dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/es_mw.json
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{
"escalate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope",
": expand sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"nonstandard"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
],
"examples":[
"The conflict has escalated into an all-out war.",
"a time of escalating tensions",
"We are trying not to escalate the violence.",
"Salaries of leading executives have continued to escalate .",
"The cold weather has escalated fuel prices.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kent walked from the train corridor to the bus platform and then back again during her shift, helping to de- escalate one mental health crisis after the next. \u2014 Eli Saslow, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"Kent walked from the train corridor to the bus platform and then back again during her shift, helping to de- escalate one mental health crisis after the next. \u2014 Eli Saslow, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"The judge said Mensah should have been aware that pulling his weapon on Anderson created an unreasonable risk of death and the officer should have taken steps to de- escalate the situation. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"Thompson said in a report that officers tried to de- escalate the situation for nearly 30 minutes, citing the commands officers gave Calva and their use of a police dog and peperball rounds. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Their job is to give out anti-violence resources and connect with local families about upcoming opportunities, like learning how to de- escalate conflicts. \u2014 Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
"Callers questioned why several officers crowded around and yelled orders at the two men, saying that approach did not appear to de- escalate the situation. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 May 2022",
"The pressure to de- escalate the conflict is likely to grow as the impact is felt around the world. \u2014 Brian Bennett, Time , 19 May 2022",
"Abramovich has served as an informal mediator between Russia and Ukraine, and has reportedly avoided U.S. sanctions because of his role in attempting to de- escalate the conflict. \u2014 Anna Kaplan, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"back-formation from escalator ",
"first_known_use":[
"1944, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194859"
},
"escape":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to get away (as by flight)",
": to issue from confinement",
": to run wild from cultivation",
": to avoid a threatening evil",
": to get free of : break away from",
": to get or stay out of the way of : avoid",
": to fail to be noticed or recallable by",
": to issue from",
": to be uttered involuntarily by",
": an act or instance of escaping : such as",
": flight from confinement",
": evasion of something undesirable",
": leakage or outflow especially of a fluid",
": distraction or relief from routine or reality",
": a means of escape",
": a cultivated plant run wild",
": escape key",
": providing a means of escape",
": providing a means of evading a regulation, claim, or commitment",
": to get away : get free or clear",
": to keep free of : avoid",
": to fail to be noticed or remembered by",
": to leak out",
": the act of getting away",
": a way of getting away",
": to avoid or find relief from something by means of an escape",
": to avoid or find relief from (something) by means of an escape",
": an act or instance of escaping : as",
": evasion of something undesirable",
": distraction or relief from routine or reality",
": mental distraction or relief by flight into idealizing fantasy or fiction that serves to glorify the self",
": providing a means of escape",
": to depart from lawful custody with the intent of avoiding confinement or the administration of justice",
": an act or instance of escaping",
": the criminal offense of escaping"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sk\u0101p",
"e-",
"dialectal",
"i-\u02c8sk\u0101p",
"is-\u02c8k\u0101p"
],
"synonyms":[
"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
],
"antonyms":[
"break",
"breakout",
"bunk",
"flight",
"getaway",
"lam",
"rout",
"slip"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That message was impossible to escape in the months before the invasion. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Shotzi locked Aliyah in her dressing room this week, but Aliyah was able to escape just in time for this match. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Russia also stepped up its efforts to capture the nearby city Lysychansk, where civilians rushed to escape persistent shelling. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
"Russia also stepped up its efforts to take nearby Lysychansk, where civilians rushed to escape persistent shelling. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Russia also stepped up its efforts to take nearby Lysychansk, where civilians rushed to escape persistent shelling. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Ricardo Mazalan, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
"The fall of Saigon prompted hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese to escape the country in the ensuing years. \u2014 Vicky Nguyen, NBC News , 29 May 2022",
"On the outskirts of Florence, Hooper and Kraczyna took me to Castello, a little town where many wealthy people built elaborate villas to escape the heat of Florence in a cooler, greener place. \u2014 Perri Klass, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"Three errors put the pressure on Nichols to escape situations with runners in scoring positions. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The natural gem provides a weekend or day trip escape into natural, wild Florida. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Its primary purpose is to provide escape , rather than to challenge, to distract rather than to trigger deep moral or social questioning. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"That journey, and the escape of others from the same day center in Mariupol, was the subject of a Wall Street Journal article that was read by Mr. Cena, who arranged a meeting in Huizen, the Dutch town where the family has been staying. \u2014 Maryna Dubyna, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"The Collins' ranch was within the perimeter police were searching following Lopez's escape , which happened May 12 near Centerville as he was being taken from a facility in Gatesville to another unit in Huntsville for a medical appointment. \u2014 Ray Sanchez And Christina Maxouris, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"The Copes escape to Boston, where British troops offer immediate protection. \u2014 Christina Barron, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"Set on 10 acres of oak and cedar with beautiful views in every direction, the primitive accommodation offers a cozy, private escape from the hustle of everyday life. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"Once a dark, drab trailer, the RV now exists as an airy, elevated escape \u2014perfect for family vacations to visit Dunlop\u2019s parents on Nova Scotia\u2019s Cape Breton. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 1 June 2022",
"This is the quintessential American story: an escape from the pointless devastation of war, a precarious journey to a faraway land, a hopeful sacrifice for the future of a 2-year-old child. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Both works draw a line between the anti- escape devices used to control the enslaved and the subtler constraints on contemporary Black dissent. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
"If possible, collect the bat in an escape -proof container with air holes and take to a local veterinarian for euthanasia. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 8 Mar. 2022",
"On Wednesday, the 40-year-old stunt performer shared an update on his health after he was hospitalized last week following an escape act gone wrong at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, where the show is being filmed. \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Authorities searched around Stevenson Park but could not locate Tidwell, who will face additional escape charges, the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 4 Dec. 2019",
"Another epic escape act seems improbable, but can't be ruled out if Di Francesco gets his tactics right in Rome. \u2014 Stevens Griffiths, chicagotribune.com , 24 Apr. 2018",
"During his final three matches at the sectional, Skokna consistently employed a strategy of letting his opponent get escape points without trying to keep him down. \u2014 Patrick Kelly, chicagotribune.com , 16 Feb. 2018",
"The Saturn 5, which flew 13 times, had an Earth- escape payload capacity of more than 100,000 pounds, about three times the capability of the Falcon Heavy. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 4 Feb. 2018",
"There are already escape room businesses in Aurora, Naperville, McHenry, St. Charles, Schaumburg, Wheaton, quite a few other suburbs and in Chicago. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News , 25 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190211"
},
"eschew":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun"
],
"pronounciation":[
"e-\u02c8sh\u00fc",
"i-",
"es-\u02c8ch\u00fc",
"is-",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Though a doctor with psychiatric training, he eschewed the science that had so enamored earlier child-rearing professionals \u2026 \u2014 Sue Halpern , New York Review of Books , 29 May 2003",
"A fair number of academics eschew the simple title \"professor\" and call themselves economists, astronomers, historians, philosophers. \u2014 Tracy Kidder , Home Town , 1999",
"When introduced to a stranger, he eschewed formalities, stuck out a gnarled right hand and responded with a chummy, \"Hermann.\" \u2014 Tim Layden , Sports Illustrated , 2 Feb. 1998",
"They now eschew the violence of their past.",
"a psychologist who eschews the traditional methods of psychotherapy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The notion that a team would eschew a QB upgrade just to punish the Browns makes no sense, and the events of last weekend debunk it. \u2014 cleveland , 8 May 2022",
"Developing a new survey is an ambitious and time-consuming undertaking, one that many leaders eschew . \u2014 Eddie Comeaux, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"Many new ideas pick up on people\u2019s willingness to eschew a casket, but are considered more environmentally viable than cremation. \u2014 Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Many new ideas pick up on people\u2019s willingness to eschew a casket, but are considered more environmentally viable than cremation. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The decision to eschew ticket sales to the general public means that a more subdued atmosphere at competition venues than at previous Winter Olympics has been all but inevitable. \u2014 WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
"And yet here on the lake, the traditional foods eschew pasta and pizza in favor of fish. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 12 May 2022",
"The result is a bare-bones body that has both style and edge, a scooter for those who eschew ornate flourishes for classic lines. \u2014 Kyle Schnitzer, Robb Report , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Americans typically eschew the marathon oven session, instead producing pumpernickel\u2019s dark hue by adding molasses or coffee. \u2014 Jill Gleeson, Country Living , 15 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French eschiver (3rd present eschiu ) of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sciuhen to frighten off \u2014 more at shy ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190716"
},
"escort":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or as a courtesy",
"a man who goes with a woman to a social event",
"a woman or a man who is hired to go with someone to a social event",
"a protective screen of warships or fighter planes or a single ship or plane used to fend off enemy attack from one or more vulnerable craft",
"accompaniment by a person or an armed protector (such as a ship)",
"to accompany as an escort",
"a person or group that accompanies someone to give protection or show courtesy",
"the man who goes with a woman to a social event",
"to accompany someone to protect or show courtesy"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8e-\u02ccsk\u022frt",
"synonyms":[
"attendant",
"companion",
"guard",
"guide"
],
"antonyms":[
"accompany",
"attend",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"companion",
"company",
"convoy",
"see",
"squire"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Visitors are not allowed to enter the building without an escort .",
"The bombers were protected by a fighter escort .",
"Everyone was surprised when she arrived at the party without an escort .",
"Verb",
"Several fighters escorted the bombers back to base.",
"a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Twenty-four hours later, everyone reconvenes at an airplane hangar, protected by a military escort so that The Professor can deliver all the new passports and identities to these officially dead thieves. \u2014 Tara Ariano, Vulture , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Santa is slated to arrive by a firetruck escort , 5 20 p.m. Visit ci.solana-beach.ca.us. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Guercio started his day with a ride to work from Senior Deputy Jamie Auer in his patrol vehicle, complete with a police motorcycle escort . \u2014 Matt Button, Baltimore Sun , 29 Mar. 2022",
"He was dropped off at Shell True North and told not to return to his room until the next day to pick up the rest of his belongings, and to do so with a police escort . \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Guided by a police escort , the parade will start at Paradise Valley Town Hall at 6 p.m. Details Paradise Valley Town Hall, 6401 E. Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley. \u2014 Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Occupants could be seen walking out under police escort with their hands in the air. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"Salah Abdeslam, who prosecutors say is the sole surviving attacker, arrived at the courthouse Wednesday under tight police escort and, when asked by the presiding judge to confirm his name, set a defiant tone. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Fitted into a coach, the coffin was driven to Interstate 880 under police escort . \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"As a member of the Eighth Air Force, McCubbin\u2019s main duty was to escort bombers, and on the way back to base, he was also allowed to find ground targets for strafing runs. \u2014 Olivia Morley, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"Law enforcement officers appeared to escort O'Rourke out of the press conference afterward. \u2014 Victoria Albert, CBS News , 26 May 2022",
"The mission would be to form an international coalition of warships to escort commercial vessels safely out of Odessa and the Black Sea. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Authorities have said that White violated department policy by transporting Casey White alone; protocol calls for two jail guards to escort prisoners. \u2014 Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Second, as staff shortages continue to plague the industry, not all spas have the personnel to individually escort clients. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 6 May 2022",
"Two sworn deputies are supposed to escort incarcerated people. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
"Insulin is necessary to escort glucose into the cells, and without insulin, glucose remains in the blood. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 7 Apr. 2022",
"There aren\u2019t many vessels left that can, or will, escort the landing craft. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 14 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
"Verb",
"1708, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163546"
},
"esoteric":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone",
": requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is restricted to a small group",
": difficult to understand",
": limited to a small circle",
": private , confidential",
": of special, rare, or unusual interest"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-s\u0259-\u02c8ter-ik",
"-\u02c8te-rik"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstruse",
"arcane",
"deep",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"profound",
"recondite"
],
"antonyms":[
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"examples":[
"A kahuna is a master of Hawaiian esoteric practices. Recently, Mariko Gordon and Hugh Cosman engaged a kahuna to bless their house. \u2026 \u2014 Alec Wilkinson , New Yorker , 7 Oct. 2002",
"\u2026 he listens to a group of Malaysians playing reedy, plangent music on some esoteric kind of wind instrument. \u2014 Penelope Lively , City of the Mind , 1991",
"There was a new mall, an excellent bookstore with esoteric literary and policy journals, some restaurants with cosmopolitan menus, and engaging real estate advertisements. \u2014 Robert D. Kaplan , An Empire Wilderness , 1988",
"metaphysics is such an esoteric subject that most people are content to leave it to the philosophers",
"must have had some esoteric motive for leaving his art collection to a museum halfway around the globe",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The numbers that most normal people will care about aren't quite so esoteric . \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Tocqueville invited readers to join him in thinking aristocratically about their democracy, standing apart from it in their minds, translating its phrases about equality and popular sovereignty into something more subtle and esoteric . \u2014 Jedediah Britton-purdy, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The constitutional questions are, of course, esoteric at the moment. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Over the past decade, the conversation has eased its way from academic and esoteric circles and onto social media and wellness platforms. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The titles of some concert tours can be a bit esoteric . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The details on the invite were characteristically esoteric : Was the designer planning a runway presentation? \u2014 Chioma Nnadi, Vogue , 17 Feb. 2022",
"At a moment when many Americans are facing rising prices for basic goods and gasoline and are exhausted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine crisis seems distant and esoteric . \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Comics are ordinarily not the easiest market to crack because of the huge amount of esoteric knowledge necessary to identify what makes certain books collectible, but all bets are off if everything is going up in value in huge chunks. \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 23 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin esotericus , from Greek es\u014dterikos , from es\u014dter\u014d , comparative of eis\u014d, es\u014d within, from eis into; akin to Greek en in \u2014 more at in ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230255"
},
"especial":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": being distinctive: such as",
": directed toward a particular individual, group, or end",
": of special note or importance : unusually great or significant",
": highly distinctive or personal : peculiar",
": close , intimate",
": specific , particular",
": in particular",
": more than usual : special"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8spe-sh\u0259l",
"i-\u02c8spe-sh\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrated",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
],
"examples":[
"This is a matter of especial importance.",
"a candidate who handled the stunning defeat with especial grace",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That could be an especial concern for people with long COVID, many of whose initial infections were asymptomatic or mild. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The fact that Burgoyne stayed here on his trip back to London makes this house of especial historical interest. \u2014 Laura Euler For Dirt.com, Robb Report , 16 Sep. 2021",
"But they were pursued with especial vigor: the Fifth Republic, under Debr\u00e9, became an even more technocratic and administrative one than France had had before\u2014which is saying something. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The show had especial significance to the American military community. \u2014 David W. Blight, The New Yorker , 9 June 2021",
"Conservatives, confronting the conundrum of woke capitalism, have had especial reason to consider this adage of late. \u2014 Jack Butler, National Review , 1 May 2021",
"For those familiar with the greater Boston area, the book is an especial treat, as many of her examples include familiar landmarks. \u2014 Michael P. H. Stanley, National Review , 20 Mar. 2021",
"The Giants have been paying attention to the former Blue Jays starter all off season and took especial notice last week, when Sanchez hit 98 mph in a bullpen session. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Feb. 2021",
"One of Wallace\u2019s neighbors takes especial pride in having the biggest and most prominently displayed American flag on their street. \u2014 Michael Washburn, National Review , 10 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French \u2014 more at special ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181448"
},
"especially":{
"type":"adverb",
"definitions":[
"specially sense 1",
"in particular particularly",
"for a particular purpose"
],
"pronounciation":"i-\u02c8spesh-l\u0113",
"synonyms":[
"particularly",
"specifically"
],
"antonyms":[
"generally"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is especially important for business leaders who deal with stressful decisions every day and need to be at the top of their game in a rushed, high-stakes environment. \u2014 Rachel Yarcony, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"For some, indoor golf is an office staple, especially among the C-suite brigade. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Two markets, China and Europe, will be especially important to deciding leadership in electric vehicles over the next few years. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Wallpapering the back wall provides a bit of interest, which is especially important when creating an office area in the main living space. \u2014 Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 June 2022",
"That\u2019s especially important for pediatric patients, Glotzbecker said. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"That depth was especially important considering the loss to standout Adrian Yin. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"Testing is especially important because cases in the current outbreak look so different from classical monkeypox. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"The equity piece is especially important, Brand said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"espousal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": betrothal",
": wedding",
": marriage",
": a taking up or adopting of a cause or belief"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8spau\u0307-z\u0259l",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridal",
"marriage",
"nuptial(s)",
"wedding"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the expected espousal of the Hollywood actor and the singing superstar should attract the elite of show business",
"considering how long her previous marriage lasted, she'd be wise to have an extended espousal",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Spotify\u2019s Joe Rogan controversy\u2014with musicians and podcasters removing their material from the platform in protest of Rogan\u2019s espousal of COVID vaccine misinformation\u2014is exposing cracks in its content strategy. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Lev Tahor\u2019s choice of Iran is perhaps connected to its espousal of anti-Zionism. \u2014 Asaf Shalev, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
"As Travis Adkins and Judd Devermont recently pointed out in Foreign Policy, Cold Warriors both Black and White were painfully aware of the contradictions of their ringing espousal of freedom. \u2014 Heather Hurlburt, Washington Post , 4 Sep. 2020",
"Recent psychological research has found a surprising relationship between these types of personal convictions; espousal of conspiracy theories, pseudo-science and belief in the paranormal turn out to be highly correlated with one another. \u2014 Sander Van Der Linden, Scientific American , 1 Sep. 2015",
"The Eisenhower administration was angered by Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser\u2019s espousal of Cold War neutrality and his rather unsubtle efforts to play the Soviet and Western blocs off against each other. \u2014 Conrad Black, National Review , 15 Jan. 2020",
"And Democrats are concerned that President Donald Trump's nomination of Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court is a reward for his espousal of presidential powers. \u2014 Richard Wolf, USA TODAY , 12 July 2018",
"Her espousal of Black radical politics, among the few candidates in the country to do so, has not hindered her political success. \u2014 Essence.com , 29 Sep. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201126"
},
"espoused":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": marry",
": to take up and support as a cause : become attached to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8spau\u0307z",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"marry",
"match",
"wed"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The new theory has been espoused by many leading physicists.",
"Those espousing unpopular views were often excluded.",
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"The Taliban espouse a harsh interpretation of Islamic law and often used suicide attacks in their nearly 20-year insurgency against the United States and its Afghan allies. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In any number of YouTube videos and TikTok clips, these footwear surgeons espouse the decolorizing wonders of Salon Care\u2019s hair cream. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Rafferty said the bill was outside the spirit of small government and conservatism that Republicans espouse . \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Members of the boogaloo movement, a loose collection of extremists who espouse the violent overthrow of the U.S. government, have used auto sears in shootings and sold them to undercover agents. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"And, on TikTok, life coaches who espouse its doctrine, promising to teach people the skills to \u2018level up\u2019 are cashing in on the insatiable demand for self-optimisation. \u2014 Daisy Schofield, refinery29.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Now, those who espouse conspiracies and bigotries get air time\u2014and, consequently, our time\u2014precisely because their errors are so outrageously clickable. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2022",
"An award for the songwriters, song of the year tends to gravitate toward tunes with a message or that espouse a certain lifestyle. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"The Taliban espouse a harsh interpretation of Islamic law and often used suicide attacks in their nearly 20-year insurgency against the United States and its Afghan allies. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In any number of YouTube videos and TikTok clips, these footwear surgeons espouse the decolorizing wonders of Salon Care\u2019s hair cream. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Rafferty said the bill was outside the spirit of small government and conservatism that Republicans espouse . \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"And, on TikTok, life coaches who espouse its doctrine, promising to teach people the skills to \u2018level up\u2019 are cashing in on the insatiable demand for self-optimisation. \u2014 Daisy Schofield, refinery29.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Now, those who espouse conspiracies and bigotries get air time\u2014and, consequently, our time\u2014precisely because their errors are so outrageously clickable. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2022",
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"As hip-hop rose from an underground phenomenon to a global vernacular, that esprit \u2014of being the best, the baddest, the most beautiful\u2014never vanished. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Each outfit in the show is accompanied by a headpiece that features a corresponding term, such as esprit , vitality, and self-determination. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The assembly has moved online because of the coronavirus, compounding the pandemic's blows to the city's economy and worldly esprit . \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, Star Tribune , 21 Sep. 2020",
"Longtime residents credit the company for the city\u2019s somewhat international esprit and a level of spoken English beyond even the already-high Finnish norm (the city\u2019s street names\u2014Machine Alley; Adapter Street\u2014are more unambiguous). \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartz , 29 Oct. 2019",
"College deans wanted to establish the same esprit -de-corps within houses as could be found in an exclusive fraternity, but that required engineering. \u2014 Carla Yanni, Smithsonian , 6 Sep. 2019",
"But Edin Dzeko Goal - AS Roma vs Barcelona 1-0 via https //t.co/GhO5giV09t https //t.co/j39rXfTUO7 -- esprit -foot (@esprit_foot) April 10, 2018 Pregame information Barcelona beat Roma 4-1 at home in the first leg of the series. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, OregonLive.com , 10 Apr. 2018",
"Wait \u2014 months later, that\u2019s her big comeback, her esprit d\u2019escalier? \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 28 Aug. 2017",
"Staff members lawyer up and develop protective moats around themselves, undermining the esprit de corps essential for doing a high-pressure job well, \u2014 James Hohmann, Washington Post , 8 June 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Discussed in this essay : A Guardian Angel Recalls, by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated from the Dutch by David Colmer. \u2014 Francine Prose, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"This essay originally appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of ELLE DECOR. \u2014 Xochitl Gonzalez, ELLE Decor , 21 June 2022",
"In this essay , Zelermyer remembers her friend, their lives in West Virginia \u2014 and the sudden shock of losing her overnight. \u2014 Karen Zelermyer, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
"The subject is troubling \u2014 and the images gorgeous \u2014 in this photo essay from Times photojournalist Luis Sinco. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"However, basketball is not the focus of this essay . \u2014 Marshall Shepherd, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"This essay was delivered, in slightly different form, at Mercer University on March 24, 2022, as the first of three Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"This essay was developed from Adichie's TEDx talk of the same name, which remains wildly popular. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 9 May 2022",
"Mark Pupo has a vested interest in his subject matter \u2014 the Cheese Boutique \u2014 in this essay for Toronto Life. \u2014 Longreads , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Why not essay contests in high schools and community colleges on the benefits of voting, with scholarships for the winners? \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"Youth Speak Out, essay writing for individual students, and Youth Sing Out, songwriting for classrooms. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"These are the full contest rules for Outside\u2019s survival stories essay contest. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Meyers Taylor wrote in a recent USA Today essay that competing in the Beijing Olympics, despite human-rights concerns in the country, was important to her. \u2014 Rachel Bachman, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The uncertainty about the oldest living tree perhaps illustrates larger questions about nailing down tree ages\u2014a point that the review essay tackles. \u2014 Robin Lloyd, Scientific American , 24 Dec. 2021",
"This is Katherine Dunn writing from COP26 in Glasgow, taking over the CEO Daily essay today from Alan. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 12 Nov. 2021",
"And any buzzy novel, or even essay collection, now seems to be sold as a television show almost immediately, as if the former were just a sketch for the inevitable latter. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Republic , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Hansberry\u2019s essay about how A Raisin in the Sun fits into the history of American theater more broadly is one of the most powerful aspects of Godfrey\u2019s collection. \u2014 Imani Perry, The New York Review of Books , 15 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Nevertheless, a few products specific for camera-ready, longwear glam is essential . \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"For one thing, great camaraderie among the underdogs is essential . \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Training laterally is essential for the kind of movement that New York Yankee Giancarlo Stanton is doing out on the diamond, and for athletes in pretty much any sport more generally. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 12 June 2022",
"Victoria Jackson, a former collegiate distance runner who is a sports historian at Arizona State, said such conversations are essential . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"In the art of gauging inventory, predictability is essential . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 10 June 2022",
"This flexibility is essential for students who are working to help support their parents or raising a child of their own, said Language Arts teacher Derick Varn. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"But running, catching balls and blocking are still essential to NFL success. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"This is where accompanying technology with a methodology is essential . \u2014 Spencer O'leary, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And that made Min essential for a potential season 3. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"Not sure whether to invest in a classic essential like a white tank top or a more spotlight-stealing style from 2022's fashion roster, like a corset or micro mini skirt? \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 7 June 2022",
"Almost everyone who has ridden a bicycle, from a Sears Huffy to a multi-thousand-dollar eBike, knows the risks of this ubiquitous essential . \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"This elevated essential boasts a relaxed style with a classic ribbed crew neck. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
"Biden has called nuclear essential to the nation\u2019s climate goals, and Washington last year set aside $6 billion for extending the licenses of some plants and $2.5 billion for developing new nuclear technologies. \u2014 Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"This patio essential has a 4.8-star rating from Overstock customers, with many complimenting its sturdy, elegant design. \u2014 Nishka Dhawan, USA TODAY , 2 July 2021",
"Mo\u00ebt & Chandon's fantastic ros\u00e9 imperial Champagne is an essential at any summertime soir\u00e9e. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"Transparent blouses have evolved from a mere eye-catching trend to a spring-slash-summer essential that\u2019s here to stay. \u2014 Vogue , 9 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Nevertheless, a few products specific for camera-ready, longwear glam is essential . \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"For one thing, great camaraderie among the underdogs is essential . \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Training laterally is essential for the kind of movement that New York Yankee Giancarlo Stanton is doing out on the diamond, and for athletes in pretty much any sport more generally. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 12 June 2022",
"Victoria Jackson, a former collegiate distance runner who is a sports historian at Arizona State, said such conversations are essential . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"In the art of gauging inventory, predictability is essential . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 10 June 2022",
"This flexibility is essential for students who are working to help support their parents or raising a child of their own, said Language Arts teacher Derick Varn. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"But running, catching balls and blocking are still essential to NFL success. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"This is where accompanying technology with a methodology is essential . \u2014 Spencer O'leary, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And that made Min essential for a potential season 3. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"Not sure whether to invest in a classic essential like a white tank top or a more spotlight-stealing style from 2022's fashion roster, like a corset or micro mini skirt? \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 7 June 2022",
"Almost everyone who has ridden a bicycle, from a Sears Huffy to a multi-thousand-dollar eBike, knows the risks of this ubiquitous essential . \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"This elevated essential boasts a relaxed style with a classic ribbed crew neck. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
"Biden has called nuclear essential to the nation\u2019s climate goals, and Washington last year set aside $6 billion for extending the licenses of some plants and $2.5 billion for developing new nuclear technologies. \u2014 Douglas Macmillan, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"This patio essential has a 4.8-star rating from Overstock customers, with many complimenting its sturdy, elegant design. \u2014 Nishka Dhawan, USA TODAY , 2 July 2021",
"Mo\u00ebt & Chandon's fantastic ros\u00e9 imperial Champagne is an essential at any summertime soir\u00e9e. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"Transparent blouses have evolved from a mere eye-catching trend to a spring-slash-summer essential that\u2019s here to stay. \u2014 Vogue , 9 May 2022"
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"Cohen-Kettenis helped establish a treatment protocol that proved revolutionary. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"McConnell \u2014 who helped establish the current conservative majority on the court that, in turn, may decide this month to nix Roe v. Wade \u2014 slammed leading House Democrats for holding up that proposal since then. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
"Strengthening The Patient-Provider Relationship While telemedicine has certainly helped establish regular communication between patients and providers, the technology has been beneficial in other ways\u2014chief among them being greater accessibility. \u2014 Gideon Kimbrell, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The Bard of Barking once addressed the British parliament wearing a Clash t-shirt and in 1985 helped establish Red Wedge, the loose umbrella organization which brought together like-minded artists to campaign for the election of a Labour government. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 1 June 2022",
"Its mission is to establish long-term relationships between people and technology, with a focus on older adults. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 28 May 2022",
"Lee Boggs, along with her husband James, a prominent Black activist and organizer, helped to establish the National Organization for an American Revolution. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 27 May 2022",
"In addition, the group\u2019s aquaculture specialist, Anoushka Concepcion, who helped establish the National Seaweed Hub in 2019, was named last year to the United Nations\u2019 Safe Seaweed Coalition. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"In late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century England, the liberalisms expounded by reformist economists like William Beveridge and J. A. Hobson helped establish the modern welfare state, as the Oxford scholar Michael Freeden has shown. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Democrats, communists, establishment Republicans and Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook mogul, all feature prominently, as does billionaire George Soros, who has long been at the center of right-wing, often antisemitic tropes. \u2014 Alexandra Berzon, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"Democrats, communists, establishment Republicans and Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook mogul, all feature prominently, as does the billionaire George Soros, who has long been at the center of right-wing, often antisemitic tropes. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Trump also backed Michels for governor over a field that includes former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, whom many establishment Republicans see as the candidate who would give Democratic Gov. Tony Evers the toughest general election fight. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"Pillen, who is also a veterinarian and a pig farmer, enjoyed the support of more establishment Republicans in Nebraska, including current Gov. Pete Ricketts. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
"Despite a deluge of candidates backed by far-right activist groups in Tuesday's Republican Statehouse primary, establishment Republicans emerged with control of the Statehouse. \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 6 May 2022",
"At a time when establishment Republicans are in increasingly short supply, Gov. Mike DeWine has emerged from a crowded GOP primary not only victorious, but the frontrunner to win re-election in November. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 4 May 2022",
"Lukewarm, inactive legislators have become standard with establishment Republicans, and our children are paying the price. \u2014 Anthony Kinnett, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Items with that establishment number were shipped to Alabama and seven other states: California; Connecticut; Michigan; New Jersey; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; and Texas. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 4 Mar. 2022"
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": the degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in land or other property",
": possessions , property",
": a person's property in land and tenements",
": the assets and liabilities left by a person at death",
": a landed property usually with a large house on it",
": project sense 4",
": station wagon",
": farm , plantation",
": vineyard",
": previously owned by another and usually of high quality",
": the property of all kinds that a person leaves at death",
": a mansion on a large piece of land",
": state entry 1 sense 1",
": the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property \u2014 compare fee , future interest at interest , remainder , reversion , tenancy",
": an estate that confers an absolute right to property and that is subject to no limitations, restrictions, or conditions : fee simple absolute at fee simple",
": an estate whose vesting is conditioned upon the happening or failure of some uncertain event",
": the estate of one that has a beneficial right to property which is legally owned by a trustee or a person regarded at equity as a trustee (as in the case of a use or power) \u2014 compare legal estate in this entry",
": the estate in property held by one who remains in possession of or on the property after his or her lawful right to do so has ended",
": an estate in property subject to termination at the will of another person",
": an estate held by a husband and wife together in which the whole property belongs to each of them and passes as a whole to the survivor upon the death of either of them to the exclusion of the deceased spouse's heirs",
": an estate that terminates after a set period",
": an estate the enjoyment of which will take place at a future time : future interest at interest",
": an estate that can be inherited (as a fee simple as opposed to a life estate)",
": an estate subject to a contingency whose happening permits the grantor of the estate to terminate it if he or she so chooses \u2014 compare fee simple determinable at fee simple",
": a life estate measured by the life of a third person rather than that of the person enjoying the property",
": an estate granted to a person and his or her direct descendants subject to a reverter or remainder upon the inheritance of the property by a grantee without direct descendants : fee tail at fee",
": an estate to which one person (as a trustee) has legal title but of which another person has the right to the beneficial use \u2014 compare equitable estate in this entry",
": an estate in property held only during or measured in duration by the lifetime of a specified individual and especially the individual enjoying the property \u2014 see also life tenant",
": an estate in which one has a right to enjoyment currently or sometime in the future",
": all or designated items of a person's or entity's property considered as a whole",
": the estate of a debtor in bankruptcy that includes all the debtor's legal and equitable interests in property as set out in the bankruptcy laws",
": all of a person's property except real property",
": all of the property belonging to a person",
": an estate whose ownership and control is enjoyed by a person free from any rights or control of another (as a spouse)",
": the assets and liabilities left by a person at death \u2014 see also bequest , devise , freehold , heir , inheritance , intestate , leasehold , legacy , probate , testate , will",
": a deceased person's probate estate increased in accordance with statutory provisions and especially by the addition of any property transferred by the deceased within two years of death, any joint tenancies, and any transfers in which the deceased retained either the right to revoke or the income for life",
": the estate of a person upon death defined by federal estate laws to include all of the deceased's real and personal property at death that may be passed by will or by intestate succession as well as specified property transferred by the deceased before death",
": all of a deceased person's estate that is administered under the jurisdiction of the probate court",
": all of what is left of an estate once the deceased person's debts and administration costs have been paid and all specific and general bequests and devises have been distributed",
": the estate of a deceased person that is subject to estate tax",
": the aggregate of a deceased person's property considered as a legal entity",
": a tract of land especially affected by an easement",
": a tract of land that is benefited by an easement burdening a servient estate",
": a tract of land that is burdened by an easement benefiting a dominant estate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8st\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8st\u0101t",
"i-\u02c8st\u0101t"
],
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"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"hacienda",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"manse",
"mansion",
"palace",
"villa"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"His estate is worth millions of dollars.",
"He inherited the estate from his parents.",
"the grounds of the estate",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Nearly 3,500 canines \u2014 the most since the 1970s \u2014 are expected at the historic Lyndhurst estate in Tarrytown, New York, show co-chairman David Haddock said. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"Medley's cutting comments come after Gunvalson posted an Instagram Live complaining about her stay at her costar's sprawling Blue Stone Manor estate in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"This past spring, a small group of women gathered at the Beaverbrook estate in Surrey, England, a 470-acre country idyll outside London that once received guests including Elizabeth Taylor and Ian Fleming. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"Surrounded by family and friends, the Poosh founder and Blink-182 drummer exchanged vows in an intimate ceremony at the seaside estate of fashion icons Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, TMZ reports. \u2014 Mitchell Peters, Billboard , 22 May 2022",
"The first annual Salt City Wine & Dine event will take place on August 27th at the stunning La Caille estate . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"Traditionally, the Queen hosts four garden parties ahead of summer\u2014three at Buckingham Palace and one at the Holyroodhouse estate in Edinburgh, Scotland\u2014to celebrate those who have distinguished themselves in public service. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"June wedding is at a 16th-century estate in Terrassa, Spain. \u2014 Jessica Iredale, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
"Amid rumors of affairs and divorce between Princess Diana (Kristin Stewart) and Prince Charles (Jack Farthing), Spencer is an imagining of what the princess may have been going through during a fateful Christmas at the queen's estate . \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Currently popular items among these shops include vintage cameras and typewriters, pocket watches and timepieces, Victorian and estate jewelry, military memorabilia and World War II posters, sterling silver, and advertising signs. \u2014 Cheryl P. Rose, Houston Chronicle , 15 Nov. 2019",
"The third lot was zoned estate single-family detached dwelling district zoning. \u2014 Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News , 12 Oct. 2017",
"First, the lawyer who drew up your estate documents might be willing to serve as your executor, says Holly Isdale, founder of Wealthaven, a consulting firm in Bryn Mawr, Pa., that focuses on financial and estate plans. \u2014 Glenn Ruffenach, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1978, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202343"
},
"esteem":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the regard in which one is held",
": high regard",
": worth , value",
": opinion , judgment",
": to set a high value on : regard highly and prize accordingly",
": to view as : consider",
": think , believe",
": appraise",
": respect and affection",
": to think favorably of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8st\u0113m",
"i-\u02c8st\u0113m"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
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"estimation",
"favor",
"regard",
"respect"
],
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"account",
"call",
"consider",
"count",
"hold",
"look (on ",
"rate",
"reckon",
"regard",
"set down",
"view"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She has won esteem for her work with cancer patients.",
"an athlete who is held in great esteem by her peers",
"Verb",
"I had esteemed the whole affair to be a colossal waste of time.",
"although the works of the Impressionist painters are esteemed today, they met with scorn when they were introduced",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And that will benefit others, too: Those with healthy self- esteem are often motivated to use their personal strengths to benefit their in-group. \u2014 Scott Barry Kaufman, The Atlantic , 6 Nov. 2021",
"This variety of perfectionism is known to be associated with low self- esteem and insecurity. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Yet the likeliest explanation for his durability, for his heightened esteem among some peers, is deceptively simple. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"After taking so much time and energy to interview, not receiving offers can damage your self- esteem . \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"That\u2019s a mindset that\u2019s incredibly damaging to abuse victims, who are already grappling with their self- esteem . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
"Your esteem for her and your regard for her really penetrated her heart. \u2014 al , 3 May 2022",
"The isolation increases a victim\u2019s dependency on their abuser and downgrades their self- esteem . \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Taking the leap, though, was difficult after her long history of struggling with her weight and her self- esteem . \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There\u2019s also esteem or respect from others (patient experience) and, finally, self-actualization (functional status). \u2014 Michael L. Millenson And J. Matthew Austin, STAT , 24 May 2022",
"For information on all that, and how fishing can help boost your self- esteem and clear your head, check out Take Me Fishing's blog on the additional mental benefits of fishing. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 June 2020",
"Many have shown their support for Jada over her struggle with alopecia, pointing out the disparities in how self- esteem around hair loss affects Black women. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Whether because of decency, laziness, or esteem for his reputation, Bourgoin\u2019s interlocutors tended not to press him very hard. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The Hierarchy of Needs continues, and includes more complex needs like love and belonging, esteem , and eventually, self actualization. \u2014 Lindy Brewster, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"In return for these privileges, idols must please their benefactors by hiding their shortcomings or risk losing their fan base, sponsorships, or esteem . \u2014 Dr. Richard Osibanjo, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
"How might jurists who esteem their court, who value its history and integrity, respond to the credible threat of debasement by the executive? \u2014 WSJ , 4 May 2021",
"It was also esteemed in Assyria, Babylonia and Persia, and the authors attributed the high price to the efforts required for its import to demanding regions. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 28 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215437"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": highly regarded"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8st\u0113md"
],
"synonyms":[
"estimable",
"name",
"prestigious",
"recognized",
"reputable",
"reputed",
"respectable",
"respected"
],
"antonyms":[
"disreputable"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1549, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182027"
},
"esthetic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful",
": artistic",
": pleasing in appearance : attractive",
": appreciative of, responsive to, or zealous about the beautiful",
": responsive to or appreciative of what is pleasurable to the senses",
": done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance",
": a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty",
": a particular theory or conception of beauty or art : a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight",
": a pleasing appearance or effect : beauty",
": relating to beauty and what is beautiful",
": done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"es-\u02c8the-tik,"
],
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"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
],
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"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"looks",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The campus is also home to GM's Additive Industrialization Center, which opened in 2020 to pioneer GM's initiatives to 3D-print functional and aesthetic components for its vehicles. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"Added to the proceedings are artists who didn\u2019t record for Black Fire but represented the same era, ethos and aesthetic . \u2014 Michael J. West, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Surgery could have been fully covered by her insurance provider in the U.S., but the GCS technique developed by Dr. Suporn \u2014 the Chonburi flap method \u2014 is known to produce excellent aesthetic and functional results. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"But the campaign is not only about aesthetic and moral values -- there is an ideological component as well. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The idea was to make a film that had an aesthetic and a cinematic dimension. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 28 May 2022",
"This extra feature focuses on designing the muscle car aesthetic and Mad Max engines, but that sensibility plus the final result on camera was pure Christine. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Faced with that void, Selin interrogates aesthetic and social boundaries. \u2014 Lauren Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"Smith explains Marmo\u2019s elegant aesthetic and lively atmosphere sets it apart from Houston\u2019s existing Italian outposts. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The aesthetic is a nod to the New England waterfront and history from the glacial era, when ice transported massive rocks across land. \u2014 Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The aesthetic is pitch-perfect for the noir-y tale Spielberg is telling. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"That whimsical aesthetic is nothing new for the rising style star. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"The streamlined aesthetic is stylish, yet streamlined enough to match just about any outfit. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
"With the exception of old standbys like Adirondack chairs and wicker settees, the current aesthetic of most outdoor furnishings is sleekly minimal, with sharp angles and unforgiving forms. \u2014 Michelle Slatalla, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"This in-house aesthetic has been a constant throughout Sheer Mag\u2019s career. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 18 Feb. 2022",
"This cold press juicer ticks a lot of boxes beyond its sleek aesthetic . \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"The sleek, jet-black aesthetic also makes these the most luxurious and sophisticated steak knives on this list. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213939"
},
"esurient":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": hungry , greedy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8su\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8zu\u0307r-"
],
"synonyms":[
"edacious",
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"swinish",
"voracious"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the deli is frequented by young, single professionals, esurient after those long hours spent staring at the monitor of a computer"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin esurient-, esuriens , present participle of esurire to be hungry; akin to Latin edere to eat \u2014 more at eat ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1672, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222628"
},
"estimation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": judgment , opinion",
": the act of estimating something",
": the value, amount, or size arrived at in an estimate",
": esteem , honor",
": the act of making a judgment especially of value, size, or cost",
": opinion sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-st\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02cce-st\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"appraisal",
"appraisement",
"assessment",
"estimate",
"evaluation",
"fix",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"value judgment"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"This is not, in my estimation , an efficient use of our resources.",
"She went down in her supporters' estimation after she voted against the plan.",
"Planning the project requires careful cost estimation .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Spurs, by most estimation , boast a nice, young roster full of nice, young players. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 13 June 2022",
"Sood said the government will encourage the manufacturing of satellites in the private sector for a range of applications, from health care and agriculture to urban development and property tax estimation . \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
"In Kirkland\u2019s estimation , based on all the replay angles available to the NBA, beyond even those on the ESPN broadcast, Strus had stepped out of bounds. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 30 May 2022",
"Otto said the UK Met Office\u2019s estimation , which was based off one model, is well within the uncertainty of their study. \u2014 Kasha Patel, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"The estimation also doesn\u2019t account for the possibility that a new variant will change the country\u2019s trajectory \u2014 a scenario that can\u2019t be ruled out given how quickly the virus has mutated in just the last few weeks. \u2014 Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News , 6 May 2022",
"The coda left me with only one remaining unanswerable question: In the final estimation , just how good or bad is a good book with a bad ending? \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The estimation was based on modeling by GNS Science, a New Zealand geological research institute, the ministry said. \u2014 Jake Kwon, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"In their estimation , viewers could easily have neglected the show. \u2014 Elaina Patton, NBC News , 1 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-130435"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful",
": artistic",
": pleasing in appearance : attractive",
": appreciative of, responsive to, or zealous about the beautiful",
": responsive to or appreciative of what is pleasurable to the senses",
": done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance",
": a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty",
": a particular theory or conception of beauty or art : a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight",
": a pleasing appearance or effect : beauty",
": relating to beauty and what is beautiful",
": done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"es-\u02c8the-tik,"
],
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"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
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"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"looks",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The campus is also home to GM's Additive Industrialization Center, which opened in 2020 to pioneer GM's initiatives to 3D-print functional and aesthetic components for its vehicles. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"Added to the proceedings are artists who didn\u2019t record for Black Fire but represented the same era, ethos and aesthetic . \u2014 Michael J. West, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Surgery could have been fully covered by her insurance provider in the U.S., but the GCS technique developed by Dr. Suporn \u2014 the Chonburi flap method \u2014 is known to produce excellent aesthetic and functional results. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"But the campaign is not only about aesthetic and moral values -- there is an ideological component as well. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The idea was to make a film that had an aesthetic and a cinematic dimension. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 28 May 2022",
"This extra feature focuses on designing the muscle car aesthetic and Mad Max engines, but that sensibility plus the final result on camera was pure Christine. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Faced with that void, Selin interrogates aesthetic and social boundaries. \u2014 Lauren Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"Smith explains Marmo\u2019s elegant aesthetic and lively atmosphere sets it apart from Houston\u2019s existing Italian outposts. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The aesthetic is a nod to the New England waterfront and history from the glacial era, when ice transported massive rocks across land. \u2014 Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The aesthetic is pitch-perfect for the noir-y tale Spielberg is telling. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"That whimsical aesthetic is nothing new for the rising style star. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"The streamlined aesthetic is stylish, yet streamlined enough to match just about any outfit. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
"With the exception of old standbys like Adirondack chairs and wicker settees, the current aesthetic of most outdoor furnishings is sleekly minimal, with sharp angles and unforgiving forms. \u2014 Michelle Slatalla, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"This in-house aesthetic has been a constant throughout Sheer Mag\u2019s career. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 18 Feb. 2022",
"This cold press juicer ticks a lot of boxes beyond its sleek aesthetic . \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"The sleek, jet-black aesthetic also makes these the most luxurious and sophisticated steak knives on this list. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 16 May 2022"
],
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-132919"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct",
": a daring or reckless adventure"
],
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"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101d",
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101d"
],
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"antic",
"caper",
"capriccio",
"dido",
"frolic",
"gag",
"jest",
"knavery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"practical joke",
"prank",
"rag",
"roguery",
"shavie",
"shine(s)",
"trick",
"waggery"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"As a teenager he embarked on a series of ill-advised escapades .",
"their escapades at the prep school became the stuff of boarding-school legend",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mysterious shapes in the shrubbery add humor to this puckish escapade for children ages 3-6. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Since his escapade , Dillon has inspired peers to put pencil to paper. \u2014 Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 Apr. 2022",
"His wife, the girl of his childhood, the accomplice in his American escapade , had died. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"For many, the days of dusting off your passport, heading abroad and traversing a foreign country on a summer escapade haven\u2019t happened since at least 2019. \u2014 cleveland , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The play, with a top-rank cast including Jane Kaczmarek, E. Faye Butler and Eugene Lee, does aspire to something more textured and thought-provoking than your basic 30-minute escapade -with-a-laugh-track. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The latest escapade is yet another original and provides an unfamiliar opportunity for a program in only a decade of existence. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Sure, Newsom survived his French Laundry escapade , then brazenly performed an encore at the NFC Championship game in Los Angeles, where he was photographed maskless indoors among celebrities. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Luann and Ramona learn about Sonja\u2019s escapade with a party guest; Leah re-connects with her siblings for the first time since their grandmother\u2019s funeral; Eboni receives DNA results. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, action of escaping, from Spanish escapada , from escapar to escape, from Vulgar Latin *excappare ",
"first_known_use":[
"1667, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-201837"
},
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],
"definitions":[
": to arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in (someone) where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness : alienate",
": to remove from customary environment or associations"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8str\u0101nj"
],
"synonyms":[
"alien",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"sour"
],
"antonyms":[
"reconcile"
],
"examples":[
"she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As China has aligned itself more closely with Russia \u2014 regarding it as an ally to blunt U.S. global influence \u2014 its position is likely to estrange Europe further. \u2014 Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Ending the filibuster for nominations fueled polarization in the Senate, and nuking it for legislation would probably further estrange political factions. \u2014 Fred Bauer, National Review , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Ensuing legal challenges from both sides would further estrange the two halves of the country. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 2 Nov. 2020",
"At the time, the writer Albert Camus was working on The Rebel, a book that would estrange him instantly and permanently from the Communist left in France. \u2014 Sean B. Carroll, The Atlantic , 6 Oct. 2020",
"Lipolelo had been estranged from Thabane, who had filed for divorce when she was shot dead near her Maseru home on the night of June 14, 2017. \u2014 Herbert Moyo, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Lipolelo had been estranged from Thabane, who had filed for divorce when she was shot dead near her Maseru home on the night of June 14, 2017. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Feb. 2020",
"In other cases where parents are estranged , improvisation has necessitated billable hours with divorce attorneys and unearthed old wounds, making an already stressful time even harder. \u2014 Matt Villano, CNN , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Farrow, who is estranged from the film director, shared that she is particularly disturbed by the decision to publish Allen\u2019s book for a number of very personal, very obvious reasons. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 4 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French estrangir, estranger , from Medieval Latin extraneare , from Latin extraneus strange \u2014 more at strange entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-210219"
},
"espouse":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": marry",
": to take up and support as a cause : become attached to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8spau\u0307z",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"marry",
"match",
"wed"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The new theory has been espoused by many leading physicists.",
"Those espousing unpopular views were often excluded.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some conservatives have seemingly co-opted language used by far-right extremists such as those who espouse the QAnon conspiracy theories over the last several years. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 7 May 2022",
"The Taliban espouse a harsh interpretation of Islamic law and often used suicide attacks in their nearly 20-year insurgency against the United States and its Afghan allies. \u2014 Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In any number of YouTube videos and TikTok clips, these footwear surgeons espouse the decolorizing wonders of Salon Care\u2019s hair cream. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Rafferty said the bill was outside the spirit of small government and conservatism that Republicans espouse . \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Members of the boogaloo movement, a loose collection of extremists who espouse the violent overthrow of the U.S. government, have used auto sears in shootings and sold them to undercover agents. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"And, on TikTok, life coaches who espouse its doctrine, promising to teach people the skills to \u2018level up\u2019 are cashing in on the insatiable demand for self-optimisation. \u2014 Daisy Schofield, refinery29.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Now, those who espouse conspiracies and bigotries get air time\u2014and, consequently, our time\u2014precisely because their errors are so outrageously clickable. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2022",
"An award for the songwriters, song of the year tends to gravitate toward tunes with a message or that espouse a certain lifestyle. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French espuser , from Late Latin sponsare to betroth, from Latin sponsus betrothed \u2014 more at spouse ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-064252"
},
"espi\u00e8glerie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being roguish or frolicsome"
],
"pronounciation":[
"e-spye-gl\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"coltishness",
"friskiness",
"impishness",
"larkiness",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"playfulness",
"prankishness",
"sportfulness",
"sportiveness",
"tricksiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnestness",
"soberness",
"sobersidedness"
],
"examples":[
"a delightful young woman whose espi\u00e8glerie and sophisticated wit make her a favorite party guest",
"a femme fatale with a penchant for sophisticated espi\u00e8glerie that men found irresistible"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, from espi\u00e8gle ",
"first_known_use":[
"1815, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194045"
},
"espy":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to catch sight of",
": to catch sight of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sp\u012b",
"i-\u02c8sp\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"out of the corner of my eye I espied the squirrel making another raid on the bird feeder"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English espien , from Anglo-French espier \u2014 more at spy ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-025108"
},
"estimate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to judge tentatively or approximately the value, worth, or significance of",
": to determine roughly the size, extent, or nature of",
": to produce a statement of the approximate cost of",
": judge , conclude",
": esteem",
": appraise",
": a rough or approximate calculation",
": a numerical value obtained from a statistical sample and assigned to a population parameter",
": a statement of the cost of work to be done",
": an opinion or judgment of the nature, character, or quality of a person or thing",
": the act of appraising or valuing : calculation",
": to give or form a general idea of (as the value, size, or cost of something)",
": an opinion or judgment especially of the value or quality of something",
": an approximation of the size or cost of something"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-st\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t",
"\u02c8e-st\u0259-m\u0259t",
"\u02c8e-st\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t",
"\u02c8e-st\u0259-m\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraise",
"assess",
"evaluate",
"guesstimate",
"rate",
"set",
"valuate",
"value"
],
"antonyms":[
"appraisal",
"appraisement",
"assessment",
"estimation",
"evaluation",
"reckoning",
"valuation"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Western analysts estimate far higher Russian military casualties, in the many thousands. \u2014 John Leicester And Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Western analysts estimate far higher Russian military casualties, in the many thousands. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
"For each marketing strategy in your overall annual plan, estimate the cost and the return on your investment. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Community leaders estimate that the number of resident observant Jews in Dubai has doubled, to 500, in the last year, and at least five kosher restaurants have opened in that time. \u2014 Patrick Kingsley, New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"School leaders estimate the projects will cost between $54 million to $67 million. \u2014 Lillian Reed And Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun , 31 May 2022",
"While the lawsuit lists 64 plaintiffs, lawyers estimate that hundreds more may have been affected. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
"Hubble's precision observations estimate that the Milky Way will merge with the Andromeda Galaxy (our closest major galactic neighbor) in a few billion years. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"Police estimate the value of the catalytic converters to be more than $195,000. \u2014 Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Relying on such an enormous network of energy intensive hardware produces astronomical amounts of carbon emissions (according to one estimate , Bitcoin mining devours the same amount of energy annually as the Netherlands did in 2019). \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"One estimate puts the number of Christians massacred in Nigeria since 2015 when Buhari became president at 11,500. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 6 June 2022",
"Whether to prohibit guns in schools has been a contentious point in Oregon, where one estimate suggests gun ownership is more prevalent than in many other states. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"According to one estimate by several aid agencies, more than 120,000 children have been bartered for some sort of financial incentive in the eight months since the Taliban captured Kabul. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"As much as 3% of gift card dollars are never redeemed, and about $3 billion in gift cards went unspent in 2020, according to one estimate . \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
"But an uncontrolled Covid-19 exit wave with the potential to kill, according to one estimate , over a million Chinese at current levels of vaccination coverage and healthcare capacity, would be worse. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"One estimate shows family caregivers lose $300,000 in lifetime earnings, which cuts into social security contributions, pensions, stable retirements, and other benefits. \u2014 Rebecca Gale, Fortune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"More than three centuries of whaling killed at least 5,500 right whales in the western Atlantic, according to one conservative estimate from biologists. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"circa 1532, in the meaning defined at sense 3a",
"Noun",
"1552, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-122741"
},
"esthetics":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful",
": artistic",
": pleasing in appearance : attractive",
": appreciative of, responsive to, or zealous about the beautiful",
": responsive to or appreciative of what is pleasurable to the senses",
": done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance",
": a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty",
": a particular theory or conception of beauty or art : a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight",
": a pleasing appearance or effect : beauty",
": relating to beauty and what is beautiful",
": done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"is-",
"British usually",
"es-\u02c8the-tik",
"es-\u02c8the-tik,"
],
"synonyms":[
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
],
"antonyms":[
"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"looks",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The campus is also home to GM's Additive Industrialization Center, which opened in 2020 to pioneer GM's initiatives to 3D-print functional and aesthetic components for its vehicles. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"Added to the proceedings are artists who didn\u2019t record for Black Fire but represented the same era, ethos and aesthetic . \u2014 Michael J. West, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Surgery could have been fully covered by her insurance provider in the U.S., but the GCS technique developed by Dr. Suporn \u2014 the Chonburi flap method \u2014 is known to produce excellent aesthetic and functional results. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"But the campaign is not only about aesthetic and moral values -- there is an ideological component as well. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The idea was to make a film that had an aesthetic and a cinematic dimension. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 28 May 2022",
"This extra feature focuses on designing the muscle car aesthetic and Mad Max engines, but that sensibility plus the final result on camera was pure Christine. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Faced with that void, Selin interrogates aesthetic and social boundaries. \u2014 Lauren Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"Smith explains Marmo\u2019s elegant aesthetic and lively atmosphere sets it apart from Houston\u2019s existing Italian outposts. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The aesthetic is a nod to the New England waterfront and history from the glacial era, when ice transported massive rocks across land. \u2014 Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"The aesthetic is pitch-perfect for the noir-y tale Spielberg is telling. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"That whimsical aesthetic is nothing new for the rising style star. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"The streamlined aesthetic is stylish, yet streamlined enough to match just about any outfit. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
"With the exception of old standbys like Adirondack chairs and wicker settees, the current aesthetic of most outdoor furnishings is sleekly minimal, with sharp angles and unforgiving forms. \u2014 Michelle Slatalla, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"This in-house aesthetic has been a constant throughout Sheer Mag\u2019s career. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 18 Feb. 2022",
"This cold press juicer ticks a lot of boxes beyond its sleek aesthetic . \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"The sleek, jet-black aesthetic also makes these the most luxurious and sophisticated steak knives on this list. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-144151"
},
"estimable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being estimated",
": valuable",
": worthy of esteem"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-st\u0259-m\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"admirable",
"applaudable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"censurable",
"discreditable",
"illaudable",
"reprehensible"
],
"examples":[
"She has written an estimable novel.",
"We owe thanks to our estimable colleague.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her history, in other words, has been estimable , even as various failures and missteps over the years make her legacy quite mixed. \u2014 Jill Filipovic, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"The Bridge Theatre\u2019s elegant space gives Fiennes another platform for his estimable gallery of cold men. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"But Mirren's career dates back to the late 1960s, beginning with her estimable stage work in Britain and roles that capitalized on her sensuality in projects such as 1979's Caligula. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Jaguar is a carmaker steeped in tradition, a fact demonstrated more than 30 years ago when the marque\u2019s then-new XJ220 was named in reference to its top speed, as was its estimable predecessor in 1948, the XK120. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The Mastersons, who have performed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach with the estimable Steve Earle. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Two years later, Remy joined NESN and came under the guidance of the estimable , elegant Ned Martin. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Late in the film, a video of a violent incident threatens Rahim\u2019s estimable status, thus his future hinges on its dissemination. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
"This is the turning point when fitness became thin, hard, and estimable \u2014a sign of moral and mental fortitude\u2014and softness became its opposite. \u2014 Kelsey Miller, SELF , 11 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-224723"
},
"esculent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": edible",
": being edible"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-sky\u0259-l\u0259nt",
"\u02c8es-ky\u0259-l\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"comestible",
"eatable",
"eating",
"edible"
],
"antonyms":[
"inedible",
"nonedible",
"uneatable"
],
"examples":[
"harvesting wild mushrooms is no business for amateurs, since some of the esculent ones closely resemble poisonous varieties"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin esculentus , from esca food, from edere to eat \u2014 more at eat ",
"first_known_use":[
"1626, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-183339"
},
"espi\u00e8gle":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": frolicsome , roguish"
],
"pronounciation":[
"e-\u02c8spyegl\u1d4a"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"devilish",
"elvish",
"impish",
"knavish",
"leprechaunish",
"mischievous",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"puckish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"scampish",
"sly",
"tricksy",
"waggish",
"wicked"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the espi\u00e8gle light in the young princess's eye faded when she contemplated the stifling restrictions of court life"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, after Ulespiegle (Till Eulenspiegel), peasant prankster",
"first_known_use":[
"1816, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-214259"
},
"establish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to institute (something, such as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement",
": settle sense 7",
": to make firm or stable",
": to introduce and cause to grow and multiply",
": to bring into existence : found",
": bring about , effect",
": to put on a firm basis : set up",
": to put into a favorable position",
": to gain full recognition or acceptance of",
": to make (a church) a national or state institution",
": to put beyond doubt : prove",
": to bring into being : found",
": to put beyond doubt : prove",
": to institute (as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement",
": to make firm or stable",
": to bring into existence : found",
": to found (a national bank) pursuant to a charter",
": to make (a church) a national or state institution \u2014 see also establishment , establishment clause",
": to put beyond doubt : prove",
": to place in a position of being accepted or followed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sta-blish",
"i-\u02c8sta-blish"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrate",
"prove",
"show",
"substantiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disprove"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cohen-Kettenis helped establish a treatment protocol that proved revolutionary. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"McConnell \u2014 who helped establish the current conservative majority on the court that, in turn, may decide this month to nix Roe v. Wade \u2014 slammed leading House Democrats for holding up that proposal since then. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
"Strengthening The Patient-Provider Relationship While telemedicine has certainly helped establish regular communication between patients and providers, the technology has been beneficial in other ways\u2014chief among them being greater accessibility. \u2014 Gideon Kimbrell, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The Bard of Barking once addressed the British parliament wearing a Clash t-shirt and in 1985 helped establish Red Wedge, the loose umbrella organization which brought together like-minded artists to campaign for the election of a Labour government. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 1 June 2022",
"Its mission is to establish long-term relationships between people and technology, with a focus on older adults. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 28 May 2022",
"Lee Boggs, along with her husband James, a prominent Black activist and organizer, helped to establish the National Organization for an American Revolution. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 27 May 2022",
"In addition, the group\u2019s aquaculture specialist, Anoushka Concepcion, who helped establish the National Seaweed Hub in 2019, was named last year to the United Nations\u2019 Safe Seaweed Coalition. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"In late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century England, the liberalisms expounded by reformist economists like William Beveridge and J. A. Hobson helped establish the modern welfare state, as the Oxford scholar Michael Freeden has shown. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English establissen , from Anglo-French establiss- , stem of establir , from Latin stabilire , from stabilis stable",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153118"
},
"escutcheon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a defined area on which armorial bearings are displayed and which usually consists of a shield",
": a protective or ornamental plate or flange (as around a keyhole)",
": the part of a ship's stern on which the name is displayed",
": the configuration of adult pubic hair"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sk\u0259-ch\u0259n",
"is-\u02c8k\u0259ch-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English escochon , from Anglo-French escuchoun , from Vulgar Latin *scution-, scutio , from Latin scutum shield \u2014 more at esquire ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-020444"
},
"escalated":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope",
": expand sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
"nonstandard"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
],
"examples":[
"The conflict has escalated into an all-out war.",
"a time of escalating tensions",
"We are trying not to escalate the violence.",
"Salaries of leading executives have continued to escalate .",
"The cold weather has escalated fuel prices.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Things escalate until Ben orders Christopher to attack the Umbrellas. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"Warming ties between the two could significantly de- escalate regional tensions. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Things escalate , and Roscoe can be seen allegedly shoving Miller, per the complaint as reported by WISH-TV. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"That would escalate a pressure campaign aimed at forcing the United States to accept North Korea as a nuclear power and negotiating economic and security concessions from a position of strength. \u2014 Kim Tong-hyung, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"Tensions and obsessions escalate until it is revealed that one of the competitors is dead and the police suspect murder. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"That figure can escalate quickly when one-off commissions are concerned. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Similarly, the hermetic North Korea has been test-firing ballistic missiles amid a coronavirus outbreak, a possible risk to South Korea\u2019s manufacturing sector should the brinksmanship escalate . \u2014 Josh Boak, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Even if battlefield nukes were used, the conflict wouldn\u2019t automatically escalate into an exchange of intercontinental ballistic missiles between Russia and the West. \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 19 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"back-formation from escalator ",
"first_known_use":[
"1944, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-051649"
},
"espial":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": observation",
": an act of noticing : discovery"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sp\u012b(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-101456"
},
"escutcheoned":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having or decorated with escutcheons"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-nd"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155754"
},
"escutcheon of pretense":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
": an inescutcheon on the center of the shield of the husband of an heiress or coheiress"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174958"
},
"estuary":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a water passage where the tide meets a river current",
": an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river",
": an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8es-ch\u0259-\u02ccwer-\u0113",
"\u02c8esh-",
"\u02c8es-ch\u0259-\u02ccwer-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"loch"
],
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"examples":[
"the city sits on the shores of a deep estuary where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Along Florida\u2019s Atlantic coast, the die-off began last year, after the Indian River Lagoon, a 156-mile estuary that had been a seasonal manatee refuge, turned into a barren underwater desert. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Add two days to sturgeon retention fishing in the estuary . \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
"The San Francisco Bay Delta is the largest estuary on the West Coast. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Poachers, following a similar logic, have long raided the great estuary of Jamaica Bay, at the southeastern edge of Brooklyn and Queens\u2014in the metro area, it\u2019s where the wildlife is. \u2014 Erik Baard, The New Yorker , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In a Telegram post Monday, regional government spokesman Serhiy Bratchuk said that a key bridge on the Dniester estuary had been hit for the third time. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"Plastic bottles and car tires clog the estuary in Imperial Beach and pollute the city\u2019s shoreline, where the refuse can harm everything from birds and lobsters to dolphins and gray whales. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
"For outdoor enthusiasts, the development is also known for its estuary , the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve, Florida\u2019s first-ever aquatic reserve, which is surrounded by state parks and recreational sites apt for kayaking, boating, fishing and more. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
"As the Santa Ynez River spilled out of a nearby estuary into coastal waters, Anna\u2019s hummingbirds hovered over bright yellow giant coreopsis flowers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin aestuarium , from aestus boiling, tide; akin to Latin aestas summer \u2014 more at edify"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1538, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-204156"
},
"escutcheon pin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small round-headed ornamental usually brass nail for attaching escutcheon plates"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235827"
},
"escutellate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having no visible scutellum"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u00a6)\u0113+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"e- + New Latin scutell um + English -ate"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-031317"
},
"estuarine crocodile":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": saltwater crocodile"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-041511"
},
"EST":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation ()",
"adjective suffix or adverb suffix",
"verb suffix"
],
"definitions":[
"established",
"estimate; estimated",
"eastern standard time",
"electroshock therapy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259st"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective suffix or adverb suffix",
"Middle English, from Old English -st, -est, -ost ; akin to Old High German -isto (adjective superlative suffix), Greek -istos",
"Verb suffix",
"Middle English, from Old English -est, -ast, -st ; akin to Old High German -ist, -\u014dst, -\u0113st , 2nd singular ending"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045525"
},
"escarpment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a steep slope in front of a fortification",
": a long cliff or steep slope separating two comparatively level or more gently sloping surfaces and resulting from erosion or faulting"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sk\u00e4rp-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"barranca",
"barranco",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"palisade",
"precipice",
"scar",
"scarp"
],
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"examples":[
"the castle sits atop an escarpment that for hundreds of years made it virtually invulnerable to attack",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So, along with the convenience, the eastern escarpment of the Sierra is a 10,000-foot high wall that extends for about a hundred miles, with a desert below and another mountain range to the east. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
"Simone\u2019s childhood home, located in Tryon, N.C., a small town of 1,600 nestled at the base of the southern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, was at risk of succumbing to age and neglect. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The main wreckage was found perched on a 2,500-foot escarpment within a mile of the western park entrance. \u2014 Charlie Zaharoff, Outside Online , 8 Oct. 2014",
"As much as a foot of snow could fall near the edge of the Blue Ridge escarpment in Greenville and as much as 20 inches of snow could accumulate above 4,000 feet of elevation in that area. \u2014 Alanne Orjoux, CNN , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Swifts dipped and dove overhead as the setting sun silhouetted an escarpment on the other side of the river. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
"What remains are mostly tiny and tricky lots like 1490, which faces onto a subway viaduct and is partly taken up by a rock escarpment . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Below him, the river drops ferociously over a roughly 30-mile stretch before abruptly reaching the unrunnable 140-foot Murchison Falls itself, at the edge of the Rift Valley escarpment . \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011",
"Eagle-eyed excavators spotted a couple of leg bones sticking out of the edge of an escarpment ; a prior excavation had chopped the skeleton off at the feet. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 2 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French escarpement , from escarper to scarp, from Middle French, from escarpe scarp, from Old Italian scarpa \u2014 more at scarp"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-071754"
},
"escudo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of various former gold or silver coins of Hispanic countries",
": the basic monetary unit of Portugal from 1910 to 2001",
": the basic monetary unit of Cape Verde \u2014 see Money Table",
": the basic monetary unit of Chile from 1960 to 1975"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8sk\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Spanish & Portuguese, literally, shield, from Latin scutum"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-100948"
},
"escarp":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": scarp sense 1",
": scarp"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8sk\u00e4rp",
"(\u02c8)e\u00a6s-",
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"French escarpe , from Middle French, from Old Italian scarpa",
"Transitive verb",
"French escarper , from Middle French, from escarpe"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-130415"
},
"essonite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a yellow to brown garnet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-171148"
},
"estuarine":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or formed in an estuary"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8es-ch\u0259-(w\u0259-)\u02ccr\u012bn",
"-\u02ccr\u0113n",
"-\u02ccrin",
"\u02c8esh-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That plant has already exceeded its yearly limits for nutrients like phosphorous, which clog bay ecosystems with algae that robs estuarine life of oxygen. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"The iconic marsh, however, is only one of the Everglades\u2019 several distinct habitats, which also include pine rocklands, tropical hardwood hammocks, mangrove forests and marine and estuarine areas. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Until now, Connecticut was one of the few remaining coastal states without an estuarine reserve system. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Warmer water holds less dissolved oxygen, and, all the while, estuarine animals require more oxygen to stay alive. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Lake Maracaibo, spanning some 5,019 square miles in northwestern Venezuela, is an estuarine lake \u2014 meaning the fresh water it was filled with thousands of years ago converges with the Caribbean\u2019s salty seawater. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Oct. 2021",
"According to the California Water Quality Monitoring Council, the cyanobacteria and HABs can occur in both freshwater and estuarine waterbodies. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Cormorants, Canada geese, and mallards patrol the shores of this estuarine environment, alert for children with telltale bags of bread. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Apr. 2021",
"The Wildlife Area spans 12,900 acres and is set within the 88,000-acre Suisun Marsh, the largest estuarine marsh in America. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com , 26 June 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1846, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-194650"
},
"escas":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of escas plural of esca"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-202028"
},
"escarole":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an endive having slightly bitter broad, flat leaves used especially cooked as a vegetable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccr\u014dl"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Warm up some leftover gravy or pan juices with big handfuls of greens, such as spinach or escarole , just until wilted and served atop crusty bread. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Nov. 2021",
"The escarole in brodo ($8.75) and stracciatella egg drop soup ($8.75) are based on a strong chicken stock. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"Meal for two, sans drinks: $60-$140 What to order: Pork chop, diver scallop crudo ($16), short rib, filet mignon, escarole ($11) Meat-free options: Most of the sides are vegetarian; no entrees. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Sometimes made even more compl\u00e8te with a garlicky, acidic escarole salad mounded right on top and a bottle of the local hard cider to drink. \u2014 Gabrielle Hamilton, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2020",
"Add drained beans, stir them around, then add veg stock (or just water), Parm rinds, and chopped winter greens like mustard, escarole , kale, chard. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Feb. 2020",
"Minestra is a simple soup of greens and beans \u2014 escarole and white cannellinis for our family. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Nov. 2019",
"Add escarole , feta, and walnuts and toss gently to combine. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2019",
"Season with salt and pepper to taste, then set aside. Drizzle the quarters of escarole with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. \u2014 Alexandra Hall, BostonGlobe.com , 17 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French escarole, scarole , from Old French escariole , from Late Latin escariola , from Latin escarius of food, from esca food, from edere to eat \u2014 more at eat"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1897, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-210446"
},
"escalado":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": escalade"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccesk\u0259\u02c8l\u00e4(\u02cc)d\u014d",
"-l\u0101(-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"modification of Spanish escalada , from feminine of escalado , past participle of escalar to scale, from escala ladder, from Late Latin scala (ladder)"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-035539"
},
"Esd":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"Esdras"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-043011"
},
"escarmouche":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": skirmish"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle French"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-110458"
},
"escuage":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the military service required of a knight incident to his fee",
": scutage"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e\u02ccsky\u00fcij",
"\u02c8esky\u0259wii"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle French escuage , from Old French, from escu shield (from Latin scutum ) + -age"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-164009"
},
"Esperanto":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": an artificial international language based as far as possible on words common to the chief European languages"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4n-(\u02cc)t\u014d",
"-\u02c8ran-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Dr. Esperanto , pseudonym of L. L. Zamenhof \u20201917 Polish oculist, its inventor"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1892, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-180823"
},
"escrow":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a deed, a bond, money, or a piece of property held in trust by a third party to be turned over to the grantee only upon fulfillment of a condition",
": a fund or deposit designed to serve as an escrow",
": in trust as an escrow",
": to place in escrow",
": an instrument and especially a deed or money or property held by a third party to be turned over to the grantee and become effective only upon the fulfillment of some condition",
": a fund or deposit designed to serve as an escrow",
": held as an escrow : in trust as an escrow",
"\u2014 compare trust",
": to cause to be held as an escrow : place in escrow"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-\u02ccskr\u014d",
"e-\u02c8skr\u014d",
"e-\u02c8skr\u014d",
"\u02c8e-\u02ccskr\u014d",
"\u02c8es-\u02cckr\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Alperin added that Spacey\u2019s acting fees are being held in escrow ahead of the production start date. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"And although nearly all pairs of the Wavy Baby have already been sold and shipped, Judge Kuntz ordered the company to hold all revenue earned from them in escrow , to be repaid to consumers if Vans ultimately prevails. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
"Low interest rates also mean that any money being held in escrow by the servicer isn\u2019t earning much in interest. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"After paying your earnest money, there are a handful of steps left in escrow . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The 1,134-square-foot condo is now in escrow for $490,000. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Engoron told Trump to pay the money directly to James' office and for the attorney general to hold the money in an escrow account while Trump's legal team appeals the judge's original contempt finding. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 21 May 2022",
"Engoron told Trump to pay the money directly to James\u2019 office and for the attorney general to hold the money in an escrow account while Trump\u2019s legal team appeals the judge's original contempt finding. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Engoron told Trump to pay the money directly to James\u2019 office and for the attorney general to hold the money in an escrow account while Trump\u2019s legal team appeals the judge\u2019s original contempt finding. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Even with the approval, the Tailgate Park transaction must close escrow before the end of the year to remain shielded from the state\u2019s stricter disposition laws for surplus land. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Buyers would escrow the difference with the U.S. Treasury. \u2014 Patrick Jenevein, Fortune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The Tailgate Park transaction must close escrow before the end of the year to remain shielded from the state\u2019s stricter disposition laws for surplus land. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The city and Padres are racing against the clock \u2014 because of state disposition laws, the transaction must close escrow by Dec. 23 or it will be aborted altogether. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Starting next summer, McCarty\u2019s AB 1466 will require Realtors, title companies and escrow companies to notify buyers of any racial covenants, as well as their right to modify them. \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Nov. 2021",
"While the seller is going to get the same amount of money, many local agents say sellers will go with cash offers to make sure the purchase closes escrow . \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 July 2021",
"The building, which includes two other small businesses at the corner of Vista Way, has been sold to a developer who plans extensive renovations once escrow closes in August. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 July 2021",
"At the very start of the pandemic, agency lenders required borrowers to escrow 18 months of property taxes and interest payments to qualify for acquisition loans. \u2014 Lee Kiser, Forbes , 13 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"Anglo-French escroue scroll \u2014 more at scroll"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1946, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-191710"
},
"escalade":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an act of scaling especially the walls of a fortification"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101d",
"-\u02ccl\u00e4d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, from Italian scalata , from scalare to scale, from scala ladder, from Late Latin \u2014 more at scale entry 5"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1598, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-000517"
},
"essoiner":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that essoins another"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8s\u022fin\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Anglo-French essonier, essoneour , from essonier , verb + -er, -our -or"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-173527"
},
"essence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the permanent as contrasted with the accidental element of being",
": the individual, real, or ultimate nature of a thing especially as opposed to its existence",
": the properties or attributes by means of which something can be placed in its proper class or identified as being what it is",
": the most significant element, quality, or aspect of a thing or person",
": one that possesses or exhibits a quality in abundance as if in concentrated form",
": a constituent or derivative possessing the special qualities (as of a plant or drug) in concentrated form",
": a preparation of such an essence or a synthetic substitute",
": a volatile substance or constituent (as of perfume)",
": odor , perfume",
": something that exists : entity",
": in or by its very nature : essentially , basically",
": of the utmost importance",
": the basic part of something",
": a substance made from a plant or drug and having its special qualities",
": perfume entry 1 sense 1",
": a substance considered to possess in high degree the predominant qualities of a natural product (as a plant or drug) from which it is extracted (as by distillation or infusion)",
": essential oil",
": an alcoholic solution especially of an essential oil",
": an artificial preparation (as an alcoholic solution of one or more esters) used especially in flavoring",
": elixir",
": the real or ultimate nature of a thing : the properties that make a thing what it is",
"\u2014 see also essence test",
": the predominant purpose of a thing",
": of the utmost importance",
": so material in nature that failure to satisfy its requirements constitutes a breach of contract"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-s\u1d4an(t)s",
"\u02c8e-s\u1d4ans",
"\u02c8es-\u1d4an(t)s",
"\u02c8es-\u1d4ans"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"essentiality",
"nature",
"quiddity",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"stuff",
"substance"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The perennial debate about nature and nurture\u2014which is the more potent shaper of the human essence ?\u2014is perennially rekindled. \u2014 Matt Ridley , Time , 2 June 2003",
"In essence , the positivists were the first sociologists, rejecting both superstition and metaphysics and studying behavior as a natural phenomenon that could be perfected. \u2014 Stephan Talty , Mulatto America , 2003",
"I had come to Orange Cove on a statewide tour, looking for the essence of Latino life in a changing California and a good bowl of the Mexican stew \u2026 \u2014 Joe Rodriguez , San Jose Mercury News , 20 May 2003",
"The essence of love is unselfishness.",
"The book's illustrations capture the essence of the story.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just as the holiday sort of implies, there's always a new way of scaring, and these TV episodes truly capture the essence of the holiday in a way that only the small screen knows how to do. \u2014 Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"Both stories, narrated by each man\u2019s son, capture the essence of a child struggling to make sense of the adults in their lives. \u2014 Leah Tyler, ajc , 30 May 2022",
"Joswiak said Apple's other products \u2014 including its HomePod mini smart speaker and iPad tablet \u2014 capture the essence of what the company set out to achieve with the iPod. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Michael [John Warren] managed to capture the essence . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
"But so is self-awareness, and Bell's been working for years to capture that essence of himself. \u2014 Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Crafted in collaboration with the Roca brothers, Distil Your World New York aims to capture the essence of the city by paying tribute to its eclectic culinary scene and singular architecture. \u2014 Rachel.maree.cormack@gmail.com, Robb Report , 14 Apr. 2022",
"This new film aims to capture the essence of an Italian summer, with Ulman exploring themes of escapism, possibility and rediscovering one\u2019s childhood. \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
"It\u2019s that thing of not doing an impersonation but trying to capture the essence of what the [real-life Anderson and Lee] were feeling. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022"
],
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"Middle English essencia , from Latin essentia , from esse to be \u2014 more at is"
],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181905"
},
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": a power-driven set of stairs arranged like an endless belt that ascend or descend continuously",
": an upward course suggestive of an escalator",
": an escalator clause or provision",
": providing for a periodic proportional upward or downward adjustment (as of prices or wages)",
": a moving stairway for going from one level (as of a building) to another"
],
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"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101-t\u0259r",
"nonstandard",
"\u02c8e-sk\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101-t\u0259r"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last fall, a red rope blocked off the entrance to the escalator leading to the store, but the atrium still featured a large Starbucks sign, and a spokesperson for the Trump Organization said the coffee chain was continuing to pay rent. \u2014 Dan Alexander, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Related: This video shows people tumbling down a malfunctioning MBTA escalator . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The now $331 million cost includes the excavation and construction of the tunnel, the additional train cars, new elevators and a fourth escalator for passengers getting off the Plane Train at baggage claim. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 9 June 2022",
"El Nino, La Nina and a handful of other natural weather variations are like taking steps up or down on that escalator , scientists said. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
"The moment, in 1963, when Ireland acquired its first escalator . \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Each color line has wacky quirks; Sometimes your escalator works! \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In September, an ascending escalator malfunctioned at the Back Bay Station and suddenly plummeted in reverse, causing a bloody pileup of people at the bottom. \u2014 Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"Jeudy, the third-year player and former first-round draft pick out of Alabama, was arrested May 12 on a misdemeanor criminal tampering charge with a domestic violence escalator . \u2014 Parker Gabriel, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"from Escalator , a trademark"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"1930, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190535"
},
"estuarial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": estuarine"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cces-ch\u0259-\u02c8wer-\u0113-\u0259l",
"\u02ccesh-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1883, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200004"
},
"essenced":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": scented , perfumed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-n(t)st"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085229"
},
"essence d'orient":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": pearl essence especially from bleak fish"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6es\u1d4an(t)s\u02c8d\u014dr\u0113\u0259nt",
"-d\u022fr-",
"-\u0113\u02ccent",
"es\u00e4\u207fsd\u022fry\u00e4\u207f"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, essence of the Orient"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-185119"
},
"escrol":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a heraldic scroll"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"modification (influenced by English scroll ) of Middle French escroele, escrouelle small piece, bit, diminutive of escroe, escroue bit, scroll"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-202105"
},
"esperance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": hope , expectation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-sp(\u0259-)r\u0259n(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English esperaunce , from Middle French esperance"
],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-211616"
},
"essoinee":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one whose essoin is allowed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u00a6soi\u00a6n\u0113",
"e\u00a6s-",
"\u00a6e\u02ccs-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Anglo-French essoni\u00e9, essoigni\u00e9 , past participle of essonier, essoignier , verb"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-232209"
},
"estuate":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": heave , surge , boil"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin aestuatus , past participle of aestuare to be in commotion, boil, from aestus"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052802"
},
"escrod":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of escrod variant of scrod"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-054543"
},
"escargotiere":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an artificial mound or kitchen midden made up primarily of snail shells but containing artifacts (as found in Algeria)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce\u02ccsk\u00e4rg\u0259\u2027\u02c8tye(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French escargoti\u00e8re , literally, snailery, from escargot snail"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-073907"
},
"escargot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a snail prepared for use as food"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-\u02ccsk\u00e4r-\u02c8g\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fletcher closes the video by panning to five escargot on the plate. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"In the video, the couple is dining al fresco as Rodgers de-shells his escargot with special utensils. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"Expect a cuisine to match, including escargot , nicoise salads, and lobster. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"For a fashion label as French as escargot , Balenciaga has mastered American pop culture. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Oysters Rockefeller was invented at New Orleans restaurant Antoine\u2019s at the end of the 19th century as an alternative for hard-to-source escargot . \u2014 Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Once, in Paris, he was subjected to physical punishment amid a miscommunication over the number of brochette of escargot that were needed. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Regional delicacies include roast suckling pig, escargot and a rice dish of sausage, vegetables and spices. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Think French onion soup and escargot bathed in garlic butter. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 5 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, snail, from Middle French, from Old Occitan escaragol"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1892, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100925"
},
"Esdraelon, Plain of":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"plain in northern Israel northeast of Mount Carmel in the valley of the upper Qishon River"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccez-dr\u0259-\u02c8\u0113-l\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113108"
},
"eschewal":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"es-\u02c8ch\u00fc",
"also e-\u02c8sky\u00fc",
"e-\u02c8sh\u00fc",
"is-",
"i-"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for eschew escape , avoid , evade , elude , shun , eschew mean to get away or keep away from something. escape stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious intent. nothing escapes her sharp eyes avoid stresses forethought and caution in keeping clear of danger or difficulty. try to avoid past errors evade implies adroitness, ingenuity, or lack of scruple in escaping or avoiding. evaded the question by changing the subject elude implies a slippery or baffling quality in the person or thing that escapes. what she sees in him eludes me shun often implies an avoiding as a matter of habitual practice or policy and may imply repugnance or abhorrence. you have shunned your responsibilities eschew implies an avoiding or abstaining from as unwise or distasteful. a playwright who eschews melodrama",
"examples":[
"Though a doctor with psychiatric training, he eschewed the science that had so enamored earlier child-rearing professionals \u2026 \u2014 Sue Halpern , New York Review of Books , 29 May 2003",
"A fair number of academics eschew the simple title \"professor\" and call themselves economists, astronomers, historians, philosophers. \u2014 Tracy Kidder , Home Town , 1999",
"When introduced to a stranger, he eschewed formalities, stuck out a gnarled right hand and responded with a chummy, \"Hermann.\" \u2014 Tim Layden , Sports Illustrated , 2 Feb. 1998",
"They now eschew the violence of their past.",
"a psychologist who eschews the traditional methods of psychotherapy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In what has become a tradition, bands performing during the Winnetka Music Festival eschew a stay in a hotel in favor of bunking with a host family in town. \u2014 Kathy Cichon, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"After purchasing or subscribing to a package or service, companies often eschew regular guidance on how to take full advantage of all the new and developing capabilities available. \u2014 Carlos Morales, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"The notion that a team would eschew a QB upgrade just to punish the Browns makes no sense, and the events of last weekend debunk it. \u2014 cleveland , 8 May 2022",
"Developing a new survey is an ambitious and time-consuming undertaking, one that many leaders eschew . \u2014 Eddie Comeaux, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"Many new ideas pick up on people\u2019s willingness to eschew a casket, but are considered more environmentally viable than cremation. \u2014 Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Many new ideas pick up on people\u2019s willingness to eschew a casket, but are considered more environmentally viable than cremation. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The decision to eschew ticket sales to the general public means that a more subdued atmosphere at competition venues than at previous Winter Olympics has been all but inevitable. \u2014 WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
"And yet here on the lake, the traditional foods eschew pasta and pizza in favor of fish. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 12 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French eschiver (3rd present eschiu ) of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sciuhen to frighten off \u2014 more at shy":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105816"
},
"eschewing":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"es-\u02c8ch\u00fc",
"also e-\u02c8sky\u00fc",
"e-\u02c8sh\u00fc",
"is-",
"i-"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for eschew escape , avoid , evade , elude , shun , eschew mean to get away or keep away from something. escape stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious intent. nothing escapes her sharp eyes avoid stresses forethought and caution in keeping clear of danger or difficulty. try to avoid past errors evade implies adroitness, ingenuity, or lack of scruple in escaping or avoiding. evaded the question by changing the subject elude implies a slippery or baffling quality in the person or thing that escapes. what she sees in him eludes me shun often implies an avoiding as a matter of habitual practice or policy and may imply repugnance or abhorrence. you have shunned your responsibilities eschew implies an avoiding or abstaining from as unwise or distasteful. a playwright who eschews melodrama",
"examples":[
"Though a doctor with psychiatric training, he eschewed the science that had so enamored earlier child-rearing professionals \u2026 \u2014 Sue Halpern , New York Review of Books , 29 May 2003",
"A fair number of academics eschew the simple title \"professor\" and call themselves economists, astronomers, historians, philosophers. \u2014 Tracy Kidder , Home Town , 1999",
"When introduced to a stranger, he eschewed formalities, stuck out a gnarled right hand and responded with a chummy, \"Hermann.\" \u2014 Tim Layden , Sports Illustrated , 2 Feb. 1998",
"They now eschew the violence of their past.",
"a psychologist who eschews the traditional methods of psychotherapy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In what has become a tradition, bands performing during the Winnetka Music Festival eschew a stay in a hotel in favor of bunking with a host family in town. \u2014 Kathy Cichon, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"After purchasing or subscribing to a package or service, companies often eschew regular guidance on how to take full advantage of all the new and developing capabilities available. \u2014 Carlos Morales, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"The notion that a team would eschew a QB upgrade just to punish the Browns makes no sense, and the events of last weekend debunk it. \u2014 cleveland , 8 May 2022",
"Developing a new survey is an ambitious and time-consuming undertaking, one that many leaders eschew . \u2014 Eddie Comeaux, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"Many new ideas pick up on people\u2019s willingness to eschew a casket, but are considered more environmentally viable than cremation. \u2014 Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Many new ideas pick up on people\u2019s willingness to eschew a casket, but are considered more environmentally viable than cremation. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The decision to eschew ticket sales to the general public means that a more subdued atmosphere at competition venues than at previous Winter Olympics has been all but inevitable. \u2014 WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
"And yet here on the lake, the traditional foods eschew pasta and pizza in favor of fish. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 12 May 2022"
],
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French eschiver (3rd present eschiu ) of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sciuhen to frighten off \u2014 more at shy":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105834"
}
}