember that maps for months have placed California and the West in the hotter- and drier-than-average categories. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "That kind of macroeconomic analysis may be cold comfort for frustrated drivers. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Still, that context is cold comfort for many San Diegans whose wages haven\u2019t kept pace with inflation, said Ray Major, chief economist with the San Diego Association of Governments. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "In theory, this group was at least in an asylum process instead of facing immediate expulsion, though in practical terms that was cold comfort . \u2014 Felipe De La Hoz, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "But that\u2019s cold comfort to Russian oil and gas companies, which are paying a steep price for their country\u2019s geopolitical strategy while their rivals around the world reap record profits. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "But the hit to Disney\u2019s reputation will be cold comfort to those who will be ground up in the gears of DeSantis\u2019s grim vision. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But black holes produce their own radiation, especially high-energy X-rays and gamma-rays, which shoot out from the star in the form of tightly collimated ... \u2014 Newsweek , 14 Mar. 2018"
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      "Latin collimatus , past participle of collimare , manuscript variant of collineare to make straight, from com- + linea line":""
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      "Latin colocynthis , from Greek kolokynthis":""
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      "1543, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a large, slender, pale gray Eurasian dove ( Streptopelia decaocto ) introduced into North America and having a square tail and a black band on the nape of the neck":[
        "The season will remain open through Jan. 15 with a daily bag limit of 15 for native mourning doves. There is no limit for collared doves , which are considered an invasive species.",
        "\u2014 Bryan Brasher, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) , 22 Dec. 2013",
        "Another identification tip is to look at the bird's wings: The collared-dove's primaries, seen both in flight and at rest, are dark brown, while the ringed turtle dove's are tan.",
        "\u2014 Howard Youth , Bird Watcher's Digest , November/December 1998"
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      "Her paintings have become collector's items .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Just as the mark of authenticity on that piece of art signaled its scarcity and value as a collector's item , NFTs are cryptographic signatures that attest to a digital asset's uniqueness. \u2014 Brian Jackson, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Its black-rubber packaging, with a vest-pocket holder for the disks, is a collector's item today. \u2014 PCMAG , 4 May 2022",
      "This simply makes Lego's hammer kit all the more worthy (ha) as a collector's item for MCU lovers, especially those who can't wait for Thor: Love and Thunder to land in theaters this summer. \u2014 Nina Huang, EW.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "The beer has become a collector's item , squirreled away in pantries or proudly displayed in basement bars since it was first brewed 40 years ago. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Fan Paola Mondragon was particularly impressed by the 1975 tour comic that Mason explained was initially met with resistance, but is now, of course, a collector's item . \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "Based on the number of NFL players who have participated in the All-American Bowl, each photo may become a collector's item . \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 4 Sep. 2021",
      "The Solar System\u2019s smallest planet has always been something of a collector's item for stargazers. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 9 May 2021",
      "Each piece that has sold has typically been a one-of-a-kind digital artwork or collector's item attached to this new form of crypto investing -- and people were willing to pay extra for the bragging rights alone. \u2014 Anna Bahney, CNN , 27 Apr. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1932, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081713"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1819, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081827"
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      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-f\u0259n",
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Like the colophon actually means like these are the people who made it. \u2014 Lale Arikoglu, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Aug. 2020",
      "The differences between the editions, which begin with the colophon , include extended or altered scenes and three distinct endings. \u2014 James Yeh, New York Times , 3 May 2020",
      "This is one reason, Melanie Holcomb, a curator in the Met\u2019s department of medieval art explained, it is thought that the Bible dates from the early part of the 14th century, despite bearing a colophon dated A.D. 1366. \u2014 Peter Libbey, New York Times , 22 Dec. 2017"
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      "Latin, from Greek koloph\u014dn summit, finishing touch; perhaps akin to Latin culmen top \u2014 more at hill":""
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      "1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "New Latin, from Latin colon":"Combining form"
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      "transitive verb"
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      ": to make (a photographic material) sensitive to colors other than those to which the material is naturally sensitive":[]
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      "\u02c8k\u00e4l-y\u0259-br\u0259d",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ultimately from Latin colubra snake":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091618"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": an order of algae (class Euglenophyceae) comprising those forms that have immobile cells with an encapsulating wall and that develop amorphous or dendroid colonies with sometimes temporary naked flagellate stages, the members of some of its genera (as Colacium ) occurring on rotifers, copepods, and other minute aquatic animals":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259\u02ccl\u0101s\u0113\u02c8\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113z"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Colacium (from Greek kolak-, kolax parasite, flatterer + New Latin -ium ) + -ales ; perhaps akin to Greek k\u0113lein to beguile":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103755"
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      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      ": an extremely large squid ( Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni ) occurring in deep waters of the Southern Ocean that is the largest known living invertebrate":[
        "\u2026 would like to try for observations of the colossal squid , the only one larger than a giant squid . Discovered only in the 1920s, colossal squid live in the Antarctic Ocean and grow to perhaps 46 feet.",
        "\u2014 Dan Vergano , USA Today , 25 Jan. 2013",
        "Fishermen working in the Antarctic have landed a huge surprise: the first adult colossal squid , Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni . A New Zealand vessel was deep fishing when it caught the squid, which is said to be male, 10 metres long and 450 kilograms in weight \u2026",
        "\u2014 New Scientist , 3 Mar. 2007"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "2003, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111510"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114759"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115006"
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      "colorado , state of the U.S.":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115550"
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      "-ly\u0259-",
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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      "New Latin, from Latin coluber, colubra snake; perhaps akin to Greek k\u014dlon limb":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123428"
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      "reservation containing many unusual erosion formations in western Colorado west of Grand Junction":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123816"
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      ": a black mark differently positioned on the outside fold of each different signature in bookbinding to aid in collating":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125018"
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  "color slab":{
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      "noun"
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      ": a tile of white china on which a palette of colors has been burned":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134140"
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  "collection line":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": house drain":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134616"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135329"
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  "Colorado manroot":{
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141212"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141407"
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      "noun",
      "noun or adjective"
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      ": domination of a people or area by a foreign state or nation : the practice of extending and maintaining a nation's political and economic control over another people or area":[
        "\u2026 The United States was a product of colonialism by mass migrations, and it was the colonialists themselves who created the country; India and China were victims of an extractive colonialism that drained away national wealth.",
        "\u2014 Manjari Miller",
        "Africa's push for independence from colonialism , which mirrored [Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s] movement for racial equality in America, attracted his support.",
        "\u2014 Rodney Muhumuza",
        "While the primary colonial identification for Jamaicans was English, American colonialism was a strong force in my childhood\u2014and of course continues today. We were sent American movies and American music. American aluminum companies had already discovered bauxite on the island and were shipping the ore to their mainland. United Fruit bought our bananas.",
        "\u2014 Michelle Cliff"
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      ": the policy of or belief in acquiring and retaining colonies":[
        "We want to discover how that era evolved and how the paternalistic attitude of colonialism manifested itself.",
        "\u2014 Chris Vieler-Porter"
      ],
      ": the quality or state of being a colony or of behaving like a colony":[
        "A new generation had to come upon the stage before our politics were finally taken out of colonialism and made national and American \u2026 . It was the foresight and the courage of [President George] Washington which at the outset placed the United States in their relations with foreign nations on the ground of a firm, independent, and American policy.",
        "\u2014 Henry Cabot Lodge"
      ],
      ": something (such as a custom, idea, or idiom) that is characteristic of a colony":[
        "Americans shed their colonialisms one by one, for political colonialism was merely the first to go. \u2026 Many Americans still felt inferior to Englishmen in their language, and a strong jolt was necessary to dislodge that last colonialism .",
        "\u2014 Allen Walker Read",
        "American lexicographer Noah Webster, in his dictionaries of the early 1800s, \"wanted an American language,\" [John] Taylor said. Webster included such uniquely American words as woodchuck and caucus , which were seen by unapproving British reviewers as \"vulgar colonialisms .\"",
        "\u2014 Elizabeth Williams"
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      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m",
      "-ny\u0259-\u02ccli-"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "However, critics say the way in which the scene was cropped to be put in the seal leads to a misleading depiction of the power dynamic between the Jesuits and their Native guides \u2014 one rooted in the mindset of settler colonialism . \u2014 Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Climate change has been a wake-up call that the current paradigm and the values of settler colonialism \u2014 like the domination and exploitation of nature \u2014 are not sustainable. \u2014 Whitney Mallett, Curbed , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "Like Young, Melgoza covers identity and the consequences of settler colonialism . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "Authorities have since brought a slew of new laws, which many critics and Kashmiris likened to the beginning of settler colonialism . \u2014 NBC News , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "Authorities have since brought a slew of new laws, which many critics and Kashmiris liken to the beginning of settler colonialism . \u2014 Aijaz Hussain, ajc , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "Along with her critiques of Mexican and Mexican American cooks and authors, her work is tinged with an air of settler colonialism , as Cassie Da Costa wrote in the Daily Beast. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
      "On each of those 13 colonies, for instance, the decimation of Indigenous peoples and their cultures has been a living legacy of White settler colonialism . \u2014 Pedro Rios, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 July 2021",
      "The fascinating early chapters of Nature Shock focus on the first century and a half of settler colonialism in America, when contrasting practices of wayfinding played out within overlapping terrains of knowledge and ignorance. \u2014 Robert Macfarlane, The New York Review of Books , 15 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see colony":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1843, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143324"
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  "college scrip":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": scrip issued to facilitate the establishment of colleges":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143930"
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  "columns":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": a vertical arrangement of items printed or written on a page":[
        "columns of numbers"
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      ": one of two or more vertical sections of a printed page separated by a rule or blank space":[
        "The news article takes up three columns ."
      ],
      ": an accumulation arranged vertically : stack":[
        "columns of paint cans"
      ],
      ": one in a usually regular series of newspaper or magazine articles":[
        "the gossip column",
        "advice columns"
      ],
      ": something resembling a column in form, position, or function":[
        "a column of water",
        "columns of smoke"
      ],
      ": a tube or cylinder in which a chromatographic separation takes place":[],
      ": a long row (as of soldiers)":[
        "columns of troops"
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      ": one of the vertical lines of elements of a determinant or matrix":[],
      ": a statistical category or grouping":[
        "put another game in the win column"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8k\u00e4l-y\u0259m",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l-\u0259m",
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    "synonyms":[
      "cue",
      "file",
      "line",
      "queue",
      "range",
      "string",
      "train"
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    "examples":[
      "a facade with marble columns",
      "Add the first column of numbers.",
      "The article takes up three columns .",
      "The error appears at the bottom of the second column .",
      "She writes a weekly column for the paper.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Gleiberman was recognized for obituary/appreciation for his column on pioneering director Lina Wertm\u00fcller, who died in December at the age of 93. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 25 June 2022",
      "More from Carolyn Hax From the archive: More: Sign up for Carolyn\u2019s email newsletter to get her column delivered to your inbox each morning. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
      "As my colleague Jean Guerrero points out in her latest column , President Biden can step in and do more. \u2014 Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "All of this has significant impacts related to AI Ethics and the advent of Ethical AI, which is a topic that my column has and continues to extensively cover, such as the link here and the link here, just to name a few. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "Famous last words: How Mitch Albom ended his column about the victory parade: After the parade and rally, the players gathered at Joe Louis Arena for the official championship team photo. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
      "Buchwald sweated little blood while writing his thrice-weekly column . \u2014 Dave Shiflett, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "The Beavers were able to find their footing over Crusaders in set three, dominating on the pitch and marking another tally in their win column before Moeller could even reach 20 points, ending 25-19. \u2014 Sara Tidwell, The Enquirer , 5 June 2022",
      "Without the Fever stringing together stops, Mitchell\u2019s offensive production was wiped away and the Fever fell back into the losing column with a 93-80 loss to the Mercury at home. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English columne , from Anglo-French columpne , from Latin columna , from columen top; akin to Latin collis hill \u2014 more at hill":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144055"
  },
  "collative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having the quality or power of conferring":[],
      ": passing, held, or conferred by collation (see collation sense 4a )":[],
      ": marked by collation or systematic comparison":[
        "a collative act or function"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)k\u00e4\u00a6l-",
      "k\u0259\u02c8l\u0101tiv",
      "(\u02c8)k\u014d\u00a6l-",
      "-\u0101tiv"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin collativus brought together, from collatus + -ivus -ive":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144402"
  },
  "collateral damage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Think of it as 12 digits worth of collateral damage . \u2014 Allan Sloan, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "Her erratic path toward happiness, sometimes causing collateral damage , looks a lot like Justice\u2019s. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
      "The film speaks to the notion of collateral damage . \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "Despite the risks of collateral damage , the Fed is expected to raise rates several more times this year to combat resurgent inflation in the United States. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 May 2022",
      "The North Atlantic Treaty Organization warned on Thursday that there is a high risk of collateral damage for any ships in the Black Sea. \u2014 Benoit Faucon And Joe Parkinson, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Any company that does business in Ukraine\u2014and any person or business doing business with that company\u2014could be vulnerable to this sort of collateral damage , Daniel said. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "To me, the Koreans were collateral damage , the unfortunate victims in a long-playing drama that predated their presence by decades. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "These days the house is collateral damage in that most common of plotlines: the inheritance squabble. \u2014 James Mcauley, Town & Country , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1947, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151708"
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  "colonography":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": noninvasive visualization of the interior of the colon by means of computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging especially to screen for polyps or cancerous growths":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u014d-l\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-gr\u0259-f\u0113"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One suggested the doctor recommended a virtual colonography , which uses CT technology. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 18 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1975, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152852"
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  "color balance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a distribution of colors (as in a painting) resulting in a feeling of fitness, satisfaction, and beauty":[],
      ": the chromatic characteristics of the reproduction of gray tones in a color photograph":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160343"
  },
  "colicroot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-lik-\u02ccr\u00fct",
      "-\u02ccru\u0307t"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1833, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161724"
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  "color scheme":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a particular combination of colors":[
        "They chose an unusual color scheme for the living room."
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172046"
  },
  "columnal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": columnar":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "k\u0259\u02c8l\u0259mn\u0259l"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "column + -al":"Adjective"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173943"
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  "cold-short":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": brittle when below a red heat \u2014 compare hot-short":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by folk etymology from Swedish kallsk\u00f6r , from kall cold (from Old Norse kaldr ) + sk\u00f6r brittle, from Old Swedish sk\u00f6r, skyr , probably from Middle Low German sk\u00f6r ; akin to Middle Low German schoren to break, Old High German sceran to cut":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174630"
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  "cold shape":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a blancmange pudding that is molded and chilled":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175842"
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  "colleger":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a student at Eton College who lives on the original foundation \u2014 compare oppidan sense 3":[],
      ": a college student":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0259\u0307j\u0259(r)"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184340"
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  "colonialization":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259\u02ccl\u014dn\u0113\u0259l\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184930"
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  "color solid":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": three-dimensional space each point of which represents a color":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1905, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185808"
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  "color blocking":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the use of usually bold and bright blocks of color in clothing design":[
        "Color blocking is making bold style statements through the combination of relatively large areas of two to three solid colors.",
        "\u2014 Betsy DiJulio, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia) , 5 Jan. 2013",
        "Designers are incorporating color blocking and \u2026 neons into swimwear.",
        "\u2014 Holly Leber , The Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press , 16 Apr. 2012"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185852"
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  "collectorate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": collectorship sense 1":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190051"
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  "collateral issue":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an issue taken upon a matter aside from the general issue or the merits of a law case":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190405"
  },
  "colza":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": rape entry 3":[],
      ": rapeseed":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l-z\u0259",
      "\u02c8k\u014dl-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Dutch koolzaad , from Middle Dutch coolsaet , from coole cabbage + saet seed":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1712, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190906"
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  "color striker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that makes colorants":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193249"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": one or more continuous conducting rings in a dynamo or motor from which the brushes take or to which they deliver current":[],
      ": the ring-shaped exhaust manifold of a radial airplane engine":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194530"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a boned leg of mutton stuffed with savory herbs":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194646"
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  "color mixer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1774, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195012"
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  "colorpoint shorthair":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": any of a breed of domestic cats of Siamese body type and coat pattern but occurring in different colors":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-l\u0259r-\u02ccp\u022fint-"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1974, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200010"
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  "Columnaria":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of Silurian and Devonian compound tetracorals with small prismatic septate corallites":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00e4l\u0259m\u02c8na(a)r\u0113\u0259"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin columna column + New Latin -aria":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200753"
  },
  "color print":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a print in two or more colors":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202022"
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  "colobium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sleeveless or short-sleeved tunic used as an ecclesiastical vestment : a similar garment worn as a coronation robe":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259\u02c8l\u014db\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, from Late Greek kolobion , from Greek kolobos docked, curtailed":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203903"
  },
  "columelliform":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": like a columella":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin columella + English -iform":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204931"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": hatred of black people":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205237"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": to compare critically":[],
      ": to collect, compare carefully in order to verify, and often to integrate or arrange in order":[
        "collated the data for publication"
      ],
      ": to verify the order of (printed sheets)":[],
      ": to institute (a cleric) to a benefice":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u00e4-",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101t",
      "\u02c8k\u014d-",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101t, k\u00e4-, k\u014d-; \u02c8k\u00e4-\u02ccl\u0101t, \u02c8k\u014d-",
      "k\u014d-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for collate compare , contrast , collate mean to set side by side in order to show differences and likenesses. compare implies an aim of showing relative values or excellences by bringing out characteristic qualities whether similar or divergent. compared the convention facilities of the two cities contrast implies an emphasis on differences. contrasted the computerized system with the old filing cards collate implies minute and critical inspection in order to note points of agreement or divergence. data from districts around the country will be collated",
    "examples":[
      "The invisible part of the work of such a writer is collating and organizing all the research material, which is a slow, painstaking task that many writers skip or abbreviate. \u2014 Nicholas LeMann , New Republic , 2 Sept. 2002",
      "Rare-book dealers use the word \" collating \" to mean going through a book page by page when it arrives to make certain that it is complete \u2026 \u2014 Calvin Trillin , New Yorker , 30 Oct. 1989",
      "\"Certainly,\" Kidson said. \" \u2026 we need to have him on our side and cooperating every step of the road after we've collated all the information.\" \u2014 Evelyn Anthony , The Defector , (1981) 1982",
      "And here have I, as before observed, carefully collected, collated and arranged them \u2026 \u2014 Washington Irving , A History of New York , 1809",
      "They are still collating the data.",
      "The photocopier will collate the pages of the report.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "How, on a day-to-day basis, will NICS interact with the disparate sources of information that it is now being asked to collate ",
      "The spreadsheet program was a huge selling point for IBM PCs, letting users collate and compare data faster and more efficiently than ever before. \u2014 PCMAG , 4 May 2022",
      "While variations occur, my company's research has helped collate a list of four personality traits that tend to be associated with the most successful remote employees. \u2014 Jonathan Keyser, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
      "Exact comparison of investment between regions is not very straightforward, as different metrics are used by data sources to collate these figures. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Collecting data on the number of death certificates which mention Covid-19 as a contributing cause is more precise, but takes longer to collate . \u2014 Denise Roland, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Investigators at Cedars-Sinai are seeking patients for the Smidt Heart Institute Takotsubo Registry to collate data that will help deepen their understanding of the condition. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Allow at least five to 10 hours (depending on the award size) to write your submission and collate your supporting documentation. \u2014 Annette Densham, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Our data team partnered with staff at the Children's Hospital Association to pull together state-level data about kids and COVID and collate that into one place. \u2014 Erin Richards, USA TODAY , 2 Nov. 2021"
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Gromacki is particularly a fan of the colorable mats \u2014 just the thing to entertain guests at the kids\u2019 table. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "There is not a single court in the country that has found his campaign\u2019s claims to be credible and with good reason: There has been no evidence presented to support them and no colorable argument made to support the attacks. \u2014 Janine Geske, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Nov. 2020",
      "Would Miranda have had a colorable defense premised on using unprotectable historical facts",
      "The inspector general\u2019s job is to ensure that colorable allegations of misconduct against Justice Department officials (including FBI officials) are thoroughly examined, so that all of the relevant facts are uncovered. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 3 Aug. 2019",
      "The problem is easy to understand and start working on, and there is a clear measure of success: lowering the number of vertices in a non-four- colorable graph. \u2014 Evelyn Lamb, WIRED , 30 Apr. 2018",
      "Frum might have had a colorable case that journalism\u2019s role in a free society is so important that the occasional falsehood, whatever its provenance, must be tolerated. \u2014 Varad Mehta, National Review , 15 Dec. 2017",
      "One can make the colorable claim that credibility matters little in a movie in which Vin Diesel drives a flaming car backwards through the middle of a city and an orange Lamborghini is chased across a Russian ice floe by a submarine. \u2014 Sam Adams, Slate Magazine , 13 Apr. 2017",
      "The adverse events at Alere are enough to make a colorable claim for a MAC, certainly. \u2014 Steven Davidoff Solomon, New York Times , 7 Dec. 2016"
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      "Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, from colurer \"to color entry 2 , give the appearance (of), cover up\" + -able -able":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220053"
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      ": the bony central axis of the cochlea":[]
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      "New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of columna":""
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      "circa 1755, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "noun"
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      ": colobus sense 2":[
        "\u2014 often used before another noun Sloths, colobine monkeys and some types of antelope have gut bacteria that are finely tuned to digest only a selective repertoire of leaves. \u2014 Fiona Sunquist , International Wildlife , January\u2013February 1991"
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      "French, from New Latin Colobinae (subfamily of apes), from Colobus type genus + -inae":""
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      ": emphasis on collective rather than individual action or identity":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The invisible hand may be no less naively utopian than collectivism . \u2014 WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Part of the project\u2019s popularity is the sense of collectivism that seems increasingly rare as the Internet becomes more fractured and polarized. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Objectivism is an intensely individualistic philosophy that rejects all forms of collectivism and believes passionately in America as the land of meritocracy and individual responsibility. \u2014 Laura Jedeed, The New Republic , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "One is the mystifying movement toward greater collectivism as a means of improving the needs of the underprivileged. \u2014 David L. Bahnsen, National Review , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "During Chairman Mao Zedong's tumultuous reign, the revolutionary zeal for collectivism overrode the wishes of the individual, often leading to devastating, deadly consequences. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Steve George, CNN , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "Consider The Hierophant as the card of institutions and collectivism . \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 5 Sep. 2021",
      "Ted Lasso is an ode to collectivism , infused with layered references to facts of pop culture, and a deep knowledge of the real-world context in which sports operate. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 23 July 2021",
      "The pattern has grown increasingly stark as inequality has surged during China\u2019s shift over the past 40 years from Maoist collectivism to state capitalism, with wealth concentrated on the east coast as the interior lags behind. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 May 2021"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French collectivisme, from collectif collective entry 1 + -isme -ism":""
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      "1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "transitive verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230654"
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      "noun"
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      ": an attack of acute abdominal pain localized in a hollow organ and often caused by spasm, obstruction, or twisting":[],
      ": a condition marked by recurrent episodes of prolonged and uncontrollable crying and irritability in an otherwise healthy infant that is of unknown cause and usually subsides after three to four months of age":[],
      ": of or relating to colic : colicky":[
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      "Middle English, from Medieval Latin colica (passio) intestinal (suffering), from Late Latin colicus of the colon, colicky, from Greek k\u014dlikos , from k\u014dlon , alteration of kolon colon":"Noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1615, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231551"
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      "noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1822, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231618"
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      "verb"
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      ": to make (a loan) secure with collateral":[],
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      "k\u0259-\u02c8la-t(\u0259-)r\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8la-t\u0259-r\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz, -\u02c8la-tr\u0259-"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bank will collateralize the loan against a special assessment. \u2014 Gary Singer, sun-sentinel.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Historically, Black farmers have been required to over collateralize , compared to White famers. \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Dec. 2020",
      "For context, private lenders do not make loans collateralized by future Social Security payments. \u2014 Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com , 22 May 2020",
      "To give a concrete example: Last week's $1.5 trillion offer to the financial industry was essentially the equivalent of the short-term collateralized loans individuals can get at pawn shops. \u2014 Jeff Spross, TheWeek , 18 Mar. 2020",
      "Fed repo operations take in U.S. Treasury, agency and mortgage bonds from eligible banks in a de facto short-term loan of central-bank cash, collateralized by the bonds. \u2014 Michael S. Derby, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2020",
      "Fed repo interventions take in U.S. Treasurys, agency and mortgage bonds from eligible banks in what is effectively a short-term loan of central-bank cash, collateralized by the bonds. \u2014 Michael S. Derby, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2020",
      "Fed repo interventions take in Treasurys, agency and mortgage bonds from the dealers, in what is effectively a short-term loan of central-bank cash, collateralized by the bonds. \u2014 Michael S. Derby, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2020",
      "In fact, there are more than $1 trillion worth of overnight repo transactions collateralized with US government debt occurring every day. \u2014 Alexander Saeedy, Fortune , 23 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233510"
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      "noun"
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      ": a small column especially in a group in a parapet, balustrade, or clustered column":[]
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      "\u02cck\u00e4l\u0259\u02c8net"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, diminutive of colonne column, from Latin columna":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234821"
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  "color wash":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a whitewash or a cold-water paint tinted with colored pigments":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235952"
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      "adjective"
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      ": likely to have colic":[],
      ": relating to or resembling colic":[]
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      "\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "colic entry 1 + -al":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000651"
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      "noun"
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      ": a long sword with a large forte narrowing abruptly into a slender foible":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6k\u014d(\u02cc)l\u0113sh\u02c8m\u00e4rd"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French colismarde, colichemarde , after Otto Wilhelm, Count von K\u00f6nigsmark \u20201688 German soldier and statesman, its inventor":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002123"
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      "noun"
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      ": a genus of mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees (family Rhamnaceae) with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00e4l(y)\u0259\u02c8br\u012bn\u0259",
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      "New Latin, from Late Latin, a plant, from feminine of Latin colubrinus snakelike":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002801"
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      "noun"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Memorial Day festivities include free hot dogs all day and a 1 p.m. service featuring a marching band, color guard , bagpipers, and military personnel from Camp Withycombe. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
      "In 2017, a high school softball and color guard team in the district posted the WIN passage to their Twitter accounts without Bell\u2019s permission. \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "No national anthem was played, although a color guard took to the field for one. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "For two hours, parade attendees will see pipe and drum bands, color guard units, floats, marching bands and clowns pass by. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Koch\u2019s interest in the Young Marines began after seeing the color guard marching in a local parade. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "As a military color guard carried Reid's casket, lawmakers gathered at the top of the Capitol steps with hands over their hearts. \u2014 Noah Minnie, ABC News , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The Boosters\u2019 annual fundraising also covers transportation and costs for competitions not only for the bands and choirs, but also for the color guard , winter guard, marching band field show and drum line. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "The flag salute ceremony included the Marines marching in as their color guard advanced for the Pledge of Allegiance. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1705, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003711"
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      "noun"
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      ],
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        "\u2014 used of a forging"
      ],
      ": the imperfect weld caused in a forging by the inadequate heat of one surface under working or by an oxide film":[],
      ": a split ring or link used to mend or fasten chains":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "cold entry 4":"Adjective",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005344"
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  "colligative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": depending on the number of particles (such as molecules) and not on the nature of the particles":[
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101-tiv",
      "\u02c8k\u00e4l-\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t-iv",
      "k\u0259-\u02c8li-g\u0259-"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1901, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010714"
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  "collateral reading":{
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      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": required or recommended reading to supplement school or college class assignments":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010851"
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      "noun"
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      ": a series of columns set at regular intervals and usually supporting the base of a roof structure":[]
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      "\u02cck\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "A colonnade surrounds the courtyard.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Iron Range whose entire populace could have fit inside the Harvard Stadium colonnade . \u2014 John Powers, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
      "The river-facing terrace features a colonnade of Portland stone, and each column was reinforced with steel to meet today\u2019s safety standards, then re-clad in Portland stone. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The French provincial manor in the Reserve enclave was built in 2008 and has a grand colonnade with five sets of French doors that open to a vaulted gallery. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "Crews were working to clean the white granite surfaces of the colonnade , which faces the U.S. Capitol. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "The fateful coming of the enemy to Dunsinane is foreshadowed by Dechant in the throne room, where columns were laid out with the same proportions as a colonnade of trees the invading forces would later pass through. \u2014 CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "An enclosed colonnade leads to a pool pavilion with arched, conservatory-style windows. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Sep. 2021",
      "With its cupola on a gallery above a balustrade over a colonnade on a plinth, the many-layered little temple distills High Renaissance sublimity into a compact package. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "The 2010-built guesthouse can accommodate 100-plus guests for dinner or dancing, including the pavilion or colonnade . \u2014 Dallas News , 19 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Italian colonnato , from colonna column":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1718, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013231"
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      "noun"
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      ": a cathode in an electron tube or fluorescent lamp that is unheated and that emits electrons when bombarded by ions or subjected to light, infrared, or ultraviolet rays":[
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Its menu also has a variety of Southern favorites and sides from collard greens to mac and cheese, yams and red beans and rice. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
      "The bakery also uses collard greens that are harvested only after the first frost and yellow bags of House-Autry self-rising cornmeal. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 31 May 2022",
      "Breakfast is a salted caramel protein smoothie made with banana, oats, collard greens, kale and spinach. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 28 May 2022",
      "Chefs make use of produce like Georgia collard greens and green velvet okra from purveyors including Ivy Leaf Farms run by Ivy Walls. \u2014 Dwight Brown, Essence , 18 May 2022",
      "The all-you-can eat brunch buffet on Sundays (adults, $25.95 per person) features Southern staples like fried chicken and catfish, cheddar grits, BBQ spare ribs, dirty rice, and collard greens. \u2014 Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
      "Griffith also bought the H&H Restaurant, where Gregg Allman wolfed down collard greens to lube his prized vocal cords. \u2014 Candice Dyer, ajc , 2 May 2022",
      "Enter this recipe for vegan Southern-style collard greens, which get their flavor profile from red miso paste and smoked paprika. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Beyond sambusas, there\u2019s also jollof rice, Sudanese meatballs and collard greens. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022"
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      "alteration of colewort":""
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      "1755, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": the seeds of various cucurbitaceous fruits (as the melon or cucumber) sometimes used as emollients":[]
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      "cold entry 2":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021715"
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      ": any of various antibacterial substances produced by strains of intestinal bacteria (as of E. coli)":[]
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      "French colicine , from col- + -cine (as in streptomycine streptomycin)":""
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      "1946, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021813"
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      "ancient country bordering on the Black Sea south of the Caucasus Mountains; area now constitutes the western part of the Republic of Georgia":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022637"
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    "type":[
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      ": a muscle that has its origin on the columella of a gastropod mollusk shell and serves to retract the animal into the shell":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025250"
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