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{
"so":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation (1)",
"abbreviation (2)",
"adjective",
"adverb",
"conjunction",
"noun",
"pronoun"
],
"definitions":[
": in a manner or way indicated or suggested",
": in the same manner or way : also",
": thus sense 1",
": then , subsequently",
": to an indicated or suggested extent or degree",
": to the same extent or degree : to such a degree : as sense 1",
": to a great extent or degree : very , extremely",
": to a definite but unspecified extent or degree",
": most certainly : indeed",
": most decidedly : surely",
": therefore , consequently",
": with the result that",
": in order that",
": provided that",
": for that reason : therefore",
": in order to",
": conforming with actual facts : true",
": marked by a desired order",
": such as has been specified or suggested : the same",
": the fifth note of the major scale in solf\u00e8ge",
"south; southern",
"seller's option",
"strikeout",
": in the way indicated",
": in the same way : also",
": then entry 1 sense 2",
": to an indicated extent or way",
": to a great degree : very , extremely",
": to a definite but not specified amount",
": most certainly : indeed",
": therefore",
": in order that",
": and therefore",
": the same : that",
": approximately that",
"south"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d",
"especially before an adjective or adverb followed by \"that\"",
"\u02c8s\u014d",
"\u02c8s\u014d",
"\u02c8s\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"accordingly",
"consequently",
"ergo",
"hence",
"therefore",
"thereupon",
"thus",
"wherefore"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"bang on",
"correct",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"good",
"on-target",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"spot-on",
"true",
"veracious"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Whittingham will see a $200,000 increase in 2023, $300,000 more in 2024, and so on. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Premium pay of $3.12 per hour was instituted during the coronavirus pandemic but was set to expire this month, so Dickens wants to extend it and expand it by $1 per hour for the next year, the city announced. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 15 June 2022",
"Outside of a handful of individuals, economists have thus far devoted remarkably little attention to how their theories and models got inflation so wrong. \u2014 Greg Ip, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Single-day passes will be available in the future so keep checking the website closer to the event. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 15 June 2022",
"Because the skin on elephant ears is so thin, Indu can cool herself down by flapping them, dissipating some of the heat around the blood vessels located there. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Everyone loves burgers, so putting a chicken-y spin on things is a great choice. \u2014 Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day , 15 June 2022",
"Its launch signaled the beginning of the end of Navigator: Microsoft went on to tie Internet Explorer and its ubiquitous Windows operating system together so tightly that many people simply used it by default instead of Navigator. \u2014 CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"The Brooks Glycerin Shoes are known to sell out, and some colors are already gone in certain sizes, so don't hesitate to add them to your cart. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But privacy in the court system is kind of an important details to be on top of so way to go at them and getting it and give credit to the court for moving quickly to fix it. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The hallux must help stabilize the foot and control the arch during footstrike so impact forces are distributed evenly. \u2014 Outside Online , 5 Aug. 2019",
"Instead, incorporate IaC as part of modernization efforts and pair it with upskilling so engineers can focus on advanced projects. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Owners of homes with pools in El Dorado County are actually being encouraged to spray paint in large letters the number of gallons in the so aircraft can spot the information. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Aug. 2021",
"The Oakland Police Department's own stingray was seemingly insufficient, so officers then called in the FBI, both times without a warrant. \u2014 Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica , 12 July 2017",
"But both also got weighed down by their stars, pulling in so- so receptions from audiences (and getting savaged by critics). \u2014 Angela Watercutter, WIRED , 2 June 2017",
"But inhaling powerful opioids can be deadly, so officers have a new tool to protect their four-legged partners: naloxone, a drug that has already been used for years to reverse overdoses in humans. \u2014 CBS News , 1 June 2017",
"But inhaling powerful opioids can be deadly, so officers have a new tool to protect their four-legged partners: naloxone, a drug that has already been used for years to reverse overdoses in humans. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Conjunction",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Pronoun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170039"
},
"soak":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to lie immersed in liquid (such as water) become saturated by or as if by immersion",
"to enter or pass through something by or as if by pores or interstices permeate",
"to penetrate or affect the mind or feelings",
"to drink alcoholic beverages intemperately",
"to permeate so as to wet, soften, or fill thoroughly",
"to place in a surrounding element (such as liquid) to wet or permeate thoroughly",
"to extract by or as if by steeping",
"to draw or take in by or as if by suction or absorption",
"to intoxicate (oneself) by drinking alcoholic beverages",
"to cause to pay an exorbitant amount",
"the act or process of soaking the state of being soaked",
"the liquid in which something is soaked",
"drunkard",
"pawn entry 2 sense 2",
"to lie covered with liquid",
"to place in a liquid to wet or as if to wet thoroughly",
"to make very wet",
"to enter or pass through something by or as if by tiny holes permeate",
"to draw in by or as if by absorption",
"the act or process of letting something stay in a liquid for a long time to soften or clean it",
"a long bath",
"an often hot medicated solution with which a body part is soaked usually long or repeatedly especially to promote healing, relieve pain, or stimulate local circulation"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8s\u014dk",
"synonyms":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"saturate",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep"
],
"antonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soaker",
"sot",
"souse",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"Slice up an apple, and let each slice soak in a different liquid. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
"Let the laundry soak for four to five hours, stirring it occasionally, until the water has cooled completely. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Fill a clean bucket with hot water and dishwashing liquid, and let the mop soak for at least 10 to 15 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
"With some time to soak in, some critics and fans even consider this the director\u2019s best film to date. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Take time to soak in the Monica-level attention to detail \u2014 especially in Monica and Rachel\u2019s kitchen \u2014 but feel free to cut loose in front of the re-creation of the fountain from the opening credits while the montage plays on a nearby video screen. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s still plenty of time to soak in the memories and miles, but his story requires time and oxygen after dipping into parts of seven decades. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Feb. 2022",
"This gave you time to soak up the Venetian Gothic backdrop and marvel and the sheer wonder of being here, doing this. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 29 Aug. 2021",
"The Milwaukee Bucks, still trying to soak in the joy of the franchise\u2019s first championship since 1971, moved quickly into 2021-22 mode. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 31 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"An evening soak in thermal baths washes the last of the residual Rocacorba pain from my knees. \u2014 Dina Mishev, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"For 2022, the spa is offering an in-room reviving soak and new CBD treatments, more details can be found here. \u2014 Yola Robert, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Beverly Hot Springs, Los Angeles Get your soak on right in the middle of the city at Beverly Hot Springs. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 10 May 2022",
"This winter, head to Dunton Hot Springs, nestled in the San Juan Mountains of the Colorado Rockies for a good soak and side of adventure. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Or a five-minute shower as opposed to a luxurious soak ? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Beauty influencer and brand founder Huda Kattan swears by this green clay bath soak as one of her absolute favorite products to use while decompressing. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Making the most of the location, the property has terraced gardens where homeowners can entertain or find quiet areas to hide soak in nature's beauty. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Come for a day soak , or spend the night and take advantage of its lengthy massage treatment menu, too. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"soak (up)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to take in (liquid) : absorb",
": to enjoy feeling or experiencing (something pleasant) in usually a slow or relaxed way",
": to learn and remember (something) quickly",
": to use a large amount of (money, supplies, etc.)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192306"
},
"soaked":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to lie immersed in liquid (such as water) : become saturated by or as if by immersion",
": to enter or pass through something by or as if by pores or interstices : permeate",
": to penetrate or affect the mind or feelings",
": to drink alcoholic beverages intemperately",
": to permeate so as to wet, soften, or fill thoroughly",
": to place in a surrounding element (such as liquid) to wet or permeate thoroughly",
": to extract by or as if by steeping",
": to draw or take in by or as if by suction or absorption",
": to intoxicate (oneself) by drinking alcoholic beverages",
": to cause to pay an exorbitant amount",
": the act or process of soaking : the state of being soaked",
": the liquid in which something is soaked",
": drunkard",
": pawn entry 2 sense 2",
": to lie covered with liquid",
": to place in a liquid to wet or as if to wet thoroughly",
": to make very wet",
": to enter or pass through something by or as if by tiny holes : permeate",
": to draw in by or as if by absorption",
": the act or process of letting something stay in a liquid for a long time to soften or clean it",
": a long bath",
": an often hot medicated solution with which a body part is soaked usually long or repeatedly especially to promote healing, relieve pain, or stimulate local circulation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014dk",
"\u02c8s\u014dk",
"\u02c8s\u014dk"
],
"synonyms":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"saturate",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep"
],
"antonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soaker",
"sot",
"souse",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Slice up an apple, and let each slice soak in a different liquid. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
"Let the laundry soak for four to five hours, stirring it occasionally, until the water has cooled completely. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Fill a clean bucket with hot water and dishwashing liquid, and let the mop soak for at least 10 to 15 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
"With some time to soak in, some critics and fans even consider this the director\u2019s best film to date. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Take time to soak in the Monica-level attention to detail \u2014 especially in Monica and Rachel\u2019s kitchen \u2014 but feel free to cut loose in front of the re-creation of the fountain from the opening credits while the montage plays on a nearby video screen. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s still plenty of time to soak in the memories and miles, but his story requires time and oxygen after dipping into parts of seven decades. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Feb. 2022",
"This gave you time to soak up the Venetian Gothic backdrop and marvel and the sheer wonder of being here, doing this. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 29 Aug. 2021",
"The Milwaukee Bucks, still trying to soak in the joy of the franchise\u2019s first championship since 1971, moved quickly into 2021-22 mode. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 31 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"An evening soak in thermal baths washes the last of the residual Rocacorba pain from my knees. \u2014 Dina Mishev, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"For 2022, the spa is offering an in-room reviving soak and new CBD treatments, more details can be found here. \u2014 Yola Robert, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Beverly Hot Springs, Los Angeles Get your soak on right in the middle of the city at Beverly Hot Springs. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 10 May 2022",
"This winter, head to Dunton Hot Springs, nestled in the San Juan Mountains of the Colorado Rockies for a good soak and side of adventure. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Or a five-minute shower as opposed to a luxurious soak ? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Beauty influencer and brand founder Huda Kattan swears by this green clay bath soak as one of her absolute favorite products to use while decompressing. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Making the most of the location, the property has terraced gardens where homeowners can entertain or find quiet areas to hide soak in nature's beauty. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Come for a day soak , or spend the night and take advantage of its lengthy massage treatment menu, too. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214554"
},
"soaker":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to lie immersed in liquid (such as water) become saturated by or as if by immersion",
"to enter or pass through something by or as if by pores or interstices permeate",
"to penetrate or affect the mind or feelings",
"to drink alcoholic beverages intemperately",
"to permeate so as to wet, soften, or fill thoroughly",
"to place in a surrounding element (such as liquid) to wet or permeate thoroughly",
"to extract by or as if by steeping",
"to draw or take in by or as if by suction or absorption",
"to intoxicate (oneself) by drinking alcoholic beverages",
"to cause to pay an exorbitant amount",
"the act or process of soaking the state of being soaked",
"the liquid in which something is soaked",
"drunkard",
"pawn entry 2 sense 2",
"to lie covered with liquid",
"to place in a liquid to wet or as if to wet thoroughly",
"to make very wet",
"to enter or pass through something by or as if by tiny holes permeate",
"to draw in by or as if by absorption",
"the act or process of letting something stay in a liquid for a long time to soften or clean it",
"a long bath",
"an often hot medicated solution with which a body part is soaked usually long or repeatedly especially to promote healing, relieve pain, or stimulate local circulation"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8s\u014dk",
"synonyms":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"saturate",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep"
],
"antonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soaker",
"sot",
"souse",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"Slice up an apple, and let each slice soak in a different liquid. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
"Let the laundry soak for four to five hours, stirring it occasionally, until the water has cooled completely. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Fill a clean bucket with hot water and dishwashing liquid, and let the mop soak for at least 10 to 15 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
"With some time to soak in, some critics and fans even consider this the director\u2019s best film to date. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Take time to soak in the Monica-level attention to detail \u2014 especially in Monica and Rachel\u2019s kitchen \u2014 but feel free to cut loose in front of the re-creation of the fountain from the opening credits while the montage plays on a nearby video screen. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s still plenty of time to soak in the memories and miles, but his story requires time and oxygen after dipping into parts of seven decades. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Feb. 2022",
"This gave you time to soak up the Venetian Gothic backdrop and marvel and the sheer wonder of being here, doing this. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 29 Aug. 2021",
"The Milwaukee Bucks, still trying to soak in the joy of the franchise\u2019s first championship since 1971, moved quickly into 2021-22 mode. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 31 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"An evening soak in thermal baths washes the last of the residual Rocacorba pain from my knees. \u2014 Dina Mishev, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"For 2022, the spa is offering an in-room reviving soak and new CBD treatments, more details can be found here. \u2014 Yola Robert, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Beverly Hot Springs, Los Angeles Get your soak on right in the middle of the city at Beverly Hot Springs. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 10 May 2022",
"This winter, head to Dunton Hot Springs, nestled in the San Juan Mountains of the Colorado Rockies for a good soak and side of adventure. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Or a five-minute shower as opposed to a luxurious soak ? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Beauty influencer and brand founder Huda Kattan swears by this green clay bath soak as one of her absolute favorite products to use while decompressing. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Making the most of the location, the property has terraced gardens where homeowners can entertain or find quiet areas to hide soak in nature's beauty. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Come for a day soak , or spend the night and take advantage of its lengthy massage treatment menu, too. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"soaking":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to lie immersed in liquid (such as water) : become saturated by or as if by immersion",
": to enter or pass through something by or as if by pores or interstices : permeate",
": to penetrate or affect the mind or feelings",
": to drink alcoholic beverages intemperately",
": to permeate so as to wet, soften, or fill thoroughly",
": to place in a surrounding element (such as liquid) to wet or permeate thoroughly",
": to extract by or as if by steeping",
": to draw or take in by or as if by suction or absorption",
": to intoxicate (oneself) by drinking alcoholic beverages",
": to cause to pay an exorbitant amount",
": the act or process of soaking : the state of being soaked",
": the liquid in which something is soaked",
": drunkard",
": pawn entry 2 sense 2",
": to lie covered with liquid",
": to place in a liquid to wet or as if to wet thoroughly",
": to make very wet",
": to enter or pass through something by or as if by tiny holes : permeate",
": to draw in by or as if by absorption",
": the act or process of letting something stay in a liquid for a long time to soften or clean it",
": a long bath",
": an often hot medicated solution with which a body part is soaked usually long or repeatedly especially to promote healing, relieve pain, or stimulate local circulation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014dk",
"\u02c8s\u014dk",
"\u02c8s\u014dk"
],
"synonyms":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"saturate",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep"
],
"antonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soaker",
"sot",
"souse",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Slice up an apple, and let each slice soak in a different liquid. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
"Let the laundry soak for four to five hours, stirring it occasionally, until the water has cooled completely. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Fill a clean bucket with hot water and dishwashing liquid, and let the mop soak for at least 10 to 15 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
"With some time to soak in, some critics and fans even consider this the director\u2019s best film to date. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Take time to soak in the Monica-level attention to detail \u2014 especially in Monica and Rachel\u2019s kitchen \u2014 but feel free to cut loose in front of the re-creation of the fountain from the opening credits while the montage plays on a nearby video screen. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s still plenty of time to soak in the memories and miles, but his story requires time and oxygen after dipping into parts of seven decades. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Feb. 2022",
"This gave you time to soak up the Venetian Gothic backdrop and marvel and the sheer wonder of being here, doing this. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 29 Aug. 2021",
"The Milwaukee Bucks, still trying to soak in the joy of the franchise\u2019s first championship since 1971, moved quickly into 2021-22 mode. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 31 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"An evening soak in thermal baths washes the last of the residual Rocacorba pain from my knees. \u2014 Dina Mishev, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"For 2022, the spa is offering an in-room reviving soak and new CBD treatments, more details can be found here. \u2014 Yola Robert, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Beverly Hot Springs, Los Angeles Get your soak on right in the middle of the city at Beverly Hot Springs. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 10 May 2022",
"This winter, head to Dunton Hot Springs, nestled in the San Juan Mountains of the Colorado Rockies for a good soak and side of adventure. \u2014 Breanna Wilson, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Or a five-minute shower as opposed to a luxurious soak ? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Beauty influencer and brand founder Huda Kattan swears by this green clay bath soak as one of her absolute favorite products to use while decompressing. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Making the most of the location, the property has terraced gardens where homeowners can entertain or find quiet areas to hide soak in nature's beauty. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Come for a day soak , or spend the night and take advantage of its lengthy massage treatment menu, too. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205050"
},
"sober":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": not intoxicated",
": abstaining from drinking alcohol or taking intoxicating drugs : refraining from the use of addictive substances (see substance sense 3c )",
": sparing in the use of food and drink : abstemious",
": marked by sedate or gravely or earnestly thoughtful character or demeanor",
": unhurried , calm",
": marked by temperance, moderation, or seriousness",
": subdued in tone or color",
": showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy, emotion, or prejudice",
": to make sober",
": to become sober",
": not drinking too much : temperate",
": not drunk",
": having or showing a serious attitude : solemn",
": having a plain color",
": carefully reasoned or considered",
": to make or become less drunk",
": to make or become serious or thoughtful"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-b\u0259r",
"\u02c8s\u014d-b\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearheaded",
"straight"
],
"antonyms":[
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wiped out"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Maeve, who's been sober for several months, decides to assuage her misery by diving headfirst off the wagon and downing a bottle of vodka with Butcher. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"But the public speaker, mentor, and activist has been sober for nearly three decades. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"McClarnon, who would continue to struggle with addiction on and off for years, has now been sober since 2000. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"Those nonprofit organizations range from children's hospitals to pet rescue shelters to sober living homes. \u2014 Justin Martinez, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Once the plot does kick in, the real triumph resides in the editing, slicing and dicing together glimpses of the infinite possibilities at work, and requiring the cast to embody all of them, from the sober to the absurd. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Just as the husband delivers this sober news, the wife \u2014 wearing an indulgent smile and the openly bored look of someone listening to the weather report \u2014 perks up. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"In December, the former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model opened up exclusively to PEOPLE about her first time celebrating a major holiday sober . \u2014 Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Portland may soon be home to the West Coast\u2019s next sober bar. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Friedman sets the scene by reminding us that starting well before 1973, Cohen had a reputation for being gloomy and restless, prone to depression and drugs, and whether high or sober a seductive charmer of women. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Schmidt explained to the nurse that there was nothing for her father to sober up from. \u2014 Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Putin\u2019s war has been enough of a shock to sober up even such figures as Annalena Baerbock, the leader of Germany\u2019s thoroughly loopy Green Party, who has taken a hard turn toward realism in her new role as foreign minister. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Has any drunk person ever noshed on an apple to sober up? \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Does this stem from the misconception some people have that coffee will sober them up after drinking? \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 9 Nov. 2010",
"Sobering mats are a place where homeless people who want help can be taken immediately and offered a safe place to sober up. \u2014 Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Jan. 2022",
"The fact that Covid will always be with us should not freak people out but sober them up. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The Knicks, who had fallen behind, were starting to sober up. \u2014 Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182033"
},
"soberness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": not intoxicated",
": abstaining from drinking alcohol or taking intoxicating drugs : refraining from the use of addictive substances (see substance sense 3c )",
": sparing in the use of food and drink : abstemious",
": marked by sedate or gravely or earnestly thoughtful character or demeanor",
": unhurried , calm",
": marked by temperance, moderation, or seriousness",
": subdued in tone or color",
": showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy, emotion, or prejudice",
": to make sober",
": to become sober",
": not drinking too much : temperate",
": not drunk",
": having or showing a serious attitude : solemn",
": having a plain color",
": carefully reasoned or considered",
": to make or become less drunk",
": to make or become serious or thoughtful"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-b\u0259r",
"\u02c8s\u014d-b\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearheaded",
"straight"
],
"antonyms":[
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wiped out"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Maeve, who's been sober for several months, decides to assuage her misery by diving headfirst off the wagon and downing a bottle of vodka with Butcher. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"But the public speaker, mentor, and activist has been sober for nearly three decades. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"McClarnon, who would continue to struggle with addiction on and off for years, has now been sober since 2000. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"Those nonprofit organizations range from children's hospitals to pet rescue shelters to sober living homes. \u2014 Justin Martinez, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Once the plot does kick in, the real triumph resides in the editing, slicing and dicing together glimpses of the infinite possibilities at work, and requiring the cast to embody all of them, from the sober to the absurd. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Just as the husband delivers this sober news, the wife \u2014 wearing an indulgent smile and the openly bored look of someone listening to the weather report \u2014 perks up. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"In December, the former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model opened up exclusively to PEOPLE about her first time celebrating a major holiday sober . \u2014 Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Portland may soon be home to the West Coast\u2019s next sober bar. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Friedman sets the scene by reminding us that starting well before 1973, Cohen had a reputation for being gloomy and restless, prone to depression and drugs, and whether high or sober a seductive charmer of women. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Schmidt explained to the nurse that there was nothing for her father to sober up from. \u2014 Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Putin\u2019s war has been enough of a shock to sober up even such figures as Annalena Baerbock, the leader of Germany\u2019s thoroughly loopy Green Party, who has taken a hard turn toward realism in her new role as foreign minister. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Has any drunk person ever noshed on an apple to sober up? \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Does this stem from the misconception some people have that coffee will sober them up after drinking? \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 9 Nov. 2010",
"Sobering mats are a place where homeless people who want help can be taken immediately and offered a safe place to sober up. \u2014 Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Jan. 2022",
"The fact that Covid will always be with us should not freak people out but sober them up. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The Knicks, who had fallen behind, were starting to sober up. \u2014 Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213400"
},
"sobersided":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": solemn or serious in nature or appearance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u014d-b\u0259r-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
],
"examples":[
"a surprisingly sobersided biography of a great comedian"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1805, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191904"
},
"sobriety":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being sober"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8br\u012b-\u0259-t\u0113",
"s\u014d-"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
],
"examples":[
"They did a sobriety test on him.",
"the sobriety of the situation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The transporting experience starts to wobble and sour as gravity comes back to your body and the cold fingers of sobriety regain their grip. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"May 10, 2022 marked one full decade of sobriety for the singer/songwriter/producer/actor, whose recovery journey was poignantly recorded in 2020\u2019s Get Back Up, a documentary made with the specific intention of inspiring others. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 6 June 2022",
"Osbourne discussed ending nearly four years of sobriety amid the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2021. \u2014 Mitchell Peters, Billboard , 28 May 2022",
"Now on the cusp of turning 50, Blair is well into her fifth year of sobriety . \u2014 Wendy Kaur, ELLE , 18 May 2022",
"But this overconsumption soon met with an opposing wave of sobriety . \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"Now, the retired CrossFit pro athlete and five-time CrossFit Games champ is sharing his story of sobriety in a vulnerable YouTube video. \u2014 Katie Dupere, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
"Gammy, who celebrated 31 years of sobriety back in December of 2021, opened up about how her past struggles with drug abuse were a means of escapism that, in turn, numbed her from addressing the anxieties with her daughter, Jada. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 28 Apr. 2022",
"She's relocated to Los Angeles and celebrating a year of sobriety , regularly attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, thriving at her job and in a stable relationship with a fellow AA member. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English sobrete , from Anglo-French sobret\u00e9 , from Latin sobrietat-, sobrietas , from sobrius ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205438"
},
"social":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": involving allies or confederates",
": marked by or passed in pleasant companionship with friends or associates",
": sociable",
": of, relating to, or designed for sociability",
": of or relating to human society , the interaction of the individual and the group, or the welfare of human beings as members of society",
": tending to form cooperative and interdependent relationships with others",
": living and breeding in more or less organized communities especially for the purposes of cooperation and mutual benefit : not solitary",
"\u2014 see also social insect",
": tending to grow in groups or masses so as to form a pure stand",
": of, relating to, or based on rank or status in a particular society",
": of, relating to, or characteristic of the upper classes",
": formal",
": being such in social situations",
": sociable",
": enjoying other people : sociable",
": relating to interaction with other people especially for pleasure",
": of or relating to human beings as a group",
": living naturally in groups or communities",
": relating to or based on rank in a particular society",
": a friendly gathering for a group",
": tending to form cooperative and interdependent relationships with others of one's kind",
": living and breeding in more or less organized communities",
": of or relating to human society , the interaction of the individual and the group, or the welfare of human beings as members of society"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-sh\u0259l",
"\u02c8s\u014d-sh\u0259l",
"\u02c8s\u014d-sh\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[
"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Several times over the years, Taylor \u2014 who has five children, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren \u2014 went to social services and applied for programs and grants geared toward renters who want to buy their homes. \u2014 Sydney Page, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"Tricia Holloway, the trans health manager at Howard Brown Health Center, a nonprofit LGBTQ health care and social services provider, encouraged marchers to continue to show up, rally and attend protests. \u2014 Tatyana Turner, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"The lack of social services is exacerbated for women of color, Chancey said. \u2014 Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Texas and Louisiana, Tipton argued, have been financially harmed by Mayorkas' directive, citing costs associated with detaining or providing social services, such as healthcare, to immigrants who are not detained by the federal government. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"Residents have access to three meals a day, snacks, showers, laundry and an umbrella of social services including mental health support and help finding employment. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"North of the expressway is the Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church and School, a center for social services for the community, and some below-market housing. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"The Orlando region lacks day centers, said Lisa Portelli, a senior advisor on social services and homelessness to Mayor Buddy Dyer. \u2014 Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
"The committee also calls for a Cabinet-level secretary position to oversee an African American Affairs agency with branches for civic engagement, education, social services, cultural affairs, and legal affairs. \u2014 Janie Har, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mirna Ibarra sits next to her partner Cydney Caradonna during a Mother's Day social at Iowa House Sunday, May 8, 2022. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The program kicks off on a sweet note June 4 with an ice cream social , and in June and July there will be theme weeks including Junior Ranger Week, Woodland Wonders Week, Bug Detectives Week, Under The Stars Week and others. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Those students also expressed more satisfaction with life, had a higher sense of social -belonging, engaged in more extracurricular activities and tended to seek out campus resources for help. \u2014 Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The Biden administration\u2019s social -spending and climate bill, currently stalled in Congress, includes several drug-pricing provisions that would rein in drugmakers\u2019 pricing power. \u2014 Joseph Walker, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Many free and commercial sharing apps have sprung up in response to the rising interest in dark social . \u2014 Sayantan Dasgupta, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The provision is part of the latest version of the party\u2019s social -spending and climate bill that could pass as soon as next week. \u2014 Richard Rubin, WSJ , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Many digital activities\u2014from search to social to shopping to live events \u2014could take place inside of games in the coming years. \u2014 Tim Higgins, WSJ , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Yubo is a social media that understands what social really means. \u2014 Jamie Cohen, Forbes , 8 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1857, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221848"
},
"sock":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a low shoe or slipper",
": a knitted or woven covering for the foot usually worn under shoes and extending above the ankle and sometimes to the knee",
": a shoe worn by actors in Greek and Roman comedy",
": comic drama",
": to hit, strike, or apply forcefully",
": to deliver a blow : hit",
": to subject to or as if to a vigorous assault",
": a vigorous or violent blow",
": punch entry 3 sense 3",
": a knitted or woven covering for the foot usually reaching past the ankle and sometimes to the knee",
": hit entry 1 sense 1 , punch",
": punch entry 3"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4k",
"\u02c8s\u00e4k"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"circa 1700, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
"Noun (2)",
"circa 1700, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195344"
},
"sockdolager":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something that settles a matter : a decisive blow or answer : finisher",
": something outstanding or exceptional"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u00e4k-\u02c8d\u00e4-li-j\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description"
],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203918"
},
"sockdologer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something that settles a matter : a decisive blow or answer : finisher",
": something outstanding or exceptional"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u00e4k-\u02c8d\u00e4-li-j\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description"
],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202027"
},
"sod":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": turf sense 1",
": the grass- and forb-covered surface of the ground",
": one's native land",
": to cover with sod or turfs",
": bugger",
": damn sense 2",
": the upper layer of the soil that is filled with roots (as of grass)",
"superoxide dismutase"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4d",
"\u02c8s\u00e4d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (1)",
"1653, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1818, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1904, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192501"
},
"sodality":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": brotherhood , community",
": an organized society or fellowship",
": a devotional or charitable association of Roman Catholic laity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u014d-\u02c8da-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"association",
"board",
"brotherhood",
"chamber",
"club",
"college",
"congress",
"consortium",
"council",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"guild",
"gild",
"institute",
"institution",
"league",
"order",
"organization",
"society"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a 19th-century observer of American society noted that Americans had a fondness for forming sodalities",
"a tragic loss of life that was felt throughout the sodality of firefighters"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin sodalitat-, sodalitas comradeship, club, from sodalis comrade \u2014 more at sib ",
"first_known_use":[
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201935"
},
"soft":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"pleasing or agreeable to the senses bringing ease, comfort, or quiet",
"having a bland or mellow rather than a sharp or acid taste",
"not bright or glaring subdued",
"having or producing little contrast or a relatively short range of tones",
"quiet in pitch or volume",
"having a liquid or gentle appearance",
"smooth or delicate in texture, grain, or fiber",
"balmy, mild, or clement in weather or temperature",
"moving or falling with slight force or impact not violent",
"demanding little work or effort easy",
"sounding as in ace and gem respectively",
"voiced",
"constituting a vowel before which there is a \\y\\ sound or a \\y\\-like modification of a consonant or constituting a consonant in whose articulation there is a \\y\\-like modification or which is followed by a \\y\\ sound (as in Russian)",
"moving in a leisurely manner",
"rising gradually",
"having curved or rounded outline not harsh or jagged",
"marked by a gentleness, kindness, or tenderness such as",
"not harsh or onerous in character",
"based on negotiation, conciliation, or flexibility rather than on force, threats, or intransigence",
"tending to take a soft line",
"tending to ingratiate or disarm engaging , kind",
"marked by mildness unassuming , low-key entry 1",
"emotionally suggestible or responsive impressionable",
"unduly susceptible to influence compliant",
"lacking firmness or strength of character feeble , unmanly",
"amorously attracted or emotionally involved",
"lacking robust strength, stamina, or endurance especially because of living in ease or luxury",
"weak or deficient mentally",
"yielding to physical pressure",
"permitting someone or something to sink in",
"of a consistency that may be shaped or molded",
"capable of being spread",
"easily magnetized and demagnetized",
"lacking relatively or comparatively in hardness",
"deficient in or free from substances (such as calcium and magnesium salts) that prevent lathering of soap",
"having relatively low energy",
"relatively less serious or significant",
"occurring at such a speed and under such circumstances as to avoid destructive impact",
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"Everyone loved its front seats, which are somehow both supportive and buttery soft . \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"After puberty, when bone growth stops, only soft tissues will enlarge. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Think soft eyebrow pencils and multi-use cheek stains. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 15 June 2022",
"Guy Fieri\u2019s Downtown Phoenix Kitchen + Bar is officially in soft opening phases, with a grand opening June 21. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Both shots were preceded by soft singles, the kind of bloop-and-blast situation that can derail even the best of pitchers. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"In addition to its arch-hugging cushioned footbed, the Skechers sandals also have a soft EVA foam upper that's equally as flexible for the tops of your feet. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
"This neoprene life jacket is lightweight, durable, soft , and fade-resistant \u2014 and will take your kiddos from surf and sand to boat and lake, all summer long. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 15 June 2022",
"Who is this soft baby-man with his talk of yoga and hiking and working at a nonprofit? \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 June 2022"
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"His friends all know that he's a soft touch .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Looming largest among those is China; many top U.S. officials fear a soft touch on Russia might serve to encourage a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. \u2014 Nick Wadhams, Fortune , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The soft touch ended resulted with a thunderous dunk. \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Liberal-minded Muslims, especially those living in the West, often consider these religious dictates bizarre, finding support for a soft touch in the Quran. \u2014 Mustafa Akyol, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"Netflix has already been experimenting in Latin America with programs that use a soft touch to convince the unsubscribed to sign up. \u2014 Michael Liedtke And Mae Anderson, Chron , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The daybed hangs from four heavy-duty ropes for a sturdy yet soft touch . \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 22 Apr. 2022",
"This gives the material its soft touch , while also adding an extra layer of protection to trap in heat and block out cool air. \u2014 Madison Alcedo, Health.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Freedom, a journeyman center, is a strong rebounder with a soft touch around the rim. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Another turnaround about six minutes later -- a play in which Mobley started in the left corner, curled around a Love screen near the free-throw line and drilled it, displaying an uncommon soft touch for someone his size. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 3 Feb. 2022"
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"On the other hand, New York City hairstylist Takisha Sturdivant-Drew enjoys using her own brand's Flower Extract Conditioner to strengthen and soften the hair in addition to adding volume. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 11 June 2022",
"So the lineup will likely try to pile on the hits and soften opposing defenses with a thousand cuts throughout the game. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"Overall, this product works gently to moisturize, soothe, and exfoliate, as well as soften your skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Jo Ann Ross has long recognized when to go for the hard- sell and when to soften things up. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"The opening theme, famous for its menacing offbeats, which Valenzuela chose to emphasize rather than soften , was deft and precise. \u2014 Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"In this instance, your priority is largely just nourishment (to relax and soften the hairs). \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 15 May 2022",
"For dry skin: Ingredients like hyaluronic acid, ceramides and glycerin will help hydrate and soften . \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
"Now Apple has published a news release targeted at developers to clarify the confusion and soften the frustration. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022"
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"He looks tough, but he's really very softhearted .",
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"He looks tough, but he's really very softhearted .",
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"The rabbit's fur is soft .",
"The room was painted in soft pink.",
"the soft glow of the moon",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Everyone loved its front seats, which are somehow both supportive and buttery soft . \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"After puberty, when bone growth stops, only soft tissues will enlarge. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Think soft eyebrow pencils and multi-use cheek stains. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 15 June 2022",
"Guy Fieri\u2019s Downtown Phoenix Kitchen + Bar is officially in soft opening phases, with a grand opening June 21. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Both shots were preceded by soft singles, the kind of bloop-and-blast situation that can derail even the best of pitchers. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"In addition to its arch-hugging cushioned footbed, the Skechers sandals also have a soft EVA foam upper that's equally as flexible for the tops of your feet. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
"This neoprene life jacket is lightweight, durable, soft , and fade-resistant \u2014 and will take your kiddos from surf and sand to boat and lake, all summer long. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 15 June 2022",
"Who is this soft baby-man with his talk of yoga and hiking and working at a nonprofit? \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 June 2022"
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"The rabbit's fur is soft .",
"The room was painted in soft pink.",
"the soft glow of the moon",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Everyone loved its front seats, which are somehow both supportive and buttery soft . \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"After puberty, when bone growth stops, only soft tissues will enlarge. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Think soft eyebrow pencils and multi-use cheek stains. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 15 June 2022",
"Guy Fieri\u2019s Downtown Phoenix Kitchen + Bar is officially in soft opening phases, with a grand opening June 21. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Both shots were preceded by soft singles, the kind of bloop-and-blast situation that can derail even the best of pitchers. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"In addition to its arch-hugging cushioned footbed, the Skechers sandals also have a soft EVA foam upper that's equally as flexible for the tops of your feet. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
"This neoprene life jacket is lightweight, durable, soft , and fade-resistant \u2014 and will take your kiddos from surf and sand to boat and lake, all summer long. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 15 June 2022",
"Who is this soft baby-man with his talk of yoga and hiking and working at a nonprofit? \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 June 2022"
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"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
],
"examples":[
"The cereal got all soggy .",
"spread the soggy papers out to dry",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This keeps the vegetables from becoming soggy and promotes caramelization reactions. \u2014 Kristine Nolin, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
"Keen's Newport H2 sandals use polyester webbing and quick-dry lining to prevent soggy feet. \u2014 Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"Frost on April 6th, 7th and 8th of 2021 decimated various vineyards, while a rainy winter and wet spring propagated mildew throughout ample soggy Bordeaux vineyards. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"While ramen is usually all about the broth, abura soba\u2019s appeal lies in part in its customization potential \u2014 every bowl can be unique and, without liquid, there\u2019s no risk of soggy toppings. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 May 2022",
"The day begins before sunrise in a soggy Louisville. \u2014 Evan Hilbert, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
"Following a somewhat soggy Oaks on Friday, the infield for the running of the 148th Derby was packed but somewhat subdued compared to years past, despite being open to full capacity for the first time since 2019. \u2014 Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal , 7 May 2022",
"Gone are the days when your only airport dining options were wimpy fast food burgers and soggy fries. \u2014 Brooke Viggiano, Chron , 4 May 2022",
"The wafers quickly became soggy and crumbled after roughly 60 seconds. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"English dialect sog to soak",
"first_known_use":[
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194343"
},
"soiled":{
"type":"verb (1)",
"definitions":[
"to stain or defile morally corrupt",
"to make unclean especially superficially dirty",
"to blacken or taint (something, such as a person's reputation) by word or deed",
"to become soiled or dirty",
"soilage , stain",
"moral defilement corruption",
"something that spoils or pollutes such as",
"refuse",
"sewage",
"dung , excrement",
"firm land earth",
"the upper layer of earth that may be dug or plowed and in which plants grow",
"the superficial unconsolidated and usually weathered part of the mantle of a planet and especially of the earth",
"country , land",
"the agricultural life or calling",
"a medium in which something takes hold and develops",
"to feed (livestock) in the barn or an enclosure with fresh grass or green food",
"to purge (livestock) by feeding on green food",
"to make or become dirty",
"the loose surface material of the earth in which plants grow",
"country sense 1 , land"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8s\u022fi(-\u0259)l",
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun (1)",
"1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"1605, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"sojourn":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a temporary stay",
": to stay as a temporary resident : stop",
": a temporary stay",
": to stay as a temporary resident"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-\u02ccj\u0259rn",
"s\u014d-\u02c8j\u0259rn",
"\u02c8s\u014d-\u02ccj\u0259rn",
"s\u014d-\u02c8j\u0259rn",
"\u02c8s\u014d-\u02ccj\u0259rn"
],
"synonyms":[
"stay",
"tarry",
"visit"
],
"antonyms":[
"crash",
"stay",
"tarry",
"visit"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Succulent air plants hang in glass tubes above, as if transplanted from a Joshua Tree sojourn . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"There are parallel storylines in Hawkins, California, Russia, the Upside Down \u2014 and a sojourn to Utah. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"Harper is looking to escape her life for two weeks with a sojourn to the country. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
"His commitment to the arena of justice fully abloom, Rosengart next secured a coveted clerkship with Justice Souter in the New Hampshire Supreme Court, an experience that would forever shape the trajectory of Rosengart\u2019s professional sojourn . \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
"During the 40-year sojourn in the Sinai Desert following the Exodus from Egypt, the Jews survived on daily miracles: water that streamed from a rock; foodstuff (that manna) that appeared on the ground in the night, covered with dew. \u2014 Benjamin, Longreads , 20 May 2022",
"For a company that bops cheerfully from German opera to Greek tragedy to Yiddish folklore, a lingering sojourn in the Middle East shouldn\u2019t come as a particular surprise. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"The show\u2019s other set of works, mostly from the late \u201950s or early \u201960s and shaped by a post-collegiate sojourn in rural Scotland, are very different. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Dana\u2019s seminary sojourn was always more about deepening her spiritual life than finding a vocation. \u2014 Dan Cryer, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Red Wings sojourn through the Great White North, this time facing the Oilers. \u2014 Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Organizer Bob Hannaford said the swingers sojourn in New Orleans was initially scheduled for the summer but was postponed because of the pandemic. \u2014 Matt Sledge, NOLA.com , 13 Nov. 2020",
"The safest way to sojourn into the haunted, creepy and macabre, especially during a pandemic, is never to leave home. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 27 Oct. 2020",
"For two weeks in August each year, the family would sojourn to the Atlantic Coast for a vacation, first at Ocean City and later at Bethany Beach and elsewhere. \u2014 Jacob Wallace, Washington Post , 22 May 2020",
"To the city folk who sojourn there, West Marin is an agrarian idyll. \u2014 Leilani Marie Labong, SFChronicle.com , 21 May 2020",
"The author Richard Bach and the puppeteer Jim Henson sojourned to meet Ms. Roberts. \u2014 Sam Kestenbaum, New York Times , 29 Oct. 2019",
"After sojourning in season 1-land in the season 8 premiere, Arrow is heading to another familiar location from its past. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 21 Oct. 2019",
"Along the rugged coastline of southern Greece, our ancient human relatives may have sojourned in what was once a balmy refuge from the encroaching glaciers of the mid-Pleistocene. \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, National Geographic , 10 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192910"
},
"soldier":{
"type":[
"adjective or adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": one engaged in military service and especially in the army",
": an enlisted man or woman",
": a skilled warrior",
": a militant leader, follower, or worker",
": one of a caste of wingless sterile termites usually differing from workers in larger size and head and long jaws",
": one of a type of worker ants distinguished by exceptionally large head and jaws",
": one who shirks work",
": to serve as a soldier",
": to behave in a soldierly manner",
": to push doggedly forward",
": to make a pretense of working while really loafing",
": a person in military service and especially an enlisted person who is in the army"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014dl-j\u0259r",
"\u02c8s\u014dl-j\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"trooper",
"warrior"
],
"antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Many soldiers were wounded in combat.",
"one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For Sergeant Pysanka\u2019s gun team, the only instructor available for the laser range finder is a soldier who remained behind from the last unit and had taken time to translate most of the 104-page instruction manual. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"Melzer is not the first American soldier charged with plotting crimes inspired by satanism. \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"The muzzle of a gun, in the hand of a man who appears to be a Ukrainian soldier , emits a bright flash. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Similarly, these requests can come from someone claiming to be a Ukrainian or Russian soldier too. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 2 Mar. 2022",
"One post shows what appears to be a soldier in a war zone shooting an assault-style rifle. \u2014 Rich Schapiro, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
"Not everyone who\u2019s traveled to Ukraine to aid the fight is a soldier : Brown estimates that more than half of the 6,000 international volunteers in the country are there to provide medical and social assistance. \u2014 Benjamin Bullard The Cullman Times, al , 1 May 2022",
"Petro is the Ukrainian version of Peter, and Sergeyich asks if Peter is the soldier \u2019s real name. \u2014 Keith Gessen, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"In one armored personnel carrier, the corpse of what was presumed to be a Russian soldier remained, barely recognizable as someone\u2019s son. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There was no treatment, I was told, and left to soldier on as if nothing was happening, for fear I\u2019d be accused of being slovenly yet again. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 11 June 2022",
"Just as Congress, CNN, CBS News and Twitter will soldier on in a world where the public knows more than ever about their inner workings, so will the Supreme Court. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"In an era of remote work, the need to soldier on has prevailed. \u2014 Megan Carnegie, Wired , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Further, the lack of resupply is crushing to soldier morale. \u2014 Vikram Mittal, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Unfortunately, that is not the case, and the Cavs must soldier on without him. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Gottstein, a 22-year veteran of the bank who once more stressed his intention to soldier on, defended the decision to keep the findings under wraps. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 10 Feb. 2022",
"On the eastern end of Long Island, residents were trying to soldier on, even as the snow continued to accumulate. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Zendaya\u2019s tribute noted that her A24-produced Spector biopic will soldier on following the singer\u2019s death. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 13 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205906"
},
"solecism":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence",
": a minor blunder in speech",
": something deviating from the proper, normal, or accepted order",
": a breach of etiquette or decorum"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m",
"\u02c8s\u014d-"
],
"synonyms":[
"familiarity",
"faux pas",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"impropriety",
"indiscretion"
],
"antonyms":[
"amenity",
"attention",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"formality",
"gesture",
"pleasantry"
],
"examples":[
"the solecism of asking one's hosts how much something in their house cost them"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin soloecismus , from Greek soloikismos , from soloikos speaking incorrectly, literally, inhabitant of Soloi, from Soloi , city in ancient Cilicia where a substandard form of Attic was spoken",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230049"
},
"solemn":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"marked by the invocation of a religious sanction",
"marked by the observance of established form or ceremony",
"celebrated with full liturgical ceremony",
"awe-inspiring sublime",
"marked by grave sedateness and earnest sobriety",
"somber , gloomy",
"very serious or formal in manner, behavior, or expression",
"done or made seriously and thoughtfully"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259m",
"synonyms":[
"august",
"dignified",
"distingu\u00e9",
"distinguished",
"imposing",
"portly",
"staid",
"stately"
],
"antonyms":[
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"silly",
"undignified"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The solemn occasion on Saturday celebrating the life of Ruth E. Whitfield, the 86-year-old matriarch of her family, was the last funeral for the 10 victims of the killing from May 14, allegedly carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron. \u2014 Justin Sondel, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"Wintertime was solemn and left many unsure of what the AI field would do next. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"There is no fire, no talking; the occasion is solemn . \u2014 Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Her lyrics have always been solemn , straight-to-the-point yet spacious; emotionally sprawling and inviting, even in her barnstorming, DIY days. \u2014 Matt Mitchell, SPIN , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Because of Covid-19 restrictions, the tableau in the courtroom was spare, as well as solemn , belying the clamor of hundreds of demonstrators outside. \u2014 Joan Biskupic, CNN , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The solemn day of recognition comes just 10 days after a gunman opened fire on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 21 people in a tragedy all too familiar for many Connecticut families. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 3 June 2022",
"The product drew online condemnations from people who accused the retailer of treating a solemn day as a moneymaking vehicle. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 25 May 2022",
"Curtains billow violently above the men below, waving hats and arms, focusing their energy on a standing figure who holds his right hand up in a solemn gesture of avowal. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English solempne , from Anglo-French, from Latin sollemnis regularly appointed, solemn",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"solemnity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event",
": a solemn event or occasion",
": a solemn condition or quality",
": a serious or formal ceremony",
": formal dignity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8lem-n\u0259-t\u0113",
"s\u0259-\u02c8lem-n\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
],
"examples":[
"the solemnity of the occasion",
"Her voice conveyed the solemnity of the passage.",
"The visiting statesman was welcomed with appropriate solemnity .",
"Elaborate solemnities marked the 100th anniversary of the event.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Valenzuela\u2019s and Berry\u2019s version combined a regard for the concerto\u2019s solemnity and an understanding of its humor. \u2014 Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Once the excitement of the funeral was over, the girls took in the solemnity of their loss. \u2014 Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Families uncomfortable with the solemnity of traditional funerals have replaced them with birthday-like celebrations of life. \u2014 Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Families uncomfortable with the solemnity of traditional funerals have replaced them with birthday-like celebrations of life. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Returning to the house, released from the oppressive solemnity of the funeral, the women had been moved to talk, in a general and speculative way, about death. \u2014 Colin Barrett, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"On March 25, the solemnity of the Annunciation, Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Still, despite their surface-level solemnity , his films are very often about the cinema as a place of play. \u2014 The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The film\u2019s prevailing solemnity ultimately makes its shards of paranoia and disclosures about the compromises of counterterrorism agents more unsettling, and the brutal finality of its outcome more chilling. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181431"
},
"solicitous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": manifesting or expressing solicitude",
": full of concern or fears : apprehensive",
": meticulously careful",
": full of desire : eager"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259-t\u0259s",
"-\u02c8li-st\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"attentive",
"considerate",
"kind",
"thoughtful"
],
"antonyms":[
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"examples":[
"I appreciated his solicitous inquiry about my health.",
"He had always been solicitous for the welfare of his family.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And Hern\u00e1n, who has been especially patient and solicitous with Jessica\u2019s request, suddenly disappears. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s a quality that can be interpreted as solicitous and sympathetic. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Even as its diplomatic approach to China has become more solicitous , the US has continued to sound the alarm on the rising threat that China poses to Europe. \u2014 Olivia Enos, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Angela Maria Boneschi adored her tall, handsome, solicitous husband. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"His network of contacts is nonpareil; his manner solicitous and genteel; his work ethic fanatical. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Akta\u015f was solicitous and fawning with the men, carefully detailing his movements and often asking after their health. \u2014 John Beck, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Davide, a former chef who had lived in Scotland for many years, was solicitous and sincere; Paolo was an irrepressible free spirit who had traveled the world rescuing dolphins and learning Reiki. \u2014 Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online , 14 Nov. 2019",
"But some supporters of Ukraine\u2019s pro-Western course have criticized him for being too solicitous of Mr. Putin\u2019s demands. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin sollicitus ",
"first_known_use":[
"1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224840"
},
"solid":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"being without an internal cavity",
"printed with minimum space between lines",
"joined without a hyphen",
"not interrupted by a break or opening",
"having, involving, or dealing with three dimensions or with solids",
"of uniformly close and coherent texture not loose or spongy compact",
"possessing or characterized by the properties of a solid neither gaseous nor liquid",
"of good substantial quality or kind",
"such as",
"sound",
"made firmly and well",
"reliable",
"having no break or interruption",
"unanimous",
"intimately friendly or associated",
"prudent",
"well established financially",
"serious in purpose or character",
"of one substance or character such as",
"entirely of one metal or containing the minimum of alloy necessary to impart hardness",
"of a single color",
"a geometrical figure or element (such as a cube or sphere) having three dimensions \u2014 see Volume Formulas Table",
"a substance that does not flow perceptibly under moderate stress, has a definite capacity for resisting forces (such as compression or tension) which tend to deform it, and under ordinary conditions retains a definite size and shape",
"the part of a solution or suspension that when freed from solvent or suspending medium has the qualities of a solid",
"something that is solid such as",
"a solid color",
"a compound word whose members are joined together without a hyphen",
"favor sense 3a",
"in a solid manner",
"unanimously",
"not hollow",
"not loose or spongy compact",
"neither liquid nor gaseous",
"made firmly and well",
"being without a break, interruption, or change",
"unanimous sense 1",
"reliable , dependable",
"of one material, kind, or color",
"something (as a cube) that has length, width, and thickness",
"a substance that keeps its size and shape a solid substance",
"being without an internal cavity not hollow",
"possessing or characterized by the properties of a solid neither gaseous nor liquid",
"capable of resisting severe challenge",
"a substance that does not flow perceptibly under moderate stress, has a definite capacity for resisting forces (as compression or tension) which tend to deform it, and under ordinary conditions retains a definite size and shape",
"the part of a solution or suspension that when freed from solvent or suspending medium has the qualities of a solid"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259d",
"synonyms":[
"commonsense",
"commonsensible",
"commonsensical",
"firm",
"good",
"hard",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"reasoned",
"sensible",
"sober",
"valid",
"well-founded"
],
"antonyms":[
"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonsensical",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"uninformed",
"unjustified",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoned",
"unsound"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Still, that call was a major outlier on an otherwise solid night for Cornejo and his assistant referees. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
"With certain departments, there are probably three very solid options. \u2014 Gregg Goldstein, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has had a pretty solid seven months. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 29 May 2022",
"But with what appeared to be still- solid Republican resistance to any sort of gun safety legislation, senators prepared to leave for their Memorial Day recess with little prospect of reaching a deal to expand background checks. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"While the Star Wars details may be the most eye-catching, the C2 is also a very solid TV. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
"These plants are a solid option for any shade garden. \u2014 Lauren Smith Mcdonough, House Beautiful , 25 May 2022",
"Following the sale, the company\u2019s finances appear to be on more solid footing. \u2014 Kristin Broughton, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Kelsey Endress is a solid option in the circle, and the lineup brings talented pieces with Kaylee Larkin, Izzy Neal, Ashleigh Tranter, Hailey Thompson and Macy Twomey. \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Cleanup is a breeze Discard any solids from the tray, tip splattered liquid down the drain, and rinse the whole thing with mild dish soap and warm water. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 1 May 2020",
"Allow the mixture to infuse for 15 to 30 minutes, then strain out the ginger, pressing gently on the solids to squeeze out any remaining liquid. \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, The Denver Post , 23 Aug. 2019",
"Pur\u00e9e until smooth, then strain the liquid, pressing on the solids with the back of a spoon or silicone spatula to extract as much liquid as possible; cover and refrigerate until ready to use. \u2014 Saveur , 17 Mar. 2015",
"Right after eating, scrape whatever solids are left into the trash, including napkins. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2020",
"Also called dry toilets, these act as their own processing facility, in which solids (including toilet paper) are deposited into a tank that also contains peat moss or coconut coir, a fiber from the outer husk of coconuts. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 5 May 2020",
"Finally, the last sensor identifies the shape and nature of any solids . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Some of those improvements included projects such as inflatable dams to store wastewater or partially treating overflows by spinning them in a centrifuge to separate solids . \u2014 Sarah Bowman, IndyStar , 2 May 2020",
"Consider vitamin D and iron; avoid bulky solids close to bottle times. \u2014 Susan Reslewic Keatley, New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
"Simply put, an ecobrick is a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle, packed solid with used plastics. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"Outdoor-sandal loyalty can be as tenuous as pulling for a random school to win your March Madness bracket, yet as rock- solid as your coffee preference. \u2014 Jeremy Rellosa, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2022",
"This rack is absolutely rock- solid when attached to the hitch and the bikes mount easily and quickly. \u2014 Lindsey Greenfeld, Travel + Leisure , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Commercial washer fluid has alcohol in it that keeps it from turning solid in all but Alaskan-winter temperatures. \u2014 Gary Witzenburg, Car and Driver , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The Republican seats are mostly rock- solid , while the Democratic seats include numerous likely retirements and pick-up opportunities for the Republicans. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
"At the 30-second mark, a solid -looking wave came Slater\u2019s way at Backdoor, a right-breaking wave. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The Disneyland reservation website shows that both Disneyland and California Adventure Park are nearly booked solid through Jan. 2. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 18 Dec. 2021",
"The Disneyland reservation website shows that both Disneyland and California Adventure Park are nearly booked solid through Jan. 2. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 18 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adverb",
"1651, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"solidify":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to make solid , compact, or hard",
"to make secure, substantial, or firmly fixed",
"to become solid, compact, or hard",
"to make or become solid"
],
"pronounciation":"s\u0259-\u02c8li-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
"synonyms":[
"concrete",
"congeal",
"firm (up)",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"set"
],
"antonyms":[
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"soften"
],
"examples":[
"Work is under way to solidify the concrete that supports the building.",
"Hot wax solidifies as it cools.",
"Recent findings helped to solidify our position.",
"The international community is working to solidify its alliances.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Touch points provide an important opportunity to build trust and solidify client partnerships. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"But the Republican strategist Paul Weyrich understood that capturing evangelicals could deliver the presidency to Ronald Reagan and solidify the future of his party. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"The Summit of the Americas has taken place every three years since 1994 -- an opportunity for the US to shape policy and solidify partnerships in the region. \u2014 Patrick Oppmann, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"Howell said Cassidy\u2019s comments solidify the importance of Black reproductive organizations in stepping up to combat this crisis facing the community. \u2014 Tat Bellamy-walker, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
"Along with Russia\u2019s naval dominion in the Black Sea, annexation would tighten Moscow\u2019s stranglehold on the Ukrainian economy and solidify its blockade of Ukraine\u2019s southern coast. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Underscoring Abu Dhabi's great influence in Western and Arab capitals, an array of presidents, prime ministers and princes descended on the desert sheikhdom over the weekend to honor the late Sheikh Khalifa, praise Sheikh Mohammed and solidify ties. \u2014 Isabel Debre And Jon Gambrell, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"While CreditRepair doesn\u2019t offer a guarantee, the fact that this service has helped millions of people raise their credit scores should solidify its reputation. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Describing themselves as cautiously optimistic, activists worried about a last-minute upheaval to the court, prayed for its members\u2019 protection and hoped the leak would solidify conservative justices\u2019 positions rather than pressure them to back off. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1799, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163815"
},
"solipsistic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or characterized by solipsism or extreme egocentricity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u014d-l\u0259p-\u02c8si-stik",
"\u02ccs\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1885, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170649"
},
"solo":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"adverb or adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a musical composition for a single voice or instrument with or without accompaniment",
": the featured part of a concerto or similar work",
": a performance in which the performer has no partner or associate : something undertaken or done alone",
": any of several card games in which a player elects to play without a partner against the other players",
": without a companion : alone",
": accommodating one person",
": of, relating to, or being a solo",
": hit with no runners on base",
": to perform by oneself: such as",
": to perform a musical solo",
": to fly an airplane without one's instructor on board",
": to fly (an aircraft) alone",
": to climb (something, such as a mountain) alone",
": a piece of music performed by one singer or musician",
": an action done alone",
": without another person : alone",
": to do something (as perform music or fly an airplane) alone or without an instructor"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-(\u02cc)l\u014d",
"\u02c8s\u014d-l\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"single",
"solitary",
"unaccompanied"
],
"antonyms":[
"accompanied"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Blues Hall of Famer Bobby Rush will perform an intimate acoustic solo show 7 p.m. \u2014 Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online , 14 June 2022",
"Radiohead hasn't played in the Milwaukee area since an Alpine Valley Music Theatre concert in East Troy in 2003, but Yorke did a sensational solo show at the Riverside Theater in 2018. \u2014 Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"Her first solo show, in Lisbon in 1965, shocked some critics with its colorful paintings and collages, which combined newspaper and magazine cutouts with her own semiabstract drawings. \u2014 Harrison Smith, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"In fact, Ruangrupa has staged a solo show in a gallery only once, two decades ago. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Hopkins is planning a solo show at the Dixie Tavern in Marietta on June 16, the night before The Zac Brown Band Truist concert, and expects his many musician friends in town will join him on stage. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 6 June 2022",
"In 2019 you were interviewed for Vogue Italia by Chiara Bardelli Nonino and regarding your first personal solo show called Mousganistan that was hosted at the STEM Museum in Belgium? \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"The actor and comic known for her spot-on impressions of Madonna and Cher returns in a new solo show. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Just six years after Wong had picked up a paintbrush in Hong Kong, Karma staged his first New York solo show, in 2018. \u2014 Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Nicky also stood solo in a photo that showed off the decor of blue balloons and various-sized blue teddy bears. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"Rats ran solo and in pairs and trios through Huntsville\u2019s Derrick Street North homeless camp Tuesday afternoon. \u2014 Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al , 15 June 2022",
"The director flew solo in a tiny propeller plane to get there. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"Today Kenichi Horie has made history, becoming the oldest person to ever sail solo across the Pacific Ocean. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 9 June 2022",
"The premiere of a musical memoir written and performed solo by Will LeBow, who accompanies himself on the keyboard while recounting anecdotes from his life on and off the stage. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"When Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided that the House would forge ahead solo , House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy named bomb-throwers such as Ohio\u2019s jacket-less Jim Jordan as Republican members of the committee. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
"Mulligan captained a passenger boat with Sonia, Pat, Cassie, and me, while Cogle tagged behind solo in a smaller raft with the food, first-aid kit, and radio equipment. \u2014 Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure , 8 June 2022",
"Jin Young Ko shot a 71 on Sunday to claim solo fourth. \u2014 Beth Ann Nichols, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Los Angeles gallery Blum & Poe, by then exclusively representing her, let people visit her first solo show with the gallery in March by appointment\u2014including Mr. Gagosian, who invited the artist to dinner at his house in Beverly Hills. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"So here is an imperfect list of 80 of our favorites from The Beatles, Wings and his solo catalog. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate PITTSBURGH \u2014 Carlos Rod\u00f3n gets the most meager run support in the San Francisco Giants\u2019 rotation, and the team is on a recent run of hitting solo homers. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022",
"Less stressful than many of the movies on this list, The Martian is a wildly entertaining blockbuster about a man's solo struggle to survive on Mars. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"In the meantime, the seven members will embark on solo careers, with j-hope said to be working on an album. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 17 June 2022",
"Jungkook is using the hiatus to collaborate with other artists while releasing solo music of his own. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 16 June 2022",
"Lotion tubes, squirt bottles, brushes, a honey bear, solo flip-flops, a Wiffle ball and a legless lawn flamingo now stained bone-white, all provide the canvas for Riley\u2019s patterned mariner drawings in India ink. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"At the end of January, after three months of planning and his entire board of directors voting against it, Beri went on a solo dog-rescue mission to Afghanistan and found himself with AK47s stabbing into his chest. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Richard Lin, who won the 2018 gold medal in the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, will solo . \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Richard Lin, who won the 2018 gold media in the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, will solo . \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 13 July 2021",
"Saturday brought them to Hilbert Circle Theatre to solo with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Gerard Schwarz. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2021",
"Airbnb has a whole host of online experiences, from cooking classes with virtual chefs to solo scavenger hunts that can be done in your own living room. \u2014 Anna Borges, SELF , 22 Oct. 2020",
"Still, the program is less financially friendly to solo ticket buyers or couples. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 24 Sep. 2020",
"There was a big portfolio of issues that solo workers face that not many of us knew how to deal with, or how to access support for, if indeed support existed. \u2014 Katherine Dunn, Fortune , 26 May 2020",
"There have been a few previous studies looking at affective feelings in different contexts, including one by Arturo Casado, a former world-class miler from Spain, that compared group to solo running in interval workouts. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2020",
"For some people, that may be best, but there are a number of excellent tour operators that cater to solo travelers. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 8 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1695, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adverb",
"1712, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1774, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1886, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194036"
},
"soluble":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water",
": subject to being solved or explained",
": capable of being dissolved in liquid",
": capable of being solved or explained",
": susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a fluid",
": capable of being emulsified"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-y\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-y\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-y\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"answerable",
"explainable",
"explicable",
"resolvable",
"solvable"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"inexplicable",
"insoluble",
"insolvable",
"unexplainable",
"unresolvable",
"unsolvable"
],
"examples":[
"Sugar is soluble in water.",
"one murder case that proved to be soluble after all",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Several minerals also are fat- soluble and should not be taken in excess. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 3 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s formulated with BHAs, oil- soluble acids that can penetrate deep into the skin to clear clogged pores, reduce blackheads, and control oil production. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Chia seeds have some soluble fiber too, Panitz says. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Water- soluble vitamins (that\u2019s all of them excepts vitamins A, D, E and K) are often formulated at such high doses that they are rapidly excreted by the kidney and concentrated in the bladder. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Fat- soluble vitamins like A, D, E, or K can be stored in your body and toxic at high enough levels. \u2014 Allure , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Poon does point out, however, that some vegetables that are high in water- soluble vitamins do lose some nutritional value no matter how they are cooked. \u2014 Brittany Natale, SELF , 20 Apr. 2022",
"AHAs are water- soluble , moisturizing, and best for normal to dry skin types. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Caffeine is water- soluble and must be dissolved in order to crystallize. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 23 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, digestible, laxative, from Late Latin solubilis , from Latin solvere to loosen, dissolve \u2014 more at solve ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205625"
},
"somber":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": so shaded as to be dark and gloomy",
": of a serious mien : grave",
": of a dismal or depressing character : melancholy",
": conveying gloomy suggestions or ideas",
": of a dull or heavy cast or shade : dark colored",
": very sad or serious",
": being dark and gloomy : dull"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4m-b\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a somber address to the nation hours after the bloodshed in Uvalde, President Joe Biden pleaded for new gun restrictions. \u2014 Acacia Coronado And Jim Vertuno, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
"In a somber address to the nation hours after the bloodshed in Uvalde, President Joe Biden pleaded for new gun restrictions. \u2014 Jim Vertuno, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
"Biden said in a somber address from the East Room of the White House. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 July 2021",
"Biden said in a somber address from the East Room of the White House. \u2014 Alexandra Jaffe And Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, chicagotribune.com , 29 July 2021",
"Biden said in a somber address from the East Room of the White House. \u2014 Alexandra Jaffe, Star Tribune , 29 July 2021",
"The shooting has cast a somber tone over the final days and weeks of the school year. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"But the evening took on a more somber tone than usual. \u2014 Ramin Setoodeh, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"On the heels of another second-half meltdown, Michigan enters Big Ten play on a somber tone. \u2014 Paul Nasr, Detroit Free Press , 1 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French sombre ",
"first_known_use":[
"1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204428"
},
"sombre":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": so shaded as to be dark and gloomy",
": of a serious mien : grave",
": of a dismal or depressing character : melancholy",
": conveying gloomy suggestions or ideas",
": of a dull or heavy cast or shade : dark colored",
": very sad or serious",
": being dark and gloomy : dull"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4m-b\u0259r"
],
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"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
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"darkling",
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"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
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"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a somber address to the nation hours after the bloodshed in Uvalde, President Joe Biden pleaded for new gun restrictions. \u2014 Acacia Coronado And Jim Vertuno, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
"In a somber address to the nation hours after the bloodshed in Uvalde, President Joe Biden pleaded for new gun restrictions. \u2014 Jim Vertuno, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
"Biden said in a somber address from the East Room of the White House. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 July 2021",
"Biden said in a somber address from the East Room of the White House. \u2014 Alexandra Jaffe And Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, chicagotribune.com , 29 July 2021",
"Biden said in a somber address from the East Room of the White House. \u2014 Alexandra Jaffe, Star Tribune , 29 July 2021",
"The shooting has cast a somber tone over the final days and weeks of the school year. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"But the evening took on a more somber tone than usual. \u2014 Ramin Setoodeh, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"On the heels of another second-half meltdown, Michigan enters Big Ten play on a somber tone. \u2014 Paul Nasr, Detroit Free Press , 1 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French sombre ",
"first_known_use":[
"1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203344"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective suffix",
"adverb",
"noun combining form",
"noun suffix",
"pronoun",
"pronoun, singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": being an unknown, undetermined, or unspecified unit or thing",
": being one, a part, or an unspecified number of something (such as a class or group) named or implied",
": being of an unspecified amount or number",
": remarkable , striking",
": being at least one",
": one indeterminate quantity, portion, or number as distinguished from the rest",
": an indefinite additional amount",
": about",
": in some degree : somewhat",
": to some degree or extent : a little",
": characterized by a (specified) thing, quality, state, or action",
": group of (so many) members and especially persons",
": body",
": chromosome",
": not known, named, or specified",
": being one, a part, or an unspecified number of something",
": being of an amount or number that is not mentioned",
": a certain number or amount",
": distinguished by a specified thing, quality, state, or action",
": group of so many members"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259m",
"for sense 2 without stress",
"\u02c8s\u0259m",
"\u02c8s\u0259m",
"\u02ccs\u0259m",
"\u02c8s\u0259m",
"\u02ccs\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"anonymous",
"certain",
"given",
"one",
"unidentified",
"unnamed",
"unspecified"
],
"antonyms":[
"about",
"approximately",
"around",
"like",
"more or less",
"much",
"near",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"say"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"But Alabama will need to work around its numbers issue for one more day Saturday while giving fans a closer look at some less experienced players. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Once an employee\u2019s hours fall below certain thresholds\u2014often 1,000 hours a year or 500 for long-term part-timers\u2014 some 401(k) plans prevent participation. \u2014 Anne Tergesen, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"What drew so many to Rocky Ripple \u2014 the White River \u2014 may push some away. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 2 Mar. 2022",
"While some 40 memos are available online, the list is out of date; the most recent police shooting for which a memo is posted occurred in 2019. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
"The show will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, starting at 5 p.m. PT and including first looks, trailers and new gameplay for some 40 video games. \u2014 Jordan Moreau, Variety , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Ruby reluctantly agrees to lead the team there, and on the way, Knight gently questions Ruby some more. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Thousands of hydrothermal features, including geysers, fumaroles, and hot springs, are going strong and still accessible \u2014 some even by snowcoach. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Most car manufacturers guarantee the hybrid battery for at least eight years or 80,000 miles, with Toyota, Hyundai, Chrysler, and others offering coverage for at least 10 years or 100,000 miles\u2014 some longer. \u2014 Chaya Milchtein, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Pronoun, singular or plural in construction",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172550"
},
"somebody":{
"type":[
"noun",
"pronoun"
],
"definitions":[
": one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity",
": a person of position or importance",
": a person who is not known, named, or specified",
": a person of importance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259m-(\u02cc)b\u0259-d\u0113",
"-\u02ccb\u00e4-",
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02ccb\u00e4-d\u0113",
"-b\u0259-d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
"cause celebre",
"celeb",
"celebrity",
"figure",
"icon",
"ikon",
"light",
"luminary",
"megastar",
"name",
"notability",
"notable",
"notoriety",
"personage",
"personality",
"standout",
"star",
"superstar",
"VIP"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobody",
"noncelebrity"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Palestinians saw echoes of George Floyd\u2019s fate in the shooting by police in Jerusalem on May 30th of Iyad Halak, a 32-year-old with severe autism, who was apparently mistaken for somebody else. \u2014 The Economist , 8 June 2020",
"Our sole objective is to make sure the right decisions are taken and not that somebody is blamed or not blamed. \u2014 John Lauerman, Bloomberg.com , 20 May 2020",
"But to me, they are cooked, soft, delicious beans that somebody else has already packed with flavour and done all the cooking for me. \u2014 Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com , 30 Apr. 2020",
"Downstairs, Toby is on a work call; somebody from human resources is explaining that pay raises had been frozen. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2020",
"People die every day, so there has to be somebody doing that. \u2014 Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com , 7 May 2020",
"Now, can somebody please take away all of Bachelor Nation\u2019s TikTok accounts? \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 1 May 2020",
"When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total, and that's the way it's got to be. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2020",
"The calendar of events \u2014 everything from baseball to stage plays to graduation ceremonies \u2014 is looking like somebody \u2019s rough draft, about to be cast into the trash bin. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Pronoun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"circa 1566, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211955"
},
"something":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"pronoun"
],
"definitions":[
": some indeterminate or unspecified thing",
": some indeterminate amount more than a specified number",
": a person or thing of consequence",
": one having more or less the character, qualities, or nature of something different",
": something or someone special or extraordinary",
": in some degree : somewhat",
": a thing that is not known or named",
": a thing or amount that is clearly known but not named",
": somewhat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259m(p)-thi\u014b",
"especially in rapid speech or for sense 2",
"\u02c8s\u0259m-thi\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"enough",
"fairly",
"kind of",
"kindly",
"like",
"moderately",
"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"relatively",
"somewhat",
"sort of"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Pronoun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adverb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191411"
},
"somewhat":{
"type":"pronoun",
"definitions":[
"something",
"in some degree or measure slightly",
"some amount or extent",
"to some extent"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02cc",
"synonyms":[
"enough",
"fairly",
"kind of",
"kindly",
"like",
"moderately",
"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"relatively",
"something",
"sort of"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"He felt somewhat awkward in his suit.",
"Our work has progressed somewhat .",
"The course is somewhat more difficult than I was told it would be.",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
"However, the two have made somewhat of an unofficial reunion in recent years. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"The 4th Congressional District primary represents somewhat of a rematch between Ivey and Edwards. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"As inventory rises, even those who can still buy are choosing not to, creating somewhat of a self-fulfilling slowdown prophecy. \u2014 Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"Pasquale\u2019s has somewhat of a cult-like following in South Kingstown. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Bobbi and Frances are best friends with a romantic past and the four form somewhat of a love square. \u2014 Dana Feldman, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"In somewhat of a break with Capitol tradition, Gov. Ned Lamont was not planning to deliver an early morning address to the legislature immediately after midnight. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 5 May 2022",
"Indeed, my first trip back felt like somewhat of a velvet-rope experience \u2014 the town had begun more vigorously enforcing its $100 access permit. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Although much knowledge and technology was lost during the Dark Ages, the Monty Python depiction of medieval society as unimaginably filthy was somewhat of an exaggeration. \u2014 Amanda Foreman, WSJ , 9 June 2022"
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"Pronoun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Adverb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": the act or art of singing",
": poetical composition",
": a short musical composition of words and music",
": a collection of such compositions",
": a distinctive or characteristic sound or series of sounds (as of a bird, insect, or whale)",
": a melody for a lyric poem or ballad",
": a poem easily set to music",
": a habitual or characteristic manner",
": a violent, abusive, or noisy reaction",
": a small amount",
": a short musical composition of words and music",
": the act or art of singing",
": a series of usually musical sounds produced by an animal and especially a bird",
": a small amount"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022f\u014b",
"\u02c8s\u022f\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"vocal"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He sang a love song .",
"The song was playing on the radio.",
"The event was celebrated in song by a folk group.",
"I could hear the song of a sparrow.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pharrell Williams has been teasing the existence of a new song for a week. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 10 June 2022",
"This is listed as disco/R&B/funk/soul song on Wikipedia. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Everyone has that one song or that one thing that reminds you of a certain place or point in time. \u2014 Seventeen , 10 June 2022",
"The Academy also launched a new special merit award called the Best Song for Social Change, which will honor a song that contains lyrics pertaining to social issues. \u2014 Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone , 9 June 2022",
"The songs that began Compact Objects were created during a week-long song -a-day camp Swardlick joined in quarantine, too. \u2014 Kat Bein, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"Nongkrong may eventually be productive, yielding fresh thoughts or partnerships or a song . \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Musicians\u2019 foremost gripe is about money: Spotify, the dominant platform, reportedly pays a fraction of a cent whenever a song is played. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"Country star Miranda Lambert kicked off the event with a two- song set. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English sang ; akin to Old English singan to sing",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184604"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": producing sound (as when struck)",
": full or loud in sound",
": imposing or impressive in effect or style",
": having a high or an indicated degree of sonority",
": loud, deep, or rich in sound : resonant"
],
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"\u02c8s\u00e4-n\u0259-r\u0259s",
"s\u0259-\u02c8n\u022fr-\u0259s",
"s\u0259-\u02c8n\u022fr-\u0259s",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-n\u0259-r\u0259s"
],
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"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"He has a deep, sonorous voice.",
"a sonorous waterfall that can be heard from a considerable distance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For much of his life, Archbishop Tutu was a spellbinding preacher, his voice by turns sonorous and high-pitched. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Their speech moves rhythmically \u2014 a sonorous medley. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Doing so rewards you with a sonorous sound from the staggered quad pipe exhaust, and a freight train-like acceleration. \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Yet stylistic flourishes like jagged sound editing and sonorous musical composition coupled with repetitive clips of interviews with Kamen end up corporatizing parts of More Than Robots. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Each dancer works valiantly, but Mr. Roberts\u2019s choreographic comings and goings seem oblivious to the sonorous textures of Mr. Shorter\u2019s jazzy composition. \u2014 Robert Greskovic, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The enthusiastic ensemble of singing, dancing, charming Moes who lead you through this sonorous self-help session are Big Moe, Little Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, No Moe and Eat Moe. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"He was denounced as a vandal in sonorous verses by the poet Lord Byron, a fellow member of the Ango-Scottish aristocracy, and the broader British public alike. \u2014 Bruce Clark, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Her sonorous voice was laced with a Southern accent. \u2014 Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times , 25 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin sonorus ; akin to Latin sonus sound",
"first_known_use":[
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170124"
},
"soon":{
"type":"adverb",
"definitions":[
"without undue time lapse before long",
"in a prompt manner speedily",
"in agreement with one's choice or preference willingly",
"before the usual time",
"at once immediately",
"without delay before long",
"in a prompt way quickly",
"before long",
"early entry 1 sense 2",
"by choice willingly"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8s\u00fcn",
"synonyms":[
"anon",
"before long",
"by and by",
"directly",
"momentarily",
"presently",
"shortly"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Selena Gomez made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week to promote her Hulu hit Only Murders in the Building, but Jimmy Kimmel soon brought the conversation around to his own burning question What was Britney Spears' wedding like? \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 19 June 2022",
"Should children turning 5 soon wait to get the higher dose or get vaccinated now? \u2014 Katia Hetter, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"Brooks and his band played the song near the end of Friday\u2019s show \u2014 the first of two nights at Rice-Eccles, on the country legend\u2019s soon -to-end Stadium Tour. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"The Voyagers' cameras soon solved the mystery Io had active volcanoes. \u2014 Tim Folger, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
"And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. \u2014 Ed Silverman, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"According to the American Pediatric Association, your baby will soon develop an appreciation for the post-grunge rock band Modest Mouse. \u2014 Nate Dern, The New Yorker , 18 June 2022",
"The Gibson family would like to see the MVP award renamed for Josh Gibson, but that\u2019s unlikely to happen soon . \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 18 June 2022",
"Wide, paved and limited access highways soon made every state in the lower 48 accessible to the average American family. \u2014 Fox News , 18 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English soone , from Old English s\u014dna ; akin to Old High German s\u0101n immediately",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"sooth":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": true",
": soft , sweet",
": truth , reality",
": blandishment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00fcth"
],
"synonyms":[
"facticity",
"factuality",
"trueness",
"truth",
"verity"
],
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"falseness",
"falsity",
"untruth"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I doubt not the sooth of what you say, but there may be other facts of which we are unaware."
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192144"
},
"soothsayer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator",
": a person who claims to foretell events"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00fcth-\u02ccs\u0101-\u0259r",
"-\u02ccser",
"\u02c8s\u00fcth-\u02ccs\u0101-\u0259r"
],
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"augur",
"diviner",
"forecaster",
"foreseer",
"foreteller",
"fortune-teller",
"futurist",
"prognosticator",
"prophesier",
"prophet",
"seer",
"visionary"
],
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"examples":[
"a soothsayer predicted that I would meet the man of my dreams online, assuming of course that I became a subscriber to the website's dating service",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is about the Hank Aaron who stopped playing following the 1976 season after 21 years with the Braves of Milwaukee and Atlanta and two more with the Milwaukee Brewers to become a talent expert and a gifted soothsayer . \u2014 Terence Moore, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"With production from pop soothsayer Max Martin, Halsey is making their definitive return to top 40 stardom, and having a blast while doing it. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
"After all, almost every savant, soothsayer or mildly observant Atlanta sports fan of the last quarter-century or so had figured the Braves would flame out before winning the World Series. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Sanyu Nagenda, who works under the name Sanyu Estelle as a soothsayer , tarot reader and word witch, said one of her clients sent $500 to someone impersonating her on Instagram. \u2014 Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
"An intricate design emerges: Doerr\u2019s a soothsayer obsessed with our survival, fearing the worst. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
"When Amaka was born, a local soothsayer had declared to Amaka\u2019s father that his new son was actually the reincarnation of a female soul trapped in a male infant\u2019s body. \u2014 Wired , 1 Sep. 2021",
"In the weeks that followed, Milley played reassuring soothsayer to a string of concerned members of Congress and administration officials who shared his worries about Trump attempting to use the military to stay in office. \u2014 Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News , 15 July 2021",
"The insight came via the performance of Gerald Rivers, who assumes the role of an emcee narrator in addition to playing the soothsayer . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212803"
},
"sophisticated":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"deprived of native or original simplicity such as",
"highly complicated or developed complex",
"having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience",
"devoid of grossness such as",
"finely experienced and aware",
"intellectually appealing",
"very complicated",
"having a lot of knowledge about the world especially through experience",
"appealing to a person's intelligence"
],
"pronounciation":"s\u0259-\u02c8fi-st\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-t\u0259d",
"synonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"smart",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
],
"antonyms":[
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"unsophisticated",
"untutored",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To stay ahead of these sophisticated cybercriminal gangs, there are three foundational steps CISOs, architects and security ops should consider taking. \u2014 Gidi Cohen, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Gigi Hadid has transformed a street style trend into a sophisticated wardrobe staple with the help of one subtle outfit choice. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 June 2022",
"Analysts at the central bank call this coming period reverse industrialization, meaning economic growth based on less sophisticated technology. \u2014 Georgi Kantchev, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Prueitt and Robertson opened a nearby restaurant, Bar Tartine, which was praised for its inventive, sophisticated take on Japanese, Scandinavian, and pan-European cuisine. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"The two-tone suede heels are an especially sophisticated touch\u2014a little \u201990s, in a good way. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 15 June 2022",
"The idea that a sophisticated machine, with its modern instruments and redundant communications, could simply vanish seems beyond the realm of possibility. \u2014 Lisa Bubert, Longreads , 15 June 2022",
"And not only are sophisticated weapons systems expensive, but the supply is limited and production is often slow. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"That\u2019s somehow an increase from last summer, when examples of the sophisticated sports watch were selling for just 1,000 percent more than retail. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 14 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Medieval Latin sophisticat us",
"first_known_use":[
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"sopping":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": wet through : soaking",
": thoroughly wet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-pi\u014b",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-pi\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
],
"examples":[
"His clothes were sopping from the rain.",
"my hair and clothes were absolutely sopping after the unexpected downpour"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1877, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205355"
},
"soppy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": sentimental , mawkish",
": soaked through : saturated",
": very wet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-p\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
],
"examples":[
"trudging over soppy ground at the county fair",
"scanned the racks looking for the soppiest valentine the store had",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lyrics are soppy , but Jacques delivers the maternal sentiment with a thunderous passion worthy of Jennifer Holliday. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Based on the comic book series by Charles Forsman, this coming-of-age, misfit tale is the true outsider\u2019s answer to the soppy teen drama dilemma. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Their engineering is suitably serious, though: The rubber shell, which is made of a biodegradable polymer, is lined with cozy cotton so your feet will stay dry, warm and comfortable in all sorts of soppy circumstances. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2021",
"Brother claims that he is being levelheaded and sensible about a difficult topic, and that disposition of a deceased relative's estate is a matter of business and there is no room for my soppy sentiment. \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2020",
"One element is the soppy sentimentality that Britons have toward the National Health Service. \u2014 Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books , 4 June 2020",
"What follows here is not as soppy as all that, but hopefully as helpful and illuminating. \u2014 Sarah Menkedick, Longreads , 24 July 2019",
"Suitably soppy and predictably emoji-filled, most of the Tweets have come from players declaring their love for their wives and girlfriends. \u2014 SI.com , 14 Feb. 2018",
"The funny thing is that for all the complaints about NBC's coverage \u2014 soppy sentimentality, jingoism, etc. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183821"
},
"sorceress":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a woman who is a sorcerer",
": a woman who practices sorcery or witchcraft : witch"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fr-s\u0259-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8s\u022frs-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8s\u022fr-s\u0259-r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"enchantress",
"hag",
"hex",
"witch"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"asked the sorceress to cast an evil spell over the village",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now, with the latest episode out, those fans can rest easy \u2014 taking on the role of a soothsaying sorceress to deliver a hilarious commencement speech, Raja finally won her first star. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 13 June 2022",
"All At Once actor dressed as Jaina Proudmoore, a sorceress from the World of Warcraft franchise. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 31 May 2022",
"Neither reason nor moral suasion can deter Wanda from her dastardly mission; thus Strange, his longtime ally Wong (Benedict Wong), Christine, and America herself have no choice but to challenge the all-powerful sorceress in cataclysmic combat. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 10 May 2022",
"Unafraid to speak his truth, Gallatin\u2019s loyalty to his people ultimately leads him on a collision course with the elven sorceress Francesca (Mecia Simson) over power. \u2014 Jordan Moreau, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Did her stylist expertly manage to make the ends of her bangs essentially melt into her length, or is Hathaway pals with a benevolent sorceress who added inches to the previously lash-skimming fringe? \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The supreme sorceress of intertwining acoustic and electric guitars into dragon-slayer rock. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 27 Mar. 2022",
"British explorer and historian Tim Severin identified Paxos as the Homeric island where Odysseus was bewitched by Circe, the sorceress who turned his sailors into swine and took Odysseus as her lover. \u2014 Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Early in the film, Dane expresses an interest in magic, referencing Doctor Strange and hoping Sersi is some kind of a sorceress . \u2014 Richard Newby, Vulture , 7 Nov. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220131"
},
"sordid":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by baseness or grossness : vile",
": dirty , filthy",
": wretched , squalid",
": meanly avaricious : covetous",
": of a dull or muddy color",
": very dirty : filthy",
": of low moral quality"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fr-d\u0259d",
"\u02c8s\u022fr-d\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"examples":[
"And Vermes's story is also in part an international thriller, especially with the high-level goings-on around the Scrolls. The full sordid tale of spite, scholarly selfishness, and undisguised anti-Semitism, which kept access to the Dead Sea texts restricted for decades to a tiny cartel, unwinds in his pages. \u2014 Paula Fredriksen , New Republic , 15 Oct. 2001",
"Another reporter working to verify the book's charges ended up unmasking author James Hatfield's sordid past, revealing how little the publisher knew about its author \u2026 \u2014 Jennifer Greenstein , Brill's Content , February 2000",
"In fact, audiences now have become so blas\u00e9 about accounts of celebrities' sordid personal lives that some stars are turning potential publicity nightmares into confessional coups. \u2014 Stephen Rebello , Vibe , May 1999",
"He shared the sordid details of his past.",
"he managed to rise above the sordid streets upon which he grew up",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These women are the true heroes in this sordid story. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"These women are the true heroes in this sordid story. \u2014 Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"Juan Carlos Pinz\u00f3n described how Russia \u2013 a country with a long and sordid history of negative involvement in Latin America \u2013 continues to use its influence through nefarious ways on the continent. \u2014 Ben Evansky, Fox News , 5 May 2022",
"In the long and sordid history of baseball\u2019s labor disputes, no one had ever brought in a ghost negotiator, much less knew what one was. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"But the investigation finds more insidious roots that hint at a larger conspiracy, one that involves the sprawling Lafferty family's embrace of fundamentalist principles and the sordid practices related to them. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The disturbing subtext in our time is that light is shed daily on new, sordid tales of this variety. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"But The Dropout is a refreshingly clear recounting of the sordid tale, with season two tackling the trial. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The sordid story of a South Bronx apartment building ruled by a gang of crazed, junkie punks. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin sordidus , from sordes dirt \u2014 more at swart ",
"first_known_use":[
"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192454"
},
"sorely":{
"type":"adverb",
"definitions":[
"in a sore manner painfully",
"very , extremely"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8s\u022fr-l\u0113",
"synonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
],
"examples":[
"You will be sorely missed.",
"She provided some sorely needed help.",
"The house is sorely in need of paint.",
"He is sorely lacking in social skills.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The United States plans to use $3.5 billion of frozen Afghanistan central bank assets to pay judgment debts to the families of 9/11 victims \u2014 money the Afghan people say belongs to them and is sorely needed. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 5 June 2022",
"They are sorely needed to bring power generated at solar and wind farms in rural locations across state lines to energy-thirsty cities. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"It\u2019s the kind of creative partnership that representatives of the state and nonprofit say is sorely needed to both invigorate local economies and support sustained, landscape-scale forest restoration activities. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"The hilarity of Black women on television has been sorely missed and ignored by the Television Academy over multiple decades. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 16 May 2022",
"Treinen is sorely missed, especially while the Dodgers are in the midst of playing 31 games in 30 days. \u2014 Steve Hensonassistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"Gaga\u2019s old Hollywood tribute to her musical collaborator Tony Bennett soared due to her unquestionably flawless vocal abilities, but Bennett\u2019s presence was sorely missed. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Both are integral to the Cavs\u2019 trademark big lineups this season, and have been sorely missed in the tight race for playoff seeding. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 4 Apr. 2022",
"As expected, the Wildcats sorely missed guard Justin Moore, who suffered an Achilles injury in the final minute of an Elite Eight win against Houston. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2022"
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"Their gunmetal sorrow was reflective of the times: the general creep of Patriot Act paranoia plus Forever War nihilism. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
"The seeds of her sorrow were planted years earlier. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Still, their sorrow was never far from the surface. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Still, their sorrow was never far from the surface. \u2014 Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Actors like Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright, along with collaborators like director James Mangold and actress Jamie Lee Curtis, are among those who have expressed their sorrow at Liotta's loss. \u2014 Jordyn Taylor, Men's Health , 26 May 2022",
"Before the flurry of cancellations Thursday, pop star Olivia Rodrigo had expressed her sorrow , but from the stage. \u2014 Kai Grady, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Before McLean canceled Thursday, pop star Olivia Rodrigo had expressed her sorrow , but from the stage. \u2014 al , 26 May 2022",
"Ina understood that nobody wanted to hear of her sorrow or her fear or loss or anything to indicate her passion or dispassion for life. \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As the story of SoulShine's contribution made its way onto the news and social media, people expressed appreciation for Garem and the company's creative contributions \u2013and sorrow that the task was required. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"As Russia celebrated its most emotional holiday commemorating the Nazi defeat in World War II, Putin appeared in Red Square to invoke pride and sorrow over the Soviet role then and to cast Russia\u2019s battles in Ukraine now as such a just cause. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"The book is one of triumph and also sorrow , including the many Black actors and actresses who died young without ever finding the success their talents merited. \u2014 Kate Tuttle, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"And sorrow , as Marcus Arbery moved away from the line of charter buses and into the crowd of people standing where his youngest child had laid motionless and bleeding 20 months prior. \u2014 Asia Simone Burns, ajc , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Wilkerson took a broad, undifferentiated view of addiction\u2014any vice, or even sorrow , constituted grounds for admission. \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Quickly, filmmakers, fans, and former employees took to Twitter to publicly mourn the loss, with reactions ranging from stand-alone expletives to sorrow to denial \u2014 and also some priceless remembrances. \u2014 Max Cea, Vulture , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Combining formal audacity with emotional intimacy and sharp social observation, the picture attains a fullness of humorous, sorrowing life. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Playful and poignant in equal measure, Wheaton\u2019s compositions are profoundly moving, evoking both loss and resilience \u2014 the sorrowing look back, and the hopeful look forward. \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com , 15 Nov. 2019"
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"Then there is his massive, sorrowful Great Dane, who now belongs to her. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"As men prepared to remove the off-white coffin, women sang a sorrowful hymn into the darkness. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"The slow-revealing and vividly sorrowful two-hander boasts superb acting against the backdrop of the alluringly barren American heartland. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Although often sorrowful and sometimes sentimental, his music is always poetic and exceedingly beautiful. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"The nonprofit leader was at first outraged and then sorrowful . \u2014 John Byrne, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"Recordings of the cantor, and of an ecstatic congregation, lead the ascent through dance and prayer, the orchestra entering into its own jumpy or sorrowful klezmer-like riffs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"Between the brash-to-humble son and his angry-to- sorrowful father, the movie confesses masculinity\u2019s quintessential struggle. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022",
"At the other end of the bar was the curtained hatch to the back kitchen, then the sorrowful passageway to the jacks. \u2014 Kevin Barry, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"Then there is his massive, sorrowful Great Dane, who now belongs to her. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"As men prepared to remove the off-white coffin, women sang a sorrowful hymn into the darkness. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"The slow-revealing and vividly sorrowful two-hander boasts superb acting against the backdrop of the alluringly barren American heartland. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Although often sorrowful and sometimes sentimental, his music is always poetic and exceedingly beautiful. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"The nonprofit leader was at first outraged and then sorrowful . \u2014 John Byrne, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"Recordings of the cantor, and of an ecstatic congregation, lead the ascent through dance and prayer, the orchestra entering into its own jumpy or sorrowful klezmer-like riffs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"Between the brash-to-humble son and his angry-to- sorrowful father, the movie confesses masculinity\u2019s quintessential struggle. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"As men prepared to remove the off-white coffin, women sang a sorrowful hymn into the darkness. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"The slow-revealing and vividly sorrowful two-hander boasts superb acting against the backdrop of the alluringly barren American heartland. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
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"The nonprofit leader was at first outraged and then sorrowful . \u2014 John Byrne, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"Recordings of the cantor, and of an ecstatic congregation, lead the ascent through dance and prayer, the orchestra entering into its own jumpy or sorrowful klezmer-like riffs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"Between the brash-to-humble son and his angry-to- sorrowful father, the movie confesses masculinity\u2019s quintessential struggle. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022",
"At the other end of the bar was the curtained hatch to the back kitchen, then the sorrowful passageway to the jacks. \u2014 Kevin Barry, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"If readers feel sorry for Theo and Jarret without really needing to believe in them as whole beings, what exactly do their portraits accomplish? \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
"Stranger Things is stretching its fourth season into two parts\u2014 sorry , volumes\u2014which means fans will have to wait a teensy bit longer for the final, actual, we-mean-it-this-time ending. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 29 May 2022",
"The point isn\u2019t to feel sorry for them, or persuade disabled people not to be afraid, but to help address the situations and forces that produce their fears. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"And sorry about the whole recruit-buying accusation. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"The play has been directed with\u2014 sorry for the pun\u2014exceptional focus by Miranda Haymon. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"The Rattlers have no time to feel sorry for themselves with their first home game since April 15 on Saturday at 6:05 p.m., against the 5-2 Pirates at Footprint Center. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
"So sorry to lose this sweet and delightfully funny man. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Throughout this whole sorry saga, British officials were perfectly clear that the deals being negotiated were not practically enforceable. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 18 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With 46 trucks \u2014 some making more than one sortie a day \u2014 the Stonecrest center supplies deliveries in a roughly 200-mile radius. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 9 June 2022",
"Needing more biographical detail, Roger insisted upon a between-innings sortie to the press box for the up-to-date lowdown. \u2014 Mark Singer, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
"Those other dudes have all stoked my (re)imagination in recent years, but Mav hasn't put an arm around me since his triumph in that dubious sortie over the Indian Ocean back in 1986. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"On sunny afternoons there would be a dozen of them lounging and smoking outside the HSBC bank building on West Georgia Street, waiting for their next sortie , looking bored and skeptical, outlaws every one. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"The MiG-29s would not save thousands of Ukrainian lives but certainly would consume the last measure of bravery of 28 Ukrainian pilots in their one and only sortie into combat. \u2014 WSJ , 13 Mar. 2022",
"As the Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln strike groups began their dual carrier operations on Sunday, China flew 39 warplanes toward Taiwan in its largest such sortie of the new year, according to Taiwan's defense ministry. \u2014 David Rising, USA TODAY , 25 Jan. 2022",
"As the Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln strike groups began their dual carrier operations on Sunday, China flew 39 warplanes toward Taiwan in its largest such sortie of the new year, according to Taiwan's defense ministry. \u2014 CBS News , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Cash and Olive hopped on, too, after Cash made a second sortie for hot chocolate. \u2014 Christopher Keyes, Outside Online , 22 June 2020"
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"Thrilling game sequences, a terrific ensemble cast led by Geena Davis, Lori Petty and Madonna, plus an all-timer performance from Tom Hanks as their hapless sot of a manager. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 10 Aug. 2020",
"The old man is also a sot who dedicates much of his free time (and most of his work time) to getting King Kong drunk on the local King Kong hooch. \u2014 Junot D\u00edaz, New York Times , 29 Feb. 2020",
"Nothing gets too wacky, short of the sot l\u2019y laisse. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Nov. 2019",
"Craving a drink, she is bullied by Rocco into singing for the ensemble, which Fisher does splendidly, registering the faded glory of the onetime lounge singer turned sot in a few simple bars. \u2014 Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Nov. 2019",
"The massive crowns atop their head looked like something an Aztec queen might wear into space \u2014 a sot of jagged helmet with elongated sides. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Condiment add-ins range from pickled chiles and garlic in mild vinegar to fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar and a savory-spicy chile oil called sot sa-te that\u2019s akin to a mild XO sauce. \u2014 Andrea Nguyen, Los Angeles Times , 4 Sep. 2019",
"To this old sot , the gun represents some kind of high hilarity. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2018",
"In her telling, the Medici history is populated not by high-minded art patrons but by drunken sots and savage adventurers, essentially a crime syndicate, intent on amassing wealth and power without limit and without scruple. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Mar. 2018"
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": free from flaw, defect, or decay",
": free from error, fallacy, or misapprehension",
": legally valid",
": showing good judgment or sense",
": having the mental capacity to make a will especially as demonstrated by the ability to understand the nature of one's property, identify the natural objects of one's bounty, and understand the nature of the dispositions being made in the will",
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"\u02c8sau\u0307nd",
"\u02c8sau\u0307nd",
"\u02c8sau\u0307nd"
],
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"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
],
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"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
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"Noun (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (2)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"1739, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202347"
},
"sound off":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to play three chords before and after marching up and down a line of troops during a ceremonial parade or formal guard mount",
": to count cadence while marching",
": to speak up in a loud voice",
": to voice one's opinions freely and vigorously"
],
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"pipe up",
"shoot",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"spout (off)",
"talk up"
],
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"examples":[
"she never missed a chance to sound off about the latest \u201cstupid\u201d political decisions",
"the guard captain commanded each sentry to sound off"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201802"
},
"soundless":{
"type":[
"adjective ()",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": incapable of being sounded : unfathomable",
": making no sound : silent"
],
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"\u02c8sau\u0307n(d)-l\u0259s"
],
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"Adjective (1)",
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective (2)",
"1601, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185610"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having the consistency of soup",
": densely foggy or cloudy",
": overly sentimental"
],
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"\u02c8s\u00fc-p\u0113"
],
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"beclouded",
"befogged",
"brumous",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"foggy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"smoggy"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"limpid",
"pellucid",
"unclouded"
],
"examples":[
"The gravy was too soupy .",
"the soupy skies over the island make a nighttime landing a very risky business",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Spiral Jetty \u2022 Brian Footen waded out from the soupy red water of the Great Salt Lake\u2019s north arm, his boat and bibs crusted in brine, his cockpit filled with foam, a wide toothy grin on his face. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The spatial audio version on Apple Music is a soupy sonic mess. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Still, the soupy sentimentality of the picture does jar. \u2014 John Banville, The New Republic , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The question hung over the seaside track like the soupy fog: Legitimate winnings, or the conclusion of the rinse cycle? \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Nov. 2021",
"The toxic cloud of water did not come out of a dangerously soupy batch of green water pumped into the treatment plant from Lake Erie. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"While New Orleans residents sweltered in a thick, soupy air that felt hotter than 100 degrees, things were even worse in other parts of southern Louisiana, where damage from the wind and water on Sunday was catastrophic. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
"For me, the best adobo was not too soupy , ideally reduced until all the liquid is gone and a glaze forms. \u2014 Sheldon Simeon, Robb Report , 22 June 2021",
"Add approximate 2 teaspoons of the sweet relish juice (not too soupy ). \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 19 Nov. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221614"
},
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"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a little bit trace"
],
"pronounciation":"s\u00fcp-\u02c8s\u014d\u207f",
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"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Add just a soup\u00e7on of salt.",
"the book is filled with cynicism and sarcasm, along with a soup\u00e7on of existentialist angst"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, literally, suspicion, from Old French sospe\u00e7on , from Latin suspection-, suspectio , from Latin suspicere to suspect \u2014 more at suspect ",
"first_known_use":[
"1766, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162455"
},
"sour":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice",
"\u2014 compare bitter entry 1 sense 1a , salty entry 1 sense 1b , sweet entry 1 sense 1 , umami entry 2",
": having the acid taste or smell of or as if of fermentation : turned",
": of or relating to fermentation",
": smelling or tasting of decay : rancid , rotten",
": bad , wrong",
": hostile , disenchanted",
": unpleasant , distasteful",
": cross , sullen",
": not up to the usual, expected, or standard quality or pitch",
": acid in reaction",
": containing malodorous sulfur compounds",
": something sour",
": the taste sensation produced chiefly by acids \u2014 compare bitter entry 2 sense 1b , salty entry 2 , sweet entry 3 sense 2 , umami entry 1",
": a cocktail consisting of a liquor (such as whiskey), lemon or lime juice, sugar, and sometimes ice",
": to become sour",
": to make sour",
": having an acid or tart taste",
": having spoiled : not fresh",
": suggesting decay",
": not pleasant or friendly",
": to make or become acid or tart in taste (as by spoiling)",
": to lose or cause to lose interest or enthusiasm",
": to harm or damage",
": causing, characterized by, or being the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids \u2014 compare bitter , salt entry 2 sense 2 , sweet entry 1",
": the primary taste sensation produced by acid stimuli"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8sau\u0307r",
"\u02c8sau\u0307(\u0259)r"
],
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"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
],
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"alien",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The sauce had a sweet and sour thing going on, but more 3D. Duck wings, at least these, are lankier and maybe leaner than chicken wings, tender and slightly funky (the good kind). \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"First, choose from the fun size or the party box, then decide on a sweet or sour candy profile. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
"When asked what the most difficult aspect is, Beauvais pointed to the social situations that, so often, go sour . \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The dispensers protect the liquid from oxygen and sunlight that could cause the oils to go sour . \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Gutekunst says Rodgers has 'seat at the table' The challenge for Gutekunst will be to keep lines of communication open with Rodgers so that their relationship doesn\u2019t go sour . \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Still, that may not prevent Leyba from being a second base option if things go sour again at that spot in the majors. \u2014 Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com , 15 June 2021",
"How will Harden react if things start to go sour in Brooklyn? \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Feb. 2021",
"But if things go sour , that edge can be negated quite quickly. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Throughout its 120 year history the Clover Club\u2014a gin sour , tarted up with fresh raspberries and smoothed out with an egg white\u2014has been celebrated, then dismissed, then forgotten, and now, finally, is back on top. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
"The Collins\u2014a gin sour lengthened with cold soda water\u2014is perfect and complete and deeply resonant, summer\u2019s own liquid tuning fork, preternaturally refreshing and infinitely repeatable. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 21 May 2022",
"Patron \u2018Rita with Patron Silver Tequila, tiple sec and fresh sour is $6 in May. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 5 May 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, The Arizona Republic , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Flower lovers will also appreciate the Flower Fields inspired cocktail served at onsite Cassara Kitchen & Bar\u2014a hibiscus sour made with grapefruit juice, agave nectar and hibiscus syrup. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The flavor builds, each bite adding up to the next, so that halfway through a bag, your tongue is pleasantly numb from the spiciness, your mouth is puckering from the sour . \u2014 Mariya Karimjee, Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The turnabout pushed Cheniere to near bankruptcy \u2014 a reminder of how the kind of long-term bets industry is again making now can sour . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"If enough public chargers aren't available, that could sour EV buyers. \u2014 Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"CinemaCon comes amid signs that investors are starting to sour a bit on the streaming business, which has been positioned as both the grim reaper and the savior of movies, depending on who\u2019s talking. \u2014 Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Overcrowding can sour the travel experience and damage the very things people want to see. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
"And second, altogether votes for the resolutions represented $65 billion in capital\u2014a sign that a small but significant portion of the legendarily small-c conservative world of Wall Street are starting to sour on fossil fuels. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 26 Apr. 2022",
"By late last year, even some of the residents who\u2019d initially been supportive of MAMA\u2019s plan had begun to sour on it. \u2014 David Rompf, The New Yorker , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Ukrainians who worshipped in churches tied to Moscow may sour on a religious leader who has lent holy purpose to Russia\u2019s bombing of their country and its killing of their neighbors, and whose stature has been diminished forever by those acts. \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Things began to sour in 2010, when MSNBC suspended the anchor for making donations to Democratic candidates, violating a policy that requires news personnel to get permission before doing so. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200535"
},
"source":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a generative force : cause",
": a point of origin or procurement : beginning",
": one that initiates : author",
": prototype , model",
": one that supplies information",
": the point of origin of a stream of water : fountainhead",
": spring , fount",
": a firsthand document or primary reference work",
": an electrode in a field-effect transistor that supplies the charge carriers for current flow \u2014 compare drain , gate",
": to specify the source of (something, such as quoted material)",
": to obtain from a source",
": of, relating to, or being source code",
": a cause or starting point",
": the beginning of a stream of water",
": someone or something that supplies information",
": someone or something that provides what is needed",
": a point of origin",
": one that supplies information"
],
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"\u02c8s\u022frs",
"\u02c8s\u022frs"
],
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"cradle",
"font",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It was not confirmed whether companies have already cut operations, but a source at a major petrochemical company told Reuters most firms were still storing finished products with the hope of resuming transportation. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Police were attempting to locate the source on Stonewood, with plans to return after midnight. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 11 June 2022",
"Ahead of the festivities, a source told PEOPLE that Spears has long been ready to tie the knot with Asghari. \u2014 Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"Lili met her namesake, her great grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday, a source told Entertainment Tonight. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 9 June 2022",
"The Indiana Pacers have hired former NBA player agent Happy Walters as a consultant, a league source told IndyStar. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 8 June 2022",
"Moscow died, a source close to the command of the Black Sea Fleet told Meduza. \u2014 Sam Schechner, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
"But a source on the Hill familiar with the talks told Fox News the effects of Russia\u2019s war on food insecurity will likely be catastrophic. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"However, Musk didn't require the right to conduct the due diligence before signing the $44 billion deal to purchase Twitter on April 25, a source told Fortune earlier this month. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Successful resellers source the hottest new models from the likes of Nike and Adidas. Zadeh Kicks\u2019 collapse generated a huge outcry on social media. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"Companies work hard to source and keep top talent, focus on DEI, ensure flexibility in product development and provide a better employment experience for talent. \u2014 Ben Wright, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"In normal times, such shops source their inventory through two broad buckets. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Equipment, replacement parts, even plants have become harder to source . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"Billy Doyle was then commissioned to source and rebuild its engine, no. 90-034, and fit it to the 550 Spyder. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Mozeico and her father scouted sustainably, organically or biodynamically farmed vineyards to source fruit for their wines. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Working with its network of suppliers, the brand was able to quickly source necessary materials for production. \u2014 CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The unique gastronomic pop-ups feature Houston\u2019s finest Black culinary artists who source their ingredients from local African American food vendors. \u2014 Dwight Brown, Essence , 18 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The journey towards this new initiative was filled with legal and political drama, though the ultimate result codifies the multi-cloud, multi- source strategy. \u2014 Emil Sayegh, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Survey results show that 73% of respondents are likely to co- source critical activities with the next 24 months. \u2014 Rose Celestin, Forbes , 24 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1957, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1959, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194905"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person who complains frequently or constantly and looks unhappy : grump , grouch"
],
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"\u02c8sau\u0307(-\u0259)r-\u02ccpu\u0307s"
],
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"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crab",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"whiner"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He's just an old sourpuss .",
"that old sourpuss must spend all his time making sure no one traipses across his lawn",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"More than a few folks, including one sourpuss in Toronto, have assumed the name refers to how fast your soup arrives once ordered, but that didn\u2019t make sense to me. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Four generations on, the Grinch\u2019s humble roots on the page as a black-and-white sourpuss , looking down on Who-ville and rueing the impending town feast, have become a Christmas cottage industry. \u2014 Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Dec. 2020",
"The suggestion turns me into Schr\u00f6dinger's sourpuss : neither angry nor disappointed but a superposition of both. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 18 Feb. 2020",
"Even a sourpuss like Heifetz let his hair down madly dashing through the finale like a child\u2019s first moments at Disneyland. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 July 2019",
"Reeves shoulders the dual roles of twin brothers with markedly divergent personalities: peevish sourpuss John and sweet-natured James, who is deep into a losing battle with AIDS. \u2014 Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2018",
"According to the Washington Post, a jury awarded famed sourpuss Grumpy Cat $710,000 in damages on Monday, settling a lawsuit that began in 2015 between the cat\u2019s company and the Grenade beverage company. \u2014 Kate Hogan, PEOPLE.com , 25 Jan. 2018",
"To most Internet users, Grumpy Cat - the feline with a furry frown - is a minor celebrity that capitalized on the popularity of memes in 2012 as a perpetual sourpuss . \u2014 The Washington Post, OregonLive.com , 25 Jan. 2018",
"Herewith, a timeline of Ford's evolution into an irritable sourpuss . \u2014 Nick Schager, Esquire , 16 Aug. 2013"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1930, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224148"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb (1)",
"verb (2)"
],
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"pickle",
"to plunge in liquid immerse",
"drench , saturate",
"to make drunk",
"to become immersed or drenched",
"something pickled",
"seasoned and chopped pork trimmings, fish, or shellfish",
"an act of sousing wetting",
"a habitual drunkard",
"a drinking spree binge",
"to swoop down plunge",
"to swoop down on"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sau\u0307s"
],
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"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soak",
"soaker",
"sot",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"an old souse who lumbered home with a full bottle of gin in him every night"
],
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"Verb (1)",
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"Noun",
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"Verb (2)",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164522"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb ()"
],
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": pickle",
": to plunge in liquid : immerse",
": drench , saturate",
": to make drunk",
": to become immersed or drenched",
": something pickled",
": seasoned and chopped pork trimmings, fish, or shellfish",
": an act of sousing : wetting",
": a habitual drunkard",
": a drinking spree : binge",
": to swoop down : plunge",
": to swoop down on"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sau\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soak",
"soaker",
"sot",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"an old souse who lumbered home with a full bottle of gin in him every night"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
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"Verb (2)",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193753"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty",
": one that exercises supreme authority within a limited sphere",
": an acknowledged leader : arbiter",
": any of various gold coins of the United Kingdom",
": superlative in quality",
": of the most exalted kind : supreme",
": having generalized curative powers",
": of an unqualified nature : unmitigated",
": having undisputed ascendancy : paramount",
": possessed of supreme power",
": unlimited in extent : absolute",
": enjoying autonomy : independent",
": relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a supreme ruler : royal",
": a person (as a king or queen) having the highest power and authority",
": an old British gold coin",
": highest in power or authority",
": having independent authority",
": of the most important kind",
": having generalized curative powers",
": a person or political entity (as a nation or state) possessing or held to possess sovereignty",
"\u2014 see also sovereign immunity at immunity",
": having supreme power",
": enjoying autonomy",
": relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a sovereign"
],
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"\u02c8s\u00e4-v(\u0259-)r\u0259n",
"-v\u0259rn",
"also",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-v(\u0259-)r\u0259n",
"-v\u0259rn",
"also",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-v\u0259-r\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u00e4v-(\u0259-)r\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n, \u02c8s\u0259-, -v\u0259-r\u0259n"
],
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"autocrat",
"monarch",
"potentate",
"ruler"
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"arch",
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"grand",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"supreme"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Big names are scampering off to join a flush new league with a controversial financial backer: the Saudi sovereign -wealth fund. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"During her days as queen, the long-reigning sovereign has seen the monarchy go from a reclusive entity to a full-fledged member of the digital age, presided over the decline of the British Empire, and seen the scope of her reign diminish. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"The service of thanksgiving took place a day after the celebrations opened with the glittering military parade known as Trooping the Color, an event that has marked the sovereign 's official birthday for some 260 years. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"First is the Trooping the Color, an annual military review that has marked the sovereign 's official birthday since 1760. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"David is a stand-in for Heraclius, the relentlessly warring Roman sovereign . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"All of these obstacles might offer a challenge for the sovereign . \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 10 May 2022",
"The most regular\u2014and the one with the largest group\u2014is Trooping the Colour, the annual celebration of the sovereign 's birthday, which is always held on a Saturday in June. \u2014 Marcia Moody, Town & Country , 17 May 2022",
"The exhibition coincides with a major milestone for Britain\u2019s longest-reigning sovereign . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Saudi Arabia\u2019s major sovereign -wealth fund has already given former Trump administration official Jared Kushner the green light to invest some of its money in Israeli companies for the first time. \u2014 Dion Nissenbaum, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"In addition to SoftBank, Yanolja\u2019s other investors include Singaporean sovereign -wealth fund GIC, online travel giant Booking.com and SkyLake Investment, a Korean private equity firm led by former Samsung Electronics executive Chin Dae-je. \u2014 John Kang, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The service of thanksgiving took place a day after the celebrations opened with the glittering military parade known as Trooping the Color, an event that has marked the sovereign \u2019s official birthday for some 260 years. \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 3 June 2022",
"But all of that changed in 1893 when elite businessmen backed by the U.S. military overthrew the last sovereign monarch, Queen Lili\u02bbuokalani. \u2014 Tenzin Shakya, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
"Some had camped overnight in hopes of glimpsing of 96-year-old queen, whose appearances are becoming rare, and a chance to watch the Trooping the Color \u2014 a military parade that has marked each sovereign \u2019s official birthday since 1760. \u2014 Danica Kirka, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"Some had camped overnight in hopes of glimpsing of 96-year-old queen, whose appearances are becoming rare, and a chance to watch the Trooping the Color \u2014 a military parade that has marked each sovereign \u2019s official birthday since 1760. \u2014 Danica Kirka And Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"Some had camped overnight in hopes of glimpsing of 96-year-old queen, whose appearances are becoming rare, and a chance to watch the Trooping the Color \u2014 a military parade that has marked each sovereign \u2019s official birthday since 1760. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"There is money in the form of sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and insurance funds, but most governments have shown low commitment in stamping out corruption which eats into every round of project financing. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 31 May 2022"
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"one that is sovereign",
"an autonomous state",
"supreme excellence or an example of it",
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"Nor was the sovereignty of the Native Hawaiian race recognized at the time Hawaii became a state. \u2014 Ramesh Ponnuru , National Review , 18 July 2005",
"Cesaire's wrenching chant of self-affirmation announced a new era of intellectual and cultural sovereignty for black writers in French. \u2014 Lila Azam Zanganeh , New York Times Book Review , 12 June 2005",
"The position plunged him into a supremely complicated religious and political game. Throughout Europe the old order of divinely sanctioned kingdoms was battling models of popular sovereignty and citizenship inspired by the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the adolescent U.S. \u2014 David Van Biema , Time , 4 Sept. 2000",
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life",
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All sides face high stakes, with issues of peace, sovereignty , and self-determination on the line. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 May 2022",
"Voters would instead choose between three options statehood, sovereignty in free association with the U.S., and independence. \u2014 Lilia Luciano And Cristina Corujo, CBS News , 23 May 2022",
"Because Macron\u2019s position in late 2019 was that the whole future of the European project, European sovereignty , depended upon a rapprochement with Russia and treating Russia as a country that was also part of European civilization. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
"Citizens in Western democracies are less aware, however, of the importance of Taiwan\u2019s continued sovereignty to the current security order in Asia, and beyond. \u2014 Chris Horton, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
"The historic crown, which symbolizes the sovereignty of the monarch and is only seen at coronations and state openings of Parliament, was placed on a red velvet cushion to the right of Charles. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Neoliberalism, in contrast, Queiroz continues, denies the sovereignty of the people in political as well as economic matters. \u2014 Win Mccormack, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"In the years since the war, four other countries\u2014Nicaragua, Venezuela, Syria, and Nauru\u2014have joined Russia in recognizing the sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"In 1994, Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for guarantees from the United States, the U.K., and Russia to respect and defend Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity. \u2014 Robert Zubrin, National Review , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
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"also",
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"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u00e4v-(\u0259-)r\u0259n",
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"greatest",
"highest",
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"leading",
"main",
"master",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Big names are scampering off to join a flush new league with a controversial financial backer: the Saudi sovereign -wealth fund. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"During her days as queen, the long-reigning sovereign has seen the monarchy go from a reclusive entity to a full-fledged member of the digital age, presided over the decline of the British Empire, and seen the scope of her reign diminish. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"The service of thanksgiving took place a day after the celebrations opened with the glittering military parade known as Trooping the Color, an event that has marked the sovereign 's official birthday for some 260 years. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"First is the Trooping the Color, an annual military review that has marked the sovereign 's official birthday since 1760. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"David is a stand-in for Heraclius, the relentlessly warring Roman sovereign . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"All of these obstacles might offer a challenge for the sovereign . \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 10 May 2022",
"The most regular\u2014and the one with the largest group\u2014is Trooping the Colour, the annual celebration of the sovereign 's birthday, which is always held on a Saturday in June. \u2014 Marcia Moody, Town & Country , 17 May 2022",
"The exhibition coincides with a major milestone for Britain\u2019s longest-reigning sovereign . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Saudi Arabia\u2019s major sovereign -wealth fund has already given former Trump administration official Jared Kushner the green light to invest some of its money in Israeli companies for the first time. \u2014 Dion Nissenbaum, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"In addition to SoftBank, Yanolja\u2019s other investors include Singaporean sovereign -wealth fund GIC, online travel giant Booking.com and SkyLake Investment, a Korean private equity firm led by former Samsung Electronics executive Chin Dae-je. \u2014 John Kang, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The service of thanksgiving took place a day after the celebrations opened with the glittering military parade known as Trooping the Color, an event that has marked the sovereign \u2019s official birthday for some 260 years. \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 3 June 2022",
"But all of that changed in 1893 when elite businessmen backed by the U.S. military overthrew the last sovereign monarch, Queen Lili\u02bbuokalani. \u2014 Tenzin Shakya, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
"Some had camped overnight in hopes of glimpsing of 96-year-old queen, whose appearances are becoming rare, and a chance to watch the Trooping the Color \u2014 a military parade that has marked each sovereign \u2019s official birthday since 1760. \u2014 Danica Kirka, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"Some had camped overnight in hopes of glimpsing of 96-year-old queen, whose appearances are becoming rare, and a chance to watch the Trooping the Color \u2014 a military parade that has marked each sovereign \u2019s official birthday since 1760. \u2014 Danica Kirka And Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"Some had camped overnight in hopes of glimpsing of 96-year-old queen, whose appearances are becoming rare, and a chance to watch the Trooping the Color \u2014 a military parade that has marked each sovereign \u2019s official birthday since 1760. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"There is money in the form of sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and insurance funds, but most governments have shown low commitment in stamping out corruption which eats into every round of project financing. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 31 May 2022"
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"noun"
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": supreme power especially over a body politic",
": freedom from external control : autonomy",
": controlling influence",
": one that is sovereign",
": an autonomous state",
": supreme excellence or an example of it",
": supreme power especially over a political unit (as a country)",
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"-v\u0259rn-t\u0113",
"also",
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"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n-",
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"self-governance",
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"heteronomy",
"subjection",
"unfreedom"
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"Nor was the sovereignty of the Native Hawaiian race recognized at the time Hawaii became a state. \u2014 Ramesh Ponnuru , National Review , 18 July 2005",
"Cesaire's wrenching chant of self-affirmation announced a new era of intellectual and cultural sovereignty for black writers in French. \u2014 Lila Azam Zanganeh , New York Times Book Review , 12 June 2005",
"The position plunged him into a supremely complicated religious and political game. Throughout Europe the old order of divinely sanctioned kingdoms was battling models of popular sovereignty and citizenship inspired by the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the adolescent U.S. \u2014 David Van Biema , Time , 4 Sept. 2000",
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life",
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All sides face high stakes, with issues of peace, sovereignty , and self-determination on the line. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 May 2022",
"Voters would instead choose between three options: statehood, sovereignty in free association with the U.S., and independence. \u2014 Lilia Luciano And Cristina Corujo, CBS News , 23 May 2022",
"Because Macron\u2019s position in late 2019 was that the whole future of the European project, European sovereignty , depended upon a rapprochement with Russia and treating Russia as a country that was also part of European civilization. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
"Citizens in Western democracies are less aware, however, of the importance of Taiwan\u2019s continued sovereignty to the current security order in Asia, and beyond. \u2014 Chris Horton, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
"The historic crown, which symbolizes the sovereignty of the monarch and is only seen at coronations and state openings of Parliament, was placed on a red velvet cushion to the right of Charles. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Neoliberalism, in contrast, Queiroz continues, denies the sovereignty of the people in political as well as economic matters. \u2014 Win Mccormack, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"In the years since the war, four other countries\u2014Nicaragua, Venezuela, Syria, and Nauru\u2014have joined Russia in recognizing the sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"In 1994, Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for guarantees from the United States, the U.K., and Russia to respect and defend Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity. \u2014 Robert Zubrin, National Review , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
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"blasted",
"blind",
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"blotto",
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"crocked",
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"tanked",
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"examples":[
"He got sozzled at the party last night.",
"reportedly, the legendary actor John Barrymore was sozzled when he gave his most memorable performances"
],
"history_and_etymology":" sozzle to splash, intoxicate, alteration of sossle , probably frequentative of British dialect soss to mess",
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"circa 1880, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215725"
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"adjective",
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": the immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual life",
": the spiritual principle embodied in human beings, all rational and spiritual beings, or the universe",
": god sense 1b",
": a person's total self",
": an active or essential part",
": a moving spirit : leader",
": the moral and emotional nature of human beings",
": the quality that arouses emotion and sentiment",
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": cultural consciousness and pride among people of African heritage",
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": soul food",
": soul brother",
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"Noun",
"the souls of the dead",
"He could not escape the guilt that he felt in the inner recesses of his soul .",
"Some poor soul was asking for handouts on the street.",
"a village of barely a hundred souls",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Held to celebrate the anniversary of Black emancipation in the U.S., the concert spanned almost as wide an array of musical and performance styles as could be packed into a single prime-time slot, from soul to classical to country to jazz. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"The history behind Juneteenth served as an important aspect of a broader impetus many felt to do some wide-ranging soul searching. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Jarad Gallagher, who earned a Michelin star as the chef of Chez TJ for eight years, recently opened Broma in Mountain View, inspired by a soul -fulfilling trip to Portugal and Spain. \u2014 Elgin Nelson, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 June 2022",
"The five-concert series opens on June 30 with Second Hand Soul Band, sharing Motown, funk, and soul sounds. \u2014 Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Serve this soul -warming stew family style, with white rice to balance its punchy flavors. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Is Google\u2019s latest chatbot an artificial intelligence with soul or just a program that can fool you into thinking it\u2019s alive? \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 13 June 2022",
"Kabuki featuring Toma Ikuta \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5\u2013 NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY Drama, heritage, soul ; Actor Toma Ikuta trains for his first kabuki performance with his long-time friend, kabuki actor Matsuya Onoe. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 12 June 2022",
"But Butcher won't let Hughie indulge \u2014 Butcher's soul is already corrupted, while Hughie still has a chance of emerging with his humanity intact. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Learn soul line-dances choreographed to R&B, jazz, gospel and Latin tunes. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, sandiegouniontribune.com , 9 July 2018",
"Soul QB Dan Raudabaugh threw for nine touchdowns and was named the game's MVP. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 13 Aug. 2017",
"Harper\u2019s Cabin Learn about the history, nutrition and culture of African American foods, and about how soul food became important to African American families, their churches and social gatherings. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 July 2017",
"Among its fans is soul artist Jimmy Levy of Miami, who was encouraged by his manager to try RecordGram, Mendelson said. \u2014 Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald , 23 June 2017"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-130016"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": susceptible of solution or of being solved , resolved, or explained"
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"\u02c8s\u00e4l-v\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"examples":[
"I'm sure that the mystery of what happened to the missing pizza is solvable .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The two New York clubs suffer from solvable logisitical issues. \u2014 Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Another solvable problem\u2014especially once global supply chain issues get sorted out\u2014is that 6 percent said EVs were hard to find. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 27 May 2022",
"One example of a solvable problem that urgently needs solving is, of course, global warming. \u2014 Jarl Jensen, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"The atmosphere at the Paris event is filled with the sense that cybersecurity is a solvable challenge, according to Mr. Ilves. \u2014 Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The issues related to equality in digitization are solvable . \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The problem, in part, is that improvement requires a belief that these problems are even solvable \u2014 and that can be difficult when morale is low. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Which, obviously, should already have been solvable at that point. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Soldiers are required for the complicated challenges in the business, those that are reliably and repeatedly solvable by experts who know how to apply proven solutions. \u2014 David Benjamin And David Komlos, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021"
],
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": group , company",
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": character , nature",
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": a character or piece of type that is not part of a regular font",
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"like",
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"type",
"variety"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Crypto credit cards of some sort have been around for a long time in crypto, said Barhydt, but what makes this Amex-Abra tie-up of particular interest is the upscale clientele of the two companies. \u2014 Ian Allison, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"After that, there was a crisis of some sort every three days on average. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"Over 750,000 people in the U.S. have end-stage renal disease of some sort and 500,000 are on dialysis, including 31,000 residents of New York. \u2014 Ike Brannon, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Pilon has been charged by way of Information \u2014 a charging document that bypasses the federal grand jury process, and typically means the defendant is cooperating with authorities and working on a plea deal of some sort . \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The churning chaotic flows of information need to be monitored by an umpire of some sort , with certain people, ideas, and acts ruled out of bounds. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Many transplants come from family members, friends, coworkers, or acquaintances of some sort . \u2014 Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Second, there needs to be a safe haven of some sort . \u2014 CBS News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"People often start hoarding after losing a loved one or because of an attachment of some sort , Schaff said. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The city\u2019s planning and zoning commission\u2019s public hearing Tuesday on the proposal for an adult-use shop at 89 Arch St., across from the convention center, was continued to June 28 to sort out who has zoning purview. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
"After World War II, the U.S. military had to sort out the remains of nearly 300,000 war dead. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Truthfully, the forces that are bound to pull and tear at this revival are impossible to sort out. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Some chatbots are too slow, or completely fail to sort out a problem. \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The vote caps months of political turmoil and a constitutional crisis that required the Supreme Court to sort out. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The vote caps months of political turmoil and a constitutional crisis that required the Supreme Court to sort out. \u2014 Kyle Morris, Fox News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"On the big league side of things, manager Terry Francona and the front office still have to sort out Yu Chang, Owen Miller, Ernie Clement and Andres Gimenez in the infield. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 2 Apr. 2022",
"In some instances, overpayments led to tax-deduction errors, leaving diplomats to sort out repayments and corrections. \u2014 Jessica Donati, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"Noun",
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},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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": to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console",
": to make cheerful",
": amuse",
": allay , soothe",
": comfort in grief : alleviation of grief or anxiety",
": a source of relief or consolation",
": comfort in times of sorrow or worry",
": something that gives comfort"
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"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259s",
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"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8s\u014d-"
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"comfort",
"console",
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"cheer",
"comfort",
"consolation",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Identifying and utilizing wild edible plants is an ancient skill set that in modern times is a fun outdoor activity that provides food and solace away from everyday life. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Among the misery and isolation of 2020, my secret Instagram became a portal to solace and a newer self. \u2014 Jason Parham, Wired , 28 Dec. 2020",
"Against this backdrop of vulnerability, BTS also offered audiences solace through eye-catching stages. \u2014 Lenika Cruz, The Atlantic , 26 Dec. 2020",
"That should give others solace for when Santa makes his wider rounds on December 24. \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 19 Dec. 2020",
"Gardens bring joy, delight, sustenance and even solace . \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Nov. 2020",
"Having left her 1-year-old daughter, Millicent, in Washington with her parents, Mabel solaced herself with the bustle of dinners, carriage rides, musicales and games of whist mainly organized by the town\u2019s eminent couple, Susan and Austin Dickinson. \u2014 Brenda Wineapple, WSJ , 25 Oct. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The idea of a moral victory in baseball offers little solace to the losing ballclub, but there\u2019s still something to take out of the Orioles\u2019 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"Her only solace has been alcohol, drinking to excess to ease her pain. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"Other people find some solace in hobbies, intellectual pursuits or a new career. \u2014 Connor Sheets, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
"Other people find some solace in hobbies, intellectual pursuits or a new career. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Yardimci doesn't take much solace in his recent infection as an extra layer of protection. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
"Yardimci doesn't take much solace in his recent infection as an extra layer of protection. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"There was solace in the fresh air, riding bikes on neighborhood trails, gardening and enjoying nature. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 16 May 2022",
"The book that\u2026 \u2026helped me through a breakup: Eat, Pray, Love gave me some solace after a college breakup. \u2014 Riza Cruz, ELLE , 1 June 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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},
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"noun",
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"verb"
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": to catch the breath audibly in a spasmodic contraction of the throat",
": to cry or weep with convulsive catching of the breath",
": to make a sound like that of a sob or sobbing",
": to bring to a specified state by sobbing",
": to utter with sobs",
": an act of sobbing",
": a sound like that of a sob",
": son of a bitch",
": to cry noisily with short sudden breaths",
": to say while crying noisily",
": an act or the sound of crying loudly with short sudden breaths",
"short of breath"
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"\u02c8s\u00e4b",
"\u02cces-\u02cc\u014d-\u02c8b\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u00e4b"
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"Verb",
"He began to sob uncontrollably.",
"She could not stop sobbing .",
"\u201cI hate you,\u201d she sobbed .",
"Noun (2)",
"I hate that miserable SOB .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In November, Kyle Rittenhouse took the witness stand at his murder trial and proceeded to sob through his testimony. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"If your infant starts to sob , redirect his attention. \u2014 Ariel Levy, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Hancock walked behind the clinic, away from the protesters and the people, and started to sob . \u2014 ELLE , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Bickers, wearing an emerald blazer, showed no emotion as the verdict was read but her mother dabbed her eyes with a tissue and appeared to sob in silence. \u2014 Leon Stafford, ajc , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Front Office Sports reported that Apple is considering buying NFL Sunday Ticket, the suite of programming that allows Giants fans in Boise to balefully sob while their childhood team fumbles again in the red zone. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Toward the back of the room, a man began to sob , and an assistant came to Wolfson for advice. \u2014 Emily Witt, The New Yorker , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Then Terra put her head on her husband\u2019s chest and began to sob . \u2014 Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Several prospective jurors cried after seeing Cruz for the first time earlier this month, and Cruz himself began to sob in front of the jurors. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The apology caused Love\u2019s sister to shake her head before quietly trying to stifle a sob . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Whether you're caught off guard in the city by your feelings or need to release a calculated howl into the void, these are the best places to escape for a sob . \u2014 Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The words caused some members of the public sitting in the gallery to gasp and sob . \u2014 Eric Levenson And Aaron Cooper, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Millions watched our Paula sob when injury put her out of the 2004 Olympic Marathon, millions more watched her suffer diarrhea during the 2005 London Marathon. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2019",
"Seattle did Dean dirty! Dennis tells everyone about his son Group hugs and character growth are, apparently, the perfect recipe to make a person sob . \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The audience hung on every shuddering sob , every excruciating detail, every devastating anecdote, every display of horror, grief, resilience, anger and hope. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Nov. 2021",
"The audience hung on every shuddering sob ; every excruciating detail; every devastating anecdote; every display of horror, grief, resilience, anger and hope. \u2014 Aurelien Breeden, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
"The criminals concoct sob stories of needing funds to pay taxes, cover travel costs or pay down debt. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1918, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-213439"
},
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"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
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": dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages",
": torpid , sluggish",
": heavy with or as if with moisture or water",
": heavy or doughy because of imperfect cooking",
": to make sodden",
": to become soaked or saturated",
": soggy"
],
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"\u02c8s\u00e4-d\u1d4an",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-d\u1d4an"
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"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
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"bathe",
"bedraggle",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sop",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"water-soak",
"waterlog",
"wet",
"wet down"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"eyes peering out between strands of sodden hair",
"Verb",
"soldiers' boots that were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches",
"cornflakes that had been soddened in milk to the point of mush",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In Pingyao, the centuries-old city walls, made with mud cores, collapsed after they became sodden last fall. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"The starlight was obscured by the sodden cloud cover of early spring. \u2014 James Verini, New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Thomas Rowlandson, Frederick George Byron and Isaac Cruikshank \u2014 used their pens to paint statesman Edmund Burke as a mere toady to monarchy, and radical activist Thomas Paine as an alcohol- sodden and destabilizing mercenary. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Leaves end their lives sodden underfoot, or raked into picturesque bonfire heaps that fill the fall breezes with fragrant waftings of CO2 and photochemically reactive substances. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"At a school one recent day, a dozen troops hauled sodden furniture outside. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"There are, of course, the first editions, sodden with provenance and including a copy of Orlando\u2014inscribed from Virginia to Vita, no less. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 23 Mar. 2022",
"In a pair of before and after images, taken on Feb. 22 and Feb. 28, the swath of territory becomes significantly more sodden . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Soon, Ines would return home and begin chopping firewood to dry his sodden clothing for yet another day on the bike. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Nathan Borchelt has been testing, rating, and reviewing outdoor and travel products for decade, and has spent many trips plying the rivers, oceans, lakes, and sodden hiking trails throughout the world. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"The soliloquies are abstract, poetic, and sodden with longing and fear\u2014more songs than attempts at talk. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 17 May 2021",
"Plastic bags and bottles, coffee lids, yogurt cups, flip-flops, and sodden stuffed animals drifted past, coated in yellow scum. \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Plastic bags and bottles, coffee lids, yogurt cups, flip-flops, and sodden stuffed animals drifted past, coated in yellow scum. \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Plastic bags and bottles, coffee lids, yogurt cups, flip-flops, and sodden stuffed animals drifted past, coated in yellow scum. \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Plastic bags and bottles, coffee lids, yogurt cups, flip-flops, and sodden stuffed animals drifted past, coated in yellow scum. \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Plastic bags and bottles, coffee lids, yogurt cups, flip-flops, and sodden stuffed animals drifted past, coated in yellow scum. \u2014 Christine Smallwood, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
"Plastic bags and bottles, coffee lids, yogurt cups, flip-flops, and sodden stuffed animals drifted past, coated in yellow scum. \u2014 Christine Smallwood, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-230210"
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},
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"type":[
"adjective or adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
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": one engaged in military service and especially in the army",
": an enlisted man or woman",
": a skilled warrior",
": a militant leader, follower, or worker",
": one of a caste of wingless sterile termites usually differing from workers in larger size and head and long jaws",
": one of a type of worker ants distinguished by exceptionally large head and jaws",
": one who shirks work",
": to serve as a soldier",
": to behave in a soldierly manner",
": to push doggedly forward",
": to make a pretense of working while really loafing",
": a person in military service and especially an enlisted person who is in the army"
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"\u02c8s\u014dl-j\u0259r",
"\u02c8s\u014dl-j\u0259r"
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"dogface",
"fighter",
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"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"trooper",
"warrior"
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"civilian"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Many soldiers were wounded in combat.",
"one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For Sergeant Pysanka\u2019s gun team, the only instructor available for the laser range finder is a soldier who remained behind from the last unit and had taken time to translate most of the 104-page instruction manual. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"Melzer is not the first American soldier charged with plotting crimes inspired by satanism. \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"The muzzle of a gun, in the hand of a man who appears to be a Ukrainian soldier , emits a bright flash. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Similarly, these requests can come from someone claiming to be a Ukrainian or Russian soldier too. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 2 Mar. 2022",
"One post shows what appears to be a soldier in a war zone shooting an assault-style rifle. \u2014 Rich Schapiro, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
"Not everyone who\u2019s traveled to Ukraine to aid the fight is a soldier : Brown estimates that more than half of the 6,000 international volunteers in the country are there to provide medical and social assistance. \u2014 Benjamin Bullard The Cullman Times, al , 1 May 2022",
"Petro is the Ukrainian version of Peter, and Sergeyich asks if Peter is the soldier \u2019s real name. \u2014 Keith Gessen, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"In one armored personnel carrier, the corpse of what was presumed to be a Russian soldier remained, barely recognizable as someone\u2019s son. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There was no treatment, I was told, and left to soldier on as if nothing was happening, for fear I\u2019d be accused of being slovenly yet again. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 11 June 2022",
"Just as Congress, CNN, CBS News and Twitter will soldier on in a world where the public knows more than ever about their inner workings, so will the Supreme Court. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"In an era of remote work, the need to soldier on has prevailed. \u2014 Megan Carnegie, Wired , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Further, the lack of resupply is crushing to soldier morale. \u2014 Vikram Mittal, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Unfortunately, that is not the case, and the Cavs must soldier on without him. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Gottstein, a 22-year veteran of the bank who once more stressed his intention to soldier on, defended the decision to keep the findings under wraps. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 10 Feb. 2022",
"On the eastern end of Long Island, residents were trying to soldier on, even as the snow continued to accumulate. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Zendaya\u2019s tribute noted that her A24-produced Spector biopic will soldier on following the singer\u2019s death. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 13 Jan. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-025230"
},
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"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a piece of food dipped or steeped in a liquid",
": a conciliatory or propitiatory bribe, gift, or gesture",
": to steep or dip in or as if in liquid",
": to wet thoroughly : soak",
": mop sense 1",
"standard operating procedure; standing operating procedure",
": to soak or dip in or as if in liquid",
": to mop or soak up"
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"\u02c8s\u00e4p",
"\u02c8s\u00e4p"
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"backhander",
"boodle",
"bribe",
"cumshaw",
"fix"
],
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"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"sodden",
"souse",
"steep"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"as a sop to the teachers' union for supporting his reelection campaign, the mayor promised to push for the abolition of the residency requirement",
"Verb",
"sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously",
"my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mayor Bill de Blasio just moved to significantly crimp the city\u2019s gifted programs, disproportionately utilized by white and Asian-American kids, in a sop to racialist bean-counters. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 12 Oct. 2021",
"The new economic framework is not a trade pact aimed at reducing tariffs, a sop to grumbling in the U.S. that trade with Asia costs American jobs. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 24 May 2022",
"And perhaps this audit is merely a sop to activist students and diversity administrators. \u2014 Faith Bottum, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The cap has always been a sop to unions frightened of competition from charters, which are public schools without the suffocating rules imposed by collective union bargaining. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Legal conservatives responded by consolidating around the view that religious exemptions were necessary to protect religious liberty, not a sop to liberal protection of minorities. \u2014 Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune , 27 July 2021",
"Critics saw the bonus as a sop to drivers who might resent that the IPO meant a windfall for Lyft executives and the staff classified as employees. \u2014 Lauren Smiley, Wired , 22 June 2021",
"If Kerry can be painted as soft on Iran and detrimental toward Israeli policy, the logic seems to go, then the entire Iran deal is suspect, a diplomatic sop to our enemies. \u2014 Jacob Silverman, The New Republic , 27 Apr. 2021",
"What initially seemed a cost-free sop to conservatives in the rural and religiously devout Polish borderlands next to Ukraine, the May 2019 decision has become a costly embarrassment for the town of Krasnik. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The overnight reverse repurchase agreement, or reverse repo, facility has allowed the Fed to sop up excess liquidity from the economy by giving banks or big money managers a way to park cash and earn a return. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
"Skyrocketing inflation is forcing Fed Chair Jay Powell to sop up his flood of money. \u2014 Brett Owens, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"As the loan limit increased over time\u2014now $57,500 a year for independent undergrads and $31,000 for those dependent on their parents\u2014colleges raised their prices to sop up more federal largesse. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Sourdough bread, another San Francisco staple, made the perfect accompaniment to sop up the remnants at the bottom of a bowl and was commonly served alongside the dish after a long day spent at sea. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 7 Feb. 2022",
"But no level of herculean effort from DeRozan was enough to sop up the mess of a sloppy Bulls performance. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The Best of Beauty-winning Hask Charcoal Purifying Dry Shampoo is one of the most affordable and effective ways to sop up excess grease, oil, and sweat from your scalp in a pinch. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Serve this with plenty of crusty bread to sop up all the delicious juices that mingle at the bottom of the bowl. \u2014 Star Tribune , 18 June 2021",
"Serve this big salad with hunks of rough whole-wheat bread to sop up all the wonderful tidbits left in the bowl. \u2014 Beth Dooley Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 5 May 2021"
],
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"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-121709"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to make soft or softer",
": to weaken the military resistance or the morale of especially by harassment (such as preliminary bombardment)",
": to impair the strength or resistance of",
": to become soft or softer",
": to make or become soft or less firm",
": to make or become gentler or less harsh"
],
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"\u02c8s\u022f-f\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u022f-f\u0259n"
],
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"debilitate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"tire",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
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"beef (up)",
"fortify",
"strengthen"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On the other hand, New York City hairstylist Takisha Sturdivant-Drew enjoys using her own brand's Flower Extract Conditioner to strengthen and soften the hair in addition to adding volume. \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 11 June 2022",
"So the lineup will likely try to pile on the hits and soften opposing defenses with a thousand cuts throughout the game. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"Overall, this product works gently to moisturize, soothe, and exfoliate, as well as soften your skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Jo Ann Ross has long recognized when to go for the hard- sell and when to soften things up. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"The opening theme, famous for its menacing offbeats, which Valenzuela chose to emphasize rather than soften , was deft and precise. \u2014 Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"In this instance, your priority is largely just nourishment (to relax and soften the hairs). \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 15 May 2022",
"For dry skin: Ingredients like hyaluronic acid, ceramides and glycerin will help hydrate and soften . \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
"Now Apple has published a news release targeted at developers to clarify the confusion and soften the frustration. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-122649"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": causing emotional pain or distress",
": physically tender (as from overuse or injury) : feeling or affected by pain : achy",
": attended by difficulties, hardship, or exertion",
": angry , irked",
": a localized sore spot on the body",
": one (such as an ulcer) with the tissues ruptured or abraded and usually with infection",
": a source of pain or vexation : affliction",
": sorely",
": very painful or sensitive : tender",
": hurt or red and swollen so as to be or seem painful",
": causing emotional distress",
": angry",
": a sore or painful spot on the body usually with the skin broken or bruised and often with infection",
": causing, characterized by, or affected with pain : painful",
": a localized sore spot on the body",
": one (as an ulcer) with the tissues ruptured or abraded and usually with infection"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fr",
"\u02c8s\u022fr",
"\u02c8s\u014d(\u0259)r, \u02c8s\u022f(\u0259)r"
],
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"aching",
"achy",
"afflictive",
"hurting",
"nasty",
"painful"
],
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"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Cleveland third baseman Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez didn\u2019t start Saturday\u2019s game because of a sore right thumb. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 19 June 2022",
"Jose Ramirez, the man who makes the Guardians\u2019 offense go, is out of the lineup on Sunday for the second straight day with a sore right thumb. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 19 June 2022",
"But it\u2019s Lane, playing an American with itinerant academic parents, who disappoints most, exuding an effortless bohemian chic but never not sticking out like a sore thumb in her scenes. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"When an artist records with me, everything about the song has to stick out like a sore thumb \u2014 hooks, bars, concepts. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
"As one of the most active trans comics in L.A., Thomas is used to standing out like a sore thumb on most cisgender lineups. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Needless to say, the discoloration sticks out like a sore thumb\u2014both IRL and in especially in photos\u2014and leaves me self-conscious about my smile. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 9 Mar. 2022",
"While most air purifiers are clunky, this one has a sleek, modern design that won\u2019t stick out like a sore thumb in a living room or bedroom. \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The Guardians right-hander underwent an MRI on his sore left glute and will not pitch for the Triple-A Clippers this week as previously scheduled. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 30 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The team tested their sensors on skin taken from pigs, a standard prototype tissue for studying open injuries, which had been scored with small incisions to simulate a sore . \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The incident left Anderson with a bleeding hand, a sore , reddened back, and a broken fingernail, according to police. \u2014 Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The 14th-century saint Catherine of Siena is famous for drinking the pus of a woman\u2019s open sore in an act of holy self-abasement. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
"In 1777, George Washington ordered troops who had not already had the disease to undergo a version of inoculation in which pus from a smallpox sore was introduced into an open cut. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"This sore developed an infection, which spread into her hip bone. \u2014 Laken Brooks, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Because Figueroa had to use a wheelchair that didn\u2019t support her torso and hips, her pressure sore became worse. \u2014 Laken Brooks, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"In its first stage, the only evidence of infection is a painless sore at the bacteria\u2019s point of entry. \u2014 Talia Herman, ProPublica , 1 Nov. 2021",
"The sore became infected and the infection eventually reached her hip bone, requiring emergency surgery to remove the infected bone and tissue. \u2014 Malaika Jabali, Essence , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"All because election workers were doing their job and a bunch of sore -losing chuckleheads didn\u2019t like the result. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Indiana was also without starting guard Malcolm Brogdon (rest), rookies Chris Duarte ( sore left big toe) and Isaiah Jackson (headache), and second-year forward Jalen Smith (illness) against the Grizzlies. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Reserve forward Keita Bates-Diop missed his second game in a row with a sore lower back. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Poeltl, who is enjoying the best season of his six-year career with per-game averages of 13.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.8 blocks, returned to the court Monday after missing Saturday\u2019s game against the Heat with a sore lower back. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Feb. 2022",
"LeVert will likely slide into the starting backcourt alongside All-Star Darius Garland, who has been slowed by a sore lower back lately. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Feb. 2022",
"The Pistons, who will be without second-year starters Isaiah Stewart (suspension) and Killian Hayes ( sore left thumb), have gone 3-9 against Eastern Conference teams. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Trouble in Mind is a sore -hearted farce, a realistic portrait of acting while Black, and (potentially) a crisp backstage comedy. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Like sore -armed pitchers having to throw their hardest day after day, primary care doctors find themselves in constant pain. \u2014 Robert Pearl, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-141016"
},
"song and dance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a theatrical performance (such as a vaudeville performance) combining singing and dancing",
": a long and often familiar statement or explanation that is usually not true or pertinent"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"bafflegab",
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"gobbledygook",
"gobbledegook",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"instead of simply denying our request, the mayor's representative gave us a song and dance about legal issues and municipal liability",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His recruits would still come through auditions and undergo months, even years, of training in song and dance . \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
"On Sunday afternoon, Kyiv residents packed the capital\u2019s streets, sat by the riverfront and watched outdoor performances of traditional Ukrainian song and dance . \u2014 Ian Lovett And Thomas Grove, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
"The two types of gameplay are like different genres of music, and developers say the minigames allow players to continue to play in their virtual worlds without getting bored of the same song and dance . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Our heroes, played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis, die almost instantly in this Tim Burton bizarro film that features posession, monsters, demons, and song and dance numbers. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The series about a young woman who can hear other people\u2019s inner thoughts \u2013 which are expressed in song and dance numbers \u2013 may have been canceled, but fans are getting this holiday movie as a special treat. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The actor, 30, stars in Paradise Square, a Civil War-era musical opening Sunday at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre that brings together the Black and Irish American communities through song and dance . \u2014 Michael Gioia, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"In this parody of 1940s musicals, Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key star as backpackers stranded in a neighborhood where people frequently communicate through song and dance . \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The meaning of the song and dance has two versions, Leavitt said. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-143038"
},
"soap opera":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a serial drama performed originally on a daytime radio or television program and chiefly characterized by tangled interpersonal situations and melodramatic or sentimental treatment",
": a series of real-life events resembling a soap opera",
": the melodrama and sentimentality characteristic of a soap opera",
": something (such as a novel) having such qualities"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"corn",
"goo",
"mush",
"schmaltz",
"schmalz",
"sludge",
"slush",
"sorghum"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She loves to watch daytime soap operas .",
"the movie started out well, but quickly devolved into improbable soap opera",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And in Idaho, an intraparty soap opera for the ages finally reached its conclusion. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"Monty was seen engaging in some courtship displays with the unbanded bird, leaving viewers wondering if a soap opera might be in store for the summer. \u2014 Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Jerry Ver Dorn, the soap opera actor who portrayed attorney Ross Marler on CBS\u2019 Guiding Light for 26 years and then patriarch Clint Buchanan on ABC\u2019s One Life to Live for another eight, has died. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"All that off-court excess, all that soap opera intrigue, along with those five league titles. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Kim Hughes experienced standard soap opera fare, from extramarital affairs to memory loss. \u2014 Annabelle Williams, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Actress June Brown, who was widely known for her role as character Dot Cotton in the British soap opera EastEnders, died on Sunday. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Rather than do karaoke with her friends, Mei opts to help out at her family\u2019s temple after school, prepare dinner and stay on top of her homework in addition to participating in her mother-daughter soap opera ritual. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Our daily soap opera of Boston and baseball began with a back-end thud As baseball becomes more homogenized, rivalries will lose some shine. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from its sponsorship by soap manufacturers",
"first_known_use":[
"1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190721"
},
"sole":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": being the only one",
": having no sharer",
": functioning independently and without assistance or interference",
": belonging exclusively or otherwise limited to one usually specified individual, unit, or group",
": not married",
": having no companion : solitary",
": the undersurface of a foot",
": the part of an item of footwear on which the sole rests and upon which the wearer treads",
": the usually flat or flattened bottom or lower part of something or the base on which something rests",
": to furnish with a sole",
": to place the sole of (a golf club) on the ground",
": any of various flatfishes (family Soleidae) having a small mouth, small or rudimentary fins, and small eyes placed close together and including important food fishes (such as the European Dover sole)",
": any of various mostly market flatfishes (such as lemon sole) of other families (such as Pleuronectidae)",
": the bottom of the foot",
": the bottom of a shoe, slipper, or boot",
": to put a new sole on",
": a flatfish that has a small mouth and small eyes set close together and is often used for food",
": single entry 1 sense 1 , only",
": limited or belonging only to the person or group mentioned",
": the undersurface of a foot",
": the somewhat concave plate of moderately dense horn that covers the lower surface of the coffin bone of the horse, partly surrounds the frog, and is bounded externally by the wall",
": belonging exclusively or otherwise limited to one usually specified individual, unit, or group"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014dl",
"\u02c8s\u014dl",
"\u02c8s\u014dl"
],
"synonyms":[
"exclusive",
"single",
"unshared"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonexclusive"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4",
"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"circa 1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191207"
},
"soothe":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to please by or as if by attention or concern : placate",
": relieve , alleviate",
": to bring comfort, solace, or reassurance to",
": to bring peace, composure, or quietude",
": to please by praise or attention",
": relieve sense 1",
": to calm down : comfort"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00fct\u035fh",
"\u02c8s\u00fct\u035fh"
],
"synonyms":[
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace"
],
"antonyms":[
"distress",
"torment",
"torture",
"trouble"
],
"examples":[
"The waiter tried to soothe the angry customer.",
"This cream soothes aching muscles.",
"Her nerves were soothed by a warm bath.",
"Nothing can soothe their pain.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This purifying wash claims to soothe and brighten with gentle cleansing ingredients like jade water, lotus flower, and green tea. \u2014 Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"Fur\u2019s shave cream boasts a blend of aloe, marshmallow root extract, and olive oil to soothe , condition, and protect skin for a stress-free shave. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
"Aunt Jackie's mask is enriched with strengthening proteins and moisture-sealing fatty acids to soothe and soften strands. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 27 May 2022",
"Aloe vera juice, lavender, mint, beta-carotene, and shea butter team up to soothe and hydrate skin naturally. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Blu Atlas created their Aftershave to support and soothe the skin post-shaving with ultra-nourishing ingredients like shea butter, aloe vera leaf juice, and rose water. \u2014 Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
"All of them work to soothe and nurture skin while absorbing moisture and countering odor. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 21 Apr. 2022",
"To soothe , hydrate, and protect the skin, this nourishing sanitizer contains 70 percent pharma-grade ethyl alcohol made from organic cane sugar, as well as a conditioning blend of Aloe, Rosa Canina, Jojoba, and Argan. \u2014 Essence , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Plus, Innisfree\u2019s proprietary Green Tea Tr-biotics blend works together to immediately provide hydration, as well as to visibly soothe and support your skin\u2019s invisible natural moisture barrier. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English sothen to verify, from Old English s\u014dthian , from s\u014dth ",
"first_known_use":[
"1617, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191946"
},
"so-and-so":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an unnamed or unspecified person, thing, or action",
": bastard sense 3",
": to an unspecified amount or degree",
": in an unspecified manner or fashion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-\u0259n-\u02ccs\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adverb",
"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192716"
},
"sourish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice",
"\u2014 compare bitter entry 1 sense 1a , salty entry 1 sense 1b , sweet entry 1 sense 1 , umami entry 2",
": having the acid taste or smell of or as if of fermentation : turned",
": of or relating to fermentation",
": smelling or tasting of decay : rancid , rotten",
": bad , wrong",
": hostile , disenchanted",
": unpleasant , distasteful",
": cross , sullen",
": not up to the usual, expected, or standard quality or pitch",
": acid in reaction",
": containing malodorous sulfur compounds",
": something sour",
": the taste sensation produced chiefly by acids \u2014 compare bitter entry 2 sense 1b , salty entry 2 , sweet entry 3 sense 2 , umami entry 1",
": a cocktail consisting of a liquor (such as whiskey), lemon or lime juice, sugar, and sometimes ice",
": to become sour",
": to make sour",
": having an acid or tart taste",
": having spoiled : not fresh",
": suggesting decay",
": not pleasant or friendly",
": to make or become acid or tart in taste (as by spoiling)",
": to lose or cause to lose interest or enthusiasm",
": to harm or damage",
": causing, characterized by, or being the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids \u2014 compare bitter , salt entry 2 sense 2 , sweet entry 1",
": the primary taste sensation produced by acid stimuli"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8sau\u0307r",
"\u02c8sau\u0307(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
],
"antonyms":[
"alien",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The sauce had a sweet and sour thing going on, but more 3D. Duck wings, at least these, are lankier and maybe leaner than chicken wings, tender and slightly funky (the good kind). \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"First, choose from the fun size or the party box, then decide on a sweet or sour candy profile. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
"When asked what the most difficult aspect is, Beauvais pointed to the social situations that, so often, go sour . \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The dispensers protect the liquid from oxygen and sunlight that could cause the oils to go sour . \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Gutekunst says Rodgers has 'seat at the table' The challenge for Gutekunst will be to keep lines of communication open with Rodgers so that their relationship doesn\u2019t go sour . \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Still, that may not prevent Leyba from being a second base option if things go sour again at that spot in the majors. \u2014 Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com , 15 June 2021",
"How will Harden react if things start to go sour in Brooklyn? \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Feb. 2021",
"But if things go sour , that edge can be negated quite quickly. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Throughout its 120 year history the Clover Club\u2014a gin sour , tarted up with fresh raspberries and smoothed out with an egg white\u2014has been celebrated, then dismissed, then forgotten, and now, finally, is back on top. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
"The Collins\u2014a gin sour lengthened with cold soda water\u2014is perfect and complete and deeply resonant, summer\u2019s own liquid tuning fork, preternaturally refreshing and infinitely repeatable. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 21 May 2022",
"Patron \u2018Rita with Patron Silver Tequila, tiple sec and fresh sour is $6 in May. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 5 May 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Chil's $5 Margarita of the Month for March is the Lucky Jameson, which is made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Triple Sec and fresh sour . \u2014 Kelly Tyko, The Arizona Republic , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Flower lovers will also appreciate the Flower Fields inspired cocktail served at onsite Cassara Kitchen & Bar\u2014a hibiscus sour made with grapefruit juice, agave nectar and hibiscus syrup. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The flavor builds, each bite adding up to the next, so that halfway through a bag, your tongue is pleasantly numb from the spiciness, your mouth is puckering from the sour . \u2014 Mariya Karimjee, Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There's still an entire offseason and preseason to go, though, for things to possibly sour . \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"The tobacco sector shows how quickly popular investments can sour if regulators decide to crack down on addictive consumer products. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Soaring inflation, rising interest rates, a first-quarter economic contraction and a historically bad month for stocks in April are combined to sour their appetite, according to an annual poll by Gallup. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
"The turnabout pushed Cheniere to near bankruptcy \u2014 a reminder of how the kind of long-term bets industry is again making now can sour . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"If enough public chargers aren't available, that could sour EV buyers. \u2014 Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"CinemaCon comes amid signs that investors are starting to sour a bit on the streaming business, which has been positioned as both the grim reaper and the savior of movies, depending on who\u2019s talking. \u2014 Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Overcrowding can sour the travel experience and damage the very things people want to see. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
"And second, altogether votes for the resolutions represented $65 billion in capital\u2014a sign that a small but significant portion of the legendarily small-c conservative world of Wall Street are starting to sour on fossil fuels. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195454"
},
"so far as":{
"type":[
"conjunction"
],
"definitions":[
": insofar as"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"inasmuch as",
"insofar as",
"insomuch as",
"insomuch that"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the idea works so far as you've thought it out, but there may be angles you haven't considered"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1530, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200808"
},
"sophisticate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to alter deceptively",
": adulterate",
": to deprive of genuineness, naturalness, or simplicity",
": to deprive of na\u00efvet\u00e9 and make worldly-wise : disillusion",
": to make complicated or complex",
": a sophisticated person",
": to make impure : adulterate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8fi-st\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
"s\u0259-\u02c8fi-sti-k\u0259t",
"-st\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
"s\u0259-\u02c8fis-t\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"complex",
"complexify",
"complicate",
"embarrass",
"entangle",
"perplex"
],
"antonyms":[
"city slicker",
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"metropolitan",
"slicker"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"there's no need to sophisticate something that is beautiful in its simplicity",
"vanilla extract that has been sophisticated with corn syrup",
"Noun",
"sophisticates laughing at people they thought of as hicks",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Nor was Ashley the only Bridgerton sophisticate gracing the Met Gala red carpet. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 3 May 2022",
"The movie starred Jill Clayburgh as Erica Benton, an Upper West Side sophisticate whose comfortable life unravels when her husband moves out during a midlife crisis. \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
"As for the clothes, the look is a touch \u201980s sophisticate through the Chanel lens. \u2014 Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 Jan. 2022",
"In these books, French women are boiled down to one reductive stereotype: the thin, white, rich Parisian sophisticate in a striped shirt, trench coat and Herm\u00e8s scarf. \u2014 Rory Satran, WSJ , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Intensive care units have sophisticated equipment, such as bedside machines to monitor a patient\u2019s heart rate and ventilators to help them breathe. \u2014 USA TODAY , 20 Mar. 2020",
"Both sides, after all, rely on these tools, and there is an argument to be made that Democrats need them in order to close the gap with Mr. Trump\u2019s sophisticated digital operation. \u2014 Kevin Roose, New York Times , 10 Jan. 2020",
"The technology from [blockchain analytics] firms such as Elliptic and Chainanalysis is sophisticated as well. \u2014 Matthew De Silva, Quartz , 5 Dec. 2019",
"In terms of hair, Turner opted to wear it down in loose waves with a middle part \u2014 simple, sweet, and sophisticated all at once. \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 5 July 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There is Maurice the sophisticate \u2014a collector of vintage timepieces and museum-quality ancient Chinese ceramics, a lover of fine perfumes\u2014but also a Maurice who was goofy and sweet, sometimes even childlike. \u2014 Chris Wiley, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
"When the sophisticate \u2019s string of pearls is mysteriously stolen en route, the mood goes from civilized sitting to human bondage in a matter of seconds. \u2014 Joe Hsieh, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The vibe is decidedly \u2018urban- sophisticate \u2019 at its most polished. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"And back at the Eye of the World, Rand matches wits with the Dark One, who abandons his fire-eyed guise and takes the form of a handsome sophisticate , played by actor Fares Fares. \u2014 Sean T. Collins, Vulture , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Gomez was every inch the sophisticate during her appearance, pairing a black skirt and black cardigan with bright red lips. \u2014 Elizabeth Loga, Glamour , 8 Sep. 2021",
"This palette is a true sophisticate , using colors once thought to be the prerogative of decorators. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 23 July 2021",
"Working from their studio in Saint Petersburg, their team of artisans cut, fold and stitch the finest of Italian textiles to craft sophisticate silhouettes that celebrate women. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 21 May 2021",
"Witherspoon plays Melanie Smooter, a woman from Alabama who\u2019s become a New York sophisticate . \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 14 Feb. 2021"
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"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"1923, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm",
": of or relating to the wall of the body : parietal",
": of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm : physical",
": of, relating to, supplying, or involving skeletal muscles",
": of or relating to the wall of the body as distinguished from the viscera : parietal"
],
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"s\u014d-\u02c8ma-tik",
"s\u0259-",
"s\u014d-\u02c8mat-ik, s\u0259-"
],
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"animal",
"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"fleshly",
"material",
"physical"
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"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical"
],
"examples":[
"a somatic disorder that was once thought to be \u201call in the patient's head\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In some children, mutations appeared in some but not all their brain cells, somatic mutations that slowly built up during brain development. \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 3 June 2022",
"Visits to the school nurse for somatic complaints related to mental health are up 60%, and there\u2019s been a 50% increase in school nurse visits for anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder over the last three years. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, courant.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Adam Haar Horowitz, who is running the experiment, speaks to me over Zoom, monitoring my somatic information. \u2014 Michael W. Clune, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Eric Sharp is an artist who wants to transfer serene waves of music to your ears through somatic house music. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 24 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to personal training, classes and offerings include restorative yoga, FIT Flow, and a somatic experiencing workshop. \u2014 Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The result is a somatic landscape that seeks to cultivate a sense of collectivity during a distressingly isolating and disjointed time. \u2014 Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times , 19 Nov. 2021",
"These challenges have also negatively impacted employee health with an increase in somatic symptoms of stress, such as soreness in the neck and shoulders. \u2014 Allbusiness, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Some cells pass their genes on to the next generation, the germline cells like eggs and sperm, and then there are all the rest, the somatic cells that support the germline in its quest to propagate itself. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 22 Sep. 2021"
],
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"circa 1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202538"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a descriptive name or epithet : nickname"
],
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"\u02c8s\u014d-bri-\u02cck\u0101",
"-\u02ccket",
"\u02c8s\u00fc-",
"\u02ccs\u014d-bri-\u02c8k\u0101",
"-\u02c8ket",
"\u02ccs\u00fc-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203431"
},
"sow":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": an adult female swine",
": the adult female of various other animals (such as a bear)",
": a channel that conducts molten metal to molds",
": a mass of metal solidified in such a mold : ingot",
": to plant seed for growth especially by scattering",
": to set something in motion : begin an enterprise",
": to scatter (seed) upon the earth for growth",
": plant sense 1a",
": to strew with or as if with seed",
": to introduce into a selected environment : implant",
": to set in motion : foment",
": to spread abroad : disperse",
": an adult female pig",
": to plant or scatter (as seed) for growing",
": to cover with or as if with scattered seed for growing",
": to set in motion : cause to exist"
],
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"\u02c8sau\u0307",
"\u02c8s\u014d",
"\u02c8sau\u0307",
"\u02c8s\u014d"
],
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"bestrew",
"dot",
"pepper",
"scatter",
"spot",
"spray",
"sprinkle",
"strew"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"Every year we sow corn.",
"Farmers sowed the fields with corn.",
"We'll sow in the early spring.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Tyson Foods, which buys hogs from hundreds of independent farmers, said its producers choose their sow housing systems, with a growing number converting from gestation stalls to open-pen gestation, a spokesman said. \u2014 Patrick Thomas And Heather Haddon, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Fast-food chain Chipotle, which started weeding out the practice of sow crates 11 years before McDonalds, briefly took pork off its menu in 2015 over inhumane treatment by a major supplier. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Pig packs, also known as sounders, generally consist of at least one sow and a multigenerational assortment of her offspring. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Behind the pulse pounding against his temples was the sickening realization that a sow with a cub in a den was among the worst possible scenarios for a bear encounter. \u2014 Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2021",
"The edits, which included the deletion of three genes that might have led to rejection by the human immune system, were made in pig cells as part of a lab process resulting in an embryo that was implanted in a sow . \u2014 Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"One is the standard for sows: The law requires that pork producers provide at least 24 square feet of space per pregnant sow . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Proposition 12 would also mandate elaborate tracking systems to certify that pork sold in California originated from a sow at a compliant farm. \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
"This undated file photo provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shows a sow grizzly bear spotted near Camas, in northwestern Montana. \u2014 CBS News , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The network, known to cybersecurity experts as Ghostwriter, seemingly aimed to sow distrust between Ukraine and Poland. \u2014 David Klepper, ajc , 19 May 2022",
"The hack-and-leak operation was intended to sow distrust in Ukraine\u2019s government and its ability to secure citizens\u2019 data, the researchers said. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Controversy surrounding the laptop grew as the Biden camp tried to sow doubts about its authenticity, even as several major news outlets confirmed that some files on the hard drive were real. \u2014 Jim Axelrod, CBS News , 18 May 2022",
"In January, an outspoken pro-Beijing newspaper, Ta Kung Pao, accused the cardinal of using his priesthood to sow chaos in Hong Kong. \u2014 Selina Cheng, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"During the depths of the pandemic, Forrester advised companies to continue to invest in marketing, arguing that marketing investments made during the downturn would sow the seeds for a quicker recovery. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Both are viral baseless conspiracy theories, with prejudicial undertones, championed by Trump to engage an enthusiastic base and to sow seeds of doubt in the wider population. \u2014 Dan Merica, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Wait for the warmer soils of May to sow directly the seeds of heat-loving annuals and vegetables, such as sweet corn, beans, sunflowers, zinnias, okra and cosmos. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2021",
"The reoccurring solar eclipse, and the breakup of Yugoslavia, warn us that the postwar European peace is an illusion, that our violent history can be used to sow the seeds for new carnage and war. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205741"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the practice or act or an instance of soliciting",
": entreaty , importunity",
": a moving or drawing force : incitement , allurement",
": an act or practice or an instance of soliciting",
": the crime of soliciting someone to commit a crime (as murder)"
],
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"s\u0259-\u02ccli-s\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"s\u0259-\u02ccli-s\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"suit",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
],
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"examples":[
"the mail is always full of solicitations from worthy causes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice or an offer or solicitation of any products or services. \u2014 Russ Zalatimo, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"This site is not a recommendation nor an offer to sell (or solicitation of an offer to buy) securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction. \u2014 Andrew Rosen, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"That woman, Katherine Magbanau, was convicted late Friday of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder. \u2014 Fox News , 30 May 2022",
"Charlie Adelson was booked, according to Broward County Jail records, on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation of murder. \u2014 Grace Pateras, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Sun was initially arrested in August 2020 as part of a prostitution and solicitation investigation. \u2014 Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Michael Glenn Phillips, 48, was charged with online solicitation of a minor and is being held on $30,000 bail. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Feb. 2022",
"In a 2017 trial order, the bank was charged with unlawful solicitation of clients, laundering the proceeds of tax fraud, and aiding and abetting both those activities. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Following the publication of the draft solicitation , NASA will host a virtual industry day. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 24 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-210739"
},
"sorghum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of an economically important genus ( Sorghum ) of Old World tropical grasses similar to corn in habit but with the spikelets in pairs on a hairy rachis",
": any of various cultivars (such as grain sorghum or sorgo ) derived from a wild form ( S. bicolor synonym S. vulgare )",
": syrup from the juice of a sorgo that resembles cane syrup",
": a tall grass that is grown for forage and grain",
": a sweet syrup from the juice of sorghum stems"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fr-g\u0259m",
"\u02c8s\u022fr-g\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In sub-Saharan African countries where wheat, corn and sorghum are a large part of the diet, inflation has almost entirely been driven by food prices, the IMF said. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Sudan will face its first deficit of sorghum , the country's traditional staple grain, since the droughts that ravaged the region in the 1980s, UN agencies project. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Overnight fermentation lends a delicious tang to this Sudanese flatbread, balancing the mild, earthy flavor of sorghum flour with a tart bite. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Senter is one of two direct appointees of the governor to represent growers of corn, cotton, peanuts, rice, sorghum , soybeans, turf or wheat. \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Best Used For: Bread, muffins, pizza dough, and cookies. Gluten-Free Flour Gluten-free flour can be made from all sorts of ingredient bases, such as rice, corn, potato, tapioca, buckwheat, quinoa, sorghum , or nuts. \u2014 Carmen Collins, Country Living , 19 Apr. 2022",
"By the end of the 2021-2022 growing season, the US is forecasted to have an excess of 18 million metric tons of wheat, 37 million tons of corn, and 2.6 million tons of barley, oats, sorghum and rye combined, according to the USDA. \u2014 Dana Peterson For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Corn, cotton, sorghum , soybean and wheat farmers were paid more than $21.7 billion in 2018 and 2019. \u2014 David Pitt, ajc , 21 Dec. 2021",
"In Zimbabwe, the maize harvest has also increased to an above-average level of 2.7 million tons, nearly tripling the 2020 output level, as sorghum and millet production soars in the country. \u2014 Conrad Onyango, Quartz , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Italian sorgo , from Vulgar Latin *Syricum ( granum ), literally, Syrian grain",
"first_known_use":[
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-211350"
},
"soil":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": to stain or defile morally : corrupt",
": to make unclean especially superficially : dirty",
": to blacken or taint (something, such as a person's reputation) by word or deed",
": to become soiled or dirty",
": soilage , stain",
": moral defilement : corruption",
": something that spoils or pollutes: such as",
": refuse",
": sewage",
": dung , excrement",
": firm land : earth",
": the upper layer of earth that may be dug or plowed and in which plants grow",
": the superficial unconsolidated and usually weathered part of the mantle of a planet and especially of the earth",
": country , land",
": the agricultural life or calling",
": a medium in which something takes hold and develops",
": to feed (livestock) in the barn or an enclosure with fresh grass or green food",
": to purge (livestock) by feeding on green food",
": to make or become dirty",
": the loose surface material of the earth in which plants grow",
": country sense 1 , land"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fi(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8s\u022fil"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
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"Verb (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun (1)",
"1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"1605, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-212429"
},
"soothsaying":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of foretelling events",
": prediction , prophecy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00fcth-\u02ccs\u0101-i\u014b"
],
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"auguring",
"augury",
"bodement",
"cast",
"forecast",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prediction",
"presaging",
"prognosis",
"prognostic",
"prognosticating",
"prognostication",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"vaticination"
],
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"examples":[
"took the soothsayings published in the tabloids with a grain of salt",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now, with the latest episode out, those fans can rest easy \u2014 taking on the role of a soothsaying sorceress to deliver a hilarious commencement speech, Raja finally won her first star. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 13 June 2022",
"Few of the pundits who trumpet the long-term wisdom of Medicare for all or the negligible impact of deficit spending have the credentials for such soothsaying . \u2014 Frank Bruni New York Times, Star Tribune , 17 June 2021",
"But, much like the appearance of a soothsaying gypsy in a Victorian novel, the mysterious Elena, with her provocative air and accented English, portends the switch from light satire to melodrama. \u2014 Naomi Fry, The New Yorker , 9 Nov. 2020",
"The remark was probably more lighthearted snark than dystopic soothsaying \u2014 although, fair enough, technology today has its down sides. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 11 July 2018",
"Maybe Butler had a side line in soothsaying , because the book imagines a society debilitated by authoritarian leadership, income inequality and environmental collapse. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 15 Jan. 2018",
"And despite the title, which refers to the book that made Luce\u2019s name, there are no soothsaying vaginas. \u2014 Lauren Groff, New York Times , 12 Oct. 2017",
"There was some soothsaying about the regulatory backlash that big companies like Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc. might face for their increasingly anti-competitive postures. \u2014 Eric Newcomer, Bloomberg.com , 22 Sep. 2017",
"Our new employer was the Psychic Readers Network, a hotline known for its ads starring Miss Cleo, a motormouthed shaman with a lavishly fake Jamaican accent and a streetwise, no-nonsense approach to soothsaying . \u2014 Bennett Madison, New York Times , 5 Sep. 2016"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-214412"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": smeared with soap : lathered",
": containing or combined with soap or saponin",
": having the qualities of soap",
": smooth and slippery",
": unctuous , suave",
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a soap opera",
": covered with soap",
": containing soap",
": like soap"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-p\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u014d-p\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulatory",
"fulsome",
"gushing",
"gushy",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"oily",
"oleaginous",
"unctuous"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The stone has a soapy feel.",
"a typically soapy introduction for the guest speaker at the organization's annual banquet",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pick them off by hand and drown them in soapy water. \u2014 Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Ferguson says blisters should be washed with soapy water and covered with Vasoline and a bandage. \u2014 Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"If warm, soapy water doesn\u2019t cut through the grease, put on rubber gloves and add baking soda or vinegar to the water. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"Clean your grill once a year with warm, soapy water but no harsh abrasives. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"Place the hat in the soapy water, using your hands to fully submerge it. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022",
"Scrubbing down the interior shelves and drawers with warm, soapy water. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"Over the course of a year, that\u2019s thousands of gallons of soapy water flushed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"Enlarge / Light exiting an optical fiber and flowing through a thin film of soapy water. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 18 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-222949"
},
"somewhere":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": in, at, from, or to a place unknown or unspecified",
": to a place symbolizing positive accomplishment or progress",
": in the vicinity of : approximately",
": an undetermined or unnamed place",
": in, at, or to a place not known or named",
": rather close to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02cc(h)wer",
"-(\u02cc)(h)w\u0259r",
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02cchwer",
"-\u02ccwer"
],
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"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"There is a powder-blue wall populated with old photographs of the city, and the drawers sometimes still reveal the belongings of people who had spent part of their lives in this house, then moved on to somewhere else. \u2014 Mansi Choksi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Not necessarily that the book couldn\u2019t have taken place somewhere else, but the sense that New York played an integral role in exactly how things played out. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"According to WFTV-Channel 9, the new owners and County Commissioner Peggy Choudhry are helping people find somewhere else to live. \u2014 Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"Europe will have to get its supply from somewhere else, such as Middle Eastern exporters. \u2014 Daniel Niemann, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"This means that a vast majority of staff cannot see any actual benefits to working in the office when the work can easily and effectively be done somewhere else. \u2014 Solomon Amar, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"While countries in the EU are scrambling to find their oil from somewhere else, India and China have no intention of slowing down their purchases of Russian oil\u2014especially when the prices are comparatively low. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"One thing that\u2019s always been true about Yelp is that our platform is broad-based so when consumer spending shifts, say from restaurants to something else, that other category is often captured somewhere else on Yelp. \u2014 Haleluya Hadero, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"As an argument ensued, Brown returned to pick up her friend and take her somewhere else. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For many migrants, the challenge has been to find somewhere to shelter in place safely, and then sustaining themselves for an extended, and still undetermined, amount of time. \u2014 Rafael Carranza, azcentral , 11 May 2020",
"Reich envisions letting Nix lead the way for his two-headed monster at running back on somewhere between 10-20% offensive plays next season. \u2014 Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star , 4 May 2020",
"Oil traders are on a desperate quest to find somewhere -- anywhere, really -- to store their crude as tanks from Texas to Siberia fill to capacity. \u2014 Kevin Crowley, Fortune , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Groups of teens were still walking the premises of Northgate Mall property at 9 p.m. Some could be seen crossing Colerain Avenue between the McDonald's and Chick-fil-A, trying to find somewhere to be. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com , 27 Dec. 2019",
"Quite a few who grew for fiber this year are struggling to find somewhere for their hemp to land. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star , 16 Oct. 2019",
"For author and owner Vincent McCaffrey, re-opening sometime, somewhere was always the plan. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Please stop giving viruses on their laptops trying to find somewhere to watch these 3pm games. \u2014 SI.com , 1 Oct. 2019",
"The weather somewhere else Take a look at a weather map before the meal starts and find somewhere that usually gets a lot of snow that is expected to get a lot of snow. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Nov. 2019"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1647, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-233418"
},
"somnolent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of a kind likely to induce sleep",
": inclined to or heavy with sleep : drowsy",
": sleepy sense 2",
": inclined to or heavy with sleep : drowsy"
],
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"\u02c8s\u00e4m-n\u0259-l\u0259nt",
"-l\u0259nt"
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"dozy",
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"examples":[
"trying to teach somnolent students on a very hot day",
"the somnolent hum of insects in the grass",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bahnsen grew up reading Ditlevsen\u2019s poems, and this one has a somnolent quality that lends itself to her dreamy, even cloudlike designs. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Just last week, many European countries were still so somnolent about the threat Russia posed to Ukraine that Germany\u2019s spy chief was caught unawares in Kyiv when the Kremlin invasion started. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The Herald Examiner building remained standing, albeit in a somnolent state. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Today, yellow butterflies adorn Aracataca, a somnolent mini-Macondo a 2.5-hour drive south of the Caribbean city of Santa Marta. \u2014 Christopher Baker, Travel + Leisure , 7 Jan. 2022",
"On Saturday, Tiger Stadium could be downright somnolent for a kickoff at 11 a.m. local time. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Although her eyes are open and piercingly blue, there is something of a somnolent haze about her, like a girl who has not yet awakened to her adulthood. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Outside Jordan, the queen\u2019s Jackie Kennedy-like mystique helped raise Jordan\u2019s profile, sometimes rattling the kingdom\u2019s largely somnolent diplomatic corps. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2021",
"The site of Brown\u2019s family house\u2014which burned down a hundred years ago\u2014was in the woods, up a somnolent arterial road named for Brown. \u2014 John Lahr, The New Yorker , 14 Sep. 2020"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"\u02c8sau\u0307nd",
"\u02c8sau\u0307nd",
"\u02c8sau\u0307nd"
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"Noun (1)",
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"Verb (1)",
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"Adjective",
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"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": tending to soothe",
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"\u02c8s\u00fc-t\u035fhi\u014b"
],
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"calming",
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"sedative",
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"examples":[
"The music had a soothing effect on the baby.",
"the soothing music eventually put the entire yoga class in the proper mood",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The effect is not soothing , but not jarring either. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"If the comfort of the chili sauce took the form of catharsis\u2014heart-racing heat and its attendant sweat\u2014the comfort of the tomato soup was soporific, more soothing than Campbell\u2019s. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 6 May 2022",
"Few things are more soothing than a nice cup of tea\u2014 and your mom deserves an upgrade from Lipton. \u2014 Jeanne O'brien Coffey, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Musk\u2019s history, however, isn\u2019t as soothing as its smell. \u2014 ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The sound of the shuffling symbol cards is soothing , like the fluttering of birds\u2019 wings. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Moon Valley Organics Herbal Lotion Bar With the warm scent of lemon and vanilla, the Herbal Lotion Bar is seriously soothing and perfect for anyone with skin allergies or sensitive skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"These provide hydration and exfoliation while cleansing, soothing , and detoxifying. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"The listening experience is soothing , winding, and trippy, like navigating the uncanny architecture of the smartphone game Monument Valley. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022"
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"1700, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-220231"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a weak or foolish person",
": a softhearted or sentimental person"
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"\u02c8s\u022ff-t\u0113"
],
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"weakling",
"wimp",
"wuss",
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"powerhouse"
],
"examples":[
"a softy who usually needs someone else's strong hands to open bottles and jars",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Being an old softy , Gracie agrees, but Angus can see through this scheme. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Who's more of the disciplinarian and who's more of the softy ? \u2014 Lacey Vorrasi-banis, EW.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s the point these vets are making \u2014 holistic support of the military includes some social safety nets that hard-right America sees as squishy, softy socialism. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The goal was a softy , ex-Sharks tender Martin Jones (who was briefly Bruins property in 2015) failing to cover the short-side post. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"In terms of sort of being a softy , is there one song that surprised you the most on the album? \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Behind the rugged and tough trim names and its legitimate off-road chops, Ford's reimagined Bronco is an approachable and refined softy \u2014particularly on the road, where all but the most committed trail hands will be driving them most of the time. \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 28 June 2021",
"But after about a week in close quarters with the babies, the deep-down systems start to awaken, and the former cannibal begins to act like a softy around the pups. \u2014 Dina Litovsky, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2021",
"There\u2019s the hotshot surgeon (Rory Kinnear) who does a lot of very fast amputations, the kooky dentist who is attempting to invent anesthesia and the softy psychiatrist with a seriously inconvenient crush. \u2014 Margaret Lyons, New York Times , 27 Feb. 2020"
],
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"1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110835"
},
"sociable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": inclined by nature to companionship with others of the same species : social",
": inclined to seek or enjoy companionship",
": marked by or conducive to friendliness or pleasant social relations",
": an informal social gathering frequently involving a special activity or interest",
": liking to be around other people : friendly",
": involving or encouraging friendliness or pleasant companionship with other people"
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"\u02c8s\u014d-sh\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8s\u014d-sh\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"boon",
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"companionable",
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"gregarious",
"outgoing",
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"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
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"unsocial"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"They are sociable people who enjoy having parties.",
"They had a very sociable evening.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Another character, the sociable Roy, is also at the coffee shop. \u2014 Randall G. Mielke, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In an hourlong conversation, Garten \u2014 brisk, sociable \u2014 discussed her passion for French butter, Nordic dramas and a very American musical. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"ACE Adventure Resort and Adventures on the Gorge are among the best for families, while Arrowhead Bike Farm has a sociable campground by its open-air craft beer bar. \u2014 Mark Johanson, CNN , 31 May 2021",
"Slick, sociable , never at a loss for a quip, and retaining an innate cowboy swagger deep in the DNA inherited from his Nogales, Arizona, cattle-rancher father, Baffert cut a winning, handsome figure at racetracks across the country. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"On 19th April, the Sun will leave the sign of the ram and enter into the sociable sign of the bull, bringing us a more relaxed vibe to the world around us. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Oxytocin\u2019s possible use to promote friendly encounters holds promise for captive lions, who might trade unnatural and unhealthy isolation for shared spaces with sociable new companions. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Scientists say research off Mexico's Guadalupe Island in the Pacific Ocean shows great white sharks are sociable and will sometimes work together to increase their chances of catching prey. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The sociable Weddle always has a friend on the opposing NFL team, and counts Bengals running back Joe Mixon among his buddies. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"Adjective",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-122426"
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"\u02c8sau\u0307nd",
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"soapbox":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": an improvised platform used by a self-appointed, spontaneous, or informal orator",
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"\u02c8s\u014dp-\u02ccb\u00e4ks"
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"examples":[
"some readers don't appreciate that she sometimes uses her book blog as a soapbox for her political views",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But now, her profile boosted by a presidential shout-out in the State of the Union speech, Haugen is making the most of her new soapbox . \u2014 Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"An early favorite for that was Marshall in his delivery truck soapbox . \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The acclaim provides her a soapbox to bring the rights for the disabled to light. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The soapbox , the ballot box, the jury box, and then the cartridge box. \u2014 CBS News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The Red Bull Soapbox Race \u2013 an extreme soapbox derby for adults \u2013 will make its Iowa debut this summer. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Kid Rock is using his music as a political soapbox in a new song released Monday. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Everybody needs to come down off the soapbox and get to a place of solution. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
"This means the location can now be a soapbox for all of Houston. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 1 Oct. 2021"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-191451"
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"sorriness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": feeling sorrow or sympathy",
": feeling regret or penitence",
": mournful , sad",
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": feeling sorrow or regret",
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"\u02c8s\u00e4r-\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u022fr-",
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"cheap",
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"cruddy",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"grubby",
"lame",
"lousy",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"ratty",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sneaking",
"wretched"
],
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"admirable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This bleak data has become a default narrative for the CMO position, with many of us in marketing and media serving to perpetuate it as the sorry state of affairs. \u2014 Seth Matlins, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Um, those applications cost $20,000 and then companies, uh, that run the sports betting and kiosk that appear in certain businesses with liquor licenses, like bars, casinos are sorry , bars, restaurants, and bowling alleys can also apply. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Even though Parker arrived at Tri-County Humane in sorry shape, the rescue refused to give up on the dog. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"Eventually, staff at a nearby McDonald\u2019s, apparently feeling sorry for us, took orders and brought them over. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"The move away from interventionism has drawn criticism from hawks who remain committed to strategies that forefront military action and American dominance around the world, despite that approach\u2019s sorry track record. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"That\u2019s nice for them, but in the words of an extremely important meme: Not reading all that, happy for you or sorry that happened. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 31 May 2022",
"All that being said, Dixon is very clear on why people are upset and is sorry about it. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 18 May 2022",
"If readers feel sorry for Theo and Jarret without really needing to believe in them as whole beings, what exactly do their portraits accomplish? \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English sory , from Old English s\u0101rig , from s\u0101r sore",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-191547"
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"sorcery":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the use of power gained from the assistance or control of evil spirits especially for divining : necromancy",
": magic sense 2a",
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"\u02c8s\u022fr-s\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u022frs-r\u0113",
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"mojo",
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"examples":[
"in olden times people suspected of sorcery were often put to death",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When the costs of the middlemen are eliminated and crypto\u2019s software sorcery works as intended, returns from DeFi loans can dwarf what\u2019s available in the traditional financial world. \u2014 Michael P. Regan, Bloomberg.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
"It\u2019s one of the most beloved ballets in the classical canon, filled with romance, sorcery , transformation, and sacrifice, not to mention lush, virtuosic choreography for corps and principals alike. \u2014 Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Given the opportunity, Alan will add levity and sorcery to your life. \u2014 Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker , 10 Mar. 2022",
"For Port and his team, the biggest challenge was combining Strange's trippy sorcery with Spidey's more tactile, almost gymnastic-like style. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
"While tabletop RPGs are best known for their sword and sorcery tales, there are some great examples of other genres on the market. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Sri Lanka\u2019s president demoted the country\u2019s health minister, who advocated for sorcery as a treatment for COVID-19. \u2014 John R. Macarthur, Harpers Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"By the documentary\u2019s partly convincing logic, Dio\u2019s sword-and- sorcery inclinations really were the ultimate exemplar of some kind of cred. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The series featured two of my favorite players \u2013 Erving and Earvin Johnson, who appeared on my radar in the late 1970s at Michigan State with his basketball sorcery . \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 18 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English sorcerie , from Anglo-French, from sorcer sorcerer, from Medieval Latin sortiarius , from Latin sort-, sors chance, lot \u2014 more at series ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-215809"
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"solemnness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by the invocation of a religious sanction",
": marked by the observance of established form or ceremony",
": celebrated with full liturgical ceremony",
": awe-inspiring : sublime",
": marked by grave sedateness and earnest sobriety",
": somber , gloomy",
": very serious or formal in manner, behavior, or expression",
": done or made seriously and thoughtfully"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259m",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"dignified",
"distingu\u00e9",
"distinguished",
"imposing",
"portly",
"staid",
"stately"
],
"antonyms":[
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"silly",
"undignified"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The solemn occasion on Saturday celebrating the life of Ruth E. Whitfield, the 86-year-old matriarch of her family, was the last funeral for the 10 victims of the killing from May 14, allegedly carried out by 18-year-old Payton Gendron. \u2014 Justin Sondel, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"Wintertime was solemn and left many unsure of what the AI field would do next. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"There is no fire, no talking; the occasion is solemn . \u2014 Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Her lyrics have always been solemn , straight-to-the-point yet spacious; emotionally sprawling and inviting, even in her barnstorming, DIY days. \u2014 Matt Mitchell, SPIN , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Because of Covid-19 restrictions, the tableau in the courtroom was spare, as well as solemn , belying the clamor of hundreds of demonstrators outside. \u2014 Joan Biskupic, CNN , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The solemn day of recognition comes just 10 days after a gunman opened fire on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 21 people in a tragedy all too familiar for many Connecticut families. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 3 June 2022",
"The product drew online condemnations from people who accused the retailer of treating a solemn day as a moneymaking vehicle. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 25 May 2022",
"Curtains billow violently above the men below, waving hats and arms, focusing their energy on a standing figure who holds his right hand up in a solemn gesture of avowal. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English solempne , from Anglo-French, from Latin sollemnis regularly appointed, solemn",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-234903"
},
"solution":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an action or process of solving a problem",
": an answer to a problem : explanation",
": a set of values of the variables that satisfies an equation",
": an act or the process by which a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance is homogeneously mixed with a liquid or sometimes a gas or solid",
": a homogeneous mixture formed by this process",
": a single-phase liquid system",
": the condition of being dissolved",
": a bringing or coming to an end or into a state of discontinuity",
": the act or process of solving",
": an answer to a problem : explanation",
": the act or process by which a solid, liquid, or gas is dissolved in a liquid",
": a liquid in which something has been dissolved",
": an act or the process by which a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance is homogeneously mixed with a liquid or sometimes a gas or solid",
": a homogeneous mixture formed by this process",
": a liquid containing a dissolved substance",
": a liquid and usually aqueous medicinal preparation with the solid ingredients soluble",
": the condition of being dissolved"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
"s\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
"s\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"result"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To find a solution , the U.N.\u2019s lead negotiator, Adriaan Pelt, engaged with hundreds of Libyans, weak and powerful alike. \u2014 Mohammed El-senussi, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"The action had been put on hold in September 2021 as both parties tried to find joint solution . \u2014 Fox News , 15 June 2022",
"This question might seem fatalistic, but Kelly had a solution . \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"Advocates also have questioned whether Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will make good on his commitment to find a permanent solution . \u2014 Nushrat Rahman And Malachi Barrett, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"On the track, both artists sing about life being too short to be stressed and worried over things that, in the end, have a solution . \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
"United Methodist leaders from across the theological spectrum, tired of the decades-long impasse, have tried to find a solution that is acceptable to traditionalists and progressives alike. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 3 June 2022",
"On the ground, the engineering team got to work quickly to try to find a solution . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 2 June 2022",
"Meanwhile in the Senate, some lawmakers are working to find a bipartisan solution . \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English solucion explanation, dispersal of bodily humors, from Anglo-French, from Latin solution-, solutio , from solvere to loosen, solve",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-095149"
},
"sophistication":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the use of sophistry : sophistic reasoning",
": sophism , quibble",
": the process or result of becoming cultured, knowledgeable, or disillusioned",
": cultivation , urbanity",
": the process or result of becoming more complex, developed, or subtle",
": the process or result of making impure or weak : adulteration"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02ccfi-st\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"s\u0259-\u02ccfis-t\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"complexity",
"complexness",
"complicacy",
"complicatedness",
"complication",
"elaborateness",
"intricacy",
"intricateness",
"involution",
"knottiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"plainness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity"
],
"examples":[
"the engine's sophistication requires that all repairs be done by an experienced mechanic",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The final price increase is expected to be linked to sophistication of the components being manufactured, but that still means vendors will end up paying between 15-20% more for chips. \u2014 Matthew Humphries, PCMAG , 13 May 2022",
"The faster cadence and sophistication of the violence could mean that militants are exploiting public divide after the junta\u2019s takeover, say conflict analysts. \u2014 Sam Mednick, ajc , 6 May 2022",
"Multiple factors prolong the pre-trial period of newer death penalty cases, including the sophistication of forensic evidence and mountains of case law outlining mistakes to avoid for lawyers and judges. \u2014 Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel , 3 May 2022",
"But the new space still has sophistication in spades. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 17 Nov. 2021",
"The shoes looked amazing and the new heels and soles had a sophistication and style that made my nearly ten-year-old shoes feel like a new pair. \u2014 David Hochman, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
"All-white daffodils add sophistication and are effective companions for other delicate early-spring plants, such as snowflake, scilla, muscari, phlox, bluebells, foamflower and epimediums. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The abstract paintings by Laurie Fisher (top) and Julie Hansen (bottom), both acquired through art consultant Libby Silvia, add sophistication without feeling out of place, thanks to the playful shapes and colors. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2021",
"Lighter stains can help give the room a more airy feeling and allow the wood grain to shine through, while darker stains can make the floors the focal point of the room and add sophistication . \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 15 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-102203"
},
"solicit":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make petition to : entreat",
": to approach with a request or plea",
": to urge (something, such as one's cause) strongly",
": to entice or lure especially into evil",
": to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute",
": to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas",
": to make solicitation : importune",
": to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money",
": to come to with a request or plea",
": to try to get by asking or pleading",
": to make petition to",
": to ask, induce, advise, or command (a person) to do something and especially to commit a crime \u2014 compare coerce , importune",
": to attempt to persuade (a person) to purchase something",
": to attempt to bring about or obtain by soliciting a person",
": to make solicitation",
": to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259t",
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259t",
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvass",
"canvas",
"interview",
"poll",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Fayetteville Police Department made several attempts to solicit information via social media posts but did not get any productive tips, the report said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 May 2022",
"After Fletcher closed in 2009 amid declining enrollment, the district used the building for storage but ultimately declared it as surplus, giving city officials the green light to solicit buyers. \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Once the members entered the U.S., administrators confiscated their identification forms and forced them to solicit money on the street for the church, the indictment said. \u2014 Jeong Parkstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
"His story played on feelings of unease toward panhandlers in Baltimore, a city that\u2019s long debated what to do about those who solicit money on street corners and the boys and young men who squeegee windshields at traffic lights. \u2014 Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Amena, who was born and raised in Houston and attended the University of Texas at Austin, called her parents to solicit their opinion. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Two names that will be on emails and text exchanges but physically absent from the trial include Fruman, who pleaded guilty last month to one count related to the scheme to solicit a contribution from a foreign national. \u2014 Lauren Del Valle And Kara Scannell, CNN , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Others were professional bullies and opportunists who saw a chance to solicit a bribe, exert influence, wield power. \u2014 USA Today , 30 Sep. 2021",
"State-level efforts to solicit complaints in Idaho and North Carolina turned up complaints about LGBTQ issues and students being forced to watch CNN. \u2014 Peter Greene, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to disturb, promote, from Anglo-French solliciter , from Latin sollicitare to disturb, from sollicitus anxious, from sollus whole (from Oscan; akin to Greek holos whole) + citus , past participle of ci\u0113re to move \u2014 more at safe , -kinesis ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-144106"
},
"soulless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having no soul or no greatness or warmth of mind or feeling"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014dl-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"examples":[
"a government run by soulless bureaucrats",
"These companies are heartless, soulless , money-making machines.",
"The houses in the new development are completely soulless .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The setting had all the elements of a stirring, emotional clash: an underlying sense of betrayal, accusations of soulless greed, the prospect of transformative change and a popular, beloved figure trapped in the cynosure of the firestorm. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"Corporate life and high finance, office work and factory floor\u2014all of it tends to be depicted in movies as soulless and oppressive. \u2014 Daniel Akst, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"And that brightly lighted, soulless , windowless basement warren of hallways and offices is something else. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"However, control anomalies, technical issues and extremely derivative, soulless game design make this one hard to recommend to anyone but the most dedicated 3D platforming afficionados. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"We are known for tearing down our historic buildings without fanfare \u2014 replacing them with parking lots or soulless big-box stores. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"The result is a soulless grind, both exhausted and exhausting, even at a brief-by-Marvel-standards 126 minutes. \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"On the losers\u2019 side is the Class B stuff, namely older spaces with low ceilings, soulless cube farms, and drab lobbies. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Even more than Christopher Cross, Toto would come to be mocked for their Grammys sweep with Toto IV, vilified as soulless studio musicians impinging on the boundless sonic creativity and visual flair of new wave\u2019s peak years. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-162902"
},
"sorcerer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person who practices sorcery : wizard",
": a person who practices sorcery or witchcraft : wizard"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fr-s\u0259-r\u0259r",
"\u02c8s\u022frs-r\u0259r",
"\u02c8s\u022fr-s\u0259-r\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"charmer",
"conjurer",
"conjuror",
"enchanter",
"mage",
"Magian",
"magician",
"magus",
"necromancer",
"voodoo",
"voodooist",
"witch",
"wizard"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a sorcerer who used his power for evil ends",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Elalyth, a djinn, became trapped by an evil sorcerer in a supernatural stone. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
"Roddick went on to lose in the Wimbledon final in 2004, \u201805, and \u201809, each time to Roger Federer, the sublime master sorcerer , and the last of those ousters stands as the most recent appearance by an American male in a Slam title match. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"But what proved most impressive was his intensity of that stasis, the feeling that this music was sourced by a sorcerer . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"Charles Dance will appear as Roderick Mason, the sorcerer who captures Dream. \u2014 Philip Ellis And Milan Polk, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
"Willow is set 20 after the 1988 movie, which was directed by Ron Howard and starred Warwick Davis as Willow Ufgood, an apprentice Nelwyn sorcerer of the original film. \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"At Ollivanders Wand Shop, visitors could spend thirty dollars on a wand, after a bit of retail theatre guided by a sorcerer in a purple coat. \u2014 Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"That\u2019s not exactly a surprising stance from a sorcerer who already has a grudge against Doctor Strange. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The sorcerer continues to reign supreme in North America\u2019s multiplexes of madness. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 14 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172654"
},
"solicitude":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the state of being concerned and anxious",
": attentive care and protectiveness",
": an attitude of earnest concern or attention",
": a cause of care or concern"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259-\u02cct\u00fcd",
"-\u02ccty\u00fcd"
],
"synonyms":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"concernment",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"fear",
"nervosity",
"nervousness",
"perturbation",
"sweat",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"worry"
],
"antonyms":[
"unconcern"
],
"examples":[
"He expressed solicitude for my health.",
"a growing solicitude over the possible results of the criminal investigation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In this story of middle-age reckoning and teenage awakening, there are plenty of moments of selfishness dressed up as solicitude . \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"But this international wave of solicitude seems different in important ways, not least because of its context. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s especially so in light of the solicitude the regents recently showed to their cadre of half-million-dollar campus chancellors, supposedly doing so poorly in relation to their public university peers. \u2014 Michael Hiltzikbusiness Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Even the special solicitude accorded former presidents does not alter the outcome. \u2014 Charlie Savage, New York Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Hence the newfound hostility of conservative jurists to Chevron may be seen not as a break from the 1980s, but a continuation of solicitude by conservative jurists for Republican political authority. \u2014 WSJ , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Nor has Texas shown much solicitude for the businesses that provide capital to help its economy grow. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Not to lord victory over others, but to show solicitude and modesty in triumph. \u2014 Greg Jackson, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
"Along with the martinis (and the solicitude of his wife), his fame, which came young, preserved him like an onion. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-181459"
},
"sooner or later":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": at some uncertain future time : sometime"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"eventually",
"finally",
"someday",
"sometime",
"ultimately",
"yet"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sooner or later , the police are going to track down the burglar",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If one of these legs is missing, globalization will collapse sooner or later . \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"Something like that was bound to happen sooner or later . \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"However, some dogs may feel the effects sooner or later , depending on their size and individual metabolism. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Regardless, almost everyone on that list will make the Ring sooner or later . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 18 May 2022",
"Those trends are expected to continue, and sooner or later renewables will out-compete both coal and natural gas (though not soon enough to ward off catastrophic climate change without government action). \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 19 Oct. 2021",
"The medical system is committing $10,000 per month for up to 18 months to build the farm, though the final cost could exceed that amount and the start date could be sooner or later . \u2014 Meredith Cohn, Baltimore Sun , 21 Apr. 2022",
"But the book on Garoppolo is that sooner or later , Jimmy gonna Jimmy. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Jan. 2022",
"There's an expectation that any independent outlets will likely become targets sooner or later , said Hong Kong political commentator Joseph Cheng, who is now based in New Zealand. \u2014 Julia Hollingsworth, CNN , 8 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1577, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-182205"
},
"soaring":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of soaring",
": the act or sport of flying a heavier-than-air craft without power by utilizing ascending air currents"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fr-i\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Protean saxophonist Kamasi Washington and his double-drumming ensemble was a soaring , Sun Ra-like force for good grooves and ferociously free intergalactic spiritual musicality on Sunday afternoon. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"In one district residents thronged together and sang an impromptu rendition of Tomorrow Will Be Better\u2014a soaring , Band-Aid style Chinese ballad from 1985. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 30 May 2022",
"The broader economy fell into a double-dip recession that sent unemployment soaring . \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"On offense, Williams stayed relatively earthbound by his usual soaring standards. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
"Those people, of course, are the 4 million non-professional investors who sent the company\u2019s stock price soaring and currently own 80% of the movie theater chain. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"That's what keeps employees returning, retention rates high on contracts, referrals and engagement soaring and customers coming back. \u2014 Neil Lampton, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Backed by Foehner on guitar and harmony, Barrett turned in a soaring , sultry version of the revenge song. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 2 Mar. 2022",
"By comparison, the threat of grain shortfalls as a result of the fighting has sent prices of staple crops such as corn soaring . \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 17 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-192131"
},
"sooner rather than later":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": without too much delay : soon"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-203833"
},
"soup":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a liquid food especially with a meat, fish, or vegetable stock as a base and often containing pieces of solid food",
": something (such as a heavy fog or nitroglycerine) having or suggesting the consistency or nutrient qualities of soup",
": an unfortunate predicament",
": a liquid food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or fish in a large amount of liquid"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00fcp",
"\u02c8s\u00fcp"
],
"synonyms":[
"brume",
"fog",
"gauze",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"reek",
"smog"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in soup like this, amateur pilots can easily become disoriented",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the idea of spiking your soup might not have crossed your mind, adding the liquid to cocktails is an idea worthy of raising a glass to says Kellyann Petrucci, a naturopathic physician. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"The woman sitting at the bar, sipping her miso soup in full-face makeup and a wig, is really an actress who just finished a long day on the set of a 1950s period piece. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"Belgian grandfather, a home cook known for his tomato soup with meatballs and for hiding chocolates in the coats of his grandchildren. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Or brown some quality sausage or bacon before heating your soup . \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022",
"My favorite recipe is my mom\u2019s special watercress soup . \u2014 Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The company sold trunks and one-piece suits to its fans \u2014 including a pair of shorts inspired by its broccoli cheddar soup and a pool float designed to look like a bread bowl. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
"During dinner, Diana, uncomfortable pretending that things are okay with Charles, struggles to eat her soup . \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 Nov. 2021",
"That comes from baking the soup in a broiler to melt the cheese and produce what the French call au gratin. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English soupe , from Anglo-French supe sop, soup, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse soppa soup, Old English sopp \u2014 more at sup ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-204701"
},
"so-so":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": moderately well : tolerably",
": neither very good nor very bad : middling",
": fairly well",
": neither very good nor very bad"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-\u02c8s\u014d",
"\u02c8s\u014d-\u02c8s\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"creditably",
"decently",
"fine",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"ordinary",
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"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
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"type":[
"adverb"
],
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": to the exclusion of all else",
": without another : singly",
": without another involved : alone",
": only entry 2 sense 2"
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"\u02c8s\u014d(l)-l\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u014dl-l\u0113"
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"only",
"purely",
"simply"
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"examples":[
"His rank was based solely on merit.",
"You will be held solely responsible for any damage.",
"She did not write solely for money.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are entire websites that are solely dedicated to unpacking the mind-bending narrative of Mulholland Drive. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"The opinions expressed in Fortune.com commentary pieces are solely the views of their authors and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of Fortune. \u2014 Maritza Johnson, Fortune , 24 June 2022",
"The measure, approved unanimously by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, would bar the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and others from disqualifying candidates solely based on past marijuana use, aides said. \u2014 Dustin Volz, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"But of course the videos about Uvalde do not exist solely to reflect sadness. \u2014 Reyhan Harmanci, New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"The statute solely prohibited the paper from enacting economic decisions that would discriminate against Israel. \u2014 Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"But the memory of Chin isn\u2019t sustained solely by the shock of violence, the terror of that one night in Detroit. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022",
"Please note, this decision was made solely by the airline, primarily due to a shortage of regional pilots. \u2014 Antonio Planas, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"But take note: Though tinted moisturizers often incorporate SPF, they should not be solely relied upon for adequate sun protection (because most of us don't apply enough of it!). \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 22 June 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"\u02c8s\u022ff(t)-\u02cche-d\u0259d"
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"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
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"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
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"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
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"serious scientists who regard UFO followers as softheaded and gullible"
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"1653, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-015355"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": play down , de-emphasize",
": to use the soft pedal in playing",
": a foot pedal on a piano that reduces the volume of sound",
": something that muffles, deadens, or reduces effect"
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"\u02c8s\u022ff(t)-\u02c8pe-d\u1d4al"
],
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"de-emphasize",
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"play down"
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"Verb",
"1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-075937"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by solicitude : solicitous"
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"s\u0259\u00a6lis\u0259\u00a6t\u00fcd(\u1d4a)n\u0259s",
"-is\u0259\u2027\u00a6ty\u00fc-"
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"history_and_etymology":"Latin sollicitudin-, sollicitudo + English -ous ",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112344"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a genus of trees and shrubs (family Rosaceae) distinguished from Pyrus and Malus by the pinnate leaves, three styles, and carpels that are not cartilaginous \u2014 see mountain ash",
": any tree of the genus Sorbus"
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"\u02c8s\u022frb\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Latin, service tree",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113945"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a nerve plexus in the abdomen that is situated behind the stomach and in front of the aorta and the crura of the diaphragm and contains several ganglia distributing nerve fibers to the viscera",
": the pit of the stomach",
": the part of the abdomen including the stomach that is particularly vulnerable to the effects of a blow to the body wall in front of it",
": celiac plexus",
": the part of the abdomen including the stomach and celiac plexus that is particularly vulnerable to the effects of a blow to the body wall in front of it"
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"\u02c8s\u014d-l\u0259r-",
"\u02c8s\u014d-l\u0259r-"
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"abdomen",
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"gut",
"stomach",
"tummy"
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"examples":[
"a punch in the solar plexus knocked the air out of him",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet his resemblance to Elvis never quite hits you in the solar plexus . \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"The stock market is taking a punch to the solar plexus , but the part of the fantasy sports industry dedicated to prognostication about the NFL Draft hasn\u2019t lost a step. \u2014 Don Yaeger, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Your pulse points include the neck, solar plexus , and inner elbows.3. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But yeah, that one about the Cleveland schools kind of really kind of hit me in the solar plexus there. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 30 Mar. 2022",
"On Sunday, the Rams quarterback appeared to take a direct shot to his chest or solar plexus when a Jaguars lineman barreled into him late in the second quarter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Dec. 2021",
"In Mulier\u2019s interpretation, the shirt itself took center stage via an ingenious series of flowing tops cut away to reveal a triangle of solar plexus sure to make Dua Lipa or Doja Cat happy. \u2014 Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 July 2021",
"The third chakra, which is yellow and in the solar plexus , supports you in establishing all-things structure. \u2014 Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful , 8 Mar. 2021",
"At that exact moment, Chauncey Dalton\u2014the Babe Ruth of our middle school\u2014released a screamer that caught me right on the solar plexus . \u2014 Joe Zimmerman, The New Yorker , 9 June 2020"
],
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"1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-121153"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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": to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console",
": to make cheerful",
": amuse",
": allay , soothe",
": comfort in grief : alleviation of grief or anxiety",
": a source of relief or consolation",
": comfort in times of sorrow or worry",
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"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259s",
"also",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8s\u014d-"
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"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
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"soothe"
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"cheer",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Identifying and utilizing wild edible plants is an ancient skill set that in modern times is a fun outdoor activity that provides food and solace away from everyday life. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Among the misery and isolation of 2020, my secret Instagram became a portal to solace and a newer self. \u2014 Jason Parham, Wired , 28 Dec. 2020",
"Against this backdrop of vulnerability, BTS also offered audiences solace through eye-catching stages. \u2014 Lenika Cruz, The Atlantic , 26 Dec. 2020",
"That should give others solace for when Santa makes his wider rounds on December 24. \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 19 Dec. 2020",
"Gardens bring joy, delight, sustenance and even solace . \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Nov. 2020",
"Having left her 1-year-old daughter, Millicent, in Washington with her parents, Mabel solaced herself with the bustle of dinners, carriage rides, musicales and games of whist mainly organized by the town\u2019s eminent couple, Susan and Austin Dickinson. \u2014 Brenda Wineapple, WSJ , 25 Oct. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Amid all this tumult, Inna found solace in a reliable place\u2014the water. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"The group found solace in solidarity over the years \u2013\u2013 a feeling that intensified over the pandemic. \u2014 Soulaima Gourani, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Without hope for herself, Cristina found solace in helping other families search for missing relatives. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"Auburn, meanwhile, still found solace in the greatest season in program history. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The idea of a moral victory in baseball offers little solace to the losing ballclub, but there\u2019s still something to take out of the Orioles\u2019 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"Her only solace has been alcohol, drinking to excess to ease her pain. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"Other people find some solace in hobbies, intellectual pursuits or a new career. \u2014 Connor Sheets, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
"Other people find some solace in hobbies, intellectual pursuits or a new career. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
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"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-121533"
},
"sometime":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": at some time in the future",
": at some not specified or definitely known point of time",
": in the past : formerly",
": once in a while : occasionally",
": having been formerly : former , late",
": being so occasionally or in only some respects",
": at a future time",
": at a time not known or not specified"
],
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"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02cct\u012bm",
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02cct\u012bm"
],
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"eventually",
"finally",
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"sooner or later",
"ultimately",
"yet"
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"erstwhile",
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"onetime",
"other",
"past",
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"whilom"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"LodeStar, under the radar until 2022, expects to have a product on the market sometime next year, likely early in the year, Glaser said. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Apple executives have targeted a debut for the device sometime later this year, with hopes of producing a commercial product in 2023. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"In October, it was reported the show could announce its return without animals sometime this year. \u2014 Marisa Dellatto, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"How to watch: Focus Features will release the film sometime this year. \u2014 Daniel Arkin, NBC News , 16 May 2022",
"As such, many expect Nvidia to launch the 40 series of its RTX GPUs sometime this year. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 11 May 2022",
"Oceanside is planning to open one by the end of this year while the San Diego Rescue Mission plans to open a shelter in National City sometime next year. \u2014 Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"The E-Transit Custom will start production sometime next year, but it likely won't be sold in America. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 9 May 2022",
"Talks will also be held to discuss the search to replace Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, who plans to step away from his role sometime this year. \u2014 Joseph Duarte, San Antonio Express-News , 3 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Folie \u00e0 Deux, which references a delusion or mental illness shared by two people, also suggests that Joker may also team up with another supervillain \u2013 possibly his sometime -girlfriend Harley. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Albert Schickling, a sometime brewer who immigrated to the U.S. in 1909, opened his first restaurant two years after Prohibition was repealed. \u2014 Hanna Raskin, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 June 2022",
"Ingram\u2019s professional focus is jarred, however, by the death of his white Army buddy Ben Kinslow, a sometime trumpet player, in a car crash on Mulholland Drive. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Mazel-Carlton also worked as a sometime staff member at Afiya house, a temporary residence run by the alliance as an alternative to locked wards. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Some history: In 2001, in the city of Durham, N.C., Michael Peterson, a writer and sometime political candidate, either did or did not kill his wife, Kathleen, who either fell down a flight or stairs or was beaten to death at its foot. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Harvard law professor Adrian Vermeule and his sometime co-author, University of Liverpool law professor Conor Casey, recently responded to my draft article, as did another supporter of Vermeule\u2019s theory, lawyer and blogger Pat Smith. \u2014 J. Joel Alicea, National Review , 3 May 2022",
"When cases are uncovered, entire buildings and sometime neighborhoods are locked down. \u2014 Ken Moritsugu, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022",
"My grandfather was a sometime barber; an occasional dog trainer for hunters. \u2014 April Reynolds, Bon App\u00e9tit , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"Adverb",
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"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-122035"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a female solicitor"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"from solicitor , after such pairs as English executor : executrix ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133309"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person settling on land in the early West before its official opening to settlement in order to gain the prior claim allowed by law to the first settler after official opening",
": a native or resident of Oklahoma"
],
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"\u02c8s\u00fc-n\u0259r"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ford's expansion couldn't come any sooner for Cody Newsome, a third-generation Ford worker. \u2014 CBS News , 2 June 2022",
"Other risks for local equities include aggressive global tapering of monetary and fiscal stimulus, sooner -than-expected interest rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Philippine presidential elections in May, Ocampo said. \u2014 Ian C Sayson, Bloomberg.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But the sooner that information can be communicated, the quicker things can get back on track. \u2014 Clinton M Padgett, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is being criticized for tasking the EU with centralized negotiations instead of striking out on her own sooner to get more of the vaccine for Germany itself. \u2014 John Follain, Fortune , 5 Jan. 2021",
"The bottom line is that the sooner there is a resolution \u2014 any resolution \u2014 the easier investors will breathe. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Nov. 2020",
"And the sooner we can be heard with curiosity, compassion and empathy. \u2014 Howie Milstein, Star Tribune , 11 Sep. 2020",
"What about specific regions in California opening sooner ? \u2014 Joe Passantino, CNN , 8 May 2020",
"Some companies like electric-car manufacturer Tesla have considered opening sooner . \u2014 Chase Difeliciantonio, SFChronicle.com , 5 May 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133622"
},
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"type":[
"idiom"
],
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": no later than needed : soon"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143027"
},
"solve":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to find a solution, explanation, or answer for",
": to pay in full",
": to solve something",
": to find the answer to or a solution for"
],
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"\u02c8s\u00e4lv",
"\u02c8s\u022flv",
"\u02c8s\u00e4lv",
"\u02c8s\u022flv"
],
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"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"resolve",
"riddle (out)",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out"
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"examples":[
"They are working to solve the traffic problem.",
"If they'll lend us the money we need, all our problems will be solved .",
"He couldn't solve the math problem.",
"The mystery has been solved .",
"The FBI has been trying to solve the case for years.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to Melissa Connor, the director of the Forensic Investigation Research Station at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado, her group has made important discoveries that will help future investigators solve crimes. \u2014 Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
"At a committee hearing on Wednesday, Powell conceded that the Fed's aggressive interest rate hikes won't solve two of the biggest problems facing Americans: high prices for gas and groceries. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"In line with our mission to provide useful information that helps people find answers, solve problems, and get inspired, Better Homes & Gardens is dedicated to publishing unbiased, comprehensive reviews of products and services. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2022",
"Having such a complete directory would solve half of the problem. \u2014 Tammy Hawes, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Atlanta officials on Tuesday credited a citywide camera network with helping solve recent cases including the killing of a 72-year-old cab driver and a harrowing midday shootout outside a grocery store. \u2014 Shaddi Abusaid, ajc , 21 June 2022",
"The general idea that tight federal monetary policy can solve inflation is off the mark, according to Dalio. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Two nights after being limited to 16 shots in a 7-0 loss in Denver, the Lightning rebounded by finally finding a way to neutralize the Avalanche\u2019s speed and solve Kuemper to avoid falling to the brink of elimination. \u2014 Fred Goodall, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"Officials also called on Carrollton Ridge residents to help detectives solve some of the recent homicides. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 20 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to loosen, from Latin solvere to loosen, solve, dissolve, from sed-, se- apart + luere to release \u2014 more at secede , lose ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1533, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144257"
},
"soar falcon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": sorefalcon"
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"history_and_etymology":" soar alteration (influenced by soar entry 1 ) of sore (as in sorefalcon )",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154005"
},
"solar physics":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": a branch of astrophysics that deals with the constitution of the sun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164221"
},
"Soong Ai-ling":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"1888\u20131973 wife of H.H. K'ung"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8su\u0307\u014b-\u02c8\u012b-\u02c8li\u014b"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-175720"
},
"sofa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a long upholstered seat usually with arms and a back and often convertible into a bed",
": a long upholstered seat usually with a back and arms"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-f\u0259",
"\u02c8s\u014d-f\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[
"chesterfield",
"couch",
"davenport",
"divan",
"lounge",
"settee",
"squab"
],
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"examples":[
"I curled up on the sofa with a book.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jefferson Davis\u2019 thumb measures the same size as the typical sofa . \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 17 June 2022",
"An article last weekend on Page 64 about the architect Lisa Van Dusen\u2019s family home in Savannah, Ga., misspelled the name of a style of sofa . \u2014 New York Times , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Jimenez suggested incorporating color into a home with a focal point such as a sofa or a statement area rug. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Sep. 2021",
"Start where your cat likes to nap, such as the sofa or your bed. \u2014 Star Tribune , 11 June 2021",
"Sikes built in the cabinets flanking the fireplace, then lined them in the same fabric as the sofa across the room. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 10 June 2021",
"Terra cotta, burgundy, olive green and other dark tones can be risky, especially for a staple item, such as a sofa , says Kim Pheiffer, founder and chief executive of KP Designs & Associates in Columbus, Ohio. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 June 2021",
"Or put three pieces upstairs as a sofa and three downstairs as a loveseat and a comfortable chair. \u2014 David Hochman, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
"For example, a larger upholstered item, such as a sofa , will require much more welting than a small upholstered ottoman. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 Jan. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"earlier, raised carpeted floor, from Italian sof\u00e0 , from Turkish sofa , from Arabic \u1e63uffa carpet, divan",
"first_known_use":[
"1717, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180232"
},
"solicitress":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a female solicitor"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182900"
},
"SOF":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
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"definitions":[
"sound on film"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-185002"
},
"solar pond":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a pool of salt water heated by the sun and used either as a direct source of heat or to provide power for an electric generator"
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"first_known_use":[
"1961, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-185243"
},
"society":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": companionship or association with one's fellows : friendly or intimate intercourse : company",
": a voluntary association of individuals for common ends",
": an organized group working together or periodically meeting because of common interests, beliefs, or profession",
": an enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of relationships through interaction with one another",
": a community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests",
": a part of a community that is a unit distinguishable by particular aims or standards of living or conduct : a social circle or a group of social circles having a clearly marked identity",
": a part of the community that sets itself apart as a leisure class and that regards itself as the arbiter of fashion and manners",
": a natural group of plants usually of a single species or habit within an association",
": the progeny of a pair of insects when constituting a social unit (such as a hive of bees)",
": an interdependent system of organisms or biological units",
": of, relating to, or typical of fashionable society",
": a community or group of people having common traditions, institutions, and interests",
": all of the people of the world",
": a group of persons with a common interest, belief, or purpose",
": friendly association with others",
": the benefits of love, care, affection, and companionship that family members receive from each other",
"\u2014 compare consortium",
": a voluntary association of individuals dedicated to common ends",
": a community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests"
],
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"s\u0259-\u02c8s\u012b-\u0259-t\u0113",
"s\u0259-\u02c8s\u012b-\u0259-t\u0113",
"s\u0259-\u02c8s\u012b-\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"association",
"board",
"brotherhood",
"chamber",
"club",
"college",
"congress",
"consortium",
"council",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"guild",
"gild",
"institute",
"institution",
"league",
"order",
"organization",
"sodality"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"Poverty hurts society as a whole.",
"We need to do more to help the poorer members of our society .",
"the values of Western society",
"She was introduced to society at a formal reception.",
"The club's members are drawn from the ranks of high society .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The way of the future is people and planet, and a fractured society can\u2019t make anything, including electric cars. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
"In Sweden, a country that ranks number one in The Economist\u2019s Inclusive Internet Index, up to one in five people with a disability feel excluded from the digital society . \u2014 Ann Aerts, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"Firstly, the narrative background is based around a corporate run society , with large corporations entering into space and setting up a new economic system. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"Princess Olympia of Greece and Denmark is the daughter of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal Miller, and her Instagram is an aesthetically pleasing glimpse into her high- society lifestyle. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
"The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, which depicts a lunar society with no laws or government, has been an inspiration to many young libertarians. \u2014 Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED , 17 June 2022",
"The society wants to thank everyone for their interest in the historic program. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"And in Vietnam, a decade of assessment shows poverty reduction across society . \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022",
"Isla McNabb, a 2-year-old from Oldham County, recently became the youngest current member of American Mensa, a society for those with high IQs. \u2014 Eleanor Mccrary, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1693, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191425"
},
"sonny":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a young boy",
": a young boy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259-n\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u0259-n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"boy",
"boychick",
"boychik",
"boyo",
"callant",
"lad",
"laddie",
"nipper",
"shaveling",
"shaver",
"stripling",
"tad",
"youth"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"come over here, sonny , and help me clean up"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1835, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193453"
},
"someday":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": at some future time",
": at some future time"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02ccd\u0101",
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02ccd\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[
"eventually",
"finally",
"sometime",
"sooner or later",
"ultimately",
"yet"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Someday we'll buy a house.",
"She hopes to publish her novel someday .",
"Let's have lunch someday next week.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Crew Schiermyer, now in seventh grade, plans to play someday for his dad at Skyline. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 19 June 2022",
"Machines may someday be as smart as people, and perhaps even smarter, but the game is far from over. \u2014 Gary Marcus, Scientific American , 6 June 2022",
"Instead, what people get is a spot on a waiting list for that affordable housing that might come, someday . \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Even as early as November, Love asserted that Mobley has a chance to someday be Defensive Player of the Year. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 22 Apr. 2022",
"While Huber's plan was to someday be a high-impact tight end for the Bearcats like his father, Darryl Huber, in the 1980s, that plan changed when the tight end room became a bit cramped. \u2014 Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Chicago rookie quarterback Justin Fields, who played like the 49ers believe Trey Lance will someday play. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Oct. 2021",
"And remember, your time will come someday to be the one looking for others\u2019 support, so try to be supportive while you\u2019re being confided in, my water bearers. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 June 2022",
"Both the clinician who is performing the procedure and the patient who has their eggs frozen could someday face legal ramifications. \u2014 Courtney Shea, refinery29.com , 1 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193507"
},
"sonobuoy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a buoy equipped for detecting underwater sounds and transmitting them by radio"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccb\u022fi",
"-\u02ccb\u00fc-\u0113"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1937, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202009"
},
"sofa bed":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sofa that can be made to serve as a bed by lowering its hinged upholstered back to horizontal position or by pulling out a concealed mattress"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Olga Lidia Lahera lives with her daughter and two granddaughters in a tiny 15-square-meter (160-square-foot) apartment with peeling plaster walls that has barely enough room for a shelf with pots and a rickety sofa bed . \u2014 Andrea Rodr\u00cdguez, ajc , 22 June 2022",
"This sofa bed from Crate and Barrel has a trundle that pops up to create a full bed for your guests to sleep on with high-density cushions for a comfortable sleep. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
"The little house sleeps up to four, with one bed and a sofa bed . \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 5 Apr. 2021",
"For example, a sofa bed doesn\u2019t fit the time period. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Downstairs on a sofa bed , Todt allegedly suffocated and stabbed 11-year-old Tyler Todt. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Each of their three models come furnished with a smart TV, a AC/Heating unit, and an Ikea queen sized sofa bed . \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Mar. 2022",
"And make wise furnishing choices, including pieces that are durable and easy to clean, and that can increase your occupancy, like a sofa bed . \u2014 Ronda Kaysen, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Soon enough, the kid is exploiting that internal conflict for ever-greater acts of hospitality: a place to shelter from the rain, a shower and a dry change of clothes, and finally a place to sleep on M\u00e9d\u00e9ric\u2019s sofa bed . \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 10 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1805, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-205029"
},
"sorboside":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a glycoside that yields sorbose on hydrolysis"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-b\u0259\u02ccs\u012bd",
"-\u208bs\u0259\u0307d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" sorbose + -ide ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-211928"
},
"softy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a weak or foolish person",
": a softhearted or sentimental person"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022ff-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"weakling",
"wimp",
"wuss",
"wussy"
],
"antonyms":[
"powerhouse"
],
"examples":[
"a softy who usually needs someone else's strong hands to open bottles and jars",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Being an old softy , Gracie agrees, but Angus can see through this scheme. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Who's more of the disciplinarian and who's more of the softy ? \u2014 Lacey Vorrasi-banis, EW.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s the point these vets are making \u2014 holistic support of the military includes some social safety nets that hard-right America sees as squishy, softy socialism. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The goal was a softy , ex-Sharks tender Martin Jones (who was briefly Bruins property in 2015) failing to cover the short-side post. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"In terms of sort of being a softy , is there one song that surprised you the most on the album? \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Behind the rugged and tough trim names and its legitimate off-road chops, Ford's reimagined Bronco is an approachable and refined softy \u2014particularly on the road, where all but the most committed trail hands will be driving them most of the time. \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 28 June 2021",
"But after about a week in close quarters with the babies, the deep-down systems start to awaken, and the former cannibal begins to act like a softy around the pups. \u2014 Dina Litovsky, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2021",
"There\u2019s the hotshot surgeon (Rory Kinnear) who does a lot of very fast amputations, the kooky dentist who is attempting to invent anesthesia and the softy psychiatrist with a seriously inconvenient crush. \u2014 Margaret Lyons, New York Times , 27 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":" soft entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-215504"
},
"solar prominences":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": great clouds of luminous hydrogen, calcium, sodium, and other gases floating above the sun's chromosphere, occasionally erupting violently outward, and being especially numerous in regions above sunspots"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222533"
},
"soleless":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having no sole"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014dll\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-224632"
},
"soppiness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": sentimental , mawkish",
": soaked through : saturated",
": very wet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-p\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
],
"examples":[
"trudging over soppy ground at the county fair",
"scanned the racks looking for the soppiest valentine the store had",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lyrics are soppy , but Jacques delivers the maternal sentiment with a thunderous passion worthy of Jennifer Holliday. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Based on the comic book series by Charles Forsman, this coming-of-age, misfit tale is the true outsider\u2019s answer to the soppy teen drama dilemma. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Their engineering is suitably serious, though: The rubber shell, which is made of a biodegradable polymer, is lined with cozy cotton so your feet will stay dry, warm and comfortable in all sorts of soppy circumstances. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2021",
"Brother claims that he is being levelheaded and sensible about a difficult topic, and that disposition of a deceased relative's estate is a matter of business and there is no room for my soppy sentiment. \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2020",
"One element is the soppy sentimentality that Britons have toward the National Health Service. \u2014 Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books , 4 June 2020",
"What follows here is not as soppy as all that, but hopefully as helpful and illuminating. \u2014 Sarah Menkedick, Longreads , 24 July 2019",
"Suitably soppy and predictably emoji-filled, most of the Tweets have come from players declaring their love for their wives and girlfriends. \u2014 SI.com , 14 Feb. 2018",
"The funny thing is that for all the complaints about NBC's coverage \u2014 soppy sentimentality, jingoism, etc. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232601"
},
"sola":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of sola plural of solum"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-233947"
},
"soft-wooded":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having soft wood that is easy to work or finish",
": softwood"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fft-\u02ccwu\u0307-d\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-002921"
},
"soar":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to fly aloft or about",
": to sail or hover in the air often at a great height : glide",
": to fly without engine power and without loss of altitude",
": to rise or increase dramatically (as in position, value, or price)",
": to ascend to a higher or more exalted level",
": to rise to majestic stature",
": the range, distance, or height attained in soaring",
": the act of soaring : upward flight",
": to fly or glide through the air often at a great height",
": to increase quickly",
": to rise quickly",
": to rise to a great height"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fr",
"\u02c8s\u022fr"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"aspire",
"climb",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"thrust",
"up",
"uprear",
"uprise",
"upthrust",
"upturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascension",
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"With inflation continuing to soar despite regulators\u2019 best efforts to control it, experts have been debating the inevitability of a recession for months. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Once investigators gain access to occupied territory, the numbers are expected to soar . \u2014 Paulina Villegas And Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"Once investigators gain access to occupied territory, the numbers are expected to soar . \u2014 Reis Thebault, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"For the second day in a row, temperatures are expected to soar on Friday. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"And that boost is sometimes all a Black creative needs to soar . \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 17 June 2022",
"According to Statista, the global Metaverse market is worth $47.48B in 2022 and is set to soar to $678.7 billion by 2030. \u2014 Mark Minevich, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The rout in cryptocurrencies has wiped out roughly 1\u00bd years of gains for bitcoin, which started to soar at the end of 2020 as speculative fervor washed over financial markets. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Temperatures in metro Detroit this week are expected to soar , reaching close to 100 degrees Wednesday, with humidity making for dangerous and sometimes life-threatening conditions. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As prices at the pump soar , some U.S. states are trying to ease the pain. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 1 June 2022",
"On the flip side, Kelsie Dolin and Betty Maxwell proved that some duet partners can help each other soar to new heights. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The city of Chicago plans to make available $12.5 million in prepaid gas and public transit cards as prices at the pump soar , Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Linke stopped a pair of shots to each side of her on the first two Point Loma shots and watched another two soar over the bar in the shootout. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Turks are unable to make ends meet as the costs of potatoes, flour and chicken soar . \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Berger, who had seen in-office costs for protective equipment soar , then set a deadline for shots. \u2014 Christine Spolar, CNN , 18 June 2021",
"We are easily charmed by the splash in the birdbath, the lift off of wings and the soar into the blue sky. \u2014 Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al , 23 Nov. 2021",
"For the record, FanGraphs incorporated pitch framing into its WAR calculations a couple of years ago, which made Posey\u2019s number soar . \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-003740"
},
"solar propagation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a method of rooting cuttings using a hotbed in which heat is supplied by radiation of stored sun heat from bricks or stones in the bottom of the frame"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004003"
},
"sonnet sequence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a series of sonnets often having a unifying theme"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1881, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004824"
},
"solitary":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": being, living, or going alone or without companions",
": saddened by isolation",
": unfrequented , desolate",
": taken, passed, or performed without companions",
": keeping a prisoner apart from others",
": being at once single and isolated",
": occurring singly and not as part of a group or cluster",
": not gregarious, colonial, social, or compound",
": one who lives or seeks to live a solitary life : recluse",
": solitary confinement in prison",
": all alone : without anyone or anything else",
": seldom visited : lonely",
": growing or living alone : not one of a group or cluster",
": occurring singly and not as part of a group"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccter-\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccter-\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-\u0259-\u02ccter-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"one",
"one-off",
"only",
"singular",
"sole",
"special",
"sui generis",
"unique"
],
"antonyms":[
"anchorite",
"eremite",
"hermit",
"isolate",
"recluse"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In addition to Harvey and Colvin, the sheriff's office said two other inmates were moved into solitary confinement for their roles in the assault. \u2014 Celeste Noraian And Alta Spells, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"The morning ended with Harvey and Colvin \u2014 along with two unnamed inmates authorities have accused of taking part in the attack \u2014 being placed in solitary confinement, according to the sheriff\u2019s office. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"The inmate was ultimately sent to a special housing unit, commonly known as solitary confinement, presumably to protect Maxwell, according to the lawyers. \u2014 Rich Schapiro, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"While in solitary confinement in a nine-by-seven-foot cell, she was deprived of sleep by guards who checked on her every 15 minutes by shining a flashlight in her eyes. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022",
"Herman Wallace spent 41 years in solitary confinement. \u2014 Abigail Glasgow, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"Many children in Rutherford County were placed in solitary confinement under conditions a federal judge called inhumane. \u2014 Ken Armstrong, ProPublica , 8 June 2022",
"Each woman is put into solitary confinement upon arrival, ostensibly for a few days, but some are left there for up to two months. \u2014 Lynzy Billing, ELLE , 7 June 2022",
"The agency said he was housed in disciplinary segregation \u2013 not solitary confinement \u2013 because of the fights he was involved in. \u2014 Dave Collins, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Witnesses at the hearing told the committee that any time in solitary can be life-altering. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Witnesses at the hearing told the committee that any time in solitary can be life-altering. \u2014 Annie Waldman, ProPublica , 28 Apr. 2022",
"How has your thinking about reading as a solitary or a social act evolved during this time? \u2014 Eve Bowen, The New York Review of Books , 5 Mar. 2022",
"In retaliation, Cohen says he was sent back to prison and spent 16 days in solitary until a federal judge intervened. \u2014 Dan Berman, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Machen\u2019s father was an impecunious clergyman, his mother an invalid, and their son a solitary but not lonely child. \u2014 Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books , 28 May 2020",
"As an interesting side note, this little pirate ship included the solitary (and sometimes cantankerous) engineer, Steve Anderson, who produced Ford police packages, under the glamorous banner DSO, for Dealer Special Order. \u2014 Mark Ewing, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
"While one solitary dropped shot left him just three shots shy of Justin Rose in the lead, the emotions were too much for Kim. \u2014 Ben Morse, CNN , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Of those being held in the city's custody as of January, statistics show that 595 people had been held in solitary between 1 and 30 days, 185 people had been held for between 30 and 60 days and 44 people had been held for more than 120 days. \u2014 Cassidy Mcdonald, CBS News , 12 Mar. 2021"
],
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"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005839"
},
"Solvay process":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a process for making soda from common salt by passing carbon dioxide into ammoniacal brine resulting in precipitation of sodium bicarbonate which is then calcined to carbonate"
],
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"\u02c8s\u00e4l-\u02ccv\u0101-"
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"history_and_etymology":"Ernest Solvay \u20201922 Belgian chemist",
"first_known_use":[
"1884, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-010109"
},
"solaceful":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": full of or tending to bring solace"
],
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"-f\u0259l"
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-011607"
},
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"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"noun ()"
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": the fifth note of the major scale in solf\u00e8ge",
": an old French coin equal to 12 deniers",
": a corresponding unit of value",
": the basic monetary unit of Peru from 1930 to 1985 and since 1991 \u2014 see Money Table",
": a fluid colloidal system",
": one in which the medium is a liquid",
"soluble",
": the Roman god of the sun \u2014 compare helios",
": sun",
": the fifth note of the musical scale",
": a fluid colloidal system",
": one in which the dispersion medium is a liquid"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014dl",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l",
"\u02c8s\u022fl",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l",
"\u02c8s\u022fl",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l",
"\u02c8s\u022fl",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l",
"\u02c8s\u014dl",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l",
"\u02c8s\u022fl"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1583, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (3)",
"1883, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (4)",
"1899, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (5)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-013427"
},
"solvate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an aggregate that consists of a solute ion or molecule with one or more solvent molecules",
": a substance (such as a hydrate) containing such ions",
": to make part of a solvate",
": an aggregate that consists of a solute ion or molecule with one or more solvent molecules",
": a substance (as a hydrate) containing such ions",
": to make part of a solvate"
],
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"\u02c8s\u00e4l-\u02ccv\u0101t",
"\u02c8s\u022fl-",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-\u02ccv\u0101t, \u02c8s\u022fl-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"1904, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1909, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-024607"
},
"solars":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of solars plural of solar"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-031556"
},
"sofar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a system for locating an underwater explosion at sea by triangulation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-\u02ccf\u00e4r"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" so und f ixing a nd r anging",
"first_known_use":[
"1946, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-042206"
},
"some time ago":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": at some point in the past"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050656"
},
"solvency":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being solvent",
": the quality or state of being solvent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-v\u0259n(t)-s\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u022fl-",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-v\u0259n-s\u0113"
],
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"examples":[
"They reviewed financial records to measure the borrower's solvency .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the yields on those bonds rise, the value of the bonds falls, potentially crimping the banks\u2019 ability to lend to the economy\u2014or worse, threatening their solvency . \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"There are countless ways these risks could reduce the solvency of debtors and create pathways to the kinds of default waves that threaten bank soundness, directly implicating the Fed\u2019s supervisory responsibilities. \u2014 Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
"This allowed the airline to absorb most of the half billion in further losses that accrued in 2021 without unduly straining its solvency . \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
"The government's retirement and health care programs are already straining financially and are expected to face serious solvency issues; the Medicare Part A Trust Fund is due to be insolvent in 2026 and the Social Security Trust Fund in the 2030s. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"By extending Medicare\u2019s solvency on paper, the law\u2019s accounting gimmickry allowed lawmakers in both parties to avoid any substantive discussion of reform for a dozen years. \u2014 Chris Jacobs, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"But the new law alone won't bring solvency to the agency, which has suffered 14 straight years of net losses. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 14 May 2022",
"Which means, unless Congress and the president get serious about dealing with these two solvency problems, retirement could be an increasing challenge, too. \u2014 Next Avenue, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"The program\u2019s long-term solvency , however, is in doubt and the cost to workers who buy into the program is in question. \u2014 Michelle Andrews, oregonlive , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1727, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-063217"
},
"Soong Ch'ing-ling":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"1892\u20131981 wife of Sun Yat-sen"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8su\u0307\u014b-\u02c8chi\u014b-\u02c8li\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-064527"
},
"somedeal":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": somewhat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02ccd\u0113l"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084134"
},
"soft spot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sentimental weakness : a strong liking for someone or something",
": a vulnerable point",
": a fontanel of a fetal or young skull"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"Achilles' heel",
"back",
"chink",
"jugular",
"underbelly"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They found a soft spot in the enemy's defenses.",
"a huge trade imbalance continued to be the soft spot in the nation's economy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Although many fans have a soft spot for slasher movies, the '80s also birthed iconic monsters, brought body horror to gooey new heights, and sparked a new subgenre: the splatter comedy. \u2014 Katie Rife, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"Cerfolio has a soft spot for outfielder Will Brennan, an eighth-round pick out of Kansas State in 2019. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Truth told, Beaty and his wife, Jesica, already held a soft spot for San Diego. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The owners' fondness for craftsmanship, with a soft spot for Italian design, marks the interiors' aesthetic. \u2014 Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure , 15 Dec. 2021",
"This is due in part to some of the basic affinities of cinema as a medium, with its soft spot for fast-talking charmers and pathological con men. \u2014 Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Gyllenhaal has often talked about his soft spot for dogs. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
"As with many gardeners, Linder has a soft spot for hydrangeas. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"Though Goldstein \u2014 who recently won outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series at the Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Roy \u2014 has proven his ability to play the easily-irritable character, the actor has always had a soft spot for the Muppets. \u2014 Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1770, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-100740"
},
"sobriquet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a descriptive name or epithet : nickname"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-bri-\u02cck\u0101",
"-\u02ccket",
"\u02ccs\u014d-bri-\u02c8k\u0101",
"-\u02c8ket"
],
"synonyms":[
"alias",
"byname",
"cognomen",
"epithet",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"nickname",
"surname"
],
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"examples":[
"Baseball player Ty Cobb was also known by the sobriquet \u201cThe Georgia Peach.\u201d",
"tagged her with the sobriquet \u201cpeanut\u201d because of her diminutive size",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The change to a warmer, more hospitable sounding sobriquet comes at a time when golf\u2019s demographics continue to evolve to more closely resemble the overall U.S. population. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Jos\u00e9 Antonio\u2019s real-life counterpart survived four attempts on his life, becoming a legend and gaining his epic sobriquet . \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The Saskatchewan native became an ice-hockey legend in Portland, earning the sobriquet the Red Baron for his scorching style of play. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Their show\u2019s snappy title, wrapping recent art by 16 women within a familiar sobriquet shrouded with hostility in order to defuse it, is anything but a coincidence. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Many, in interviews, decline to give their full names or offer a street sobriquet , for reasons that are probably obvious. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Oct. 2021",
"But even without the perfect sobriquet , each of us can make surprises happen. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Sep. 2021",
"That might be a stretch, but the sobriquet must have stuck in the mind of Cumberland, Md., native Paul E. Welsh, a proud and die-hard Marylander. \u2014 John Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 28 June 2021",
"That might be a stretch, but the sobriquet must have stuck in the mind of Cumberland, Md., native Paul E. Welsh, a proud and die-hard Marylander. \u2014 John Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 28 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French",
"first_known_use":[
"1646, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-104406"
},
"so long as":{
"type":[
"conjunction"
],
"definitions":[
": during and up to the end of the time that : while",
": provided that"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"as",
"when",
"while",
"whilst"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"so long as you're staying with us, you may not smoke indoors"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130542"
},
"soliciting":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make petition to : entreat",
": to approach with a request or plea",
": to urge (something, such as one's cause) strongly",
": to entice or lure especially into evil",
": to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute",
": to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas",
": to make solicitation : importune",
": to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money",
": to come to with a request or plea",
": to try to get by asking or pleading",
": to make petition to",
": to ask, induce, advise, or command (a person) to do something and especially to commit a crime \u2014 compare coerce , importune",
": to attempt to persuade (a person) to purchase something",
": to attempt to bring about or obtain by soliciting a person",
": to make solicitation",
": to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259t",
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259t",
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvass",
"canvas",
"interview",
"poll",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Fayetteville Police Department made several attempts to solicit information via social media posts but did not get any productive tips, the report said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 May 2022",
"After Fletcher closed in 2009 amid declining enrollment, the district used the building for storage but ultimately declared it as surplus, giving city officials the green light to solicit buyers. \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Once the members entered the U.S., administrators confiscated their identification forms and forced them to solicit money on the street for the church, the indictment said. \u2014 Jeong Parkstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
"His story played on feelings of unease toward panhandlers in Baltimore, a city that\u2019s long debated what to do about those who solicit money on street corners and the boys and young men who squeegee windshields at traffic lights. \u2014 Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Amena, who was born and raised in Houston and attended the University of Texas at Austin, called her parents to solicit their opinion. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Two names that will be on emails and text exchanges but physically absent from the trial include Fruman, who pleaded guilty last month to one count related to the scheme to solicit a contribution from a foreign national. \u2014 Lauren Del Valle And Kara Scannell, CNN , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Others were professional bullies and opportunists who saw a chance to solicit a bribe, exert influence, wield power. \u2014 USA Today , 30 Sep. 2021",
"State-level efforts to solicit complaints in Idaho and North Carolina turned up complaints about LGBTQ issues and students being forced to watch CNN. \u2014 Peter Greene, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, to disturb, promote, from Anglo-French solliciter , from Latin sollicitare to disturb, from sollicitus anxious, from sollus whole (from Oscan; akin to Greek holos whole) + citus , past participle of ci\u0113re to move \u2014 more at safe , -kinesis"
],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130656"
},
"something or other":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of something or other \u2014 used when the specific details about something are not important or have been forgotten He said he had to go buy something or other at the grocery store."
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130813"
},
"soft steel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": mild steel"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-133107"
},
"sole leather":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a thick strong leather especially for shoe soles",
": any of the larger kelps of the genus Laminaria"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"sole entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-134426"
},
"solitary ant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": velvet ant"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150009"
},
"solicitor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that solicits",
": an agent that solicits contributions (as to a charity)",
": a British lawyer who advises clients, represents them in the lower courts, and prepares cases for barristers to try in higher courts",
": the chief law officer of a municipality, county, or government department",
": one that solicits",
": an agent that solicits customers (as in insurance) or charitable contributions",
": a British lawyer who advises clients, represents them in the lower courts, and prepares cases for barristers to try in higher courts",
": the chief law officer of a municipality, county, or government department \u2014 see also city attorney"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259-t\u0259r",
"-\u02c8li-st\u0259r",
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiter",
"seducer",
"tempter"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Solicitors will be arrested for trespassing.",
"money, that great solicitor that has often succeeded in persuading people to sell their very souls",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The city officials seen on the video included communications director Deanna Deveney, assistant city solicitor Keith Slattery, and City Councilor Anthony DiPierro, who is related to the mayor. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Gould said the city will not be endorsing a peddler or solicitor by issuing a permit. \u2014 cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Responding to complaints of a solicitor in the area at 6:17 p.m. on May 5, police did not immediately locate a gold-colored vehicle that residents had reported to see if the individual had a permit. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 12 May 2022",
"LaMountain worked as a prosecutor in the attorney general\u2019s office from 2011 to 2019 and as Warwick\u2019s assistant city solicitor from 2019 through 2021. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Shea, a longtime attorney with the Venable law firm, ran for governor in 2018 as a Democrat before joining the city as solicitor this year. \u2014 Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com , 10 Sep. 2021",
"First responders in the police, fire and emergency services, corrections and emergency 911 departments, as well as the sheriff\u2019s, district attorney\u2019s and solicitor \u2019s offices, will get the 10% raises. \u2014 Alia Malik, ajc , 22 Apr. 2022",
"After the prosecution collapsed, Graves named Ira Thompson, who had been a Klan official and one of some 44 men indicted in Crenshaw, as the county's solicitor . \u2014 Brian Lyman, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Before joining Blank Rome, John served as city solicitor . \u2014 Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer , 28 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152803"
},
"Soong Mei-ling":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"1897\u20132003 wife of Chiang Kai-shek"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8su\u0307\u014b-\u02c8m\u0101-\u02c8li\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163743"
},
"sometimes":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": at times : now and then : occasionally",
": sometime",
": now and then : occasionally"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02cct\u012bmz",
"also",
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02cct\u012bmz"
],
"synonyms":[
"here and there",
"now",
"now and then",
"occasionally"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"His jokes are funny, but sometimes he goes too far.",
"Sometimes I take the bus to work.",
"We all make mistakes sometimes .",
"She works nine hours a day, sometimes more than that.",
"The word is sometimes used figuratively.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Shields interviewed Republican and Democratic lawmakers on the air and, in an increasingly rare display of bipartisan camaraderie, remained on friendly terms with nearly all of them, even after sometimes heated political disagreements. \u2014 Matt Schudel, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"After his sister was killed, Andre would sit at the spot where she was found dead, sometimes for hours, Soto said. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 18 June 2022",
"Buyouts also are considered cheaper for taxpayers compared to repairing and rebuilding flooded houses \u2014 sometimes multiple times \u2014 with government payouts and federal flood insurance. \u2014 Ben Finley, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"For some reason, summer \u2014 which officially begins Tuesday \u2014has been a time of the year to stop and smell the roses, take a vacation and sometimes just reflect. \u2014 Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press , 18 June 2022",
"Activist investors looking to shake up a company\u2019s board sometimes pitch the stewardship team directly. \u2014 Angel Au-yeung, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Each individual story represents a hardship for the family involved, and sometimes a tragedy. \u2014 Ruth Ann Dorrill, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"Potential infection was clearly not on the minds of those who thrust hands, arms and sometimes entire torsos into animal enclosures this week. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"Apart from altering the eggs and sperm that encapsulate our genetic inheritance, sometimes decades before conception, trauma also seems to influence the uterine environment. \u2014 Rachel Yehuda, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Sometimes Caption Settings DialogBeginning of dialog window. \u2014 William D. Cohan, vanityfair.com , 31 July 2017",
"Sometimes students are grouped together based on skill level, and sometimes based on their interests, Lopez said. \u2014 Lee V. Gaines, chicagotribune.com , 30 June 2017",
"Sometimes disruption takes the form of alerting a person who is targeted for recruitment or influence by the foreign power. \u2014 Leada Gore, AL.com , 8 June 2017",
"Sometimes disruption takes the form of alerting a person who is targeted for recruitment or influence by the foreign power. \u2014 Monique Judge, The Root , 8 June 2017",
"Sometimes restaurants open quietly and fly under the radar. \u2014 Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities , 1 Feb. 2017",
"Sometimes disruption takes the form of alerting a person who is targeted for recruitment or influence by the foreign power. \u2014 Chelsea Bailey, NBC News , 7 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1593, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164018"
},
"soleil":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": finished with a high luster",
": woven with a fancy warp rib",
": a fabric with a soleil finish or weave"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)s\u014d\u00a6l\u0101",
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective",
"French, sun, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin soliculus , diminutive of Latin sol sun"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171005"
},
"somniferous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": soporific",
": soporific"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u00e4m-\u02c8ni-f(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
"s\u00e4m-\u02c8nif-(\u0259-)r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"opiate",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"soporific"
],
"antonyms":[
"stimulant"
],
"examples":[
"a somniferous enumeration of details that I could have done without"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin somnifer somniferous, from somnus + -fer -ferous"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1602, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171239"
},
"Sokotri":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a South Arabic dialect very closely related to Mahri and spoken on the island of Socotra"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259\u02c8k\u014d\u2027tr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Arabic Suqu\u1e6dri"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175518"
},
"solitary bee":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of various bees that do not live in colonies"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-183944"
},
"solonian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or characteristic of Solon, the ancient Athenian lawgiver, or his legislation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u014d\u02c8l\u014dn\u0113\u0259n",
"s\u0259\u02c8l-"
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"a surprisingly sobersided biography of a great comedian"
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": a corresponding unit of value",
": the basic monetary unit of Peru from 1930 to 1985 and since 1991 \u2014 see Money Table",
": a fluid colloidal system",
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"\u02c8s\u00e4l",
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"Middle English, from Latin"
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"1583, in the meaning defined above",
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"1883, in the meaning defined above",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The solicitor general prosecutes misdemeanors and county ordinance violations. \u2014 Alia Malik, ajc , 26 May 2022",
"In the mid-1980s, Alito worked as an assistant solicitor general in President Ronald Reagan's administration, regularly arguing cases before the Supreme Court. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"During the next six years, Kruger was promoted to acting deputy solicitor general , argued 12 cases before the high court, and took part in the mostly successful legal defense of President Barack Obama\u2019s Affordable Care Act in 2012. \u2014 Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Feb. 2022",
"McConnell\u2019s brief was written by President Trump\u2019s White House counsel, Donald McGahn, and his solicitor general , Noel Francisco. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"President Johnson called Thurgood Marshall in 1965 asking the federal appeals court judge to leave the secure position to become a solicitor general of the US -- where he could be fired at any time. \u2014 Janelle Davis, CNN , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Neal Katyal is a former acting U.S. solicitor general . \u2014 NBC News , 8 May 2022",
"Separately, Elizabeth Murrill, Louisiana's solicitor general , representing a different set of states, said that the mandate is also unconstitutional. \u2014 Ariane De Vogue, CNN , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Judd Stone, Texas' solicitor general , countered that in many cases those chaplains were state employees rather than outside pastors, rabbis or imams. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 9 Nov. 2021"
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"1647, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-054935"
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"verb"
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"definitions":[
": sweep"
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"\u00a6s\u014d-st\u0259-\u00a6nen-t\u0113",
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"1818, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-075256"
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"noun"
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": hypnotic sense 1",
": inducing sleep : hypnotic sense 1",
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"\u02ccs\u00e4m-n\u0259-\u02c8f\u0101-sh\u0259nt",
"\u02ccs\u00e4m-n\u0259-\u02c8f\u0101-sh\u0259nt"
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"Latin somnus sleep + English -facient"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-080038"
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"\u02c8s\u022fl-"
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"first_known_use":[
"1915, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-095714"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": great bulrush sense b"
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"society finch":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a small white weaverbird that is probably an artificial variety and possibly derived from an Asiatic bird ( Lonchura acuticauda )"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-142827"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": having a mild or gentle voice",
": suave"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-161741"
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"definitions":[
": a division of a pipe organ consisting of stops with an individual character suitable for solo effects"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-174439"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": one who solicits"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-174827"
},
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"type":[
"interjection"
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"definitions":[
"Definition of so long \u2014 used to express farewell"
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"s\u014d-\u02c8l\u022f\u014b",
"s\u0259-"
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"1854, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-180239"
},
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"type":[
"adverb"
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": of any or every kind that may be specified"
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"-soever (as in howsoever )"
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-191422"
},
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"Definition of Sokotran variant of socotran:1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-203702"
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"type":[
"idiom"
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"definitions":[
": not a short way"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-222628"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": poetry in sonnet form",
": the writing of sonnets"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-234314"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": solan goose"
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"Middle English soland , from Old Norse s\u016bla pillar, gannet + \u00f6nd duck"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-003026"
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Previous solar sail projects largely used mirror-like surfaces to reflect particles of light, called photons. \u2014 Denise Chow, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
"The concept of a diffractive solar sail was first selected for NIAC Phase 1 and Phase 2 status in 2019. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"Each exerts a little force on the future, like the accumulating photons behind a solar sail . \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 10 Feb. 2022",
"This artificial object named 2020 SO was not designed to be a solar sail but had thin walls with a large surface-to-mass ratio for a different purpose. \u2014 Avi Loeb, Scientific American , 22 June 2021",
"Thus, even for a highly-advanced civilization, the authors argue that such a solar sail probe would be a project that would have no constituency. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 25 May 2021",
"With a solar sail , a spacecraft could keep going to the moon, to asteroids, to Jupiter \u2014 to anywhere the wind of light blows, using no fuel at all. \u2014 NBC News , 3 June 2019",
"After about a month, atmospheric drag will overpower the solar sail , ending the test. \u2014 Robert Z. Pearlman, Scientific American , 23 July 2019",
"Later on, solar sails might also make new types of missions possible. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 23 Jan. 2020"
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"1958, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-003557"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-003953"
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"soor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": thrush entry 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00fc(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8su\u0307(\u0259)r"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-025003"
},
"something of":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-025211"
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"soup and fish":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": formal evening dress for men"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-051612"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": commandite"
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"-\u00e4\u207fk\u014d\u207fm\u00e4\u207fd\u0113t"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-052335"
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"solitary confinement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the state of being kept alone in a prison cell away from other prisoners"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-055415"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the wood of a coniferous tree (such as a fir or pine) whether hard or soft as distinguished from that of an angiospermous tree",
": a tree that yields softwood",
": having or made of softwood",
": the wood of a tree (as a pine or spruce) that has needles as distinguished from the wood of a tree (as a maple) with broad leaves"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fft-\u02ccwu\u0307d",
"\u02c8s\u022fft-\u02ccwu\u0307d"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"pines, firs, and other softwoods",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Unfortunately, with lumber, the Biden administration is heading in the opposite direction, planning to double tariffs on softwood lumber imports from Canada. \u2014 Bonnie Kristian, The Week , 27 May 2021",
"Despite rising shelter costs, the Biden administration has shockingly doubled the tariff on Canadian softwood lumber to 17.9 percent from the current rate of 8.99 percent. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 19 Dec. 2021",
"At the same time, sawmills curtailed softwood lumber production in the face of a bad wildfire season in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. \u2014 Fortune , 2 Dec. 2021",
"What does that mean for your DIY projects, which most likely involve softwood products? \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 27 July 2021",
"Even before the pandemic, softwood production in Western Canada was limited by a combination of past fires, beetle infestations, and the slow growth rate of spruce trees. \u2014 Fortune , 2 July 2021",
"In 2017, the Trump administration imposed a 24% tax on softwood lumber imported from Canada, and in response, several Canadian mills shut down. \u2014 Andrew Khouri, oregonlive , 12 June 2021",
"Canadian softwood lumber\u2014not the plentiful Southern Yellow Pine that dots the U.S. South\u2014is the clear favorite among U.S. homebuilders. \u2014 Fortune , 2 July 2021",
"In 2017, the Trump administration imposed a 24% tax on softwood lumber imported from Canada, and in response, several Canadian mills shut down. \u2014 Andrew Khouri, oregonlive , 12 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The 1862 Homestead Act propelled the popularity of softwood construction. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 26 May 2021",
"Put it this way: For most softwood trim installation, this nailer is a good choice. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 19 Oct. 2020"
],
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"1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1855, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-070717"
},
"somegate":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": somehow , somewhere"
],
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"some entry 1 + gate (way)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-085542"
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"Sorbonist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of the faculty of theology or a theological student at the University of Paris",
": a graduate of or student at the Sorbonne"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle French sorboniste , from Sorbonne , a house for impoverished theological students at the University of Paris, now the site of the faculties of arts and letters of the University of Paris (after Robert de Sorbon \u20201274 French theologian, its founder) + -iste -ist"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-094049"
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"solar star":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a star of spectral type G resembling the sun in spectrum"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-125623"
},
"sorbitol":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a faintly sweet alcohol C 6 H 14 O 6 that occurs in some fruits, is made synthetically, and is used especially as a humectant and softener and in making ascorbic acid",
": a faintly sweet alcohol C 6 H 14 O 6 that occurs especially in fruits of the mountain ash (genus Sorbus ), is made synthetically, and is used especially as a humectant, a softener, and a sweetener and in making ascorbic acid"
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"\u02c8s\u022fr-b\u0259-\u02cct\u022fl",
"-\u02cct\u014dl",
"\u02c8s\u022fr-b\u0259-\u02cct\u022fl",
"-\u02cct\u014dl"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This also explains why there\u2019s a warning label on sugarless chewing gum made with sorbitol . \u2014 Rachel Boller, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Support healthy digestion: The fiber content of prunes may be to thank for their laxative effect, but scientists point to the combination of fiber, phenolic compounds and sorbitol within prunes that are likely what does the trick. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping , 18 Feb. 2021",
"Anything containing honey, agave, or sorbitol should be eliminated from your routine for the first few phases of the diet. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 26 Jan. 2020",
"The sugar alcohols include sorbitol , xylitol, lactitol, mannitol, erythritol, and maltitol. \u2014 Jamie Pitlick, Quartzy , 3 July 2019",
"Unlike the originals, these compact tins use sorbitol in place of sugar and come in a more pocket-friendly size. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 7 Dec. 2018",
"Skip apples, dried fruit and mangoes and opt instead for fruits lower in fructose or sorbitol , like blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, kiwi, banana, cantaloupe, pineapple and oranges. \u2014 SELF , 30 Nov. 2018",
"Nature\u2019s Way Activated Charcoal Capsules, $6.59 per 100 count on Amazon.com, contain no sorbitol . \u2014 Erin Levi, Good Housekeeping , 25 Mar. 2017",
"Researchers assigned 1,009 people with sore throats to one of three groups: no chewing gum, xylitol gum, or sorbitol gum without xylitol. \u2014 Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times , 21 Dec. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"sorb fruit of the service or related trees + -itol"
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"type":[
"verb"
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": to make sober"
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"1706, in the meaning defined above"
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": such as",
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": prudent",
": well established financially",
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": a geometrical figure or element (such as a cube or sphere) having three dimensions \u2014 see Volume Formulas Table",
": a substance that does not flow perceptibly under moderate stress, has a definite capacity for resisting forces (such as compression or tension) which tend to deform it, and under ordinary conditions retains a definite size and shape",
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": something that is solid: such as",
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": neither liquid nor gaseous",
": made firmly and well",
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": reliable , dependable",
": of one material, kind, or color",
": something (as a cube) that has length, width, and thickness",
": a substance that keeps its size and shape : a solid substance",
": being without an internal cavity : not hollow",
": possessing or characterized by the properties of a solid : neither gaseous nor liquid",
": capable of resisting severe challenge",
": a substance that does not flow perceptibly under moderate stress, has a definite capacity for resisting forces (as compression or tension) which tend to deform it, and under ordinary conditions retains a definite size and shape",
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"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259d",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259d",
"\u02c8s\u00e4l-\u0259d"
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"commonsense",
"commonsensible",
"commonsensical",
"firm",
"good",
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"informed",
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"justified",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"reasoned",
"sensible",
"sober",
"valid",
"well-founded"
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"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonsensical",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"uninformed",
"unjustified",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoned",
"unsound"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"And while the first essential for sunny days spent outside is a solid sunscreen, a cute swimsuit is a close second. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"The renewal comes three episodes into the show\u2019s seven-episode first season, which has scored solid viewing so far. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 June 2022",
"Warrior Mars is touring your 4th House of Domestic Matters and connecting with careful Saturn in your income sector, energizing your opportunities to create a solid material foundation. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 27 June 2022",
"Medterra Pets CBD Joint Support Soft Chews are another solid choice for helping your canine pal with joint issues. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Google Fiber, found mainly in Austin, is a solid choice. \u2014 Eric Griffith, PCMAG , 17 June 2022",
"The erstwhile Captain America is a solid choice to headline what\u2019s mainly a straightforward sci-fi action story bookended by a pair of existential crises that actually make this spinoff fly. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"By, by Leila: many accounts, this is a pretty, pretty solid choice for, for health director. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"Brown believes Ivey remains in solid position to win. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Cleanup is a breeze: Discard any solids from the tray, tip splattered liquid down the drain, and rinse the whole thing with mild dish soap and warm water. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 1 May 2020",
"Allow the mixture to infuse for 15 to 30 minutes, then strain out the ginger, pressing gently on the solids to squeeze out any remaining liquid. \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, The Denver Post , 23 Aug. 2019",
"Pur\u00e9e until smooth, then strain the liquid, pressing on the solids with the back of a spoon or silicone spatula to extract as much liquid as possible; cover and refrigerate until ready to use. \u2014 Saveur , 17 Mar. 2015",
"Right after eating, scrape whatever solids are left into the trash, including napkins. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2020",
"Also called dry toilets, these act as their own processing facility, in which solids (including toilet paper) are deposited into a tank that also contains peat moss or coconut coir, a fiber from the outer husk of coconuts. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 5 May 2020",
"Finally, the last sensor identifies the shape and nature of any solids . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Some of those improvements included projects such as inflatable dams to store wastewater or partially treating overflows by spinning them in a centrifuge to separate solids . \u2014 Sarah Bowman, IndyStar , 2 May 2020",
"Consider vitamin D and iron; avoid bulky solids close to bottle times. \u2014 Susan Reslewic Keatley, New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The total value of goods solid is an incredible $1.312 trillion, while the total customers are more than 1.3 billion. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Simply put, an ecobrick is a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle, packed solid with used plastics. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"Outdoor-sandal loyalty can be as tenuous as pulling for a random school to win your March Madness bracket, yet as rock- solid as your coffee preference. \u2014 Jeremy Rellosa, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2022",
"This rack is absolutely rock- solid when attached to the hitch and the bikes mount easily and quickly. \u2014 Lindsey Greenfeld, Travel + Leisure , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Commercial washer fluid has alcohol in it that keeps it from turning solid in all but Alaskan-winter temperatures. \u2014 Gary Witzenburg, Car and Driver , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The Republican seats are mostly rock- solid , while the Democratic seats include numerous likely retirements and pick-up opportunities for the Republicans. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
"At the 30-second mark, a solid -looking wave came Slater\u2019s way at Backdoor, a right-breaking wave. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The Disneyland reservation website shows that both Disneyland and California Adventure Park are nearly booked solid through Jan. 2. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 18 Dec. 2021"
],
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"Adjective",
"Middle English solide , from Middle French, from Latin solidus ; akin to Greek holos whole \u2014 more at safe"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adverb",
"1651, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-194843"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": sostenuto pedal"
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"first_known_use":[
"1885, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-211926"
},
"somehow":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in one way or another not known or designated : by some means",
": in a way that is not known or certain"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02cchau\u0307",
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02cchau\u0307"
],
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"examples":[
"She somehow managed to find her earring in the sand.",
"It will all work out somehow .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was the time Daphne Clarke (Elaine Smith) somehow managed to give birth without taking off their tights. \u2014 Scott Bryan, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Mangled bunnies figure prominently in a show that somehow managed to keep it light while not being afraid to talk about gristle and blood. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
"During the Watergate investigation, Kissinger, who authorized wiretaps of the phones of journalists and government officials, somehow managed to escape criminal charges. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Well, season three of Barry has come to a close, and somehow , again, miraculously, co-creators Bill Hader and Alec Berg have managed to keep all the main characters above ground. \u2014 Pete Keeley, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
"Wheeldon somehow managed to craft a piece that felt entirely in the Michael Jackson vocabulary while also remaining entirely original. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Yet, once again, this master of evasion somehow managed to escape, winning 211 votes to 148 to stay in post. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 6 June 2022",
"Lane Kiffin, who somehow managed to not say anything inflammatory about the situation this week too, will surely have a GIF or meme at the ready to fire off on Twitter. \u2014 John Talty | Jtalty@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"Whatever the role, whatever the context, Liotta somehow managed to let loose an explosive barrage of toothy giggling that, over time, became as much a personal signature as that thousand-mile stare. \u2014 Gene Seymour, CNN , 27 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":[
"1664, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-214816"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being solid",
": something solid"
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"s\u0259-\u02c8li-d\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
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"dodginess",
"unreliability"
],
"examples":[
"The solidity of his convictions impressed us.",
"the solidity of his word is such that I don't need a written contract\u2014or anything else",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The result is images that have a curious dual effect, conveying both solidity and delicacy; the first quality coming from the thickness of the lines, the second from our awareness that what looks so weighty on the page would rip easily at the touch. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"The overall impression is one of weighty solidity , combined with effortlessly smooth friction-free motion. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022",
"But for all their defensive solidity this season, scoring has been a problem for the Fire. \u2014 Jeremy Mikula, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The moms\u2014choking on anger at idiot men\u2014were our saviors, our solidity and happiness. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2022",
"In fact, the EV era could renew Mercedes's reputation for bank-vault solidity \u2014what made the biggest impression was the vacuum-of-space quietude. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Despite its heft and solidity \u2014required to be able to tow 8,000 pounds\u2014the new LX has plenty of hustle. \u2014 Matthew Askari, Robb Report , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Cezanne is considered a pivotal figure in the history of modern art who sought to endow the Impressionist style with a sense of gravity and solidity , rather than to focus on capturing fleeting effects of light and weather. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Flores possessed an unwavering solidity of tone and comfortably switched between popular and classical styles of playing. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022"
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-234429"
},
"soporific":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": causing or tending to cause sleep",
": tending to dull awareness or alertness",
": of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy",
": a soporific agent",
": hypnotic sense 1",
": causing or tending to cause sleep",
": a soporific agent (as a drug)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u00e4-p\u0259-\u02c8ri-fik",
"-\u02c8rif-ik"
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"synonyms":[
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"opiate",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somniferous",
"somnolent"
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"antonyms":[
"stimulant"
],
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"Adjective",
"the soporific heat of summer",
"this medication is soporific , so do not drive after taking it",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Time was, city council meetings in minor American burgs were sleepy, if not downright soporific affairs. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 19 Apr. 2022",
"If the comfort of the chili sauce took the form of catharsis\u2014heart-racing heat and its attendant sweat\u2014the comfort of the tomato soup was soporific , more soothing than Campbell\u2019s. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 6 May 2022",
"The soporific Reagan era made the music and lyrics SST trafficked in seem an active threat. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"His music has been described as bland and soporific -- like an aural hit of Ambien. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 5 Dec. 2021",
"The \u014cura app even provides recordings of boring stories, read by someone with a wonderfully soporific voice, to help her fall asleep. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 30 Sep. 2021",
"No other season lends itself so readily to daytime lounging as summer, with its soporific heat, slowed-down pace, and somnolent rhythms. \u2014 Vogue , 6 Sep. 2021",
"On this show, what happens after dinner usually arrives in soporific glimpses. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Relevance, though, often covers a multitude of aesthetic faults \u2014 the soporific dullness of being earnest, relentless sentimentality or even a covert didacticism, typically stressing the myriad derelictions to which human beings are all prey. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Despite the vicious\u2014and mostly ineffective\u2014GOP attacks on Biden\u2019s mental acuity, the former vice president gave listeners a level of detail Thursday night that bordered on the soporific . \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2020",
"The filmmakers hit the reset button again, to find new conflict-laden places to go, new soporific curses to do. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Oct. 2019",
"And education\u2019s soporific wonkitude works in its favor: Negotiations fly under the radar. \u2014 Roger Sollenberger, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2019",
"Norton, who has already completed the 12-hour sleep-coaching program with his own Tier X trainer, takes me up to the hotel\u2019s penthouse suite to watch the sunset over the Hudson and sample a line of soporific CBD chocolates. \u2014 Howie Kahn, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2019",
"Like at night, when the soft beds and gentle rhythms of the train become a potent soporific . \u2014 Jo Rodgers, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 7 Sep. 2018",
"After a soporific first 45 minutes ended scoreless, more than 40,000 spectators at the Rostov Arena had little reason to expect the remarkable, rollicking second half that awaited them. \u2014 Tariq Panja, New York Times , 4 July 2018",
"This never made sense anyway, though for the gullible few, inflamed rhetoric has apparently served as an effective soporific . \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com , 3 Jan. 2018",
"The flow is further evident in the variety of tracks, which span the gamut from lush deep house rhythms to soporific electronica and ambient compositions. \u2014 Michael Sundius, Billboard , 30 Oct. 2017"
],
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"Adjective",
"probably from French soporifique , from Latin sopor deep sleep; akin to Latin somnus sleep \u2014 more at somnolent"
],
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"Adjective",
"1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"circa 1727, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-013404"
},
"so as":{
"type":[
"conjunction"
],
"definitions":[
": so sense 1a",
": so sense 1b",
": provide that"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-021746"
},
"somnial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to sleep or dreams"
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"\u02c8s\u00e4mn\u0113\u0259l"
],
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"French, from Late Latin somnialis , from Latin somnium dream + -alis -al; akin to Latin somnus sleep"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-173706"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a genus ( Solidago ) of chiefly North American composite herbs including the typical goldenrods",
": a genus of chiefly North American composite herbs including the typical goldenrods",
": any plant of the genus Solidago"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02c8d\u0101-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
"-\u02c8d\u00e4-",
"\u02ccs\u00e4l-\u0259-\u02c8d\u0101-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
"-\u02c8d\u00e4g-(\u02cc)\u014d"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Medieval Latin soldago , an herb reputed to heal wounds, from soldare to make whole, from Latin solidare , from solidus solid"
],
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"circa 1771, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181258"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": tempered martensite having a granular appearance under the microscope"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fr\u02ccb\u012bt"
],
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"Henry C. Sorby \u20201908 English geologist + English -ite"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185704"
},
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to put to sleep : lull",
": to put an end to (as a claim) : settle"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d\u02ccp\u012bt",
"\u02c8s\u00e4\u02ccp-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin sopitus , past participle of sopire to put to sleep, from sopor"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-194857"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a dissolved substance in a solution : solute"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin solvendus , gerundive of solvere to dissolve"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084844"
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"sorbic acid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a crystalline acid C 6 H 8 O 2 obtained from the unripe fruits of the mountain ash or synthesized and used especially as a fungicide and food preservative",
": a crystalline acid C 6 H 8 O 2 obtained from the unripe fruits of the mountain ash (genus Sorbus ) or synthesized and used especially as a fungicide and food preservative"
],
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"\u02c8s\u022fr-bik-",
"\u02ccs\u022fr-bik-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"sorb fruit of the service or related trees, from French sorbe , from Latin sorbum"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1815, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090005"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a shin, knuckle, or other bone suitable for making soup stock"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-074957"
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"solopreneur":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise without the help of a partner : a solo entrepreneur"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u014d-l\u014d-p(r)\u0259-\u02c8n\u0259r",
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"first_known_use":[
"1992, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075847"
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"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"M\u00e1rio (Alberto Nobre Lopes) 1924\u20132017 prime minister of Portugal (1976\u201378; 1983\u201385) and president (1986\u201396)"
],
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"\u02c8sw\u00e4r-ish"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080023"
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"soliciter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": solicitor"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, from soliciten to solicit + -er"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-080430"
},
"soberingly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": with a sobering effect"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-081351"
},
"solon":{
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"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a wise and skillful lawgiver",
": a member of a legislative body",
"circa 630\u2013 circa 560 b.c. Athenian lawgiver"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-l\u0259n",
"-\u02ccl\u00e4n",
"\u02c8s\u014d-l\u0259n",
"-\u02ccl\u00e4n"
],
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"lawgiver",
"lawmaker",
"legislator"
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"examples":[
"one of the most politically adept solons in the state legislature"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Solon"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-082514"
},
"sokol":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of any one of various Slavic gymnastic societies of Europe and the U.S."
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022f\u02cck\u022fl"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Czech, literally, falcon; akin to Sanskrit \u015bakuna bird"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084809"
},
"soci\u00e9t\u00e9 anonyme":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a society or corporation in which liability is limited to the capital invested \u2014 compare commandite"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u014dsy\u0101t\u0101\u0227n\u014dn\u0113m"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, anonymous society; from the fact that it consists of silent partners"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085509"
},
"soarable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": able to support soaring : permitting soaring"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014dr\u0259b\u0259l",
"\u02c8s\u022fr-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090730"
},
"someway":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": somehow",
": somehow"
],
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"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02ccw\u0101",
"\u02c8s\u0259m-\u02ccw\u0101"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first order of business is to talk to the present coaches, put together a staff and then somehow, someway connect with the players. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Somehow, someway , Indianapolis had a chance to erase all of that and put itself in the driver\u2019s seat. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Somehow, someway , Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent's new faux-shearling Liv chair for Living Spaces hits both of these categories. \u2014 Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful , 26 Sep. 2018",
"Yet somehow, someway , against fairly daunting odds, the singer\u2019s show felt not like a pity party, but like a party party, one that featured ample opportunities to sing along, clap along, dance along, and smile along. \u2014 Th\u00e9oden Janes, charlotteobserver , 7 July 2018",
"And somehow, someway a guy at Roland Garros has to win 3 out of 5 sets against him on a single day?? \u2014 Jon Wertheim, SI.com , 2 May 2018",
"Once again, with the game winding down to its final seconds, the Miami Hurricanes somehow, someway managed to walk off the court victorious. \u2014 Jordan Mcpherson, miamiherald , 3 Mar. 2018",
"But somehow, someway , despite a shaky game from the offense, the Seahawks did just enough to come up with the win, beating Dallas 21-12 to go into the final week of the regular season still in the playoff hunt. \u2014 Stefanie Loh, The Seattle Times , 24 Dec. 2017",
"Adam Vinatieri somehow someway dinged it off the crossbar to tie it up, one of the most impressive kicks in his Hall of Fame-worthy career. \u2014 Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star , 10 Dec. 2017"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a journalist who specializes in writing or editing sob stories or other material of a sentimental type",
": a sentimental and often impractical person usually engaged in good works"
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"1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-123347"
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"sorbet":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u022fr-\u02c8b\u0101",
"also"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nose of almonds and honeysuckle with lemon sorbet flavors along the rich, textural body. \u2014 Cathrine Todd, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Or at least that\u2019s the memo coming from the spring 2022 runways, which featured ranging hues of orange, from soft sorbet colours to in-your-face neon shades. \u2014 refinery29.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"One item, intended to be a post-meal palate cleanser, straddles the line between food and drink: the Scorppino ($14), a traditional Italian creation that\u2019s essentially a boozy, drinkable glass of lemon sorbet . \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 May 2022",
"Lenny Kravitz, in leather and lace, Paloma Elsesser in a white Coach number, and Evan Mock in ice cream tones and a white neck ruff by Head of State, like a sorbet Little Lord Fauntleroy, came close. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"For dessert, the chef served a Valencia lemon sorbet with raw boba-bean praline. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 3 May 2022",
"In 2011, the company opened a 35,000-square-foot factory with a warehouse that can hold 36 million scoops of ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet and sorbet . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 9 Mar. 2022",
"She\u2019s currently working on one inspired by galub jamun, the sweet, doughnut-like Indian dessert, and a curry leaf sorbet with fresh ginger. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Mar. 2022",
"One of them is haiku for a brilliant dessert featuring milk sorbet in a strawberry tuile garnished with herby nepitella blossoms. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, from Middle French, sweetened fruit juice, from Old Italian sorbetto , from Turkish \u015ferbet \u2014 more at sherbet"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1864, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-130537"
},
"Soave":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a dry white Italian wine"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sw\u00e4-(\u02cc)v\u0101"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Soave , village near Verona, Italy"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1934, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134925"
},
"solidish":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": comparatively solid"
],
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"\u02c8s\u00e4l\u0259\u0307dish"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143718"
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"soporifical":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": soporific"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-f\u0259\u0307k\u0259l",
"-f\u0113k-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164003"
},
"solo stop":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an organ stop of individual tone quality suitable for solo effects"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-171407"
},
"sobersides":{
"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": a sobersided person"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-b\u0259r-\u02ccs\u012bdz"
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"first_known_use":[
"1705, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181204"
},
"solar still":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small device originally designed for army and navy fliers forced down in the sea that converts salt water or contaminated water into drinking water by vaporization by the sun's rays and condensation"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-200532"
},
"souvenir":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something kept as a reminder (as of a place one has visited)",
": something that serves as a reminder"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00fc-v\u0259-\u02ccnir",
"\u02ccs\u00fc-v\u0259-\u02c8nir",
"\u02c8s\u00fc-v\u0259-\u02ccnir"
],
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"commemorative",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"memorial",
"monument",
"remembrance",
"reminder",
"token"
],
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"examples":[
"When I went to the Super Bowl, I kept my ticket stub as a souvenir .",
"kept their love letters as souvenirs of their courtship",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Prices start under \u00a325 for smaller gifts which saw many shoppers excited to buy and to walk away with the famous blue carrier bag as a souvenir of their visit. \u2014 Kate Hardcastle, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"In any event, the photograph appears to be a small single panel from a stereo view of Bad Neuenahr and suggests the set might have been a souvenir from the famous spa town. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 1 June 2022",
"Hold the souvenir of memories inside your mind and heart forever. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"At souvenir stores inside and outside the bubble, people queued for hours -- sometimes in biting cold -- to take home plush toy replicas. \u2014 Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 20 Feb. 2022",
"So now the engraving hangs on my wall, and a copy of the 1914 Loeb Classical Library edition of Barlaam and Ioasaph sits on my desk, a physical souvenir of my virtual journey along the Silk Road. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Unbeknownst to him, a San Francisco resident had already brought the Omicron variant onto U.S. soil as an unwelcome souvenir of a trip to South Africa. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Snow globes, a favorite souvenir of Vienna, have been produced there for more than a hundred years by the Perzy family in their 17th district factory. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Hold the souvenir of memories inside your mind and heart forever. \u2014 Jonathon Berlin, sun-sentinel.com , 21 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, act of remembering, from Middle French, from ( se ) souvenir to remember, from Latin subvenire to come up, come to mind \u2014 more at subvention"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1782, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-221436"
},
"Soutine":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Chaim 1893\u20131943 French (Lithuanian-born) painter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u00fc-\u02c8t\u0113n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-222424"
},
"solferino":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fuchsine sense 1",
": a moderate purplish red that is redder, darker, and slightly stronger than average rose, redder and duller than violine pink, redder and paler than magenta rose, and redder and less strong than average fuchsia rose"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u00e4lf\u0259\u02c8r\u0113(\u02cc)n\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from Solferino , village of northern Italy; from its being discovered soon after the battle fought there in 1859"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-040036"
},
"societas universorum bonorum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a partnership including all the property of the partners however acquired : universal partnership"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cc\u00fcn\u0259ver\u02c8s\u014dr\u0259mb\u0259\u02c8n\u014dr\u0259m",
"-\u02ccy\u00fcn\u0259(\u02cc)v\u0259r\u02c8s-"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-054440"
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"solitary gland":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of the small lymph follicles in the submucous tissue and mucous membrane of the intestine"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072028"
},
"somni-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":[
": sleep"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin, from somnus"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072440"
},
"soleiform":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": shaped like a slipper : calceiform"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259\u02c8l\u0113\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm",
"\u02c8s\u014dl-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin solea sandal + English -iform"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072844"
},
"soporose":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": full of sleep : characterized by or manifesting morbid sleep or sleepiness"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"sopor + -ose"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074324"
},
"soavemente":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": soave"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u014d\u02cc\u00e4v\u0101\u02c8ment\u0101"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-080320"
},
"solid-looking":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": giving an impression of solid worth or substance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u00e4-l\u0259d-\u02c8lu\u0307k-i\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1840, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081111"
},
"somnific":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": somniferous"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)s\u00e4m\u00a6nifik"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin somnificus , from somni- + -ficus -fic"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081815"
},
"sonochemistry":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical effects of ultrasound"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6s\u00e4n\u014d",
"\u00a6s\u014dn\u014d+"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"son- + chemistry"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082120"
},
"Society Islander":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a native or inhabitant of the Society Islands"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Society island + English -er"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084105"
},
"Sosnowiec":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city in southwestern Poland northeast of Katowice population 216,500"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u00e4-\u02c8sn\u014d-\u02ccvyets"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090659"
},
"sober up":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to become sober or less drunk or to make (a drunk person) sober or less drunk"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-093225"
},
"solicited":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make petition to : entreat",
": to approach with a request or plea",
": to urge (something, such as one's cause) strongly",
": to entice or lure especially into evil",
": to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute",
": to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas",
": to make solicitation : importune",
": to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money",
": to come to with a request or plea",
": to try to get by asking or pleading",
": to make petition to",
": to ask, induce, advise, or command (a person) to do something and especially to commit a crime \u2014 compare coerce , importune",
": to attempt to persuade (a person) to purchase something",
": to attempt to bring about or obtain by soliciting a person",
": to make solicitation",
": to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259t",
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259t",
"s\u0259-\u02c8li-s\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvass",
"canvas",
"interview",
"poll",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The former Tallahassee mayor is accused of acting in concert with associate Sharon Janet Lettman-Hicks to solicit funds using false representations and promises. \u2014 Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"Previous Documenta curators traversed the world to meet artists and solicit their ideas. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"The charity primarily raises money through events where people shave their heads to solicit contributions. \u2014 David Armstrong, ProPublica , 8 June 2022",
"The menu of tipping options could be designed to solicit higher tip amounts. \u2014 Shahar Ziv, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The deal includes a go-shop provision where VMware can solicit alternative proposals for 40 days. \u2014 Liana Baker, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"The center\u2019s goal was to solicit outside expert advice on how to spend the city\u2019s $511 million in federal funding through the American Recovery Plan Act. \u2014 Lucas Daprile, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
"That, according to an FBI affidavit filed Monday in Orange County Superior Court, was because Sidhu wanted to see the deal through to solicit a campaign contribution from the Angels. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"Aziz said the video was released to solicit help from the community in identifying the four suspects. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, to disturb, promote, from Anglo-French solliciter , from Latin sollicitare to disturb, from sollicitus anxious, from sollus whole (from Oscan; akin to Greek holos whole) + citus , past participle of ci\u0113re to move \u2014 more at safe , -kinesis"
],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105521"
},
"sob story":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sentimental story or account intended chiefly to evoke sympathy or sadness"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She told a sob story about how she had to starve herself to pay for the rent.",
"I don't want to hear any of your sob stories .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bluntly, a great personal essay should be a bit of a sob story , but this is something many Africans will struggle to do well. \u2014 Ciku Kimeria, Quartz , 6 Apr. 2022",
"No one wants to hear another sob story about the middle class Black kid who grew up around white people. \u2014 Kathleen Newman-bremang, refinery29.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Hollywood loves a good sob story , even if it's nestled within a perfectly innocuous children's film (looking at you, Toy Story 3). \u2014 refinery29.com , 21 Nov. 2021",
"But this is not a sob story , or autism explainer, or an after-school special about tolerance. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Jonathan confesses that her sob story evokes nothing in him. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 3 Oct. 2021",
"In the movie\u2019s emotional and thematic centerpiece scene, Dickie visits him at Christmas and reveals his latest sob story (changing it to claim Giuseppina died of pneumonia), only for Sal to again look right through him. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Either way, the coming out narrative is a sob story . \u2014 Sadhbh O'sullivan, refinery29.com , 28 May 2021",
"Don\u2019t spin a sob story or ratchet up the excuses even if a Black Swan event did somehow cause your delay. \u2014 Mark Antonio Wright, National Review , 25 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1913, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112503"
},
"Soay":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an old breed of small dark-brown or blackish sheep that are horned in both sexes",
": an animal of the Soay breed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d(\u02cc)\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from Soay , island of the Hebrides, where the breed originated"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112804"
},
"sough":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make a moaning or sighing sound"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sau\u0307",
"\u02c8s\u0259f"
],
"synonyms":[
"sigh"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"all night long the patient was soughing in her sleep"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English swoughen , from Old English sw\u014dgan ; akin to Goth ga swogjan to groan, Lithuanian svag\u0117ti to sound"
],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113809"
},
"sobering":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": tending to make one thoughtful or sober"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-b(\u0259-)ri\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"His death is a sobering reminder of the dangers of mountaineering.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The advent of Covid-19 has added another deadly disease to the National Safety Council's list of the things that are most likely to kill Americans, but another detail on the newest release of the report might even be more sobering . \u2014 Katharina Buchholz, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"This article from the Associated Press is very, very sobering . \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The findings send both a sobering message that the world needs to expedite its goal of reaching net zero, where as little greenhouse gas is emitted as possible, and the rest is offset. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"Before the sobering forecast lowered the shares even further, Apple\u2019s stock had fallen 10% from its peak in early January. \u2014 Michael Liedtke, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, Kuleba, Ukraine's foreign minister, issued a sobering message before the United Nations General Assembly earlier in the day. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 23 Feb. 2022",
"That\u2019s the sobering message of Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes\u2019 new documentary, The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales, receiving its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Jan. 2022",
"But zero confidence in all institutions, including unions and colleges, raises a sobering question. \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"The back-to-back tragedies served as sobering reminders of the frequency and brutality of an American epidemic of mass gun violence. \u2014 Zeke Miller And Chris Megerian, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1816, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113906"
},
"societas leonina":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": leonine partnership"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccl\u0101\u0259\u02c8n\u0113n\u0259",
"-\u02ccl\u0113\u0259\u02c8n\u012bn\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-114348"
},
"solonetz":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of an intrazonal group of dark hard alkaline soils showing columnar structure and containing sulfates, bicarbonates, and other soluble salts which evolve by leaching and alkalizing from solonchak in imperfectly drained semiarid regions"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Russian solonets salt not extracted by decoction, from solony\u012d salty"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-114901"
},
"sopper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that sops"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4p\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-120541"
},
"solonchak":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of an intrazonal group of strongly saline soils usually light colored and without characteristic structural form and typically developed in poorly drained arid or semiarid areas vegetated mostly by halophytes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6s\u00e4l\u0259n\u00a6chak"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Russian, salt marsh, from solony\u012d salty, from sol' salt; akin to Latin sal salt"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122307"
},
"Solon":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a wise and skillful lawgiver",
": a member of a legislative body",
"circa 630\u2013 circa 560 b.c. Athenian lawgiver"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u014d-l\u0259n",
"-\u02ccl\u00e4n",
"\u02c8s\u014d-l\u0259n",
"-\u02ccl\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawgiver",
"lawmaker",
"legislator"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"one of the most politically adept solons in the state legislature"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Solon"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123825"
},
"sosie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person having an exact likeness with another : double",
": twin",
": an identical twin"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u014d\u02c8z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, from Sosie , slave whose form Mercury assumes in the play Amphitryon (1667) by Moli\u00e8re \u20201673 French playwright, from Latin Sosia , servant of the Greco-Roman mythological hero Amphitryon in the play Amphitruo by Titus Maccius Plautus \u2020184 b.c. Roman playwright"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125229"
},
"sob stuff":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sob story or other material designed to make a sentimental or strongly emotional appeal"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125708"
},
"solid-mouth":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having a complete set of teeth \u2014 compare broken-mouthed"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-131627"
},
"somniloquist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who talks in his sleep":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u00e4m\u02c8nil\u0259kw\u0259\u0307st"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"somni- + -loquist (as in ventriloquist )":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105458"
},
"souvenir sheet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a block or set of postage stamps or a single stamp printed on a single sheet of paper often without gum or perforations and with margins containing lettering or design that identifies some notable event being commemorated":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105513"
},
"soorkee":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": brick pulverized and mixed with lime to form a mortar":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi sur\u1e35\u1e96\u012b , from Persian surkh\u012b , literally, redness, from surkh red, from Middle Persian sukhr ; akin to Avestan suXra- bright, Sanskrit \u015bukra":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105605"
},
"sorbent":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a substance that sorbs":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022fr-b\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The water-intensive sorbent will need 10 tons of water to produce 1 ton of carbon dioxide. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The fans need electricity, of course, but the bulk of the power goes to heating up the carbon to liberate it from the sorbent . \u2014 Vince Beiser, Wired , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Another direct air capture system, employing a solid sorbent , uses somewhat less energy, but companies have struggled to scale it up beyond pilots. \u2014 June Sekera, The Conversation , 23 Nov. 2021",
"With the help of helicopters guiding response vessels, crews are using current busters, oil skimmers and barrier, and sorbent boom to collect the oil. \u2014 Camille Furst And Alaa Elassar, CNN , 1 Aug. 2021",
"However, the main weakness of sorbent booms is that they can only be used once. \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 6 Mar. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin sorbent-, sorbens , present participle of sorb\u0113re to suck up \u2014 more at absorb":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1856, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105951"
}
}
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