1628 lines
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1628 lines
33 KiB
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{
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"cicerone":{
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"as in adviser , counselor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cinch":{
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"one that is certain to succeed":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"after that hole in one, she's a cinch to make the cut for the next round of the tournament"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dark horse",
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"long shot"
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],
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"related":[
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"certainty",
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"inevitability",
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"eventuality",
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"foregone conclusion"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"lock",
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"shoo-in",
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"slam dunk",
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"sure thing"
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]
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},
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"something that is easy to do":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bear",
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"beast",
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"chore",
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"headache",
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"horror show",
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"killer",
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"labor",
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"murder",
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"pain",
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"sticky wicket",
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"stinker"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the clear instructions made setting up the audiovisual system a cinch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brainteaser",
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"poser",
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"stumper",
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"toughie",
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"toughy",
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"bother",
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"nuisance",
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"trouble"
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],
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"related":[
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"no-brainer",
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"nothing",
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"sitting duck",
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"gimme",
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"laugher",
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"walkaway"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breeze",
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"cake",
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"cakewalk",
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"child's play",
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"cream puff",
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"duck soup",
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"kid stuff",
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"picnic",
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"pushover",
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"roses",
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"snap"
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]
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},
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"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the team's latest victory cinches a trip to the play-offs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"enfeeble",
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"undermine",
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"weaken"
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],
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"related":[
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"attest",
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"certify",
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"vouch",
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"warrant",
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"witness",
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"pledge",
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"promise",
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"swear"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assure",
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"ensure",
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"guarantee",
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"guaranty",
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"ice",
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"insure",
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"secure"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"circlets":{
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"as in ringlets":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"circuit":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to travel completely around":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"circumambulate",
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"cross",
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"perambulate",
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"traverse"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"circle",
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"circumnavigate",
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"circumvent",
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"compass",
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"encircle",
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"girdle",
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"orbit",
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"ring",
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"round"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"circulate":{
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"to become known":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hush (up)",
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"suppress",
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"conceal",
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"disguise",
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"hide",
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"mask",
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"secrete"
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],
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"related":[
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"develop",
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"transpire",
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"unfold",
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"disclose",
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"reveal",
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"spill",
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"tell"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"break",
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"come out",
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"get about",
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"get around",
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"get out",
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"get round",
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"leak (out)",
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"out",
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"spread"
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]
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},
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"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cloak",
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"conceal",
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"enshroud",
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"hide",
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"hold (in)",
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"mask",
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"obscure",
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"secrete",
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"shroud",
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"veil",
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"contain",
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"limit",
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"restrict"
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],
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"related":[
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"radiate",
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"sprawl",
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"diffuse",
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"dispense",
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"disperse",
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"dissipate",
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"scatter",
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"sow",
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"communicate",
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"convey",
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"impart",
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"pass (on)",
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"transmit"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"broadcast",
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"disseminate",
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"propagate",
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"spread"
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]
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},
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"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bandy (about)",
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"blab",
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"dish",
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"gossip",
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"tattle",
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"bare",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"expose",
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"let on (about)",
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"report",
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"reveal",
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"spill",
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"tell",
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"hint",
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"imply",
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"insinuate",
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"intimate",
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"suggest",
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"blaze",
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"broadcast",
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"proclaim",
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"promulgate",
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"propagate",
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"publicize",
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"spread"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bruit (about)",
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"noise (about or abroad)",
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"rumor",
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"whisper"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"circulating":{
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"to become known":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hushing (up)",
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"suppressing",
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"concealing",
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"disguising",
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"hiding",
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"masking",
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"secreting"
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],
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"related":[
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"developing",
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"transpiring",
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"unfolding",
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"disclosing",
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"revealing",
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"spilling",
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"telling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaking",
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"coming out",
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"getting about",
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"getting around",
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"getting out",
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"getting round",
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"leaking (out)",
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"outing",
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"spreading"
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]
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},
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"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cloaking",
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"concealing",
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"enshrouding",
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"hiding",
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"holding (in)",
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"masking",
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"obscuring",
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"secreting",
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"shrouding",
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"veiling",
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"containing",
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"limiting",
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"restricting"
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],
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"related":[
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"radiating",
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"sprawling",
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"diffusing",
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"dispensing",
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"dispersing",
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"dissipating",
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"scattering",
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"sowing",
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"communicating",
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"conveying",
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"imparting",
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"passing (on)",
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"transmitting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"broadcasting",
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"disseminating",
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"propagating",
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"spreading"
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]
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},
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"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bandying (about)",
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"blabbing",
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"dishing",
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"gossiping",
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"tattling",
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"baring",
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"disclosing",
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"divulging",
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"exposing",
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"letting on (about)",
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"reporting",
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"revealing",
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"spilling",
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"telling",
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"hinting",
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"implying",
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"insinuating",
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"intimating",
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"suggesting",
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"blazing",
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"broadcasting",
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"proclaiming",
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"promulgating",
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"propagating",
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"publicizing",
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"spreading"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bruiting (about)",
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"noising (about or abroad)",
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"rumoring",
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"whispering"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"circumfused":{
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"to surround or cover closely":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"circumfused in darkness, the isolated house seemed the perfect spot for a clandestine meeting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bared",
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"denuded",
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"exposed",
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"stripped",
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"stript"
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],
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"related":[
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"curtained",
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"draped",
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"embedded",
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"imbedded",
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"encased",
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"swaddled",
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"blanketed",
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"overlaid",
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"overspread",
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"camouflaged",
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"cloaked",
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"disguised",
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"masked",
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"circled",
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"encircled",
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"enlaced",
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"enwound"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bosomed",
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"bowered",
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"cocooned",
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"embosomed",
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"embowered",
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"embraced",
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"enclosed",
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"inclosed",
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"encompassed",
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"enfolded",
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"enshrouded",
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"enswathed",
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"enveloped",
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"enwrapped",
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"invested",
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"involved",
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"lapped",
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"mantled",
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"muffled",
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"shrouded",
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"swathed",
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"veiled",
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"wrapped"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"circumlocution":{
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"deliberate evasion in speech":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"rather than answering the question directly, he resorted to circumlocution , which made her suspect that he was hiding something"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"candor",
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"directness",
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"forthrightness",
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"frankness",
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"openheartedness",
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"openness",
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"plainness",
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"plumpness",
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"straightforwardness"
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],
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"related":[
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"quibbling",
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"ambiguity",
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"ambiguousness",
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"equivocalness",
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"murkiness",
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"nebulousness",
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"obscureness",
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"obscurity",
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"opacity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"equivocation",
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"shuffle",
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"tergiversation"
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]
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},
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"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"your papers have to be five pages long, but that's five pages of substance, not circumlocution"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brevity",
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"briefness",
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"compactness",
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"conciseness",
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"concision",
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"crispness",
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"pithiness",
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"succinctness",
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"terseness"
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],
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"related":[
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"circuitousness",
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"circularity",
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"digressiveness",
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"pleonasm",
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"tautology",
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"reiteration",
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"repetition",
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"repetitiousness",
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"repetitiveness",
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"embellishment",
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"embroidering",
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"exaggeration",
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"hyperbole",
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"overstatement"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"diffuseness",
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"diffusion",
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"garrulity",
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"garrulousness",
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"logorrhea",
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"long-windedness",
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"periphrasis",
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"prolixity",
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"redundancy",
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"verbalism",
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"verbiage",
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"verboseness",
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"verbosity",
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"windiness",
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"wordage",
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"wordiness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"circumlocutory":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea":{
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"antonyms":[
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"compact",
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"concise",
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"crisp",
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"pithy",
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"succinct",
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"terse"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the studio's statement that \"the film's earnings did not live up to expectations\" was a circumlocutory admission that the movie was a flop"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brief",
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"short",
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"aphoristic",
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"epigrammatic",
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"sententious",
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"compendious",
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"summary",
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"abbreviated",
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"abridged",
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"condensed",
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"shortened",
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"abrupt",
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"blunt",
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"brusque",
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"brusk",
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"curt",
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"laconic",
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"snippy"
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],
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"related":[
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"chatty",
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"communicative",
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"conversational",
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"gabby",
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"loquacious",
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"talkative",
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"talky",
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"voluble",
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"periphrastic",
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"redundant",
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"repetitious",
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"tautological",
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"tautologous",
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"embellished",
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"embroidered",
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"exaggerated",
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"bombastic",
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"gaseous",
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"gassy",
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"grandiloquent",
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"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"circuitous",
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"diffuse",
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"garrulous",
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"logorrheic",
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"long-winded",
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"pleonastic",
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"prolix",
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"rambling",
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"verbose",
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"windy",
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"wordy"
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]
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}
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},
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"circumscribing":{
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"to mark the limits of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Lake Michigan circumscribes the city of Chicago on the east"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"controlling",
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"determining",
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"governing",
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"delineating",
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"describing"
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"delimiting",
|
|
"demarcating",
|
|
"demarking",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exceeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumscribed his enthusiasm so as not to make the losing side feel worse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"widening",
|
|
"overextending",
|
|
"overreaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"narrowing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"tightening",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"holding down",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumspect":{
|
|
"having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has a reputation for being quiet and circumspect in investigating charges of child abuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertent",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"hypercautious",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"foresightful",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"ultracareful",
|
|
"ultracautious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumspection":{
|
|
"a close attentiveness to avoiding danger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"incaution",
|
|
"incautiousness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"unwariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumspection is always good when considering charging someone with cheating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"impetuousness",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"suddenness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"shrewdness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"chariness",
|
|
"gingerliness",
|
|
"guardedness",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wariness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumventing":{
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leapfrogging",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"observing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"incurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"end-running",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"outflanking",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"obviating",
|
|
"parrying",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"warding (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"shortcutting",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumambulating",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"circuiting",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citations":{
|
|
"a formal expression of praise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the citation for the Nobel Prize winner noted his major contributions to quantum theory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"indictments",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproofs",
|
|
"admonitions",
|
|
"corrections",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"sermons"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"dedications",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"acclamations",
|
|
"laudations",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"cachets",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"recommendations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"dithyrambs",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogia",
|
|
"eulogiums",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"tributes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a formal recognition of an achievement or praiseworthy deed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a police officer who has received several citations for his work with troubled youths in the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"medals",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"dedications"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"mentions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in your paper be sure to include citations to back up any points you make about the play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allusions",
|
|
"references",
|
|
"excerpts",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"snippets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quotations",
|
|
"quotes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citizen":{
|
|
"a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncitizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claimed that the good citizens of the town were sick of high property taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"tourist",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"visitor",
|
|
"gownsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"townswoman",
|
|
"cliff dweller",
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"town",
|
|
"townsfolk",
|
|
"townspeople",
|
|
"suburbanite",
|
|
"urbanite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgher",
|
|
"townie",
|
|
"towny",
|
|
"townsman",
|
|
"villager"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"noncitizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conscientious citizens who regard voting as a duty as well as a right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"stranger",
|
|
"immigrant",
|
|
"nonnative"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compatriot",
|
|
"countryman",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"nonimmigrant",
|
|
"resident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeman",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"subject"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civies":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"civil":{
|
|
"of or relating to a nation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonnational"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the country was not destroyed by outside enemies but by a series of civil wars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"global",
|
|
"international",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"foreign"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"civic",
|
|
"federal",
|
|
"municipal",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"governmental",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"intestine",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican",
|
|
"nationwide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"national",
|
|
"public"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"mannerless",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please try to be civil to your ex-husband at the upcoming family wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"clodhopping",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unceremonious",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"unrespectable",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"gentlemanlike",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"red-carpet",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"comme il faut",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
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"pleasant",
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"sociable",
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"felicitous",
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"graceful",
|
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"demure",
|
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"humble",
|
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"meek",
|
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"modest",
|
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"unassertive"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
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"gracious",
|
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"mannerly",
|
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"polite",
|
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"well-bred"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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]
|
|
},
|
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"civility":{
|
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"an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"after the usual civilities , the parents and the principal had a serious talk about the boy"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"ceremony",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"rite",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"decorum",
|
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"etiquette",
|
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"form",
|
|
"manners",
|
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"mores",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"devoirs",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"politeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"treated people from all walks of life with the same unfailing civility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"ceremonialness",
|
|
"ceremoniousness",
|
|
"ceremony",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"chivalrousness",
|
|
"chivalry",
|
|
"courtliness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentlemanliness",
|
|
"knighthood",
|
|
"knightliness",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
"urbanity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"gentilesse",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"politeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circa":{
|
|
"not far from (something) in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was born circa 1600."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"citadel":{
|
|
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a massive stone citadel continues to command the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortification",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battlement",
|
|
"breastwork",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"embattlement",
|
|
"parapet",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"bunker",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"blockhouse",
|
|
"garrison house",
|
|
"alcazar",
|
|
"casbah",
|
|
"kasbah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"city-states":{
|
|
"a state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city-states of ancient Greece"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nations",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"welfare states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circularized":{
|
|
"as in solicited , canvassed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"interviewed",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"felt (out)",
|
|
"sounded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |