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{
"synchronic":{
"antonyms":[
"asynchronous",
"noncontemporary",
"nonsimultaneous",
"nonsynchronous"
],
"definitions":{
": concerned with events existing in a limited time period and ignoring historical antecedents":[],
": descriptive sense 4":[
"synchronic linguistics"
],
": synchronous":[]
},
"examples":[
"to musical accompaniment, the swimmers' synchronic movements form a kaleidoscope of artistic patterns",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No longer priestesses and priests in the cult of the Western Logos, no longer implicit defenders of the status quo ante, literary critics become warriors for synchronic justice conceived as catharsis. \u2014 Will Self, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
"And Steve only has enough synchronic left to either rescue Hawking or rescue Brianna. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 22 Nov. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"synchron(ous) + -ic entry 1 ; (sense 2a) borrowed from French synchronique, from synchronie synchrony + -ique -ic entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"sin-\u02c8kr\u00e4-nik",
"si\u014b-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"coetaneous",
"coeval",
"coexistent",
"coexisting",
"coextensive",
"coincident",
"coincidental",
"concurrent",
"contemporaneous",
"contemporary",
"coterminous",
"simultaneous",
"synchronous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112738",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"synchronize":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to happen at the same time":[],
": to make (motion-picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action":[],
": to make synchronous in operation":[],
": to represent or arrange (events) to indicate coincidence or coexistence":[]
},
"examples":[
"The dancers practiced until they synchronized their movements.",
"The sound and picture have to synchronize perfectly.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet Ukraine and the EU managed to complete a year\u2019s worth of work in two weeks to synchronize their electricity grids at the outset of the invasion. \u2014 Steve Cicala, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Essentially, the movement is composed of two independent balances that synchronize themselves for greater accuracy. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 12 May 2022",
"Also on Google Meet, in the coming months, users will be able to synchronize and play video or audio so that all participants see or hear it at the same time. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"In particular, the Russian military was not able to synchronize and coordinate their attacks. \u2014 Vikram Mittal, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"While it wasn\u2019t supposed to synchronize with Europe until next year, Ukraine, along with neighboring Moldova, requested that Europe\u2019s main electricity operator, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, expedite matters. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The researchers also found that spiders needed to synchronize to sense smaller prey items in the web. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022",
"In the March issue, Vanessa Gregory writes about a group of physicists investigating a similar mystery: how certain species of fireflies synchronize their flashing as part of an elaborate mating ritual. \u2014 Vanessa Gregory, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Los Angeles County Deputy Public Defender Nick Stewart-Oaten said the courts, the DOJ and police have yet to fully synchronize information. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1624, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si\u014b-kr\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz",
"\u02c8sin-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"accompany",
"attend",
"co-occur",
"coexist",
"coincide",
"concur"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222524",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"synchronous":{
"antonyms":[
"asynchronous",
"noncontemporary",
"nonsimultaneous",
"nonsynchronous"
],
"definitions":{
": geostationary":[],
": happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time":[],
": involving or indicating synchronism":[],
": of, used in, or being digital communication (as between computers) in which a common timing signal is established that dictates when individual bits can be transmitted and which allows for very high rates of data transfer":[],
": recurring or operating at exactly the same periods":[]
},
"examples":[
"the synchronous arrival of a baby sister and loss of a beloved grandmother strongly affected the child",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If leaders can demonstrate how to share a difference of opinion and communicate clearly and appropriately using synchronous and asynchronous communication channels, their teams will follow suit. \u2014 Hanna Marie Asmussen, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"The annual lottery to view the synchronous fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park opens Friday. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In addition to stargazing, the park is home to synchronous fireflies, which light up the night sky in their own way \u2014 flashing in unison during their spring mating season. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The performance/price ratio of the Tesla Model 3 and its permanent magnet synchronous reluctance motor contributed to its high unit sales \u2013 about three times that of the second bestselling EV in 2019. \u2014 Peter Cohan, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The satellites would then be boosted to low Earth orbit or Sun- synchronous orbit by an expendable upper stage. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 28 Jan. 2022",
"If students continue with remote learning, there will be special synchronous sessions and more independent learning since teachers will be doing in-person instruction, officials explained. \u2014 Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com , 29 Sep. 2020",
"Are meetings a good use of everyone's synchronous time together",
"Monday\u2019s Wordle answer, however, felt a little too synchronous with the news \u2014 and left the New York Times scrambling to change it in real time. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1669, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Late Latin synchronos \"contemporary,\" borrowed from Greek s\u00fdnchronos \"existing at the same time,\" from syn- syn- + -chronos, adjective derivative of chr\u00f3nos \"time, duration,\" of obscure origin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si\u014b-kr\u0259-n\u0259s, \u02c8sin-",
"\u02c8si\u014b-kr\u0259-n\u0259s",
"\u02c8sin-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for synchronous contemporary , contemporaneous , coeval , synchronous , simultaneous , coincident mean existing or occurring at the same time. contemporary is likely to apply to people and what relates to them. Abraham Lincoln was contemporary with Charles Darwin contemporaneous is more often applied to events than to people. contemporaneous accounts of the kidnapping coeval refers usually to periods, ages, eras, eons. two stars thought to be coeval synchronous implies exact correspondence in time and especially in periodic intervals. synchronous timepieces simultaneous implies correspondence in a moment of time. the two shots were simultaneous coincident is applied to events and may be used in order to avoid implication of causal relationship. the end of World War II was coincident with a great vintage year",
"synonyms":[
"coetaneous",
"coeval",
"coexistent",
"coexisting",
"coextensive",
"coincident",
"coincidental",
"concurrent",
"contemporaneous",
"contemporary",
"coterminous",
"simultaneous",
"synchronic"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073643",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"syncopate":{
"antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"definitions":{
": to cut short : clip , abbreviate":[],
": to modify or affect (musical rhythm) by syncopation":[],
": to shorten or produce by syncope":[
"syncopate suppose to s'pose"
]
},
"examples":[
"she tried to syncopate her gasp of shock",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Parks coos the melodies over low-slung hip-hop beats and guitars that can tangle like indie-rock or syncopate like funk. \u2014 Star Tribune , 4 Feb. 2021",
"Not many, but enough to start infecting celebrations with doubt, to break up the exact time, the exact place, to syncopate something that used to be whole. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 2 Nov. 2019",
"Clangorous yet syncopated , spliced with rock, hip-hop, and urban sound effects, the music matched the franticness of the modern world. \u2014 Kenneth Partridge, Billboard , 18 Sep. 2019",
"Every rambling anecdote has been dropped, every hand gesture has been syncopated with the rhetoric and every laugh line has been blessed with the right emphasis. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 11 June 2019",
"But anders has his own spin on the genre, with a knack for syncopating his super-smooth phrasing that gives his sound something unidentifiably catchy and idiosyncratic. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 9 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si\u014b-k\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101t",
"\u02c8sin-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"dock",
"elide",
"shorten",
"truncate"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064630",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"syncope":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain : faint":[],
": the loss of one or more sounds or letters in the interior of a word (as in fo'c'sle for forecastle )":[]
},
"examples":[
"syncope has been reported in a small percentage of patients taking the drug",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the hospital after the attack on the school bus, a doctor diagnosed Alex with syncope (or passing out), a headache, very strong stomach pains and nausea, according to a medical document shared with The New York Times. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
"There are many possible underlying causes, but the most common is a condition called vasovagal syncope , also known as a common faint. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Losing consciousness while straining to poop is called defecation syncope , which is a kind of fainting that happens when your body overreacts to certain stimuli, according to the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF , 10 Mar. 2022",
"With reflex syncope , her body is unable to appropriately regulate her heart rate and blood pressure, leading to dizziness, nausea, and a loss of consciousness. \u2014 Jene\u00e9 Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Increasing intravascular volume by hydrating can help prevent a vasovagal syncope event that can lead to fainting. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Treatment: Follow instructions for heat syncope , and also remove excess clothing or equipment. \u2014 Genaro Molina, Los Angeles Times , 7 Oct. 2021",
"My wife has syncope (a temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure). \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Sep. 2021",
"Heat illness can take a variety of forms, according to the Harford County Health Department, including heat fatigue, heat syncope (sudden dizziness after exercising in the heat), heat cramps, heat exhaustion or the most serious, heat stroke. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 10 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin, from Greek synkop\u0113 , literally, cutting short, from synkoptein to cut short, from syn- + koptein to cut \u2014 more at capon":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si\u014b-k\u0259-(\u02cc)p\u0113",
"\u02c8sin-",
"\u02c8si\u014b-k\u0259-p\u0113, \u02c8sin-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blackout",
"faint",
"insensibility",
"knockout",
"swim",
"swoon"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190623",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"syndicate":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a business concern that sells materials for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously":[],
": a council or body of syndics":[],
": a group of newspapers under one management":[],
": a group of persons or concerns who combine to carry out a particular transaction or project":[],
": a loose association of racketeers in control of organized crime":[],
": an association of persons officially authorized to undertake a duty or negotiate business":[],
": cartel sense 2":[],
": the office or jurisdiction of a syndic":[],
": to sell (something, such as a series of television programs) directly to local stations":[],
": to subject to or manage as a syndicate":[],
": to unite to form a syndicate":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"A syndicate owns the company.",
"a powerful banking syndicate that controls loans in the small country",
"Verb",
"The company syndicates her work.",
"The company syndicated the show to local stations.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The leader of Birmingham\u2019s Jewish crime syndicate , Alfie has been Tommy\u2019s frenemy for every season, coming back from the dead for Season 5. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"As Billy gains the mobster's trust, a career criminal named Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) infiltrates the police department and reports on its activities to his syndicate bosses. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Wildlife criminals operate like independent cells, which makes arresting disparate elements of the syndicate tougher. \u2014 Dean Paton, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Apr. 2022",
"This part of historic Espa\u00f1ola Way has its own mystique, having been the base for Al Capone's gambling syndicate in the late 1920s. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Taddeo's crimes included the killings of three men for a mob syndicate from the area of Rochester, New York, the Marshals Service said. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Law enforcement would eventually trace the operation to a syndicate called Scattered Canary, a notorious Nigerian crime ring associated with romance scams and other nefarious online activity. \u2014 Tony Romm And Yeganeh Torbati, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"The crime syndicate expanded in the 1970s under the leadership of Juan Garcia-Abrego, who was the first drug trafficker to be named to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 19 May 2022",
"In the 1990s, however, the syndicate was an omnipresent force across Tokyo. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That is in part because of the proliferation in recent years of private-credit funds, which don\u2019t have to syndicate out the debt and can provide capital from dedicated vehicles backed by investors keen on doing so. \u2014 Laura Cooper, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Snap announced a revenue-sharing component for creators who syndicate shows on Discover that are monetized with Snap Ads and Commercials. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The media company has effectively been forced to broadcast its shows through internet channels, build its digital presence and syndicate some its content with rival network Channel 5, which is owned by businessman Manuel Pangilinan. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Berwick got her start in the U.K. working for Channel 4, which was just beginning to syndicate internationally. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 17 Mar. 2022",
"This prompted the country\u2019s actors syndicate to denounce attacks against the star. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Jellysmack will optimize and syndicate Like Nastya\u2019s content to reach new audiences on Facebook, where her official page currently has just 18,000 followers. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Event teams need to find ways to integrate and syndicate a hybrid mix of onsite and virtual programming. \u2014 Jeff Pedowitz, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"Staying connected to the right touchpoints enables instant access to deal fundings in progress, the ability to syndicate and support M&A., and of course to help with access to commercial deal opportunities. \u2014 Deena Shakir, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1882, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French syndicat , from syndic":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sin-di-\u02cck\u0101t",
"\u02c8sin-d\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
"\u02c8sin-di-k\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cabal",
"conspiracy",
"crew",
"gang",
"Mafia",
"mob",
"ring"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200445",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"syne":{
"antonyms":[
"hence"
],
"definitions":{
": since":[],
": since then : ago":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson that begins with \u201cFrom the bonny bells of heather / They brewed a drink long syne \u201d"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Conjunction or preposition"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (northern), probably contraction of Old English siththan since \u2014 more at since":"Adverb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u012bn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ago",
"agone",
"back",
"since"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102312",
"type":[
"adverb",
"conjunction or preposition"
]
},
"synopsis":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a condensed statement or outline (as of a narrative or treatise) : abstract":[],
": the abbreviated conjugation of a verb in one person only":[]
},
"examples":[
"I don't need to know every little plot twist; just give me a synopsis of the movie.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Amazon marketed Dawn of the 7 like a real movie, setting up an official website and releasing a plot synopsis . \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
"Per the official synopsis , the third season will focus on the race to Mars, and will introduce a third player in the space race. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"Looking ahead, Haj will begin writing a third project, which already has a synopsis and producer attached, immediately after Cannes. \u2014 Caitlin Quinlan, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Deadline, who announced that the award-winning singer will be assuming the lead role in the film, provided a brief synopsis of the film. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 11 May 2022",
"If the wink-wink wordplay in the official plot synopsis doesn\u2019t give it away, Kahn\u2019s script and Cave\u2019s visual approach drop plenty of hints long before Steve comes out with it. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
"That's an accurate synopsis of what happened to No. \u2014 Adam Baum, The Enquirer , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Highlight major wins with a homepage callout, including the logo of marquee publications, and post direct links or links within a synopsis of the story to help boost SEO. \u2014 Heather Kelly, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"The program includes a note about the minimalist approach, a plot synopsis and an infographic explaining the various groupings of the characters. \u2014 Christian Lewis, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin, from Greek, literally, comprehensive view, from synopsesthai to be going to see together, from syn- + opsesthai to be going to see \u2014 more at optic":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4p-s\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"epitome",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"sum-up",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
"wrap-up"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060152",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"synopsize":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": epitomize":[],
": to make a synopsis of (something, such as a novel)":[]
},
"examples":[
"before I agree to read the novel, could you at least synopsize its plot",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This article could synopsize the plot, as newspaper convention dictates should be done in this space. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, latimes.com , 13 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4p-\u02ccs\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"wrap up"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163513",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"synthesis":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": deductive reasoning":[],
": the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole":[],
": the dialectic combination of thesis and antithesis into a higher stage of truth":[],
": the frequent and systematic use of inflected forms as a characteristic device of a language":[],
": the production of a substance by the union of chemical elements, groups, or simpler compounds or by the degradation of a complex compound":[]
},
"examples":[
"a philosophy that is a kind of synthesis of several schools of Western and Eastern thought",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The synthesis and release of chemical signals from our artificial cells to natural cells was not difficult. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"This prompts the transcription of early viral mRNA proteins, including host range factors that can evade the immune system and facilitate the synthesis of viral RNA products. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Adami sees the new research as an elegant synthesis of several different disciplines, including classical physics, atomic physics and quantum field theory. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 20 May 2022",
"Edith Head produces another of her masterpieces of costume characterization and film editor George Tomasini has used his splicer and movieola to achieve an orderly synthesis of three photographic styles. \u2014 Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"To replicate, viruses need to suppress the genes of the host cell and instead favor synthesis of their own. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Her response to provincialism and ethnic nationalism in Israel was to formulate an embodied synthesis of cultures. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The space has a sparse, futuristic feel; there\u2019s a 3D print facsimile of a boulder from the Alps that is supposed to symbolize the synthesis of technological innovation, appreciation for the natural world, and Swiss charisma. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 6 Oct. 2021",
"And then also there's the synthesis of working with my fellow Aries, Miss Mandy Moore, who is a joy in and of herself. \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek, from syntithenai to put together, from syn- + tithenai to put, place \u2014 more at do":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sin(t)-th\u0259-s\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"cocktail",
"combination",
"composite",
"compound",
"conflation",
"emulsion",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"meld",
"mix",
"mixture"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031139",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"synthetic":{
"antonyms":[
"natural"
],
"definitions":{
": attributing to a subject something determined by observation rather than analysis of the nature of the subject and not resulting in self-contradiction if negated \u2014 compare analytic":[],
": characterized by frequent and systematic use of inflected forms to express grammatical relationships":[
"synthetic languages"
],
": devised, arranged, or fabricated for special situations to imitate or replace usual realities":[],
": factitious , bogus":[],
": of or relating to a synfuel":[],
": relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic":[
"the synthetic aspects of a philosophy"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"that organic farm doesn't use any pesticides or synthetic fertilizers",
"boots of waterproof synthetic leather",
"Noun",
"The drug is a synthetic .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Improving data quality and governance with synthetic data should eventually lead to peak analytic performance. \u2014 Clayton Nicholas, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The substance was later tested and found to contain methamphetamine and fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin. \u2014 Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"An approved painkiller, Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid trafficked principally by land across the US-Mexico border. \u2014 Amir Vera, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"For 90 minutes, panelists talked about the dangers of fentanyl \u2014 a powerful synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Among those newly emerging illicit substances is metonitazene, the synthetic opioid that an investigator said Moaf used to make phony oxycodone pills. \u2014 Paul Duggan, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \u2014 Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And there\u2019s no downside really to using a synthetic ",
"And it\u2019s one of the first perfumes that really leaned in hard on a synthetic called an aldehyde. \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 23 May 2022",
"Ghesqui\u00e8re loves these time-traveling mishmashes, but there was a spectacular new tension between the organic and the synthetic here. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
"Brown polarized lenses, crafted from a proprietary synthetic , deliver optics as sharp as ground glass: colors throb, and details jump out. \u2014 Mike Steere, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
"With backgrounds in the medical-device and automotive industries, respectively, the men knew that neither petroleum nor limestone were necessary to make the rubber for a wetsuit, if one used natural rubber instead of a synthetic . \u2014 Gabriela Aoun, Outside Online , 23 July 2021",
"Most of the forces of modern life tend toward the synthetic , the presentational\u2014virtual feelings and enactments. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
"In place of leather, ACH used Ultraleather, a synthetic that aims to mimic the feel and durability of the original. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Besides the seats, the design team used the synthetic on storage areas, partitions and control cuffs. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 17 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These rotations are called the synodic cycles of the planets\u2014their cycles relative to the sun. \u2014 Tony Freeth, Scientific American , 15 Dec. 2021",
"This writing is a formulaic list of the synodic events of each planet (such as its conjunctions with the sun and its stationary points) and the intervals in days between them. \u2014 Tony Freeth, Scientific American , 15 Dec. 2021",
"For example, the interior face of the iconic Reverso cradle features three lunar displays (the synodic cycle, the draconic cycle and the anomalistic cycle). \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 20 Aug. 2021"
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"noun"
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"s\u0259-\u02ccnap-t\u0259-\u02ccn\u0113-m\u0259l-",
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"Leaders of the synod say that dealing with the crisis requires considering major changes to Catholic life. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The synod was scheduled to vote Saturday on another draft statement calling for the institution of formal blessings for unmarried couples, both straight and gay, in the liturgy of the German church. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Though the organizations are closely affiliated, a Portland attorney representing the extension fund told The Oregonian/OregonLive last week there is no deal currently for the synod to give up its right of reentry. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Synodal Way is headed toward a global synod in Rome next year, where other nations may decide to follow its path. \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The statement is subject to revision at future meetings of the German synod , which is expected to conclude next year, and approval of the final version will require a supermajority of two thirds of the bishops voting. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"But synod officials decided such a break with tradition would be too abrupt and cardinals retained their reserved places in front, with open seating for everyone else. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Today, a special committee has revealed the priorities for the next decade of American astronomy, like a synod giving word from on high. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 4 Nov. 2021",
"In wake of priest abuse scandal, historic synod seeks input from all corners of the globe. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Such gear is often made of polypropylene plastic, a synthetic resin that can take hundreds of years to degrade. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2020",
"But by the 1960s, rubber gave way to urethane skins and synthetic resin cores, according to multiple accounts of the golf ball's evolution. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 2 Aug. 2019",
"According to a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality document obtained by Tunnell, there are 46 companies in Texas with permits to manufacture plastics materials and synthetic resins ; many are on the Texas coast. \u2014 Julissa Trevi\u00f1o, WIRED , 10 July 2019",
"Mercedes-Benz will display an original Gel\u00e4ndewagen encased in 44.4 tons of synthetic resin at the Detroit auto show. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 12 Jan. 2018"
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"It is fitted with an asynchronous motor at the front axle and a synchronous motor at the rear. \u2014 Jens Meiners, Car and Driver , 24 May 2022",
"For qualifying, the battery can output a maximum of 985 hp (735 kW), sent to a permanently excited synchronous motor at each axle. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 16 May 2022",
"In this configuration, the AC synchronous motor generates 238 hp (177 kW) and 221 lb-ft (300 Nm). \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The longer-range rear-wheel drive Ioniq 5 starts at $46,650 and is propelled by a single 168 kW (225 hp), 350 Nm (258 lb-ft) permanent-magnet synchronous motor . \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The sub-platter has a low-vibration drive belt, driven by a synchronous motor , powered directly from mains electricity for maximum stability. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 25 Sep. 2021",
"The car will also be sold with two power outputs for its electrically excited synchronous motor , which has already been seen in the Nissan Leaf: 128 and 215 horsepower (with torque figures of 184 and 221 pound-feet). \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 8 Sep. 2021",
"With just the one permanent-magnet synchronous motor , the 450+ glides to 60 mph in a stately 5.9 seconds. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 23 July 2021",
"The eRockit\u2019s forced-air-cooled brushless permanent magnet synchronous motor boasts 16kW/22 hp of peak power and 5kW/7 hp of continuous power. \u2014 Popular Science , 5 June 2020"
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"\u02ccsi\u02ccnekf\u0259\u02c8n\u0113s\u0259\u0307s",
"s\u0259\u0307\u02ccn-"
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"New Latin, from Greek synekph\u014dn\u0113sis , from synekph\u014dnein to utter together (from syn- + ekph\u014dnein to utter, pronounce, from ek, ex out of, from + ph\u014dnein to speak, utter, from ph\u014dn\u0113 sound, voice) + -sis":""
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"I very much enjoyed the chapter on obscenity, which asks the difficult question of how words deemed taboo differ from their inoffensive synonyms \u2026 . It can't obviously be the referent of the term, since that is the same, and it isn't merely that the taboo words are more accurately descriptive \u2026 \u2014 Colin McGinn , The New York Review of Books , 27 Sept. 2007",
"The debris hurtled by so fast that the New York Times editorial page seemed to run out of synonyms for disgust, revulsion and abuse. \u2014 Michael Duffy et al. , Time , 5 Mar. 2001",
"\"Hollywood\" is not, of course, a place. Nor is it a synonym for the entertainment business. There are upstanding citizens who make their living in that field. \u2014 P. J. O'Rourke , Republican Party Reptile , 1987",
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"\u00c1lex Qui\u00f1\u00f3nez was the synonym of humility and a clear example of resilience. \u2014 Fox News , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Unlock extra features for the extension, like synonym access and a dark mode, with a subscription to Mate Pro. \u2014 Reece Rogers, Wired , 31 Mar. 2022",
"It can be injected or administered as a nasal spray called Narcan, a brand name that has become a synonym for saving lives. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But these are not entirely passive human beings: the usual synonym for un badaud is un curieux, who may lack the sophisticated investigative gaze of the flaneur but is not entirely impervious to his surroundings. \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Clive Davis\u2019 name is a synonym for the ultimate record man. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"For a long time, boxed wine was a synonym for the cheapest, sweetest wines available, like Franzia and Bota Box. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Mar. 2022",
"But call it building, disrupting, breaking, innovating, or any other synonym for change; as long as the tech industry fixates on these limited ideas of disruption, the same contradictions will arise. \u2014 Rida Qadri, Wired , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The company\u2019s reliance on FSC certification as a working synonym for sustainability helps explain. \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022"
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"Middle English sinonyme , from Latin synonymum , from Greek syn\u014dnymon , from neuter of syn\u014dnymos synonymous, from syn- + onyma name \u2014 more at name":""
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": a trough of stratified rock in which the beds dip toward each other from either side \u2014 compare anticline":[]
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"back-formation from synclinal":""
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"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
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": any of a subclass (Synapsida) of terrestrial vertebrates (such as the pelycosaurs and therapsids ) having a single pair of lateral temporal skull openings":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the end of the Permian, there was a sort of bottleneck that caused only smaller synapsids to survive into the Triassic. \u2014 John Wenz, Popular Mechanics , 22 Nov. 2018",
"Four-limbed vertebrates were becoming more diverse and among them were primitive amphibians, early reptiles and synapsids , the group that would one day include mammals. \u2014 Fox News , 23 Jan. 2011"
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"New Latin Synapsida , from Greek syn- + apsid-, apsis arch, vault \u2014 more at apsis":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010706"
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": a subclass of Reptilia comprising extinct reptiles of the Pennsylvanian, Permian, and Triassic, having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull, and usually held to be ancestral to the true mammals \u2014 compare ictidosauria , therapsida":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a culture medium consisting only of known mixtures of chemical compounds (such as salts, sugars)":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024257"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"syncline + -ical":""
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": a nerve ending that is isolated from homogenized nerve tissue (as of the brain)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The quick-witted rapper\u2019s wordplay keeps listeners at the edge of their seats, eagerly awaiting the elation of that next unexpected synapse . \u2014 Nora Lee, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"Daydreaming ignites neural synapse activity in deeper regions of the brain and gives the frontal neo-cortex a break. \u2014 Natalie Nixon, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The researchers imaged the pallium before and after the fish learned, and analyzed the changes in synapse strength and location. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But artificial intelligence researchers typically have to train artificial neural networks on hundreds or thousands of examples of a pattern or concept before the synapse strengths adjust enough for the network to learn the pattern. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 July 2021",
"Most drugs for neurodevelopmental disorders act at the level of the synapse by changing neurotransmitters, Davis explained. \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Once tau pathology is clearly established, however, microglia may drive synapse loss and the death of neurons. \u2014 Jason Ulrich, Scientific American , 1 Aug. 2021",
"Their near-coincident firings cause the synapse , or connection, between them to strengthen, and this coupling of the place cells ingrains the rat\u2019s trajectory into the brain. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 July 2021",
"But what about the existence of the synapse ; isn\u2019t that crucial to signaling in a neural network",
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"His University of Pavia lab studies synapse formation as well as collagen production and its possible implications in cancer metastasis. \u2014 Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS , 16 Mar. 2020"
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"New Latin synapsis , from Greek, juncture, from synaptein to fasten together, from syn- + haptein to fasten":"Noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Elvis is probably synonymous with many things, but one of them is certainly the leather jacket. \u2014 Marykate Boylan, Town & Country , 3 July 2022",
"Rhode Islanders know Fourth of July is synonymous with Bristol. \u2014 Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"Jeannotte makes an apt point that facts are not always synonymous with truth. \u2014 Scientific American , 1 July 2022",
"Rita Moreno is synonymous with the 1961 musical drama film West Side Story, the project that launched her to stardom at the age of 26. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"Yes, the pop superstar's signature updo is synonymous with her persona. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 26 June 2022",
"For my generation, Title IX was synonymous with women's sports. \u2014 Leigh Fondakowski, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"There's also the fact that Meta is adamant about using a term that's synonymous with its own brand. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022",
"The federal law has long been synonymous with inclusion but now must account for a constituency that wasn\u2019t part of the conversation in 1972. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022"
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"Greek synoikismos wedlock, act of combining into one city-state, from synoikizein":""
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"s\u0259\u0307\u02c8napt\u0259\u0307d",
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": a series of supplicatory prayers in the Eastern Orthodox Church that are in the form of a litany":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Evans had a friendly synergist at The New Yorker, where Brown serialized works by Monica Crowley, Edward Jay Epstein and other Random House authors. \u2014 Hillel Italie, chicagotribune.com , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Evans had a friendly synergist at The New Yorker, where Brown serialized works by Monica Crowley, Edward Jay Epstein and other Random House authors. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Evans had a friendly synergist at The New Yorker, where Brown serialized works by Monica Crowley, Edward Jay Epstein and other Random House authors. \u2014 Hillel Italie, USA TODAY , 24 Sep. 2020",
"The vinegar also seemed to act as a synergist to help all the other ingredients be more available and effective. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 18 June 2019"
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"I very much enjoyed the chapter on obscenity, which asks the difficult question of how words deemed taboo differ from their inoffensive synonyms \u2026 . It can't obviously be the referent of the term, since that is the same, and it isn't merely that the taboo words are more accurately descriptive \u2026 \u2014 Colin McGinn , The New York Review of Books , 27 Sept. 2007",
"The debris hurtled by so fast that the New York Times editorial page seemed to run out of synonyms for disgust, revulsion and abuse. \u2014 Michael Duffy et al. , Time , 5 Mar. 2001",
"\"Hollywood\" is not, of course, a place. Nor is it a synonym for the entertainment business. There are upstanding citizens who make their living in that field. \u2014 P. J. O'Rourke , Republican Party Reptile , 1987",
"\u201cSmall\u201d and \u201clittle\u201d are synonyms .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"\u00c1lex Qui\u00f1\u00f3nez was the synonym of humility and a clear example of resilience. \u2014 Fox News , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Unlock extra features for the extension, like synonym access and a dark mode, with a subscription to Mate Pro. \u2014 Reece Rogers, Wired , 31 Mar. 2022",
"It can be injected or administered as a nasal spray called Narcan, a brand name that has become a synonym for saving lives. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But these are not entirely passive human beings: the usual synonym for un badaud is un curieux, who may lack the sophisticated investigative gaze of the flaneur but is not entirely impervious to his surroundings. \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Clive Davis\u2019 name is a synonym for the ultimate record man. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"For a long time, boxed wine was a synonym for the cheapest, sweetest wines available, like Franzia and Bota Box. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Mar. 2022",
"But call it building, disrupting, breaking, innovating, or any other synonym for change; as long as the tech industry fixates on these limited ideas of disruption, the same contradictions will arise. \u2014 Rida Qadri, Wired , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The company\u2019s reliance on FSC certification as a working synonym for sustainability helps explain. \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022"
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"definitions":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two games into a season after reclaiming his career by starring in a background role with the Warriors, Chriss endured a right syndesmosis ankle injury with a fibular fracture. \u2014 Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com , 25 Jan. 2021",
"Black landed a bit short on her vault at the final all-around event at the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany, and reportedly ruptured both the anterior talofibular and syndesmosis ligaments. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Mar. 2020",
"Szatkowski: High ankle spraining (has to do with) syndesmosis ligaments around the ankle. ... Football players and other athletes, soccer players, tend to injure these ligaments around the ankle. \u2014 Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star , 14 Aug. 2019",
"Allowing for normal motion is what gets a patient back sooner versus having his syndesmosis (the joint between the tibia and fibula) fixed with screws, which are obviously metal and very rigid. \u2014 Matt Zenitz | Mzenitz@al.com, al , 6 Nov. 2019",
"High ankle sprains involve damage to a complex of ligaments located above the ankle joint known as the syndesmosis . \u2014 Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com , 9 Aug. 2019"
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"New Latin, from Greek syndesmos fastening, ligament, from syndein":""
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"1726, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": an operculum of two parts united in the median line (as in some ammonites)":[]
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"\u00a6sin",
"s\u0259\u0307n+"
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"New Latin, from syn- + aptychus":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212127"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of or relating to the Sanhedrin":[]
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"synedrion + -al, -an":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1587, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215344"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": interaction of discrete agencies (such as industrial firms), agents (such as drugs), or conditions such that the total effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects":[]
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"\u02c8si-n\u0259r-\u02ccji-z\u0259m",
"\u02c8sin-\u0259r-\u02ccjiz-\u0259m"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin synergismus , from Greek synergos":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223034"
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"type":[
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": the way in which linguistic elements (such as words) are put together to form constituents (such as phrases or clauses)":[],
": the part of grammar dealing with this":[],
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"the syntax of classical architecture"
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": syntactics especially as dealing with the formal properties of languages or calculi":[]
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"\u02c8sin-\u02cctaks"
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"Everyone has good days and bad days. Her syntax is sometimes a world unto itself. But George H.W. Bush occasionally sounded as though English were more foe than friend, and he was an astute president who managed complexity with skill and balance. \u2014 Jon Meacham , Newsweek , 13 Oct. 2008",
"Coming from a great distance and wholly unrelated to the Teutonic, Latin and Slav languages that fence it in, Hungarian has remained miraculously intact. Everything about the language is different, not only the words themselves, but the way they are formed, the syntax and grammar and above all the cast of mind that brought them into being. \u2014 Patrick Leigh Fermor , Between the Woods and the Water , 1986",
"\u201cI saw that she a cookie ate\u201d is an example of incorrect syntax .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lola has a distinctive diction and syntax , a poignant and candid self-awareness, a natural expressiveness, and that singular actorly gift of presence. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"Artists make objects steeped in meaning and are well-equipped to parse the grammar and syntax of stuff. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"In the syntax of painting, the quality of line and the amount of pressure exerted in its making endow a painting with a good part of its energy. \u2014 David Salle, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Then came programming languages with English-like syntax , some of which\u2014such as Basic or Cobol\u2014were explicitly designed to encourage neophytes. \u2014 Clive Thompson, Wired , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Then there\u2019s the error-prone syntax \u2014 infelicities in editing and writing that add up quickly. \u2014 Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"The software organizes the syntax tree into parts of speech by using mathematical linguistics to differentiate between verbs, nouns, prepositions, and adjectives. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Moments that might have become frantic have an economy and a calm supported by a plain, sturdy syntax usefully at odds with the ambivalence of the novel\u2019s characters. \u2014 Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2021",
"The way song sparrows remember and plan their songs may be similar to human syntax and how our brains form connections to memorize language and communicate effectively, CTV News reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French sintaxe , from Late Latin syntaxis , from Greek, from syntassein to arrange together, from syn- + tassein to arrange":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224844"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm resulting from fusion of cells":[],
": coenocyte sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"sin-\u02c8sish-(\u0113-)\u0259m",
"sin-\u02c8si-sh(\u0113-)\u0259m"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead of becoming a ball of distinct cells, the insect egg forms a syncytium , a single huge multinucleate cell. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 9 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from syn- + cyt-":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225404"
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
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"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0113\u02ccs\u012bz"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek synoikizein to give in wedlock, combine into one city-state, unite, from synoikos dwelling in the same house + -izein -ize":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001932"
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"syneresis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": synizesis":[],
": the separation of liquid from a gel caused by contraction":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8ner-\u0259-s\u0259s",
"especially for sense 2 \u02ccsi-n\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-",
"-\u02c8nir-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin synaeresis , from Greek synairesis , from synairein to contract, from syn- + hairein to take":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003615"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": characterized by or relating to a mode of experience or symbolic behavior that relates symbols and referents, speech and action, subject and object in a sequentially logical and interpersonally or publicly verifiable manner \u2014 compare prototaxic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259\u0307n\u2027\u02c8taksik"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"syn- + -taxic (as in parataxic )":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004007"
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"synchrotron radiation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": radiation emitted by high-energy charged relativistic particles (such as electrons) when they are accelerated by a magnetic field (as in a nebula)":[]
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An international team of scientists used synchrotron radiation to image and analyze fossilized fish from the Tanis deposit in North Dakota. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The limiting factor is a phenomenon known as synchrotron radiation . \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
"This radiation carries energy away from the fast-moving particle, and the: faster the particle goes, the greater its charge, the lower its mass, and the stronger the magnetic field, the more energetic this synchrotron radiation will be. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
"The team took small samples from the black spot and analyzed them with X-ray fluorescence, synchrotron radiation powder x-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and gas chromatography mass spectrometry, among other methods. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 Dec. 2020",
"That's what makes synchrotron radiation particularly useful for analyzing art and other priceless artifacts, among other applications. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 2 Dec. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from its having been first observed in a synchrotron":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012315"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": cut short : abbreviated":[],
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"syncopated rhythm"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si\u014b-k\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101-t\u0259d",
"\u02c8sin-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That was handled by Alex Wright, who also invented a syncopated riff that became a theme throughout the song. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
"Her syncopated vocals bolster poppy production and her signature blistering guitar work, making for a potent reminder to celebrate the present and not worry about sticking to any preconceived timeline. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The pentatonic melodies and syncopated rhythms found within are some of the African influences that made the symphony a novel hybrid for its time. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"But over the course of his time there, the music of the town changes to a more syncopated , looser ragtime. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Her songs were aggressive, jaggedly syncopated funk that was anything but shy. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"There's a lean-in intimacy to the production too, which seesaws between feathery new-jack shuffles and a kind of soulful syncopated simmer that wouldn't sound wrong on an old jukebox. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
"This film became an opportunity to edit in a more syncopated DJ style. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Occasionally a few words in a voice-over pierce the syncopated rhythm of the drum. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015341"
},
"synclinal valley":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": a valley produced by or coinciding in position with a synclinal fold":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024538"
}
}
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