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21056 lines
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"FOIA":{
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"definitions":{
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"Freedom of Information Act":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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"FOMO":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": fear of missing out : fear of not being included in something (such as an interesting or enjoyable activity) that others are experiencing":[
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"If anyone in history should have died from FOMO , it would be Emily Dickinson, an agoraphobe who virtually never left her house \u2026",
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"\u2014 O. The Oprah Magazine",
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"In 2018, I was in Rome for Thanksgiving\u2014the first time I had been out of the country for a major holiday. My family never felt so far away, and all I wanted was to be home. This was dramatic, of course, brought on by end-of-semester stress and strong FOMO .",
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"\u2014 Gretchen Wright"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"2004, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-(\u02cc)m\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064506",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"FORTRAN":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a computer programming language that resembles algebra in its notation and is widely used for scientific applications":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"for mula tran slation":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cctran"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175701",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Foch":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Ferdinand 1851\u20131929 French general; marshal of France":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u00e4sh",
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"\u02c8f\u022fsh"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191519",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Folkestone":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"seaport and summer resort on the Strait of Dover in Kent, southeastern England population 43,742":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014dk-st\u0259n",
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"US also -\u02ccst\u014dn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113940",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Folsom":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of a prehistoric culture of North America on the east side of the Rocky Mountains that is characterized by flint projectile points having a concave base with side projections and a longitudinal groove on each face":[],
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"city in California northeast of Sacramento population 72,203":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1928, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Folsom , town in New Mexico":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014dl-s\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112555",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Folsomoid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling a Folsom projectile point":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-s\u0259\u02ccm\u022fid"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195047",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"Fomalhaut":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a white star of the first magnitude that is the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus":[
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"An orbiting infrared telescope has found a ring of planets being born around Fomalhaut , a much-studied star in the Southern Hemisphere about 22.8 light years from Earth.",
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"\u2014 International Wildlife , May/June 1984"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1594, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021338",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Fomes":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of bracket fungi (family Polyporaceae) usually forming corky or woody perennial sporophores often of large size and including some fungi that cause destructive heartrots of timber and other trees":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin, touchwood, tinder; akin to Latin fov\u0113re to warm":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d(\u02cc)m\u0113z"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191323",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Fomor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": fomorian":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"obsolete Irish Gaelic fom\u00f3r, fomorach (now fomhuireach ), from Irish Gaelic fo under (from Old Irish) + muir sea (from Old Irish); akin to Latin sub under and mare sea":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d\u02ccm\u022f(\u0259)r",
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"-\u014d\u02ccw\u022f-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093748",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Fomorian":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one of a race of sea robbers in Celtic legend who were probably originally gods representing the powers of evil and darkness":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"obsolete Irish Gaelic fomor + English -ian":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)f\u014d\u00a6m\u022fr\u0113\u0259n",
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"\u02c8-\u014d\u00a6w\u022f-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212236",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Fon":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of such people":[],
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": a people of West Africa especially in the region of Abomey, Benin":[],
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": the language of the Fon people that is closely related to or a dialect of Ewe":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161927",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Fond du Lac":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city in eastern Wisconsin on Lake Winnebago population 43,021":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u00e4n-d\u0259-\u02cclak",
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"\u02c8f\u00e4n-j\u0259-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111932",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Fonda":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Henry (Jaynes) 1905\u20131982 and his daughter Jane 1937\u2013 originally Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda American actors":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u00e4n-d\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024301",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Forbush's sparrow":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a sparrow ( Melospiza lincolnii gracilis ) of the Pacific coast closely related to the Lincoln's sparrow but browner":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"after Edward H. Forbush \u20201929 American ornithologist":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr\u02ccbu\u0307sh\u0259\u0307z-",
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"-b\u0259sh-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065315",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Fordism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a technological system that seeks to increase production efficiency primarily through carefully engineered breakdown and interlocking of production operations and that depends for its success on mass production by assembly-line methods":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Henry Ford \u20201947 American auto manufacturer + English -ism":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccdiz\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030914",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Formosan termite":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a large termite ( Coptotermes formosanus of the family Rhinotermitidae) native to Taiwan and southern China that forms very large, usually underground colonies and has been introduced into Hawaii and the southern U.S. where it is a destructive pest of wooden structures":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Formosa (Taiwan)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-z\u1d4an-",
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"f\u0259r-",
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8m\u014d-s\u1d4an-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084309",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Forstner bit":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a spurless wood-drilling bit used especially for drilling blind holes":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from the name Forstner":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022frstn\u0259r-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-153929",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Forsyth":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"John 1780\u20131841 American statesman":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8s\u012bth",
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"f\u0259r-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113143",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Fort Collins":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city north-northeast of Boulder in northern Colorado population 143,986":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259nz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115344",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Fort Dodge":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city northwest of Des Moines in northwest central Iowa population 25,206":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8d\u00e4j"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210735",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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},
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"Fort Peck Lake":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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", which was completed in 1940":[
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"Fort Peck Dam"
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],
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"reservoir about 130 miles (209 kilometers) long in northeastern Montana formed in the Missouri River by":[
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"Fort Peck Dam"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pek"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124827",
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"type":[
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},
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"Fort Pierce":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city on the Atlantic in eastern Florida population 41,590":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pirs"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192019",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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},
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"Fort Pulaski National Monument":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"reservation in eastern Georgia comprising an island in the mouth of the Savannah River; site of a fort built 1829\u201347 to replace the Revolutionary Fort Greene":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"py\u00fc-",
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"p\u0259-\u02c8la-sk\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175446",
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"type":[
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"Fort Smith":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city on the Arkansas River in northwestern Arkansas population 86,209":[]
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"\u02c8smith"
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"Fort Stanwix National Monument":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"site of a reconstructed British fort in the city of Rome in east central New York":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8stan-(\u02cc)wiks"
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"type":[
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"Fort Sumter National Monument":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"reservation in South Carolina at the entrance to Charleston Harbor containing the site of Fort Sumter, where the American Civil War began":[]
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"definitions":{
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": any of various functions (such as F(u) ) that under suitable conditions can be obtained from given functions (such as f(x) ) by multiplying by e iux and integrating over all values of x and that in scientific instrumentation describe the dependence of the average of a series of measurements (as of a spectrum) on a quantity of interest (such as brightness) especially of a very small magnitude":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"1923, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
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"foam":{
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"antonyms":[
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"burn",
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"rage",
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"rankle",
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"streets \u2026 foaming with life",
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"\u2014 Thomas Wolfe"
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],
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": to convert (something, such as a plastic) into a foam":[],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"As I poured the beer, foam bubbled up in the glass.",
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"The fire extinguisher is filled with foam .",
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"a can of shaving foam",
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"Verb",
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"The soda foamed in the glass.",
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"The mixture will bubble and foam when you add the yeast.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The floor of the tent is made of an aluminum frame and foam insulation. \u2014 Chris Dorsey, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"The new dessert is a white and dark chocolate mousse stones, olive oil basil cake, lemon foam and dark cocoa soil. \u2014 Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
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"Those with finer locks should try light products such as oil (like the True Botanicals one here) or foam . \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
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"Best for: Side and back sleepers Memory foam and wedge pillows aren\u2019t for everyone. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
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"The best deal: Now's the time to try its original mattress, featuring a hybrid of foam and springs for ergonomic support. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 May 2022",
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"Allswell Mattresses combine foam and coils for a mattress that offers the best of both worlds. \u2014 cleveland , 23 May 2022",
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"Shaper Gary Larson starts with a blank piece of foam and custom carves it for a surfer's specific needs. \u2014 CBS News , 22 May 2022",
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"Theoretical physics is full of weird and wonderful concepts: wormholes, quantum foam and multiverses, just to name a few. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 20 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The milk may foam , so keep an eye on it, pausing the microwave and stirring as needed. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"Remove the pan from the heat and immediately add the baking soda, butter, and vanilla and stir to combine; the mixture will foam up. \u2014 Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Nov. 2021",
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"Whisk in the sugar to combine, then switch to a silicone spatula and bring the mixture to a boil \u2014 the milk will foam and rise up. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2021",
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"Whisk in the sugar to combine, then switch to a silicone spatula and bring the mixture to a boil \u2014 the milk will foam and rise up. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2021",
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"Whisk in the sugar to combine, then switch to a silicone spatula and bring the mixture to a boil \u2014 the milk will foam and rise up. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2021",
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"Whisk in the sugar to combine, then switch to a silicone spatula and bring the mixture to a boil \u2014 the milk will foam and rise up. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2021",
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"Whisk in the sugar to combine, then switch to a silicone spatula and bring the mixture to a boil \u2014 the milk will foam and rise up. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2021",
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"Whisk in the sugar to combine, then switch to a silicone spatula and bring the mixture to a boil \u2014 the milk will foam and rise up. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2021"
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"a foaming river",
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"If it pleases you to soak your skin in milk baths, seaweed wraps, and foaming facials, you're not harming anything, least of all your epidermis.",
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"\u2014 Betsy Bauer",
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"White foaming water slid past, and warm spray blended with the rain.",
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"\u2014 Cheresse Smoot"
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"irate",
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"ireful",
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"livid",
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"mad",
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"rabid",
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"rankled",
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"riled",
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"riley",
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"roiled",
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"shirty",
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"sore",
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"steamed up",
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"steaming",
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"teed off",
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"ticked",
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"wrathful",
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"wroth"
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Dry-shake vigorously for at least 30 seconds, until the egg is foamy . \u2014 Lynne Sherwin, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
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"When adding the sugar to the foamy egg whites, add 1 tablespoon at a time. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
|
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"In a bowl, using clean beaters, beat the egg whites on medium-high speed until very foamy and thick. \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
|
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"The next wave was a foamy mess, and Chumbo hit it sideways. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
|
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"Its soft, foamy midsole and low-profile Vibram lugs lend it an easy-rolling gait suited to all-afternoon scenic meanders in moderate terrain, although its agility and responsiveness are still fairly good. \u2014 Justin Nyberg, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
|
|
"But as the new parents watched, foamy blood began pouring from their baby's nose and mouth. \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Its thick, foamy lather even allows this body wash to double as a shaving cream for sensitive skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The top layer was foamy and frothy thanks to the shaken preparation method. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 2 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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|
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"\u02c8f\u014d-m\u0113"
|
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],
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|
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|
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"sudsy"
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102348",
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fob off":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to pass or offer (something spurious) as genuine":[],
|
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": to put aside":[
|
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"now fob off what once they would have welcomed eagerly",
|
|
"\u2014 Walter Lippmann"
|
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],
|
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": to put off with a trick, excuse, or inferior substitute":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"synonyms":[
|
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"foist",
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"palm",
|
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"palm off",
|
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"pass off",
|
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"wish"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124555",
|
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"type":[
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|
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|
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|
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"focal ratio":{
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"An eyepiece changes the focal ratio of your telescope, thus changing the magnification. \u2014 Cameron Johnson, Popular Mechanics , 10 Nov. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185129",
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195053",
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|
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"focht":{
|
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|
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"center",
|
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"concentrate",
|
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"fasten",
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"rivet",
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"train"
|
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"definitions":{
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": a localized area of disease or the chief site of a generalized disease or infection":[],
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": a point of concentration":[],
|
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": a point of convergence (see convergence sense 1 ) of a beam of particles (such as electrons)":[],
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": a state or condition permitting clear perception or understanding":[
|
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"tried to bring the issues into focus"
|
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],
|
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": directed attention : emphasis":[
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"The focus is on helping the homeless."
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|
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": direction sense 6c":[
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"the team lost focus"
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": focal length":[],
|
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": having or giving the proper sharpness of outline due to good focusing":[
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"get the binoculars in focus"
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"Offensively the Guardians built a picket fence against Brad Keller (1-6, 4.15), a familiar foe who pitches well against them. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
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"The field of teams consists of Alabama, Iowa State, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oregon, Portland and Big East foe Villanova. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
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"With three permanent rivals, the Longhorns could play Oklahoma, Texas A&M and old Southwest Conference foe Arkansas every year. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 9 June 2022",
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"Expansion should mean a reunion with an old Big Eight foe . \u2014 Bennett Durando, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
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"Beijing, the two leaders stood together, in a show of diplomacy and convenience, against a common superpower foe . \u2014 Therese Shaheen, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
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"Ryan is brought up on the debate stage as a common foe to both candidates given that Harper is already throwing a jab his way. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 27 Jan. 2022"
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"Noun",
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"Heavy fog made it difficult to see the road.",
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"a climate marked by heavy fogs",
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"This problem has me in a fog .",
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"Verb",
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"The steam from the pot was fogging the window near the stove.",
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"The bathroom was all fogged up after my shower.",
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"politicians who try to fog the issue instead of taking a stand",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Low clouds and some fog may redevelop at night given all the low-level moisture. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
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"The first full-field action with the safety device \u2013 the open test at Circuit of the Americas in February 2020 \u2013 featured light rain and moderate fog in temperatures that, at times, prevented cars from running altogether. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"The coast is also seeing morning clouds and some fog . \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"Sunday, there is light rain and fog at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, and the temperature is around 42 degrees. \u2014 Jane Morice | Jmorice@cleveland.com, cleveland , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"Freezing rain Saturday morning is expected to be followed by rain and patchy fog in the Hartford area, according to the National Weather Service. \u2014 Stephen Singer, courant.com , 25 Dec. 2021",
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"Atlanta began the weekend with nonstop rain and thick fog . \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 18 Dec. 2021",
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"Moisture in the low levels will start to increase, bringing chances of rain and morning fog . \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Dec. 2021",
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"Low clouds and some fog are forecast along the Los Angeles County coast into Monday morning. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"As we got sloshed about in the whitecaps, my goggles started to fog and the brackish water rinsed my throat. \u2014 Ross Kenneth Urken, Travel + Leisure , 8 June 2022",
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"In a pool there\u2019s nothing much to look at once the goggles fog over. \u2014 Bonnie Tsui, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2020",
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|
"For the weekend, cooling onshore winds will create a coastal eddy, spinning low clouds and fog inland during nights and mornings in a typical seasonal pattern, with temperatures ranging from the high 60s to mid-70s along the coast. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
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"State efforts were also underway to fog the swamp with insecticides to cull the clouds of mosquitoes. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights. \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The gun battle occurred in the pre-dawn hours amid heavy snow and fog that severely limited visibility, according to Jordanian officials familiar with the events. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The lens of the Julbo Aerospace ($220), on the other hand, can be pulled about a centimeter away from the frame to create a mechanical venting system that boosts airflow and eliminates fog . \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 3 Apr. 2015",
|
|
"But the laughs the show brings shouldn't fog the truth the show highlights, real-life teachers say -- the messiness and the inequality found in the American education system. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022"
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Just as predictably, Maxim\u2019s estate in England, Manderley, has become superstately, though what\u2019s lost amid the vast rooms and long halls swarming with a huge staff is the fogbound mystery of the place as it was visualized in the Hitchcock version. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2020",
|
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"Dozens of motels dot the hillsides overlooking the bay, and a few, like the Anderson Inn, have rooms right over the water, outfitted with fireplaces for chilly nights and fogbound mornings. \u2014 Georgeanne Brennan, The Mercury News , 15 Sep. 2019"
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"hipster",
|
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"modern",
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"trendy"
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|
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|
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|
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"old fogies who said that rap music would never last",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There\u2019s a lot of this comedy at an old fogy \u2019s expense. \u2014 Ron Charles Critic, Washington Post , 10 Sep. 2019",
|
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"Can two old fogies of the media landscape reunite and grow, as the market rapidly consolidates and moves online? \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 13 Aug. 2019",
|
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"Old fogies might be tempted to use a browser bookmark to remember their place, but Google has a new name for this: Collections. \u2014 Mark Hachman, PCWorld , 24 Sep. 2018",
|
|
"Even the suits, fogies and aging rebels at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were reluctant to acknowledge the movement, failing to induct Yes until earlier this year. \u2014 John Adamian, courant.com , 2 Aug. 2017",
|
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"Mr. Cameron, who favors staying in Europe, hoped the referendum could be framed as thrusting modernists versus nostalgic old fogies . \u2014 Steven Erlanger And Stephen Castle, New York Times , 1 Mar. 2016"
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
"antediluvian",
|
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"Colonel Blimp",
|
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"dodo",
|
|
"fossil",
|
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"fud",
|
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"fuddy-duddy",
|
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"mossback",
|
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"reactionary",
|
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"stick-in-the-mud",
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"stuffed shirt"
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"fogged":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"becloud",
|
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"befog",
|
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|
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|
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|
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": to cover, envelop, or suffuse with or as if with fog":[
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"fog the barns with pesticide"
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|
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"Noun",
|
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"Heavy fog made it difficult to see the road.",
|
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"a climate marked by heavy fogs",
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"The fog reduced visibility to a quarter of a mile.",
|
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"This problem has me in a fog .",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"The steam from the pot was fogging the window near the stove.",
|
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"The bathroom was all fogged up after my shower.",
|
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"politicians who try to fog the issue instead of taking a stand",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Low clouds and some fog may redevelop at night given all the low-level moisture. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
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"The first full-field action with the safety device \u2013 the open test at Circuit of the Americas in February 2020 \u2013 featured light rain and moderate fog in temperatures that, at times, prevented cars from running altogether. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"The coast is also seeing morning clouds and some fog . \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"Sunday, there is light rain and fog at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, and the temperature is around 42 degrees. \u2014 Jane Morice | Jmorice@cleveland.com, cleveland , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"Freezing rain Saturday morning is expected to be followed by rain and patchy fog in the Hartford area, according to the National Weather Service. \u2014 Stephen Singer, courant.com , 25 Dec. 2021",
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"Atlanta began the weekend with nonstop rain and thick fog . \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 18 Dec. 2021",
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"Moisture in the low levels will start to increase, bringing chances of rain and morning fog . \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Dec. 2021",
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"Low clouds and some fog are forecast along the Los Angeles County coast into Monday morning. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"As we got sloshed about in the whitecaps, my goggles started to fog and the brackish water rinsed my throat. \u2014 Ross Kenneth Urken, Travel + Leisure , 8 June 2022",
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"In a pool there\u2019s nothing much to look at once the goggles fog over. \u2014 Bonnie Tsui, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2020",
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"For the weekend, cooling onshore winds will create a coastal eddy, spinning low clouds and fog inland during nights and mornings in a typical seasonal pattern, with temperatures ranging from the high 60s to mid-70s along the coast. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
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"State efforts were also underway to fog the swamp with insecticides to cull the clouds of mosquitoes. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 10 May 2022",
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"Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights. \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"The gun battle occurred in the pre-dawn hours amid heavy snow and fog that severely limited visibility, according to Jordanian officials familiar with the events. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
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"The lens of the Julbo Aerospace ($220), on the other hand, can be pulled about a centimeter away from the frame to create a mechanical venting system that boosts airflow and eliminates fog . \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 3 Apr. 2015",
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"But the laughs the show brings shouldn't fog the truth the show highlights, real-life teachers say -- the messiness and the inequality found in the American education system. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1544, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"circa 1592, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably back-formation from foggy":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u00e4g",
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"\u02c8f\u022fg",
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"\u02c8f\u00e4g, \u02c8f\u022fg",
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"f\u00e4g"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"daze",
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"dazedness",
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"haze",
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"muddle",
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"spin",
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"swoon"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235215",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"foggy":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"cloudless",
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"limpid",
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"pellucid",
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"unclouded"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": blurred or obscured as if by fog":[
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"hadn't the foggiest notion"
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],
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": covered or made opaque by moisture or grime":[],
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": filled or abounding with fog":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"I don't remember what her name was\u2014my memory is a little foggy .",
|
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"it's pretty foggy outside, so be careful driving home",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Her eyes have turned foggy ; her bones are shattered. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 2 July 2022",
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"Suddenly, there was no lacrosse, no homework, no bedtime, and a very foggy future. \u2014 Ali Wentworth, Town & Country , 8 May 2022",
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"Many women feel foggy during a couple major life milestones: pregnancy and menopause. \u2014 Sonya Collins, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
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"In the background, Bali's seven peaks are barely visible through their foggy veil. \u2014 Chris Schalkx, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
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"Big cities like sunny Los Angeles and foggy San Francisco garner ample affection, while smaller communities just outside the urban sprawl, including Malibu, Ojai, and Sausalito, are irresistible, too. \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
|
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"Temperatures are fairly steady and may only reach the foggy low to mid-50s in many areas. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
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"By design, the heroine of that movie was a much more active character than Mia, who\u2019s been blindsided by an event that often leaves her speechless, staring into the void of her own foggy recollections. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
|
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"And if 2021 has been a particularly brain- foggy year for you, these practices are even more important to try out. Release. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 2 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"earlier, spongy, marshy, thick, probably from fog second growth of grass, from Middle English fogge":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022f-g\u0113",
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"\u02c8f\u00e4-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"beclouded",
|
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"befogged",
|
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"brumous",
|
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"clouded",
|
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"cloudy",
|
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"gauzy",
|
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"hazy",
|
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"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
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"smoggy",
|
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"soupy"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023717",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fogram":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an antiquated person : fogy":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"origin unknown":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014326",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fogy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hipster",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"trendy"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a person with old-fashioned ideas":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with old"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old fogies who said that rap music would never last",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There\u2019s a lot of this comedy at an old fogy \u2019s expense. \u2014 Ron Charles Critic, Washington Post , 10 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Can two old fogies of the media landscape reunite and grow, as the market rapidly consolidates and moves online? \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 13 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Old fogies might be tempted to use a browser bookmark to remember their place, but Google has a new name for this: Collections. \u2014 Mark Hachman, PCWorld , 24 Sep. 2018",
|
|
"Even the suits, fogies and aging rebels at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were reluctant to acknowledge the movement, failing to induct Yes until earlier this year. \u2014 John Adamian, courant.com , 2 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"Mr. Cameron, who favors staying in Europe, hoped the referendum could be framed as thrusting modernists versus nostalgic old fogies . \u2014 Steven Erlanger And Stephen Castle, New York Times , 1 Mar. 2016"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1792, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d-g\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"antediluvian",
|
|
"Colonel Blimp",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"fossil",
|
|
"fud",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"mossback",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"stuffed shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223600",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foh":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of foh archaic variant of faugh"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012752",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"foible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"merit",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior : weakness":[
|
|
"admired their teacher despite his foibles",
|
|
"\u2026 talent is always balanced by foible .",
|
|
"\u2014 Janna Malamud Smith"
|
|
],
|
|
": the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could tolerate my uncle's foibles because we loved him dearly",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"With every Michigan foible , Georgia\u2019s offense grew bolder and more explosive. \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Jones happily recites the joke using the other word, and the two men laugh, having been caught in a foible of their profession. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"At a time when any foible can now be airbrushed, edited, filtered or just plain omitted at will, the idea of imperfection as asset is a refreshing one. \u2014 Courtney Lichterman, Robb Report , 27 May 2021",
|
|
"This is how a technological wonder like the USS Ford gets converted from an alliance-boosting example of American technological prowess at sea to an embarrassing, over-budget disaster\u2014a geopolitical foible that only benefits American rivals. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
|
|
"No filmmaker has a better handle on the ridiculous foibles of the English upper-middle class. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 10 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"In a world obsessed with human foibles (and books about them), why wouldn\u2019t politicians believe that the public\u2014cue Jack Nicholson\u2014can\u2019t handle the truth? \u2014 David Wolman, Wired , 27 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Yet, while Howard trafficked in the foibles and misdeeds of marquee names, questions about his own conduct faced internal scrutiny in 2012. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"The Canadian-American humorist died in 2012 at the age of 47 and his essays always crackled with zinging observations about other people\u2019s foibles , but most often his own. \u2014 Maris Kreizman, WSJ , 16 Apr. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"obsolete French (now faible ), from obsolete foible weak, from Old French feble feeble":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fi-b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foible fault , failing , frailty , foible , vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character. fault implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or habit. a writer of many virtues and few faults failing suggests a minor shortcoming in character. being late is a failing of mine frailty implies a general or chronic proneness to yield to temptation. human frailties foible applies to a harmless or endearing weakness or idiosyncrasy. an eccentric's charming foibles vice can be a general term for any imperfection or weakness, but it often suggests violation of a moral code or the giving of offense to the moral sensibilities of others. compulsive gambling was his vice",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161652",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foie gras":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the fatted liver of an animal and especially of a goose usually served as a p\u00e2t\u00e9":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"France\u2019s southwestern foie gras region also faced a mass cull for a second year and Polish chicken farms suffered cases. \u2014 Megan Durisin, Jen Skerritt, Michael Hirtzer, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Making foie gras requires a force-feeding process, which causes liver expansion similar to what wild ducks undergo before migration but on a greater scale. \u2014 Megan Keller, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"It was outlawed, with the Humane Society and other groups arguing that the process of making foie gras is cruelty to animals. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Once talent gorged on Netflix money, like geese destined for foie gras , some became cranky. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Starters are salads, crab tostada, Hamachi, Ukrainian dumplings, foie gras , beef tartare and hummus. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Dani Rossini burger, made with Simmental beef and foie gras , at the Four Seasons rooftop restaurant, helmed by celebrated chef Dani Garcia. \u2014 Christian L. Wright, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Here, trendy diners feast on whole roast chicken stuffed with foie gras , before heading down to subterranean late-night hotspot, Common Decency, for live drag acts and digestif cocktails. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There was also a creamy disc of foie gras torchon with caramelized mango and a delightfully spicy chutney that went very well with both an Alsatian Pinot Gris and a Chablis. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1818, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, literally, fat liver":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fw\u00e4-\u02c8gr\u00e4"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015343",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foil":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a light fencing sword having a usually circular guard and a flexible blade of rectangular section tapering to a blunted point \u2014 compare \u00e9p\u00e9e , saber":[],
|
|
": a thin piece of material (such as metal) put under an inferior or paste stone to add color or brilliance":[],
|
|
": an indentation between cusps in Gothic tracery":[],
|
|
": defeat":[],
|
|
": hydrofoil sense 1":[],
|
|
": one of several arcs that enclose a complex figure":[],
|
|
": someone or something that serves as a contrast to another":[
|
|
"acted as a foil for a comedian"
|
|
],
|
|
": the art or sport of fencing with the foil":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used in plural"
|
|
],
|
|
": the track or trail of an animal":[],
|
|
": to back or cover with foil":[],
|
|
": to bring to naught : thwart":[
|
|
"foiled the plot",
|
|
"Police foiled an attempted robbery."
|
|
],
|
|
": to enhance by contrast":[],
|
|
": to prevent from attaining an end : defeat":[
|
|
"always able to foil her enemies",
|
|
"Her accident foiled her from becoming a dancer."
|
|
],
|
|
": trample":[],
|
|
": very thin sheet metal":[
|
|
"aluminum foil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
|
|
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, alteration of fullen to full cloth, from Anglo-French foller \u2014 more at full":"Verb and Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, leaf, from Anglo-French fuille, foille (from Latin folia , plural of folium ) & fuil , from Latin folium \u2014 more at blade":"Noun",
|
|
"origin unknown":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fi(-\u0259)l",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foil Verb (1) frustrate , thwart , foil , baffle , balk mean to check or defeat another's plan or block achievement of a goal. frustrate implies making vain or ineffectual all efforts however vigorous or persistent. frustrated attempts at government reform thwart suggests frustration or checking by crossing or opposing. the army thwarted his attempt at a coup foil implies checking or defeating so as to discourage further effort. foiled by her parents, he stopped trying to see her baffle implies frustration by confusing or puzzling. baffled by the maze of rules and regulations balk suggests the interposing of obstacles or hindrances. officials felt that legal restrictions had balked their efforts to control crime",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"checkmate",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"thwart"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170826",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foisonless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": fushionless":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-l\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125918",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit":[
|
|
"when the states \u2026 foist unnecessary expenses on local taxpayers",
|
|
"\u2014 T. C. Desmond"
|
|
],
|
|
": to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant":[],
|
|
": to pass off as genuine or worthy":[
|
|
"foist costly and valueless products on the public",
|
|
"\u2014 Jonathan Spivak",
|
|
"\u2026 inferior caviar has been foisted on an unknowing public \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 David Rosengarten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"On the sidewalk, men dressed as monks tried to foist bracelets onto pedestrians, as other street vendors hawked sliced mangos and tour bus tickets. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Paying for it is another: The board could foist that bill onto shareholders. \u2014 Ronda Kaysen, New York Times , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Clean Power Plan was basically to foist California\u2019s suicidal regulation of electricity on the rest of the country. \u2014 Mario Loyola, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But my parents and grandparents, who are both in the process of downsizing to smaller homes, keep trying to foist stuff off on me -- photographs, small household items, paintings, fancy silver pieces, etc. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The goal, as always, is to get more favorable coverage for the GOP and foist less favorable coverage on Democrats; the goal is never to get factual or truthful coverage of either. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The fear is that omicron will foist even more patients, and perhaps sicker ones, onto hospitals. \u2014 Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Utilities must get approval from state utility commissions to pass along any such costs, and much of the Gulf Coast area doesn't have public commissions willing to foist rate increases of 15% to 20% to take on grid hardening measures, Beebe said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Trolls did this in an attempt to foist blame onto him. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to take into one's hand, from Middle Dutch vuysten , from vuyst fist; akin to Old English f\u0233st fist":""
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fist"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"fob off",
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"palm",
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"palm off",
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"pass off",
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"wish"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105426",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fold":{
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"antonyms":[
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"double"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a bend or flexure produced in rock by forces operative after the depositing or consolidation of the rock":[],
|
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": a crease made by folding something (such as a newspaper)":[],
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": a flock of sheep":[],
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": a group of people or institutions that share a common faith, belief, activity, or enthusiasm":[
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"His former colleagues would be glad to welcome him back into the fold ."
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],
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": a margin apparently formed by the doubling upon itself of a flat anatomical structure (such as a membrane)":[],
|
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": a part doubled or laid over another part : pleat":[],
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": an enclosure for sheep":[],
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": an undulation in the landscape":[],
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": having (so many) parts":[
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"three fold aspect of the problem"
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],
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": multiplied by (a specified number) : times":[
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"\u2014 in adjectives a six fold increase and adverbs repay you ten fold"
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],
|
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": something that is folded together or that enfolds":[],
|
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": to become doubled or pleated":[],
|
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": to bend (something, such as a layer of rock) into folds":[],
|
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": to bring to an end":[],
|
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": to clasp or enwrap closely : embrace":[],
|
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": to clasp together : entwine":[
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"fold the hands"
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],
|
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": to concede defeat by withdrawing (one's cards) from play (as in poker)":[],
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": to fold one's cards (as in poker)":[],
|
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": to incorporate (a food ingredient) into a mixture by repeated gentle overturnings without stirring or beating":[],
|
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": to incorporate closely":[],
|
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": to lay one part over another part of":[
|
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"fold a letter"
|
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],
|
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": to pen up or confine (sheep) in a fold":[],
|
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": to reduce the length or bulk of by doubling over":[
|
|
"fold a tent"
|
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"Suffix",
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"It will repay you ten fold ."
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Old English -feald ; akin to Old High German -falt -fold, Latin -plex, -plus , Old English fealdan":"Suffix",
|
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"Middle English, from Old English falod ; akin to Old Saxon faled enclosure":"Noun and Verb",
|
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"Middle English, from Old English fealdan ; akin to Old High German faldan to fold, Greek di plasios twofold":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014dld",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014dld"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"body",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"coven",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"gal\u00e8re",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"network",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234744",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"suffix",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"foldcourse":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": land to which foldage is incident":[],
|
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": sheepwalk":[],
|
|
": the right of foldage":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"fold entry 1 + course":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111850",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folded dipole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an antenna in the form of an elongated horizontal loop resembling a dipole in appearance with connections at the middle of one or both of the two parallel sides":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010040",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folden":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of folden archaic past participle of fold"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-193333",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"folder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a folded cover or large envelope for holding or filing loose papers":[],
|
|
": a folded printed circular":[],
|
|
": an organizational element of a computer operating system used to group files or other folders together":[],
|
|
": one that folds":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a folder offering tips for heating one's home efficiently",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"At the meeting, a man stands in the back of the room holding a large gray file folder by the handle. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Once that\u2019s done, iOS will move the images to a Hidden folder under Utilities. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"In the novel\u2019s prologue, Andrew attends a lacrosse reception at the Thatch home and discovers a disturbing collection of crime scene photos in a manila folder . \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Another file has been added to Bam Adebayo\u2019s motivation folder . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"If you\u2019re getting attacked via email, use filters to reroute harassing messages to a separate folder , Glaser suggests. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"If you\u2019re getting attacked via email, use email filters to reroute harassing messages to a separate folder , Glaser suggests. \u2014 Danielle Abril And Hannah Good, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"And bank on this: Sankey will never have to go hunting for that pesky folder . \u2014 Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Many moms go home from the hospital with little more than a folder full of pamphlets; others rely on Facebook groups for even serious challenges. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014dl-d\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booklet",
|
|
"brochure",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"leaflet",
|
|
"pamphlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030922",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folderol":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a useless ornament or accessory : trifle":[],
|
|
": nonsense":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wish we could just discuss these questions without having to go through all the folderol of a formal meeting.",
|
|
"wanted a dignified, simple wedding and not the folderol that the wedding planner was trying to foist on them",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For instance, designer David Zinn has built the show a lovely Buckingham Palace, repeating the gilt folderol of the Longacre Theatre\u2019s proscenium on the columns and gates that enclose the stage. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 17 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Firefox and Safari had already deprecated third-party cookies some time ago, without much digital ad industry folderol and no industry input. \u2014 David Doty, Forbes , 25 May 2021",
|
|
"But then there\u2019s some folderol with magic puppets \u2014 in comic books, puppets are always magic, so never take your eyes off the little buggers \u2014 resulting in Wanda getting possessed by an ancient Elder God named Chthon. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 23 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"As this folderol was brewing, Matt started the rose ceremony. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"But even without the virus crisis, Philip would have sought to downplay public folderol about his birthday, in keeping with his non-nonsense personality. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 11 June 2020",
|
|
"There\u2019s no folderol , just the facts lined up as if in composition class, the fish cooked slowly in a low oven so that the fat eases out of the flesh to combine with the tart brightness of the lemon juice. \u2014 Sam Sifton, New York Times , 26 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Kelley seems a little too wised-up for this folderol , and Peter seemed to be urging her to rise to the occasion a bit more. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Her face is part of the dance: The open-hearted eagerness of her expression suits her character perfectly\u2014all that digital-fur-technology folderol melts away in the context of her realness. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 20 Dec. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"fol-de-rol , a nonsense refrain in songs":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4l-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u00e4l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213639",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foliage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches":[
|
|
"A wreath of foliage adorned her front door."
|
|
],
|
|
": a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation":[
|
|
"The doorframe was decorated with beautifully carved foliage ."
|
|
],
|
|
": the aggregate of leaves of one or more plants":[
|
|
"trees with colorful autumn foliage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tree with pretty foliage",
|
|
"the thick green foliage of the jungle",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Some, like the Banksia serrata, have large seed pods that open like clamshells in extreme heat, while others sprout new foliage from a scorched base. \u2014 Tanya Ward Goodman, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Gradually, the inflorescence shatters and the plant produces new foliage . \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 28 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"New foliage should appear at the top of the stalk or trunk of the palm. \u2014 Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online , 15 May 2021",
|
|
"And while some trees are doomed if a fire scorches their crowns, redwoods have buds beneath their bark that sprout new foliage after a fire. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"The flowers are insignificant, but the foliage is a handsome addition to containers of mixed annuals. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Post up at North Conway Grand Hotel, a White Mountains retreat that shines in the fall when peak foliage is on view. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The cyclamen foliage has been unaffected by the cold, and even the blooms have escaped damage when they were covered by a layer of N-sulate fabric. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"When fall foliage is in full effect, there are plenty of wonderful photo ops along this stretch of the storied canal. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle French fuellage , from foille leaf \u2014 more at foil entry 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"also -lyij",
|
|
"nonstandard \u02c8f\u022fi-lij",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d-l\u0113-ij",
|
|
"nonstandard \u02c8f\u014d-lij"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flora",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greenery",
|
|
"herbage",
|
|
"leafage",
|
|
"vegetation",
|
|
"verdure"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023618",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folioliferous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bearing leaflets":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"foliole + -i- + -ferous":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114322",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foliolose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": foliolate":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1758, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"foliole + -ose":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062207",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foliose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a flat, thin, and usually lobed thallus attached to the substratum":[
|
|
"foliose lichens"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 compare crustose , fruticose":[
|
|
"foliose lichens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1758, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin foliosus leafy":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d-l\u0113-\u02cc\u014ds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192552",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foliot":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the earliest form of mechanical-clock escapement consisting of a crossbar with adjustable weights for regulating the rate of oscillation of a verge or vertical spindle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from Middle French, probably from folier to play the fool, from fol foolish, mad":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014dl\u0113\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024828",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a certain kind, class, or group of people":[
|
|
"old folks",
|
|
"just plain folk",
|
|
"country folk",
|
|
"media folk"
|
|
],
|
|
": a group of kindred tribes forming a nation : people":[],
|
|
": folk music":[],
|
|
": of or relating to the common people or to the study of the common people":[
|
|
"folk sociology"
|
|
],
|
|
": originating or traditional with the common people of a country or region and typically reflecting their lifestyle":[
|
|
"folk hero",
|
|
"folk music"
|
|
],
|
|
": people generally":[],
|
|
": the great proportion of the members of a people that determines the group character and that tends to preserve its characteristic form of civilization and its customs, arts and crafts, legends, traditions, and superstitions from generation to generation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"Folks say that house is haunted.",
|
|
"Some folks think the law should be changed.",
|
|
"a home for old folks",
|
|
"the distinctive speech of folks from the South",
|
|
"I'll be spending the holidays with my folks .",
|
|
"His folks gave him everything a kid could want.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Here are our patriotic picks, ranging from pop, rock and soul to indie- folk and country tunes. \u2014 Amanda Horowitz Usatoday, The Enquirer , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"His repertoire also includes songs from anime and video games, and pop and folk songs from several countries. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Celtic, folk , and improv into an exciting, inclusive performance. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"More than 60 acts will perform a range of music that includes Americana, country, blues, zydeco, rockabilly, folk , soul, and more over the weekend. \u2014 Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Bush had already been an unusual star, famous in the U.K. for her sweeping, symphonic piano rock that entwined her interests in glam, folk , new wave, classical and prog. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"On one of the two stages, three bands planned to play every night, providing Beatles, Latin, country and folk music. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The North Park store\u2019s vast, ever-changing collection of vinyl offers everything from jazz, soul and soundtracks to blues, folk , rock, electronica and world music. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Men\u2019s long windup is eerie, a careful ratcheting of tension with suggestions of folk -horror grotesqueries to come. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
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"This year, the event will feature more folk dancing groups, Plevrakis said, and guests can enjoy a DJ on Friday and Sunday, plus a live band on Saturday. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 13 June 2019",
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"After Carly and Martina, indie band Half-Alive and folk musician Liza Anne finished off the series for the day. \u2014 Elena Weissmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 July 2018",
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"Programs such as soccer matches, a live animal show, free kids' activities, a book fair, folk art, and crafts, souvenirs and novelty items for sale will round out the festivities. \u2014 Mark Holan/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com , 26 Aug. 2017",
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"Along with exhibits showcasing such folk art as quilts, jewelry and toys, visitors learn about the influence of folk art on contemporary art through tours, programs, symposia and art workshops.",
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"\u2014 Shawn Sell"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"They are inspired by Chinese and East/Southeast Asian folk art , such as traditional woodcut prints, mystical animals, and folk deities. \u2014 Angela Qian, Vogue , 27 May 2022",
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"Yet he was fascinated by the city\u2019s roadways and their relentless procession of billboards, L.A.\u2019s indigenous folk art . \u2014 Mark Rozzo, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
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"The 2022 collection draws inspiration from Slovenian folk art and characters from the stories are in the prints. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Accommodations include treehouse rooms and beachfront rooms and suites, decorated with folk art and hardwood furniture. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"The atmosphere, like the food Greg and Lindsey serve, is more fun than fancy, with folk art and vintage photos on the walls and a chalkboard menu displaying the daily specials. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"By the 1950s in Cleveland, Lichtenstein was painting in a faux-na\u00efve style that blended influences from outsider, or folk art , as well as highfalutin sources such as European modernist painting. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"Los Angeles, known for its rich fine and folk art scenes, is a fitting backdrop for the various paintings \u2014 vivid and mystical \u2014 supplemented by drawings and photographs of Kahlo\u2019s family. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Instead of souvenir shops, there are stores devoted to traditional crafts and folk art . \u2014 Sara Clemence, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"It has been used in Ukrainian folk medicine for ailments, and is said to represent the beauty of women and the family home. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Holy basil is used widely in Ayurvedic and folk medicine , often in the form of herbal tea, and is considered sacred in Hinduism. \u2014 Kate Kassin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"Born in Milwaukee and raised by Slovenian parents, Rachel Budde grew up around folk medicine . \u2014 New York Times , 31 Dec. 2020",
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"After receiving a certification in reiki, Rodriguez later discovered that curanderas and healers ran in her lineage, including her abuelo, who has practiced folk medicine in the Dominican Republic for years. \u2014 Johanna Ferreira, refinery29.com , 29 Dec. 2020",
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"Throughout human history and across cultures, fossils were prized as amulets or used in folk medicine . \u2014 Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Jan. 2020",
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"The fact-checking website Snopes \u2014 which investigated this claim nearly a decade ago \u2014 found a medical journal in the 1840s that said flour could prevent scarring, but its advice appears to be nothing more than folk medicine . \u2014 Devan Patel, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2011",
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"Women who were not physicians, but [practitioners of] folk medicine . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 17 Sep. 2020",
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"One of the folkloric genres that is especially relevant at this time is folk medicine , which includes folk remedies and cures to combat illnesses, especially when more conventional medicine has been ineffective. \u2014 James Deutsch, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Apr. 2020"
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": artisanship and artistry carried on by the common people":[],
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": the art and tradition of management of public affairs by the common people":[
|
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"\u2014 distinguished from statecraft"
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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": an often unsupported notion, story, or saying that is widely circulated":[
|
|
"the folklore about the health risks of computers"
|
|
],
|
|
": traditional customs, tales, sayings, dances, or art forms preserved among a people":[
|
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"The coyote appears in much of Native American folklore .",
|
|
"Paul Bunyan is a figure from folklore ."
|
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|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"The coyote appears in a great deal of Native American folklore .",
|
|
"the rich folklore of Louisiana",
|
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"He can't tell the difference between fact and folklore .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"According to ancient folklore , those who put at least seven different flowers under their pillows on midsummer would dream of their future partner. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"According to folklore , the 13 bands of the caterpillar correspond to the 13 weeks of winter. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"For centuries, tales of lingering dead spirits have spooked, thrilled and terrorized us \u2014 from your typical ghost story whispered around a campfire to mythical folklore passed down from generation to generation. \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"In the folklore of Lama\u2019s Buddhist community, the snow leopard is a manifestation of the god of Nepal\u2019s high mountain pastures, who appears on earth only when humans violate the natural order. \u2014 Eloise Barry, Time , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Who knew Taylor Swift was part of the folklore of Bridgerton? \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Swift fan and unofficial Queen of Twitter Dionne Warwick has bought into the folklore of it all. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"His father, Ya\u2019akov Yehoshua, a descendant of the Sephardi community of Thessaloniki, Greece, wrote books of folklore that portrayed the lives of Jerusalemites. \u2014 Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Her modern takes on Grace Kelly-esque gowns have become a thing of fashion folklore (that periwinkle Valentino ode to Judy Garland!), and the BAFTAs 2022 were no exception. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 13 Mar. 2022"
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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": traditional customs, tales, sayings, dances, or art forms preserved among a people":[
|
|
"The coyote appears in much of Native American folklore .",
|
|
"Paul Bunyan is a figure from folklore ."
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"The coyote appears in a great deal of Native American folklore .",
|
|
"the rich folklore of Louisiana",
|
|
"He can't tell the difference between fact and folklore .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"According to ancient folklore , those who put at least seven different flowers under their pillows on midsummer would dream of their future partner. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"According to folklore , the 13 bands of the caterpillar correspond to the 13 weeks of winter. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"For centuries, tales of lingering dead spirits have spooked, thrilled and terrorized us \u2014 from your typical ghost story whispered around a campfire to mythical folklore passed down from generation to generation. \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"In the folklore of Lama\u2019s Buddhist community, the snow leopard is a manifestation of the god of Nepal\u2019s high mountain pastures, who appears on earth only when humans violate the natural order. \u2014 Eloise Barry, Time , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Who knew Taylor Swift was part of the folklore of Bridgerton? \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Swift fan and unofficial Queen of Twitter Dionne Warwick has bought into the folklore of it all. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"His father, Ya\u2019akov Yehoshua, a descendant of the Sephardi community of Thessaloniki, Greece, wrote books of folklore that portrayed the lives of Jerusalemites. \u2014 Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Her modern takes on Grace Kelly-esque gowns have become a thing of fashion folklore (that periwinkle Valentino ode to Judy Garland!), and the BAFTAs 2022 were no exception. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 13 Mar. 2022"
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"alteration of Old English folcm\u014dt, folcgem\u014dt , from folc people + m\u014dt, gem\u014dt meeting \u2014 more at moot entry 3":""
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
"folks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a certain kind, class, or group of people":[
|
|
"old folks",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"media folk"
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
": of or relating to the common people or to the study of the common people":[
|
|
"folk sociology"
|
|
],
|
|
": originating or traditional with the common people of a country or region and typically reflecting their lifestyle":[
|
|
"folk hero",
|
|
"folk music"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
": the great proportion of the members of a people that determines the group character and that tends to preserve its characteristic form of civilization and its customs, arts and crafts, legends, traditions, and superstitions from generation to generation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"Folks say that house is haunted.",
|
|
"Some folks think the law should be changed.",
|
|
"a home for old folks",
|
|
"the distinctive speech of folks from the South",
|
|
"I'll be spending the holidays with my folks .",
|
|
"His folks gave him everything a kid could want.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Here are our patriotic picks, ranging from pop, rock and soul to indie- folk and country tunes. \u2014 Amanda Horowitz Usatoday, The Enquirer , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"His repertoire also includes songs from anime and video games, and pop and folk songs from several countries. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Celtic, folk , and improv into an exciting, inclusive performance. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"More than 60 acts will perform a range of music that includes Americana, country, blues, zydeco, rockabilly, folk , soul, and more over the weekend. \u2014 Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Bush had already been an unusual star, famous in the U.K. for her sweeping, symphonic piano rock that entwined her interests in glam, folk , new wave, classical and prog. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"On one of the two stages, three bands planned to play every night, providing Beatles, Latin, country and folk music. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The North Park store\u2019s vast, ever-changing collection of vinyl offers everything from jazz, soul and soundtracks to blues, folk , rock, electronica and world music. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Men\u2019s long windup is eerie, a careful ratcheting of tension with suggestions of folk -horror grotesqueries to come. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The Moscow-born and Bronx-raised singer/songwriter/pianist has been performing for 20 years now, starting in the anti- folk scene in New York\u2019s East Village. \u2014 Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 July 2022",
|
|
"Merrifield sought instead to explore folk magic through the material objects that the practitioners themselves had left behind. \u2014 Geoff Manaugh, The New Yorker , 31 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"This year, the event will feature more folk dancing groups, Plevrakis said, and guests can enjoy a DJ on Friday and Sunday, plus a live band on Saturday. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 13 June 2019",
|
|
"After Carly and Martina, indie band Half-Alive and folk musician Liza Anne finished off the series for the day. \u2014 Elena Weissmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 July 2018",
|
|
"Programs such as soccer matches, a live animal show, free kids' activities, a book fair, folk art, and crafts, souvenirs and novelty items for sale will round out the festivities. \u2014 Mark Holan/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com , 26 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"Classical musicians usually refer to their instrument as a violin, and most folk players call it a fiddle. \u2014 Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com , 20 June 2017"
|
|
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"kinfolk",
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"kinfolks",
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"kinsfolk",
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"line",
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"lineage",
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"people",
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"race",
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"stock",
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"tribe"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115551",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"folksy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": informal, casual, or familiar in manner or style":[
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"folksy humor"
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],
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": sociable , friendly":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"an entertainer with a folksy manner",
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"a folksy manner that gives television viewers the feeling that they're visiting with a friend for an hour",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Also tiresomely cute, with the wildly overqualified Cranston and Bening in the title roles dialing up the folksy oldsterisms to grating degrees. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
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"But these touches, not to mention the many needle drops from the era\u2019s perkiest pop and soul, seem hardly necessary when Rylance\u2019s shuffling, quirky brand of distracted optimism is its own engine of folksy positivity. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
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"Pie Diner, the folksy eatery where much of the show takes place, even before the curtain rises. \u2014 cleveland , 22 May 2022",
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"Closing out the episode was Fritz Hager, who has regularly impressed the judges with his soulful, folksy sound. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"Her persona has been folksy rather than mysterious. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"During American Idol\u2019s first live episode of season 5 (overall 20th season), Leah sang her folksy tune in front of a bigger audience and she was accompanied by a band. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Alben Barkley, Truman\u2019s VP, was folksy enough to have his own television show. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"There is nothing folksy , never mind pastoral or genteel, about Crews. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014dk-s\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cracker-barrel",
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"down-home",
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"homespun"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111801",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"follow":{
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"antonyms":[
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"antedate",
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"precede",
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"predate"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": as comes next":[
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"\u2014 used impersonally The names of the winners are as follows: Mary, James, and Sylvia."
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],
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": forward spin given to a ball by striking it above center \u2014 compare draw , english":[],
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": the act or process of following":[],
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": to accept as authority : obey":[
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"followed his conscience"
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],
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": to attend closely to : keep abreast of":[
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"followed his career with interest"
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],
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": to be or act in accordance with":[
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"follow directions"
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],
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": to cause to be followed":[
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"followed dinner with a liqueur"
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],
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": to come into existence or take place as a result or consequence of":[
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"disaster followed the blunder"
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],
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": to come or take place after in time, sequence, or order":[
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"A juggling act followed the singer."
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],
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": to copy after : imitate":[
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"the new building follows the facades and roof lines of the original buildings",
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"\u2014 Maxwell Mays"
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],
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": to engage in as a calling or way of life : pursue":[
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"wheat-growing is generally followed here"
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],
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": to follow an example set":[
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"When one airline lowers its fares, the others usually follow suit ."
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],
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": to go in a straight or obvious course":[
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"Just follow your nose until you get there; you can't miss it."
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],
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": to go or come after a person or thing in place, time, or sequence":[
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"If one sheep goes through the gate, the rest will follow ."
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],
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": to go, proceed, or come after":[
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"followed the guide"
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],
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": to keep the mind on":[
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"follow a speech"
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],
|
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": to play a card of the same suit as the card led":[],
|
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": to proceed without plan or reflection : obey one's instincts":[
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"You don't need my advice\u2014just follow your nose ."
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],
|
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": to pursue in an effort to overtake":[
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"Police followed the robbers attempting to escape."
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],
|
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": to result or occur as a consequence, effect, or inference":[
|
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"Just because he's done some bad things, does it follow that he is a bad person?"
|
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],
|
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": to seek to attain":[
|
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"follow knowledge"
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],
|
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": to subscribe to the feed of (someone or something) especially on social media":[
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"Follow us on Facebook/Twitter."
|
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],
|
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": to understand the sense or logic of (something, such as a line of thought)":[
|
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"I don't quite follow your thinking."
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],
|
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": to walk or proceed along":[
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"follow a path"
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],
|
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": to watch steadily":[
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"followed the flight of the ball"
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"She followed us into the kitchen.",
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"The dog followed the children home.",
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"The exit is right this way. Just follow me.",
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"The children went home and the dog followed behind.",
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"If one sheep goes through the gate, the rest will follow .",
|
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"The number 15 follows 14.",
|
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"Her accident was followed by a long period of recovery.",
|
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"First came the student speeches, and the presentation of awards followed .",
|
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"Rioting followed the unjust verdict.",
|
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"If you work hard, success will surely follow .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Also, consider follow -on pitching to publications in your industry for additional coverage. \u2014 Roger Boutin, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
|
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"Other parents criticized her for keeping schools closed longer than some other places during the pandemic, and one sued, claiming Somerville failed to follow special education laws while learning was remote. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
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"During the upcoming holiday, Townsend said visitors should be mindful of their neighbors, exercise patience and follow safety regulations. \u2014 Olivia Alexander, Arkansas Online , 27 June 2022",
|
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"When that happens, Colorado will get the chance to defend its crown and attempt to follow Tampa Bay in sustaining a perennial Cup contender. \u2014 Stephen Whyno, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
|
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"When that happens, Colorado will get the chance to defend its crown and attempt to follow Tampa Bay in sustaining a perennial Cup contender. \u2014 Stephen Whyno, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
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"When that happens, Colorado will get the chance to defend its crown and attempt to follow Tampa Bay in sustaining a perennial Cup contender. \u2014 Stephen Whyno, Baltimore Sun , 27 June 2022",
|
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"Allen admitted to being the mother of the baby boy in a follow -up interview with law enforcement officials. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 26 June 2022",
|
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"At the expense, of course, of posts from individuals that people actually follow . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 26 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Building such a culture requires effort and follow -through. \u2014 Mark C. Perna, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
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"There was little follow -through after deinstitutionalization. \u2014 WSJ , 23 May 2022",
|
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"Though Depp seemed at times to get the message, Mandel said that ultimately there was little follow -through. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 19 May 2022",
|
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"There was never a lack of chances for the Orioles, just a lack of follow -through. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
|
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"Last month the Justice Department named Kevin Chambers as its chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud, a follow -through on President Joe Biden's State of the Union promise to pursue criminals who stole billions in COVID-19 relief aid. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There are hints that Planet\u2019s call might see some government follow -through. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The shot shows McDowell in follow -through, with the ball blazing out of his left hand. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Our lack of follow -through is a bipartisan problem, as Ukraine can tell you, too. \u2014 Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review , 21 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English folwen , from Old English folgian ; akin to Old High German folg\u0113n to follow":"Verb and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4-l\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4-(\u02cc)l\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for follow Verb follow , succeed , ensue , supervene mean to come after something or someone. follow may apply to a coming after in time, position, or logical sequence. speeches followed the dinner succeed implies a coming after immediately in a sequence determined by natural order, inheritance, election, or laws of rank. she succeeded her father as head of the business ensue commonly suggests a logical consequence or naturally expected development. after the talk a general discussion ensued supervene suggests the following or beginning of something unforeseen or unpredictable. unable to continue because of supervening circumstances synonyms see in addition chase",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"postdate",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"supervene"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042536",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"follow through (with)":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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".":[
|
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"You should follow through on your backhand"
|
|
],
|
|
": to complete (an activity or process that has been started)":[
|
|
"He doesn't follow through on his good intentions.",
|
|
"We feared they would follow through on/with their threat."
|
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],
|
|
": to complete a stroke or swing":[
|
|
"You should follow through on your backhand"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230627",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"follower":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coryphaeus",
|
|
"leader"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a machine part that receives motion from another part":[],
|
|
": a sheet added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed":[],
|
|
": a spring-loaded plate at the bottom of a firearm's magazine that angles cartridges for proper insertion into the chamber":[],
|
|
": fan , devotee":[],
|
|
": one in the service of another : retainer":[],
|
|
": one that chases":[],
|
|
": one that follows the opinions or teachings of another":[],
|
|
": one that imitates another":[],
|
|
": one who subscribes to a feed especially on social media":[
|
|
"His account has thousands of followers ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The party drew most of its followers from among young people.",
|
|
"The band has a large group of followers .",
|
|
"He had a reputation of being a follower , not a leader.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Gabrielle Union, actor and apparent rule- follower , stepped out in Milan on Sunday, June 19, wearing a white crochet bra top and a belted khaki micro-miniskirt. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Guard 1, played by Richard P. Trujillo, is a rigid rule- follower , but Guard 2, played by Jada Alston Owens, bends the rules to both befriend and taunt Fay. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The oldest of Boles' sons, Daly was sweet, a bit insecure, soft-hearted, a rule follower and did great in school. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Nadal\u2019s follower count across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, the best figure in tennis, ahead of Federer (40.1 million), Williams (32.9 million) and Djokovic (29.8 million). \u2014 Brett Knight, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Yang\u2019s original thread, despite his relatively low follower count on Twitter, were quickly noticed, for example. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"That said, the room-spanning picture window practically turns Smith\u2019s treatment room into a lightbox just begging for a post-facial selfie, so there\u2019s a chance those follower numbers may be poised to turn a corner. \u2014 Katie Becker, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"There has been a 25% increase in total current followers across all platforms compared to March 2020, and a net follower increase of 1.43 million since 2020, according to NASCAR. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Among those in the prime spots closest to the action was Mary-Jane Willows, 69, from Cornwall and fellow royal follower Donna Werner, 70, who traveled all the way from Connecticut to celebrate the Queen\u2019s legacy. \u2014 NBC News , 2 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4-l\u0259-w\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for follower follower , adherent , disciple , partisan mean one who gives full loyalty and support to another. follower may apply to people who attach themselves either to the person or beliefs of another. an evangelist and his followers adherent suggests a close and persistent attachment. adherents to Marxism disciple implies a devoted allegiance to the teachings of one chosen as a master. disciples of Gandhi partisan suggests a zealous often prejudiced attachment. partisans of the President",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acolyte",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"epigone",
|
|
"liege man",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"pupil",
|
|
"votarist",
|
|
"votary"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120021",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"follower rest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": follow rest":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110519",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"followership":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": following":[],
|
|
": the capacity or willingness to follow a leader":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the televangelist has a substantial followership in the rural South",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Influencers with sizable active followership can make a substantial full-time income from their social media activities and marketing partnerships with luxury brands. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"The Nigerian-American couple leveraged their massive online followership to build a physical business that has already begun thriving in just a month. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Effective leaders create followership by connecting with heart and convincing with intellect. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Inclusiveness has gained ground as criteria for acceptance, respect, support, and followership . \u2014 Ritu Anand, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Great leaders inspire membership, not followership . \u2014 Dr. Richard Osibanjo, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
|
|
"Social media is like: Look outside yourself for validation; look to likes and followership . \u2014 Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire , 22 June 2021",
|
|
"In the context of followership , my own definition of reasoning is the reflective application of the right assumptions, rooted in historical context and enhanced by grace and understanding. \u2014 Thomas Bradley Cox, Forbes , 11 May 2021",
|
|
"That\u2019s why credibility matters so much: If the U.S. is to re-establish leadership on climate change, its efforts are only as good as followership by the rest of the world. \u2014 David Victor, The Conversation , 22 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1867, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4-l\u0259-w\u0259r-\u02ccship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audience",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"following"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102704",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"following":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cortege",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ge",
|
|
"entourage",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"retinue",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a group of followers , adherents, or partisans":[],
|
|
": being next in order or time":[
|
|
"the following day"
|
|
],
|
|
": listed or shown next":[
|
|
"trains will leave at the following times"
|
|
],
|
|
": subsequent to":[
|
|
"following the lecture tea was served"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"She found a good job, and moved into a new house the following year.",
|
|
"We met again the following day.",
|
|
"Trains will leave at the following times: 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 8 p.m.",
|
|
"If you have questions or comments, please write to us at the following address: P.O. Box 234,\u2026.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The band has a large and devoted following in Japan.",
|
|
"The movement quickly gained a following among young people.",
|
|
"Preposition",
|
|
"Following the lecture, refreshments were served.",
|
|
"We were tired for a few days following our trip.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Bradford was spotted in Cullman the following day of his escape with a female when he was believed to have stolen a 2004 Silver GMC Envoy from the Walmart on Olive Street. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The trio allegedly returned the following day around 2:30 p.m. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"On the afternoon of June 16, Drake blindsided fans by declaring via Instagram that a new project was arriving at midnight the following day, the obliquely titled Honestly, Nevermind. \u2014 Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The following interview was edited for length and clarity. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"Traditionally, the winner of the previous Eurovison event hosts the following year\u2019s event. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Inspired by that poignant moment, Munch painted The Scream the following year. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"But an outpouring of grief from New Yorkers\u2014a testament to the store\u2019s cultural significance\u2014inspired them to reopen in Chinatown the following year, this time under the leadership of daughter-in-law Joanne Kwong. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"The state took control of the Lawrence system in 2011, Holyoke in 2015, and Southbridge the following year. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Certainly, the first bet insurance will be the most popular user perk following deposit, but bettors can also take advantage of a separate UFC 276 parlay insurance that will refund losing wagers in the event one leg fails to hit. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Under Silbermann\u2019s watch, Pinterest accumulated a devoted following with enormous money-making potential. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Kennedy had originally been put on leave in 2015 for reciting prayers at midfield following games. \u2014 Fox News , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Radenso, a relative newcomer, has garnered a strong following with its top model, the $450 Pro M. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Three Pfizer shots, each one-tenth the dose given to adults, are needed \u2014 with the initial two given three weeks apart and the third following at least eight weeks after. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"But television numbers suggest that there is clearly a ceiling for the number of fans willing to invest in a crossover show designed for a niche audience, even among AEW\u2019s own fanbase which skews toward a male hardcore following . \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The new album, Tastes Like Gold, brings the old-school pop-punk party that\u2019s gained these guys a fanatical following for over three decades. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Moon Rabbit is quickly garnering a following in the neighborhood despite still being in its soft opening phase. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 10 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1841, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4-l\u0259-wi\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"coming",
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"ensuing",
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"next",
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"succeeding"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221016",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"preposition"
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]
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},
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"folly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a foolish act or idea":[
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"The prank was a youthful folly ."
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],
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": an excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking":[
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"Paying so much for that land was folly , since it was all rocks and scrub trees."
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],
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": an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful taste":[],
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": criminally or tragically foolish actions or conduct":[],
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": lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight":[
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"his folly in thinking he could not be caught"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the folly of driving fast on steep, winding roads",
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"his folly in thinking that he would not be noticed",
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"The folly of such an action should be apparent to everyone.",
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"the follies of the modern world",
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"the famous Ziegfeld Follies of the 1920s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The results from anti-entrepreneur economic policies, exemplified in states like California, demonstrate the folly of President Biden\u2019s approach. \u2014 Wayne Winegarden, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
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"If anything, the people who touted and supported this great folly still possess more political capital than those who got it right. \u2014 Marisa Kabas, The New Republic , 20 May 2022",
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"The idea of mounting a show on Donatello (c. 1386-1466) seems like pure folly , and there is a reason why this is the first of its kind in Florence in almost 40 years. \u2014 Cammy Brothers, WSJ , 7 May 2022",
|
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"But this is also a story of political folly \u2014of Democrats once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 7 May 2022",
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"Their purported habits are used as proof of recent folly , but also of future possibility. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
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"Too late for its energy security and, more obviously, too late for the Ukrainians, the Germans have realized the folly of energy alignment with a geopolitical foe. \u2014 Jordan Mcgillis, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Breakout seasons from other Day 1 picks in Jameson Williams, Quay Walker and Jermaine Johnson II, among others, further highlighted the folly of trying to forecast one draft right as another ends. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
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"Experts are also publicizing the folly of using plexiglass dividers to shield people from one another's breath. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 24 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English folie , from Anglo-French, from fol fool":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u00e4-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"absurdity",
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"asininity",
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"b\u00eatise",
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"fatuity",
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"foolery",
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"foppery",
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"idiocy",
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"imbecility",
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"inanity",
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"insanity",
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"lunacy",
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"stupidity"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032220",
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"folx":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": folks":[
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"\u2014 used especially to explicitly signal the inclusion of groups commonly marginalized Having women teach other women matters. Women of color. Transgender women. Disabled women. Gender-nonconforming folx . It matters because in a sea of educators who look alike, students who stand out can find themselves adrift. \u2014 Amma Marfo Disabled folx expend a lot of labor just living and surviving. For multiply-marginalized disabled folx of color, there are major expenditures in time, energy and money involved in attending a con . \u2014 Alice Wong"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1997, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"respelling of folks, with -x after mx. , latinx":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014dks"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085552",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to promote the growth or development of : rouse , incite":[
|
|
"foment a rebellion",
|
|
"was accused of fomenting a riot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"He was accused of fomenting violence.",
|
|
"John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would \u201c foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation\u201d.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Rising prices could again foment political instability in the Middle East. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Rulers understood coffee\u2019s ability to create community and, potentially, to foment dissent. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The suggestion that the pandemic helped foment the violence seemed cruel, when his family had suffered so deeply these past two years. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Contrast these examples with Trump and his allies\u2019 public push in the last presidential election to suggest that the act be used to overturn the election results, which probably helped foment a violent coup rather than to prevent one. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"This is exactly the type of organic collaboration Bustamante hopes to foment with Apollo. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"For many weeks, it was taken as an article of faith that no U.S. official would say anything to hint that Washington meant to foment a regime change in Moscow. \u2014 The New Yorker , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The suspects -- some survivalists, others who hoped to foment a new civil war -- have framed the case as a critical examination of something entirely different: the country's commitment to free speech. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Otto von Bismarck, the architect of unification, understood that to hold the ceremony in a German city would foment jealousy among the fractious states that had reluctantly agreed upon unity. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022"
|
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],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1613, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, to apply a warm substance to, from Late Latin fomentare , from Latin fomentum compress, from fov\u0113re to heat, soothe; akin to Lithuanian degti to burn, Sanskrit dahati it burns":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d-\u02ccment",
|
|
"f\u014d-\u02c8ment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foment incite , instigate , abet , foment mean to spur to action. incite stresses a stirring up and urging on, and may or may not imply initiating. inciting a riot instigate definitely implies responsibility for initiating another's action and often connotes underhandedness or evil intention. instigated a conspiracy abet implies both assisting and encouraging. aiding and abetting the enemy foment implies persistence in goading. fomenting rebellion",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070749",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fomentation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the act of fomenting : instigation":[],
|
|
": the application of hot moist substances to the body to ease pain":[],
|
|
": the material so applied":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"From deep state leaks to unmasking requests, the president and his allies don't quit with all these conspiracy theories, with all these ridiculous fomentations . \u2014 Fox News , 7 Sep. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n, -\u02ccmen-",
|
|
"-\u02ccmen-",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194819",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fomenter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to promote the growth or development of : rouse , incite":[
|
|
"foment a rebellion",
|
|
"was accused of fomenting a riot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was accused of fomenting violence.",
|
|
"John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would \u201c foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation\u201d.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Rising prices could again foment political instability in the Middle East. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Rulers understood coffee\u2019s ability to create community and, potentially, to foment dissent. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The suggestion that the pandemic helped foment the violence seemed cruel, when his family had suffered so deeply these past two years. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Contrast these examples with Trump and his allies\u2019 public push in the last presidential election to suggest that the act be used to overturn the election results, which probably helped foment a violent coup rather than to prevent one. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"This is exactly the type of organic collaboration Bustamante hopes to foment with Apollo. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"For many weeks, it was taken as an article of faith that no U.S. official would say anything to hint that Washington meant to foment a regime change in Moscow. \u2014 The New Yorker , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The suspects -- some survivalists, others who hoped to foment a new civil war -- have framed the case as a critical examination of something entirely different: the country's commitment to free speech. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Otto von Bismarck, the architect of unification, understood that to hold the ceremony in a German city would foment jealousy among the fractious states that had reluctantly agreed upon unity. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1613, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, to apply a warm substance to, from Late Latin fomentare , from Latin fomentum compress, from fov\u0113re to heat, soothe; akin to Lithuanian degti to burn, Sanskrit dahati it burns":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d-\u02ccment",
|
|
"f\u014d-\u02c8ment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foment incite , instigate , abet , foment mean to spur to action. incite stresses a stirring up and urging on, and may or may not imply initiating. inciting a riot instigate definitely implies responsibility for initiating another's action and often connotes underhandedness or evil intention. instigated a conspiracy abet implies both assisting and encouraging. aiding and abetting the enemy foment implies persistence in goading. fomenting rebellion",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074708",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fomite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an object (such as a dish, doorknob, or article of clothing) that may be contaminated with infectious agents (such as bacteria or viruses) and serve in their transmission":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"While wearing your mask, the front of it especially should be treated as a potential fomite (source of transmission), so ensure proper fit when putting it on initially to avoid having to touch it while wearing. \u2014 Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica , 18 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"It is spread primarily from symptomatic people to others who are in close contact through respiratory droplets, by direct contact with infected persons, or by contact with contaminated objects and surfaces ( fomites ). \u2014 Dr. Tom Frieden And Dr. Cyrus Shahpar, CNN , 9 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"But while fomites are known to be the culprits in many outbreaks, an individual\u2019s risk depends on a lot of factors. \u2014 Joseph Eisenberg, The Conversation , 17 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Once human carriers contaminate objects\u2014known to medical professionals as fomites \u2014there\u2019s a new challenge of cleaning surfaces and washing hands to stymie the spread of the coronavirus. \u2014 National Geographic , 13 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Possible culprits for that kind of transmission include fomites , the objects and surfaces on which germs can land and hang out for up to a few hours, ready to be picked up. \u2014 Aarian Marshall, Wired , 6 Mar. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1803, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back-formation from fomites , from New Latin, plural of fomit-, fomes , from Latin, kindling wood; akin to Latin fov\u0113re to heat \u2014 more at foment":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d-\u02ccm\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052902",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fonctionnaire":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a French or French colonial government official":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from fonction function, office + -aire -ary":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"F f\u014d\u207fksy\u022fneer",
|
|
"\u00a6f\u0259\u014b(k)sh\u0259\u00a6na(a)(\u0259)r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090712",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fond":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allergic",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": affectionate , loving":[
|
|
"absence makes the heart grow fonder",
|
|
"a fond embrace"
|
|
],
|
|
": background , basis":[],
|
|
": cherished with great affection : doted on":[
|
|
"our fondest hopes",
|
|
"has fond memories of their time together"
|
|
],
|
|
": foolish , silly":[
|
|
"fond pride"
|
|
],
|
|
": foolishly tender : indulgent sense 1":[
|
|
"a fond mother"
|
|
],
|
|
": fund":[],
|
|
": having an affection or liking":[
|
|
"\u2014 used with of fond of music fond of his nephew"
|
|
],
|
|
": prizing highly : desirous":[
|
|
"\u2014 used with of fond of praise"
|
|
],
|
|
": small particles of browned food and especially meat that adhere to the bottom of a cooking pan and are used especially in making sauces":[
|
|
"After searing the steak, we noted the amount of fond (the residue of browned meat that sticks to the pan), which can be deglazed for a rich, flavorful pan sauce.",
|
|
"\u2014 Garth Clingingsmith"
|
|
],
|
|
": to lavish affection : dote":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"She still has fond feelings for him.",
|
|
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder .",
|
|
"He wished them a fond farewell .",
|
|
"the fond hope that the situation would change",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The person who runs the Western Hemisphere is a staffer, is just a staffer of somebody that Biden was fond of, a very young guy with no experience. \u2014 CBS News , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"In the same way Curry isn\u2019t fond of ranking his playoff performances, the Warriors still aren\u2019t placing this 2022 championship above the rest. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Oliphant was fond of drawing Nixon as furtive, such as in a cartoon in which the president whispers to a Vietnam War protester through the White House fence. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"While the duo are fond of bespoke design, Vernon notes that this collection is intended to be versatile and not so precious. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Brenda, too, was fond of her father-in-law, Weeks says. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"The series was fond of fourth-wall breaking, which could lend the Disney+ series an even more unusual dynamic. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Born and raised in Stamford, Conn. to a domestic worker and a metal junkman, Haith grew up with his mom and aunt\u2019s fond memories of Juneteenth celebrations down South. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Hudson previously shared some fond memories with PEOPLE of taking trips with her mom as a child. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English fonned, fond , from fonne fool":"Adjective and Verb",
|
|
"borrowed from French, going back to Old French funt, font \"bottom, base\" \u2014 more at fund entry 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4nd",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d\u207f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"partial"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012353",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fond of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": doing (something) a lot":[
|
|
"She's fond of asking silly questions."
|
|
],
|
|
": having a liking for or love of (someone or something) : doing (something) a lot":[
|
|
"I'm fond of skiing.",
|
|
"She grew quite fond of him."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103505",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fondant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a candy consisting chiefly of fondant":[],
|
|
": a soft creamy preparation of sugar, water, and flavorings that is used as a basis for candies or icings":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"To own and manage the convention center and also helped add a section to the ORC that lets commissioners raise a quarter percent sales tax to fondant . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Chido made the fondant herself and then did all the color-matching to ensure that the cake\u2019s hues accurately reflected those in the tapestry. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Watching a contestant manipulate a thin rope of fondant into the stitching on an edible handbag offers a porthole-view into the artist\u2019s genius. \u2014 Maggie Hennessy, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Nina Maria Charles stamps fondant with a mold that replicates the leather texture of a handbag. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s hours of conversation with me talking to them about fondant . \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The desserts, like the fondant au chocolat, still warm from the oven, are a must. \u2014 Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Judges Eddie Jackson, Ron Ben-Israel and Anna Olson are transported to a world of fantasy and fondant . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"At the time, wedding cakes were generally straightforward affairs \u2014 a tier or two with white frosting, sometimes sculpted with fondant icing, sometimes adorned with fruit or flowers. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French, noun derivative from present participle of fondre \"to melt\" \u2014 more at found entry 5":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u00e4n-d\u0259nt"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070851",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"fondante potatoes":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": potato balls or ovals that are first half cooked in water and then braised in butter":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French fondante , feminine of fondant , present participle of fondre":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u00e4n\u02ccdant-"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052656",
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"fondish":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
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": somewhat fond":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u00e4ndish"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061423",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fondle":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pamper":[],
|
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": to handle tenderly, lovingly, or lingeringly : caress":[
|
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"She fondled the string of pearls."
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],
|
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": to show affection or desire by caressing":[],
|
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": to touch (someone or something) sexually":[
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"\u2026 one of them fondled her neck.",
|
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"\u2014 Nadine Gordimer",
|
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"Not long ago, the New York Police Department investigated a dentist accused of fondling his patients after putting them under anesthesia.",
|
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"\u2014 Donna McCrohan"
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]
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1721, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"frequentative of obsolete fond to fondle":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u00e4n-d\u1d4al"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"caress",
|
|
"gentle",
|
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"love",
|
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"pat",
|
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"pet",
|
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"stroke"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083102",
|
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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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"fondlingly":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": in a fondling manner : caressingly , affectionately":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-l\u0113\u014b-",
|
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"-li",
|
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"\u02c8f\u00e4nd(\u1d4a)li\u014bl\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195437",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fondly":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": in a fond manner : affectionately":[
|
|
"spoke of her fondly"
|
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],
|
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": in a foolish manner : foolishly":[],
|
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": in a willingly credulous manner":[
|
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"it would stun, I fondly hoped, the reader",
|
|
"\u2014 Annie Dillard"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"She remembers their time together fondly .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The 2018 season will be fondly remembered as the year the Brewers got within one win of the World Series, but a brutal finish to the first half of the season might still live on in collective memory. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Today, the original Gears of War is remembered fondly as one of the Xbox 360's most iconic online multiplayer shooters. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
|
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"Emmert doesn\u2019t seem destined to be remembered fondly for his dozen years in charge of the NCAA, though his failings have not always been his and his alone. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The deputy was fondly remembered by her law enforcement colleagues. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The Grand Wagoneer trademark was last applied to a stand-alone model in 1991, on an SUV fondly remembered for its woodgrain appliqu\u00e9s, inside and out, like roach-resistant shelf paper. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"South Florida socialite fondly remembered as the city's grande dame. \u2014 Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"It was commissioned by industrialist William Starr Miller, but is fondly remembered as the residence of Grace Vanderbilt. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Mike Krzyzewski\u2019s last appearance at the Carrier Dome won\u2019t be remembered fondly by most of the 31,803 in attendance that shuffled out early during Duke\u2019s blowout win. \u2014 David Thompson, USA TODAY , 27 Feb. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4n-(d)l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173242",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fondness":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"rancor"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": appetite , relish":[
|
|
"had a fondness for argument"
|
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],
|
|
": foolishness , folly":[],
|
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": tender affection":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"my fondness for you will never fail",
|
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"I have a fondness for expensive chocolate.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"According to his bio on the spelling bee website, Braydon is an aspiring engineer with a particular fondness for tacos. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
|
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"Even the fierce cadre of the young is observed with as much fondness as ridicule. \u2014 Dan Cryer, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Regardless of payoff, however, they\u2019re seldom seen alive again, because this sadistic, psychotic captor has a harrowing fondness for the machete that seldom leaves his hand. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 3 June 2022",
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"It\u2019s been 16 years since A.J. Allmendinger raced at Portland International Raceway, but the fondness the 40-year-old NASCAR Xfinity series driver has for the track hasn\u2019t faded. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
|
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"That is how Birtwistle was fondly known in Britain, although the fondness didn\u2019t always go much beyond that with a general public who often found his scores impenetrable. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But even if the balance feels imperfect, the overall effect, and the enormous fondness the director shows for all his characters, makes for satisfying drama. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"By always presenting the musical numbers as a gigantic, impersonal parade, In the Heights sneaks in an incidental political message (recalling the fondness for protest seen on New York\u2019s partisan local-TV news stations). \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 June 2021",
|
|
"Finally, another Academy Award-winner, George C. Scott, is inexplicably cast as the seemingly First Nation assassin John Rainbird, who has a fondness for punching his targets' noses into their brains and an unhealthy interest in our heroine. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 14 May 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4n(d)-n\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063721",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fondue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a chafing dish in which fondue is made":[],
|
|
": a dish similar to a souffl\u00e9 usually made with cheese and bread crumbs":[],
|
|
": a dish that consists of small pieces of food (such as meat or fruit) cooked in or dipped into a hot liquid":[
|
|
"beef fondue",
|
|
"chocolate fondue"
|
|
],
|
|
": a preparation of melted cheese (such as Swiss cheese and Gruy\u00e8re) usually flavored with white wine and kirsch":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dip fruit in melted chocolate to have a chocolate fondue",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"One rebel is tortured by boiling fondue poured over his head, another stabbed to death through his mouth by a Swiss hard chocolate dagger. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Oz Korean Steakhouse mixes and matches smart combinations of meat \u2014 say, boneless short rib, beef belly, pork jowl and gently spicy pork bulgogi \u2014 in various sizes and price points, with the very modern inclusion of cheese fondue for dipping. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"The Swiss are famous for fondue , but their neighbors in Italy have their own take on this delectable, melted cheese dish. \u2014 Janelle Davis And Foren Clark, CNN , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"Dip appetizers and entr\u00e9es in cheese fondue , and for dessert, bring out some melted chocolate. \u2014 Erin Cavoto, Country Living , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"The socks have now developed a light stench, like steam off a cauldron of cheese fondue . \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Hat-tip to the chefs for the beautifully medium-rare slices, but my companion and I cooed over the leek-laden fondue served alongside. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Enjoy a three-course dining experience with cheese fondue , fresh salad and entr\u00e9e. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The menu options include lobster imperial cheese fondue or sparkling Grueyere, shrimp ceviche, choice of protein and dessert dipping buffet. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from French, noun derivative from feminine of fondu, past participle of fondre \"to melt,\" going back to Old French \u2014 more at found entry 5":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u00e4n-\u02c8d\u00fc",
|
|
"-\u02c8dy\u00fc",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4n-\u02ccd(y)\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105800",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fondue fork":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a long, slender usually 2-tined fork used in eating or cooking fondue":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064027",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fonduk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a business establishment or commercial warehouse in northern Africa":[],
|
|
": an inn or hotel in northern Africa":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Arabic funduq , from Greek pandokeion, pandocheion inn, from pandokos all-receiving, common to all, from pan- + -dokos (from dekesthai, dechesthai to accept, receive, welcome); akin to Greek dokein to seem good, seem, think":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213322",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fonduta":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a preparation of melted cheese (such as fontina) usually with milk, butter, egg yolks, and sliced white truffles":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Italian, from Italian dialect (Piedmont) fond\u00f9a , from French fondue":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u00e4n\u02c8d(y)\u00fct\u0259",
|
|
"-\u00fct\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100740",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"font":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a receptacle for baptismal water":[],
|
|
": a receptacle for holy water":[],
|
|
": a receptacle for various liquids":[],
|
|
": an assortment or set of type or characters all of one style and sometimes one size":[],
|
|
": source , fountain":[
|
|
"a font of information"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1688, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French fonte , from Middle French, act of founding, from Vulgar Latin *fundita , feminine of funditus , past participle of Latin fundere to found, pour \u2014 more at found":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin font-, fons , from Latin, fountain":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095648",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"food":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": inorganic substances absorbed by plants in gaseous form or in water solution":[],
|
|
": nutriment in solid form":[
|
|
"She gave food and drink to the hungry travelers."
|
|
],
|
|
": something that nourishes, sustains, or supplies":[
|
|
"food for thought",
|
|
"Books were his mental food ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a farmer who grows his own food",
|
|
"drought victims who don't have enough food to eat",
|
|
"She gave food and drink to the hungry travelers.",
|
|
"What is your favorite food ?",
|
|
"fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Her husband wanted to go to Centennial Campground, but Chiklak worried about access to food and a place to do laundry. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"In April, residents in Shanghai, China\u2019s most populous city, were forced into a harsh lockdown \u2014 spurring a mental health crisis, leaving many without food \u2014 watching family members die while struggling to seek medical attention. \u2014 Karina Tsui, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Businesses have been raising prices on everything from food to clothing. \u2014 Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The woman later threw food wrapped in aluminum foil at the officer. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Sadly, at a lot of charging stations, many of the choices will be meager chain fast food . \u2014 Brad Templeton, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Beyond food , the price of gas has been particularly tough on consumers as Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine continues to impact global energy markets. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"At the brunch, food like empanadas, ceviche and fresh fruit were offered buffet-style along with mimosas and bloody marys. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Others say the food is surprisingly good for emergency rations. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 28 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English fode , from Old English f\u014dda ; akin to Old High German fuotar food, fodder, Latin panis bread, pascere to feed":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00fcd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"comestibles",
|
|
"eatables",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"edibles",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"foodstuffs",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"provender",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tucker",
|
|
"viands",
|
|
"victuals",
|
|
"vittles"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000131",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"food court":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an area within a building (such as a shopping mall) set apart for food concessions":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Restaurants, a food court , and shops reintroduced the Tower as more than just a place to work. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"Visitors roam the outdoor food court with swiveling heads, clutching clear baggies full of orange and purple plastic tokens. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"A couple of hours after the museum published the Facebook post, a Black woman replied in the comments section with a photo of the salad sitting in the museum\u2019s food court . \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"A couple of hours after the museum published the Facebook post, a Black woman replied in the comments section with a photo of the salad sitting in the museum\u2019s food court . \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"The food court is a fun place to people-watch at Fan Fusion 2022. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"An officer located the suspect in the Great Northern Mall food court and arrested him. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"Burger-Chan's popularity has spread like wildfire since opening inside the food court at Greenway Plaza in 2016, and for good reason. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The plans, which city officials approved in fall 2020, called for an Asian grocery store, food court featuring Hmong cuisine and other retail space on the first floor, with offices and meeting rooms on the second floor. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1979, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-131128",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"foodstuffs":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In 2015, the taco \u2014 a staple foodstuff for millions of people; a morning meal, easy lunch, Tuesday dinner and late-night bite \u2014 got its own emoji. \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
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"As the Greek Delta was close to Chicago\u2019s wholesale markets, the first Greek immigrants could buy foodstuff and become pushcart peddlers, even before learning English. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Ship movements in the Black Sea, a key oil and foodstuff export route whose northern side is shared between Russia and Ukraine, have been frozen. \u2014 Costas Paris And Benoit Faucon, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"Too little can lead to a bonk and even nausea if your blood sugar gets too low, while too much foodstuff can also provoke the gut and induce queasiness. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 15 June 2020",
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"Scent is critical because, despite being a foodstuff , the tuber doesn\u2019t actually taste of very much. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
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"As time passed, the indices were subcategorized; lard and corn, for instance, went into a separate index for foodstuff . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 15 Oct. 2021",
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"But bananas, like every foodstuff that grows in the Global South and becomes a beloved commodity in the Global North, have a rather sordid history. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Aug. 2021",
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"The researchers are also in talks with private companies interested in exploring the technology for other applications beyond storing astronaut foodstuff . \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u00fcd-\u02ccst\u0259f"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bread",
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"chow",
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"chuck",
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"comestibles",
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"eatables",
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"eats",
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"edibles",
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"fare",
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"food",
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"grub",
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"meat",
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"provender",
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"provisions",
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"table",
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"tucker",
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"viands",
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"victuals",
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"vittles"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065243",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"foofaraw":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a disturbance or to-do over a trifle : fuss":[],
|
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": frills and flashy finery":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the foofaraw that accompanies any big wedding",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For many Americans who don\u2019t celebrate Christmas, sitting out the foofaraw while the whole country conducts Christmas consumption is an annual dose of alienation. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2020",
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"No foofaraw : Of course a cleric\u2014in Chih\u2019s case, one who belongs to a holy order tasked with traveling the land and collecting stories\u2014wouldn\u2019t concern themself with gender. \u2014 Wired Staff, Wired , 29 Sep. 2020",
|
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"What was Anne Boleyn up to while this whole Charles Brandon foofaraw was happening in England? \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 25 May 2018",
|
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"What was Anne Boleyn up to while this whole Charles Brandon foofaraw was happening in England? \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 25 May 2018"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"origin unknown":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u00fc-f\u0259-\u02ccr\u022f"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
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"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
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"bluster",
|
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"bobbery",
|
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"bother",
|
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"bustle",
|
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"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
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"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
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"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113119",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fool":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a cold dessert of pureed fruit mixed with whipped cream or custard":[],
|
|
": a harmlessly deranged person or one lacking in common powers of understanding":[],
|
|
": a person lacking in judgment or prudence":[
|
|
"Only a fool would ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet."
|
|
],
|
|
": a retainer (see retainer entry 1 sense 1 ) formerly kept in great households to provide casual entertainment and commonly dressed in motley with cap, bells, and bauble":[],
|
|
": foolish , silly":[
|
|
"barking its fool head off"
|
|
],
|
|
": infatuate":[],
|
|
": one who is victimized or made to appear foolish : dupe":[
|
|
"History has made fools of many rash prophets."
|
|
],
|
|
": one with a marked propensity or fondness for something":[
|
|
"a dancing fool",
|
|
"a fool for candy"
|
|
],
|
|
": to behave foolishly":[
|
|
"told the children to stop their fooling"
|
|
],
|
|
": to contend or fight without serious intent or with less than full strength : toy":[
|
|
"a dangerous man to fool with"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make a fool of : deceive":[],
|
|
": to meddle, tamper, or experiment especially thoughtlessly or ignorantly":[
|
|
"Don't fool with that drill."
|
|
],
|
|
": to play or improvise a comic role":[],
|
|
": to speak in jest : joke":[
|
|
"I was only fooling"
|
|
],
|
|
": to spend on trifles or without advantage : fritter":[
|
|
"\u2014 used with away"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 see also fool around":[
|
|
"told the children to stop their fooling"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 see also fool around with":[
|
|
"Don't fool with that drill."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"those fools who ride motorcycles without wearing helmets",
|
|
"Only a fool would ask such a silly question.",
|
|
"You'd be a fool to believe what he tells you.",
|
|
"You're making yourself look like a fool .",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"The dog was barking its fool head off.",
|
|
"Some fool driver kept trying to pass me!",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"When she first told us that she was getting married, we thought she was fooling .",
|
|
"His disguise didn't fool anybody.",
|
|
"He really had me fooled .",
|
|
"Stop fooling yourself \u2014she doesn't really love you.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The bubble price Estavi paid epitomizes the greater fool theory at work. \u2014 Jeff Kauflin, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Joyce himself was apt to play the holy fool , a near-blind wanderer across Europe. \u2014 James Campbell, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Yet too often in these last two games, the Celtics have played the fool . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Otherwise, investors are simply buying hype and hoping that other investors will play the greater fool and buy in at a higher price. \u2014 David Trainer, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"While Swinney worries about whether endorsement deals are fool \u2019s gold for athletes, Texas A&M signed a No. 1-ranked recruiting class and Tennessee earned a commitment from five-star quarterback Nico Iamaleava. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"That playoff berth was fool \u2019s gold, an undeserved reward that left the organization in denial about some of its greatest flaws. \u2014 Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Placing any credence in these assurances would be a fool \u2019s game. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 22 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Walsh recently published an article on the obsessive music site Aquarium Drunkard about the treasures (and, often, fool \u2019s gold) of Heller\u2019s deep dive. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Don't let anyone fool you into thinking that Halloween is just one day, on October 31. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"That means Tabatas are just four minutes long\u2014but don\u2019t let the brevity fool you. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"But these familiar museum items shouldn\u2019t fool anyone, Kunsch insisted. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Assigning deep motivations behind behavior is how people fool themselves and relieve their partners of any responsibility to communicate. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Assigning deep motivations behind behavior is how people fool themselves and relieve their partners of any responsibility to communicate. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Assigning deep motivations behind behavior is how people fool themselves and relieve their partners of any responsibility to communicate. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"And Thor is wearing some sort of disguise that shouldn\u2019t fool anyone. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Those are just a few of the most popular messages delivered by robocallers, who often hide behind spoofed numbers to fool you into answering. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1529, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French fol , from Late Latin follis , from Latin, bellows, bag; akin to Old High German bolla blister, balg bag \u2014 more at belly":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00fcl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
|
"dingbat",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"git",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162420",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fool around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to engage in casual sexual activity":[
|
|
"She found out that her partner had been fooling around on her. [=having sex with someone else]"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 see also fool around with":[
|
|
"She found out that her partner had been fooling around on her. [=having sex with someone else]"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt",
|
|
"spent the rainy afternoon listening to music and fooling around"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"hotdog",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"showboat",
|
|
"skylark"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011356",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a foolish act, utterance, or belief":[],
|
|
": foolish behavior":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an amusing bit of foolery",
|
|
"it's foolery to expect me to let you shoplift that DVD",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The whole of humanity doesn\u2019t fit tidily into three acts, even assuming as much frame-breaking foolery as Wilder allows. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Political pranking is traditionally thought of as benign foolery targeting the powerful. \u2014 Stanislav Budnitsky, The Conversation , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Our magpie eyes will always be drawn to foolery and ephemera. \u2014 Giles Hattersley, Vogue , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Once every ten years, the first of April assumes a far more significant importance than the annual sharing of April foolery . \u2014 James Deutsch, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"All the organs of his body were working \u2014 bowels digesting food, skin renewing itself, nails growing, tissues forming \u2014 all toiling away in solemn foolery . \u2014 John Hirschauer, National Review , 17 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"In memory, during that long-ago evening on the edge of the woods, even my young children were drawn into its whirligig of shipwrecks, twins in disguise, misread letters, wise foolery and foolish wisdom. \u2014 Edward Rothstein, WSJ , 11 July 2019",
|
|
"Elsewhere, the lack of physicality that muted the foolery also seemed a factor affecting many actors\u2019 deliveries. \u2014 Edward Rothstein, WSJ , 11 July 2019",
|
|
"This single photograph simultaneously invokes the histories of racial violence and racial degradation, cruelly dismissing their gravity by casting them in the guise of comedy and youthful foolery . \u2014 Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic , 18 July 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00fcl-r\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00fc-l\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"b\u00eatise",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foppery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"stupidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055628",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolhardy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": foolishly adventurous and bold : rash":[
|
|
"a foolhardy explorer",
|
|
"foolhardy investors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hikers who were foolhardy enough to remain on the summit during a thunderstorm",
|
|
"it's foolhardy to go hiking during late fall without warm clothes",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Should Putin be so foolhardy as to go further with his aggression, an attack on one NATO member would be treated as an attack on all. \u2014 Mary Ellen O'connell, CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Assuming that the launch is at WWDC, buying a new MacBook ahead of that event is foolhardy at best. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Compounded by the inconsonant and foolhardy foreign ventures of their successors, their missteps contributed to America\u2019s decline on the world stage. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In a moment that highlighted the thin line between bold and foolhardy , Walker finished a tough, hanging drive over the 7-foot-1 Gobert that put the Spurs ahead by a point with 14.9 seconds to play. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"But FromSoftware\u2019s insistence on keeping the game nearly impossible for non-elite players feels foolhardy . \u2014 Swapna Krishna, Wired , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Insisting that people come back to the office may seem foolhardy . \u2014 Scott Miraglia, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Alliances were foolhardy in great power politics, in his estimation; brute strength was the only thing that mattered. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Projecting with certainty the state\u2019s political direction would be foolhardy , given how quickly fortunes can change. \u2014 Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00fcl-\u02cch\u00e4r-d\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foolhardy adventurous , venturesome , daring , daredevil , rash , reckless , foolhardy mean exposing oneself to danger more than required by good sense. adventurous implies a willingness to accept risks but not necessarily imprudence. adventurous pioneers venturesome implies a jaunty eagerness for perilous undertakings. venturesome stunt pilots daring implies fearlessness in courting danger. daring mountain climbers daredevil stresses ostentation in daring. daredevil motorcyclists rash suggests imprudence and lack of forethought. a rash decision reckless implies heedlessness of probable consequences. a reckless driver foolhardy suggests a recklessness that is inconsistent with good sense. the foolhardy sailor ventured into the storm",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"temerarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061304",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolish":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
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"judicious",
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"prudent",
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"sagacious",
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"sage",
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"sane",
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"sapient",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"wise"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": absurd , ridiculous":[
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"He looked foolish in that hat."
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],
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": having or showing a lack of good sense, judgment, or discretion":[
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"a foolish mistake",
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"She takes foolish risks."
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],
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": insignificant , trifling":[],
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": marked by a loss of composure : nonplussed":[
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"He felt foolish when he couldn't remember where he had parked the car."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He was wearing a foolish grin.",
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"She's been taking foolish risks.",
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"Those flashy clothes make her look foolish .",
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"She must feel foolish wearing those flashy clothes.",
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"I never thought you'd be foolish enough to believe him.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Experience has long stayed the hand of anyone foolish enough to write off the ongoing catastrophe that is Donald Trump. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"Awash in content, filmmakers and TV auteurs would be foolish to let the raw material of real life go to waste. \u2014 Molly Fischer, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
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"Still, the decision to impose a level of ethanol usage that is based almost entirely on political pandering and which utilizes uncertain predictions of future gasoline demand is foolish and should be abandoned. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"To think that this is not a factor in the pro tour\u2019s popularity would be foolish . \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 3 June 2022",
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"Even tyrants would be foolish to pass down an iron law when a low-key change of norms would lead to the same results. \u2014 Justin E. H. Smith, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"Prioritizing taxpayer funds on programs that hamper our free-market economy is foolish . \u2014 Dave Wallace, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
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"That seems incredibly foolish when presented with the facts. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 19 May 2022",
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"Rhodes appears to be the first major ex-AEW talent to jump ship to WWE, and the latter would be absolutely foolish not to make a play for MJF in early 2024. \u2014 Blake Oestriecher, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see fool entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u00fc-lish"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foolish simple , foolish , silly , fatuous , asinine mean actually or apparently deficient in intelligence. simple implies a degree of intelligence inadequate to cope with anything complex or involving mental effort. considered people simple who had trouble with computers foolish implies the character of being or seeming unable to use judgment, discretion, or good sense. foolish stunts silly suggests failure to act as a rational being especially by ridiculous behavior. the silly antics of revelers fatuous implies foolishness, inanity, and disregard of reality. fatuous conspiracy theories asinine suggests utter and contemptible failure to use normal rationality or perception. an asinine plot",
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"synonyms":[
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"brainless",
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"bubbleheaded",
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"cockeyed",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dippy",
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"dotty",
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"fatuous",
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"featherheaded",
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"fool",
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"half-baked",
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"harebrained",
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"half-witted",
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"inept",
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"insane",
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"jerky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"lunatic",
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"lunkheaded",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"sappy",
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"screwball",
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"senseless",
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"silly",
|
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"simpleminded",
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"stupid",
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"tomfool",
|
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"unwise",
|
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"weak-minded",
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"witless",
|
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"zany"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083050",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"foolishness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"prudence",
|
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"sagaciousness",
|
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"sagacity",
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"sageness",
|
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"sanity",
|
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"sapience",
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"sensibleness",
|
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"soundness",
|
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"wisdom"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a foolish act or idea":[],
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": foolish behavior":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth",
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"couldn't listen to another second of their foolishness , so I told them to be quiet",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"One other thing: The people are friendly and formidable, quick to flash a smile at friendliness \u2026 and just as quick to suck our teeth at foolishness \u2014 so mind your manners. \u2014 Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
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"What Putin has done is a terrible foolishness and a crime against both the Russian and Ukrainian peoples. \u2014 Stella Kalinina, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
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"Characters break the fourth wall to talk directly to the camera, sometimes to explain basketball strategy, and sometimes to comment on hypocritical foolishness . \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The publishing industry happily appears to want nothing to do with such foolishness . \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Vladimir Putin\u2019s Ukraine invasion exposed the foolishness of relying on despotic regimes for resources, particularly energy. \u2014 John Barrasso, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Put some foolishness in your April Fool\u2019s Day with this very funny 1999 showbiz satire starring Steve Martin as a low-rent movie producer and Eddie Murphy as the unwitting star of Martin\u2019s latest film. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Editors and reporters who worked with him at The Chronicle marveled at his attention to detail, his passionate advocacy for his reporters, and a blunt manner that brooked no foolishness but always made the writing better. \u2014 Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"The name, Sottise, translates to foolishness or silliness in French. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 10 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u00fc-lish-n\u0259s"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"absurdity",
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"asininity",
|
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"balminess",
|
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"brainlessness",
|
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"craziness",
|
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"daftness",
|
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"dippiness",
|
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"dottiness",
|
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"fatuity",
|
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"fatuousness",
|
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"folly",
|
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"imbecility",
|
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"inanity",
|
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"insanity",
|
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"lunacy",
|
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"madness",
|
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"nonsensicalness",
|
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"nuttiness",
|
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"preposterousness",
|
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"senselessness",
|
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"silliness",
|
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"simplicity",
|
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"unwisdom",
|
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"wackiness",
|
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"witlessness",
|
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"zaniness"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200813",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"foot":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"ante (up)",
|
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"balance",
|
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"clear",
|
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"discharge",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"pony up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"spring (for)",
|
|
"stand"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a piece on a sewing machine that presses the cloth against the feed":[],
|
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": a specialized outgrowth by which the embryonic sporophyte especially of many bryophytes absorbs nourishment from the gametophyte":[],
|
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": by walking or running":[
|
|
"tour the campus on foot"
|
|
],
|
|
": dance":[],
|
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": establish":[],
|
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": footlights":[],
|
|
": in a recovered condition (as from illness)":[
|
|
"back on my feet"
|
|
],
|
|
": in a sitting or lying position":[
|
|
"The doctor advised her to stay off her feet ."
|
|
],
|
|
": in a standing position":[
|
|
"He works on his feet all day."
|
|
],
|
|
": in an established position or state":[
|
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"The business is finally back on its feet ."
|
|
],
|
|
": in an extemporaneous (see extemporaneous sense 1a ) manner : while in action":[
|
|
"good debaters can think on their feet"
|
|
],
|
|
": infantry":[],
|
|
": kick":[],
|
|
": material deposited especially in aging or refining : dregs":[],
|
|
": motion or power of walking or running : step":[
|
|
"fleet of foot"
|
|
],
|
|
": reject":[],
|
|
": something resembling a foot in position or use: such as":[],
|
|
": speed , swiftness":[
|
|
"showed early foot"
|
|
],
|
|
": the basal portion of the sporophyte in mosses":[],
|
|
": the basic unit of verse meter consisting of any of various fixed combinations or groups of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables":[
|
|
"Each line of the poem contains five feet ."
|
|
],
|
|
": the end that is lower or opposite the head":[
|
|
"the foot of the bed"
|
|
],
|
|
": the initial step toward a goal":[
|
|
"He took a job as a secretary to get his foot in the door ."
|
|
],
|
|
": the lower edge (as of a sail)":[],
|
|
": the lower end of the leg of a chair or table":[],
|
|
": the lowest part : bottom":[
|
|
"the foot of the hill"
|
|
],
|
|
": the part (as of a stocking) that covers the foot":[],
|
|
": the terminal part of the vertebrate (see vertebrate entry 1 ) leg upon which an individual stands":[],
|
|
": to a standing position":[
|
|
"brought the crowd to its feet"
|
|
],
|
|
": to add up":[],
|
|
": to go on foot":[],
|
|
": to make or renew the foot of":[
|
|
"foot a stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make speed : move":[],
|
|
": to pay or stand credit for":[
|
|
"foot the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
": to perform the movements of (a dance)":[],
|
|
": to walk, run, or dance on, over, or through":[],
|
|
": under one's spell or influence":[
|
|
"The champion loved the feeling that the world was at his feet ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He was wearing boots on his feet .",
|
|
"tracks made by the feet of a bird",
|
|
"The people in the crowd began to stamp their feet .",
|
|
"They camped at the foot of the mountain.",
|
|
"at the foot of the stairs",
|
|
"the foot of the table",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"I'll foot the bill for dinner.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"To help start things off on the right foot , the members of Forbes Business Council share advice for entrepreneurs navigating the start of a new business venture. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"Researchers told the participants to place the front of the free foot behind the standing leg, keep their arms by their sides and eyes fixed straight ahead. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Alfredo plays Cleveland, an author who gets off on the wrong foot with Laurel and acts as a mentor to Conrad. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"The former Masters champion also had a rebound second round, shooting even to salvage a chance at making the cut after a 4-over on Thursday put him on the back foot . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Ward, who injured the foot during Thursday\u2019s final minicamp practice at FirstEnergy Stadium, underwent an MRI and X-rays, and the tests revealed no serious structural damage. \u2014 cleveland , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Lifting the foot out of the mud is already past, and setting it down in front of you is the future. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"But not every problem of the foot or toes needs surgery in order to be fixed. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The bent knee should track along the line of the foot , thus both hips remain externally rotated. \u2014 Jen Murphy, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"But the zoo has also closed its aviaries to foot traffic, partly due to concerns that visitors could contribute to the affliction\u2019s spread. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Perennial ryegrass has very thin, soft, pointed leaves, but is surprisingly resilient to foot traffic. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Memorial Park Conservancy, which is overseeing the work, will open two of the four tunnels to foot traffic during those hours and host a preview party to celebrate the upcoming completion. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Taxpayers will foot the $20 million bill for that second primary, held on Aug. 2. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"If the airline is a major carrier and the delay or cancellation is their fault, such a crew shortage, the carrier will foot the bill. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Under the plan, the government would foot the bill for women to take days off work if they are diagnosed by a doctor with severe menstrual pain. \u2014 Sammy Westfall, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"In most cases, homeowners are required to foot the bill for their renovations, and in nearly every contract, they are informed that extra perks, such as free materials and access to experts, come at the discretion of the show\u2019s producers. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"According to a state inspection report, Yuba\u2019s detainees were being issued new cloth masks on a weekly basis and instructed to sleep head to foot on bunk beds. \u2014 Deepa Fernandes, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English fot , from Old English f\u014dt ; akin to Old High German fuot foot, Latin ped-, pes , Greek pod-, pous":"Noun and Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fu\u0307t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basement",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022816",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot (it)":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":null,
|
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"pronounciation":null,
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000",
|
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"type":null
|
|
},
|
|
"foot (up)":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a lifting of the foot by a scrummager in rugby before the ball is fairly in the scrummage":[],
|
|
": to amount to when added or reckoned":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with to his debts foot up to a huge sum"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make a total of (as the cost)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"foot entry 1":"Noun",
|
|
"foot entry 2":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171726",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot louse":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sucking louse ( Linognathus pedalis ) on sheep congregating and feeding chiefly on the hairy skin immediately above the hooves":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013444",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot mange":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chorioptic mange":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195428",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot soldier":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person likened to an infantryman especially in doing active and usually unglamorous work in support of an organization or movement":[
|
|
"foot soldiers in the war against drugs"
|
|
],
|
|
": infantryman":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"foot soldiers in the war against drugs",
|
|
"he's been a foot soldier for several environmental organizations over the years",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But defense lawyer Nina Ginsberg countered that the U.S. never presented any hard evidence that the defendant was anything other than a foot soldier in ISIS battling the Syrian Army. \u2014 Byjames Gordon Meek, ABC News , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Juarez is an unabashed foot soldier in a herculean effort to close the Latino COVID-19 vaccination gap in the state\u2019s third-most populous county. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Four of the five had already been named, and prosecutors also added a fifth man accused of being a Proud Boys foot soldier , per The New York Times. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Megan Valentine, a sub-3:00 marathoner, was our foot soldier , disappearing and somehow reappearing with dry socks to replace wet mittens. \u2014 Michelle Hamilton, Outside Online , 12 Apr. 2019",
|
|
"He\u2019s often described as an operative\u2019s operative\u2014a political foot soldier who just happens to find himself on the red team. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Today, Mexico has become a willing foot soldier in the U.S.\u2019 xenophobic policies toward migrants, including Haitian asylum-seekers. \u2014 France Francois, refinery29.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Language can be a loyal foot soldier for stigma, helping to reinforce stereotypes. \u2014 Marisa Bate, refinery29.com , 30 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"But Conneau does not carry himself like a foot soldier in a battle for the future of the Web. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"drudger",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"grubber",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"peon",
|
|
"plugger",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slogger",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"worker"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071244",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot stove":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a box with a pan for hot coals to warm the feet":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214147",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot switch":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an electric switch operated by pressure of the foot":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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|
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"He lost his footing and fell down the slope.",
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"Be careful. The footing is slippery there.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Analysts say the stock market isn\u2019t likely to regain its footing until there are clear signs that inflation is starting to come under control, which in turn would take pressure off the Fed to raise rates quickly. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
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"These tax increases and ones that came when Proposition 30 passed under Gov. Jerry Brown in 2012 have helped put the state on firmer financial footing . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
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"The stock market is trying to regain its footing as investors assess the impact of rising interest rates, Ukraine war and ongoing supply-chain problems related to the pandemic, Dory Wiley, CEO of Commerce Street Holdings, told CBS News. \u2014 CBS News , 10 May 2022",
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|
"But what should President Biden try to achieve in Europe to repair these rifts and put the trans-Atlantic relationship on firmer footing ? \u2014 WSJ , 31 Oct. 2021",
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"Much of the growth of the league, and players feeling comfortable coming forward without worrying about jeopardizing the NWSL\u2019s existence, came from a firmer financial footing . \u2014 Howard Megdal, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Consumers, no doubt, found themselves on a firmer financial footing after three rounds of stimulus checks \u2014 and now many families are seeing hundreds of dollars in monthly advance payments from July through December for the child tax credit. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 31 July 2021",
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"One thing that might reassure Kyiv is a provision in the agreement in which Germany pledges to help Ukraine secure a ten-year gas-transit agreement with Russia, placing its situation on firmer footing . \u2014 Jimmy Quinn, National Review , 20 July 2021",
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"The legal footing of the suit is tenuous, Douglas Laycock, a professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia Law School, wrote in an email. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022"
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"bottom",
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"cornerstone",
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"foundation",
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"ground",
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"groundwork",
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"keystone",
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"root",
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"underpinning",
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"warp and woof"
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"examples":[
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"spent the morning footling about while others were working",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Get our daily newsletter Yet Mr Schwarzman avoids footling with life\u2019s foot-soldiers for a reason. \u2014 The Economist , 19 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Last year an American startup called Swarm Technologies paid a footling $900,000 fine for sending four tiny satellites into orbit on an Indian rocket, having been denied permission to do so by the US Federal Communications Commission. \u2014 The Economist , 17 July 2019"
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"bum",
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|
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],
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": lacking judgment or ability : inept":[
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"footling amateurs who understand nothing",
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"\u2014 E. R. Bentley"
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],
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": lacking use or value : trivial":[
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"footling matters"
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|
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"the assistant's job was to shield the president from such footling problems",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"By comparison with previous Establishment Clause cases, however, this lawsuit looked footling and rather mean. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 21 June 2019"
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|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The victim found the lock broken off the unit and several personal items, including family photos and a World War II footlocker belonging his father, collectibles and furniture stolen from inside. \u2014 Brian Lisik, cleveland , 23 Jan. 2022",
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"The battery pack is a box about the size and shape of a footlocker . \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Sorting through what had been an off-limits footlocker in his father's garage in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Joe Tachovsky found a trove of medals, photos, letters \u2014 and a platoon roster. \u2014 Curt Brown, Star Tribune , 20 Mar. 2021",
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"That's where Joe Tachovsky tracked him down in 2011, bringing with him the photos and memorabilia from his dad's footlocker and sparking long conversations that became the guts of his book research. \u2014 Curt Brown, Star Tribune , 20 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Whitman rode the elevator to the twenty-seventh floor, dragged his footlocker up the stairs to the observation deck, and introduced the nation to the idea of mass murder in a public space. \u2014 Catherine Cusick, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Get your history fix in one place: sign up for the weekly TIME History newsletter Their persistence led to 16 African American men being escorted to a Great Lakes barracks, which had 16 cots, 16 footlockers and one long table with 16 chairs. \u2014 Dan C. Goldberg, Time , 19 May 2020",
|
|
"Between May 2017 and January 2019, the group helped to conceal, transport and broker the contents of those footlockers . \u2014 Chase Hunter, azcentral , 17 Dec. 2019",
|
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"Some guy would come in with all his stuff in a bag and a footlocker . \u2014 Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com , 29 Dec. 2019"
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"footlog":{
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a simple footbridge consisting often of a single log hewn flat on one side":[
|
|
"crossing the footlog over Marsh Run",
|
|
"\u2014 Conrad Richter"
|
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|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"bound",
|
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"confined",
|
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"restrained",
|
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"unfree"
|
|
],
|
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|
|
": having no ties : free to move about":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"When she was 20, she was footloose and fancy-free , with no family or serious career to tie her down.",
|
|
"after having been chained for so long, the suddenly footloose dog ran helter-skelter about the yard",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"To attract those footloose workers, employers are far more likely to offer remote work now than before the pandemic, according to a report Thursday from Indeed, an employment and research site. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The world\u2019s most populous democracy has a long history with footloose lawmakers. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"This is not by any means an excuse to hit the beach, footloose and sunscreen-free. \u2014 Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Of course, as future of work expert, Steve Cadigan highlights in Workquake, this bargaining relationship is complicated by the increasingly footloose nature of the modern worker. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"My inalienable right to wander around footloose and fancy-free just got snuffed. \u2014 Norman Vanamee, Town & Country , 27 July 2021",
|
|
"Back in 1893 Luigi Cecchi founded his Tuscan winery in the hills of the Chianti Classico region, which back then had a rather footloose approach to what a Chianti should be. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 25 June 2021",
|
|
"The idea that staying childless and footloose is more satisfying is, on average, wrong. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 17 June 2021",
|
|
"Although the Conzone family\u2019s footloose new lifestyle may not be for everyone, their reluctance to settle down or to commit to a long-term lease is embedded in the current rental-market zeitgeist. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 2 June 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1650, in the meaning defined above":""
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
|
"loose",
|
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"unbound",
|
|
"unconfined",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070647",
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a member of a chair of glassworkers who gathers and blows glass and shapes it on a marver table":[]
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104548",
|
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|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a servant in livery formerly attending a rider or required to run in front of his master's carriage":[],
|
|
": a servant who serves at table, tends the door, and runs errands":[],
|
|
": a traveler on foot : pedestrian":[],
|
|
": infantryman":[]
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Quips and asides from Julia\u2019s maid Molly (Sianand Gregory) and footman John (Divian Ladwa) add even more spirit and texture with commentary that acknowledges the divide of the ruling class and their labor force. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"According to Seward, author of Royal Children, Andrew once so annoyed a footman that the prince ended up sprawled on the floor with a black eye. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"That's because Dockery won't be performing solo, but as a duo with fellow Downton Abbey actor, Michael Fox, who appeared on seasons five and six of the show as footman Andrew Parker. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Actress Michelle Dockery, 40, will sing alongside Michael Fox, 33, who played footman Andrew Parker in the historical upstairs-downstairs costume drama. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In November, Fawcett, who was once one of Charles's closest aides having risen from the Queen's footman to the prince's valet and ultimately running the charity, resigned from his post amid the ongoing inquiry. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Those gambling-mad aristocrats have boasted and betted on the running prowess of their best footman . \u2014 Roger Robinson, Outside Online , 5 May 2021",
|
|
"But when producers James Corden (who also plays a mouse- footman ) and Leo Pearlman offered her the chance to rewrite the fairy tale as a musical with contemporary songs \u2014 and values \u2014 the Blockers director jumped at it. \u2014 Mary Sollosi, EW.com , 13 May 2021",
|
|
"Shortly, footman Paul Wybrew was summoned, who then escorted Fagan across the corridor the the Queen's pantry. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 16 Nov. 2020"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
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"\u02c8fu\u0307t-m\u0259n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051119",
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"type":[
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]
|
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"footman moth":{
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": any of numerous moths of the family Lithosiidae":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"so called from its coloration, reminiscent of a footman's livery":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194511",
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"footpath":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a narrow path for pedestrians":[]
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|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a footpath winding through the garden",
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"found the footpath leading down into the valley",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Responding officers found five people shot on a footpath just under the Madison Avenue Bridge, said NYPD Chief Brian McGee, commanding officer of Detective Borough Manhattan North, at a morning press conference. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 21 June 2022",
|
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"The Virginia Creeper Trail is a former Native American footpath (once used by Daniel Boone) and early 1900s rail line whose steam engine trains once delivered lumber to thriving Virginia and North Carolina sawmills. \u2014 Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
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"With his father\u2019s dog tags around his neck, carrying a 60-pound backpack, Adam Tarlin stepped onto the footpath \u2014and into a new self. \u2014 Dan Koeppel, Outside Online , 5 Sep. 2019",
|
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"Leo plays the consummate host, greeting guests, accompanying them to their rooms, and carrying out regular security patrols of the property, which sits right on the main footpath , and has tourists walking by every minute. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 22 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Kaino walks deeper into the forest on a wooden footpath that, when visitors arrive, will be coated with dark, recycled rubber mulch. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
|
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"Follow the footpath that winds around the lake before taking the cable car that whisks you up more than 5,000 feet to the Vogel ski resort. \u2014 Mary Novakovich, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
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"As the officer approached the vehicle in his squad, the Tahoe \u2014 with trailer and golf carts in tow \u2014 started driving off the footpath into the parking lot. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"In warmer months, hikers can trek along a section of the Finger Lakes Trail, a 580-mile footpath that stretches across the state. \u2014 Jonathan Olivier, Outside Online , 21 Aug. 2018"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccp\u00e4th",
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"\u02c8fu\u0307t-\u02ccpath"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"path",
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"pathway",
|
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"trace",
|
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"track",
|
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"trail"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105044",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"footstock":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": tailstock":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113729",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"footstone":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":[
|
|
": a stone placed at the foot of a grave"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1701, in the meaning defined above"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fu\u0307t-\u02ccst\u014dn"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124400",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"footstool":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a low stool used to support the feet":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"My father stood with one hand on his waist and one leg on a footstool , the way colonial hunters posed with wild animals. \u2014 Mansi Choksi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
|
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"There was a back cushion, a seat cushion, and a pillowy footstool , all from different companies. \u2014 Outside Online , 18 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Doesn\u2019t run that well, can barely jump over a footstool , and he cannot be stopped. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"His employer denied his request to work from home \u2014 even part-time \u2014 instead offering him a new chair, footstool , and air purifier to assist him in getting through the day. \u2014 Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone , 6 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Instead of a traditional check-in area, for instance, there\u2019s a small snug, wallpapered in a vibrant pineapple print, complete with cosy armchairs, footstool and bar trolley. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Her brother Richard, one of the movers, walked by carrying a brocade footstool . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 June 2021",
|
|
"The Crate & Barrel rattan chair and fringed footstool from HomeGoods bring in natural elements that play off the colors and a Bohemian vibe that fits with the rest of the house. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2021",
|
|
"Find a footstool on a weekend walk in the woods and dine with these tear-off My Drap napkins and faux bois plates. \u2014 Chloe Malle, Vogue , 23 Apr. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1530, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fu\u0307t-\u02ccst\u00fcl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181604",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footwalk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a surface paved or constructed for walking along often with a handrail (as on a bridge or on a parapet)":[],
|
|
": sidewalk":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135514",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foozle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to manage or play awkwardly : bungle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
|
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1888, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
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"1890, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"perhaps from German dialect fuseln to work carelessly":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00fc-z\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"blow",
|
|
"bobble",
|
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"boggle",
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muck up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"screw up"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043224",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fop":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a foolish or silly person":[],
|
|
": a man who is devoted to or vain about his appearance or dress : coxcomb , dandy":[],
|
|
": fool , dupe":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"he's such a fop that he drives nearly 50 miles just to get his hair cut by Monsieur Louis",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"From the very beginning, though, riders were also mocked as fops pursuing a ludicrous pastime. \u2014 Clive Thompson, Smithsonian , 21 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Cartoons of the period show caricatures of self-regarding young fops posing and preening with their monocles on full display. \u2014 Austin Grossman, The Atlantic , 13 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The artist\u2019s virile exemplars helped liberate gay men from society\u2019s cheap assignations \u2014 as mentally disturbed fops mincing out roles as faux women. \u2014 R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times , 2 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"No, those bewigged, Georgia-era fops didn\u2019t speak with a lisp. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 27 June 2018",
|
|
"That fop Shaw-Asquith was right about that, at least! \u2014 Andrew Liptak, The Verge , 17 June 2018",
|
|
"The next persona is Shipwrecked Sadie (Christina Day), a British fop in a court suit who has escaped from pirates and has a reverie about gender identity. \u2014 Dave Sturm, Columbia Flier , 16 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"The surrounding players are exaggerated, one-note caricatures; Barrie\u2019s wife is a superficial shrew, her lover is a fop , the grandmother is stern and matronly, the promoter has a perpetual glint in his eye and the actors are campy. \u2014 Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"Ferry, by nature shy and self-effacing, reinvented himself as a fop with issues. \u2014 Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com , 22 Feb. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1590, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English; akin to Middle English fobben to deceive, Middle High German voppen":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"Beau Brummell",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"dude",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"jay",
|
|
"lounge lizard",
|
|
"macaroni",
|
|
"pretty boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045806",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foppery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": foolish character or action : folly":[],
|
|
": the behavior or dress of a fop":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regards the platform shoe as one of the unfortunate fopperies of the 1970s that should remain buried in fashion's scrap heap"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4-p(\u0259-)r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"b\u00eatise",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"stupidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083014",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": as being or constituting":[
|
|
"taken for a fool",
|
|
"eggs for breakfast"
|
|
],
|
|
": because of":[
|
|
"can't sleep for the heat"
|
|
],
|
|
": completely : excessively : to exhaustion : to pieces":[
|
|
"for spent"
|
|
],
|
|
": destructively or detrimentally":[
|
|
"for do"
|
|
],
|
|
": for the reason that : on this ground : because":[],
|
|
": in favor of":[
|
|
"all for the plan"
|
|
],
|
|
": in honor of : after":[
|
|
"named for her grandmother"
|
|
],
|
|
": in place of":[
|
|
"go to the store for me"
|
|
],
|
|
": in spite of":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with all for all his large size, he moves gracefully"
|
|
],
|
|
": on behalf of : representing":[
|
|
"speaks for the court"
|
|
],
|
|
": so as to involve prohibition, exclusion, omission, failure, neglect, or refusal":[
|
|
"for bid"
|
|
],
|
|
": with respect to : concerning":[
|
|
"a stickler for detail",
|
|
"heavy for its size"
|
|
],
|
|
"foreign":[],
|
|
"forestry":[],
|
|
"free on rail":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Conjunction",
|
|
"the bill should be listed as paid, for I mailed it in on time",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
|
|
"On a practical level, a better system would make life easier for patients. \u2014 Mohana Ravindranath, STAT , 3 July 2022",
|
|
"The younger inhabitants find a way to have fun; Cecil and Jack agree on a deal for the sale of the Ainsworth family heirloom. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
|
|
"State Police put out a be on the lookout alert at 9:30 p.m. for a gray Chevrolet Silverado that had almost struck a guardrail in the area of Interstate 95 northbound near exit 57 in Reading, the statement said. \u2014 Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
|
|
"Keibert Ruiz homered for Washington, which fell to 6-25 against the the NL East. \u2014 Patrick Stevens, Sun Sentinel , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"Authorities began to search the lake for three children and a woman. \u2014 CBS News , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"Argro, of Brooklyn, is Johnson's ex-boyfriend and the father of the baby in the stroller, a spokesman for the New York City Police Department said. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"But few doors opened for the ambitious young couple. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"The government has given a variety of reasons for the seizures, including that some boats were unlicensed. \u2014 Chao Deng, WSJ , 2 July 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Conjunction",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Preposition"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Latin per through, prae before, pro before, for, ahead, Greek pro , Sanskrit pra before, in front, Old English faran to go \u2014 more at fare":"Preposition and Conjunction",
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German far- for-, Old English for":"Prefix"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr",
|
|
"Southern also (\u02c8)f\u00e4r",
|
|
"(\u02c8)f\u022fr",
|
|
"f\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"'cause",
|
|
"as",
|
|
"as long as",
|
|
"because",
|
|
"being (as ",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"inasmuch as",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"since",
|
|
"whereas"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215549",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"prefix",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"for (the) want of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": because of not having (something) : because (something) does not exist or is not available":[
|
|
"For want of a better name, let's call it \"Operation One.\"",
|
|
"People are dying for want of medical treatment.",
|
|
"The project failed for the want of adequate funding."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115753",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"for a song":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": for a very small amount of money":[
|
|
"This old car can be bought/had for a song ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195414",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"for a start":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213910",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"for as long as one can remember":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": for most or all of one's life : for a very long time":[
|
|
"Her family has lived in New York for as long as she can remember ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105728",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"for aught one knows":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": for all one knows : one does not know":[
|
|
"For aught I know , he could have left an hour ago."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105100",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"for aye":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": always , forever , eternally":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English for aye":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221748",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"for better or (for) worse":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": whether good or bad things happen : no matter what happens":[
|
|
"We've made our decision and now we have to stick to it for better or worse ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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"The handles are not just for decoration , they serve a practical purpose."
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"for good and for ill":{
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"for instance":{
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"I'll give you a for instance"
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"examples":[
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"Let me give you a for instance .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Stock splits break up shares into smaller pieces\u2014similar, for instance , to breaking a $50 bill into five $10s\u2014without affecting a company\u2019s underlying finances. \u2014 Kristin Broughton, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
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"Just after midnight on June 19, for instance , a 21-year-old man and college basketball standout was fatally shot at a popular summer picnicking area in Harlem in an episode that left eight other people wounded. \u2014 Ed Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
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"Employers may find simple and low- or moderate-cost ways\u2014providing parking or transit passes, for instance , or boosting tuition assistance\u2014to make a substantial impact on employee satisfaction. \u2014 Ethan Karp, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
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"Westlake\u2019s facility has a habit of leaking vinyl chloride; in 2011, for instance , 11,000 pounds of the compound streamed from a hole in a piece of piping that hadn\u2019t been inspected. \u2014 Lisa Song, ProPublica , 29 June 2022",
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"Think about it: A never-ending stream of news on a phone screen is like a piercing scream, far different from, for instance , a half-hour newscast that always ends with sports or a feel-good story. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 29 June 2022",
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"Employers, for instance , can object to certain categories of workers being included in a bargaining unit. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 29 June 2022",
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"Foley, for instance , instituted impact fees on new developments within city limits about one year ago. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
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"In the first round, for instance , try to familiarize yourself with the movement patterns and get more comfortable performing them. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 29 June 2022"
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"f\u0259-\u02c8rin(t)-st\u0259nts",
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"\u02c8frin(t)-"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123808",
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"noun"
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]
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"for it":{
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],
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": in favor of the thing specified":[
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"If it's that's what you think we should do, I'm (all) for it ."
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]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131732",
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"type":[
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]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182113",
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"for one's own good":{
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": being or done for the benefit of oneself":[
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],
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": resulting in harm to oneself":[
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"They talk too much for their own good ."
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183424",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212402",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"for services rendered":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": for something that a person, company, etc., has done":[
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"a fee/payment for services rendered"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120303",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"for some reason or another":{
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"antonyms":[],
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": for a reason unknown to the speaker":[
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"They had to change their plans for some reason or another ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204054",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"for storage":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": for the purpose of being put away when not being used":[
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"The table folds down for storage ."
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000033",
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},
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"for the life of one":{
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": in any way at all":[
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"\u2014 used to say that one is unable to remember or understand something For the life of me , I can't think of any reasons why you wouldn't want a computer at home. She couldn't for the life of her remember what his name was."
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]
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"type":[
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},
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"for the love of God":{
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"for the love of Mike/Pete":{
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"for the simple reason that":{
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124708",
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"for the use of":{
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"definitions":{
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": available to be used by":[
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"The pool is for the use of hotel guests only."
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113110",
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"type":[
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]
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},
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"for the world":{
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"definitions":{
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": for any reason":[
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"\u2014 used to make a statement more forceful I wouldn't miss your wedding for the world ."
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123005",
|
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"type":[
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]
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},
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"forage":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": food for animals especially when taken by browsing or grazing":[
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"The grass serves as forage for livestock."
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],
|
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": ravage , raid":[],
|
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": the act of foraging : search for provisions":[
|
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"They made forages to find food."
|
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],
|
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": to make a search : rummage":[],
|
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": to secure by foraging":[
|
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"foraged a chicken for the feast"
|
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],
|
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": to secure forage (as for horses) by stripping the country":[],
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": to strip of provisions : collect forage from":[],
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": to wander in search of forage or food":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
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"The grass serves as forage for livestock.",
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"Verb",
|
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"The cows were foraging in the pasture.",
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"He had to forage for firewood.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"The bristly groundhog and her plump twins experiment with the best part of the lawn on which to forage . \u2014 Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
|
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"The Kaibab National Forest site\u2019s ample forage grasses, water and quiet isolation make this a perfect spot for wildlife to congregate, feed, drink and \u2014 oh yeah \u2014 be stalked. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
|
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"For that to happen, humans need to have enough contact with the animals to make exposure likely\u2014on routine hunts for bushmeat, for instance, or in fractured landscapes where animals forage for food in and around people\u2019s homes. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
|
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"Scientists have long been in the dark about how deep-diving seals forage for their meals in pitch-black seas, and the answer may have been right under the animals\u2019 nose all along: whiskers. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 13 June 2022",
|
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"In front of her are the towers of grain that had sprouted into forage . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
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"The operator can run their own experiments to try a new forage source. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
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"Here's more background on alewives, a bane to some beachgoers but an important forage species for the lake's trout and salmon fishery. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
|
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"Like native trees and shrubs, wildflowers offer tremendous benefits to insects, birds, and mammals in terms of food, forage , and shelter. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Although extremely intelligent, the confiscated parrots had lost their culture: the parrots did not know to forage in their new land and had forgotten (or never learned) how to flock to avoid predators. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"And with anomalously warm water extending hundreds of meters, sharks can forage much deeper and for longer. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
|
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"Guests will forage through the garden and learn how to prepare and cook a nutritious and sustainable meal, such as a delicious pesto coconut chutney with grated papaya, coconut milk, chili pepper, spring onion, ginger and garlic. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Many species will eagerly eat wild birdseed, but others will forage for tiny insects, spiders, worms or beetles in your garden. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Instead, their bees forage entirely on wildflowers \u2013 most of which are endemic \u2013 creating honey entirely unique to Bermuda. \u2014 Karthika Gupta, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Morel hunters can forage in most state parks and forests in Indiana, so long as the lands are not designated as preserves. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Around the same time, Hirata learned about Noma chef Ren\u00e9 Redzepi, who was trying to revive Nordic cuisine in Denmark by encouraging people to forage like the Nordic people used to. \u2014 Rachel Ng, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 May 2022",
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"And subscription snack boxes keep my munchies at bay without my having to forage for the most obscene flavor of Combos at my local bodega or raid the BA test kitchen for pecan nubs left over from muffin recipe testing. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from fuerre, foer fodder, straw, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fuotar food, fodder \u2014 more at food":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-ij",
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"\u02c8f\u00e4r-"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"graze",
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"pasture",
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"rustle"
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"to go in search of went foraging for change for the parking meter"
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": in view of the fact that":[]
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185045",
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"type":[
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"conjunction"
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]
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},
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"forastero":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of various very productive cacoas with thick hard shells and purple seeds \u2014 compare criollo":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Spanish, literally, stranger, from Catalan foraster, forester , from Old Catalan, from Old Proven\u00e7al forestier , from forest hamlet, country house, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin forestis , from Latin foris outside":""
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u022fr\u0259\u02c8ste(\u02cc)r\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052412",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"foray":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"raid"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid":[
|
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"a foray into enemy territory",
|
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"attempted sneak and surprise forays",
|
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"\u2014 D. D. Eisenhower"
|
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],
|
|
": an initial and often tentative attempt to do something in a new or different field or area of activity":[
|
|
"the novelist's foray into nonfiction",
|
|
"Torres spearheaded his family's first foray into international wine production by purchasing land in Chile's Curic\u00f3 Valley in 1979.",
|
|
"\u2014 Michael Schachner"
|
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],
|
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": to do or attempt something outside one's accustomed sphere : to enter into a new or different field or area of activity":[
|
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"Tesla, known for its high-end electric cars, has forayed into the trucking industry with a Nov. 16 reveal of its latest prototype, the Tesla Semi.",
|
|
"\u2014 Meagan Nichols"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make a raid or brief invasion":[
|
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"forayed into enemy territory",
|
|
"Nicaraguan troops were foraying along the frontier \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 George Russell"
|
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],
|
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": to ravage in search of spoils : pillage":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"a foray into enemy territory",
|
|
"We made a quick foray into town for some supplies.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The limited series, which is reportedly still in early development, marks Kazan's first foray into TV writing. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Corsair made a name for itself in gaming desktops, but the Corsair Voyager a1600 AMD Advantage Edition announced Monday marks the first foray for the gaming brand, also known for PC peripherals and DIY components, into Corsair-brand laptops. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The Essence, an elixir that marks her first foray into the skincare space. \u2014 Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"That will probably change soon, as her latest project marks a foray into what is arguably her most mainstream platform yet: network television. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"This marks her first foray into the major label system, having released albums only on independent labels previously. \u2014 Colin Stutz, Billboard , 5 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The debut marks the first foray outside of Mexico for Grupo Posadas, the country\u2019s largest hotel company, which counts eight brands, 180 hotels, and over 28,000 rooms in its expanding portfolio. \u2014 Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes , 1 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Apple\u2019s foray into live sports took a big step forward Tuesday. \u2014 Joe Reedy, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Apple\u2019s foray into live sports took a big step forward Tuesday. \u2014 Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Horford flexed his might in his first Finals foray with a long-distance performance a long time in the making that will be remembered in Celtics lore for a long time. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Alabama conservation officials\u2019 latest update about red snapper fishing includes warning of an ominous outlook for greater amberjack, another popular game fish for anglers who foray into the Gulf of Mexico. \u2014 al , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"As a mere glimpse into the future, consider British auction house Sotheby\u2019s foray into the metaverse. \u2014 Falon Fatemi, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Tatas\u2019 foray into digital payments means the competition increases for Google Pay, PhonePe, Amazon Pay, Paytm, and others. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Dolly Parton is the latest celebrity to make her foray into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Lobbyists see financial regulators\u2019 foray into climate-change policy as a first step toward limiting oil-and-gas companies\u2019 access to credit. \u2014 Ryan Tracy, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"As fate would have it that foray into water polo also caught the eye of Navy recruiters who had come to his school. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"In Somersault, a project motivated by his daughter\u2019s departure from home for university and foray into adulthood, Raymond Meeks explores the frightening unknown from the comfort of his own backyard. \u2014 Wired Photo Department, Wired , 21 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forrayen , from Anglo-French forreyer, foreer , probably back-formation from *forrier, *forreour forager, raider, from fuerre, foer provender \u2014 more at forage":"Verb and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4r-",
|
|
"also f\u022f-\u02c8r\u0101",
|
|
"or f\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cc\u0101"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"incursion",
|
|
"inroad",
|
|
"invasion",
|
|
"irruption",
|
|
"raid"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181536",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun,",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foray (into)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"to enter for conquest or plunder Vikings foraying into the village"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230230",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forb":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an herb other than grass":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Look instead for greenbrier, honeysuckle, plum, laurel, sumac, blackberry, clear-cuts, browse, and forbs in the woods or natural clearings. \u2014 Jeff Murray, Field & Stream , 8 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"The park meadows are planted with native perennial forbs and grasses selected for the benefit of wildlife. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 3 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The prescribed fire will reinvigorate grasses, forbs , and shrubs and improve deer and elk habitat. \u2014 David L. Bernhardt, The Denver Post , 23 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"The appeal argued that site descriptions the agency used, which found the area should be covered mostly by sagebrush, grasses, and forbs , are not scientifically accurate. \u2014 Jennifer Oldham, National Geographic , 3 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Kya Marienfeld, Attorney What grows back Cattlemen must let allotments rest for two years after trees are removed to allow grasses and forbs to take root. \u2014 Jennifer Oldham, National Geographic , 3 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Back-to-back dry springs meant the ground-nesting turkeys in much of Texas went into the mating season in relatively poor physical condition because of a lack of abundant forage \u2014 mainly cool-season forbs and other high-nutrient foods. \u2014 Shannon Tompkins, ExpressNews.com , 8 June 2019",
|
|
"Grasses, forbs , shrubs and other low-growing, leafy vegetation crucial provide crucial camouflaging cover for newborn fawns, reducing predation. \u2014 Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle , 16 June 2018",
|
|
"Back-to-back dry springs meant the ground-nesting turkeys in much of Texas went into the mating season in relatively poor physical condition because of a lack of abundant forage \u2014 mainly cool-season forbs and other high-nutrient foods. \u2014 Shannon Tompkins, ExpressNews.com , 8 June 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek phorb\u0113 fodder, food, from pherbein to graze":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140213",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forbear":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": hold back , abstain":[
|
|
"have forborne from taking part in any controversy",
|
|
"\u2014 Abraham Lincoln"
|
|
],
|
|
": to control oneself when provoked : be patient":[
|
|
"forbore with his friend's failings"
|
|
],
|
|
": to do without":[],
|
|
": to hold oneself back from especially with an effort":[
|
|
"forbore mentioning the incident",
|
|
"tried to forbear making rash judgments"
|
|
],
|
|
": to leave alone : shun":[
|
|
"forbear his presence",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"He carefully forbore any mention of her name for fear of upsetting them.",
|
|
"We decided to forbear provoking him any further.",
|
|
"We decided to forbear from provoking him any further.",
|
|
"He forebore to mention her name.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"So, if a person is enacting their right to resistance, then bystanders have an obligation to forbear and not to interfere. \u2014 TheWeek , 12 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"But crucially, the FCC did not forbear from a few parts of Title II that protect consumers in other ways. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 12 July 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forberen , from Old English forberan to endure, do without, from for- + beran to bear":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259r-",
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8ber"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forgo",
|
|
"forego",
|
|
"keep (from)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"withhold (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104505",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forbearance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impatience"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due":[
|
|
"The policy provides a means of forbearance for borrowers meeting certain criteria."
|
|
],
|
|
": the act of forbearing : patience":[
|
|
"He appreciated his wife's forbearances ."
|
|
],
|
|
": the quality of being forbearing : leniency":[
|
|
"known \u2026 for her forbearance with her incorrigible husband",
|
|
"\u2014 Willa Cather"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He showed great forbearance in his dealings with them.",
|
|
"we thank you for your forbearance while we attend to the technical difficulties interrupting the TV program",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Lenders rolled out sweeping deferment and forbearance programs for struggling borrowers in the pandemic\u2019s early days. \u2014 Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Tom\u2019s angry scenes with his mother, frustration met with studied forbearance , have a ring of truth about them. \u2014 Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Musk adheres to the tradition of taking legal and regulatory forbearance as an inducement and invitation to demand more. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"But even as the Fed has been drawing criticism for being slow to act, some economists say a bit of forbearance is warranted. \u2014 Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The share of households behind on their bills remains exceptionally low, a separate New York Fed report shows, but as federal stimulus runs out and loans come out of forbearance , some households will be looking at a different financial landscape. \u2014 Andrew Van Dam, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The share of households behind on their bills remains exceptionally low, a separate New York Fed report shows, but as federal stimulus runs out and loans come out of forbearance , some households will be looking at a different financial landscape. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"It was relayed via Zoom calls between Canyon Crest and Mawoud, a tutoring center Fariba now attends in Kabul, where girls sit in class with boys and men teach girls \u2014 testing the limits of Taliban forbearance . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The terms of forbearance are between a borrower and their lender. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 22 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"see forbear entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8ber-\u0259n(t)s",
|
|
"f\u0259r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"tolerance"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164756",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forbearing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": hold back , abstain":[
|
|
"have forborne from taking part in any controversy",
|
|
"\u2014 Abraham Lincoln"
|
|
],
|
|
": to control oneself when provoked : be patient":[
|
|
"forbore with his friend's failings"
|
|
],
|
|
": to do without":[],
|
|
": to hold oneself back from especially with an effort":[
|
|
"forbore mentioning the incident",
|
|
"tried to forbear making rash judgments"
|
|
],
|
|
": to leave alone : shun":[
|
|
"forbear his presence",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"He carefully forbore any mention of her name for fear of upsetting them.",
|
|
"We decided to forbear provoking him any further.",
|
|
"We decided to forbear from provoking him any further.",
|
|
"He forebore to mention her name.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"So, if a person is enacting their right to resistance, then bystanders have an obligation to forbear and not to interfere. \u2014 TheWeek , 12 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"But crucially, the FCC did not forbear from a few parts of Title II that protect consumers in other ways. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 12 July 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forberen , from Old English forberan to endure, do without, from for- + beran to bear":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8ber",
|
|
"f\u0259r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forgo",
|
|
"forego",
|
|
"keep (from)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"withhold (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213732",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forbid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": accursed":[
|
|
"he shall live a man forbid",
|
|
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
": to hinder or prevent as if by an effectual command":[
|
|
"Space forbids further treatment here.",
|
|
"Modesty forbids telling what my part was in the affair."
|
|
],
|
|
": to proscribe (see proscribe sense 2 ) from or as if from the position of one in authority : command against":[
|
|
"The law forbids stores to sell liquor to minors.",
|
|
"Her mother forbids her to go."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"I forbid you to go!",
|
|
"She was forbidden by her parents to marry him.",
|
|
"She was forbidden from marrying him.",
|
|
"The museum forbids flash photography.",
|
|
"The company's rules forbid dating among employees.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"To ban or forbid bars and restaurants from existing, based solely on the concept that women\u2019s legs, arms and cleavage will be on show, would leave much of the western world\u2019s city centres empty. \u2014 Lela London, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Push state lawmakers to pass house bill 2 48, which would forbid employers from requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID 19 and other infectious diseases. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The faith\u2019s lay leaders can, of course, forbid members from taking the sacrament (as Latter-day Saints call it) for disciplinary purposes. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Most have tried to entice customers with friendly, knowledgeable service and unique interior design \u2014 a difficult feat, given government rules forbid cannabis or accessories being visible from the street. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Earlier this month, the court ruled that California could not forbid those under 21 from buying assault weapons. \u2014 James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Contrary to what at least one critic believes, the LDS Church does not forbid the consumption of French fries. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"The advisor had reservations about a fourth video but did not forbid Tiber from showing it. \u2014 Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Perhaps Vermeule and Smith are of the view that the natural law does, in fact, forbid the constitutional arrangements adopted by the people through the Constitution. \u2014 J. Joel Alicea, National Review , 3 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1606, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forbidden , from Old English forb\u0113odan , from for- + b\u0113odan to bid \u2014 more at bid entry 1":"Verb and Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-",
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8bid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forbid Verb forbid , prohibit , interdict , inhibit mean to debar one from doing something or to order that something not be done. forbid implies that the order is from one in authority and that obedience is expected. smoking is forbidden in the building prohibit suggests the issuing of laws, statutes, or regulations. prohibited the sale of liquor interdict implies prohibition by civil or ecclesiastical authority usually for a given time or a declared purpose. practices interdicted by the church inhibit implies restraints or restrictions that amount to prohibitions, not only by authority but also by the exigencies of the time or situation. conditions inhibiting the growth of free trade",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070041",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forbidden":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"permissive",
|
|
"sufferable"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": not conforming to the usual selection principles":[
|
|
"\u2014 used of quantum phenomena forbidden transition forbidden radiation forbidden spectral line"
|
|
],
|
|
": not permitted or allowed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"That emotional confession led to the pair sharing a forbidden kiss, and Herbers and Colter tease that Kristen and David's romantic moment will have major repercussions throughout the season. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
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"Young readers graduated from Seventeen, YM, Sassy and such to the forbidden bounty on the low coffee tables of divorc\u00e9es: Cosmo and Glamour and Self. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
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"Mitten and others wonder about the affect NIL opportunities could have on the forbidden yet hardly uncommon practice of high schools recruiting athletes. \u2014 Mark Gillispie, Chicago Tribune , 9 May 2022",
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"Mitten and others wonder about the affect NIL opportunities could have on the forbidden yet hardly uncommon practice of high schools recruiting athletes. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
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"When Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens a portal to another multiverse that includes alternative versions of himself, humanity becomes at stake. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
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"This multigenerational family saga begins with a forbidden love and crescendos into a moving saga that jumps between time and place, spanning across Korea, Japan, and America. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Beneath the forbidden glamour of mob life is a saga of father-son relationships and ethical choices\u2014themes that have resonated in different ways for each new generation of viewers. \u2014 Caryn James, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"The filmmakers pluck quite a few story threads from director Shawn Levy\u2019s early-aughts adaptation, including bullying, athletic frustrations, an absentee parent, a forbidden sleepover and a climax involving a runaway child. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8bi-d\u1d4an",
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"f\u022fr-"
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"banned",
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"barred",
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"impermissible",
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"interdicted",
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"outlawed",
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"prohibited",
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"proscribed",
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"taboo",
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"tabu",
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"verboten"
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": disagreeable , repellent":[
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"a forbidding task"
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],
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": grim , menacing":[
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"a dark forbidding sky"
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],
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": such as to make approach or passage difficult or impossible":[
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"forbidding walls"
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},
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"examples":[
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"a harsh and forbidding landscape",
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"a dark, forbidding house, that is reputed to be haunted",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And her absence at St. Paul\u2019s, while not a surprise given the forbidding logistics, was a letdown. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 4 June 2022",
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"And her absence at St. Paul\u2019s, while not a surprise given the forbidding logistics, was a letdown. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
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"The Arcane event took place in a forbidding Victorian-style former factory in South Los Angeles, turning it into a steampunk recreation of the anime series inspired by characters in Riot Games\u2019 League of Legends. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"The East Village streets during the pandemic became forbidding places at 2 o\u2019clock in the morning, when the puppy needed a walk. \u2014 John Leland, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
|
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"The East Village streets during the pandemic became forbidding places at 2 o\u2019clock in the morning, when the puppy needed a walk. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
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"Peer into their forbidding black hoods and gaily stitched pieces of hot-pink woolen felt inside invite unexpected visual caresses. \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"The combination of stiffness and violence in her gesticulations expressed a forbidding level of psychological tension. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"Despite his forbidding demeanor, after rising to prominence with the Screaming Trees in the late 1980s, Lanegan worked with a wide array of artists, ranging from Queens of the Stone Age to Belle & Sebastian\u2019s Isobel Campbell to Marianne Faithfull. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8bi-di\u014b",
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"f\u022fr-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"alarming",
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"dire",
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"direful",
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"dread",
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"dreadful",
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"fearful",
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"fearsome",
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"formidable",
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"frightening",
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"frightful",
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"ghastly",
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"hair-raising",
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"horrendous",
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"horrible",
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"horrifying",
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"intimidating",
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"redoubtable",
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"shocking",
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"spine-chilling",
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"terrible",
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"terrifying"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035434",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
|
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"forbivorous":{
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"definitions":{
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": feeding on forbs":[
|
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"forbivorous grasshoppers"
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"forb + -i- + -vorous":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)f\u022f(r)\u00a6biv\u0259r\u0259s"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225715",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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]
|
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},
|
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"forbode":{
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|
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"definitions":{
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": augur , predict":[],
|
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": foretell , portend":[
|
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"Such dark clouds forebode a storm."
|
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],
|
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": to have an inward conviction of (something, such as a coming ill or misfortune)":[
|
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"\u2026 she looked eagerly in his face, not quick to forebode evil, but unavoidably conscious that the state of the family had changed \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne"
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]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102143",
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"forby":{
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|
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"definitions":{
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": besides":[],
|
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": besides : in addition":[],
|
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": near":[],
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": past":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Preposition",
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"1590, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forby , preposition & adverb, from fore- + by":"Preposition"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8b\u012b"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025243",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"obligate",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"sandbag"
|
|
],
|
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|
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|
|
"a force of 20,000 soldiers"
|
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],
|
|
": a body of persons or things available for a particular end":[
|
|
"a labor force",
|
|
"the missile force"
|
|
],
|
|
": an agency or influence that if applied to a free body results chiefly in an acceleration of the body and sometimes in elastic deformation and other effects":[],
|
|
": an individual or group having the power of effective action":[
|
|
"join forces to prevent violence",
|
|
"a force in politics"
|
|
],
|
|
": any of the natural influences (such as electromagnetism (see electromagnetism sense 2a ), gravity, the strong force, and the weak force) that exist especially between particles and determine the structure of the universe":[],
|
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": capacity to persuade or convince":[
|
|
"the force of the argument"
|
|
],
|
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": force-out":[],
|
|
": in great numbers":[
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|
"picnickers were out in force"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
": moral or mental strength":[
|
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"I was impressed by the force of his character."
|
|
],
|
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": police force":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with the After his military service, he joined the force ."
|
|
],
|
|
": strength or energy exerted or brought to bear : cause of motion or change : active power":[
|
|
"the forces of nature",
|
|
"the motivating force in her life"
|
|
],
|
|
": the quality of conveying impressions intensely in writing or speech":[
|
|
"stated the objectives with force"
|
|
],
|
|
": the whole military strength (as of a nation)":[],
|
|
": to achieve or win by strength in struggle or violence: such as":[],
|
|
": to break open or through":[
|
|
"force a lock"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bring (plants) to maturity out of the normal season":[
|
|
"forcing lilies for Easter"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause (a run) to be scored in baseball by giving a base on balls when the bases are full":[],
|
|
": to cause (a runner in baseball) to be put out on a force-out":[],
|
|
": to cause one to act precipitously : force one to reveal one's purpose or intention":[],
|
|
": to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means":[],
|
|
": to hasten the rate of progress or growth of":[],
|
|
": to impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably":[
|
|
"force unwanted attentions on a coworker"
|
|
],
|
|
": to induce (a particular bid or play by another player) in a card game by some conventional act, play, bid, or response":[],
|
|
": to make or cause especially through natural or logical necessity":[
|
|
"forced to admit my error",
|
|
"the last minute goal forced overtime"
|
|
],
|
|
": to press, drive, pass, or effect against resistance or inertia":[
|
|
"force your way through"
|
|
],
|
|
": to produce only with unnatural or unwilling effort":[
|
|
"forced a smile"
|
|
],
|
|
": to raise or accelerate to the utmost":[
|
|
"forcing the pace"
|
|
],
|
|
": to win one's way into":[
|
|
"force a castle",
|
|
"forced the mountain passes"
|
|
],
|
|
": to wrench, strain, or use (language) with marked unnaturalness and lack of ease":[],
|
|
": valid , operative":[
|
|
"the ban remains in force"
|
|
],
|
|
": violence, compulsion, or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing":[
|
|
"Those who do not respond to kindness must yield to force ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The front of the car took the full force of the collision.",
|
|
"instruments used to measure the force of the wind",
|
|
"The police were accused of using excessive force when they made the arrest.",
|
|
"We discourage the use of force .",
|
|
"He used brute force to open the door.",
|
|
"I was impressed by the force of her personality.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"They forced us to work long hours without pay.",
|
|
"The flooding forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes.",
|
|
"After seeing the evidence, I was forced to admit my error.",
|
|
"I am forced to conclude that more funding will be necessary.",
|
|
"The pilot was forced to land when one of the plane's engines caught fire.",
|
|
"The scandal forced his resignation.",
|
|
"Lack of time may eventually force a compromise.",
|
|
"They are trying to force a vote on this issue.",
|
|
"The runner was forced out of bounds.",
|
|
"Their car was forced off the road.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The court has registered only three war crimes convictions and five for interfering with justice in the 20 years since its founding treaty, the Rome Statute, came into force on July, 1, 2002. \u2014 Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"The court has registered only three war crimes convictions and five for interfering with justice in the 20 years since its founding treaty, the Rome Statute, came into force on July, 1, 2002. \u2014 Mike Corder, ajc , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Shortly before midnight on June 30, 2020, the NSL came into force . \u2014 WSJ , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Representatives from the European Parliament and EU states thrashed out a deal on the markets in crypto assets (MiCA) law, which is expected to come into force around the end of 2023. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The Tigers scored one run in the top of the ninth inning, when Riley Greene grounded into a force out to score Kody Clemens. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"The measure must go through parliamentary procedures before going into force . \u2014 Fox News , 25 June 2022",
|
|
"The workshop is not a hiring event, but a way for veterans to receive mentorship, resources and tools to help support their move from the military into the work force . \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Two new Chinese laws dealing with data security and privacy came into force in the fall of 2021 that are likely to have an impact on many multinational companies operating in China or whose operations touch China. \u2014 Chrissa Mcfarlane, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The injury didn\u2019t force him out of the lineup until June 18 and 19, when the sat out the final two games of a three-game series with the Dodgers in Los Angeles. \u2014 Jim Ingraham, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"But Biden can't force Saudi Arabia to produce more oil, and with Russian supplies out of reach due to sanctions for the invasion, a gas tax holiday would at least show some sort of action. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Reward positive interactions out loud but don\u2019t force anything. \u2014 USA Today , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"The vote is only advisory, though, and doesn't force the company to make changes. \u2014 CBS News , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"The vote is only advisory, though, and doesn\u2019t force the company to make changes. \u2014 Stan Choe, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Another option, experts say, is for Twitter to first threaten to force Musk to close and then settle for damages greater than $1bn in order to avoid messy litigation . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"The merger agreement includes a specific performance provision that allows Twitter to force Musk to consummate the deal, according to the filing. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"There is also no way for one municipality to force another to adopt new shelters. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *fortia , from Latin fortis strong":"Noun and Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d(\u0259)rs, \u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rs",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for force Noun power , force , energy , strength , might mean the ability to exert effort. power may imply latent or exerted physical, mental, or spiritual ability to act or be acted upon. the awesome power of flowing water force implies the actual effective exercise of power. used enough force to push the door open energy applies to power expended or capable of being transformed into work. a worker with boundless energy strength applies to the quality or property of a person or thing that makes possible the exertion of force or the withstanding of strain, pressure, or attack. use weight training to build your strength might implies great or overwhelming power or strength. the belief that might makes right Verb force , compel , coerce , constrain , oblige mean to make someone or something yield. force is the general term and implies the overcoming of resistance by the exertion of strength, power, or duress. forced to flee for their lives compel typically suggests overcoming of resistance or unwillingness by an irresistible force. compelled to admit my mistake coerce suggests overcoming resistance or unwillingness by actual or threatened violence or pressure. coerced into signing over the rights constrain suggests the effect of a force or circumstance that limits freedom of action or choice. constrained by conscience oblige implies the constraint of necessity, law, or duty. felt obliged to go",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"help",
|
|
"labor force",
|
|
"manpower",
|
|
"personnel",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"workforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115540",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"force (something) down":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to swallow (something) by making an effort":[
|
|
"The medicine tasted awful, but I managed to force it down ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
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|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140434",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"force field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"repulsiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a special charm, aura, or spirit that can influence anyone in its presence":[],
|
|
": field sense 6a":[],
|
|
": something resembling a force field especially in intensity that restricts or impedes movement toward an area or object":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an entrepreneur whose force field is intense enough to make you share in his dreams",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And that specter of Mr. Depp\u2019s striking earlier beauty hovered over him in that courtroom like a protective force field , impossible to dispel. \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, New York Times , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"One sign that the force field around oligarchs is getting porous are the stories now appearing in the British media, some of which would have been hard to imagine before the Russian invasion. \u2014 David Segal, New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Some analysts suggest that Putin\u2019s decades in power have begun to act as something of a reality-distorting force field , an echo chamber of sorts. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The birds of prey function as a pseudo force field , providing an environmentally conscious form of pest control. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Two justly famous visual tropes, the slowing-down of bullets in flight and the force field with which Neo wards them off, return, too, with a couple of minor new touches that suggest technical advances more than artistic ones. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Within the force field of the neuter, friendship draws life from exposure to death; distance makes possible intimacy; and communication arises from incommensurability. \u2014 Robert Pogue Harrison, The New York Review of Books , 12 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"But Craig is obviously disinterested in that take on the role, and in No Time to Die the actor pushes the audience to notice more cracks in Bond\u2019s facade, playing his super-spy coolness as a force field against emotion that\u2019s starting to falter. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The vaccines aren\u2019t a force field that wards off all things covid. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"animal magnetism",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"captivation",
|
|
"charisma",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"duende",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"magnetism",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"seductiveness",
|
|
"witchery"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084844",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"force fit":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": press fit":[]
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033100",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
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": to force to take in":[
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"force-feed students the classics",
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]
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"examples":[],
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"1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124434",
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]
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},
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"definitions":{
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"a force-out at second base"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121800",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"forced":{
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"antonyms":[
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"elective",
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"optional",
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"voluntary"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": compelled by force or necessity : involuntary":[
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"a forced landing"
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],
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": done or produced with effort, exertion, or pressure":[
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"a forced laugh"
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"examples":[
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"forced attendance at political indoctrination sessions",
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"wasn't too excited about their wedding plans and so gave them a forced smile",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"At the same time, migration is becoming both more politicised (by Belarus and Russia) and more forced (by climate change and inflation). \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
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"Behrooz says the key to any good partnership -- one that doesn't feel forced or inorganic, is to really investigate the celebrity or influencer that would be attached to a project. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 19 May 2022",
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"The forced implementation of this idea led to years of famine. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
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"Russia\u2019s move, like a forced error in baseball, was set in motion by the actions of the Biden administration and other western powers in responding to that country\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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|
"Her voice took on the forced lightness of someone trying to convince herself of something. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"But the forced slowdown of the pandemic also helped Jones discover new methods of creation with his music. \u2014 Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
|
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"Her mother was part of a 1956 forced adoption program and was raised in Texas, but Edenshaw returned to Alaska for college and eventually took the Yup\u2019ik name Keneggnarkayaaggaq, meaning a person with a beautiful persona, spirit, aura and friend. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"When Chief Justice Earl Warren handed down the ruling in Miranda vs. Arizona, it was lauded as a major new protection against forced confessions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"\u02c8f\u022frst"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"compulsory",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"incumbent",
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|
"involuntary",
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|
"mandatory",
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"necessary",
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"nonelective",
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"obligatory",
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"peremptory",
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"required"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225506",
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]
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},
|
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"forceful":{
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|
"antonyms":[
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"inconclusive",
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"indecisive",
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"ineffective",
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"uncompelling",
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"unconvincing",
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"unpersuasive"
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],
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"examples":[
|
|
"He has a very forceful personality.",
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|
"She's a confident and forceful leader.",
|
|
"They have made a forceful argument in favor of changing the system.",
|
|
"The government has threatened to use more forceful measures if necessary.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The most forceful response would be a legislative one. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Alona Vakal knows that a more forceful military response by the U.S. government against Russia \u2014 whose president, Vladimir Putin, has bloodily invaded Ukraine \u2014 risks causing an all-out world war. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"These limited deployments are supposed to deter a Russian attack by committing all allies to a forceful response. \u2014 Rafael Loss, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Her argument triggered a forceful response from the DA\u2019s office, which argued the two cases were starkly different. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The latest incursion shatters nearly three decades of relative peace in Europe and is certain to elicit a forceful response from the U.S. and NATO. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"What is rising is inflation, reaching heights not seen in four decades to wipe out pay raises and potentially eliciting a more forceful policy response from Federal Reserve, which is expected to soon begin raising interest rates to cool the economy. \u2014 CBS News , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Pence's declaration marked his most forceful response yet to Trump, who has spent his post-presidency fueling the lie that the 2020 campaign was stolen from him. \u2014 Jill Colvin, ajc , 5 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Pence's declaration marked his most forceful response yet to Trump, who has spent his post-presidency fueling his claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
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"1571, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"gently",
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|
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"speaking forcefully",
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|
"pushing forcefully through the crowd",
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|
"She forcefully denied the charges.",
|
|
"Congestive heart failure develops when the heart becomes too weak to pump forcefully enough.",
|
|
"\u2014 Paul G. Donohue",
|
|
"Our child's disability forcefully reminds us of what really matters in life.",
|
|
"\u2014 Barbara Gill"
|
|
]
|
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"While King advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest, Malcolm X argued forcefully for Black empowerment, identity and self-determination. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"An investigation into the incident revealed that at least three storage units were forcefully opened on the property, police said. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"But the Black Forest cake speaks forcefully for the past. \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Press back up so forcefully that your body leaves the ground, jumping slightly to the right. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"France experienced the same anti-colonial movement, most forcefully in Vietnam and Algeria. \u2014 Frank Lavin, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"In the entire field, Rivas, a senior adviser to current board member Jackie Goldberg, is the candidate who speaks most forcefully about regulating and containing charter schools. \u2014 Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"But Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, has forcefully denied all allegations, dismissing them as a political attack intended to foil his acquisition of Twitter. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Marceno has come out forcefully on social media against would-be killers in the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos killed 19 children and two teachers. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 29 May 2022"
|
|
],
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"energetically",
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"explosively",
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"firmly",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"examples":[
|
|
"He has a very forceful personality.",
|
|
"She's a confident and forceful leader.",
|
|
"They have made a forceful argument in favor of changing the system.",
|
|
"The government has threatened to use more forceful measures if necessary.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The most forceful response would be a legislative one. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Alona Vakal knows that a more forceful military response by the U.S. government against Russia \u2014 whose president, Vladimir Putin, has bloodily invaded Ukraine \u2014 risks causing an all-out world war. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"These limited deployments are supposed to deter a Russian attack by committing all allies to a forceful response. \u2014 Rafael Loss, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Her argument triggered a forceful response from the DA\u2019s office, which argued the two cases were starkly different. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The latest incursion shatters nearly three decades of relative peace in Europe and is certain to elicit a forceful response from the U.S. and NATO. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"What is rising is inflation, reaching heights not seen in four decades to wipe out pay raises and potentially eliciting a more forceful policy response from Federal Reserve, which is expected to soon begin raising interest rates to cool the economy. \u2014 CBS News , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Pence's declaration marked his most forceful response yet to Trump, who has spent his post-presidency fueling the lie that the 2020 campaign was stolen from him. \u2014 Jill Colvin, ajc , 5 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Pence's declaration marked his most forceful response yet to Trump, who has spent his post-presidency fueling his claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 Feb. 2022"
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"the forcibility of his language"
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
"\u02ccf\u022frs-",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014drs\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t|\u0113",
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"|i",
|
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|
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|
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|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the forcible removal of the rioters",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Both teens are charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit forcible felony, online court records show. \u2014 Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"The San Bernardino County District Attorney\u2019s Office filed 10 felony charges against McGuire, including kidnapping, false imprisonment by violence, torture, mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon and forcible rape. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Cohen said Jane Doe 2\u2019s account didn\u2019t even amount to a forcible rape, despite the charge, and, if allowed to be heard alongside the rape claims of Jane Does 1 and 3, could trigger improper bias. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"The second break-in was on the 4300 block of Western Avenue, where forcible entry to a home was made through a side door and several items of jewelry were taken. \u2014 Hank Beckman, chicagotribune.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Officers found evidence of a forcible entry and learned that a suspect or suspects stole more than $1,700 worth of cigarettes, alcohol and consumable goods. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Gomez, who was 43, had been arrested in February 2021 on suspicion of assault with intent to commit a felony and attempted forcible rape, court records show. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Almost three years after he was hit with charges of forcible touching, Cuba Gooding Jr. has pleaded guilty. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Walker was found not guilty on one count of digital penetration and two counts of forcible rape. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022"
|
|
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|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8f\u014dr-s\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
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|
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": entering a building or room by using force to open a door or window":[
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"The door showed signs of forcible entry ."
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"from Forcible Feeble , nickname of Francis Feeble , character in Shakespeare's 2 Henry IV who was a woman's tailor turned soldier":""
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"examples":[
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"the forcible removal of the rioters",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Both teens are charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit forcible felony, online court records show. \u2014 Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
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"The San Bernardino County District Attorney\u2019s Office filed 10 felony charges against McGuire, including kidnapping, false imprisonment by violence, torture, mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon and forcible rape. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 17 June 2022",
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"Cohen said Jane Doe 2\u2019s account didn\u2019t even amount to a forcible rape, despite the charge, and, if allowed to be heard alongside the rape claims of Jane Does 1 and 3, could trigger improper bias. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
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"The second break-in was on the 4300 block of Western Avenue, where forcible entry to a home was made through a side door and several items of jewelry were taken. \u2014 Hank Beckman, chicagotribune.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"Officers found evidence of a forcible entry and learned that a suspect or suspects stole more than $1,700 worth of cigarettes, alcohol and consumable goods. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Dec. 2021",
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"Gomez, who was 43, had been arrested in February 2021 on suspicion of assault with intent to commit a felony and attempted forcible rape, court records show. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 May 2022",
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"Almost three years after he was hit with charges of forcible touching, Cuba Gooding Jr. has pleaded guilty. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Walker was found not guilty on one count of digital penetration and two counts of forcible rape. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8f\u014dr-s\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
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": the portion of the boring of a shotgun in which the chamber diameter decreases to bore diameter and which in section is a truncated cone":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132926",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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"forcive":{
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"definitions":{
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|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"force entry 1 + -ive":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190035",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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|
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"Definition of forclose obsolete variant of foreclose"
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-220637",
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"ford":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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"1873\u20131939 originally":[
|
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"Ford Mad*ox \\ \u02c8ma-\u200bd\u0259ks \\",
|
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"Ford Hermann Hueffer \\ \u02c8h\u00fc-\u200bf\u0259r , \u02c8(h)we-\u200bf\u0259r \\"
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],
|
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": a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading":[],
|
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": to cross (a body of water) by wading":[],
|
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"English author":[
|
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"Ford Mad*ox \\ \u02c8ma-\u200bd\u0259ks \\",
|
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"Ford Hermann Hueffer \\ \u02c8h\u00fc-\u200bf\u0259r , \u02c8(h)we-\u200bf\u0259r \\"
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],
|
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"Gerald R(udolph) 1913\u20132006 American politician; vice president of the U.S. (1973\u201374); 38th president of the U.S. (1974\u201377)":[],
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"Henry 1863\u20131947 American automobile manufacturer":[],
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"John 1586\u2013?1639 English dramatist":[],
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"John 1895\u20131973 originally John Martin Feeney American film director":[]
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
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"didn't attempt getting the horses across the stream until we had reached the ford",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Dozens of motivational quotes tell us that is discomfort is where growth happens\u2014I\u2019ve repeated this platitude to my backpacking clients and friends while scrambling a ridgeline or taking off our hiking boots to ford an ice-cold river. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, Outside Online , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The Jeep was compact enough to carry in gliders, could ford rivers with ease, and was extremely reliable. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 21 Sep. 2021",
|
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"The OvrlandX concept could ford up to 32.1 inches of water. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 28 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"The 4xe comes ready to go off-road with a two-speed transfer case that enables full-time four-wheel drive, solid Dana 44 axles, 10.8 inches of clearance, and the ability to ford up to 30 inches of water. \u2014 Colin Beresford, Car and Driver , 23 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Jeep says there's a total of 13.3 inches of ground clearance and that the 392 can ford 34 inches of water, 4 inches more than a Rubicon. \u2014 Scott Oldham, Car and Driver , 25 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Two died: a 29-year-old Swiss woman who drowned in 2010 trying to ford the Teklanika and a 24-year-old Belarus woman last year who struggled to cross the rain-swollen river after spending two nights at the bus. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Sep. 2020",
|
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"It wasn\u2019t expected that a civilian or even standard-police SUV could ford the floods \u2014 and the water was rising. \u2014 Colin Warren-hicks, USA TODAY , 19 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Despite the high-voltage battery pack under the rear seat and cargo floor, the 4xe can ford 30 inches of water, the same as conventionally powered Jeeps. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 3 Sep. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1614, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Norse fj\u01ebrthr fjord, Latin portus port, Old English faran to go \u2014 more at fare":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022frd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"shallow(s)",
|
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"shoal"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044423",
|
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|
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"adjective",
|
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"biographical name",
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"fordize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to deprive of individuality":[
|
|
"can we fordize our minds as well as our motors",
|
|
"\u2014 Glenn Frank"
|
|
],
|
|
": to organize and control (people or their work) as if on an assembly line":[
|
|
"the medical profession cannot be fordized until human beings become robots",
|
|
"\u2014 E. H. Cary",
|
|
"an attempt to fordize high-school education",
|
|
"\u2014 H. R. Linville"
|
|
],
|
|
": to standardize in the interests of efficiency and mass production":[
|
|
"fordize a plant",
|
|
"fordize the cotton industry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Henry Ford + English -ize":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccd\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052032",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fordless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lacking a ford : impossible to cross on foot":[
|
|
"a fordless tide"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225802",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fordo":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to do away with : destroy":[],
|
|
": to overcome with fatigue":[
|
|
"\u2014 used only as past participle quite fordone with the heat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English fordon , from Old English ford\u014dn , from for- + d\u014dn to do":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8d\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165853",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fore":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"afore",
|
|
"ahead of",
|
|
"before",
|
|
"ere",
|
|
"of",
|
|
"previous to",
|
|
"prior to",
|
|
"to"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": at an earlier time or period":[],
|
|
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|
|
": earlier : beforehand":[
|
|
"fore see"
|
|
],
|
|
": foremast":[
|
|
"fore top"
|
|
],
|
|
": front part of (something specified)":[
|
|
"fore arm"
|
|
],
|
|
": in or into a position of prominence : forward":[],
|
|
": in the presence of":[],
|
|
": in, toward, or near the front : forward":[
|
|
"The plane's exits are located fore and aft."
|
|
],
|
|
": occurring earlier : occurring beforehand":[
|
|
"fore shock"
|
|
],
|
|
": prior in order of occurrence : former":[],
|
|
": situated at the front : in front":[
|
|
"fore leg"
|
|
],
|
|
": situated in front of something else : forward":[],
|
|
": something that occupies a front position":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"The plane's exits are located fore and aft.",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"the fore and aft cabins",
|
|
"cats have five fore toes but only four hind toes",
|
|
"Preposition",
|
|
"fore the baby's arrival, the young couple had been able to cope with their problems",
|
|
"fore the stranger there swarmed a gaggle of curious street urchins",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"His firing brought to the fore decades of grievances, such as the segregation of Mexican Americans, and severe omissions in the school\u2019s curriculum, including the erasure of Chicano history. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"The Kentucky singer-songwriter brings all of this to the fore on his new solo album Single Wide Dreamer, shuffling through a group of songs that convey empathy and humor alike, in the tradition of John Prine or wordplay master Roger Miller. \u2014 Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"The 45-foot tender, known as the Aero 45, comes fitted with an ensuite cabin, a large seating area for 10, a wet bar with grill and a spacious lounge on the fore . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The fish, instead of dragging itself with only its fore -fins, like a wheelbarrow, appeared to use all four fins to get around, like a jeep. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Supreme Court case has once again thrust immigration to the fore ahead of the midterm elections. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But fore -fronting the needs of healthcare customers as a strategic imperative and not shying away from big and bold changes have all been key in building out a diagnostics innovation stack. \u2014 Pooja Pathak, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"One of the year\u2019s most exciting developments were the new names who came to the fore on the carpet. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The trend seemed to reference a collective need to reconnect with nature, a current that Salone del Mobile\u2019s president, Maria Porro, has seen rise to the fore . \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
|
"On Thursday at Bay Hill, Tiger had some huge misses to both sides with both of those clubs, one of which ( fore right on 3) kept this round from being a really low one. \u2014 Daniel Rapaport, SI.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Active Ride Control moderates fore -aft pitching of the vehicle over bumps in the road by controlling the engine and brakes, for a smoother ride. \u2014 Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram , 27 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"On Thursday at Bay Hill, Tiger had some huge misses to both sides with both of those clubs, one of which ( fore right on 3) kept this round from being a really low one. \u2014 Daniel Rapaport, SI.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Active Ride Control moderates fore -aft pitching of the vehicle over bumps in the road by controlling the engine and brakes, for a smoother ride. \u2014 Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram , 27 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"Only fore -teen Fourteen year-old amateur golfer Atthaya Thitikul won the Ladies European Thailand Championship on Sunday, making her the youngest known winner of a professional golf tour event. \u2014 Claire Zillman, Fortune , 11 July 2017",
|
|
"Up and down the hydraulic arms went; fore and aft tipped the bucket. \u2014 Bulletin Board, Twin Cities , 23 Apr. 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The news brought to the fore familiar insecurities from the start of the pandemic. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The company is selling off a facilities business, with a pool of bidders that has brought to the fore French officials\u2019 preference for selling to French owners. \u2014 Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune , 3 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"His popularity brings to the fore generational and class fissures, and the shortcomings of an economic model that has brought growth but few jobs. \u2014 The Economist , 16 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"The Covid-19 crisis has left millions of people feeling insecure over their personal finances, bringing to the fore questions around where to live, how to work, what to study and how to prepare for the future. \u2014 Pratish Narayanan, Bloomberg.com , 1 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"With immigration at the fore front of the current debate, several of these races look even more interesting. \u2014 Chris Stirewalt, Fox News , 25 June 2018",
|
|
"A unique fen and about half the site is now forest preserve land. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News , 27 June 2017"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1637, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Preposition",
|
|
"circa 1878, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English for-, fore- , from Old English fore- , from fore , adverb":"Combining form",
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English for":"Adverb and Preposition",
|
|
"fore-":"Adjective and Noun",
|
|
"probably short for before":"Interjection"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d(\u0259)r, \u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anterior",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"frontal",
|
|
"frontward",
|
|
"frontwards"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030937",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"combining form",
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"prefix",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fore-and-after":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u022fr-\u0259-\u02c8naf-t\u0259r"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111304",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fore-chains":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the forward chains of a ship":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115542",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fore-topmast":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mast next above the foremast":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1626, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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|
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"pronounciation":[
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"-t\u0259p-\u02ccmast",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"forearmed themselves for the championship game with the help of a sports psychologist",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"But there's more to forearm training than squeezing a stress ball for hours on end. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 14 June 2022",
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"That led to Stoudemire and Boris Diaw leaving the bench as a scrum broke out that included Horry forearming Raja Bell. \u2014 Duane Rankin, azcentral , 18 May 2020",
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"The team\u2019s initial diagnosis was forearm tightness, and it later was changed to forearm discomfort. \u2014 John Shea, SFChronicle.com , 19 June 2019",
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"To be forewarned is to be forearmed , and knowing the locations of enemy forces will help ground commanders make critical decisions about their own forces. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 6 Sep. 2018",
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"Forewarned about Russian trolling should be forearmed . \u2014 Trudy Rubin, Philly.com , 26 Apr. 2018",
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"No matter how forewarned a team might be, there is no such thing as forearmed . \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2018",
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"Yet if the skater extends an elbow or forearm out from the central axis of rotation, that means a slower spin. \u2014 Tom Avril, Philly.com , 7 Feb. 2018",
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"Forewarned is forearmed , so here's an advance cheat sheet placing the tax cut in perspective. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com , 30 Jan. 2018",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Inhale, engage the core muscles to lift the upper body forward, and rotate onto the left forearm while keeping the right arm in a straight line overhead. \u2014 Jen Murphy, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
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"The victim told police someone had shot him in the left forearm through a window from outside the store at 1841 Pennsylvania Ave. \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 31 May 2022",
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"One person was shot in the right forearm , one was shot in the foot and one was shot in the lower back. \u2014 Dakin Andone And Jennifer Henderson, CNN , 18 May 2022",
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"One victim was shot in the foot, another in the lower back and the third in the right forearm , Garcia said. \u2014 Fox News , 17 May 2022",
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"Here's the key to the curl: Before lowering the dumbbells back to the starting position, twist your palms forward, making sure to keep your elbows in and moving only at the forearm . \u2014 Kirk Charles, Men's Health , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"The victim, a 28-year-old Cleveland man, said an unknown male ran up to him in the parking lot, stabbed him in the left forearm and then ran away. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"The forearm is less twisted when holding a vertical mouse compared to a traditional one. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"One man yelled after he was shot in the forearm and the suspect ran away, NYPD Deputy Chief Hank Saunter said at a news conference Saturday. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"1584, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cc\u00e4rm",
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"(\u02cc)f\u022fr-\u02c8\u00e4rm"
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"His forebears fought in the American Civil War.",
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"his forebears came to America on the Mayflower",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Wilson\u2019s two Democratic successors, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, institutionalized their forebear \u2019s approach, and since the Forties, every president save Trump has embraced some form of liberal internationalism. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"Dubbed the EVolved, the reborn sports car keeps its forebear \u2019s trick door design but ditches its blocky styling. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 30 May 2022",
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"Thompson had never made any kind of pizza before, let alone the multilayered deep-dish construction that critics often dismiss as a Midwestern casserole that has improperly \u2014 perhaps immorally \u2014 adopted the language of its Italian forebear . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Despite being down nine horses to its six-cylinder forebear , our 2022 Sorento accelerated to 60 mph in just 6.0 seconds, a second quicker than our previous Sorento long-termer. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Tom refers to is the forebear of the code run on your computer, your phone, your smart watch. \u2014 Katie Hafner, Scientific American , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"The finished product ought to crib styling cues from its forebear without recycling its looks. \u2014 Gregory Fink, Car and Driver , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Matte, for instance, said she, in the eternal conflict between the Capulets and Montagues, sees a telling 16th-century forebear of today\u2019s tribal politics. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"While not as conceptually taut as its forebear , the new record plays like a jolt back to reality \u2014 and a sprint toward the dance floor. \u2014 Bobby Olivier, SPIN , 31 Jan. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English (Scots), from fore- + -bear (from been to be)":""
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccber"
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"forefather",
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"grandfather",
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"progenitor"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162246",
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"examples":[
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"villagers who still practice many of the customs of their forebearers",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Mike Brown said the digital driver license is the forebearer of discriminating against the unvaccinated. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"If successful, The Mayflower Autonomous Ship, named in honor of its famous nautical forebearer and known as MAS for short, will be the first such trans-Atlantic voyage by an autonomous vessel. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 27 Nov. 2021",
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"Quaker Oats retired Aunt Jemima, allowing her real-life forebearer , Nancy Green, to step out of the shadows of a minstrel past. \u2014 Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times , 13 Dec. 2020",
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"Chickamauga is two lakes upstream from Guntersville and other TVA lakes in Alabama, which likely means the fish or their forebearers passed through Alabama waters and that lots of them could still be there. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 22 Jan. 2020",
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"Our generation inherited a healthy ocean from our forebearers . \u2014 CNN , 24 Sep. 2019",
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"Many of our forebearers , including my great-grandfather, were undocumented immigrants, no different from Central American migrants today. \u2014 Aaron Freedman, The New Republic , 9 Aug. 2019",
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"Like so many long-standing Southern white families, McConnell's forebearers built their wealth with free slave labor and cheap land. \u2014 The Courier-Journal , 13 July 2019",
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"With over 200 years of Indiana history in the books, 35 stops across the state are offering discounts May 10 to learn about our Indiana forebearers or examine antiques. \u2014 Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star , 1 May 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1852, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113844",
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": foretell , portend":[
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"Such dark clouds forebode a storm."
|
|
],
|
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": to have an inward conviction of (something, such as a coming ill or misfortune)":[
|
|
"\u2026 she looked eagerly in his face, not quick to forebode evil, but unavoidably conscious that the state of the family had changed \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne"
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"that police car parked outside the house doesn't forebode well",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Mild humor about the micronation\u2019s pretensions to real statehood seems especially vaporous on the imposing set (by Andrew Boyce) and amid the foreboding ocean roar of Jane Shaw\u2019s sound design. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The illustrations of these ecological tragedies are foreboding but oddly serene, and the message is simple: don\u2019t litter, recycle, plant trees. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Here at the dawn of 2020, though, the mirror of science fiction has a more somber and foreboding reality to reflect back to us. \u2014 Kate Cox, Ars Technica , 24 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The United States\u2019 wars in the Middle East have slogged on, with plenty of tense and foreboding moments, for about as long as most teenagers have been alive. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The dialogue crackles, but what comes next is as important: Mark jogging through the dark campus back to his dorm as Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross\u2019s foreboding score builds in the background. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 31 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The remote, desolate lighthouse that Winslow (Robert Pattinson) moves into at the start of the film would be foreboding enough without those dreary, shuddering honks. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 18 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"This kind of ominous, vague, foreboding comments from the president. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"In short, jobs remain plentiful enough that consumers don't share the sense of foreboding that many CEOs feel. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 18 Nov. 2019"
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
"doomy",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"She was filled with a sense of foreboding .",
|
|
"It seems that her forebodings were justified.",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"foreboding war clouds began to gather",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The day was a patchwork of the hopeful and the foreboding . \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"In Washington, there\u2019s a deep foreboding about the stakes that are so reminiscent of the past. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Overlaying everything, domestic or foreign, is a constant foreboding in the White House over what Trump might do next. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"An inescapable north wind joined with the frigid thermometer readings to yield wind chills in the teens, enhancing our meteorological foreboding . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Musically, the duo did their best to underscore the tension and foreboding of the moment. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"At the start of yet another year of Covid-19 in our midst, its latest variant rising, there is for many a sense of familiar foreboding . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The split-level set kept the actors in exquisite balance; the sense of tragic foreboding seemed to well up from inside the characters themselves. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Since then, feelings of fear, anxiety and general foreboding have loomed over the neighborhood. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Swirls of brown mud cake the lower walls of the home and tree roots infest the foundation of Brian Redfern\u2019s evocative and foreboding set. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The massive lineup of military vehicles \u2014 sometimes positioned two or three side-by-side on the road, sometimes spaced by several yards \u2014 appears both formidable and foreboding . \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Nearly two years have passed since the fifth season of Outlander wrapped, ending on an incredibly solemn and foreboding note. \u2014 Sharareh Drury, Variety , 6 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In Kyiv, where Ukrainians had been nervously awaiting Mr. Putin\u2019s decision, the reaction to his speech was one of disgust and foreboding . \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The foreboding arrival of the Spacing Guild \u2014 descending the Heighliner ramp to deliver a mandate to Leto \u2014 sets the stage for director Denis Villeneuve\u2019s ambitious vision. \u2014 Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"People dressed in black pile up, forming a foreboding cyclone of human bodies. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But despite their foreboding appearance, these marine phantoms are harmless, except to plankton. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In the end, the sensation is the same: a foreboding feeling of pervasive, imminent risk. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 26 Feb. 2022"
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193326",
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a golf caddie who is stationed in the fairway and who indicates the position of balls on the course":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"All of the courses will be walking only, and only forecaddies will be available. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Info: Green fee costs $550, including forecaddies and cart. \u2014 Michael Hiller, Los Angeles Times , 3 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
|
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"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
|
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"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
|
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"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019"
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"All of the courses will be walking only, and only forecaddies will be available. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Apr. 2020",
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"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
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"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
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"Info: Green fee costs $550, including forecaddies and cart. \u2014 Michael Hiller, Los Angeles Times , 3 Oct. 2019",
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"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
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"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
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"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019",
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"The event starts at noon and includes a barbeque lunch & refreshments, cart and forecaddie . \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 28 Aug. 2019"
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|
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|
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"Gusty winds and heavy rain are expected in Aruba and life-threatening flash flooding is forecast for Nicaragua and Costa Rica. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
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"Monday\u2019s temperature high is forecast for 91 with a low of 74. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
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"High temperatures are still forecast for next week. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 10 June 2022",
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"Coronavirus cases are surging, gas prices keep hitting record highs, and heat waves and storms are forecast for many parts of the United States. \u2014 Christine Chung, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
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"The forecast calls for all those counties to be yellow/moderate on both Wednesday and Thursday. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
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"The forecast calls for a carbon copy of Tuesday with a temperature in the 90s and an excessive heat warning in effect through Wednesday evening. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
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"The flood concerns could continue because Thursday\u2019s forecast also calls for seasonal afternoon rains. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
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"The weather forecast calls for temperatures in the 90s on Friday and 80s on Saturday at Buchanan High School in Clovis for the first state track and field championships since 2019; expect large crowds and great enthusiasm. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
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"The forecast calls for a 10 percent chance of rain after 5 p.m. \u2014 The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
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"Gusty winds and heavy rain are expected in Aruba and life-threatening flash flooding is forecast for Nicaragua and Costa Rica. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
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"The weather forecast calls for temperatures in the 90s on Friday and 80s on Saturday at Buchanan High School in Clovis for the first state track and field championships since 2019; expect large crowds and great enthusiasm. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
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"The forecast calls for a 10 percent chance of rain after 5 p.m. \u2014 The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
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"The weather forecast calls for temperatures in the 90s on Friday and 80s on Saturday at Buchanan High School in Clovis for the first state track and field championships since 2019; expect large crowds and great enthusiasm. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
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"The forecast calls for a 10 percent chance of rain after 5 p.m. \u2014 The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The political forefather of this vision is probably Pat Buchanan, who inveighed against free trade and multiculturalism in the 1990s. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"The political forefather of this vision is probably Pat Buchanan, who inveighed against free trade and multiculturalism in the 1990s. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"The political forefather of this vision is probably Pat Buchanan, who inveighed against free trade and multiculturalism in the 1990s. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"The political forefather of this vision is probably Pat Buchanan, who inveighed against free trade and multiculturalism in the 1990s. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022"
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"examples":[
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"a politician who was in the forefront of women's rights",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The topic, little noticed in the immediate wake of the ruling, has surged to the forefront in recent days. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
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"Trade Coffee's specialty is bringing coffee from small roasters to the forefront . \u2014 Jaina Grey Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 30 June 2022",
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"Previously unattainable opportunities have moved to the forefront , and the younger demographic \u2014 specifically, those in the 13 to 35 age group \u2014 continues to push the digital world forward with each passing day. \u2014 Gary Drenik, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
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"After sifting through those ratings a bit, some pros and cons of Epic's unique user review approach come to the forefront . \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
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"But that would be amazing to bring a ninja warrior to Cincinnati, bring it to the forefront and hopefully get some more gyms and show that this sport has a lot more to offer than just the TV show. \u2014 Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
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"Unionization has been batted around for a while, but Jan. 6 helped push it to the forefront . \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
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"Emerging artist Alejo drops his first-ever EP this week, with seven tracks that bring to the forefront his musical identity. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 24 June 2022",
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"Iskra Lawrence is well known in the fashion industry for bringing the message of body positivity to the forefront . \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022"
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],
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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],
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"follow",
|
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|
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],
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"foregoing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
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"ensuing",
|
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"following",
|
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"later",
|
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"posterior",
|
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"subsequent",
|
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"succeeding"
|
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],
|
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|
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"the foregoing statement can be proven",
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"Let me elaborate on the foregoing paragraph."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"your foregoing statement contradicts your latest one",
|
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"for the foregoing reasons, I believe that we have no choice but to deliver a guilty verdict",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"As seen, in all of the foregoing 20-year periods surveyed, the stock index possessed average annual returns exceeding that of the rate of inflation. \u2014 Dan Cupkovic, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The daily average is also now a significant undercount, with most people testing positive on rapid tests that go unreported or foregoing testing altogether. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"To those of you that are seriously immersed in the AI field, none of this foregoing pronouncement is surprising or raises any eyebrows. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"That should help doctors and patients feel more comfortable foregoing radiation after thyroid surgery, Leboulleux said. \u2014 Angus Chen, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"None of the foregoing discussion is intended to imply that collaboration tools are inherently evil or unable to deliver productivity benefits. \u2014 Mark Settle, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Note that the foregoing description about what to do in a car crash or collision is predicated on the notion that the other car had a driver at the wheel. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The foregoing content reflects Rick Miller\u2019s opinions and is subject to change at any time without notice. \u2014 Rick Miller, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
|
|
"On a night when Clayton Kershaw was nigh unhittable in leading Los Angeles to a 3\u20131 win, Bregman supplied the foregoing qualifier by hitting a fourth-inning home run. \u2014 Steven Goldman, Slate Magazine , 27 Oct. 2017"
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|
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"-\u02c8g\u022f(-)i\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foregoing preceding , antecedent , foregoing , previous , prior , former , anterior mean being before. preceding usually implies being immediately before in time or in place. the preceding sentence antecedent applies to order in time and may suggest a causal relation. conditions antecedent to the revolution foregoing applies chiefly to statements. the foregoing remarks previous and prior imply existing or occurring earlier, but prior often adds an implication of greater importance. a child from a previous marriage a prior obligation former implies always a definite comparison or contrast with something that is latter. the former name of the company anterior applies to position before or ahead of usually in space, sometimes in time or order. the anterior lobe of the brain",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"antecedent",
|
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"anterior",
|
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"former",
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"precedent",
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"preceding",
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"previous",
|
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"prior"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022507",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"foregone":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": previous , past":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1575, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
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|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccg\u022fn",
|
|
"also -\u02ccg\u00e4n"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140729",
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|
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]
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},
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": an inevitable result : certainty":[
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"the victory was a foregone conclusion"
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"But while the end of this season was a foregone conclusion , did manage to surprise with a cameo that very few of us saw coming. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Equally celebratory and reverential, the show took on greater significance given that the return of the seemingly unlikely pairing was never a foregone conclusion . \u2014 Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
|
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"If Cho\u2019s casting was a foregone conclusion , the most challenging role to fill was Will, the aloof and snobbish Darcy character who eventually reveals a wellspring of decency and repressed passion. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
|
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"In certain cases, the outcome may be a foregone conclusion . \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 31 May 2022",
|
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"But success in achieving financial inclusion isn\u2019t a foregone conclusion for these telcos. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 5 May 2022",
|
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"Weyand disputed that DeWine\u2019s victory is a foregone conclusion , pointing to internal data showing the Wadsworth Republican with a narrow lead over DeWine. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The Hawks were officially eliminated from playoff contention Tuesday \u2014 a foregone conclusion long before then \u2014 and the team heads into Sunday\u2019s home game against the Dallas Stars riding a six-game losing streak. \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Returning to Indianapolis, however, wasn\u2019t a foregone conclusion for Rhodes. \u2014 Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star , 1 Apr. 2021"
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"foregrip":{
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": the portion of a fishing rod butt lying between the forward edge of the reel seat and the forward end of the butt":[]
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": a position of prominence : forefront":[
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"We want this issue to be in the foreground ."
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": the part of a scene or representation that is nearest to and in front of the spectator":[
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"Objects in the foreground seem larger than those in the background."
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"We want the issue to be in the foreground .",
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"Verb",
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"Public discussion has foregrounded the issue of health care.",
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"repeatedly foregrounded his experience in international affairs in the course of his campaign for the presidency",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"They were armed with a camera, posing in the foreground while players held the Stanley Cup near Lobnoye Mesto \u2014 the Place of Skulls \u2014 where 16th-century czar Ivan the Terrible was said to behead his rivals. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
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"The tweet included a crime scene photo of the aftermath of the crash, with two badly damaged vehicles visible in the foreground . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
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"Deliberately blurring objects in the foreground can also serve as a great way to frame the subject in your photo so, as well as enhanced realism, this new feature will bring new creative possibilities to iPhone photography. \u2014 Paul Monckton, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
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"The rich red of Mary\u2019s gown and the green, billowing folds of the angel\u2019s dress in the foreground are contrasted with the background\u2019s cloudy countryside. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
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"Beyond all this activity in the foreground lies the chapel for those seeking solace. \u2014 Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN , 2 June 2022",
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"Another work features a bag of Goldfish elegantly placed atop a blue sheet, while another has a packet of Takis accented with a lime in the foreground . \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 June 2022",
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"And the foreground is the modernization of business software and technologies that ensure a smooth workflow. \u2014 Evgeniy Altynpara, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
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"The former Grissom High School, rebooted as the Sandra Moon Community Complex, is in the foreground . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Parks\u2019 resulting photographs from Penola\u2014dramatically staged and lit, striking in their compositions\u2014 foreground the importance of the story of industry and war preparation in the U.S., a source of pride for the workers and people of Pittsburgh. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
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"News coverage of the war in Ukraine continues to foreground interesting words, such as sanctions and flywheel. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Seyfried is careful to foreground those qualities in her own work. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 5 May 2022",
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"Everything might rise even higher with those resonant histories in the background rather than foreground . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"The index reifies it as a book, at the same time that the choice to foreground one topic or another might surprise even the author. \u2014 Alexandra Horowitz, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"With a couple of secondary exceptions, Winning Time keeps the real names for all of its participants, and Borenstein\u2019s instinct is to foreground his characters\u2019 myriad warts. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"Kazin shows great instincts throughout for discerning which specific cases to zoom in on and which historical actors to foreground , all in service of his core argument. \u2014 Sam Rosenfeld, The New Republic , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"Designer Liz Claiborne, foreground , in New York City in 1987. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022"
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"1695, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccgrau\u0307nd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"accent",
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"accentuate",
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"emphasize",
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"feature",
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"highlight",
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"illuminate",
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"play up",
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"point (up)",
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"press",
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"punctuate",
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"stress"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083303",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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"foregut":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the anterior part of the digestive tract of a vertebrate embryo that develops into the pharynx, esophagus, stomach, and extreme anterior part of the intestine":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Scanning electron micrograph depicting a mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria (the cause of bubonic plague) in the foregut of the flea vector. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
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"As Taylor explains to Osborne, O. quadrata\u2019s three main stomach teeth rub against each other to grind up food in the animal\u2019s foregut . \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 12 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccg\u0259t",
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"-\u02ccg\u0259t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061458",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"foreguy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a guy rope that is attached to the pole of a spinnaker and is chiefly used to keep the pole in place : a downhaul attached to a spinnaker":[
|
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"Set the pole on the windward side, secure the pole lift and foreguy , and drop the afterguy through the jaws in the end of the pole.",
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"\u2014 Robby Robinson , The International Marine Book of Sailing , 2009",
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"You'll need a topping lift to raise the outboard end of the pole to the correct height, and a downhaul, or foreguy , to pull the pole down and forward.",
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"\u2014 Sailing Magazine , September 2011"
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]
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"examples":[],
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccg\u012b"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023922",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"forehall":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a front hall especially in a large building":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163331",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"forehammer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English forhamer, forehamer , from for-, fore- fore + hamer hammer":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050324",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"forehand":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": done or given in advance : prior":[],
|
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": made with the palm of the hand turned in the direction in which the hand is moving":[
|
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"a forehand tennis stroke"
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],
|
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": superior position : advantage":[],
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": the part of a horse that is before the rider":[],
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": with a forehand stroke":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
|
"She hit a forehand across the court.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"With the roof closed because of sporadic rain, Kwon was able to pick his spots with his booming forehand . \u2014 Chris Lehourites, ajc , 27 June 2022",
|
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"Gauff had 23 unforced errors and three double faults, most coming off her forehand , which was wide at times, including on match point, which sent Swiatek to her knees in celebration after the victory. \u2014 Scooby Axson, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
|
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"But Saturday belonged to Swiatek and her own heavy-topspin forehand . \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Kocur went hard to his forehand , and when Hextall bit on the fake, Kocur roofed his backhander. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"He's revolutionized the sport with his ferocious topspin forehand , his freakish strength and his relentless drive. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Perhaps more than Nadal, who survived one of the great scares of his storied French Open career against Auger-Aliassime, the athletic and tireless Canadian with a booming serve and big forehand . \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"Fritz\u2019s pace and relative freshness were too much for Nadal, who had strained himself in his match with Alcaraz and was struggling with chest pain; his first serve and forehand were just not there. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Swiatek, hitting a comfortable stride, gained another break for 5-1 and clinched the match on a forehand winner. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
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"1925, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
|
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cchand"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073100",
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"forehand rent":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": foregift":[],
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": rent made payable before the tenant's crop out of which it is to be paid has been harvested":[]
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},
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"noun"
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"forehanded":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"half-baked",
|
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"half-cocked",
|
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"improvident",
|
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"myopic",
|
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"shortsighted"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": forehand sense 2":[],
|
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": mindful of the future : prudent":[],
|
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": well-to-do":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"was forehanded enough to stock up on batteries for winter storms"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02cc)f\u022fr-\u02c8han-d\u0259d"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"farseeing",
|
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"farsighted",
|
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"foreseeing",
|
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"foresighted",
|
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"forethoughtful",
|
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"forward",
|
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"forward-looking",
|
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"prescient",
|
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"proactive",
|
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"provident",
|
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"visionary"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064242",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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|
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},
|
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"forehead":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"back",
|
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"rear",
|
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"rearward",
|
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"reverse"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the front or forepart of something":[
|
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"flames in the forehead of the morning sky",
|
|
"\u2014 John Milton"
|
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],
|
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": the part of the face above the eyes":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the forehead of the ancient temple features a frieze of dramatically posed figures",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"After a second arrest in Hawaii in April, this time for second-degree assault after allegedly throwing a chair at a woman and leaving her with a cut on her forehead , the actor additionally has had two protection orders placed against them. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Her nose was bruised and scraped and there were red marks on her forehead . \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Miller was arrested again on April 19 after allegedly throwing a chair at a 26-year-old woman upon being asked to leave a private home, leaving the woman with a half-inch cut on her forehead . \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The woman refused treatment for a half-inch cut on her forehead , police said. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Lillard then put his left hand on his forehead and shook his head, still flashing a small smile laced with frustration. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"This shower cap is a great deal at less than $5 and has a flexible elastic band that won't leave behind an awkward line on your forehead once you're done using it. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"In a 13th-century portrait attributed to the Chinese monk Hu Zhifu, for example, a man displays the marks of enlightenment: the small circle on his forehead , hair in tight curls, the protrusion at the apex of the skull. \u2014 Lee Lawrence, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"The video showed Tyson standing up, leaning over the back of his seat and repeatedly punching the passenger, who was later video recorded with blood on his forehead . \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 10 May 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"also \u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cced",
|
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"\u02c8f\u00e4r-; \u02c8f\u014d(\u0259)r-\u02cched",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)r-",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u0259d",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-",
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0259d",
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cched"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"facade",
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"fa\u00e7ade",
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"face",
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"forepart",
|
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"front"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185147",
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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|
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"forehead thermometer":{
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"1979, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183748",
|
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|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"foreheaded":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having or characterized by a forehead":[
|
|
"\u2014 used in combination with a qualifying adjective a low- foreheaded race"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-d\u0259\u0307d"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190735",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forehearth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a steel furnace having an attachment in the front so as to dispense with the casting ladle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"fore- + hearth":""
|
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|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184316",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreign":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"native"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": alien in character : not connected or pertinent":[
|
|
"this design is not foreign from some people's thoughts",
|
|
"\u2014 Jonathan Swift"
|
|
],
|
|
": born in, belonging to, or characteristic of some place or country other than the one under consideration":[
|
|
"has a large foreign population",
|
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"foreign languages"
|
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],
|
|
": not being within the jurisdiction of a political unit (such as a state)":[
|
|
"foreign corporations"
|
|
],
|
|
": not recognized by the immune system as part of the self":[
|
|
"foreign proteins"
|
|
],
|
|
": occurring in an abnormal situation in the living body and often introduced from outside":[
|
|
"a foreign body lodged in the esophagus"
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or proceeding from some other person or material thing than the one under consideration":[
|
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"foreign aid"
|
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],
|
|
": related to or dealing with other nations":[
|
|
"foreign trade"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"They've visited several foreign countries.",
|
|
"We don't get many foreign visitors.",
|
|
"Have you studied any foreign languages?",
|
|
"She has a foreign accent.",
|
|
"the ministry of foreign affairs",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Since then, almost 200 people have been arrested on charges of subversion, secession, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces, including journalists and many of Hong Kong\u2019s most prominent pro-democracy figures. \u2014 Jennifer Jett, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"In May, five democracy advocates were arrested in Hong Kong under China\u2019s draconian National Security Law, which supposedly aims to crack down on secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces. \u2014 Michelle Le, National Review , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Although humanitarian aid continues to flow to Afghanistan, funds needed for longer-term development were halted when the Taliban seized control of the country in August 2021 as foreign forces withdrew. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 June 2022",
|
|
"Perry was active in Trump\u2019s post-election efforts in Pennsylvania, conveying outlandish theories about how foreign forces\u2014including, oddly, the British\u2014had tampered with the ballot count. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"Bookings for foreign travel from the U.S. are approaching prepandemic levels for many destinations, according to data from ForwardKeys. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"This reduces the risk of escalation, while still making their point that foreign forces are unwelcome in the South China Sea. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s the antiwar people, the anti-Putin people, who will waste away, trapped in a world without Apple, without Netflix, without Camembert, without foreign travel. \u2014 Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"While there, this advance team is subject to Secret Service ethics regulations regarding foreign travel and conduct as well as State Department oversight and host nation protocols. \u2014 Bydonald J. Mihalek, ABC News , 20 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forein , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin foranus on the outside, from Latin foris outside \u2014 more at forum":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0259n",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4r-",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0259n, \u02c8f\u00e4r-"
|
|
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foreign extrinsic , extraneous , foreign , alien mean external to a thing, its essential nature, or its original character. extrinsic applies to what is distinctly outside the thing in question or is not contained in or derived from its essential nature. sentimental value that is extrinsic to the house's market value extraneous applies to what is on or comes from the outside and may or may not be capable of becoming an essential part. arguments extraneous to the issue foreign applies to what is so different as to be rejected or repelled or to be incapable of becoming assimilated. techniques foreign to French cuisine alien is stronger than foreign in suggesting opposition, repugnance, or irreconcilability. a practice totally alien to her nature",
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"synonyms":[
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"alien",
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"nonnative"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013916",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"foreign minister":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a governmental minister for foreign affairs":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"What\u2019s more, says the foreign minister , people have rights simply by virtue of being human \u2014 rights from birth. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 2 June 2022",
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"Other senior Ukrainian officials will be attending the gathering in person, including the foreign minister , two deputy prime ministers and the mayor of Kyiv. \u2014 Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
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"Prior to being tested, Blinken had a bilateral meeting with Sweden\u2019s foreign minister . \u2014 Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
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"While visiting Poland in March, Blinken stepped briefly onto Ukrainian soil to meet with the country's foreign minister . \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"Blinken stepped briefly onto Ukrainian soil in March to meet with the country's foreign minister during a visit to Poland. \u2014 David Keyton, ajc , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"China's vice foreign minister reiterated blame against NATO for the war in Ukraine and criticized sanctions against Russia in a speech delivered at a conference in Beijing Saturday. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Mar. 2022",
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"Italy\u2019s foreign minister confirmed that its last military flight evacuating people would depart later on Friday. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 27 Aug. 2021",
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"Khamenei\u2019s apparent censure of the foreign minister casts doubt over any potential presidential ambitions, as the Guardian Council, a body of senior clerics and legal experts that serves under Khamenei, vets candidates for office. \u2014 Fox News , 3 May 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1678, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190908",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"forejudge":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": prejudge":[],
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": to expel, oust, or put out by judgment of a court":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1561, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English forjuggen , from Anglo-French forjuger, forsjugger , from fors outside (from Latin foris ) + juger to judge":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u022fr-",
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8j\u0259j",
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"(\u02cc)f\u022fr-\u02c8j\u0259j"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130739",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"forejudger":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a judgment under English law by which one is expelled, ousted, or put out":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English forjugger , from Middle French forjugier, forsjugier to forejudge":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174322",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"forejudgment":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": forejudger":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"fore- + judgment":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02c8j\u0259jm\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191123",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"foreknow":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": to have previous knowledge of : know beforehand especially by paranormal means or by revelation":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02cc)f\u022fr-\u02c8n\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foreknow foresee , foreknow , divine , anticipate mean to know beforehand. foresee implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience. economists should have foreseen the recession foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation. if only we could foreknow our own destinies divine adds to foresee the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment. was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens. the waiter anticipated our every need",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"anticipate",
|
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"divine",
|
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"forefeel",
|
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"foresee",
|
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"prevision"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234530",
|
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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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"foreknowable":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": being or capable of being known in advance":[
|
|
"a foreknowable verdict"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u014d\u0259b\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184920",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"foreknower":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one that foreknows":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u014d\u0259(r)"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173147",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"foreknowingly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": with foreknowledge":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085900",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreknowledge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to have previous knowledge of : know beforehand especially by paranormal means or by revelation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)f\u022fr-\u02c8n\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foreknow foresee , foreknow , divine , anticipate mean to know beforehand. foresee implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience. economists should have foreseen the recession foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation. if only we could foreknow our own destinies divine adds to foresee the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment. was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens. the waiter anticipated our every need",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"forefeel",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"prevision"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114230",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sheath or slipcase for holding a book":[],
|
|
": an inferior parchment for book covers":[],
|
|
": burse sense 2c":[],
|
|
": sheath , case":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forel case, sheath, from Middle French forrel, fourrel , diminutive of fuerre sheath":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021330",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forelady":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": forewoman":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The forelady is a white woman, Mrs. Dorothy Hudson, of 3060 1/2 Main st, formerly a power machine operator at Standard Parachute corp. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccl\u0101-d\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194915",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreland":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": promontory , headland":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from the plane I could see a foreland shaped like a large toe",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The word foreland means a body of land in front of another feature, such as a valley in front of mountains. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-l\u0259nd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"cape",
|
|
"headland",
|
|
"ness",
|
|
"peninsula",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"promontory",
|
|
"spit"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034446",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forelay":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": hinder , obstruct":[],
|
|
": to lie in wait for : ambush , waylay":[],
|
|
": to make arrangements beforehand":[],
|
|
": to plan on : intend":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"fore- + lay":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201640",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreleech":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the luff of a fore-and-aft sail":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"fore- + leech (edge of a sail)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083230",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreleg":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a front leg":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Swinehart wrote: The delay was long enough to get off another arrow, which buried deep behind the foreleg just as the rhino disappeared behind the thorn growth. \u2014 David Howard, Popular Mechanics , 11 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Per a chart cited by Ruppert, finds include a chunk of the horse\u2019s saddle, a foreleg fragment and a piece of the king\u2019s cloak. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 1 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Some stuck the landing by first planting their forelegs on the surface, then swinging their bodies into place, similar to a back flip (see video, above). \u2014 Stephenie Livingston, Science | AAAS , 23 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The animal was favoring its left hind leg and suffered abrasions to its forelegs . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"In Soergel\u2019s model, the creature would have had strong hind legs and short forelegs , both of which were held much more upright than in living reptiles. \u2014 Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian , 11 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"To see a small thin dog arrowing through the air at highway speeds, resistant to gravity, its forelegs out, its hind legs trailing, its thin proud snout straining forward, is to experience a brief moment of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 18 June 2018",
|
|
"His 1993 feature on the subject began with a painfully detailed description of a filly named So Sly, whose left foreleg snapped in half during a race at Pimlico. \u2014 Harrison Smith, Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"What to do with rabbit forelegs left over from making rabbit-liver terrine and rabbit confit? \u2014 Brett Martin, GQ , 24 Apr. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccleg",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d(\u0259)r-\u02ccleg, \u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)r-, -\u02ccl\u0101g",
|
|
"-\u02ccl\u0101g"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184813",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forelimb":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a limb (such as an arm, wing, fin, or leg) that is situated anteriorly":[
|
|
"the forelimb of a bat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"This exquisite specimen is almost complete, missing only one forelimb and a few digits. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"For a typical walking animal, this creates a serious problem with gait: the forelimbs have to move into an awkward forward position for the animal to be balanced. \u2014 Michael B. Habib, Scientific American , 1 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Unlike suspensory great apes that favor their forelimbs and bipedal hominins which prefer their hindlimbs, the anatomy of D. guggenmosi indicates that the ancient primate used both sets of limbs equally. \u2014 Andrea Michelson, Smithsonian , 6 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Taking cues from the anatomy of pterosaurs, which are real creatures that lived millions of years ago, Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin instead imagined his fictional dragons to have four limbs: two wings for forelimbs and two hind legs. \u2014 John Pickrell, National Geographic , 26 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"An earlier fossil found in South Africa revealed an adult from this group with its forelimb surrounding multiple juveniles, in what looks like a protective posture. \u2014 Tim Vernimmen, National Geographic , 23 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Longer than an ocean liner and powered by strong forelimbs for grabbing unsuspecting creatures, the monster also had a graceful, feline-esque shape with shoulder blades above its spine and a long tail. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 19 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Emtech, a 3-year-old colt, had two broken front forelimbs , track owners the Stronach Group said in a news release. \u2014 Steve Almasy, CNN , 28 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"So biologist Joel Hutson and geologist Kelda Hutson compared the forelimb mechanics of alligators with fossils from Postosuchus\u2014a relative of early dinosaurs and an ancestor of alligators and crocodiles\u2014to learn more about joint mobility. \u2014 Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American , 1 June 2015"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1796, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02cclim",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cclim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134958",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreman":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a chief and often specially trained worker who works with and usually leads a gang or crew":[],
|
|
": a first or chief person: such as":[],
|
|
": a member of a jury who acts as chairman and spokesman":[],
|
|
": a person in charge of a group of workers, a particular operation, or a section of a plant":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the shift foreman if he could take a break",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The jury foreman , Bernard Cody, rose to announce the verdict. \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"The foreman , the sole Black man on the panel, wept when the verdict was read. \u2014 Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The foreman , Reggie (a believable Brandon J. Dirden), plays his part as the blue-collar boss, attempting to carry out the rules enforced by his unseen white-collar bosses upstairs. \u2014 Ayanna Prescod, Variety , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"In the end, the twelve jurors consisted of six white men, two white women, three Black women, and one Black man, who served as the jury foreman . \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
|
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"Her stewed beef with rice was the foreman \u2019s favorite. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"Gibson is a foreman within the Bridge Unit and has worked for the county for 20 years. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"One of those operations guys is Brian Murphy associate shop foreman at Stewart-Haas Racing, a team which fields four Next Gen cars in the Cup series. \u2014 Greg Engle, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"His dad, Charles, was a foreman for the commercial print department at the Indianapolis Star and his mom, Emma, worked in insurance. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"boss man",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"jefe",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063717",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foremost":{
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"Albert Einstein is regarded by many as the foremost figure of the 20th century.",
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"wanted to speak to the foremost supervisor in our department",
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"This is a, first and foremost , of course, Ukrainian decision. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2022",
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"The Marketplace looks set to repeat its original format which welcomes first and foremost location scouts, as well as producers, line producers and representatives of film commissions in and outside Spain. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 22 June 2022",
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"To neoliberals, the state bureaucracies necessary to administer such political-economic systems were first and foremost grievous threats to individual liberty, and flawed economics to boot. \u2014 Ed Burmila, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
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"Today\u2019s announcement is first and foremost about the future of the Ohio Assembly Plant. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
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"At the end of the day, Twitter\u2019s problems are first and foremost human problems. \u2014 Jessica Maddox, The Conversation , 3 May 2022",
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"Many young professionals \u2014 and especially new grads \u2014 are often thinking first and foremost about how to market their existing skills. \u2014 Karin Kimbrough For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 6 June 2022",
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"The presence of studios is first and foremost about friendship and loyalty. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Insisting that Lia Thomas makes women\u2019s swimming more interesting and is therefore justification for allowing transgender inclusion is again to ignore that NCAA athletics is foremost about students\u2019 athletic achievements. \u2014 Jenna Stocker, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"As with 2018 debut Clean and Color Theory before it, Sometimes Forever is first and foremost a dissection of Allison herself at the time of creating the album. \u2014 Kristin Robinson, Billboard , 1 July 2022",
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"But Lowry noted that Parades was first and foremost a family man. \u2014 Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
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"First and foremost , the best news is that companies have heard the rallying cry and have minimally begun to instill the necessary rigor to combat the aforementioned Black Hat foes. \u2014 Steve Tengler, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"First and foremost , know that all whites are not made equal. \u2014 Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful , 27 June 2022",
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"Federer considers himself, first and foremost , a grass-court player. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
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"First and foremost , USDJPY is a particularly prominent \u2018carry cross\u2019 in the current tightening cycle of global monetary policy. \u2014 John Kicklighter, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"First and foremost , like Duren, Sochan is considered to be one of the best defenders in this draft. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
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"The 50 Top Pizza organization judges restaurants first and foremost on the quality of their dough and raw materials. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 16 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Taking inspiration from her literary foremother Zora Neale Hurston, Walker centers southern Black women, who are all too often misrepresented in American culture. \u2014 Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY , 27 Sep. 2021",
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"Ford borrows from her literary foremother Zora Neale Hurston \u2014 especially Hurston\u2019s juxtaposition of happiness to intimacy with the sun. \u2014 Darryl Robertson, USA TODAY , 31 May 2021",
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"Kamala Harris represents the living embodiment of the dreams of my foremother . \u2014 Glamour , 12 Mar. 2021",
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"And without the stories of our foremothers , women have no models to follow. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2020",
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"In our own moment of global catastrophe, Wade offers us a timely invitation to join our literary foremothers in their rebellious journeys to achieve creative freedom and world harmony. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2020",
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"The posthumous salvation of our literary foremothers seems to happen regularly these days: Jean Stafford, Lucia Berlin, Bette Howland. \u2014 Rumaan Alam, The New Republic , 9 Jan. 2020",
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"Many histories of feminist detective fiction find foremothers for today\u2019s anti-heroines in the hardboiled sleuths of the nineteen-seventies and eighties\u2014in P. D. James\u2019s Cordelia Gray, for example, and Sara Paretsky\u2019s V. I. Warshawski. \u2014 Nora Caplan-bricker, The New Yorker , 13 Nov. 2019",
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"Drag and politics have always been intertwined, ever since the 1969 uprising at the Stonewall Inn in New York, where drag queens and transgender women, notably the performer Marsha P. Johnson, were among the foremothers of the gay rights movement. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2019"
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"a long string of forenames was given to the latest addition to the royal family",
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"Alan, whose forename appeared in initial reports with its Turkish spelling, Aylan, died with his brother, Galip, 5; their mother, Rihan; and two other refugees when a dinghy carrying 14 migrants toward the Greek island of Kos capsized. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Mar. 2020",
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"Alan, whose forename appeared in initial reports with its Turkish spelling, Aylan, died with his brother, Galip, 5; their mother, Rihan; and two other refugees when a dinghy carrying 14 migrants toward the Greek island of Kos capsized. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020",
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"Removing professional athletes and a couple of Hollywood personalities who once called Cleveland home, the contemporary list of recognizable forenames is essentially narrowed to a single person: Tamir. \u2014 Phillip Morris, cleveland.com , 31 May 2017"
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"the forenamed members of the commission have been asked to serve a second term"
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"enjoy the relatively cool forenoon , for the afternoon promises to be a scorcher",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In the forenoon the wind blew quite freshly from the west. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Dec. 2021",
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"Our intent is that the party would arrive in the forenoon , have luncheon, attend a parade, return to Downton Abbey for tea and Dine, leaving after breakfast the next day. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 18 Sep. 2019",
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"Here are the first few paragraphs of the story: SWEETWATER DAM IS BROKEN BY FLOODS EIGHT FOOT CUT MADE IN NORTH END BY FLOODS An eight-foot cut in the north side of the Sweetwater dam went out this forenoon . \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 28 Jan. 2018",
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"The storms were expected to diminish Wednesday morning, but instead continued through much of the forenoon before moving off to the southeast. \u2014 Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com , 12 July 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Conducting a forensic investigation into all that missing Covid-19 relief cash that was stolen? \u2014 A. J. Caschetta, National Review , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
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"When asked whether the State Department would seek to hold SOSi accountable for the payment crisis, the senior State Department official said that an extensive forensic investigation was under way. \u2014 Jessica Donati, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Once a forensic investigation was done on his phone, Crow was charged with 10 counts of possession of obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons younger than 17. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"The forensic investigation has been reviewed by Amnesty International\u2019s Security Lab, an expert in tracking Pegasus. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"The comments come after the outlet observed that the white author's early success was founded in part on the character of a Black detective, the fictional Alex Cross, in his crime series about the cop and forensic psychologist. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
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"Since being appointed in March, Director Jerry Collins has hired a forensic psychologist to address the mental wellness of both officers and inmates, as well as to evaluate the jail's mental health programs. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
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"That testimony directly contradicts the findings of Dr. Shannon Curry, the forensic psychologist hired by Depp\u2019s team, who testified that Heard showed no signs of PTSD. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Time , 5 May 2022",
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"Hughes gave an opposite professional analysis than the forensic psychologist brought to the stand by Depp's team last week, who said Heard had no signs of PTSD. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 4 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Providence Alaska Medical Center is investigating the workplace environment of Alaska CARES, its statewide child abuse forensic clinic, after a wave of staff departures, including the entire medical staff. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Her boyfriend\u2019s brother, the kind woman from the forensic -anthropologists team who had made all the arrangements, and me and Bonnie. \u2014 Daniel Loedel, The Atlantic , 17 Jan. 2021",
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"The new method could beef up the field of hair forensics , which has a checkered history. \u2014 Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS , 21 Nov. 2019",
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"Norcross also claimed he was deprived of a fair trial because of perjured testimony by a ballistics expert with more than 30 year of experience working with the Baltimore police crime lab and Maryland State Police forensics division. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2020",
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"Navy officials speaking at a Pentagon press briefing Tuesday would not detail the forensics conducted after the case was reported, other than to say lessons are being learned and new best practices are being put into place. \u2014 Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner , 24 Mar. 2020",
|
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"Students will gain a greater understanding of biology, forensics , and epidemiology, and artists intrigued by fractal geometry can find new shapes to inform their designs. \u2014 Popular Science , 15 Mar. 2020",
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"Sloppy forensics , corrupt officers and haphazard investigations left few cases solved. \u2014 Paulina Villegas, New York Times , 14 Dec. 2019",
|
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"DeSouza was arrested after authorities matched a fingerprint from the state police forensics lab with those obtained from Canadian police on file for Allan Mann. \u2014 David Owens, courant.com , 22 Aug. 2019"
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"we are such good friends, it's almost like we were foreordained to meet",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Pelosi is more than happy for additional evidence to be disclosed and for the Senate to call witnesses, even after the House has impeached and when the resolution of the trial is foreordained . \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The outcome was not foreordained , for either Bork or Mr. Biden. \u2014 Alexander Burns, New York Times , 7 Sep. 2019",
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"The 41st president, who couldn\u2019t always get his sentences straight, wasn\u2019t foreordained for history\u2019s hall of fame. \u2014 Josef Joffe, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2018",
|
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"Aster piles on the personal confrontations and emotional breakdowns, but compounds them with unnerving new hauntings, all the way up to an ending that feels foreordained , but still shattering. \u2014 Tasha Robinson, The Verge , 8 June 2018",
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"This is hardly foreordained , especially if the U.S. reasserts itself on the global stage and rallies like-minded nations against the revisionists. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 18 Dec. 2017",
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"Egypt\u2019s slide back into authoritarianism wasn\u2019t foreordained . \u2014 Joshua Hammer, New York Times , 14 Mar. 2017"
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"Three millimeters of extra padding in the footbed provide plenty of comfort, while a leather outsole with rubber in the forepart (the front portion of the sole) offers traction that prevents slips. \u2014 Madeline Diamond, Travel + Leisure , 8 Apr. 2020"
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"fa\u00e7ade",
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"face",
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"front"
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": directly opposite : across from":[],
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": going straight ahead : straightforward , direct":[
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"Middle English, from fore- + right (adverb)":"Adverb"
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"\u02c8f\u014dr\u02ccr\u012bt",
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"\""
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": forestall , anticipate":[],
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": to come before as a token of something to follow":[],
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": to run before":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the moral decay that traditionally foreruns the decline of a mighty empire"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8r\u0259n"
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],
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"adumbrate",
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"foreshadow",
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"harbinger",
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"herald",
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"prefigure"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162352",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"forerunner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a premonitory sign or symptom":[],
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": a skier who runs the course before the start of a race":[],
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": one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as":[],
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": predecessor , ancestor":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a simple machine that was the forerunner of today's computers",
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"I had that strange feeling that's the forerunner of a cold.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Still, the book\u2019s very structure, cleaved in half by the 2016 U.S. election, makes every leader appear as either a forerunner or an analogue to Trump. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"The 6,500-acre park is named after Jay Norwood Darling, an editorial cartoonist who was an early pioneer for wildlife conservation and served as director of the U.S. Biological Survey ( forerunner of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) in the 1930s. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"The company is a forerunner in the retail optimization space. \u2014 Russ Zalatimo, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
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"Historically speaking, alchemy dates back to medieval times as the forerunner of chemistry and, in particular, the science of finding a universal elixir to turn base metals into gold. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
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"David, like John the Baptist, is often seen as a forerunner to the Messiah, so the Bible continues to resonate in Donatello\u2019s otherwise pagan-seeming interpretation. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
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"In nearby Ellsworth, Maine, a Know Nothing mob, seen by some as a forerunner to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), tarred and feathered Jesuit priest Father John Bapst in 1851. \u2014 Karen Sieber, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"Baker also is credited with strides in the study of acute alcoholic hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver caused by heavy drinking that is a forerunner of cirrhosis. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Sylvester was influential in the formation of the Midwestern City Conference, forerunner of the Horizon League, and first commissioner of the former Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccr\u0259-n\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forerunner forerunner , precursor , harbinger , herald mean one that goes before or announces the coming of another. forerunner is applicable to anything that serves as a sign or presage. the blockade was the forerunner of war precursor applies to a person or thing paving the way for the success or accomplishment of another. 18th century poets like Burns were precursors of the Romantics harbinger and herald both apply, chiefly figuratively, to one that proclaims or announces the coming or arrival of a notable event. their early victory was the harbinger of a winning season the herald of a new age in medicine",
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"angel",
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"foregoer",
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"harbinger",
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"herald",
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"outrider",
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"precursor"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163407",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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": aforesaid":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccsed"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114646",
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"foresail":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the lowest sail set on the foremast of a square-rigged ship or schooner \u2014 see sail illustration":[],
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": the sole or principal headsail (as of a sloop, cutter, or schooner)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccs\u0101l",
|
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"-s\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103137",
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"noun"
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]
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},
|
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"foresay":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": to tell in advance : predict , foretell":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English forseyen, foreseyen , from Old English foresecgan , from fore- + secgan to say":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044839",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"foresee":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": to see (something, such as a development) beforehand":[
|
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"He could not have foreseen the consequences of his actions.",
|
|
"She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on."
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"We couldn't have foreseen the consequences of our actions.",
|
|
"He foresees a day when all war will cease.",
|
|
"She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Zandi doesn't foresee U.S. home prices falling nationally over the coming year. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, meanwhile, doesn't foresee market cataclysm once the bear market officially begins. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"But Tollner didn\u2019t foresee Kupp setting the NFL on fire with the Rams. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But additional large hikes are expected to be announced at the Fed\u2019s next two meetings, in June and July, and economists and investors foresee the fastest pace of rate increases since 1989. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"That said, some scientists foresee COVID boosters for years to come. \u2014 Esther Landhuis, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says his broken toe is improving and doesn't foresee having surgery. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Arthur DeGaetano, director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, said the flash floods of Wednesday night resulted from not one storm but several small storms whose interactions with each other were hard to foresee . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"But foreign-affairs experts don\u2019t foresee any major policy shifts on China from Mr. Albanese. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foresee foresee , foreknow , divine , anticipate mean to know beforehand. foresee implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience. economists should have foreseen the recession foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation. if only we could foreknow our own destinies divine adds to foresee the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment. was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens. the waiter anticipated our every need",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"forefeel",
|
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"foreknow",
|
|
"prevision"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055050",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreseeable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being such as may be reasonably anticipated":[
|
|
"foreseeable problems",
|
|
"foreseeable consequences"
|
|
],
|
|
": lying within the range for which forecasts are possible":[
|
|
"in the foreseeable future"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"This has presented savvy investors with the rare opportunity of buying 3-to-5-year debt in some of America\u2019s oldest corporations at a bargain prices and mouth-watering yields that should outperform stocks in the foreseeable future. \u2014 Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"Even now, after a challenging pandemic, First and Last Tavern and the DePasquales are here to stay for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"In the end, the Atlanta deal is about building a competitive core for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"American society, the liberal internationalists avow, will have to remain on a war footing for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The park\u2019s northern entrances\u2014Gardiner and Cooke City\u2014will remain closed to the public for the foreseeable future, and visitors will be unable to drive into Lamar Valley. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"So that\u2019s the current state, and foreseeable future, of the workplace: Everything in flux, nothing settled. \u2014 Karla L. Miller, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The eurozone won\u2019t have them for the foreseeable future. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Whether a repeat of that miserable experience can be avoided will be the great preoccupation of British politics for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 16 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1804, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8s\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l",
|
|
"f\u014dr-\u02c8s\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233944",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreseeing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to see (something, such as a development) beforehand":[
|
|
"He could not have foreseen the consequences of his actions.",
|
|
"She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We couldn't have foreseen the consequences of our actions.",
|
|
"He foresees a day when all war will cease.",
|
|
"She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Zandi doesn't foresee U.S. home prices falling nationally over the coming year. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, meanwhile, doesn't foresee market cataclysm once the bear market officially begins. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"But Tollner didn\u2019t foresee Kupp setting the NFL on fire with the Rams. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But additional large hikes are expected to be announced at the Fed\u2019s next two meetings, in June and July, and economists and investors foresee the fastest pace of rate increases since 1989. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"That said, some scientists foresee COVID boosters for years to come. \u2014 Esther Landhuis, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says his broken toe is improving and doesn't foresee having surgery. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Arthur DeGaetano, director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, said the flash floods of Wednesday night resulted from not one storm but several small storms whose interactions with each other were hard to foresee . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"But foreign-affairs experts don\u2019t foresee any major policy shifts on China from Mr. Albanese. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foresee foresee , foreknow , divine , anticipate mean to know beforehand. foresee implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience. economists should have foreseen the recession foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation. if only we could foreknow our own destinies divine adds to foresee the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment. was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens. the waiter anticipated our every need",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"forefeel",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"prevision"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170101",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreseeingly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": with foresight":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0113i\u014bl\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125124",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreseen":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to see (something, such as a development) beforehand":[
|
|
"He could not have foreseen the consequences of his actions.",
|
|
"She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We couldn't have foreseen the consequences of our actions.",
|
|
"He foresees a day when all war will cease.",
|
|
"She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Zandi doesn't foresee U.S. home prices falling nationally over the coming year. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, meanwhile, doesn't foresee market cataclysm once the bear market officially begins. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"But Tollner didn\u2019t foresee Kupp setting the NFL on fire with the Rams. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But additional large hikes are expected to be announced at the Fed\u2019s next two meetings, in June and July, and economists and investors foresee the fastest pace of rate increases since 1989. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"That said, some scientists foresee COVID boosters for years to come. \u2014 Esther Landhuis, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says his broken toe is improving and doesn't foresee having surgery. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Arthur DeGaetano, director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, said the flash floods of Wednesday night resulted from not one storm but several small storms whose interactions with each other were hard to foresee . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"But foreign-affairs experts don\u2019t foresee any major policy shifts on China from Mr. Albanese. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foresee foresee , foreknow , divine , anticipate mean to know beforehand. foresee implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience. economists should have foreseen the recession foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation. if only we could foreknow our own destinies divine adds to foresee the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment. was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens. the waiter anticipated our every need",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"forefeel",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"prevision"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164550",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreseer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to see (something, such as a development) beforehand":[
|
|
"He could not have foreseen the consequences of his actions.",
|
|
"She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We couldn't have foreseen the consequences of our actions.",
|
|
"He foresees a day when all war will cease.",
|
|
"She foresaw the company's potential and invested early on.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Zandi doesn't foresee U.S. home prices falling nationally over the coming year. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, meanwhile, doesn't foresee market cataclysm once the bear market officially begins. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"But Tollner didn\u2019t foresee Kupp setting the NFL on fire with the Rams. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But additional large hikes are expected to be announced at the Fed\u2019s next two meetings, in June and July, and economists and investors foresee the fastest pace of rate increases since 1989. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"That said, some scientists foresee COVID boosters for years to come. \u2014 Esther Landhuis, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says his broken toe is improving and doesn't foresee having surgery. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"But foreign-affairs experts don\u2019t foresee any major policy shifts on China from Mr. Albanese. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022"
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"The steps would also foreshadow sweeping changes to the way Americans invest. \u2014 Justin Baer, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Events of the last year have revealed significant vulnerabilities within the country, which could foreshadow a period of economic stagnation, reminiscent of what Japan began to experience in the 1990s. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 May 2022",
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"Juthani noted that the United Kingdom \u2014 which tends to foreshadow COVID-19 trends in the United States \u2014 began to see an increase in COVID-19 cases driven by BA.2 in late February. \u2014 Eliza Fawcett, courant.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"However, the rise of cases in Europe is expected to foreshadow a rise in the States. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"Because Covid-19 trends in Europe tend to foreshadow those in the United States by a few weeks, the U.S. could also experience a rise in infections, City University of New York virologist John Dennehy said. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Liquor and e-cigarette stocks dip as skittish investors seize on a series of reports from state media that are seen to potentially foreshadow the next targets for stricter regulation. \u2014 Olivia Tam, Bloomberg.com , 6 Aug. 2021",
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"But the fact that Barnette\u2019s surge caught everyone by surprise could foreshadow success. \u2014 Charlotte Alter, Time , 17 May 2022",
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"The comment could foreshadow a confrontation with Trump, who continues to falsely insist that widespread voter fraud cost him a second term in 2020. \u2014 Thomas Beaumont, Chicago Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Tender goat is offered in part-specific servings, including ribs, legs and hulking foreshanks , served with a squeeze bottle of dark red salsa and a thick gravy of a consomm\u00e9 that tastes more than a little like tomato soup. \u2014 Hadley Tomicki, Los Angeles Times , 31 July 2019"
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"\u2014 Shakespeare"
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"They had the foresight to invest the money wisely.",
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"His career choice shows a lack of foresight .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"Even so, crypto\u2019s burgeoning complications present challenging questions for any museum wanting to mint NFTs, said Elizabeth Merritt, vice president for strategic foresight at the American Alliance of Museums. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Software is where operational intelligence and foresight are derived. \u2014 Suresh Menon, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
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"China is a testament to her chutzpah and pioneering foresight . \u2014 Monica Eng, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
|
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"Jones reflectiveness about her life and work feels like foresight . \u2014 Brooklyn White, Essence , 13 May 2022",
|
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"What happened in the Atlanta area in the past year and a half seems to reflect a greater degree of planning and foresight . \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Rather than admit that Ruffini\u2019s premise is correct \u2014 U.S. strategy during the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022 did not prevent war \u2014 Biden wants to amend the record to grant himself foresight retroactively. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022",
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|
"The perils of the hour require moral leadership and foresight of the highest order from heads of state, business leaders, and society at large. \u2014 Time , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"The foresight part involved his three children, who are between the ages of 12 and 14. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"Even so, crypto\u2019s burgeoning complications present challenging questions for any museum wanting to mint NFTs, said Elizabeth Merritt, vice president for strategic foresight at the American Alliance of Museums. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
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"Software is where operational intelligence and foresight are derived. \u2014 Suresh Menon, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"China is a testament to her chutzpah and pioneering foresight . \u2014 Monica Eng, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
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"Rather than admit that Ruffini\u2019s premise is correct \u2014 U.S. strategy during the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022 did not prevent war \u2014 Biden wants to amend the record to grant himself foresight retroactively. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"The perils of the hour require moral leadership and foresight of the highest order from heads of state, business leaders, and society at large. \u2014 Time , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"Software is where operational intelligence and foresight are derived. \u2014 Suresh Menon, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"China is a testament to her chutzpah and pioneering foresight . \u2014 Monica Eng, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
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"Jones reflectiveness about her life and work feels like foresight . \u2014 Brooklyn White, Essence , 13 May 2022",
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"Rather than admit that Ruffini\u2019s premise is correct \u2014 U.S. strategy during the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022 did not prevent war \u2014 Biden wants to amend the record to grant himself foresight retroactively. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"Even so, crypto\u2019s burgeoning complications present challenging questions for any museum wanting to mint NFTs, said Elizabeth Merritt, vice president for strategic foresight at the American Alliance of Museums. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
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"Software is where operational intelligence and foresight are derived. \u2014 Suresh Menon, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"Rather than admit that Ruffini\u2019s premise is correct \u2014 U.S. strategy during the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022 did not prevent war \u2014 Biden wants to amend the record to grant himself foresight retroactively. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There are descriptions of foreskin and Popeye-like forearms. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The foreskin can be a source of multiple medical problems in older men, thus justifying later-in-life circumcision. \u2014 The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
|
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"But parts of the remaining redundant foreskin were inflamed and, along with the termini of the erstwhile skin bridge, covered in what looked like a dense layer of Eastern European soot. \u2014 Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"Some Jewish scholars thought that uncircumcised men would prove too irresistible for Jewish women, and that men without a foreskin would not be led into constant temptation. \u2014 Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"An uncircumcised infant\u2019s foreskin is naturally tight, but will relax as the child grows. \u2014 Susan Reslewic Keatley, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
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"Carpentersville firefighters and police were called to the forest preserve at 701 Williams Road about 7:30 a.m. for a body in the river, police Chief Patrick Hoey said. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
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"Demand for hotels in these Instagram-ready locales has spurred development in areas like Palawan where hotels can sit sandwiched between a lush forest and the ocean. \u2014 Clarisa Diaz, Quartz , 21 June 2022",
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"For a mushroom-centric tour of a local forest , reach out to the Schwarzw\u00e4lder Pilzlehrschau in Hornberg, which is also home to the Duravit Design Center and its towering toilet. \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
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"The idea is to have an enclosure for the animals, who have occupied a nearby swampy forest for decades. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Food production is responsible for major water quantity and quality problems, often requires herbicides and pesticides that endanger biodiversity, and engenders forest and wildland losses when lands are converted to agriculture. \u2014 Alejandra Borunda, Environment , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"Rights to forest land are contentious worldwide, with indigenous and local communities from Brazil to India pitted against government officials and hardline conservationists. \u2014 Rina Chandran, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Oct. 2021",
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"At the same time, resistance to forest thinning by some environmental organizations was garnering public attention. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, ajc , 9 Nov. 2021",
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"In recent years forest fires in Alaska have broken records, burning more acreage, more intensely and for longer. \u2014 Randi Jandt, Scientific American , 1 Oct. 2021",
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"To re- forest the hills blackened by the fire, the Camp Marston staff planted 40,000 pine seedlings donated by the California Department of Forestry. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Sep. 2021",
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"The fires have burned more than 140,000 acres, from soaring mountains along the California-Nevada border to forest north of Mt. Shasta and the gateway to Yosemite. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 13 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Vermont has suffered its own peckish pest \u2014 the forest tent caterpillar , said Michael Snyder, commissioner of Vermont's forests, parks and recreation. \u2014 Matthew Ormseth, courant.com , 31 Aug. 2017"
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"\u2014 Jack London"
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": to prevent the normal trading in (something) by buying or diverting goods or by persuading people to raise prices":[
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"\u2014 George Bernard Shaw"
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"Negotiations failed to forestall the conflict.",
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"He forestalled critics by offering a defense of the project.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But that did little to forestall the debt collectors. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
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"Republicans say enough sentiment exists for a direct age increase, but perhaps not enough to forestall a filibuster. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
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"But in the meantime, to forestall any further potential liability, many southeast Asian solar producers have halted exports to the US. \u2014 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz , 11 May 2022",
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"The Nets changed the colors on the court and on their jerseys to the franchise\u2019s vintage blue and red, as if to forestall a funeral by putting away the dress blacks. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But first, to forestall any questions: No, Hank the Cowdog and subsequent recordings of the series are not ... \u2014 Sarah Schutte, National Review , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"Ukrainian officials called for tighter sanctions and more weapons to forestall a looming Russian offensivein the east of the country, as Moscow mobilizes troops there after pulling back in northern Ukraine. \u2014 Isabel Coles And Daniel Michaels, WSJ , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But those defenses take a few days to kick in and might not arrive in time to forestall the early, and often most potent, stages of transmission. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 20 Dec. 2021",
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"Republicans say enough sentiment exists for a direct age increase but perhaps not enough to forestall a filibuster. \u2014 Carl Hulse, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Reyes Peak Forest Health and Fuels Reduction Project, first proposed in 2020, would thin and trim 755 acres of forestland that the Forest Service says would alleviate firefighting risks. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
|
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"Fines can rise to more than $100,000 for negligent landowners next to forestland who contribute to a fire, according to the Oregon Forestland Urban Interface Fire Protection Act. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 May 2021",
|
|
"Most of Europe was rapidly deforested during the industrial era; less than 4 percent of EU forestland remains intact. \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The Forest Service manages 8 million acres in California, roughly one-quarter of the state\u2019s forestland . \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Nov. 2021",
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"The golf-course community consists of five neighborhoods bordered by forestland and set near ski slopes and Lake Tahoe. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Even though the rate of rainforest destruction has slowed, environmentalists worry that the demand for pulpwood, which is harvested for the production of paper and viscose, will fuel the clearing of more forestland . \u2014 NBC News , 11 Dec. 2021",
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"California\u2019s national forest shutdown, in effect from Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. through Sept. 17, affects more than 20 million acres of national forestland . \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Aug. 2021",
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"A few hundred miles to the south, evacuations were ordered Sunday after a blaze that broke out the night before churned through California forestland near the remote community of Omo Ranch. \u2014 Fox News , 16 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"While caring for wild horses and burros, the BLM also must contend with its multi-use mission: providing opportunities for recreation, forestry , mining, livestock grazing and more. \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
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"Agriculture, forestry , fishing and hunting GDP growth 2015-2020: 53.6% | $316.51 million to $486.18 million Natural resources and mining GDP growth 2015-2020: 45.5% | $344.79 million to $501.78 million 7. \u2014 Andrew Depietro, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"The camp exposes students to the great outdoors and possible careers in forestry , conservation and natural resource protection. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The authors suggest that a move to diversity\u2014growing multiples crops in rotation, and combining crops with livestock, forestry , and fisheries, for example\u2014can make farms more resilient. \u2014 Tom Philpott, Wired , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Five years ago, members mostly had jobs in forestry , energy, transportation, fisheries, and the culinary arts; only one crew was dedicated to firefighting. \u2014 David Helvarg, Environment , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"National Grid had 3,491 workers in the affected area Saturday, including overhead line, forestry , and underground crews, according to Milligan. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Oct. 2021",
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"Hikmet Ozturk, a forestry expert with the Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, an NGO, said that while 95% of fires in Turkey are caused by people, the spread of the fires is worsened by climate change. \u2014 Ivana Kottasov\u00e1, CNN , 11 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"On Wednesday, the forestry division deployed a plane and a dozen smokejumpers to contain the fire. \u2014 Olivia Ebertz, Anna Rose Macarthur, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022"
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"The inspiration for our Understory is a magical redwood forest where vibrant moss, lush florals, and deep earth come together. \u2014 Caroline Tell, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
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"Carpentersville firefighters and police were called to the forest preserve at 701 Williams Road about 7:30 a.m. for a body in the river, police Chief Patrick Hoey said. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
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"Rights to forest land are contentious worldwide, with indigenous and local communities from Brazil to India pitted against government officials and hardline conservationists. \u2014 Rina Chandran, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Oct. 2021",
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"The fires have burned more than 140,000 acres, from soaring mountains along the California-Nevada border to forest north of Mt. Shasta and the gateway to Yosemite. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 13 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"But Chicago was a city of immigrants who gave it a foretaste of European politics. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
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"On Tuesday, opposition leaders offered a tangy foretaste of those attacks. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"But the Civil War experience proved to be a foretaste of modern monetary policy. \u2014 Roger Lowenstein, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"However, to have just a foretaste at Sublimotion is so exciting. \u2014 Nel-olivia Waga, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
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"These pressures could very well intensify, providing a possible foretaste of what could be on the near-term horizon, until Europe manages a credible and sustainable transition to renewable energy. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 16 Oct. 2021",
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"Dante fought in the cavalry at Campaldino, and war must have given him a foretaste of Hell. \u2014 Judith Thurman, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
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"By the Sixties, the denunciation of nostalgia had become a liberal ritual, but such skirmishes provided only a foretaste of the campaign that followed. \u2014 Christopher Lasch, Harper's Magazine , 22 June 2021",
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"a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events",
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"Which is a long or short way of telling critics and fans to stop cheering or critiquing a future that none of us can realistically foretell . \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Preseasons don\u2019t always foretell the regular season, but the Lakers went winless in theirs. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"After Republican Glenn Youngkin won the governorship, commentators dissected the results to foretell the outcome of elections in 2022, 2024 and beyond. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Prokofiev meant for this symphony to capture the mood of a horrendous war not having sapped the spirit of his people at the moment Russia could foretell victory. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"Moiraine, for example, meets up with Min (Kae Alexander), an undercover bartender with the ability to see visions that foretell the future. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"But whether Sigal\u2019s lab experiments foretell reduced vaccine protection in real life is still uncertain, says Sarah Cobey, an epidemiologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"This demographic fact, however, does not foretell the shape of our politics. \u2014 James Chappel, The New Republic , 15 Nov. 2021",
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"Traditionally, this would foretell a strong Republican performance in next year's midterms. \u2014 Harry Enten, CNN , 1 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Preseasons don\u2019t always foretell the regular season, but the Lakers went winless in theirs. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"After Republican Glenn Youngkin won the governorship, commentators dissected the results to foretell the outcome of elections in 2022, 2024 and beyond. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Prokofiev meant for this symphony to capture the mood of a horrendous war not having sapped the spirit of his people at the moment Russia could foretell victory. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Moiraine, for example, meets up with Min (Kae Alexander), an undercover bartender with the ability to see visions that foretell the future. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
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"But whether Sigal\u2019s lab experiments foretell reduced vaccine protection in real life is still uncertain, says Sarah Cobey, an epidemiologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"This demographic fact, however, does not foretell the shape of our politics. \u2014 James Chappel, The New Republic , 15 Nov. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Which is a long or short way of telling critics and fans to stop cheering or critiquing a future that none of us can realistically foretell . \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Prokofiev meant for this symphony to capture the mood of a horrendous war not having sapped the spirit of his people at the moment Russia could foretell victory. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"Moiraine, for example, meets up with Min (Kae Alexander), an undercover bartender with the ability to see visions that foretell the future. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"But whether Sigal\u2019s lab experiments foretell reduced vaccine protection in real life is still uncertain, says Sarah Cobey, an epidemiologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"This demographic fact, however, does not foretell the shape of our politics. \u2014 James Chappel, The New Republic , 15 Nov. 2021",
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"examples":[
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"Her decision showed a lack of forethought .",
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"With a little forethought , you can save yourself a lot of work later on.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The historical record demonstrates that the BSA was enacted without careful study or forethought . \u2014 Norbert Michel, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"For one thing, that would require more forethought and coordination than the mainstream media is capable of. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"But, as with so much related to the war, the Kremlin apparently gave little forethought to the flexibility that digital currencies might offer it. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"These, plus many other major projects, suffer from what appears to be lack of forethought and predictable obsolescence. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Going out to restaurants and bars requires more forethought because there\u2019s no guarantee that others there will be vaccinated and boosted. \u2014 Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"Setting up a vehicle so it can be easily modified requires a little forethought but creates endless possibilities. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 19 Mar. 2022",
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"For starters, heading into a turn requires a lot of forethought \u2014like navigating a ship through a tight channel. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Securing a seat in the world-famous restaurant takes forethought and speed. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Oct. 2021"
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|
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|
|
"half-baked",
|
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"half-cocked",
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|
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"myopic",
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"shortsighted"
|
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],
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],
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"foresighted",
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|
"forward-looking",
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"prescient",
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"proactive",
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"provident",
|
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"visionary"
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|
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]
|
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},
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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"circa 1540, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cct\u012bm"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020345",
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
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|
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
|
": existing too soon : antedated":[
|
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"a man foretimed by a century"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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]
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},
|
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"foretopman":{
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a sailor on duty on the foremast and above":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1816, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cct\u00e4p-m\u0259n",
|
|
"-t\u0259p-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134558",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"foretruck":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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|
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},
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030122",
|
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|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreturn":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
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|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"fore- + turn":""
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014521",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forever":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"blue moon",
|
|
"coon's age",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"donkey's years",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"months",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a seemingly interminable time : excessively long":[
|
|
"it took her forever to find the answer"
|
|
],
|
|
": at all times : continually":[
|
|
"is forever making bad puns"
|
|
],
|
|
": for a limitless time":[
|
|
"wants to live forever"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"She was convinced that she would live forever .",
|
|
"I've been waiting forever for the doctor.",
|
|
"a dog that was forever chasing cars",
|
|
"He's forever asking silly questions.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"After what seemed like forever , I was able to see the doctor.",
|
|
"It took forever to find his keys.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
|
"Though the building no longer remains, Julia Rossi hopes her father's business is not gone forever . \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"After a three-year break and worries that a Detroit event was gone forever , Belle Isle will again be the site of an international water competition that attracts athletes from throughout Michigan, the U.S. and Canada. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Despite some of the tough experiences in college, Thompson is forever grateful for Butler. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"The past is a foreign et cetera, but back-talking teenagers are forever . \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"With such an approach, long-term gains should be forever out of reach. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Those four words are: then, now, forever , and the most important word is together. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Those four words are: then, now, forever \u2014 and the most important word is together. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Scott Hensley, a microbiologist at the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Perelman School of Medicine, is not convinced that the Yamagata flu is gone forever . \u2014 Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"One way to mess with an option team\u2019s Plan A is to not only stick them with third-and- forevers , but to put them in an early hole, making them throw out of desperation. \u2014 Sean Keeler, The Denver Post , 14 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Printed with thermochromic ink, the stamp reveals a second image of the moon when a finger is pressed to it, and a sheet of 16 Forever stamps features a map of the eclipse path. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"Forever is gonna start aboard Royal Caribbean International\u2019s Oasis of the Seas Monday with a concert of lunar proportions. \u2014 Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald , 17 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"Forever stamps are always equal to the current First-Class Mail service 1-ounce price. \u2014 Michael Mcgough, sacbee , 14 July 2017",
|
|
"On July 12, the centenary of the artist\u2019s birth, the postal service will celebrate the first day of 12 commemorative Forever stamps, each depicting a detail from a Wyeth painting. \u2014 Stephan Salisbury, Philly.com , 26 June 2017",
|
|
"Try your hand at space exploration (Photo: Provided by US Postal Service) The pane of 16 Forever stamps are available beginning Tuesday at Post Office facilities nationwide and may be pre-ordered for delivery after June 20. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 20 June 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
|
|
"1741, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022f-",
|
|
"f\u0259-\u02c8re-v\u0259r",
|
|
"Southern often f\u0259-\u02c8e-v\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"always",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"e'er",
|
|
"eternally",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"everlastingly",
|
|
"evermore",
|
|
"forevermore",
|
|
"indelibly",
|
|
"permanently",
|
|
"perpetually"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222224",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forevermore":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"nevermore"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": for an endless time : forever entry 1 sense 1":[
|
|
"Plant a black gum in your yard and fall will forevermore arrive with a fanfare of scarlet foliage.",
|
|
"\u2014 Doug Hall",
|
|
"\u2026 carving Hollywood, now and forevermore , in our imaginations as something both absurd and unholy.",
|
|
"\u2014 Neal Gabler",
|
|
"When you were first introduced to her you called her Miss Stanleymain \u2026 Then she begged you to call her Miss Sylvia, and as Miss Sylvia you spoke and thought of her forevermore .",
|
|
"\u2014 Lucy Maud Montgomery",
|
|
"In the backs of these cars was a great miscellany of items \u2026 which would now remain in the back forevermore .",
|
|
"\u2014 Ian Frazier"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hero that will be praised forevermore for his great deeds",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In memory of the late comic and actor Brody Stevens, the city of Los Angeles has declared August 18 to forevermore be known as Brody Stevens Day. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 18 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"But through circumstances thrust himself into a position prominence that will probably be forevermore remembered in the history of this franchise. \u2014 John Fay, Cincinnati.com , 15 May 2020",
|
|
"If everything goes according to plan, footage of these ceremonial birth-of-a-superstar moments will air, forevermore , in prelude to many a dunkalicious montage of highlights. \u2014 Troy Patterson, The New Yorker , 26 June 2019",
|
|
"The crowd cheered and the pizzeria became the most popular spot in town forevermore \u2014 perfect for families and birthday parties. \u2014 Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"No, the Clown Egg Register was clearly built for the express purposes of reminding us all uncomfortably of that roomful of disembodied heads in Return to Oz and haunting our nightmares forevermore . \u2014 Constance Grady, Vox , 20 Aug. 2018",
|
|
"The idea caught on, and in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared that the second Sunday of May would forevermore be known as Mother\u2019s Day. \u2014 John D'anna, azcentral , 15 June 2018",
|
|
"This verbal assault steeled me to such irrational rantings forevermore . \u2014 WSJ , 4 June 2018",
|
|
"Do not intrude upon our fun and games images of social activism that remind us real life intertwines with sports now in a way that is forevermore inseparable. \u2014 Greg Cote, miamiherald , 23 May 2018"
|
|
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|
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|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
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|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
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|
|
"f\u022f-",
|
|
"f\u0259-\u02ccre-v\u0259r-\u02c8m\u022fr",
|
|
"f\u0259-\u02ccre-v\u0259-"
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"ay",
|
|
"e'er",
|
|
"eternally",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"everlastingly",
|
|
"evermore",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"indelibly",
|
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"permanently",
|
|
"perpetually"
|
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],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060946",
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreverness":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some men claim that it's the alleged foreverness of marriage that makes them fear it",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
|
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"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
|
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"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
|
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"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
|
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"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2020"
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|
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"1812, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"f\u0259-\u02c8re-v\u0259r-n\u0259s"
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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|
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"examples":[],
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180007",
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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]
|
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|
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"forewarn":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
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|
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": to warn in advance":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"I should forewarn you before you come to visit that we have a dog.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And health officials are concerned about what this outbreak could forewarn for flu activity across the U.S. as the season picks up. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"Normally, this might be used by a self-driving car that detects debris on the roadway and opts to forewarn other nearby self-driving cars. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"Their margin for error is literally zero, and so hiccups from a half-dozen centrists can forewarn a doomed agenda. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 16 Sep. 2021",
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"Human drivers are expected to listen for ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, and other emergency vehicles that use their sirens to forewarn other drivers of their presence. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
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"As such, the AI driving system might emit a message to the passenger to forewarn them about the door handles as possibly being hot to handle, and likewise to be mindful of any interior items that might be overly hot. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
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"Although the overall intent of Congress was to encourage more private suits, the government was concerned that FCA actions, if not sealed, might forewarn defendants of potential criminal investigations. \u2014 Walter Pavlo, Forbes , 30 May 2021",
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"Be forewarned that either side can be slippery when wet. \u2014 Mike Campbell, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2020",
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"Yet before the Series began no one publicly campaigned to call off the games or forewarned Red Sox fans about the dangers of sitting in the bleachers, rubbing elbows and shaking hands. \u2014 Randy Roberts And Johnny Smith, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8w\u022frn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"advise",
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"alert",
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"caution",
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"wake",
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"warn"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040613",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"forewarner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one that forewarns":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English forwarner, forewarner , from forwarnen, forewarnen + -er":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-n\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001004",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
|
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"forewarning":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a warning given in advance":[],
|
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": the state of being warned in advance":[]
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"heeded the forewarning to stay off the ice until the town had checked to see if it was thick enough",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Detroit Tigers catcher Tucker Barnhart made sure to give a forewarning about his enthusiasm. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 3 Nov. 2021",
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"There was no communication with the community and no forewarning . \u2014 Sylvia Goodman, The Courier-Journal , 18 June 2021",
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"The sound could indeed be a siren and thus a handy forewarning that an ambulance or firetruck might be coming down the road soon. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 24 May 2021",
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"Russian military officials haven't provided the usual level of detail or forewarning . \u2014 NBC News , 14 Apr. 2021",
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"But with no forewarning , residents around Paris \u2014 along with fans and players inside Roland Garros \u2014 expressed their fears of an explosion on social networks. \u2014 Jerome Pugmire, chicagotribune.com , 30 Sep. 2020",
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"Powell didn't see the departure of coach Hylton Dayes as a forewarning . \u2014 Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com , 14 Apr. 2020",
|
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"And then there\u2019s a third explanation\u2014that government programs designed to provide forewarning were eliminated by the Trump White House. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 22 Mar. 2020",
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"With no forewarning , the fatality rate for the province currently stands at about 4.5%. \u2014 Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica , 15 Mar. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8w\u022fr-ni\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"admonishment",
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"admonition",
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"alarm",
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"alarum",
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"alert",
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"caution",
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"heads-up",
|
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"notice",
|
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"warning"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105339",
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"forewarningly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": so as to forewarn":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-ni\u014bl\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120512",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"foreword":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"epilogue",
|
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"epilog"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": prefatory comments (as for a book) especially when written by someone other than the author":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the editor makes some good points in the foreword about the author's life, so be sure to read it",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"One Jump at a Time is co-written by TIME magazine writer Alice Park and features a foreword by designer Vera Wang. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
|
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"The book\u2019s cover art was handled by Drew Friedman, while the foreword was penned by stand-up comic Emo Philips. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 25 May 2022",
|
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"The book, co-written with James Beard winner James O. Fraioli and featuring a foreword by Hagar's longtime friend Guy Fieri, features 85 recipes from Hagar's collection. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
|
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"Photographs by Lisa Romerein capture the beauty of Walska\u2019s creation and a foreword by Marc Appleton gives context to her achievements. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Phoenix also penned the foreword for the 30th anniversary paperback edition, out May 5. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Taylor Budowich, a spokesman for Mr. Trump, did not dispute that an aide had discussed the possibility of Mr. Trump writing a foreword for Ms. Craighead\u2019s book and perhaps taking a cut of her advance. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In another foreword , Cindy Pawlcyn, a chef who considered Ms. Schmitt a friend and role model, recalled her willingness to answer questions. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Thanks to a foreword by drinks historian David Wondrich, there\u2019s also a glimpse into the history of the Irish pub in America and the way that Irish immigrants have shaped how America drinks. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccw\u0259rd",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-(\u02cc)w\u0259rd"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"exordium",
|
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"intro",
|
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"introduction",
|
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"preamble",
|
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"preface",
|
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"prelude",
|
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"proem",
|
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"prologue",
|
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"prolog",
|
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"prolusion"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194044",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forfeit":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty":[
|
|
"They were required to pay a forfeit ."
|
|
],
|
|
": forfeiture especially of civil rights":[],
|
|
": something deposited (as for making a mistake in a game) and then redeemed on payment of a fine":[],
|
|
": a game in which forfeits are exacted":[],
|
|
": to lose or lose the right to especially by some error, offense, or crime":[],
|
|
": forfeited or subject to forfeiture":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-f\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"forfeiture",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"penalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"the forfeit for each baseball player involved in the brawl was $5,000",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"He forfeited his right to a trial by jury.",
|
|
"They didn't have enough players, so they ended up having to forfeit .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"So the first-round 2A playoff game goes down as a forfeit , and No. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 6 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Heinz said the game will stand as a forfeit with No. \u2014 John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"With that loss turned to a forfeit , the streak would technically inflate to 73 victories and 51 in conference. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Since a loss at home that was reversed to a forfeit by Princeton, the Cougars have won seven straight for a 15-0 record. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"In his letter regarding the cancellation (which resulted in a forfeit for the Lincoln team), Dunn acknowledged the efforts made by the Cathedral community to connect with Lincoln\u2019s coaches and faculty, but said the efforts didn\u2019t go far enough. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Arroyo\u2019s lawyers, meanwhile, have taken issue with $32,500 prosecutors are seeking to have their client forfeit , saying in their memo that much of it came from legitimate fees Arroyo had billed through his consulting company. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
|
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"After a medical forfeit by his opponent Jordan picked up his second technical fall of the day after beating Detroit Catholic Central\u2019s Simon Dominguez 22-7 in the semifinal. \u2014 Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Also: The governor weighs in on the boys basketball Sabbath forfeit ; a really big Crime Stoppers payout; and the Mobile County health officer\u2019s retirement. \u2014 Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"However, around that time, Smith was also enduring the sting of a divorce, prompting him to forfeit the publishing deal and return to California in 2011. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"So missing Wimbledon, where Nadal is a two-time champ, would forfeit his chance to take all four major tournaments in the same year; no men\u2019s player has won such a Grand Slam since Rod Laver in 1969. \u2014 Sean Gregory, Time , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Rivian must fulfill 80% of its jobs and investment promises by the end of 2028 and hold them through 2047, or else be subject to state claw back provisions, in which Rivian would forfeit some of the incentives, documents show. \u2014 J. Scott Trubey, ajc , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Stote, 55, was ordered to pay $10.1 million in restitution and forfeit $1.1 million from his bank account, four Rolex watches and jewelry valued at more than $40,000 that FBI agents seized from his home. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"There will be only 58 selections in this year\u2019s draft as opposed to 60 as the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat had to forfeit their second-round picks as penalties for improper contact with free agents. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"He also was stripped of his bronze medal and had to forfeit his prize money. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Queen Creek had to forfeit the win and its season ended in shock and dismay. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Mobile County athletic director Brad Lowell also confirmed the two teams had to forfeit . \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Any portion of any prize not used by any winner is forfeit and no cash substitute will be offered or permitted. \u2014 Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"By then, players were desperate to leave, willing to cover their own expenses, forfeit paychecks and risk potential lawsuits for breach of contract. \u2014 Ben Cohen And Louise Radnofsky, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"A day after it was announced that the University of Houston couldn't play its American Athletic Conference opener against Cincinnati because of COVID-19 issues within its program, the conference changed its forfeit policy. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The final points for the Pointers came with Gab Dorsey being awarded a forfeit win at 120. \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Houston was to be assessed a forfeit loss, but those results weren't reflected on the AAC website as of Saturday. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 2 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Tuesday, the Big Ten revised its COVID-19 forfeit policy. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"College basketball has also seen the impact of the virus, with dozens of teams forced to cancel or forfeit games. \u2014 Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Others receiving votes: Priceville (8-1) 5, Bibb County (8-2) 4, Oneonta (9-1) 4. *--Record includes two forfeit losses. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 27 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forfait , from Anglo-French, from past participle of forfaire, forsfaire to commit a crime, forfeit, from fors outside (from Latin foris ) + faire to do, from Latin facere \u2014 more at forum , do":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154338"
|
|
},
|
|
"forfeiture":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": something (such as money or property) that is forfeited : penalty":[],
|
|
": the act of forfeiting : the loss of property or money because of a breach of a legal obligation":[
|
|
"assets subject to forfeiture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the forfeiture for early withdrawal of the investment savings will be an amount equal to 10 percent of the investment",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Federal agents have also been flexing another legal power to crack down on crypto crime: civil asset forfeiture , the sometimes-controversial method by which officials seize money or houses suspected to be involved in crime. \u2014 Matt Pearcestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The indictment includes a forfeiture allegation seeking the firearm, two magazines, ammunition and other items that Roske had assembled for his plan, according to federal prosecutors. \u2014 Dan Morse, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"No arrests were announced, but the press release said the US plans to conduct asset forfeiture as the investigation continues. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The yacht is now going through the forfeiture process in court. \u2014 Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"The Free Press highlighted the forfeiture amount, minus the fine, after that portion was listed in a court filing Thursday. \u2014 Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The forfeiture request also allows the government to seize property, such as a home, if Ravenell can\u2019t pay back the money. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Tears turned to cheers Friday, when No. 1 Chandler Hamilton, given life in the double-elimination 6A baseball tournament by Queen Creek's forfeiture , beat Scottsdale Chaparral 10-2 in the semifinal at Mesa's Hohokam Stadium. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Generally, administrative forfeiture is used in lower-profile cases, intended for assets worth $500,000 or less. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02cct(y)u\u0307r",
|
|
"-ch\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-f\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"penalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184031",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forfend":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": forbid":[],
|
|
": protect , preserve":[],
|
|
": to ward off : prevent":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a place of refuge where the settlers could forfend themselves from attack",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In the United States, instead of building more houses inside the old circle (or, heaven forfend , even closer together and near the places people go), people have built houses even further away. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 30 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"But is Twitter outrage (or, heaven forfend , praise) a useful metric for audience engagement? \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 27 May 2021",
|
|
"And of course the president says oh, my gosh, heaven forfend that poor Omarosa would have to go. \u2014 Fox News , 14 Aug. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8fend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020310",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgather":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to come together : assemble":[],
|
|
": to meet someone usually by chance":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Members of the organization are planning to forgather in the city for their annual meeting.",
|
|
"asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8ga-t\u035fh\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concenter",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"convene",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"rendezvous"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215248",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come along",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy":[],
|
|
": a workshop where wrought iron is produced or where iron is made malleable":[],
|
|
": to commit forgery (see forgery sense 3 )":[],
|
|
": to form (metal) by a mechanical or hydraulic press with or without heat":[],
|
|
": to form (something, such as metal) by heating and hammering":[
|
|
"forged pieces of iron into hooks"
|
|
],
|
|
": to form or bring into being especially by an expenditure of effort":[
|
|
"working to forge party unity",
|
|
"The two countries forged a strong alliance."
|
|
],
|
|
": to make or imitate falsely especially with intent to defraud : counterfeit":[
|
|
"forge a document",
|
|
"forge a signature"
|
|
],
|
|
": to move forward slowly and steadily":[
|
|
"the ship forged ahead through heavy seas"
|
|
],
|
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": to move with a sudden increase of speed and power":[
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"forged into the lead",
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"forged ahead in marketing the product"
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],
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": to work at a forge":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"People who haven\u2019t reached the apex of their careers could chat with top earners, forge connections and build meaningful relationships. \u2014 Kathryn Porritt, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
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"School clubs, often a way to forge connections, pivoted to virtual events, teaching students how to network online and connecting us with community partners. \u2014 Jennifer Mizgata, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
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"Those workers testified they were directed to collect blank or incomplete ballots, forge signatures on them and even fill in votes for local candidates. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Australian motocross teens battle it out to win races and forge friendships in this kids\u2019 drama series. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
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"Only the golden years of Lionel Messi's Barcelona, which Guardiola helped forge , was able to somewhat dim that mystique. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, ajc , 5 May 2022",
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"The latest victory will likely help the BJP forge ahead with its controversial agenda, such as implementing a citizenship law that excluded Muslims from its ambit and had been pushed to the back burner after nationwide protests. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"China has already convinced Costa Rica, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador to drop their recognition of Taiwan and forge ties with Beijing. \u2014 Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Expect to see Kyiv forge arrangements with neighboring NATO members and potential members who legitimately see themselves in the crosshairs of Putin\u2019s missile launchers. \u2014 Michael Bociurkiw, CNN , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Coach Andy Johnson isn't ignoring the past to forge Mesa Mountain View's future ahead in boys basketball. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022",
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"Yet, like the dubious industrial heroes of the present day, Lang may well have the last laugh, as the leader of a movement to forge a brighter technological future. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
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"Both shootings and their aftermath put a fresh spotlight on the nation's entrenched divisions and its inability to forge consensus on actions to reduce gun violence. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
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"Both shootings and their aftermath put a fresh spotlight on the nation\u2019s entrenched divisions and its inability to forge consensus on actions to reduce gun violence. \u2014 Zeke Miller And Elliot Spagat, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
|
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"The shootings in Texas and New York and their aftermath put a fresh spotlight on the nation\u2019s entrenched divisions and its inability to forge consensus on actions to reduce gun violence. \u2014 Zeke Miller And Elliot Spagat, Chron , 29 May 2022",
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"With this book, Wulfhart, through her prodigious research, secures a place for the women who endured all manner of indignities to forge a better future for those who put their lives on the line every day in a job once regarded as frivolous. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"With the needs of the industry top of mind, metro Detroit restaurateurs in 2021, by and large, are sifting through the rubble and responding with business models that aim to forge a healthier, more sustainable future. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"While Kendall is increasingly plugging in to neighboring Boston, there are also many who\u2019d like to forge tighter connections with the rest of Cambridge. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Bowman, who is Metcalf\u2019s lead recruiter, was able to forge a strong bond with him the first day that started talking. \u2014 Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online , 2 July 2022",
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"Jordan was selected based on her ability to forge partnerships and work with other organizations, United Way board chair Paul Dolan said. \u2014 Robert Higgs, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
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"Fire pits have traditionally existed as giant clunky contraptions, but today's outdoor brands have been able to forge mighty fire breathing dragons into compact, travel-friendly designs. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
|
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"This level of consistently high connectivity shouldn\u2019t be ignored, especially by businesses eager to forge stronger relationships with consumers. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
|
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"As North America\u2019s largest documentary film festival, conference and market, Hot Docs strives to forge essential relationships that lead to production opportunities for documentary filmmakers with a keen eye on the global market. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Athletic director Scott Stricklin said in a statement the decision came down to Amato\u2019s inability to communicate effectively and forge relationships with his athletes. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Four women from different backgrounds forge an unbreakable sisterhood while trapped and in hiding during the genocide in Rwanda. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 5 June 2022",
|
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"Several other particularly worrisome vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to forge cards used in the machines by technicians, giving the attacker access to a machine that would allow the software to be changed, Halderman said. \u2014 Kate Brumback, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English forgen \"to form, shape (metal by heat), invent, contrive, counterfeit,\" borrowed from Anglo-French forger, forgier, going back to Latin fabric\u0101re, fabric\u0101r\u012b \"to fashion, shape, construct\" \u2014 more at fabricate":"Verb",
|
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"Middle English, \"smith's workshop,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Gallo-Romance *faurga, going back to Latin fabrica \"process of making something, craft, workshop\" \u2014 more at fabric":"Noun",
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"origin unknown":"Verb"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u014d(\u0259)rj, \u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rj",
|
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"\u02c8f\u022frj"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"counterfeit",
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"fake",
|
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"phony"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104840",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"forged":{
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"antonyms":[
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"authentic",
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"bona fide",
|
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"genuine",
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"real",
|
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"unfaked"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": made falsely especially with intent to deceive":[
|
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"forged signatures",
|
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"a forged document"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from present participle of forgen \"to forge entry 2 \"":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frjd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bogus",
|
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"counterfeit",
|
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"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"inauthentic",
|
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"phony",
|
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"phoney",
|
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"queer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"spurious",
|
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"unauthentic"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034542",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"forgery":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": invention":[],
|
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": something forged":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"that is a cheap forgery , not an authentic Ming Dynasty vase",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The lawsuit doesn\u2019t allege who conducted the forgery but says Niami\u2019s longtime notary falsely notarized that Niami and Remillard signed the document in his presence in Los Angeles when Remillard was actually in Montreal that day. \u2014 Laurence Darmientostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"The Michigan Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to GOP gubernatorial candidates' last-ditch attempts to land a spot on the August primary ballot after a signature forgery scandal brought their campaigns to an end. \u2014 Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"He also was charged with felony theft and forgery for taking two iPads and a Chrome book from Fleet Feet, 102 Marion St. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Removing welfare benefits had a larger effect on women than men, the study found, with women more likely to be charged for crimes like prostitution, fraud and forgery . \u2014 Madeline Halpert, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"The woman, from Phenix City in Alabama, about 2 miles from Columbus, was charged with insurance fraud and forgery , according to a news release from the Insurance and Safety Fire commissioner. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"In 2014, he was convicted of identity fraud and forgery in Georgia, according to court documents, and spent just over a year in prison starting in October 2016. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"But ultimately, authorities would charge her with additional crimes before the Indiana car chase \u2013 fraud and forgery for allegedly using a fake name to buy the Ford SUV. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"He was eventually convicted of fraud and forgery in his native Canada, and served 17 months of a five-year sentence, before being paroled in February 2013. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"forge entry 2 + -ery":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-j\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frj-r\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-j\u0259-r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235447",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgery bond":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": insurance against loss from forgery or alteration of negotiable instruments or evidences of debt or ownership":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095900",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forget":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flash back (to)",
|
|
"hark back (to)",
|
|
"harken back (to)",
|
|
"hearken back (to)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recollect",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"reminisce (about)",
|
|
"think (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cease from doing":[],
|
|
": to cease remembering or noticing":[
|
|
"forgive and forget"
|
|
],
|
|
": to disregard intentionally : overlook":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the imperative I shouldn't have said that, so just forget it"
|
|
],
|
|
": to fail to become mindful at the proper time":[
|
|
"forgot about paying the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
": to give up hope for or expectation of":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the imperative as for prompt service, forget it"
|
|
],
|
|
": to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control":[
|
|
"She forgot herself because of the liquor she had drunk.",
|
|
"So infuriated him that he forgot himself and had a tantrum."
|
|
],
|
|
": to lose the remembrance of : be unable to think of or recall":[
|
|
"I forget his name"
|
|
],
|
|
": to treat with inattention or disregard":[
|
|
"forgot their old friends",
|
|
"He's now a forgotten hero."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I keep forgetting her name.",
|
|
"The pain and misery are impossible to forget .",
|
|
"She forgot how to set up the tent.",
|
|
"I'll never forget the first time we met.",
|
|
"Don't forget that you have to turn off the light when you leave.",
|
|
"\u201cDid you pay the bill?\u201d \u201cI forgot .\u201d",
|
|
"He's now a forgotten hero.",
|
|
"He's a forgotten man in the world of politics.",
|
|
"If you're hoping to hear from him soon, forget it, it's not going to happen.",
|
|
"Forget about finding a way to escape\u2014there's no way out of here.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In the rush to get that new campaign, clever post or special email offer out there, companies often forget to assess the environment where that content will land. \u2014 David Harrison, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Leatherwood said people should not forget the sunblock. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"But no one can easily forget , in this new book as in the older ones, the intensity of C\u00e9line\u2019s realization of the inexpungible human emotions of hatred and horror. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"However, don\u00b4t forget that more natural ingredients also pack a strong exfoliant punch. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Oh yes, and who could ever forget iconic lines from Hocus Pocus, Bewitched and more classic witch movies? \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"People should not forget that this was not an attempt to get to the truth. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Many forget the mall was a dusty patch of dirt adjacent to rail yards before shovels hit the ground. \u2014 John Igliozzi, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"However, people forget that in the '80s Honda was already building badass single-seat, off-road playthings. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 26 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English forgietan , from for- + -gietan (akin to Old Norse geta to get)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8get",
|
|
"f\u022fr-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forget neglect , disregard , ignore , overlook , slight , forget mean to pass over without giving due attention. neglect implies giving insufficient attention to something that merits one's attention. habitually neglected his studies disregard suggests voluntary inattention. disregarded the wishes of his family ignore implies a failure to regard something obvious. ignored the snide remark overlook suggests disregarding or ignoring through haste or lack of care. in my rush I overlooked a key example slight implies contemptuous or disdainful disregarding or omitting. slighted several major authors in her survey forget may suggest either a willful ignoring or a failure to impress something on one's mind. forget what others say",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disremember",
|
|
"unlearn"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040814",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forget-me-not":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a genus ( Myosotis ) of small herbs of the borage family having usually bright blue or white flowers usually arranged in a curving spike":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1532, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-",
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8get-m\u0113-\u02ccn\u00e4t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213951",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgetful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"retentive"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": characterized by negligent failure to remember : neglectful":[],
|
|
": inducing oblivion":[
|
|
"forgetful sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
": likely to forget":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He became forgetful in his old age.",
|
|
"we become more forgetful as we get older",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"This time the focus shifted to finding Dory \u2014 the forgetful Blue Tang voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Mumbai tops the list of most forgetful Indian cities, followed by Delhi, Lucknow, and Kolkata. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Tests that compared them to people of the same age and health status who'd never had the virus showed that COVID survivors were more forgetful and had a slower processing speed. \u2014 Sonya Collins, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This is particularly important if one person is a bit forgetful . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"No, but forgetful Aztecs fans overdosing on addictive basketball diuretics are wetting Unsocial Media\u2019s unmade bed. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"His trees sometimes die from lack of water from forgetful caretakers or are torn up by rambunctious toddlers. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"These complementary trends\u2014 forgetful bodies, fast-changing viruses\u2014push us to dose against the flu every fall. \u2014 Jacob Stern, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Cannabis professionals and leaders are lazy, forgetful or uneducated. \u2014 Mike Weinberger, Rolling Stone , 27 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8get-f\u0259l",
|
|
"f\u022fr-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absentminded"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215740",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgetful of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": forgetting or neglecting":[
|
|
"She has been forgetful of her duties."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051439",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgetfulness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"retentive"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": characterized by negligent failure to remember : neglectful":[],
|
|
": inducing oblivion":[
|
|
"forgetful sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
": likely to forget":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He became forgetful in his old age.",
|
|
"we become more forgetful as we get older",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"This time the focus shifted to finding Dory \u2014 the forgetful Blue Tang voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Mumbai tops the list of most forgetful Indian cities, followed by Delhi, Lucknow, and Kolkata. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Tests that compared them to people of the same age and health status who'd never had the virus showed that COVID survivors were more forgetful and had a slower processing speed. \u2014 Sonya Collins, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This is particularly important if one person is a bit forgetful . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"No, but forgetful Aztecs fans overdosing on addictive basketball diuretics are wetting Unsocial Media\u2019s unmade bed. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"His trees sometimes die from lack of water from forgetful caretakers or are torn up by rambunctious toddlers. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"These complementary trends\u2014 forgetful bodies, fast-changing viruses\u2014push us to dose against the flu every fall. \u2014 Jacob Stern, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Cannabis professionals and leaders are lazy, forgetful or uneducated. \u2014 Mike Weinberger, Rolling Stone , 27 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8get-f\u0259l",
|
|
"f\u022fr-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absentminded"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223912",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgetive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": inventive , imaginative":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1597, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from forge entry 2 + -tive (as in inventive )":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-j\u0259-tiv"
|
|
],
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"adjective"
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"forgettable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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": fit or likely to be forgotten":[
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"a forgettable movie"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"It was an extremely forgettable performance.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some of the score\u2019s songs are forgettable , though, and the book feels repetitive in places. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
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"The second year of Francisco Lindor\u2019s shortstop reign in Queens is as impactful as his get-to-know-you year was forgettable . \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
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"Santos was a 9-year-old figure skater and soccer player in the Connecticut suburbs when she was hooked by an otherwise forgettable Disney Channel promo for the seemingly magical sport of short-track speedskating. \u2014 Ben Cohen, WSJ , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"Cooks has been the one bright spot on an otherwise forgettable Houston offense. \u2014 Tony Holm, USA TODAY , 21 Dec. 2021",
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"Desserts are pretty but forgettable ; drinks show flair and balance. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"The imperative of the streaming boom is to turn the content spigot to full blast, but that makes content seem forgettable and cheap. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2021",
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"Most are bland and forgettable , and a few are outright annoying. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"That is not inconsistent with the gnostic conceit that drives the plot, but create an exhausting yet paradoxically forgettable experience. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 16 Sep. 2021"
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"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8ge-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"f\u022fr-"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051918",
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"forgettery":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a faculty for forgetting : a poor memory":[
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"a remarkable forgettery for those irksome little chores",
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"a well-managed forgettery is often as important as a good memory"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"forget entry 1 + -ery":""
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},
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"-et\u0259-",
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"-et\u0259r\u0113",
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"-ri"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193408",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"forgettingly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": by forgetting : absentmindedly":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130603",
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"adverb"
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]
|
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},
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"forging press":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a punch press that forges metal by subjecting it to heavy pressure between dies":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105759",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"forging roll":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a rolling mill that forges comparatively uniform shapes by rolls of variable radii around the circumference":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112005",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"forgivable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resent"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) : pardon":[
|
|
"forgive one's enemies"
|
|
],
|
|
": to give up resentment of or claim to requital (see requital sense 1 ) for":[
|
|
"forgive an insult"
|
|
],
|
|
": to grant forgiveness":[
|
|
"had to learn to forgive and forget"
|
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],
|
|
": to grant relief from payment of":[
|
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"forgive a debt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Can you ever forgive me for being so selfish?",
|
|
"I've never forgiven myself for the way I treated her.",
|
|
"We must ask God to forgive us for our sins.",
|
|
"When he feels he's been insulted, he finds it hard to forgive and forget .",
|
|
"He finds it hard to forgive an insult.",
|
|
"We must ask God to forgive our sins.",
|
|
"The government has agreed to forgive some of the debt.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Hagelgans notes that companies should already be communicating with staff even before the decision arrives, and adds that since the ruling was leaked in May, employees are unlikely to forgive an employer without a robust plan of action in place. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The issue of whether to forgive some federal student-loan debt has been particularly fraught. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Shakier\u2019s younger sister, now 16 said her kind-hearted older brother would probably forgive Beckwith if the two could meet again. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"For more on Mary Bailey's journey to forgive her mother, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands now. \u2014 Elaine Aradillas, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The Lord Protector released Kat and Parry after receiving a humble plea from Elizabeth, but Thomas remained a prisoner, too dangerous for his brother to forgive . \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Dozens of these students organized a debt strike in 2015 to pressure the federal government to forgive their student debts, and their efforts eventually led to the establishment of a formal Borrower Defense application procedure. \u2014 Adam S. Minsky, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"After months of delays, President Biden is expected to announce in the coming weeks that the government will forgive at least $10,000 in debt for people making less than $125,000, according to news reports. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"One of the basics of faith is God\u2019s ability to forgive and restore. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 11 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English forgifan , from for- + gifan to give":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8giv",
|
|
"f\u022fr-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forgive excuse , condone , pardon , forgive mean to exact neither punishment nor redress. excuse may refer to specific acts especially in social or conventional situations or the person responsible for these. excuse an interruption excused them for interrupting Often the term implies extenuating circumstances. injustice excuses strong responses condone implies that one overlooks without censure behavior (such as dishonesty or violence) that involves a serious breach of a moral, ethical, or legal code, and the term may refer to the behavior or to the agent responsible for it. a society that condones alcohol but not narcotics pardon implies that one remits a penalty due for an admitted or established offense. pardon a criminal forgive implies that one gives up all claim to requital and to resentment or vengeful feelings. could not forgive their rudeness",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pardon"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195230",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resent"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) : pardon":[
|
|
"forgive one's enemies"
|
|
],
|
|
": to give up resentment of or claim to requital (see requital sense 1 ) for":[
|
|
"forgive an insult"
|
|
],
|
|
": to grant forgiveness":[
|
|
"had to learn to forgive and forget"
|
|
],
|
|
": to grant relief from payment of":[
|
|
"forgive a debt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Can you ever forgive me for being so selfish?",
|
|
"I've never forgiven myself for the way I treated her.",
|
|
"We must ask God to forgive us for our sins.",
|
|
"When he feels he's been insulted, he finds it hard to forgive and forget .",
|
|
"He finds it hard to forgive an insult.",
|
|
"We must ask God to forgive our sins.",
|
|
"The government has agreed to forgive some of the debt.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Hagelgans notes that companies should already be communicating with staff even before the decision arrives, and adds that since the ruling was leaked in May, employees are unlikely to forgive an employer without a robust plan of action in place. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The issue of whether to forgive some federal student-loan debt has been particularly fraught. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Shakier\u2019s younger sister, now 16 said her kind-hearted older brother would probably forgive Beckwith if the two could meet again. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"For more on Mary Bailey's journey to forgive her mother, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands now. \u2014 Elaine Aradillas, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The Lord Protector released Kat and Parry after receiving a humble plea from Elizabeth, but Thomas remained a prisoner, too dangerous for his brother to forgive . \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Dozens of these students organized a debt strike in 2015 to pressure the federal government to forgive their student debts, and their efforts eventually led to the establishment of a formal Borrower Defense application procedure. \u2014 Adam S. Minsky, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"After months of delays, President Biden is expected to announce in the coming weeks that the government will forgive at least $10,000 in debt for people making less than $125,000, according to news reports. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"One of the basics of faith is God\u2019s ability to forgive and restore. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 11 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English forgifan , from for- + gifan to give":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8giv",
|
|
"f\u022fr-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forgive excuse , condone , pardon , forgive mean to exact neither punishment nor redress. excuse may refer to specific acts especially in social or conventional situations or the person responsible for these. excuse an interruption excused them for interrupting Often the term implies extenuating circumstances. injustice excuses strong responses condone implies that one overlooks without censure behavior (such as dishonesty or violence) that involves a serious breach of a moral, ethical, or legal code, and the term may refer to the behavior or to the agent responsible for it. a society that condones alcohol but not narcotics pardon implies that one remits a penalty due for an admitted or established offense. pardon a criminal forgive implies that one gives up all claim to requital and to resentment or vengeful feelings. could not forgive their rudeness",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pardon"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035616",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgive me":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210510",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgiveness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"retribution"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the act of forgiving":[
|
|
"I ask for your forgiveness ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She treats us with kindness and forgiveness .",
|
|
"they asked her forgiveness for failing to invite her to the party",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"To err is indeed human, to forgive may be divine, but forgiveness is also optional. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"To err is indeed human, to forgive may be divine, but forgiveness is also optional. \u2014 cleveland , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"To err is indeed human, to forgive may be divine, but forgiveness is also optional. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"Student loan forgiveness could be the biggest mistake of Biden\u2019s presidency. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"No decisions have been made yet, White House spokesperson Vedant Patel told the Post, but loan forgiveness has been under a major push of Biden\u2019s since the start of his administration. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Comprehensive student debt forgiveness is bad public policy. \u2014 Richard J. Shinder, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"The average forgiveness would be more than $23,800 per borrower. \u2014 Ed O'keefe, CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"What does Biden think about student loan forgiveness ? \u2014 Fortune , 16 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-",
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8giv-n\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"amnesty",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"remittal"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020955",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgo":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": forsake":[],
|
|
": to give up the enjoyment or advantage of : do without":[
|
|
"never forwent an opportunity of honest profit",
|
|
"\u2014 R. L. Stevenson",
|
|
"decided to forgo dessert for a few days"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She is planning to forgo her right to a trial and simply plead guilty.",
|
|
"I'll forgo dessert tonight\u2014I'm trying to lose weight.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Cast and crew had to forgo the usual social rituals that make extended location shoots feel like summer camp. \u2014 Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Additionally, many companies had to quickly forgo traditional real estate transactions for digitalized ones to retain their grip on customer loyalty. \u2014 Candice Georgiadis, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Still, because of China\u2019s strict virus-testing policy, there are many promotional benefits to other parts of NBC Universal that the company will have to forgo this year. \u2014 John Koblin, New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"After a week of rumors that Ed Sheeran would have to forgo his Saturday Night Live performance after recently testing positive for Covid-19, the English singer-songwriter returned to Studio 8H with two songs from his new album, =. \u2014 Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone , 7 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Outlook: The Huskies had a berth in the Pac-12 title game, only to have to forgo that due to COVID-19 issues. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 29 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Like the rest of us, newlyweds too had to forgo traveling in 2020, putting off honeymoons until the pandemic subsided. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2021",
|
|
"The day marked the 100th anniversary of the city's parade and created a chance for those whose own towns had to forgo Memorial Day traditions to enjoy the event, too. \u2014 Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 31 May 2021",
|
|
"An earlier version of this article incorrectly said those who were laid off had to forgo all their options. \u2014 Eliot Brown, WSJ , 27 May 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English forg\u0101n to pass by, forgo, from for- + g\u0101n to go":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8g\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"keep (from)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"withhold (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230624",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgotten":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flash back (to)",
|
|
"hark back (to)",
|
|
"harken back (to)",
|
|
"hearken back (to)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recollect",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"reminisce (about)",
|
|
"think (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cease from doing":[],
|
|
": to cease remembering or noticing":[
|
|
"forgive and forget"
|
|
],
|
|
": to disregard intentionally : overlook":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the imperative I shouldn't have said that, so just forget it"
|
|
],
|
|
": to fail to become mindful at the proper time":[
|
|
"forgot about paying the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
": to give up hope for or expectation of":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in the imperative as for prompt service, forget it"
|
|
],
|
|
": to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control":[
|
|
"She forgot herself because of the liquor she had drunk.",
|
|
"So infuriated him that he forgot himself and had a tantrum."
|
|
],
|
|
": to lose the remembrance of : be unable to think of or recall":[
|
|
"I forget his name"
|
|
],
|
|
": to treat with inattention or disregard":[
|
|
"forgot their old friends",
|
|
"He's now a forgotten hero."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I keep forgetting her name.",
|
|
"The pain and misery are impossible to forget .",
|
|
"She forgot how to set up the tent.",
|
|
"I'll never forget the first time we met.",
|
|
"Don't forget that you have to turn off the light when you leave.",
|
|
"\u201cDid you pay the bill?\u201d \u201cI forgot .\u201d",
|
|
"He's now a forgotten hero.",
|
|
"He's a forgotten man in the world of politics.",
|
|
"If you're hoping to hear from him soon, forget it, it's not going to happen.",
|
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"Forget about finding a way to escape\u2014there's no way out of here.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In the rush to get that new campaign, clever post or special email offer out there, companies often forget to assess the environment where that content will land. \u2014 David Harrison, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Leatherwood said people should not forget the sunblock. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
|
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"But no one can easily forget , in this new book as in the older ones, the intensity of C\u00e9line\u2019s realization of the inexpungible human emotions of hatred and horror. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"However, don\u00b4t forget that more natural ingredients also pack a strong exfoliant punch. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Oh yes, and who could ever forget iconic lines from Hocus Pocus, Bewitched and more classic witch movies? \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"People should not forget that this was not an attempt to get to the truth. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Many forget the mall was a dusty patch of dirt adjacent to rail yards before shovels hit the ground. \u2014 John Igliozzi, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"However, people forget that in the '80s Honda was already building badass single-seat, off-road playthings. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 26 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English forgietan , from for- + -gietan (akin to Old Norse geta to get)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8get",
|
|
"f\u022fr-"
|
|
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forget neglect , disregard , ignore , overlook , slight , forget mean to pass over without giving due attention. neglect implies giving insufficient attention to something that merits one's attention. habitually neglected his studies disregard suggests voluntary inattention. disregarded the wishes of his family ignore implies a failure to regard something obvious. ignored the snide remark overlook suggests disregarding or ignoring through haste or lack of care. in my rush I overlooked a key example slight implies contemptuous or disdainful disregarding or omitting. slighted several major authors in her survey forget may suggest either a willful ignoring or a failure to impress something on one's mind. forget what others say",
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"synonyms":[
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"disremember",
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"unlearn"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041037",
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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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"forjesket":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": weary or broken down : exhausted":[
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"forjesket sair, with weary legs",
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"\u2014 Robert Burns"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration (influenced by for- ) of disjaskit":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081504",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"forjudge":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of forjudge variant of forejudge"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101632",
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"type":[]
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},
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"fork":{
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"antonyms":[
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"converge",
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"join"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a division into branches or the place where something divides into branches":[],
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": a forked part, tool, or piece of equipment":[],
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": an attack by one chess piece (such as a knight) on two pieces simultaneously":[],
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": an implement with two or more prongs used especially for taking up (as in eating), pitching, or digging":[],
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": confluence":[],
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": one of the branches into which something forks":[],
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": pay , contribute":[
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"\u2014 used with over, out , or up had to fork over $5000"
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],
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": to attack (two chessmen) simultaneously":[],
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": to divide into two or more branches":[
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"where the road forks"
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],
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": to give the form of a fork to":[
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"forking her fingers"
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],
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": to raise, pitch, dig, or work with a fork":[
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"fork hay"
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],
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": to turn into a fork":[],
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": to use or work with a fork":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"a fork in the road",
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"the north fork of the river",
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"the front fork of a bicycle",
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"Verb",
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"The road forks to the north and south.",
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"They forked the hay into the loft.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Start checking your potatoes after they\u2019ve been boiling for five minutes by piercing the potatoes with a fork . \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
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"Baste with the oil from the garlic and parsley mixture, then turn and cook on the other side until the mushrooms are tender and juicy when pierced with a fork , about two minutes longer. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 23 June 2022",
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"Add the tuna to a medium bowl and mash lightly with a fork . \u2014 Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
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"Granita can be made by freezing almost any liquid (avoid high-alcohol booze, which has a lower freezing point) and periodically fluffing the forming ice crystals with a fork . \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 June 2022",
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"Gently stir together with a fork until the fish is flaked and everything is well combined. \u2014 Colu Henry, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
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"Bring to a rolling boil, stir with a fork , and cover with a lid. \u2014 Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
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"Start checking your potatoes after they\u2019ve been boiling for five minutes by piercing the potatoes with a fork . \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022",
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"Mix all ingredients with a fork until well blended. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Would the Rockets be willing to fork over Wood for two mid-tier selections in the first round? \u2014 Morten Jensen, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
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"Buc-ee\u2019s is such a popular travel destination that the city of Luling and Caldwell County will likely fork over millions of dollars to increase the local footprint of the chain. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 3 June 2022",
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"Fort Lauderdale taxpayers might have to fork over an eye-popping chunk of change to cover the legal fees of five attorneys who spent seven years arguing that Fort Lauderdale\u2019s homeless feeding ban was unconstitutional. \u2014 Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
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"Platforms like Instagram and TikTok may be forced to fork over up to $25,000 per violation under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Monday. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
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"Do Kwon's plan to hard fork the Terra blockchain to revive the ecosystem from the recent crash of its algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD barely found any backing in a preliminary poll. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
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"People just don\u2019t want to fork over $120 a month for a mostly-useless cable TV package anymore. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 13 May 2022",
|
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"The online cake ecosystem is rich and growing, but from my experience, the full magic of these boundary-pushing confections can only happen offline, fork in hand. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 May 2022",
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"But don\u2019t assume that customers will fork over more cash. \u2014 Kyle Leighton, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English forke , from Old English & Anglo-French; Old English forca & Anglo-French furke , from Latin furca":"Noun"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022frk",
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"\u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rk"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"branch (out)",
|
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"diverge",
|
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"divide",
|
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"part",
|
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"separate",
|
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"spread"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193310",
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fork beam":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": beam arm sense 1":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130904",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forkable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": fit to handle or transport with a fork":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-k\u0259b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111111",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forkball":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a baseball pitch in which the ball is gripped between the forked index and middle fingers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Porter is famous because his forkball killed a dove in mid-air in the middle of a game. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 30 June 2021",
|
|
"Hirano said part of that progression has been with his signature forkball . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, azcentral , 15 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Signing for just a $2 million bonus with LA, the 25-year-old righty with the distinctive corkscrew windup and bedeviling forkball made a solid April showing, then posted a 1.31 ERA with 119 strikeouts over his next 13 starts. \u2014 Jay Jaffe, SI.com , 9 Dec. 2017",
|
|
"The most famous forkball still belongs to Roy Face, who developed his version in 1954. \u2014 Daniel Brown, The Mercury News , 11 May 2017",
|
|
"Right-handed pitcher Zach Edgar carries on one tradition by throwing a forkball . \u2014 Gene Chamberlain, Elgin Courier-News , 12 June 2017",
|
|
"Dodgers manager Jim Tracy said Nomo\u00b4s forkball appears to be as dangerous as ever. \u2014 Associated Press, WIRED , 21 Dec. 2001"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frk-\u02ccb\u022fl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031755",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forlorn":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being in poor condition : miserable , wretched":[
|
|
"forlorn tumbledown buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
": bereft , forsaken":[
|
|
"left quite forlorn of hope"
|
|
],
|
|
": nearly hopeless":[
|
|
"a forlorn attempt"
|
|
],
|
|
": sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion : desolate":[
|
|
"a forlorn landscape"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Against the forlorn backdrop of the muddy terrain the media circus has left behind, the young mother is photographed for a fashion spread wearing a \u2026 white dress. \u2014 James Wolcott , Vanity Fair , September 1998",
|
|
"There is nothing quite so forlorn as a closed factory\u2014Vic Wilcox knows, having supervised a shutdown himself in his time. \u2014 David Lodge , Nice Work , 1990",
|
|
"Like Ozymandias, once king of kings but now two legs of a broken statue in Percy Shelley's desert, the great facade of Union Station in Washington, D.C., stands forlorn \u2026 \u2014 Stephen Jay Gould , Natural History , November 1986",
|
|
"she was forlorn when she found out the trip had been cancelled",
|
|
"a forlorn wanderer far from home",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And then a forlorn shot of the audience, where a fan rises to his feet to give Pia a standing ovation. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The first rental construction in six years in trendy West Hartford Center is expected to begin in a month as two forlorn buildings are torn down to make way for luxury apartments that could test the upper limits of the area\u2019s asking rents. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Cave paused in front of a group of somber, forlorn Soundsuits, made in 2011 of black mother-of-pearl buttons, with large pewter-looking megaphones where heads should be. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"And so many of his ideas are inspired, like adding the forlorn country lilt of an accordionist (Veli Kujala) to the scene in which Hamlet corrals a traveling troupe of actors to put on an evocation of his father\u2019s murder. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s a forlorn square along the western fence that was an attempt at a strawberry bed. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"It was last seen in 1985 and earned its forlorn name because scientists didn't see a future for the flower as the cloud forest experienced deforestation. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The rest of the game was essentially a celebration for the Suns, who danced and dunked their way past the forlorn Lakers. \u2014 David Brandt, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The indie film super team rose to the challenge of bringing the heady and critically acclaimed three-hour Haruki Murakami short story adaptation, about two forlorn souls connecting in a red Saab 900, to U.S. audiences. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forloren , from Old English, past participle of forl\u0113osan to lose, from for- + l\u0113osan to lose \u2014 more at lose":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8l\u022frn",
|
|
"f\u022fr-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forlorn alone , solitary , lonely , lonesome , lone , forlorn , desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life lone may replace lonely or lonesome but typically is as objective as alone . a lone robin pecking at the lawn forlorn stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child desolate implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165242",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forlornness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being in poor condition : miserable , wretched":[
|
|
"forlorn tumbledown buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
": bereft , forsaken":[
|
|
"left quite forlorn of hope"
|
|
],
|
|
": nearly hopeless":[
|
|
"a forlorn attempt"
|
|
],
|
|
": sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion : desolate":[
|
|
"a forlorn landscape"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Against the forlorn backdrop of the muddy terrain the media circus has left behind, the young mother is photographed for a fashion spread wearing a \u2026 white dress. \u2014 James Wolcott , Vanity Fair , September 1998",
|
|
"There is nothing quite so forlorn as a closed factory\u2014Vic Wilcox knows, having supervised a shutdown himself in his time. \u2014 David Lodge , Nice Work , 1990",
|
|
"Like Ozymandias, once king of kings but now two legs of a broken statue in Percy Shelley's desert, the great facade of Union Station in Washington, D.C., stands forlorn \u2026 \u2014 Stephen Jay Gould , Natural History , November 1986",
|
|
"she was forlorn when she found out the trip had been cancelled",
|
|
"a forlorn wanderer far from home",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And then a forlorn shot of the audience, where a fan rises to his feet to give Pia a standing ovation. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The first rental construction in six years in trendy West Hartford Center is expected to begin in a month as two forlorn buildings are torn down to make way for luxury apartments that could test the upper limits of the area\u2019s asking rents. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Cave paused in front of a group of somber, forlorn Soundsuits, made in 2011 of black mother-of-pearl buttons, with large pewter-looking megaphones where heads should be. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"And so many of his ideas are inspired, like adding the forlorn country lilt of an accordionist (Veli Kujala) to the scene in which Hamlet corrals a traveling troupe of actors to put on an evocation of his father\u2019s murder. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s a forlorn square along the western fence that was an attempt at a strawberry bed. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"It was last seen in 1985 and earned its forlorn name because scientists didn't see a future for the flower as the cloud forest experienced deforestation. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The rest of the game was essentially a celebration for the Suns, who danced and dunked their way past the forlorn Lakers. \u2014 David Brandt, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The indie film super team rose to the challenge of bringing the heady and critically acclaimed three-hour Haruki Murakami short story adaptation, about two forlorn souls connecting in a red Saab 900, to U.S. audiences. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forloren , from Old English, past participle of forl\u0113osan to lose, from for- + l\u0113osan to lose \u2014 more at lose":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8l\u022frn",
|
|
"f\u022fr-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forlorn alone , solitary , lonely , lonesome , lone , forlorn , desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life lone may replace lonely or lonesome but typically is as objective as alone . a lone robin pecking at the lawn forlorn stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child desolate implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041522",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"form":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crystallize",
|
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"crystalize",
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": a particular kind or instance of such arrangement":[
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": develop , acquire":[
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": formic acid":[
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"form ate"
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"fili form"
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": manner or conduct as tested by a prescribed or accepted standard":[
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": manner or style of performing or accomplishing according to recognized standards of technique":[
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"a strong swimmer but weak on form"
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": one of the different aspects a word may take as a result of inflection or change of spelling or pronunciation":[
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"verbal forms"
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": one of the different modes of existence, action, or manifestation of a particular thing or substance : kind":[
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"one form of respiratory disorder",
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"a form of art"
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": orderly method of arrangement (as in the presentation of ideas) : manner of coordinating elements (as of an artistic production or course of reasoning)":[],
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": pattern , schema":[
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"arguments of the same logical form"
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": racing form":[],
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": show without substance":[],
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": the component of a thing that determines its kind":[],
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": the essential nature of a thing as distinguished from its matter: such as":[],
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": the past performance of a race horse":[],
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": the printing type or other matter arranged and secured in a chase ready for printing":[],
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": the resting place or nest of a hare":[],
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": the shape and structure of something as distinguished from its material":[
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"the building's massive form"
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],
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": the structural element, plan, or design of a work of art \u2014 compare content sense 2c":[],
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": to arrange in order : draw up":[
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"The battalion was formed into squares for all-around defense."
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],
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": to arrange themselves in":[
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"the dancers formed a line"
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],
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": to assume an inflection so as to produce (a form, such as a tense)":[
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"forms the past in -ed"
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],
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": to become formed or shaped":[
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"A clot was forming over the cut."
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],
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": to combine to make (a compound word)":[
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"\"motor\" and \"cycle\" form \"motorcycle\""
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],
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": to give a particular shape to : shape or mold into a certain state or after a particular model":[
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"form the dough into a ball",
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"a state formed along republican lines"
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],
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": to give form or shape to : fashion , construct":[
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"She formed the dough into balls."
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],
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": to model by instruction and discipline":[
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"a mind formed by classical education"
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],
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": to serve to make up or constitute : be an essential or basic element of":[
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"Bonds formed the bulk of his estate."
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],
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": to take form : come into existence : arise":[
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"Storm clouds were forming over the hills."
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],
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": to take on a definite form, shape, or arrangement":[
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"the platoon formed in columns"
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": to take up a formation next to":[]
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Coal is a form of carbon.",
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"a rare form of cancer",
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"a popular form of entertainment",
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"an ancient form of music",
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"the written form of the language",
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"a style of architecture that emphasizes form over function",
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"The shadowy forms of several people were visible through the smoke.",
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"Verb",
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"The friendship that they formed in school lasted a lifetime.",
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"Her early experiences played an important role in forming her personality.",
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"His ideas were not yet fully formed .",
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"The drug can help prevent blood clots from forming .",
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"Beads of sweat formed on his forehead.",
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"A plan was gradually forming in my mind.",
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"A plan was gradually forming itself in my mind.",
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"An angry crowd was forming in the streets.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Help has arrived in the form of new signings such as 22-year-old Serbian goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic and 20-year-old Colombian winger Dylan Borrero. \u2014 Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
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"The simplest solution to any and all workwear dilemmas is right in front of you in the form of a classic suit set. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
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"But the case may beg for a more nuanced outcome in the form of a ruling permitting both sides to sell NFTs based on ownership of certain copyrights. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
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"Often, that comes in the form of comments from white fans that her boisterous energy or manner of speaking somehow don\u2019t create a respectable-enough image. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
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"Critics are also comparing Amazon\u2019s demo to a popular episode of the sci-fi series Black Mirror, where a grieving wife recreates her dead husband in the form of a virtual assistant, and then robot. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 23 June 2022",
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"One app, Replika, learns to replicate a person in the form of a chatbot. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
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"The second will be conducted in the form of a live, in-market test in which Horizon will assess outcomes, or consumer reactions. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 23 June 2022",
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"Poison oak, either Pacific or Atlantic, is a native plant in the United States \u2013 primarily located in the Southeast and on the West Coast \u2013 in the form of a shrub with leaves of three. \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"All of your books form their own kind of universe centered around recurring themes, including bodies and water and storytelling. \u2014 Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
|
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"Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond \u2014 one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor (Jeremy Brett). \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
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"Every so often, an animal would infect a person, that person would spread the virus to some close contacts, and another minor outbreak would form , then fizzle out. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
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"Meteorologists from Colorado State University, among the nation's top hurricane forecasters, has predicted nine hurricanes would form this year. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
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"Moscow\u2019s claims, which could not be immediately verified, came a week after Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that Russia would form new military units in the west of the country in response to Sweden and Finland\u2019s bids to join NATO. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
|
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"Last week Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that Russia would form new military units in the country\u2019s west in response to Sweden and Finland\u2019s bids to join NATO. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 28 May 2022",
|
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"Last week, the House Agriculture Committee approved a bill that would form a special position at USDA to investigate allegations of antitrust practices within the meat and poultry processing industry. \u2014 Patrick Thomas, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
|
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"His nonfiction books on the subject, Homicide and The Corner (the latter written with former BPD detective Ed Burns), both inspired eponymous TV series and would form the basis of HBO\u2019s The Wire, which Simon created in collaboration with Burns. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French & Latin; French -forme , from Latin -formis , from forma":"Adjective combining form",
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"Middle English forme , from Anglo-French furme, forme , from Latin forma form, beauty":"Noun and Verb",
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"formic":"Combining form"
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"\u02c8f\u022f(\u0259)rm",
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"configuration",
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"geometry",
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"antonyms":[
|
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|
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"cotillion",
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"cotillon",
|
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|
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"hop",
|
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|
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|
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|
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],
|
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": characterized by punctilious respect for form : methodical":[
|
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"very formal in all his dealings"
|
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],
|
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": done in due or lawful form":[
|
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"a formal contract",
|
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"received formal recognition"
|
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],
|
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": following or according with established form, custom, or rule":[
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"lacked formal schooling",
|
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"a formal dinner party",
|
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"formal attire"
|
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],
|
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": having the appearance without the substance":[
|
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"formal Christians who go to church only at Easter"
|
|
],
|
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": molar entry 3":[],
|
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": relating to or involving the outward form, structure, relationships, or arrangement of elements rather than content":[
|
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"formal logic",
|
|
"a formal style of painting",
|
|
"a formal approach to comparative linguistics"
|
|
],
|
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": rigidly ceremonious : prim":[
|
|
"the ambience was overly formal , everyone but me was wearing a suit and tie",
|
|
"\u2014 James Suckling"
|
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|
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": something (such as a dance or a dress) formal in character":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"he asked her to the formal at the end of the year"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
|
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"1605, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Latin formalis , from forma":"Adjective and Noun",
|
|
"form ula + -al entry 1":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for formal Adjective (1) ceremonial , ceremonious , formal , conventional mean marked by attention to or adhering strictly to prescribed forms. ceremonial and ceremonious both imply strict attention to what is prescribed by custom or by ritual, but ceremonial applies to things that are associated with ceremonies a ceremonial offering , ceremonious to persons given to ceremony or to acts attended by ceremony. made his ceremonious entrance formal applies both to things prescribed by and to persons obedient to custom and may suggest stiff, restrained, or old-fashioned behavior. a formal report the headmaster's formal manner conventional implies accord with general custom and usage conventional courtesy and may suggest a stodgy lack of originality or independence. conventional fiction",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
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"ceremonious",
|
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"conventional",
|
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"orthodox",
|
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"regular",
|
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"routine"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222920",
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|
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|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"the interview was just a formality"
|
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],
|
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": compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony":[],
|
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": the quality or state of being formal":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Her use of old-fashioned language lends an air of formality to her writing.",
|
|
"He failed to appreciate the formality of the occasion.",
|
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"They haven't approved the loan yet, but that's just a mere formality .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Despite standing on a bit more formality than some of the other performers, even some of the string players could be seen getting up and dancing when Bell Biv DeVoe was on stage. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Signal the easing of formality or the kicking-up-of-the-fun by raising your hemline. \u2014 Marykate Boylan, Town & Country , 7 June 2022",
|
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"By the ninth, the lead had ballooned to 21-12 and the last three outs seemed a formality . \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"In the outside world, Howard said, some view graduation as an unexciting chore or formality . \u2014 Nick Anderson, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
|
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"IndyStar will continue to update this file as the rest of the Colts rookies sign their contracts, a development that has become mostly a formality under the current collective bargaining agreement\u2019s rookie wage scale. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"While the architecture spoke to formality , the decoration took a livable approach. \u2014 Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Then, warm-weather collections introduced platform sandal spin-offs for every moment and dress code: denim and raffia for weekday casual, mixed metallic leathers and lace-up accents for wedding invites or general formality . \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Where business thrives on risk, opinion and flexibility, science requires facts, patience and formality to operate at its best. \u2014 Borya Shakhnovich, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8ma-l\u0259-t\u0113"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"amenity",
|
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"attention",
|
|
"civility",
|
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"courtesy",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"politeness"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071533",
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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},
|
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"formalize":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to give a certain or definite form to : shape":[],
|
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": to give formal status or approval to":[],
|
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": to make formal":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"The company has formalized its hiring practices.",
|
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"Congress formalized the policy by making it law.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The decree issued Thursday appeared to formalize the restrictions placed on Hamzah\u2019s movements. \u2014 Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
|
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"China\u2019s National Development & Reform Commission on Saturday appeared to formalize those curbs after giving power plants approval to import coal without restrictions, except from Australia, according to a Global Times report. \u2014 Jason Scott, Bloomberg.com , 16 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"And companies are tackling this while still trying to formalize new hybrid work schedules, with some employees still fully remote and others in the office several days a week. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"These proposals, in some ways, formalize data inputs that have long been used by investors. \u2014 Shane Khan, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Amid unclear objectives and mounting Chinese pressure, Australia, India and the United States hesitated to formalize the dialogue. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"First imagine an interesting mechanism and then formalize a design around that mechanism using Kompas-3D. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The dynamic, communitarian version shut down in 2009, part of an effort by Berkeley to formalize the center and comply with federal regulations. \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"What was behind the initial decision to formalize and create the London Screenings? \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"homogenize",
|
|
"normalize",
|
|
"regularize",
|
|
"standardize"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195016",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"format":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a method of organizing data (as for storage)":[
|
|
"various file formats"
|
|
],
|
|
": general plan of organization, arrangement, or choice of material (as for a television show)":[],
|
|
": the shape, size, and general makeup (as of something printed)":[],
|
|
": to arrange (something, such as material to be printed or stored data) in a particular format":[],
|
|
": to prepare (something, such as a computer disk) for storing data in a particular format":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The journals are available in electronic format .",
|
|
"The file is saved in MP3 format .",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The book is formatted in several different styles.",
|
|
"The data was improperly formatted .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Other than that, Gates\u2019 style and format are fairly consistent with a typical recruiter\u2019s expectations. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"As in Season 1, one episode takes a big swing, messing with format and expectations. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"That hybrid format returns this summer as voters cast their ballots for primary candidates at the state, federal and some local levels, including the state\u2019s attorney races in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Chamberlain, who rose to YouTube fame in 2018 with her new spin on the vlog format , has 11.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 15.7 million followers on Instagram. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The mid-week regional game was unpopular and that format lasted just four seasons before it was switched to the current model for the 2001-02 season. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Proof was not issued on any other format , such as vinyl LP or cassette. \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"His abilities in that format would soon become marketable when Hall of Famer Craig Patrick created a summer league consisting of 3-on-3 hockey called 3ICE. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Animal Kingdom returns with a new name and shorter format . \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Podcasts, Orlando Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Oyenyin uses the acronym to help format the book, labeling chapters detailing her experiences with those key terms and highlighting lessons from those times in bold. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"Local school boards within the state and across the country are wrestling with how to format instruction related to race and gender that is both age-appropriate and congruent with family values. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, Hartford Courant , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"See this week\u2019s entry form or Style Conversational column for how to format your entry. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The question remains how Napier and his staff will format the spring game, given the varied approaches of previous coaches. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The show quickly set itself apart by capitalizing on its mystery to format as a thrilling psychodrama. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Will the Prep Challenges format differ from a regular high school or college game? \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"And there will be the traditional Stanley Cup playoffs format after a temporary realignment last year. \u2014 USA TODAY , 13 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Have your Recruiters prep the candidate on how to map experiences to answer interview questions in a Situation Task Action Result (STAR) format and give training recommendations on books, resources and more. \u2014 Returnships.org, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1964, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French or German; French, from German, from Latin formatus , past participle of formare to form, from forma":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccmat"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"arrangement",
|
|
"configuration",
|
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"conformation",
|
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"formation",
|
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"layout",
|
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"setout",
|
|
"setup"
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234311",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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"formation":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": an act of giving form or shape to something or of taking form : development":[],
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": something that is formed":[
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"new word formations"
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],
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": the manner in which a thing is formed : structure":[
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"the peculiar formation of the heart"
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],
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": a major kind of plant growth (such as forest, grassland, or tundra) characteristic of a broad ecological region":[],
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": any igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rock represented as a unit":[],
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": any sedimentary bed or consecutive series of beds sufficiently homogeneous or distinctive to be a unit":[],
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": an arrangement of a body or group of persons or things in some prescribed manner or for a particular purpose":[
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"flying in formation"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arrangement",
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"configuration",
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"conformation",
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"format",
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"layout",
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"setout",
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"setup"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"The book explains the formation of the planets.",
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"The soldiers were marching in formation .",
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"The team ran on the field and lined up in a punt formation .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To understand why business growth has been so hard, Inc And Go, a business formation consultancy, conducted a wide-ranging survey to delve into some of the challenges minorities face when starting and growing a company. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 23 June 2022",
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"At a murder mansion, a spirit box session goes amiss; in New Hampshire UFOs gather in an unusual formation ; a musical ghost plays the accordion in Russia. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
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"Think of how water freezes, with crystal formation snaking away in all directions. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 22 June 2022",
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"Alasdair Burns, who runs stargazing tour company Twinkle Dark Sky Tours on Stewart Island off of New Zealand\u2019s southern coast, was alerted to the cloud formation by a text message at around 7:27 p.m. local time on Sunday. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
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"Many users are calling creators out for potentially editing the videos, or recording them a week before their Botox (which is actually proven to reduce the appearance and formation of fine lines) kicks in. \u2014 Taylore Glynn, Allure , 21 June 2022",
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"This kind of evangelical formation does create a profound sense of entitlement, cosmic entitlement. \u2014 Alex Morris, Rolling Stone , 18 June 2022",
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"Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
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"Odds for the system diminished since Wednesday, which had previously had long-term formation chances up to 40%. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 17 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143843"
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},
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"formative":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonconstructive",
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"nonproductive",
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"unproductive"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": giving or capable of giving form : constructive":[
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"a formative influence"
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],
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": of, relating to, or characterized by formative effects or formation":[
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"formative years"
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],
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": the element (such as a suffix) in a word that serves to give the word appropriate form and is not part of the base":[],
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": used in word formation or inflection":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"This experience had a formative influence on his art.",
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"a teacher who was a formative influence on generations of students",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The coming-of-age pic is loosely based on Spielberg\u2019s formative years and his relationship with his parents. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
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"The 68-year-old suspect in a May mass shooting harbored resentment dating back to his formative years in Taiwan. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
|
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"The fourth season takes place in the spring of 1986 and follows the core group of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) and Will (Noah Schnapp) into their formative high school years. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 May 2022",
|
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"Now, these days, Baby and Johnny\u2019s slow dance-turned-slow love making would hardly garner a PG-13 rating, but for a girl in her formative years, watching that scene in the late \u201880s was something to behold. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
|
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"The release reflects yet more past endeavors, including her training in sculpture and a formative stint in theatrical puppetry. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
|
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"Exploring Europe at a formative age had a significant effect on McKee's way of thinking. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 25 May 2022",
|
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"Still alive at 86 (which many don\u2019t realize, since all the other formative rockers are gone), Lewis has now had seven wives, and many reckless years on drugs and alcohol. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 22 May 2022",
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"As one formative male figure slips from her world, Sandra makes space for another. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Any Hollywood star who has done a big movie \u2014 or at least one formative to their career \u2014 probably has taken a special prop or two from set. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 12 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"1816, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259t-iv",
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259-tiv"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"constructive",
|
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"productive"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005637",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
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"formed":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": organized in a way characteristic of living matter":[
|
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"mitochondria are formed bodies of the cell"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Impossible Foods is selling frozen packs of six pre- formed , quarter-pound patties for $13.99 at select grocery stores. \u2014 NBC News , 28 May 2021",
|
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"Pre- formed wire skeletons are included to help give you a jump start. \u2014 Meghan Kavanaugh, USA TODAY , 4 Nov. 2020"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1565, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frmd"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103015",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"former":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a member of a school form":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used in combination sixth former"
|
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],
|
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": coming before in time":[
|
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"She now appears like her former self."
|
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],
|
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": first in order of two or more things cited or understood":[
|
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"of the two given, the former spelling is more common",
|
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"of the two spellings, the former is more common"
|
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],
|
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": having been previously : onetime":[
|
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"a former athlete",
|
|
"her former husband"
|
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],
|
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": of, relating to, or occurring in the past":[
|
|
"former correspondence",
|
|
"restoring the theater to its former glory"
|
|
],
|
|
": one that forms":[],
|
|
": preceding in place or arrangement : foregoing":[
|
|
"the former part of the chapter"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"the coach is a former professional baseball player",
|
|
"the former manual had some errors, but the current version has its own problems",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Dennis Drabelle, a former contributing editor of Book World, is working on a book about the romance of Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane and medium Maggie Fox. \u2014 Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"In the same interview, Trump praised his former deputy chief of staff Tony Ornato and Secret Service agent Bobby Engel. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Ulin is a former book editor and book critic of The Times. \u2014 David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The Marion County Prosecutor's office brought the charges against Jones, former fire chief Randy Adams, fire chief Louis Lang and employee James Parham after IndyStar reported the concern over the conflict of interest in August of 2021. \u2014 Amelia Pak-harvey, The Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"By that time, Gaston chose to support Roberts, Bluffdale\u2019s former fire chief, in the mayor\u2019s race. \u2014 Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The new Spanish-language publication is scheduled to launch online in July 2022 with Editor-in-Chief Marcela Dobal, former Business Editor of El Pa\u00eds, at the helm. \u2014 Forbes Partner Releases, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"The city\u2019s former chief of staff, who authorized the tree to be removed and placed at Ladd-Peebles Stadium and decorated with Christmas ornaments, resigned a short time later. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Murphy said the committee welcomed the testimony from the agents and called on former Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, to testify under oath. \u2014 Isabelle Schmeler, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The former made a surprise appearance supporting his cousin during the last moments of the show, where the two artists rapped along to some of Baby Keem\u2019s songs. \u2014 Uvie Bikomo, Rolling Stone , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The former comes with six Xe-cores and six ray-tracing units. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"If Anything Happens \u2014 the former follows a gay Afghan refugee\u2019s journey to Europe as a teenager and the latter is about parents grieving the loss of a child killed in a school shooting \u2014 were not the easiest sales to publishers. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"It's been a close race between Kodi Smit-McPhee and Troy Kotsur, and more branch-hopping support for Dog versus CODA was thought to work in the former 's favor at one point. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The former seemed to rise up for a floater, but instead pushed a lob to the center, who threw it down. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Meanwhile, Maluma and Kardashian's ex Scott Disick started a fake argument over Twitter to promote the former 's latest music video. \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 9 July 2021",
|
|
"The former comes with 256 gigabytes of storage while the latter has 512 gigabytes, but both are foldable and include a full HD display. \u2014 Nina Huang, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2021",
|
|
"This 16-piece option comes with many of the same pieces that are included in the 15-piece set (the former comes with eight steak knives instead of six and two different paring knives over the 15-piece's honing steel). \u2014 Melissa Lee, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from forme first, from Old English forma \u2014 more at foremost":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for former Adjective preceding , antecedent , foregoing , previous , prior , former , anterior mean being before. preceding usually implies being immediately before in time or in place. the preceding sentence antecedent applies to order in time and may suggest a causal relation. conditions antecedent to the revolution foregoing applies chiefly to statements. the foregoing remarks previous and prior imply existing or occurring earlier, but prior often adds an implication of greater importance. a child from a previous marriage a prior obligation former implies always a definite comparison or contrast with something that is latter. the former name of the company anterior applies to position before or ahead of usually in space, sometimes in time or order. the anterior lobe of the brain",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"once",
|
|
"onetime",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"quondam",
|
|
"sometime",
|
|
"whilom"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100808",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formerly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": at an earlier time : previously":[],
|
|
": just before":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was formerly a congressman.",
|
|
"the newspaper formerly known as \u201cThe Newsprint\u201d",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Alijah Vera-Tucker, who had a standout rookie season at left guard, is moving to right guard to make way for free-agent signee Laken Tomlinson, formerly of San Francisco. \u2014 J.p. Pelzman, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Jaziah Smith, 20, formerly of Atwood Street, appeared in Hartford Superior Court on Wednesday morning. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Coley, formerly of Upper Marlboro, Md., is expected to appear before a D.C. Superior Court judge on Thursday on the new charges. \u2014 Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Yasmin Kaytmaz, formerly of Dr. Clark and The River, is another partner in this endeavor. \u2014 Roxanne Fequiere, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The restaurant, overseen by Greek chef Yiannis Kioroglou, formerly of La Petite Maison in Cannes, France, and St. Barts\u2019s La Gu\u00e9rite, marries classic Aegean and Mediterranean flavors. \u2014 Laura Neilson, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Kala, the first pop-up in the program, has given Dev \u2014 formerly of Destroyer and Vespertine \u2014 a place to sell whimsical, original and sustainability-minded pastries and deli-leaning savory dishes in the space. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Professor Julian Chambliss of Michigan State University ( formerly of Rollins College) has brought attention to Henderson and the Advocate (see advocaterecovered.org). \u2014 Orlando Sentinel , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"According to an announcement Thursday, Tweedy will play a headlining set Friday, Aug. 26 alongside Phil Lesh ( formerly of the Grateful Dead) and Nels Cline (also of Wilco). \u2014 Doug George, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259r-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"once",
|
|
"onetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044532",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formidable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": causing fear, dread, or apprehension":[
|
|
"a formidable prospect"
|
|
],
|
|
": having qualities that discourage approach or attack":[
|
|
"a formidable opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
": tending to inspire awe or wonder : impressive":[
|
|
"a formidable accomplishment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was known throughout Manchester as a formidable woman, and being educated had only piled more formidability on top of what she had been born with. \u2014 Edward P. Jones , The Known World , 2003",
|
|
"The technology was formidable : using two and a half million rivets, 300 steeplejacks working flat out would run it up in the space of two years \u2026 \u2014 Alistair Horne , Seven Ages of Paris , 2002",
|
|
"Alta is reached by a hairpin road that climbs steadily upward\u2014a ride of thirty minutes or so, depending on road and weather conditions\u2014through some of the most formidable mountain scenery in the country. \u2014 Cynthia Zarin , New Yorker , 23 Mar. 1992",
|
|
"The mountains were a formidable barrier.",
|
|
"He has mastered a formidable amount of material.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"That could be enough to win the weekend ahead of Top Gun: Maverick, which is doing formidable business in its fifth weekend, thanks to being rereleased in Imax and other premium screens. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 June 2022",
|
|
"But soon after, authorities began cracking down on their protests and arrested Oromo activists and leaders, some of whom had stood up as formidable opponents to Abiy\u2019s vision of a more centralized Ethiopia. \u2014 Abdi Latif Dahir, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"The once- formidable Warriors were dominating opponents, but not any longer. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"More than the once- formidable -now-woebegone New York Giants, which the 49ers also faced eight times in playoffs. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Shackelford, Jahvon Quinerly and freshman JD Davison form a still- formidable backcourt that will also include senior Keon Ellis. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 20 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Cousins continued his strong statistical play against the once- formidable Seattle defense. \u2014 Steve Silverman, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The dogs come in handy, as does Chase\u2019s own rusty but formidable aptitude for violence, when the government catches up to him and dispatches an assassin to his lovely suburban home. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"One other thing: The people are friendly and formidable , quick to flash a smile at friendliness \u2026 and just as quick to suck our teeth at foolishness \u2014 so mind your manners. \u2014 Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Latin formidabilis , from formidare to fear, from formido terror, bogey; akin to Greek morm\u014d bogey":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8mi-",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259-d\u0259-b\u0259l",
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8mi-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spine-chilling",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231922",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"shapen",
|
|
"structured"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having no physical existence":[],
|
|
": having no regular form or shape":[],
|
|
": lacking order or arrangement":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a formless mass of clay that the potter transformed into an attractive bowl",
|
|
"from this formless void the universe was supposed to have been created",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
|
|
"Previous projects saw the group\u2019s two rappers splitting mike time evenly, but, in keeping with this album\u2019s more formless nature, there is less emphasis on arrangement, or balance of any kind. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 21 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
|
|
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
|
|
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
|
|
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
|
|
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021",
|
|
"The sea was green, the formless dark blobs more visible than in the flat gray light of the previous day. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 24 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frm-l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amorphous",
|
|
"shapeless",
|
|
"unformed",
|
|
"unshaped",
|
|
"unstructured"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170554",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
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"Those projections prompted the department to evaluate the state tax withholding tables. In September, the department found the formulaic error that had apparently been there, undetected, for at least 15 years.",
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"\u2014 Kathryn Palmer"
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],
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": produced according to a formula or set of formulas : adhering to set forms or conventions":[
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"a formulaic response",
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"a movie with a formulaic plot",
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"\u2026 much of the will's language was formulaic , in accordance with Venetian customs.",
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"\u2014 Laurence Bergreen",
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"The film \u2026 uses simple, formulaic storytelling to spin the tale of Bella, a rescued pit bull who makes her way home after a two-year walkabout.",
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"\u2014 Katie Walsh"
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]
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},
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"1840, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"\u02ccf\u022fr-my\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-ik"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082603",
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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"formulate":{
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"definitions":{
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": devise":[
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"formulate a policy",
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"formulate a plan"
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],
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": to develop a formula for the preparation of (something, such as a soap or plastic)":[
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"a plastic specially formulated to resist high temperatures"
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],
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": to prepare according to a formula":[
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"formulate the vaccine against malaria"
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],
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": to put into a systematized statement or expression":[
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"formulate long-term goals"
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],
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": to reduce to or express in a formula":[
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"formulate the area of a rectangle"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a plastic specially formulated to resist high temperatures",
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"the doctor was trying to formulate a good way to tell her that she would need surgery",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Pyrotechnicians agree that the blue-violet shades of this peacock feather are the most challenging to formulate . \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2022",
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"The important thing is to formulate our new mind frames in a positive way. \u2014 Marc Aurel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"In June, 2020, the Israel Defense Forces established the Strategy and Third Circle Directorate, assigned to formulate a comprehensive view of the Iranian threat facing Israel in all its aspects. \u2014 Jonathan Spyer, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
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"Dove has worked hard to formulate the perfect lotion. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
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"Certainly, during the years that Natasha was formulating the makeup, which took her over five years to formulate , the idea of putting a lot of products on your acne or on your eczema was not ideal. \u2014 Essence , 21 May 2022",
|
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"The goal was to discuss and formulate innovative solutions to problems of homelessness, affordable housing, the housing shortage, NIMBYism and more. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"After World War II, however, policymakers began to formulate some of the first international conventions to protect cultural heritage in conflict zones. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The first stage of setting up this type of program is to formulate a strategy, which will often include collecting basic customer data. \u2014 Elie Y. Katz, Forbes , 9 June 2022"
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],
|
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"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-my\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"articulate",
|
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"clothe",
|
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"couch",
|
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"express",
|
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"phrase",
|
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"put",
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"say",
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"state",
|
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"word"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223724",
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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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"formulation":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an act or the product of formulating":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"his letter was a very accurate formulation of his thoughts on the matter",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"California\u2019s Air Resource Board, for example, maintains a raft of requirements applying to the specific formulation that gas producers and importers can sell in the state, applying strict rules to chemicals like benzene, formaldehyde and sulfur. \u2014 Adrian Blanco, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Serving size for either formulation is two gummies. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The formulation delivers antibacterial effects without burning or stinging and relieves dryness, Lab analysis found. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Novavax is currently conducting research to see if an omicron-specific vaccine or a shot that protects against both the original strain and omicron would be more protective than the current formulation . \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"The vegan formulation is chemical free and 100% reef safe \u2014 and also provides good moisturization for dry skin. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Such gasoline is processed with additives that reduce carbon buildup and is tested by an independent group to verify the formulation . \u2014 Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"After months of design and formulation , Davy finalised her beauty brand, Half Magic, which ships to the UK. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Right now, all COVID-19 vaccines being administered are first-generation vaccines, meaning the original formulation offered to health care providers in late 2020 is still in use for each one, Dr. Adalja says. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 5 May 2022"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1873, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u022fr-my\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulation",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"statement",
|
|
"utterance",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
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"voice",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215348",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"formulator":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": devise":[
|
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"formulate a policy",
|
|
"formulate a plan"
|
|
],
|
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": to develop a formula for the preparation of (something, such as a soap or plastic)":[
|
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"a plastic specially formulated to resist high temperatures"
|
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],
|
|
": to prepare according to a formula":[
|
|
"formulate the vaccine against malaria"
|
|
],
|
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": to put into a systematized statement or expression":[
|
|
"formulate long-term goals"
|
|
],
|
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": to reduce to or express in a formula":[
|
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"formulate the area of a rectangle"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a plastic specially formulated to resist high temperatures",
|
|
"the doctor was trying to formulate a good way to tell her that she would need surgery",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Pyrotechnicians agree that the blue-violet shades of this peacock feather are the most challenging to formulate . \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The important thing is to formulate our new mind frames in a positive way. \u2014 Marc Aurel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"In June, 2020, the Israel Defense Forces established the Strategy and Third Circle Directorate, assigned to formulate a comprehensive view of the Iranian threat facing Israel in all its aspects. \u2014 Jonathan Spyer, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Dove has worked hard to formulate the perfect lotion. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Certainly, during the years that Natasha was formulating the makeup, which took her over five years to formulate , the idea of putting a lot of products on your acne or on your eczema was not ideal. \u2014 Essence , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"The goal was to discuss and formulate innovative solutions to problems of homelessness, affordable housing, the housing shortage, NIMBYism and more. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"After World War II, however, policymakers began to formulate some of the first international conventions to protect cultural heritage in conflict zones. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The first stage of setting up this type of program is to formulate a strategy, which will often include collecting basic customer data. \u2014 Elie Y. Katz, Forbes , 9 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-my\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"articulate",
|
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"clothe",
|
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"couch",
|
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"express",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"put",
|
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"say",
|
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"state",
|
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"word"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165808",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forritsome":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": bold , impudent , forward":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"forrit + -some":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-ts\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202640",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"fors":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of fors plural of for"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-120934",
|
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"type":[]
|
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},
|
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"forsake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaim"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to renounce or turn away from entirely":[
|
|
"friends have forsaken her",
|
|
"forsook the theater for politics"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Afterwards, Russia\u2019s larger warships had to forsake shore-bombardment missions targeting the area around Odessa and pulled further back in the Black Sea to avoid the surveillance/strike range of Ukraine\u2019s coastal missiles. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Persevere in the faith, cast off all fear and keep your heart strong; God will never forsake you. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Unlike her husband Allen, who is willing to forsake his brothers to lead a more modern life in line with Brenda's upbringing, she's unabashedly attracted to his family name. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Like other immigrant groups that forsake tenements for suburbs, Greeks visit the old neighborhood propelled by an unquenchable taste for its old-country customs. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But many of these films appear to be biased, lacking in nuance or based on shaky science, encouraging viewers to make radical changes to their diets \u2014 like give up sugar, go keto or forsake animal products \u2014 in order to achieve true health. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"When travel opportunities and open venues were lacking during the first wave of COVID-19, Diamond didn\u2019t forsake his music. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"While there are ways and room to improve, Kleiman does not want to forsake short-term success for long-term goals. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The Ravens boast the NFL\u2019s best defense against the run, which could cause McVay to forsake balance and focus on exploiting what is the league\u2019s worst defense against the pass. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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|
|
"Middle English, from Old English forsacan , from for- + sacan to dispute; akin to Old English sacu action at law \u2014 more at sake":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-",
|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8s\u0101k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forsake abandon , desert , forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection. abandoned children desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence. a deserted town forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers. a forsaken lover",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"maroon",
|
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"quit",
|
|
"strand"
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaim"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
"forsook the theater for politics"
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Afterwards, Russia\u2019s larger warships had to forsake shore-bombardment missions targeting the area around Odessa and pulled further back in the Black Sea to avoid the surveillance/strike range of Ukraine\u2019s coastal missiles. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Persevere in the faith, cast off all fear and keep your heart strong; God will never forsake you. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Unlike her husband Allen, who is willing to forsake his brothers to lead a more modern life in line with Brenda's upbringing, she's unabashedly attracted to his family name. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Like other immigrant groups that forsake tenements for suburbs, Greeks visit the old neighborhood propelled by an unquenchable taste for its old-country customs. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But many of these films appear to be biased, lacking in nuance or based on shaky science, encouraging viewers to make radical changes to their diets \u2014 like give up sugar, go keto or forsake animal products \u2014 in order to achieve true health. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"When travel opportunities and open venues were lacking during the first wave of COVID-19, Diamond didn\u2019t forsake his music. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"While there are ways and room to improve, Kleiman does not want to forsake short-term success for long-term goals. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The Ravens boast the NFL\u2019s best defense against the run, which could cause McVay to forsake balance and focus on exploiting what is the league\u2019s worst defense against the pass. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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|
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|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Old English forsacan , from for- + sacan to dispute; akin to Old English sacu action at law \u2014 more at sake":""
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"f\u0259r-\u02c8s\u0101k",
|
|
"f\u022fr-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forsake abandon , desert , forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection. abandoned children desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence. a deserted town forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers. a forsaken lover",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
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"maroon",
|
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"quit",
|
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"strand"
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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|
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": one that forsakes":[]
|
|
},
|
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|
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from forsaken to forsake + -er":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-k\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200808",
|
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|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forsaking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaim"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to renounce or turn away from entirely":[
|
|
"friends have forsaken her",
|
|
"forsook the theater for politics"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Afterwards, Russia\u2019s larger warships had to forsake shore-bombardment missions targeting the area around Odessa and pulled further back in the Black Sea to avoid the surveillance/strike range of Ukraine\u2019s coastal missiles. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Persevere in the faith, cast off all fear and keep your heart strong; God will never forsake you. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Unlike her husband Allen, who is willing to forsake his brothers to lead a more modern life in line with Brenda's upbringing, she's unabashedly attracted to his family name. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Like other immigrant groups that forsake tenements for suburbs, Greeks visit the old neighborhood propelled by an unquenchable taste for its old-country customs. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But many of these films appear to be biased, lacking in nuance or based on shaky science, encouraging viewers to make radical changes to their diets \u2014 like give up sugar, go keto or forsake animal products \u2014 in order to achieve true health. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"When travel opportunities and open venues were lacking during the first wave of COVID-19, Diamond didn\u2019t forsake his music. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"While there are ways and room to improve, Kleiman does not want to forsake short-term success for long-term goals. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The Ravens boast the NFL\u2019s best defense against the run, which could cause McVay to forsake balance and focus on exploiting what is the league\u2019s worst defense against the pass. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English forsacan , from for- + sacan to dispute; akin to Old English sacu action at law \u2014 more at sake":""
|
|
},
|
|
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|
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8s\u0101k",
|
|
"f\u022fr-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forsake abandon , desert , forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection. abandoned children desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence. a deserted town forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers. a forsaken lover",
|
|
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|
|
"abandon",
|
|
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|
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|
|
"maroon",
|
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|
|
"strand"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234754",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": and perhaps it will please (us) one day to remember these things":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u022fr-\u02ccs\u00e4n-\u02ccet-\u02c8h\u012bk-\u02cc\u014d-lim-\u02ccme-mi-\u02c8ni-se-yu\u0307-\u02c8w\u00e4-bit"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091915",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"Latin quotation from Virgil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"forsooth":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": in truth : indeed":[
|
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"\u2014 often used to imply contempt or doubt"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"forsooth , the rumor is true: this lovely lass and I are getting married!",
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"you're getting married without a penny to your name\u2014a pretty story forsooth !"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English for soth , from Old English fors\u014dth , from for + s\u014dth sooth":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u0259r-\u02c8s\u00fcth"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"actually",
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"admittedly",
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"frankly",
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"honestly",
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"indeed",
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"really",
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"truly",
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"truthfully",
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"verily"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040857",
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"forswear":{
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"antonyms":[
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"adhere (to)"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to deny under oath":[],
|
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": to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath":[],
|
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": to reject or renounce under oath":[],
|
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": to renounce earnestly":[],
|
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": to swear falsely":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"She forswore her allegiance to the old regime.",
|
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"He foreswore cigarettes as his New Year's resolution.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Kremlin has demanded that NATO pull back from Eastern Europe and forswear the addition of potential new members such as Ukraine. \u2014 William Mauldin, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"Zelensky\u2019s alternative may be to pursue a ceasefire deal with Putin that could require Ukraine to forswear future NATO membership, among other bitter concessions. \u2014 Steve Coll, The New Yorker , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Ukraine has refused to forswear its right to join the NATO military alliance, a proposition Putin has described as a red line. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Neither Washington nor Kyiv is ready to forswear Ukraine\u2019s sovereign right to choose its alliances. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The West\u2019s failure to live up to that agreement, in this argument, is the real cause of the crisis now gripping Europe as Mr. Putin demands that NATO forswear membership for Ukraine as the price of calling off a potential invasion. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Jan. 2022",
|
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"McCarthy's refusal to forswear his relationship with Trump and his decision to repair it is the latest troubling sign that vast swaths of the Republican Party have turned their backs on the standards and obligations of democracy. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 July 2021",
|
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"And, perhaps most important, the U.S. should press Egypt and Qatar to use their leverage to rein in Hamas and force Palestinians to hold new elections and unify their leadership with candidates who forswear violence against Israelis. \u2014 Star Tribune , 6 July 2021",
|
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"The rule of law is vital to free and fair elections, and Mr. Trump is right not to forswear his legal options. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 Sep. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English forsweren , from Old English forswerian , from for- + swerian to swear":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u014dr-\u02c8swar",
|
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8swer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forswear abjure , renounce , forswear , recant , retract mean to withdraw one's word or professed belief. abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath. abjured the errors of his former faith renounce may carry the meaning of disclaim or disown. renounced abstract art and turned to portrait painting forswear may add an implication of perjury or betrayal. I cannot forswear my principles recant stresses the withdrawing or denying of something professed or taught. if they recant they will be spared retract applies to the withdrawing of a promise, an offer, or an accusation. the newspaper had to retract the story",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
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"abnegate",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030330",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forsworn":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": guilty of perjury":[],
|
|
": marked by perjury":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8sw\u022frn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032201",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a permanent army post":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used in place names"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"They captured the fort after a long battle.",
|
|
"a series of forts along the frontier",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Build a stick fort in our outdoor space or watch the changing scenes in the Cloud Theater. \u2014 Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The rallies have been largely peaceful, though clashes in January left one protester dead and hundreds injured after demonstrators broke through police barricades to storm a historic fort in Delhi. \u2014 Biswajeet Banerjee, ajc , 4 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"One of the most popular activities at Fort Adams State Park is taking a 2.5-mile walk around the fort and soaking in the stunning views of Newport Harbor. \u2014 Sam Dangremond, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Another altar found in 1914 confirmed that the fort had been called Vindolanda. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Why the Spot Is Awesome: Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine is the oldest masonry fort in the United States. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"This small but critical fort at the gateway to Abu Dhabi's main island was erected in the late 18th century using basic materials such as coral stones, beach rock and sand and its tower would guard and protect Abu Dhabi for many years to come. \u2014 Melanie Swan, CNN , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Then, head to the parade field inside the walls of the 19th-century fort , where about 30 local and regional breweries will be waiting to pour you a cold one. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"This sandbox is great for toddlers and bigger kids who want more of a fort -style vibe. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forte , from Anglo-French fort , from fort , adjective, strong, from Latin fortis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frt"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"citadel",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fortification",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225632",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fort royal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a fort of great magnitude":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"fort entry 1 + royal (adjective)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083522",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forte":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a musical tone or passage played loudly":[],
|
|
": loud":[
|
|
"\u2014 used as a direction in music violins played the passage forte"
|
|
],
|
|
": one's strong point":[],
|
|
": the part of a sword or foil blade that is between the middle and the hilt and that is the strongest part of the blade":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"Emily's particular forte was desserts, and most dinner parties ended with three desserts. \u2014 Anne Sinkler Whaley LeClercq , An Antebellum Plantation Household , 1996",
|
|
"Even during Picasso's youthful figurative stages, stark realism was never his forte \u2026 \u2014 Patricia Corbett , Connoisseur , July 1988",
|
|
"Though his forte was never the novel but the novella, he paid the rent by grinding out novel after novel \u2026 \u2014 Hugh Kenner , A Sinking Island , (1987) 1988"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1759, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1648, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1724, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French fort , from fort , adjective, strong":"Noun",
|
|
"Italian, from forte strong, from Latin fortis":"Adverb or adjective and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-t\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cct\u0101",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"long suit",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"strong suit",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023102",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb or adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forte-piano":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an early form of the piano originating in the 18th and early 19th centuries and having a smaller range and softer timbre than a modern piano":[],
|
|
": loud then immediately soft":[
|
|
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The concert is performed by eight PBO musicians and features a replica of Mozart\u2019s own fortepiano . \u2014 oregonlive , 30 June 2021",
|
|
"In both the latter two pieces, Richman, usually seen here as a harpsichordist, proved no less nimble at the fortepiano (as early pianos are called these days). \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 16 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"The Bach Society is also offering chamber music concerts at the Aldredge House on Swiss Avenue, including a Nov. 14 program of early Beethoven works, with Richman playing a replica of a 1785 fortepiano . \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 30 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Belle Bulwinkle, fortepiano ; Cynthia K. Black, violin; David Morris, cello. \u2014 Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2018",
|
|
"Andr\u00e1s Schiff has recorded revelatory Schubert on the fortepiano ; Carolin Widmann and D\u00e9nes V\u00e1rjon made a ferociously potent disk of the Schumann violin sonatas. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 25 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Find more information and book tickets at www.velocityartssf.com 8 Get your Beethoven fix A 19th-century Viennese fortepiano , first-edition sonatas \u2014 and even a lock of the great master\u2019s hair? \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 29 July 2019",
|
|
"Tao did, however, take advantage of the modern piano\u2019s wider dynamic range than the fortepiano that Mozart used, at times surging out in an almost demonic fashion. \u2014 Ken Jacques, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2019",
|
|
"Meglioranza will perform the song cycle Feb. 18 accompanied by David Breitman on a model of an 1819-era fortepiano at the Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake. \u2014 Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun , 7 Feb. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1771, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1823, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French or Italian; French, from Italian, from forte loud + piano soft":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u022fr-\u02cct\u0101-p\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
|
|
"also -\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u022fr-t\u0113-",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u022fr-\u02cct\u0101-p\u0113-\u02c8a-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112209",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb or adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortemente":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": strongly , loudly":[
|
|
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Italian, from forte , adjective":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6f\u022frt\u0259\u00a6men\u2027(\u02cc)t\u0101"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012444",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortepianist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a fortepiano player":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224047",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": away , abroad":[],
|
|
": forth from : out of":[],
|
|
": onward in time, place, or order : forward":[
|
|
"from that day forth"
|
|
],
|
|
": out into notice or view":[
|
|
"put forth leaves",
|
|
"lava bursting forth from the volcano"
|
|
],
|
|
"river 116 miles (187 kilometers) long in south central Scotland flowing east into the":[
|
|
"Firth of Forth , an estuary 48 miles (77 kilometers) long that is an inlet of the North Sea"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"a flow of lava bursting forth from the earth",
|
|
"The snow is gone and the flowers are ready to spring forth .",
|
|
"He went forth to spread the news.",
|
|
"She stretched forth her hands in prayer.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
|
"Councilmembers Scott Tuma, Michael Gallagher and Sunny Simon are expected to bring forth their 20 proposals as part of the controversial $66 million funds split evenly between the council\u2019s 11 members at a Tuesday meeting. \u2014 Lucas Daprile, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"So what that does is, that these differences also cause very different dynamics in each of the markets\u2014in terms of competition, in terms of cooperation, in terms of how the fintechs have worked with the banks, and so on and so forth . \u2014 Carlos Mureithi, Quartz , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Day dresses would be more modest, with no bare chests on display\u2026 And so on, and so forth . \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"And Just Like That\u2026, the concerning trend of celebrities wearing pantaboots, and so on and so forth . \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Now, in a post-expansion age, the NHL is a much different league with a salary cap, an effective players\u2019 union, parity and so forth . \u2014 Michael Arace, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"To use the site, students provide their demographic and academic information \u2013 including ethnicity, socioeconomic status, test scores, and so forth . \u2014 Frederick Hess, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Music, beer, bourbon, travel, family, food, vacations, trip reports, cars, movies, TV, books, pets and so forth . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"An example of this: An Aries rising will have their first house ruled by Aries, second house ruled by Taurus, and so forth . \u2014 Glamour , 27 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
|
|
"circa 1575, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English for":"Adverb and Preposition"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"onward",
|
|
"onwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164405",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forth of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": out from : out of":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074348",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forth on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": onward , forthwith":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from forth entry 1 + on (adverb)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182817",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forthcoming":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"late",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being about to appear or to be produced or made available":[
|
|
"the forthcoming holidays",
|
|
"your forthcoming novel",
|
|
"funds are forthcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
": characterized by openness, candidness, and forthrightness (see forthright entry 1 sense 1 )":[
|
|
"not forthcoming about his memories of medical school",
|
|
"\u2014 Mark Kramer"
|
|
],
|
|
": responsive , outgoing":[
|
|
"a forthcoming and courteous man"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was more forthcoming about his past than they expected.",
|
|
"She has been less than forthcoming about her involvement in the scandal.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Remote off-site comings together are indelible opportunities to exchange creative ideas, find inspiration for forthcoming and existing projects and build the kind of trust that only face-to-face interactions can. \u2014 Tracey Sawyer, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"This sketch illustrates the form of a forthcoming Red Bull track-only hypercar. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"In the forthcoming feature, Ferrell is said to be playing the CEO of a toy company, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which cited sources. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"The song is the second one Sawayama has released from her forthcoming sophomore release, Hold the Girl, which is due Sept. 2 via Dirty Hit. \u2014 Marisa Whitaker, SPIN , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Brad Snyder, author of a forthcoming biography of Felix Frankfurter, who served on the court from 1939 to 1962, suggested that liberals should rethink their views. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"The breezy, sentimental collaboration with the BTS superstar comes off Puth\u2019s forthcoming album Charlie, scheduled for release some time this year. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The track was first teased on June 9, when Puth confirmed the forthcoming collaboration by issuing a call of arms. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The Kautz-Uible Cryptoeconomics Lab, the first lab to be named in the college's forthcoming 180,000-square-foot Digital Futures building, opens this fall. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022"
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"circa 1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"obsolete forthcome to come forth":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022frth-",
|
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"f\u022frth-\u02c8k\u0259-mi\u014b"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"approaching",
|
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"coming",
|
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"imminent",
|
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"impending",
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"nearing",
|
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"oncoming",
|
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"pending",
|
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"proximate",
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"upcoming"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215846",
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]
|
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},
|
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"forthink":{
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"definitions":{
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": to have a change of mind or a feeling of regret":[]
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},
|
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"Middle English forthinken, forthenken to regret, repent, displease, be displeased; partly from for- + thinken to seem; partly from Old English forthencan to mistrust, despise, despair, from for- + thencan to think":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u0259r\u02c8thi\u014bk"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"type":[
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]
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},
|
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|
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": an act of putting forth":[
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"his determined forthputting of effort"
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],
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": bold , forward":[],
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": forward or aggressive conduct":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"forth entry 1 + putting , gerund of put":"Noun",
|
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"forth entry 1 + putting , present participle of put":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\""
|
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],
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061407",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"dissembling",
|
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"uncandid",
|
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"unforthcoming"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
": free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point":[
|
|
"a forthright critic",
|
|
"was forthright in appraising the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
": notably simple in style or quality":[
|
|
"forthright furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
": proceeding straight on":[],
|
|
": without hesitation : frankly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"she sometimes was a little too forthright for her own good and ended up saying things that inadvertently offended people",
|
|
"I appreciate your forthright explanation of the situation.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"No, Reginald Hargreeves was always up to something and while Klaus fell for the guy's act fully and completely, Five always had a sneaking suspicion that even this new version of his dad wasn't being forthright . \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Most of Eastern Europe has led the way with weapons shipments to Kyiv and forthright denouncements of Putin. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Saint\u2019s take on her source material is serious and forthright . \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"While some contenders were easily accessible and forthright , others were not. \u2014 Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"But Diwan\u2019s film is less harrowing for its depictions of physical suffering than for its forthright exploration of Anne\u2019s emotional desolation. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Waters is this person, intriguing, ruminant and honest, hilarious but forthright . \u2014 Daniel Scheffler, SPIN , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Officials hadn\u2019t been forthright enough about the limitations of their intelligence, went the criticism. \u2014 James Harkin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But as the years have gone by, and the spotlight has grown ever more intense, stars with a forthright political outlook have recognized the night as a forum to share their principles and fundamental beliefs through clothing. \u2014 Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1606, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adverb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English forthriht , from forth + riht right":"Adverb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frth-\u02ccr\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
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|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"out-front",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"up-front"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010501",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"uncandid",
|
|
"unforthcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"a forthright critic",
|
|
"was forthright in appraising the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
": notably simple in style or quality":[
|
|
"forthright furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
": proceeding straight on":[],
|
|
": without hesitation : frankly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"she sometimes was a little too forthright for her own good and ended up saying things that inadvertently offended people",
|
|
"I appreciate your forthright explanation of the situation.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"No, Reginald Hargreeves was always up to something and while Klaus fell for the guy's act fully and completely, Five always had a sneaking suspicion that even this new version of his dad wasn't being forthright . \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Most of Eastern Europe has led the way with weapons shipments to Kyiv and forthright denouncements of Putin. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Saint\u2019s take on her source material is serious and forthright . \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"While some contenders were easily accessible and forthright , others were not. \u2014 Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"But Diwan\u2019s film is less harrowing for its depictions of physical suffering than for its forthright exploration of Anne\u2019s emotional desolation. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Waters is this person, intriguing, ruminant and honest, hilarious but forthright . \u2014 Daniel Scheffler, SPIN , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Officials hadn\u2019t been forthright enough about the limitations of their intelligence, went the criticism. \u2014 James Harkin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But as the years have gone by, and the spotlight has grown ever more intense, stars with a forthright political outlook have recognized the night as a forum to share their principles and fundamental beliefs through clothing. \u2014 Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
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|
|
"1606, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adverb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"Middle English, from Old English forthriht , from forth + riht right":"Adverb"
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frth-\u02ccr\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
"free-spoken",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"out-front",
|
|
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|
|
"plain",
|
|
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|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
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"unreserved",
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"up-front"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"uncandid",
|
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"unforthcoming"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"a forthright critic",
|
|
"was forthright in appraising the problem"
|
|
],
|
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": notably simple in style or quality":[
|
|
"forthright furniture"
|
|
],
|
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|
|
": without hesitation : frankly":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"she sometimes was a little too forthright for her own good and ended up saying things that inadvertently offended people",
|
|
"I appreciate your forthright explanation of the situation.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"No, Reginald Hargreeves was always up to something and while Klaus fell for the guy's act fully and completely, Five always had a sneaking suspicion that even this new version of his dad wasn't being forthright . \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Most of Eastern Europe has led the way with weapons shipments to Kyiv and forthright denouncements of Putin. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Saint\u2019s take on her source material is serious and forthright . \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"While some contenders were easily accessible and forthright , others were not. \u2014 Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"But Diwan\u2019s film is less harrowing for its depictions of physical suffering than for its forthright exploration of Anne\u2019s emotional desolation. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Waters is this person, intriguing, ruminant and honest, hilarious but forthright . \u2014 Daniel Scheffler, SPIN , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Officials hadn\u2019t been forthright enough about the limitations of their intelligence, went the criticism. \u2014 James Harkin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But as the years have gone by, and the spotlight has grown ever more intense, stars with a forthright political outlook have recognized the night as a forum to share their principles and fundamental beliefs through clothing. \u2014 Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adverb",
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"Middle English, from Old English forthriht , from forth + riht right":"Adverb"
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frth-\u02ccr\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"up-front"
|
|
],
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an exhibition or setting forth":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"forth entry 1 + setting , gerund of set":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001033",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forthtell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to make public : publish":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"forth entry 1 + tell":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021914",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forthward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": forward":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English forthweard forward, continually, henceforth, from forth entry 1 + -weard -ward":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014drthw\u0259rd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173220",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forthwith":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": without any delay : immediately sense 1":[
|
|
"I heard it give a peculiar thick cry, and forthwith another of these creatures appeared darkly in the deep shadow of the aperture.",
|
|
"\u2014 H. G. Wells",
|
|
"The Creeks claimed him as of their own blood, and instinctively felt that he was their only possible ruler. He was forthwith chosen to be their head chief.",
|
|
"\u2014 Theodore Roosevelt",
|
|
"\u2026 the Ministry of Magic has revised its decision to destroy your wand forthwith . You may retain your wand until your disciplinary hearing on 12th August, at which time an official decision will be taken.",
|
|
"\u2014 J. K. Rowling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The court ordered the company to cease operations forthwith .",
|
|
"if the fire alarm rings, leave the building forthwith",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"On September 21st the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, declared that the model of railway privatisation that Britain has followed for the past two and a half decades had stopped working, and would end forthwith . \u2014 The Economist , 26 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Our new-ish national nightmare continues, so forthwith here is the latest edition of the New Normal, a (sorta) lighthearted roundup of news-you-can-use and other tidbits in the time of epidemic. \u2014 Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com , 23 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"What is already clear is that the Sussexes intend forthwith to redraw the lines of engagement with the press. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Take the Green New Deal resolution and put it to a vote forthwith on the House and Senate floor. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2019",
|
|
"The General Secretary would like a recording of the performance and is sending men over to retrieve it forthwith . \u2014 Christopher Orr, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Everybody like Brennan, like Clapper, like McCabe who have demonstrated their partisanship should be stripped of their clearances forthwith . \u2014 Fox News , 17 Aug. 2018",
|
|
"Take the Green New Deal resolution and put it to a vote forthwith on the House and Senate floor. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2019",
|
|
"But more than a few viewers will nonetheless chuckle in grim amusement and resolve to liquidate their own social-media profiles forthwith . \u2014 Justin Chang, latimes.com , 22 Mar. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022frth-\u02c8wit\u035fh",
|
|
"-\u02c8with",
|
|
"(\u02cc)f\u022frth-\u02c8with",
|
|
"also -\u02c8wit\u035fh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"incontinently",
|
|
"instantaneously",
|
|
"instanter",
|
|
"instantly",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"PDQ",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right away",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"right off",
|
|
"straight off",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163002",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortification":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an act or process of fortifying":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They began the fortification and reconstruction of the city.",
|
|
"defenders at the border fortifications preparing for an attack",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The researchers, who announced their findings last week, were able to map a massive fortification of walls, storage facilities and an industrial complex. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Some of the discoveries include a fortification complete with towers and walls and a storage building multiple stories tall. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"In the 14th century, Edward III turned Windsor Castle from a military fortification to a Gothic palace. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Sahoglu and his colleagues excavated a part of \u00c7e\u015fme-Ba\u011flararas\u0131 not far from a massive stone fortification . \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Among the buildings found were an industrial complex, a fortification with a wall and towers, and a multi-story storage building. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Baxter of California Daily Fortifying Shampoo for Men Oftentimes, thick hair needs extra fortification . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The Azovstal steel plant is facing heavy shelling, as Ukraine\u2019s troops have entrenched themselves there, using it as a fortification to try and repel Russian attacks. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Those arrested were charged with throwing stones, firing fireworks, assaulting police officers, violent fortification , violent rioting and disturbing public order, according to the police. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
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|
|
"\u02ccf\u022fr-t\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"citadel",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104610",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
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": enriched (as with vitamins or minerals) so that nutritional value is improved":[
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"fortified milk"
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],
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": having the alcohol content increased by the addition of distilled grape spirits during fermentation":[
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"Since Port is a fortified wine, it is fermented to about 5 percent alcohol, then brandy is added to arrive at a level of 20 percent alcohol.",
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"\u2014 James Suckling"
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],
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": improved or enhanced through the addition of one or more ingredients: such as":[],
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": made stronger or more secure":[
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"a fortified city",
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"fortified bridges"
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"examples":[],
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"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd"
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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"fortified wine":{
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"antonyms":[],
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": a wine (such as sherry) to which alcohol usually in the form of grape brandy has been added during or after fermentation":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This 5 year old whisky from the Cotswolds distillery was matured in a single ex-Madeira fortified wine cask. \u2014 Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"Much like how a sea voyage turns plain old fortified wine into Madeira, flying deepens and melds the muffuletta\u2019s flavors, turning a superior sandwich into a phenomenon. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 10 June 2022",
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"While contents of a trifle can vary, the layered dessert is traditionally made with sponge fingers soaked in sherry or another fortified wine . \u2014 Amy Perrette, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
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"To preserve the integrity of this wood that fosters all the color and the flavors, the wood is allowed to air-dry naturally for one year before being shipped to Jerez, the Spanish region famous for producing sherry, a fortified wine . \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 27 Mar. 2022",
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"On the fortified front, Berry explained that sherry, a fortified wine made from white grapes from Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, are an ideal match for marinated and stewed foods like those from North Africa. \u2014 Amelia Goe, The Arizona Republic , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Madeira is another fortified wine , from the Portuguese island of that name. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
|
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"This specific release hails from Glendullan, and consists of whiskies that were reracked into two ex-Madeira fortified wine barriques for 14 years before bottling. \u2014 Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
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"Port dominated the fortified wine category with eight of the nineteen Gold medalists. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 19 May 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083422",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fortify":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to add distilled grape spirits to (wine) during fermentation to increase the alcohol content":[
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"\u2026 both the red and white versions we get in this country have been American-made-from California wine fortified with a touch of brandy.",
|
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"\u2014 Jim Nelson"
|
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],
|
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": to add mental or moral strength to : encourage":[
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"fortified by prayer",
|
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"fortified by early successes"
|
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],
|
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": to enrich (food) by adding ingredients (such as vitamins or minerals) to improve the nutritional value":[
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"\u2026 make sure any soy milk you buy is fortified with vitamin D, an essential nutrient for bone health.",
|
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"\u2014 Selene Yeager"
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],
|
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": to erect fortifications":[],
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": to give physical strength, courage, or endurance to":[
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"fortified by a hearty meal"
|
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],
|
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": to make strong: such as":[],
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": to strengthen and secure (a place, such as a town) by forts or batteries":[
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"a city fortified by high walls"
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],
|
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": to strengthen or enhance by the addition of some substance or ingredient: such as":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"fortify a city against attack",
|
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"a city fortified by high walls",
|
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"Support for his theories has been fortified by the results of these experiments.",
|
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"He took a deep breath to fortify himself before stepping onto the stage.",
|
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"milk fortified with vitamin D",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Ridling established the Strengthen Alabama Homes program to provide grants of up to $10,000 to Alabama residents to fortify their homes to help protect against severe weather. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
|
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"But Western arms brokers and Ukrainian officials said Russia is often outbidding Ukraine for these supplies and hastening to fortify its own dwindling weapons stores. \u2014 Brett Forrest, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
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"But the Russians have had weeks to fortify their positions in the south, even with the bulk of their forces concentrated along a 75-mile front in eastern Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
|
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"Still, hospitals sometimes must pay temp agencies hundreds of dollars an hour to fortify their ranks. \u2014 Lauren Coleman-lochner, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
|
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"These ingredients repair and fortify the skin to turn back the clock on your complexion. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Guardians ownership had drawn criticism this offseason for not spending on free agents or working a trade to fortify the club\u2019s mediocre offense. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
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"While the Pentagon has relied heavily on the U.S. Army to fortify security in Eastern Europe and would probably rely on the Navy and Air Force in the Pacific, there is more overlap than people realize, Colby said. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
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"To fortify that flank, the Pentagon has sent more than 5,000 additional troops as well as Patriot surface-to-air missile batteries to Poland, more than doubling the number of U.S. military personnel in the country. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 26 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English fortifien , from Anglo-French fortifier , from Late Latin fortificare , from Latin fortis strong":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"brace",
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"forearm",
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"nerve",
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"poise",
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"psych (up)",
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"ready",
|
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"steel",
|
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"strengthen"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044851",
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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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"fortitude":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"spinelessness"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": strength":[],
|
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": strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"\u2026 everyone in the family was succored by Elizabeth's fortitude and steadfastness. \u2014 Nicholas Fox Weber , The Clarks Of Cooperstown , 2007",
|
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"But now Frum, by having the fortitude to revisit that bizarre era, has half-persuaded me that the '70s, a partial negation of the '60s, in one way, were a partial confirmation of them in another. \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Civilization , April/May 2000",
|
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"He learned that war was a hurly-burly of violence in which men prevailed through imagination and the fortitude to struggle on despite reverses. \u2014 Neil Sheehan , A Bright Shining Lie , 1988",
|
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"She has endured disappointments with fortitude and patience.",
|
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"it was only with the greatest fortitude that the Pilgrims were able to survive their first winter in Plymouth",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"But this cycle has been a test of his fortitude and patience. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Over 35,000 Instagram posts use the hashtag #thestoics alongside images of people around the world taking on the discomfort of cold, winter water and finding fortitude in the process. \u2014 Anna Brones, Outside Online , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Survivalism puts us deep into our animal states, away from the seeming luxuries of fiscal fortitude to be able to rest and reflect. \u2014 Alex Wagner, SPIN , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Still, more than two years into a grinding pandemic, the need to dip into even deeper reserves of fortitude can be taxing in itself. \u2014 Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But Bernard kept it close, and Campbell gave them the lead, and Riley closed it out in a remarkable show of fortitude . \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
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"This is the turning point when fitness became thin, hard, and estimable\u2014a sign of moral and mental fortitude \u2014and softness became its opposite. \u2014 Kelsey Miller, SELF , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
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"This season has reached absurdity and it\u2019s a combination of circumstance, questionable coaching decisions and a lack of mental fortitude by a team that seems unfazed by these excruciating losses. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"It\u2019s about time that Survivor realized that physical strength isn\u2019t the only type of fortitude . \u2014 Joseph Longo, Vulture , 17 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Latin fortitudin-, fortitudo , from fortis \u2014 see fortify":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-t\u0259-\u02cct\u00fcd",
|
|
"-\u02ccty\u00fcd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"grittiness",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"intestinal fortitude",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"spunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212528",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boys built a snow fortress and then challenged the neighborhood kids to an in-your-face snowball fight",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The last scene where the Kent family is on a boat watching the new fortress rise up was so gorgeous. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Syrian rebels fired heavy-calibre shells at the enormous fortress back in November 2012 but missed. \u2014 Paul Iddon, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The Montenegro Film Festival takes place in Herceg Novi during the first week of August when the 400-year-old Kanli Kula fortress becomes an amphitheater showcasing domestic and international films. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"The six-bedroom concrete and stucco fortress with high, barrel vault ceilings is only a 10-minute walk from Ravello\u2019s center square. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Boothe, like so many others, is captivated by the stone fortress , resting on an acre-wide rocky outcrop that was leveled by dynamite during construction. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The magnificent fortress stands in stark contrast to the tiny 800-square-foot apartment Putin claims in his official 2020 financial disclosure. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The closed-loop fortress worked; COVID-19 did not explode and run rampant through the Games. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The Two Towers, which included a lengthy battle sequence taking place at the fortress . \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English forteresse , from Anglo-French fortelesce, forteresse , from Medieval Latin fortalitia , from Latin fortis strong":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-tr\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"citadel",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortification",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093225",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortuitism":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the doctrine or belief that evolutionary adaptations and progress are chance results rather than determined consequences of natural law or the outcome of teleology \u2014 compare tychism":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"fortuit ous + -ism":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259(r)-",
|
|
"-)\u2027\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
|
|
"f\u022f(r)\u02c8t\u00fc\u0259\u02cctiz\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165856",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortuitist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a believer in fortuitism":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"fortuit ous + -ist":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u00fc\u0259t\u0259\u0307st",
|
|
"-\u00fc\u0259t\u0259\u0307-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132503",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortuitous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hapless",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"luckless",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unlucky"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": coming or happening by a lucky chance":[
|
|
"belted down the stairs, and there was a fortuitous train",
|
|
"\u2014 Doris Lessing"
|
|
],
|
|
": fortunate , lucky":[
|
|
"from a cost standpoint, the company's timing is fortuitous",
|
|
"\u2014 Business Week"
|
|
],
|
|
": occurring by chance":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\u2026 the intensification of competition on the job market has only exacerbated our class anxiety, as hiring seems all the more uncertain if not fortuitous. \u2014 Jeffrey J. Williams , College English , November 2003",
|
|
"\u2026 he is a brilliant candidate not despite his anti-intellectualism but because of it. He has stumbled upon a fortuitous moment in which the political culture, tired of wonks and pointy-heads and ideologues, yearns instead for a candidate unburdened by, or even hostile to, ideas. \u2014 Jonathan Chait , New Republic , 20 Dec. 1999",
|
|
"Her $170, 000 bid on what is now Matanzas Creek's vineyard was accepted. The south-facing slope was a fortuitous find \u2026 its worth more than 10 times as much today. \u2014 Jeff Morgan , Wine Spectator , 15 May 1996",
|
|
"His presence there was entirely fortuitous .",
|
|
"You could not have arrived at a more fortuitous time.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Forrest\u2019s tendency to ignore guidance would later prove fortuitous . \u2014 David Jeans, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Mozart\u2019s clarinet works \u2014 the Concerto and Quintet chief among them \u2014 all owe their genesis to Anton Stadler, a clarinet virtuoso whose friendship with Mozart proved especially fortuitous . \u2014 Lukas Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"That Delta Kream and its short run even happened was fortuitous . \u2014 Daniel Kohn, SPIN , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Fest in Chicago proved fortuitous : Ye was booked as a surprise guest. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The decision appeared fortuitous when Jackson delivered the ball to tight end Mark Andrews, who was wide open in the right flat. \u2014 Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"But if two popular bloggers were photographed together in seemingly fortuitous but highly coordinated outfits and both of them shared those images, they were seen by twice as many eyeballs. \u2014 Jacey Duprie, The Week , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"The Moon in your community-minded 11th house and fortuitous Jupiter in your passionate 5th house are waltzing into a potent opposition together. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"That was particularly fortuitous on this trip because Santa Teresa has plenty of fabulous boutiques. \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin fortuitus ; akin to Latin fort-, fors chance \u2014 more at fortune entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259r-",
|
|
"-\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8t\u00fc-\u0259-t\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fortuitous accidental , fortuitous , casual , contingent mean not amenable to planning or prediction. accidental stresses chance. any resemblance to actual persons is entirely accidental fortuitous so strongly suggests chance that it often connotes entire absence of cause. a series of fortuitous events casual stresses lack of real or apparent premeditation or intent. a casual encounter with a stranger contingent suggests possibility of happening but stresses uncertainty and dependence on other future events for existence or occurrence. the contingent effects of the proposed law",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fluky",
|
|
"flukey",
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"heaven-sent",
|
|
"lucky",
|
|
"providential"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231759",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortuity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a chance event or occurrence":[],
|
|
": the quality or state of being fortuitous":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity . \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 13 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Billy was born in 1910 in a Lower East Side tenement and raised as a teenager in Bayside, Queens, in what seemed like an age of infinite fortuity . \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1747, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u022fr-\u02c8t\u00fc-\u0259-t\u0113",
|
|
"f\u0259r-",
|
|
"-\u02c8ty\u00fc-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115330",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortunate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hapless",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"luckless",
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unlucky"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain : auspicious":[
|
|
"made a fortunate investment"
|
|
],
|
|
": receiving some unexpected good":[
|
|
"How fortunate we are to get such a nice room!"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"How fortunate we were to find that restaurant!",
|
|
"We should try to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Of course, my African roots are fundamental to me, and the fact that my parents were fortunate enough to come here to America to make a better life for us. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"But this is easier said than done, especially if your organization is fortunate enough to have subject matter experts (SMEs) that are excited about creating content and want to generate multiple pieces per year for their area of expertise. \u2014 Wendy Covey, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
|
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"To be fortunate enough to have a really good first band like H\u00fcsker D\u00fc to get up on a stage and get on the road and travel with, that was amazing. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 22 May 2022",
|
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"Parents who haven\u2019t been fortunate enough to amass a college fund are increasingly shouldering those costs as debt. \u2014 cleveland , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"According to Blue Zones, the people living in Okinawa are fortunate enough to have extremely low rates of cancer, heart disease, and dementia compared to Americans. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 8 May 2022",
|
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"Those who loved him and were fortunate enough to share his orbit knew a person who was sweet, sensitive, surprisingly shy and filled with a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"But even when people are fortunate enough to secure a lease at all, the cost of rent in our city has become a severe financial burden for our most vulnerable families. \u2014 Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"About 70% of children in America are fortunate enough to be raised in households with two parents, so many of them don\u2019t need a village. \u2014 Dylan Rush, The Arizona Republic , 9 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259-",
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259-n\u0259t",
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"\u02c8f\u022frch-n\u0259t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fortunate lucky , fortunate , happy , providential mean meeting with unforeseen success. lucky stresses the agency of chance in bringing about a favorable result. won because of a lucky bounce fortunate suggests being rewarded beyond one's deserts. fortunate in my investments happy combines the implications of lucky and fortunate with stress on being blessed. a series of happy accidents providential more definitely implies the help or intervention of a higher power. a providential change in the weather",
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"synonyms":[
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"fluky",
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"flukey",
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"fortuitous",
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"happy",
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"heaven-sent",
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"lucky",
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"providential"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110633",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fortunateness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"hapless",
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"ill-fated",
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"ill-starred",
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"luckless",
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"star-crossed",
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"unfortunate",
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"unhappy",
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"unlucky"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain : auspicious":[
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"made a fortunate investment"
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],
|
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": receiving some unexpected good":[
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"How fortunate we are to get such a nice room!"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"How fortunate we were to find that restaurant!",
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"We should try to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Of course, my African roots are fundamental to me, and the fact that my parents were fortunate enough to come here to America to make a better life for us. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 23 May 2022",
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"But this is easier said than done, especially if your organization is fortunate enough to have subject matter experts (SMEs) that are excited about creating content and want to generate multiple pieces per year for their area of expertise. \u2014 Wendy Covey, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
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"To be fortunate enough to have a really good first band like H\u00fcsker D\u00fc to get up on a stage and get on the road and travel with, that was amazing. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 22 May 2022",
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"Parents who haven\u2019t been fortunate enough to amass a college fund are increasingly shouldering those costs as debt. \u2014 cleveland , 14 May 2022",
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"According to Blue Zones, the people living in Okinawa are fortunate enough to have extremely low rates of cancer, heart disease, and dementia compared to Americans. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 8 May 2022",
|
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"Those who loved him and were fortunate enough to share his orbit knew a person who was sweet, sensitive, surprisingly shy and filled with a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"But even when people are fortunate enough to secure a lease at all, the cost of rent in our city has become a severe financial burden for our most vulnerable families. \u2014 Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
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"About 70% of children in America are fortunate enough to be raised in households with two parents, so many of them don\u2019t need a village. \u2014 Dylan Rush, The Arizona Republic , 9 Mar. 2022"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022frch-n\u0259t",
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259-n\u0259t",
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259-"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fortunate lucky , fortunate , happy , providential mean meeting with unforeseen success. lucky stresses the agency of chance in bringing about a favorable result. won because of a lucky bounce fortunate suggests being rewarded beyond one's deserts. fortunate in my investments happy combines the implications of lucky and fortunate with stress on being blessed. a series of happy accidents providential more definitely implies the help or intervention of a higher power. a providential change in the weather",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"fluky",
|
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"flukey",
|
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"fortuitous",
|
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"happy",
|
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"heaven-sent",
|
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"lucky",
|
|
"providential"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111040",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fortune":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably":[
|
|
"a country favored by fortune"
|
|
],
|
|
": a store of material possessions":[
|
|
"the family fortune"
|
|
],
|
|
": a very large sum of money":[
|
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"spent a fortune redecorating"
|
|
],
|
|
": accident , incident":[],
|
|
": happen , chance":[],
|
|
": luck sense 1":[],
|
|
": prosperity attained partly through luck : success":[
|
|
"fortune attended the general's campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
": riches , wealth":[
|
|
"a man of fortune"
|
|
],
|
|
": the turns and courses of luck accompanying one's progress (as through life)":[
|
|
"her fortunes varied but she never gave up"
|
|
],
|
|
": to endow with a fortune":[],
|
|
": to give good or bad fortune to":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"He hoped to achieve fame and fortune .",
|
|
"They had the good fortune to escape injury when their car crashed.",
|
|
"The book follows the fortunes of two families through the years.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Del Vecchio rose from a childhood in an orphanage to amass a fortune of tens of billions of euros in one of the most famous rags-to-riches stories in Italy\u2019s post-war economic recovery. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Lee, one of a trio of billionaires with fortunes tied to Xinyi Solar and Xinyi Glass, has a fortune estimated at $3.8 billion on the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List today. \u2014 Russell Flannery, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"Though statistics lack clarity, what is obvious is that monied real estate and tech interests dumped a fortune into short-circuiting San Francisco\u2019s election process. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"As a developer, Hern\u00e1ndez would amass a fortune reported at $100 million, constructing at least a third of the houses in Piedecuesta. \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Some importers will make a fortune bringing in everything from jeans to iPhones to spare engine parts, but the country will become much more self-contained. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Some importers will make a fortune bringing in everything from jeans to iPhones to spare engine parts, but the country will become much more self-contained. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Some importers will make a fortune bringing in everything from jeans to iPhones to spare engine parts, but the country will become much more self-contained. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Another Black businessman, J.B. Stradford, had a fortune twice as large, per the report. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 1 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fortuna ; akin to Latin fort-, fors chance, luck, and perhaps to ferre to carry \u2014 more at bear":"Noun and Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"future"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034816",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortune-teller":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one that professes to foretell future events":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1590, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-ch\u0259n-\u02ccte-l\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"diviner",
|
|
"forecaster",
|
|
"foreseer",
|
|
"foreteller",
|
|
"futurist",
|
|
"prognosticator",
|
|
"prophesier",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"seer",
|
|
"soothsayer",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053012",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun or adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forty winks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a short sleep : nap":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Each aircraft is equipped with just 76 full-flat sleeper seats that come fitted with a plush mattress topper for forty winks . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 25 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1828, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182543",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forty-fifth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being number 45 in a countable series":[
|
|
"the forty-fifth day"
|
|
],
|
|
": being one of 45 equal parts into which something is divisible":[
|
|
"a forty-fifth share of the money"
|
|
],
|
|
": number 45 in a countable series":[],
|
|
": the quotient of a unit divided by 45 : one of 45 equal parts of something":[
|
|
"one forty-fifth of the total"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 see Table of Numbers":[
|
|
"the forty-fifth day"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203136",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forty-first":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being number 41 in a countable series":[
|
|
"the forty-first day"
|
|
],
|
|
": being one of 41 equal parts into which something is divisible":[
|
|
"a forty-first share of the money"
|
|
],
|
|
": number 41 in a countable series":[],
|
|
": the quotient of a unit divided by 41 : one of 41 equal parts of something":[
|
|
"one forty-first of the total"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 see Table of Numbers":[
|
|
"the forty-first day"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195228",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forty-five":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a .45 caliber handgun":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually written .45"
|
|
],
|
|
": a number that is five more than 40 \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
|
|
": a phonograph record designed to be played at 45 revolutions per minute":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually written 45"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u022fr-t\u0113-\u02c8f\u012bv"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194744",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"pronoun, plural in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forty-five?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=f&file=forty_01":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a .45 caliber handgun":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually written .45"
|
|
],
|
|
": a number that is five more than 40 \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
|
|
": a phonograph record designed to be played at 45 revolutions per minute":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually written 45"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u022fr-t\u0113-\u02c8f\u012bv"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184653",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"pronoun, plural in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forty-four":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": 44 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated":[
|
|
"forty-four are here",
|
|
"forty-four were found"
|
|
],
|
|
": 44 units or objects":[
|
|
"a total of forty-four"
|
|
],
|
|
": a 44 caliber pistol":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually written .44"
|
|
],
|
|
": a group or set of 44":[],
|
|
": being one more than 43 in number":[
|
|
"forty-four years"
|
|
],
|
|
": four and 40 : four times 11":[],
|
|
": the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 44":[],
|
|
"\u2014 see Table of Numbers":[
|
|
"forty-four years"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184459",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"pronoun, plural in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forum":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a judicial body or assembly : court":[],
|
|
": a medium (such as a newspaper or online service) of open discussion or expression of ideas":[],
|
|
": a program (as on radio or television) involving discussion of a problem usually by several authorities":[],
|
|
": a public meeting or lecture involving audience discussion":[
|
|
"The town has scheduled a public forum to discuss the proposal."
|
|
],
|
|
": a public meeting place for open discussion":[
|
|
"The club provides a forum for people interested in local history."
|
|
],
|
|
": the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Forums were held to determine how to handle the situation.",
|
|
"The town has scheduled a public forum to discuss the proposal.",
|
|
"The club provides a forum for people who share an interest in local history.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"McDow and her attorneys say that amounts to a violation of her free-speech rights because Reinbold was acting as a member of the state government, in a public forum , and discriminated against McDow because of her viewpoint. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The group held a public forum exploring the relationship between Russia and Ukraine in February. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Wednesday's rulings mean that, at least for now, Gruden's lawsuit against the NFL will march onward in a public forum rather than behind closed doors in arbitration. \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"The transactions are happening in a public online forum open to viewers almost anywhere on the planet. \u2014 Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Wright at a public forum in Little Rock last week was asked about diversity, equity and inclusion. \u2014 Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But battles of ideas can never be won by those who refuse to fight them in a public forum . \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The tactic has been used in a few other states, including Massachusetts, Delaware and Rhode Island, although typically the conversations are held in a public forum . \u2014 Ginny Monk, courant.com , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In urging funding for police departments in such a public forum , Biden is clearly hoping that rank-and-file Democrats follow his lead in advance of the 2022 elections. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 2 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin; akin to Latin foris outside, fores door \u2014 more at door":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0259m",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d-r\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"panel",
|
|
"panel discussion",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"symposium"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062040",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"forth",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"onward",
|
|
"onwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a player who plays at the front the team's formation near the opponent's goal":[
|
|
"a forward in hockey"
|
|
],
|
|
": advocating an advanced policy in the direction of what is considered progress":[
|
|
"a firm forward policy"
|
|
],
|
|
": extreme , radical":[
|
|
"on the forward fringe of conservatism"
|
|
],
|
|
": lacking modesty or reserve : brash":[
|
|
"Poorly disciplined children are often distressingly forward ."
|
|
],
|
|
": near, being at, or belonging to the forepart":[
|
|
"the forward section of the main deck"
|
|
],
|
|
": notably advanced or developed : precocious":[
|
|
"The child is very forward at walking."
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or getting ready for the future":[
|
|
"forward buying of produce"
|
|
],
|
|
": situated in advance":[
|
|
"Baggage is carried in the forward cars of the train."
|
|
],
|
|
": strongly inclined : ready":[
|
|
"always forward to criticize his neighbors"
|
|
],
|
|
": to help onward : promote":[
|
|
"forwarded his friend's career"
|
|
],
|
|
": to or toward what is ahead or in front":[
|
|
"from that time forward",
|
|
"moved slowly forward"
|
|
],
|
|
": to send forward : transmit":[
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"will forward the goods on receipt of your check"
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],
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": to send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit":[
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"forward mail"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"the forward deck of a boat",
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"the forward movement of history",
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"a very forward young woman",
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"Adverb",
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"Her long hair fell forward as she bent to tie her shoes.",
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"He pushed the throttle forward .",
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"She took a small step forward .",
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"The narrative moves backward and forward in time.",
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"The technology has taken a big step forward .",
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"Verb",
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"Your letter will be forwarded to the appropriate department.",
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"Please forward my mail to my new address.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Founded by Nikki and Brody Day who are parents to four young children - the duo created practical parenting goods with a fashion- forward touch. \u2014 Tiffany Leigh, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
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"Jimmy Fallon came out with a best-selling, father- forward picture book, Your Baby\u2019s First Word Will Be DADA. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
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"Upstairs, on the fourth floor, Oroya offers flavors from another corner of the Latin world \u2014 Peruvian fish dishes and Pisco- forward beverages by chef Diego Mu\u00f1oz. \u2014 Brandon Presser, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2022",
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"Liverpool gets striker: Liverpool has taken another of Portugal\u2019s best players to strengthen its forward line, with Uruguay striker Darwin Nu\u00f1ez completing his move from Benfica for an initial fee of $78 million. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2022",
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"In the selloff of December 2018, during the Fed\u2019s most recent previous rate-raising cycle, the S&P 500\u2019s forward multiple fell as low as 13.8. \u2014 Nick Timiraos, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
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"By noon, the forward rate of spread was halted, and half the crews were released from the blaze, officials said. \u2014 Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
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"For comparison, over the past five years, the S&P 500\u2019s forward price-to-earnings ratio averaged roughly 18.6, but looking back over a ten-year period, stocks are trading roughly in line with the norm of 16.9. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
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"Their sister restaurant, Broadway Bistro is another great handout that sources local ingredients for a comfort- forward American menu. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"Tin Machine II was a small step forward , their collaborative chemistry gelling on a more emotional set of songs, but the band would soon split after another commercial and critical failure. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 25 June 2022",
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"Entrepreneurs responding to setbacks with a can-do spirit and a determination to move forward . \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
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"Money is in the budget to also move forward with converting some one-way streets to two-way routes, widening a portion of River Road and redesigning major thoroughfares like Ninth Street and Broadway. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
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"While some people can readily overcome trauma and move forward in their lives, others may have a more difficult time, as the trauma can be so overwhelming for them and their lives may get derailed. \u2014 Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
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"Instead, Goodell said confidentiality was promised to ensure victims would step forward in the investigation. \u2014 Safid Deen, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
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"To me, that is a waste of time and does nothing to move you forward as a program. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
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"Advocates and lawmakers agree the bill is a significant step forward at a time when many state lawmakers are looking to limit access to transition care among trans youth and adults. \u2014 Anne Branigin, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
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"Making housing vouchers an entitlement would be a huge step forward , Banks said. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The first step was to bring his case to a regional outpost of the Office of Mental Health, where a local committee would decide whether to forward it to a second committee, which can authorize kids to be placed in residential treatment facilities. \u2014 ProPublica , 9 June 2022",
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"Teachers will net the full $1,000, and the state will forward an extra $200 to school districts to cover benefits. \u2014 al , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Michigan State Police are investigating the incident and will forward their findings to Chris Becker, Kent County prosecutor, who will consider if charges should be filed. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"In addition, a group within a community will only be able to forward messages to one group at a time, rather than five, which is the current limit. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Hollander informed Sprinkel about the call and the text messages and offered to forward them to Sprinkel. \u2014 Thomas Lake, CNN , 19 Mar. 2022",
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"Hartenstein won\u2019t play Wednesday; neither will forward Nicolas Batum (ankle). \u2014 Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
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"Some states, including California and Michigan, adopted the same definitions as the CDC, giving facilities the option for state officials to forward their data to the CDC instead of submitting twice. \u2014 Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"The Bears lost consecutive home games for the first time since 2015-16, then injuries began piling up, including a gruesome leg injury to forward Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Jake Daniels, a forward for Blackpool, is the first openly gay active male professional soccer player in England in 30 years. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
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"During that stretch, Dieng flashed his upside while getting more opportunities to initiate as a point- forward , averaging 1.01 points per possession -- an increase from 0.57 points per possession in the first half of the season. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
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"Beauchamp would give Memphis more size, length and athleticism on the wing as a forward who could make a killing running alongside Ja Morant. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
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"Will teams be willing risk using significant financial resources on a forward who has played in four games since NBA bubble action concluded? \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
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"Devin Davis is a forward from Indianapolis who played collegiately at Indiana and Houston. \u2014 Adam Baum, The Enquirer , 17 June 2022",
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"Biederman, a forward from Franklin, took one shot on the night. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
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"Juh\u00e1sz, a forward , had fractured her wrist during the NCAA Tournament. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 24 May 2022",
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"The Bulls still haven\u2019t been able to develop 2020 draft pick Marko Simonovi\u0107, a 6-foot-11 Serbian forward who spent most of the season with the Windy City roster. \u2014 Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune , 21 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English foreweard , from fore- + -weard -ward":"Adjective, Adverb, Verb, and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rd",
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"Southern also \u02c8f\u00e4r-",
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"also \u02c8f\u014d-",
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"or \u02c8f\u022f-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for forward Verb advance , promote , forward , further mean to help (someone or something) to move ahead. advance stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end. advance the cause of peace promote suggests an encouraging or fostering and may denote an increase in status or rank. a campaign to promote better health forward implies an impetus forcing something ahead. a wage increase would forward productivity further suggests a removing of obstacles in the way of a desired advance. used the marriage to further his career",
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"synonyms":[
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"bold",
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"familiar",
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"free",
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"immodest",
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"overfamiliar",
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"presuming",
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"presumptuous"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222533",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"forward exchange":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a draft or other form of foreign exchange to be delivered at a specified future date":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182822",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"forward masking":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": masking (see masking entry 1 sense 2c ) of one stimulus by the occurrence of another stimulus right before it":[
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"Forward masking is a form of temporal inhibition in which a loud sound suppresses the response to subsequent sounds \u2026",
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"\u2014 Erik C. Sobel and David W. Tank , Science , 11 Feb. 1994",
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"Some investigators have reported that people with hearing loss exhibit more forward masking than would be predicted based on the test results of normal-hearing individuals.",
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"\u2014 Vishakha W. Rawool , The Hearing Review , June 2006"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1965, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035003",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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]
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},
|
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"forward observer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": an observer operating with front-line troops who is trained and equipped to adjust supporting artillery fire":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135858",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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]
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},
|
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"forward of":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": in a position that is ahead of (something) : in front of (something)":[
|
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"The valves are located just forward of the fuel tanks."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073547",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
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]
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},
|
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"forward of the beam":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a ship's relative bearing of less than 90 or more than 270 degrees":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170929",
|
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"type":[]
|
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},
|
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"forward pass":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a pass (as in football) made in the direction of the opponent's goal":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Heisman the coach was a vanguard in shaping the sport, credited for the forward pass development, breaking the game into quarters and many other novel changes. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 24 Apr. 2021",
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"That also doesn\u2019t include a 30-yard pass from wide receiver Joe Walker to tight end Ryan O\u2019Malley for a touchdown, after Walker caught a forward pass from Patterson behind the line for the first double-pass in USFL history. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 21 May 2022",
|
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"This approach facilitated legalizing the forward pass and creating a sudden-death overtime. \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
|
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"Shortly after, a dramatic rule change \u2014 the legalization of the forward pass \u2014 helped reduce violence. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The Wolverines adapted well in the first year of the legal forward pass , beating Illinois, 28-9, to tie 3-0 Wisconsin and 2-0 Minnesota atop the conference. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 5 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Your father\u2019s high school coach, who believed the forward pass was invented by hippie subversives, may have approved of the punts, but all three were mistakes, according to the EdjSports model. \u2014 Mike Tanier, New York Times , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Much of it was letters and communications that helped change the sport of football, including information about incorporating the forward pass in the 1900s. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 25 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The forward pass was still a decade from its debut. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 22 Nov. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202502",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"forward play":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": batting in cricket in which the batsman steps forward and plays the ball near or forward of the popping crease":[
|
|
"\u2014 contrasted with back play"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164520",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"forward-looker":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": one that looks to the future especially for improvement of the world and man : visionary":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174015",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"forward-looking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"improvident",
|
|
"myopic",
|
|
"shortsighted"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": concerned with or planning for the future":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1800, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rd-\u02cclu\u0307-ki\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farseeing",
|
|
"farsighted",
|
|
"forehanded",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"prescient",
|
|
"proactive",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221348",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forward-thinking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": thinking about and planning for the future : forward-looking":[
|
|
"a forward-thinking company"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162121",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forwarder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"And in November, Maersk bought Senator International, a freight forwarder that helps its clients book space on cargo planes. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Expeditors is the world\u2019s sixth largest freight forwarder \u2014a middleman that helps businesses book space on trucks, container ships, and cargo planes. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Caitlin Murphy, the chief executive of Global Gateway Logistics, a freight forwarder , said small businesses in particular had been harmed by shipping practices during the pandemic, including when alliances have skipped less profitable ports. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Chinese cargo already is taking longer than ever to move from the factory gate to its port of departure, almost three times as long as before the pandemic, according to data from Flexport, a freight forwarder based in San Francisco. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Kunis and Kutcher have matched $3 million for the fundraiser, which will benefit freight forwarder Flexport and vacation rental company Airbnb, according to the couple. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In November 2021, Maersk bought the freight forwarder Senator International. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Freight is taking longer than ever to cross the Pacific, with goods requiring an average of 113 days to travel from Chinese factory gates to American hands, according to data from Flexport, a freight forwarder . \u2014 David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Expeditors is the second big freight forwarder to be hacked in recent months. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 23 Feb. 2022"
|
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],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1549, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"also \u02c8f\u014d-",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259r-d\u0259r",
|
|
"Southern also \u02c8f\u00e4r-",
|
|
"or \u02c8f\u022f-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193734",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forwarding address":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an address to be used for a person who moves to a different place so that any mail addressed to that person's old address can be sent on to him or her":[
|
|
"She didn't leave a forwarding address ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175041",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"forwards":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": forward":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"for every step that her campaign takes forwards , it seems to take two backwards",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The Raptors have too many quality forwards and not enough playing time to go around. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022",
|
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"The Sixers need to add more switchable forwards to stand a chance against the Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors in the East. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
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"As a rule, though, soccer\u2019s journey over the last 10 years has been away from what might be termed focal point forwards . \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"These five players are widely considered the five best forwards available. \u2014 cleveland , 16 June 2022",
|
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"The Vladinator dominated forwards throughout the playoffs. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"From there, Rising had its two outside backs \u2014 including Baboucarr Njie, who is inexperienced as a defender \u2014 left to mark three Birmingham forwards . \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Less about formation and tactics and more about putting in the effort to get back and in the right positions, the Thorns must defend better in transition and not allow Angel City\u2019s talented forwards to break off for scores on the counter. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
|
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"The assessments says brigade and battalion commanders likely deploy forwards into harm\u2019s way because they are held to an uncompromising level of responsibility for their units\u2019 performance. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 30 May 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rdz"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"ahead",
|
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"along",
|
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"forth",
|
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"forward",
|
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"on",
|
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"onward",
|
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"onwards"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212622",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"forwarn":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": forbid , prohibit":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English forwernen , from Old English forwiernan , from for- + wiernan to forbid":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u0259r\u02c8w\u022f(\u0259)rn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204634",
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"forwaste":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to lay waste : make desolate":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"for- + waste":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192826",
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"forwearied":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": exhausted":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English forweried , from for- + weried , past participle of werien to weary":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u0259(r)\u02c8wir\u0113d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-155402",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
|
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},
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"for\u00e7at":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a convict in France condemned to imprisonment with hard labor or formerly to the galleys":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from Italian forzato , from past participle of forzare to force, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin fortiare":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u022frs\u0227"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094513",
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"foshagite":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a mineral Ca 5 Si 3 O 10 (OH) 2 .2H 2 O consisting of a basic hydrous calcium silicate":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"William F. Foshag \u20201956 American geologist + English -ite":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014dsh\u0259\u02ccg\u012bt"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125853",
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"foss":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": ditch , moat":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the first line of defense is a water-filled fosse that enemy troops would have to cross"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English fosse, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin fossa \"ditch, trench,\" noun derivative from feminine of fossus, past participle of fodere \"to jab, dig\" \u2014 more at fossil entry 1":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u00e4s"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"dike",
|
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"ditch",
|
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"gutter",
|
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"sheugh",
|
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"trench",
|
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"trough"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011136",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fossa":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a slender, long-tailed, carnivorous mammal ( Cryptoprocta ferox of the family Eupleridae) of Madagascar that has retractile claws, usually reddish-brown or sometimes black, short, thick fur, and anal scent glands":[
|
|
"The fossa evolved on the catless island of Madagascar, where it became the ecological equivalent of a cat. With nothing else around to fill the role, the fossa became a sort of mini-leopard, hunting lemurs and other small animals in the forest at night.",
|
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"\u2014 Fiona Sunquist"
|
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],
|
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": an anatomical pit, groove, or depression":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1733, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1838, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from French, borrowed from Malagasy fosa":"Noun",
|
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin, going back to Latin, \"ditch, trench,\" noun derivative from feminine of fossus, past participle of fodere \"to jab, dig\" \u2014 more at fossil entry 1":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u00e4-s\u0259",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4s-\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110821",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fossarian":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": fossor":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Late Latin fossari us fossor (from Latin fossa + -arius -ary) + English -an":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u0113\u0259n"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225522",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fosse":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": ditch , moat":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"the first line of defense is a water-filled fosse that enemy troops would have to cross"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English fosse, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin fossa \"ditch, trench,\" noun derivative from feminine of fossus, past participle of fodere \"to jab, dig\" \u2014 more at fossil entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dike",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"sheugh",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091559",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fossette":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, small cavity, dimple, from Old French fossete , from fosse + -ete -ette":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)f\u022f\u00a6-",
|
|
"(\u02c8)f\u00e4\u00a6set"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190715",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fossick":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to search about : rummage":[],
|
|
": to search for by or as if by rummaging : ferret out":[],
|
|
": to search for gold or gemstones typically by picking over abandoned workings":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1852, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"English dialect fossick to ferret out":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4-sik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175124",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun,",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fossil":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hipster",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"trendy"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person whose views are outmoded : fogy":[],
|
|
": a remnant, impression, or trace of an organism of past geologic ages that has been preserved in the earth's crust \u2014 compare living fossil":[],
|
|
": an old word or word element preserved only by idiom (such as fro in to and fro )":[],
|
|
": being or resembling a fossil":[],
|
|
": of or relating to fossil fuel":[
|
|
"fossil energy sources"
|
|
],
|
|
": preserved from a past geologic age":[
|
|
"fossil plants",
|
|
"fossil water in an underground reservoir"
|
|
],
|
|
": something (such as a theory) that has become rigidly fixed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"some old fossil who thinks that a boy and a girl shouldn't be together unsupervised until they are engaged",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"At both state and federal levels, Australia's mining industry is known for its unparalleled political power, due to the nation's reliance on fossil fuels and mineral exports \u2014 such as iron ore and coal \u2014 to power its economy. \u2014 Hannah Ritchie, CNN , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Those countries by and large decided to rely on the nearest and cheapest source of those fossil fuels, Russia, despite consistent warnings from several pre-Biden U.S. presidencies that doing so was a clear security risk. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The developed world\u2019s response to the global energy crisis has put its hypocritical attitude toward fossil fuels on display. \u2014 Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"He was also motivated by the dying coal industry in Kentucky, which could be wiped out by new E.P.A. rules aimed at slowing pollution from fossil fuels. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Larry Hogan are stressing their commitments to dramatically reduce the state\u2019s dependence on fossil fuels in the coming decade, something Democratic lawmakers in Annapolis recently mandated and Hogan allowed to become law. \u2014 Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Credits \ud83d\ude80 New York City Mayor Eric Adams will push Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto a bill to pause new proof-of-work crypto mining operations that are powered by fossil fuels. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Speaking of which \u2014 the Biden administration finalized a $504-million loan guarantee to support a massive green hydrogen project that could help Los Angeles stop burning fossil fuels at a power plant in Utah, per Utility Dive\u2019s Ethan Howland. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has inaugurated a new price regime for fossil fuels: Oil is now trading at all-time highs in most major currencies, and America\u2019s liquid-natural-gas exports are helping create a single, global price for the commodity. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"But four months into the war, the scramble to replace Russian fossil fuels has triggered the exact opposite. \u2014 Jim Tankersley, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"Sustainability was another common thread, with ample programming on the topic and Greenpeace staging several protests at the conference over working with clients in the fossil -fuels space. \u2014 Megan Graham, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"Yet recent studies have shown that stoves running on natural gas and other fossil fuels create indoor air pollution and elevate risk levels for asthma and other health issues, especially in children. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Over the first 100 days of the war, China has become the world\u2019s leading buyer of Russian fossil fuels, as many Western nations cut back on Russian oil and gas to impose economic costs on the Kremlin for invading Russia. \u2014 Christian Shepherd, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Consumers are stuck in the resulting gap, facing higher energy prices across the board as money dawdles between fossil fuels and clean energy. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"The European Union has been vocal about its need to replace Russian fossil fuels and has introduced its RePowerEU plan, which will focus on increasing energy efficiency and clean energy use. \u2014 University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Taxes can then be imposed on unrefined fossil fuels, to encourage industries to invest in low-carbon technologies for avoiding the tax burden. \u2014 Manish Kumar, Quartz , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Overall, China was the largest importer of Russian fossil fuels over the 100-day period, edging out Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"derivative of fossil entry 1 , or borrowed directly from Latin fossilis":"Noun",
|
|
"earlier, \"dug from the earth, preserved in the ground,\" borrowed from French & Latin; French fossile, borrowed from Latin fossilis \"obtained by digging,\" from fodi\u014d, fodere \"to prod, jab, dig, remove by digging\" (going back to Indo-European *b h ed h -, *b h od h - \"jab, dig,\" whence also Lithuanian bed\u00f9, b\u00e8sti \"to stick, dig,\" Old Church Slavic bod\u01eb, bosti \"to prick, stab,\" Hittite paddai \"digs\") + -tilis \"produced by, characterized by (the action of the verb)\"":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4-s\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"Colonel Blimp",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"fogy",
|
|
"fogey",
|
|
"fud",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"mossback",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"stuffed shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084225",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fossilized":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having been changed into a fossil : subjected to fossilization":[
|
|
"fossilized wood",
|
|
"And in 1997 he found several thousand fossilized eggs from a giant sauropod, or plant-eating dinosaur, just 120 miles north. The find included the first-known fossilized dinosaur embryos, as bits of fossilized dino-skin.",
|
|
"\u2014 Eric Niiler"
|
|
],
|
|
": made firm, fixed, or rigid by the passage of time":[
|
|
"fossilized notions",
|
|
"As the mountains get higher, the houses become tin-roof shacks, with yards full of fossilized appliances and ancient cars.",
|
|
"\u2014 Elizabeth Gilbert",
|
|
"I love the living language more than the fossilized variety with its hardened meanings and set-in-stone lexicon.",
|
|
"\u2014 Paul McFedries",
|
|
"I know when I took photos in the past I was looking either for particularly artistic shots or ones that might become fossilized memories adorning a mantel.",
|
|
"\u2014 Robert W. Lucky"
|
|
],
|
|
": old and unchanging or outmoded":[
|
|
"fossilized notions",
|
|
"As the mountains get higher, the houses become tin-roof shacks, with yards full of fossilized appliances and ancient cars.",
|
|
"\u2014 Elizabeth Gilbert",
|
|
"I love the living language more than the fossilized variety with its hardened meanings and set-in-stone lexicon.",
|
|
"\u2014 Paul McFedries",
|
|
"I know when I took photos in the past I was looking either for particularly artistic shots or ones that might become fossilized memories adorning a mantel.",
|
|
"\u2014 Robert W. Lucky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bzd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
|
|
"demoded",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"mossy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neolithic",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"Stone Age",
|
|
"superannuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003637",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foster":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"inhibit"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": affording, receiving, or sharing nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties":[
|
|
"They are foster parents to three foster children."
|
|
],
|
|
": to give parental care to : nurture":[
|
|
"They are considering fostering a child."
|
|
],
|
|
": to promote the growth or development of : encourage":[
|
|
"fostered the college in its early years",
|
|
"policies that foster competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"Stephen Collins 1826\u20131864 American songwriter":[],
|
|
"William Z(ebulon) 1881\u20131961 American Communist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"Such conditions foster the spread of the disease.",
|
|
"Would you consider fostering a child?",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"First Match has a toughness behind its sadness: After years in foster care, Mo finds her home in the wrestling ring. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"A quarter of former foster youth exiting the system experience homelessness, according to a 2018 study from The University of Chicago. \u2014 Soleil Yeager, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Johnson grew up in foster care; her mother, who is half Japanese, was adopted. \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"DaRonco said Chaskah's sibling was removed and placed into foster care after the death. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Tiffany Haddish spoke openly about her time in foster care while in a keynote conversation for the Variety Changemakers Summit. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Information presented to jurors on Tuesday also alleged that Hyde had been a foster parent to the teen, even declaring him on his taxes as a dependent. \u2014 Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Paddington news was met with delight over the weekend, with Hugh Bonneville, who plays the bears\u2019 foster parent Henry Brown in the films, tweeting his thanks. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Sharice Mitchell became a foster parent to the first alleged victim in January 2019 and the second alleged victim in January 2020, the indictment said. \u2014 Antonio Planas, NBC News , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"And Four Seasons Resort and Residences Los Cabos at Costa Palmas now let guests foster a rescue dog during their stay, adopt a four-legged friend to bring home, or volunteer at the local dog shelter Cortez Rescue & Outreach Center. \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"The new initiative aims to help young designers of color navigate the industry and foster their talent through mentorship programs. \u2014 Sam Sussman, Vogue , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"This workshop is for all adults who want to encourage outdoor play and foster an appreciation of the natural world in their preschool children. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The group said its mission is to raise awareness of the craft of prop masters; educate its members, cultivating future generations, including those from underrepresented backgrounds; and foster greater collaboration among those in the profession. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The clinic\u2019s new owner wanted to both empower women and foster a more holistic approach. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 18 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Johnson intentionally selects every sustainable product carried, with the intent of assisting customers rebuild their self-image and foster a sense of community by offering a welcoming and inclusive environment. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 24 Oct. 2021",
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"The city made posts on its Facebook and Instagram pages on Sept. 12, and then again on Oct. 15, discussing the shelter construction and asking people to foster or adopt animals. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Oct. 2021",
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"Some states have tried to pass stricter laws to protect LGBTQ people who want to foster or adopt children. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Oct. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English f\u014dstor- , from f\u014dstor food, feeding; akin to Old English f\u014dda food":"Adjective and Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022f-st\u0259r",
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"\u02c8f\u00e4-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"advance",
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"cultivate",
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"encourage",
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"forward",
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"further",
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"incubate",
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"nourish",
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"nurse",
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"nurture",
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"promote"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091505",
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"adjective",
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"biographical name",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"foul":{
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"antonyms":[
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"befoul",
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"begrime",
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"bemire",
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"besmirch",
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"blacken",
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"daub",
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"dirty",
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"distain",
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"gaum",
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"grime",
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"mire",
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"muck",
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"muddy",
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"smirch",
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"smudge",
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"soil",
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"stain",
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"sully"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an entanglement or collision especially in angling or sailing":[],
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": an infringement of the rules in a game or sport":[],
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": being odorous and impure : polluted":[
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"foul air"
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],
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": being outside the foul lines in baseball":[
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"\u2026 a foul fly that was snagged by a fan in the stands.",
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"\u2014 E. M. Swift"
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],
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": being wet and stormy":[
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"foul weather"
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],
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": constituting an infringement (see infringe sense 1 ) of rules in a game or sport":[
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"a foul blow in boxing"
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],
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": containing marked-up corrections":[
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"a foul manuscript",
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"foul proofs"
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],
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": decompose , rot":[],
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": dishonor , discredit":[],
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": encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance":[
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"the chimney was foul and smoked badly"
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],
|
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": filled or covered with offensive matter":[
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"foul bins of filth"
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],
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": foul ball":[],
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": free throw":[],
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": full of dirt or mud":[],
|
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": homely , ugly":[],
|
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": in a foul manner : so as to be foul":[],
|
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": morally or spiritually odious : detestable":[
|
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"a foul crime"
|
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],
|
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": notably unpleasant or distressing : wretched , horrid":[
|
|
"in a foul mood"
|
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],
|
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": obscene , abusive":[
|
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"foul language"
|
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],
|
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": obstruct , block":[],
|
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": obstructive to navigation":[
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"a foul tide"
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],
|
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": offensive to the senses : loathsome":[
|
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"the foul odor of rotten eggs"
|
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],
|
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": placed in a situation that impedes physical movement : entangled":[
|
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"a foul fishing line"
|
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],
|
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": something foul":[],
|
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": to become encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance":[],
|
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": to become entangled or come into collision":[],
|
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": to become or be foul: such as":[],
|
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": to commit a foul against":[],
|
|
": to commit a violation of the rules in a sport or game":[],
|
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": to encrust with a foreign substance":[
|
|
"a ship's bottom fouled with barnacles"
|
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],
|
|
": to hit (a baseball) foul":[],
|
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": to hit a foul ball":[],
|
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": to make dirty : pollute":[],
|
|
": to make foul: such as":[],
|
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": to tangle or come into collision with":[],
|
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": treacherous , dishonorable":[
|
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"fair means or foul"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"the foul odor of rotten eggs",
|
|
"The medicine left a foul taste in my mouth.",
|
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"The weather has been foul all week.",
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"He hit several fouls in a row.",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"pollutants that foul the air",
|
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"She fouled on her first long jump attempt.",
|
|
"He was fouled as he attempted the shot.",
|
|
"He kept fouling pitches into the stands.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Byron Buxton, the additional runner at second to start extra innings, moved to third when rookie Richie Palacios caught a foul fly ball down the left field line by Luis Arraez. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"White Sox infielder Danny Mendick left because of discomfort in his right knee after colliding with outfielder Adam Haseley on a foul pop. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Passengers who rely on the elevators say that they are poorly maintained and that even those that are operating properly are overly crowded, unclean and plagued by foul smells. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The Razorbacks have come excruciatingly close to a title, falling to Oregon State in the 2018 finals following a hexed foul pop that would have been the final out in Game 2, and losing to Cal State Fullerton in the 1979 finals. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Next, Duran appeared to ground into a 5-4 double play, but the ball was ruled foul . \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Specialists recommend foregoing the foul smells such as bitter or burnt, in this process. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Marcus Smart lost his temper, picking up a technical after a Warriors foul . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Matt Donlan\u2019s foul pop was caught by Stanford\u2019s Drew Bowser to end Game 3. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The Mavericks didn\u2019t have to see as much of Draymond Green, who picked up his fifth foul with 6:01 left in the third, then returned with 6:33 left before fouling out with 2:25 to go. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"After the Suns Jae Crowder picked up his fifth foul , Kempton exploded. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In Duke's second game against Louisville, Allen exchanged elbows while scuffling for the ball and was later ejected for yelling at a referee after being called for his fifth foul . \u2014 Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The game started with some excitement as Oklahoma first baseman Blake Robertson flipped over the Notre Dame dugout rail while catching Cole\u2019s pop foul on the first pitch of the game. \u2014 Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Marcus Smart was whistled for a technical foul then an offensive foul in a one-second span early in the fourth. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Technical foul on Marcus Smart for arguing with the referees. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"It was ruled a flagrant-1 foul , which meant Golden State would retain possession after a free throw. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Video review then reversed a blocking foul on the Heat\u2019s Bam Adebayo to a Brown charge with 12.1 seconds left, effectively ending it. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Randle then hit two free throws after DeRozan\u2019s offensive foul to put it away. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Celtics go into the half with a five-point lead because Marcus Smart managed to steal the ball from Giannis Antetokounmpo, who then made the poor decision to foul Smart on a deep half-court heave. \u2014 Katie Mcinerney, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"With the Jazz having a 3-point lead and eight seconds left, Snyder told the Jazz to foul to force the Rockets to go to the free-throw line. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Dutcher didn\u2019t have a timeout, but his players were in front of the bench and were told to foul if Bradley made both to put the Aztecs up three. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Teams would foul him freely, especially late in close games, forcing him to the free-throw line. \u2014 WSJ , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Woods made 11 of 14, many of those coming late as the Wolverines were forced to foul . \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Donovan noted the Bulls had improved their shot-fake discipline, only to foul a pair of 3-point shooters in the second half to give up six free throws. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"New Mexico State\u2019s Teddy Allen burned UConn for 37 points, as defenders continued to foul him in the act of taking jump shots and sending him to the line. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
|
"There may be no crying in baseball, but some major leaguers are crying foul over the official baseballs used during this year\u2019s play. \u2014 Haley Yamada, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"La Jolla Country Day still trailed 59-52 with 2:40 to play when junior center Breya Cunningham, who scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, picked up her fifth foul . \u2014 Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Hayes was whistled for his second foul a minute and seven seconds later. \u2014 Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press , 12 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Though the teams would trade leads for the rest of the quarter, during which Nneka Ogwumike sat after picking up her third foul , Connecticut went into the half up 40-37 after going 8-for-9 from the free throw line. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 29 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Before Conforto came up, Francisco Lindor took an 0-2 curve off his foot after ripping a liner down the right-field line that just hooked foul . \u2014 Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune , 7 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Kuminga can be a bit foul -prone against crafty scorers. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"After popping out foul to the catcher to end the first inning, Meadows was replaced by Willi Castro in the field to start the second, with Castro playing left and Robbie Grossman shifting from left to right. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"In the sixth, pinch-hitter Gabby Stagner narrowly missed a game-tying home run, but the ball sailed foul . \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 13 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English f\u016bl ; akin to Old High German f\u016bl rotten, Latin pus pus, put\u0113re to stink, Greek pyon pus":"Adjective and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307l",
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307(-\u0259)l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foul Adjective dirty , filthy , foul , nasty , squalid mean conspicuously unclean or impure. dirty emphasizes the presence of dirt more than an emotional reaction to it. a dirty littered street filthy carries a strong suggestion of offensiveness and typically of gradually accumulated dirt that begrimes and besmears. a stained greasy floor, utterly filthy foul implies extreme offensiveness and an accumulation of what is rotten or stinking. a foul -smelling open sewer nasty applies to what is actually foul or is repugnant to one expecting freshness, cleanliness, or sweetness. it's a nasty job to clean up after a sick cat In practice, nasty is often weakened to the point of being no more than a synonym of unpleasant or disagreeable . had a nasty fall his answer gave her a nasty shock squalid adds to the idea of dirtiness and filth that of slovenly neglect. squalid slums All these terms are also applicable to moral uncleanness or baseness or obscenity. dirty then stresses meanness or despicableness don't ask me to do your dirty work , while filthy and foul describe disgusting obscenity or loathsome behavior filthy street language a foul story of lust and greed , and nasty implies a peculiarly offensive unpleasantness. a stand-up comedian known for nasty humor Distinctively, squalid implies sordidness as well as baseness and dirtiness. engaged in a series of squalid affairs",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030943",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foul play":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There is no evidence of foul play .",
|
|
"the coroner ruled that there was no evidence of foul play",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"From the moment that Dom Phillips and Bruno Ara\u00fajo Pereira vanished, on June 5th, in the Brazilian Amazon, there were suspicions of foul play . \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"And then there\u2019s Techint, which has faced allegations of foul play before and has thrust into the middle of the scene unexpectedly. \u2014 Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Mara's body showed no signs of foul play and was taken to the Jefferson County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy, state police added. \u2014 Gina Martinez, CBS News , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"According to the report, there were no signs of foul play . \u2014 Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"There were no signs of foul play , police added in their statement. \u2014 Sandra Gonzalez, CNN , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"An autopsy performed Sunday found no sign of foul play and the death is believed to be an accident, said Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Earlier this month, the Bridgeport Police Department said video footage of the incident confirmed there was no evidence of foul play . \u2014 Fox News , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Initial hopes that the men were lost or suffered some mechanical issue quickly gave way to suspicions of foul play . \u2014 Terrence Mccoy, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1546, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"rubout",
|
|
"slaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050321",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foul shot":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": free throw":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Holmgren, who played just nine minutes in a scoreless first half, picked up his fourth foul with 8 minutes 36 seconds remaining as Toney scored and made a foul shot to push the Arkansas lead to 51-46. \u2014 Billy Witz, New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Oats got into it with the referees before the foul shot and that was it. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Poeltl missed his second foul shot , but the ball caromed out off the back iron. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Freshman Max Christie delivered a key rebound with 21.7 to go and hit a pair of free throws after a Brad Davison layup and missed foul shot . \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"On Super Bowl Sunday of 1979, Mr. Gibson hit the winning basket and a foul shot to beat No. 1 Notre Dame and send Maryland fans streaming onto the court. \u2014 Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Daylan Davis put Brantley ahead, 31-28, on a layup plus the and-1 opportunity but the Eagles closed out the frame with a 6-0 run to take a 34-31 lead following a Page 3-pointer and Solley layup and foul shot . \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Another highlight in his 17-point first half on six field goal attempts was swishing a stepback 3-pointer in the final minute of the second quarter, along with the ensuing foul shot . \u2014 Tom Moore, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But Pippen missed what would have been a game-tying foul shot with 46 seconds on the clock, and Quinerly made both his free throws at the other end. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 22 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1902, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125145",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foul up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boggle",
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foozle",
|
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"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muck up",
|
|
"muff",
|
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"murder",
|
|
"screw up"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mechanical difficulty":[],
|
|
": a state of confusion or an error caused by ineptitude, carelessness, or mismanagement":[
|
|
"foul-ups in transportation"
|
|
],
|
|
": entangle , block":[
|
|
"fouled up communications"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause a foul-up : bungle":[
|
|
"it was his fault. He had fouled up",
|
|
"\u2014 Pat Frank"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make dirty : contaminate":[],
|
|
": to spoil by making mistakes or using poor judgment : confuse":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"tried not to foul up the football play",
|
|
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Those intruders chop down the jungles and foul up the wetlands, as the spirits mount an offensive to drive them off the shorelines. \u2014 Luke Winkie, The Atlantic , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"But a foul up with super formula license points stole that dream away. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 3 May 2021",
|
|
"The foul up with the referees is a bit of surprise given Indianapolis' reputation for being an effective host city for large-scale events \u2014and the importance of this event to the city and its reputation. \u2014 Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Then come foul up , goof up, gum up, mess up, muck up, screw up and synonymous unprintables. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"That\u2019s how the Patriots can score, by fooling the other team or forcing it to foul up . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"The Giants foul up the rush, but the Winterhawks are slow to get back and Sourdif gets the puck back and beats Joel Hofer top shelf. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 10 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"If his mechanics are fouled up and if his pocket presence is askew, those aren\u2019t little things, and no one other than hot-take artists are saying he is seriously maligned. \u2014 Cam Inman, The Mercury News , 13 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"That is, one can\u2019t simply be plugged into the other without fouling up the picture. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 20 July 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1880, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1918, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307(-\u0259)l-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mix-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063127",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foul-up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boggle",
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muck up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"screw up"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a mechanical difficulty":[],
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": a state of confusion or an error caused by ineptitude, carelessness, or mismanagement":[
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"foul-ups in transportation"
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],
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": entangle , block":[
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"fouled up communications"
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],
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": to cause a foul-up : bungle":[
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"it was his fault. He had fouled up",
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"\u2014 Pat Frank"
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],
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": to make dirty : contaminate":[],
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": to spoil by making mistakes or using poor judgment : confuse":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"tried not to foul up the football play",
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"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Those intruders chop down the jungles and foul up the wetlands, as the spirits mount an offensive to drive them off the shorelines. \u2014 Luke Winkie, The Atlantic , 22 July 2021",
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"But a foul up with super formula license points stole that dream away. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 3 May 2021",
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"The foul up with the referees is a bit of surprise given Indianapolis' reputation for being an effective host city for large-scale events \u2014and the importance of this event to the city and its reputation. \u2014 Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Mar. 2021",
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"Then come foul up , goof up, gum up, mess up, muck up, screw up and synonymous unprintables. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Mar. 2021",
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"That\u2019s how the Patriots can score, by fooling the other team or forcing it to foul up . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Nov. 2019",
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"The Giants foul up the rush, but the Winterhawks are slow to get back and Sourdif gets the puck back and beats Joel Hofer top shelf. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 10 Nov. 2019",
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"If his mechanics are fouled up and if his pocket presence is askew, those aren\u2019t little things, and no one other than hot-take artists are saying he is seriously maligned. \u2014 Cam Inman, The Mercury News , 13 Sep. 2019",
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"That is, one can\u2019t simply be plugged into the other without fouling up the picture. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 20 July 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1918, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fau\u0307(-\u0259)l-\u02cc\u0259p"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"mix-up"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230552",
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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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"foulness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"befoul",
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"begrime",
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"bemire",
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"besmirch",
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"blacken",
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"daub",
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"dirty",
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"distain",
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"gaum",
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"grime",
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"mire",
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"muck",
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"muddy",
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"smirch",
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"smudge",
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"soil",
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"stain",
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"sully"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an entanglement or collision especially in angling or sailing":[],
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": an infringement of the rules in a game or sport":[],
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": being odorous and impure : polluted":[
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"foul air"
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],
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": being outside the foul lines in baseball":[
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"\u2026 a foul fly that was snagged by a fan in the stands.",
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"\u2014 E. M. Swift"
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],
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": being wet and stormy":[
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"foul weather"
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],
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": constituting an infringement (see infringe sense 1 ) of rules in a game or sport":[
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"a foul blow in boxing"
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],
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": containing marked-up corrections":[
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"a foul manuscript",
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"foul proofs"
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],
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": decompose , rot":[],
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": dishonor , discredit":[],
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": encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance":[
|
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"the chimney was foul and smoked badly"
|
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],
|
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": filled or covered with offensive matter":[
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"foul bins of filth"
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],
|
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": foul ball":[],
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": free throw":[],
|
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": full of dirt or mud":[],
|
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": homely , ugly":[],
|
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": in a foul manner : so as to be foul":[],
|
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": morally or spiritually odious : detestable":[
|
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"a foul crime"
|
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],
|
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": notably unpleasant or distressing : wretched , horrid":[
|
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"in a foul mood"
|
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],
|
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": obscene , abusive":[
|
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"foul language"
|
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],
|
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": obstruct , block":[],
|
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": obstructive to navigation":[
|
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"a foul tide"
|
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],
|
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": offensive to the senses : loathsome":[
|
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"the foul odor of rotten eggs"
|
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],
|
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": placed in a situation that impedes physical movement : entangled":[
|
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"a foul fishing line"
|
|
],
|
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": something foul":[],
|
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": to become encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance":[],
|
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": to become entangled or come into collision":[],
|
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": to become or be foul: such as":[],
|
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": to commit a foul against":[],
|
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": to commit a violation of the rules in a sport or game":[],
|
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": to encrust with a foreign substance":[
|
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"a ship's bottom fouled with barnacles"
|
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],
|
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": to hit (a baseball) foul":[],
|
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": to hit a foul ball":[],
|
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": to make dirty : pollute":[],
|
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": to make foul: such as":[],
|
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": to tangle or come into collision with":[],
|
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": treacherous , dishonorable":[
|
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"fair means or foul"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Adjective",
|
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"the foul odor of rotten eggs",
|
|
"The medicine left a foul taste in my mouth.",
|
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"The weather has been foul all week.",
|
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"Noun",
|
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"He hit several fouls in a row.",
|
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"Verb",
|
|
"pollutants that foul the air",
|
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"She fouled on her first long jump attempt.",
|
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"He was fouled as he attempted the shot.",
|
|
"He kept fouling pitches into the stands.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Byron Buxton, the additional runner at second to start extra innings, moved to third when rookie Richie Palacios caught a foul fly ball down the left field line by Luis Arraez. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
|
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"White Sox infielder Danny Mendick left because of discomfort in his right knee after colliding with outfielder Adam Haseley on a foul pop. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Passengers who rely on the elevators say that they are poorly maintained and that even those that are operating properly are overly crowded, unclean and plagued by foul smells. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
|
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"The Razorbacks have come excruciatingly close to a title, falling to Oregon State in the 2018 finals following a hexed foul pop that would have been the final out in Game 2, and losing to Cal State Fullerton in the 1979 finals. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Next, Duran appeared to ground into a 5-4 double play, but the ball was ruled foul . \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
|
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"Specialists recommend foregoing the foul smells such as bitter or burnt, in this process. \u2014 Nina Shapiro, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
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"Marcus Smart lost his temper, picking up a technical after a Warriors foul . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Matt Donlan\u2019s foul pop was caught by Stanford\u2019s Drew Bowser to end Game 3. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The Mavericks didn\u2019t have to see as much of Draymond Green, who picked up his fifth foul with 6:01 left in the third, then returned with 6:33 left before fouling out with 2:25 to go. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"After the Suns Jae Crowder picked up his fifth foul , Kempton exploded. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In Duke's second game against Louisville, Allen exchanged elbows while scuffling for the ball and was later ejected for yelling at a referee after being called for his fifth foul . \u2014 Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The game started with some excitement as Oklahoma first baseman Blake Robertson flipped over the Notre Dame dugout rail while catching Cole\u2019s pop foul on the first pitch of the game. \u2014 Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Marcus Smart was whistled for a technical foul then an offensive foul in a one-second span early in the fourth. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Technical foul on Marcus Smart for arguing with the referees. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"It was ruled a flagrant-1 foul , which meant Golden State would retain possession after a free throw. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Video review then reversed a blocking foul on the Heat\u2019s Bam Adebayo to a Brown charge with 12.1 seconds left, effectively ending it. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Randle then hit two free throws after DeRozan\u2019s offensive foul to put it away. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, courant.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Celtics go into the half with a five-point lead because Marcus Smart managed to steal the ball from Giannis Antetokounmpo, who then made the poor decision to foul Smart on a deep half-court heave. \u2014 Katie Mcinerney, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"With the Jazz having a 3-point lead and eight seconds left, Snyder told the Jazz to foul to force the Rockets to go to the free-throw line. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Dutcher didn\u2019t have a timeout, but his players were in front of the bench and were told to foul if Bradley made both to put the Aztecs up three. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Teams would foul him freely, especially late in close games, forcing him to the free-throw line. \u2014 WSJ , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Woods made 11 of 14, many of those coming late as the Wolverines were forced to foul . \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Donovan noted the Bulls had improved their shot-fake discipline, only to foul a pair of 3-point shooters in the second half to give up six free throws. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"New Mexico State\u2019s Teddy Allen burned UConn for 37 points, as defenders continued to foul him in the act of taking jump shots and sending him to the line. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
|
"There may be no crying in baseball, but some major leaguers are crying foul over the official baseballs used during this year\u2019s play. \u2014 Haley Yamada, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"La Jolla Country Day still trailed 59-52 with 2:40 to play when junior center Breya Cunningham, who scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, picked up her fifth foul . \u2014 Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Hayes was whistled for his second foul a minute and seven seconds later. \u2014 Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press , 12 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Though the teams would trade leads for the rest of the quarter, during which Nneka Ogwumike sat after picking up her third foul , Connecticut went into the half up 40-37 after going 8-for-9 from the free throw line. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 29 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Before Conforto came up, Francisco Lindor took an 0-2 curve off his foot after ripping a liner down the right-field line that just hooked foul . \u2014 Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune , 7 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Kuminga can be a bit foul -prone against crafty scorers. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"After popping out foul to the catcher to end the first inning, Meadows was replaced by Willi Castro in the field to start the second, with Castro playing left and Robbie Grossman shifting from left to right. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"In the sixth, pinch-hitter Gabby Stagner narrowly missed a game-tying home run, but the ball sailed foul . \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 13 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English f\u016bl ; akin to Old High German f\u016bl rotten, Latin pus pus, put\u0113re to stink, Greek pyon pus":"Adjective and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307l",
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307(-\u0259)l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foul Adjective dirty , filthy , foul , nasty , squalid mean conspicuously unclean or impure. dirty emphasizes the presence of dirt more than an emotional reaction to it. a dirty littered street filthy carries a strong suggestion of offensiveness and typically of gradually accumulated dirt that begrimes and besmears. a stained greasy floor, utterly filthy foul implies extreme offensiveness and an accumulation of what is rotten or stinking. a foul -smelling open sewer nasty applies to what is actually foul or is repugnant to one expecting freshness, cleanliness, or sweetness. it's a nasty job to clean up after a sick cat In practice, nasty is often weakened to the point of being no more than a synonym of unpleasant or disagreeable . had a nasty fall his answer gave her a nasty shock squalid adds to the idea of dirtiness and filth that of slovenly neglect. squalid slums All these terms are also applicable to moral uncleanness or baseness or obscenity. dirty then stresses meanness or despicableness don't ask me to do your dirty work , while filthy and foul describe disgusting obscenity or loathsome behavior filthy street language a foul story of lust and greed , and nasty implies a peculiarly offensive unpleasantness. a stand-up comedian known for nasty humor Distinctively, squalid implies sordidness as well as baseness and dirtiness. engaged in a series of squalid affairs",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223029",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"found":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": free food and lodging in addition to wages":[
|
|
"they're paid $175 a month and found",
|
|
"\u2014 New Yorker"
|
|
],
|
|
": having all usual, standard, or reasonably expected equipment":[
|
|
"the boat comes fully found , ready to go",
|
|
"\u2014 Holiday"
|
|
],
|
|
": presented as or incorporated into an artistic work essentially as found":[
|
|
"sculpture of fabric, wood, and other found materials",
|
|
"\u2014 Hilton Kramer"
|
|
],
|
|
": to establish (something) often with provision for future maintenance":[
|
|
"found an institution"
|
|
],
|
|
": to melt (a material, such as metal) and pour into a mold":[],
|
|
": to set or ground on something solid : base":[],
|
|
": to take the first steps in building":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1562, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1830, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English founden, borrowed from Anglo-French fonder, funder, going back to Latin fund\u0101re, derivative of fundus \"bottom, base, foundation\" \u2014 more at bottom entry 1":"Verb",
|
|
"borrowed from Middle French fondre \"to melt, cast,\" going back to Old French, going back to Latin fundere \"to pour, shed, cast, send forth, disperse,\" going back to Indo-European *\u01f5 h u-n-d-, present tense derivative of *\u01f5 h eu\u032fd- \"pour\" (also Germanic, in Old English g\u0113otan \"to pour, shed,\" Old High German giozan, Old Norse gj\u00f3ta \"to drop, throw, give birth [of animals],\" Gothic giutan \"to pour\"), extended form of Indo-European *\u01f5 h eu\u032f- \"pour,\" whence Greek ch\u00e9\u014d, che\u00een \"to pour, shed,\" Tocharian B kewu \"I will pour,\" Sanskrit juhoti \"(s/he) pours, sacrifices\"":"Verb",
|
|
"from past participle of find entry 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307nd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050955",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foundation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a basis (such as a tenet, principle, or axiom) upon which something stands or is supported":[
|
|
"the foundations of geometry",
|
|
"the rumor is without foundation in fact"
|
|
],
|
|
": a body or ground upon which something is built up or overlaid":[
|
|
"a limestone foundation"
|
|
],
|
|
": a cosmetic usually used as a base for makeup":[],
|
|
": a woman's supporting undergarment : corset":[],
|
|
": an organization or institution established by endowment with provision for future maintenance":[
|
|
"a trust administered by a foundation"
|
|
],
|
|
": funds given for the permanent support of an institution : endowment":[],
|
|
": the act of founding":[
|
|
"here since the foundation of the school"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The inspector discovered a crack in the house's foundation .",
|
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"The book explains the moral foundations on which her political career was built.",
|
|
"These problems threaten the very foundations of modern society.",
|
|
"The scandal has shaken the government to its foundations .",
|
|
"They established a foundation to help orphaned children.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The new system will fund special education students based on the foundation allowance, plus 28% of their special education costs. \u2014 Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"With so many unknowns in the mix, Trump has become the sturdiest foundation on which to build all this way-too-early analysis. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Matthew Fletcher, foundation professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law and visiting professor for the UC-Hastings Indigenous Law Program is a citizen of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The foundation dedicated just 66% of spending on patients where the statewide average was nearly 93% during the 2018-2019 fiscal year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Any of the top picks featured here will quickly suck up smaller piles of leaves and debris from under bushes, around foundation walls and even out of your gutters. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"For the seventh consecutive year, Mike Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, will get a performance bonus of more than $50,000 in private funds from an affiliated nonprofit foundation . \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Steel and concrete are still needed for Ascent's foundation , parking garage, pool, stairwells and elevator shafts. \u2014 Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"On June 16, a Northridge Oval resident discovered that someone had damaged her apartment complex garage door, as well as the adjacent foundation and siding. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 29 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English fundacioun, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French fundacion, borrowed from Latin fund\u0101ti\u014dn-, fund\u0101ti\u014d, from fund\u0101re \"to found entry 4 \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"fau\u0307n-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"institution"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122324",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foundation bed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the soil immediately beneath the foundation of a building : bearing soil":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190240",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foundational":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or forming or serving as a base or foundation : fundamental":[
|
|
"foundational principles/doctrines",
|
|
"These foundational volumes proved to be, each in its own way, enabling gestures for the growth of sophisticated theories and critical practices in African, Caribbean, and African American literatures.",
|
|
"\u2014 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.",
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"Property was, in a sense, foundational to culture, since English political economy rested on the private ownership of land, and the political economy, in turn, largely structured social relations.",
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"\u2014 Jill Lepore",
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"Philosophy is a foundational discipline. Not only does it do the spadework that makes the construction of other disciplines possible; it also pays constant attention to the foundations of those disciplines as they are practiced.",
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"\u2014 Cognitive Science"
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]
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"1657, in the meaning defined above":""
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"fau\u0307n-\u02c8d\u0101-shn\u0259l",
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"-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093653",
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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},
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"foundationary":{
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to a foundation":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"fau\u0307n\u02c8d\u0101sh\u0259\u02ccner\u0113",
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"-ri"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181623",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"foundationless":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the act of founding":[
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"here since the foundation of the school"
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],
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": a basis (such as a tenet, principle, or axiom) upon which something stands or is supported":[
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"the foundations of geometry",
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"the rumor is without foundation in fact"
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],
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": funds given for the permanent support of an institution : endowment":[],
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": an organization or institution established by endowment with provision for future maintenance":[
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"a trust administered by a foundation"
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],
|
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": a body or ground upon which something is built up or overlaid":[
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"a limestone foundation"
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],
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": a woman's supporting undergarment : corset":[],
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": a cosmetic usually used as a base for makeup":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"fau\u0307n-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"establishment",
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"institute",
|
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"institution"
|
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],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"The inspector discovered a crack in the house's foundation .",
|
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"The book explains the moral foundations on which her political career was built.",
|
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"These problems threaten the very foundations of modern society.",
|
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"The scandal has shaken the government to its foundations .",
|
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"They established a foundation to help orphaned children.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The new system will fund special education students based on the foundation allowance, plus 28% of their special education costs. \u2014 Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press , 1 July 2022",
|
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"With so many unknowns in the mix, Trump has become the sturdiest foundation on which to build all this way-too-early analysis. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Matthew Fletcher, foundation professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law and visiting professor for the UC-Hastings Indigenous Law Program is a citizen of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
|
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"The foundation dedicated just 66% of spending on patients where the statewide average was nearly 93% during the 2018-2019 fiscal year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
|
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"Any of the top picks featured here will quickly suck up smaller piles of leaves and debris from under bushes, around foundation walls and even out of your gutters. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
|
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"For the seventh consecutive year, Mike Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, will get a performance bonus of more than $50,000 in private funds from an affiliated nonprofit foundation . \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Steel and concrete are still needed for Ascent's foundation , parking garage, pool, stairwells and elevator shafts. \u2014 Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
|
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"On June 16, a Northridge Oval resident discovered that someone had damaged her apartment complex garage door, as well as the adjacent foundation and siding. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 29 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fundacioun, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French fundacion, borrowed from Latin fund\u0101ti\u014dn-, fund\u0101ti\u014d, from fund\u0101re \"to found entry 4 \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152552"
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},
|
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"founder":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bomb",
|
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"collapse",
|
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"crater",
|
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"fail",
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"flame out",
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"flop",
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"flunk",
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"fold",
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"miss",
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"strike out",
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"tank",
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"wash out"
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],
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": laminitis":[],
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": one that founds or establishes":[
|
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"the founder of a company",
|
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"the founder of psychoanalysis"
|
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],
|
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": to become submerged : sink":[],
|
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": to come to grief : fail":[],
|
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": to disable (an animal) especially by excessive feeding":[],
|
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": to give way : collapse":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
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"Her career foundered , and she moved from job to job for several years.",
|
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"trying to save a foundering career"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"circa 1547, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fondrer \"to fall to the ground, stumble, sink,\" borrowed from Anglo-French fundrer \"to destroy,\" probably back-formation from enfondrer, esfondrer, affondrer \"to sink, send to the bottom,\" prefixed forms based on Old French -fondrer, going back to Vulgar Latin *-fundor\u0101re, verbal derivative of Late Latin fundor-, variant stem of Latin fundus \"bottom, base\" \u2014 more at bottom entry 1":"Verb",
|
|
"Middle English foundour, borrowed from Anglo-French foundur, foundour, from fondre \"to melt, cast, found entry 5 \" + -ur, -our -er entry 2":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English foundour, borrowed from Anglo-French fundur, foundour, going back to Latin fund\u0101tor, from fund\u0101re \"to found entry 4 \" + -tor, agent suffix":"Noun",
|
|
"derivative of founder entry 2":"Noun"
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},
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"\u02c8fau\u0307n-d\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"author",
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"begetter",
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"creator",
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"establisher",
|
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"father",
|
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"founding father",
|
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"generator",
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"inaugurator",
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"initiator",
|
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"instituter",
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"institutor",
|
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"originator",
|
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"sire"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182038",
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|
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]
|
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"founding father":{
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"a tribute to Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and the other Founding Fathers",
|
|
"Theodor Herzl is often credited as the founding father of modern Zionism.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The Flora-Bama\u2019s founding father , Joe Gilchrist, has gone home to be with his Creator. \u2014 al , 25 May 2022",
|
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"His father is widely revered by Emiratis as the UAE\u2019s founding father after the country became independent of Britain in 1971. \u2014 News Services And Staff Reports, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
|
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"Like many people in Uzumba, Zanu-PF\u2019s founding father , the late President Robert Mugabe, was from the Zezuru clan, which played a key role in freeing Zimbabwe from white minority rule in 1980. \u2014 Jeffrey Moyo, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2022",
|
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"April 26-May 7, 2023, at Old National Centre Anchored by the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop and R&B score has sent the musical into a stratosphere of popularity of its own. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"The parade, which took place at Pyongyang\u2019s Kim Il Sung Square, named after North Korea\u2019s founding father , also featured thousands of marching troops. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Miranda created the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton, a hip-hop juggernaut that tells the story of American founding father , Alexander Hamilton. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"President Xi Jinping is on track to become the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People\u2019s Republic of China, and with him at the helm the nation has grown more assertive and ambitious. \u2014 Saphora Smith, NBC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The proposal was the brainchild of Jean Monnet, now considered a founding father of the European Union. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"author",
|
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"begetter",
|
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"creator",
|
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"establisher",
|
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"father",
|
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"founder",
|
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"generator",
|
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"inaugurator",
|
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"initiator",
|
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"instituter",
|
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"institutor",
|
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"originator",
|
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"sire"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180544",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"founding member":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an original member of a group (such as a club or corporation)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192723",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fountain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a reservoir containing a liquid that can be drawn off as needed":[],
|
|
": a spring of water issuing from the earth":[],
|
|
": soda fountain sense 2":[],
|
|
": the source from which something proceeds or is supplied":[],
|
|
": to cause to flow like a fountain":[],
|
|
": to flow or spout like a fountain":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The crowd gathered around the fountain in the plaza.",
|
|
"an endless fountain of inspiration",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The forthcoming installations include a large water fountain , an MLK Jr. mural and several large gateway sculptures. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Children\u2019s Garden offers a water fountain , rock wall, treehouse and water pumps. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The spray fountain at Medal of Honor Park in South Boston. \u2014 Dana Gerber, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s a fountain in the entry, as well as a wall of built-ins. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s a chocolate fountain , and a lazy river, and a 7-Eleven Big Gulp that gives you a sugar high with no crash. \u2014 Alex Baia, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The property is landscaped with a pond big enough for water sports, a fountain , lawns, gardens, and trees, and includes two carriage houses. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The fountain , which honors Onslow community members who served in the military, was placed in mourning status; only the center Freedom Jet will operate. \u2014 Ella Lee, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The structure was one of Meem\u2019s residential masterpieces, with a Spanish courtyard that dripped with Lady Banks\u2019 roses and lush greenery, a Moorish fountain , massive carved doors, and kiva fireplaces. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Last year, a 6-year-old boy in Lake Jackson, Texas, died after contracting the brain-eating amoeba that was found in the water of splash fountain the boy had played in. \u2014 Amanda Jackson, CNN , 28 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Explore Echo Park Lake\u2019s signature lotus beds and fountain on a swan pedal boat. \u2014 Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Coke is also planning to halt retail-store sales of Hubert\u2019s Lemonade, limiting the brand to fountain machines only, the spokeswoman said. \u2014 Jennifer Maloney, WSJ , 4 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Starting May 3, Kilauea has fountained lava and flung ash and rocks from its summit, destroying hundreds of homes, closing key highways, and prompting health warnings. \u2014 Sophia Yan And Malcolm Ritter, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2018",
|
|
"Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory say that lava is consistently fountaining from Fissure 8, reaching heights up to 180 feet, feeding the flow. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 6 June 2018",
|
|
"Scientists say the lava leaking from the Kilauea volcano is fountaining up to 250 feet in the air and flowing at much higher-than-normal temperatures. \u2014 Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY , 1 June 2018",
|
|
"Volcano scientists are also captivated, like much of the general public, by the sheer spectacle of the eruption: visions of red-hot lava fountaining out of cracks in the Earth and towering columns of ash shooting five miles into the sky. \u2014 Author: Scott Wilson, Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News , 24 May 2018",
|
|
"The lava from these fissures can sometimes fountain high into the air, driven by pressurized gases that also escape through the fissures, but there is no plume of ash. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1903, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French funtaine, fontaine , from Late Latin fontana , from Latin, feminine of fontanus of a spring, from font-, fons":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307n-t\u1d4an"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055630",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fountainhead":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a spring that is the source of a stream":[],
|
|
": principal source : origin":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fountainhead of the faith",
|
|
"historically, California has served as the fountainhead of that eclectic group of self-actualization movements known as the New Age",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The fountainhead of the culture remains Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles, a place that is almost treated like a shrine for SoCal lowrider clubs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2021",
|
|
"The fountainhead for Chatwin\u2019s and Herzog\u2019s engrossing stories, of course, was their travels. \u2014 Peter Gwin, National Geographic , 26 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"The ability to spend beyond its means has enabled the U.S. to fund its impressive military might, whether one views that power as the fountainhead of Pax Americana or the source of illegitimate military adventurism. \u2014 Joshua Zoffer, The New Republic , 3 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"The fountainhead of historian Bill Katz\u2019s immersion in African-American culture was his father\u2019s passion for jazz. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Ownership passed down to the Sri Krishnabhoomi Trust, which is dominated by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological fountainhead of Modi\u2019s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). \u2014 Kuwar Singh, Quartz India , 9 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"The fountainhead of the historian Bill Katz\u2019s immersion in African-American culture was his father\u2019s passion for jazz. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 21 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"The North African nation on the Mediterranean Sea was the fountainhead of the 2011 Arab Spring protests, touched off by the self-immolation of a young fruit vendor. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"The North African nation on the Mediterranean Sea was the fountainhead of the 2011 Arab Spring protests, touched off by the self-immolation of a young fruit vendor. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Sep. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
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|
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|
|
"\u02c8fau\u0307n-t\u1d4an-\u02cched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064859",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four paws":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": four short chains terminating in hooks at one end and welded at the other end to a single ring for use in skidding logs":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202214",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun plural but usually singular in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-ball":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a golf match in which the best individual score of one partnership is matched against the best individual score of another partnership for each hole":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccb\u022fl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195708",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-ball?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=f&file=four_b02":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
": a golf match in which the best individual score of one partnership is matched against the best individual score of another partnership for each hole":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccb\u022fl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200156",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-eyed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wearing glasses":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cc\u012bd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203543",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-footed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having four feet : quadruped":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02c8fu\u0307-t\u0259d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"type":[
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]
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},
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"four-hand":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": four-handed":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cchand"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200540",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
|
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},
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"four-in-hand":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a necktie tied in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front":[],
|
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": a vehicle drawn by a team of four horses driven by one person":[],
|
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": such a team of four horses":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u0259n-\u02cchand"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204106",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"four-leaf clover":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a clover with four leaves instead of three":[
|
|
"It's good luck to find a four-leaf clover ."
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075753",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"four-letter":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of, relating to, or being four-letter words":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092217",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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]
|
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},
|
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"four-letter word":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Stafford once learned that Neil\u2019s punishment for accidentally saying a certain four-letter word in class was copying its lengthy entry from the Oxford English Dictionary. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"During Sunday's Game 4 loss at Smoothie King Center, a very large percentage of the sellout crowd of 18,962 repeatedly shouted ''F Jae Crowder'' (though using the full four-letter word ). \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Name another that didn\u2019t treat access as a four-letter word . \u2014 Tom Noie, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Spending is a four-letter word today, so keep your wallet shut tight. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In adventure and disability circles alike, help is a four-letter word . \u2014 Christian Mcmahon, Outside Online , 18 June 2021",
|
|
"Socializing might have felt like a four-letter word ever since foggy Neptune turned retrograde in Pisces and your 11th House of Community earlier this year. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The biggest question for Cathedral Catholic going into its Open Division semifinal playoff game against Mission Hills centered around a four-letter word : rust. \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
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"The Aztecs have had less success there than anyone else on the list \u2014 4-29 all-time in the 4,700 feet of Provo, Utah \u2014 but it\u2019s also BYU, three letters that are a four-letter word to most Aztecs fans. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"curse",
|
|
"cuss",
|
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"cussword",
|
|
"dirty word",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
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"profanity",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091905",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"four-line octave":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the musical octave beginning with and ascending from the third C above middle C \u2014 see pitch illustration":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1933, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"so called from the four accent marks of the symbol C\u2032\u2032\u2032\u2032representing the third C above middle C":""
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002226",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"four-lined plant bug":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a yellow or orange leaf bug ( Poecilocapsus lineatus ) that is widespread in eastern and central North America, that has four longitudinal black stripes down the back, and that feeds on various wild and cultivated plants":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045713",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-peat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a fourth consecutive championship":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1989, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"four + three -peat":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02ccp\u0113t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194838",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-poster":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a bed with tall often carved corner posts originally designed to support curtains or a canopy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u022fr-\u02c8p\u014d-st\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195116",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-star":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of a superior degree of excellence":[
|
|
"a four-star French restaurant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from the number of asterisks used to denote relative excellence in guidebooks":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02c8st\u00e4r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064153",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=f&file=four0001":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a 4-cylinder engine or automobile":[],
|
|
": a 4-oared racing shell or its crew":[],
|
|
": a number that is one more than three \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
|
|
": something having four units or members: such as":[],
|
|
": the fourth in a set or series":[
|
|
"the four of hearts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\u201cWhat time is it?\u201d \u201cIt's four .\u201d",
|
|
"I leave each day at four .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Most cotton mask companies sell their masks in India in packs of threes and fours . \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 26 May 2020",
|
|
"Angry homebuilders mailed chunks of two-by- fours to the Fed\u2019s marble headquarters in Washington. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Then the material should be weighted down, whether with earth staples (which resemble giant hairpins), rocks or lumber, like two-by- fours . \u2014 Margaret Roach, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Hold for a few seconds and place back down to all- fours position. \u2014 Mallory Creveling, Health.com , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"After college at Indiana, Neff went into coaching and led Terre Haute South to three consecutive final fours . \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star , 7 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Lumber futures have plummeted of late, and mills are dramatically dialing back production of two-by- fours , plywood and other building materials. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"For instance, the first time is by twos, then by threes, then by fours . \u2014 Jamie Kiffel-alcheh, National Geographic , 19 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Salpointe went 69-8 with three consecutive 4A final fours with Nelson. \u2014 Richard Obert, azcentral , 29 Feb. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from four adjective, from Old English f\u0113ower ; akin to Old High German fior four, Latin quattuor , Greek tessares, tettares":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193256",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"pronoun, plural in construction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fourbe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": impostor":[],
|
|
": trick":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French fourbe , feminine, trick & fourbe , masculine, swindler, from Middle French, from fourbir to polish, clean, steal":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202913",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fourling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a twin crystal consisting of four individuals":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"four entry 3 + -ling":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072228",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fourmarierite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral PbU 4 O 13 .5H 2 O(?) consisting of a hydrous oxide of lead and uranium":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French fourmari\u00e8rite , from Paul Fourmarier , 20th century Belgian geologist + French -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"fu\u0307r\u02c8mar\u0113\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132752",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fourpence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a British silver coin worth four pennies now used only as maundy money : groat":[],
|
|
": fippenny bit":[],
|
|
": the sum of four pennies":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195959",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foursquare":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"uncandid",
|
|
"unforthcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a children's game for four players in which each player stands in a quadrant of a square court, the server strikes a large ball so that it bounces in the quadrant of another player, the receiving player strikes it to bounce in another quadrant, and so on, with players being eliminated for failing to hit and direct the ball properly":[
|
|
"At Grant Elementary School, I played four square with the children of immigrants from the Philippines, Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and Lebanon.",
|
|
"\u2014 H\u00e9ctor Tobar"
|
|
],
|
|
": marked by boldness and conviction : forthright":[
|
|
"Disillusionment is used to give the antihero glamour and hipness, but then the movie wants him to be a foursquare hero with heart.",
|
|
"\u2014 Pauline Kael",
|
|
"\u2026 bassist Jeremy Toback and drummer Regan Hagar rarely stray from foursquare hard-rock propulsion.",
|
|
"\u2014 Mark Coleman"
|
|
],
|
|
": square":[
|
|
"The benchlike frames have foursquare horizontal slats and either dowel-shaped or foursquare uprights.",
|
|
"\u2014 Janet Malcom",
|
|
"A magnificent foursquare house built by Col. Jonathan Hamilton on a promontory of the Salmon Falls River overlooking his wharves and warehouses.",
|
|
"\u2014 John Deedy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"her foursquare support for the proposal",
|
|
"it's no time to be foursquare if you're asked whether a certain outfit makes a person look fat",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The first structure was unusual enough to become a local attraction: a large foursquare house with a center hall and verandahs on all sides. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"This is an earnest, foursquare , if extremely well-made, melodrama. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 16 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"The foursquare drill is meant to hone pitchers\u2019 reaction time fielding comebackers and making awkward throws. \u2014 Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com , 16 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"From today\u2019s viewpoint, its most familiar American manifestations were possibly the comfortably foursquare domestic architecture and furnishing designs produced by Gustav Stickley in the early 20th century. \u2014 Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ , 28 Nov. 2018",
|
|
"Oddly enough, these statements are foursquare at odds with these legislators\u2019 voting records. \u2014 Deroy Murdock, National Review , 11 Dec. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1955, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02c8skwer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthcoming",
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"Middle English fourtene , from Old English f\u0113owert\u012bene , from f\u0113owert\u012bene , adjective, from f\u0113ower + -t\u012bene ; akin to Old English t\u012ben ten":""
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8t\u0113n",
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"\u02c8f\u022fr(t)-t\u0113n"
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"Middle English fourtene , from Old English f\u0113owert\u012bene , from f\u0113owert\u012bene , adjective, from f\u0113ower + -t\u012bene ; akin to Old English t\u012ben ten":""
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8t\u0113n",
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"\u02c8f\u022frt-\u02cct\u0113n",
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": a mountain that is at least 14,000 feet high":[],
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": a verse consisting of 14 syllables or especially of 7 iambic feet":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Longs Peak, the park\u2019s highest, deadliest mountain (with a total of at least 60 fatalities)\u2014not to mention the most popular fourteener in Colorado\u2014sees about 20,000 annual ascents. \u2014 Jon Waterman, Outside Online , 15 June 2020",
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"Here in Colorado, my boys are angling to bag a fourteener this summer. \u2014 Rachel Walker, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2019",
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"At 14,259 feet, Longs Peak is Rocky Mountain National Park\u2019s highest mountain and its only fourteener . \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 10 Aug. 2020",
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"Hike, raft, fish, bag another fourteener , but beware: the technical, exposed route to Capitol Peak isn\u2019t for the inexperienced. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 18 Aug. 2020",
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"Moving in the Alps is not like a jaunt up a fourteener . \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 26 Feb. 2021",
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"Remember fourteeners can get very cold, even in the summer. \u2014 John Meyer, The Know , 11 July 2019",
|
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"Some may find this high-altitude dirt trail to be challenging, due to its 95 feet of elevation gain, but the impressive views of wooded hillsides and notorious fourteener Longs Peak will more than make up for any breathlessness. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 15 Jan. 2020",
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"The element of adventure is a lot higher on thirteeners vs. fourteeners . \u2014 John Meyer, The Know , 2 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u022fr-\u02c8t\u0113-n\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192701",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fourth":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a musical interval (see interval sense 2 ) embracing four tones of the diatonic scale":[],
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": independence day":[
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"\u2014 used with the watched fireworks on the Fourth"
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],
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": one that is number four in a series \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
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": the fourth forward gear or speed of a motor vehicle":[
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"shifted into fourth"
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],
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": the harmonic combination of two tones a fourth apart":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"cut the cake into fourths",
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"She drank a fourth of the bottle.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On average, cities across Southern California that are supplied by the Metropolitan Water District typically get about one- fourth of their water from the Colorado River. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
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"The western fourth of the state is still abnormally dry, but no severe, extreme or exceptional drought conditions exist anywhere in the state. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
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"His appearance against North Carolina was his fourth of the season. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"The ponytail has a simple plait that wasn't braided all the way through, leaving the last fourth of the Kanekalon hair to sit freely at the end. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 8 Oct. 2021",
|
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"The group ranked from seventh to forty- fourth encompasses Stellantis (#9), BMW (#10), Volvo (#11), Honda (#13), and Ford (#14). \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
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"According to the World Economic Forum\u2019s 2010 Global Gender Gap Report, Italy ranks seventy- fourth in women\u2019s rights, between the Dominican Republic and Gambia. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
|
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"After some rancorous back-and- fourth , Kaval compromised with this figure: Zero percent, zero units. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 July 2021",
|
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"Boley has been battling through a back injury and sat the entire fourth of last week\u2019s loss against Arizona. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Feb. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see four":""
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},
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"\u02c8f\u022frth"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203616",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adjective or adverb",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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"fox":{
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"antonyms":[
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"addle",
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"baffle",
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"bamboozle",
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"beat",
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"befog",
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"befuddle",
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"bemuse",
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"bewilder",
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"buffalo",
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"confound",
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"confuse",
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"discombobulate",
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"disorient",
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"flummox",
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"fuddle",
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"get",
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"gravel",
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"maze",
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"muddle",
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"muddy",
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"mystify",
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"perplex",
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"pose",
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"puzzle",
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"vex"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a clever crafty person":[
|
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"He's a sly old fox ."
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],
|
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": a good-looking young woman or man":[],
|
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": a member of an American Indian people formerly living in what is now Wisconsin":[],
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": any of various carnivorous (see carnivorous sense 1 ) mammals (especially genus Vulpes ) of the dog family related to but smaller than wolves with shorter legs, more pointed muzzle, large erect ears, and long bushy tail":[],
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": baffle":[
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"foxed by his behavior"
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],
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": intoxicate":[],
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": sword":[],
|
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": the fur of a fox":[],
|
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": to trick by ingenuity or cunning : outwit":[],
|
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"Charles James 1749\u20131806 English statesman and orator":[],
|
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"George 1624\u20131691 English preacher and founder of Society of Friends":[],
|
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"river 175 miles (282 kilometers) long in eastern Wisconsin flowing northeast and north through Lake Winnebago into Green Bay":[],
|
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"river 220 miles (354 kilometers) long in southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois flowing south into the Illinois River":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"He's a wily old fox .",
|
|
"she's a real fox \u2014smart, sassy, and sexy",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"They foxed me into telling the secret.",
|
|
"The problem had us foxed !",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The wild fox that allegedly killed 25 flamingos at the National Zoo in Northwest Washington has been caught and euthanized, the zoo said. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
|
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"The zoo was at pains to point out that the culprit was a wild fox . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Local journalists treated the Mellon Scaifes like royalty, describing their appearances at polo matches, horse races and fox hunts at Rolling Rock, a Pennsylvania estate that dated back to his great-grandfather Thomas Mellon. \u2014 Patricia Callahan, ProPublica , 15 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The month of May is here, which means to expect the unexpected at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway \u2014 even if that means a fox darting across your path on the track. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"For the next hour or so, Harris put on a clinic of silver- fox star-power. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"In 1996, six flamingos owned by Queen Elizabeth II were slaughtered by a fox , and a seventh died later, reported the Associated Press. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"Zoo staffers also briefly spotted the fox in the outdoor area, but the animal escaped. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, ajc , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Another sinister distraction occurred when a fox that later tested positive for rabies struck fear into the hearts of those who work on Capitol Hill. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Raccoon: Raccoon is very similar to fox but rarely comes in any other colors besides that of a typical raccoon which is naturally ombr\u00e9. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Marie Claire , 13 Feb. 2014",
|
|
"Raines has a USDA license to exhibit and sell foxes, but does the latter only to fox sanctuaries, or people who have track records owning foxes, preferably with a license similar to hers. \u2014 Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities , 3 May 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fuhs fox and perhaps to Sanskrit puccha tail":"Noun and Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4ks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"beauty queen",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"cutie",
|
|
"cutey",
|
|
"dolly bird",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"stunner"
|
|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024734",
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|
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|
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|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
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"innocent",
|
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"undesigning"
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
": of a warm reddish-brown color":[
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|
|
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|
|
": physically attractive":[
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
": resembling or suggestive of a fox":[
|
|
"a narrow foxy face"
|
|
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|
|
": such as":[
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the oft-told story of the foxy flatterer who works her way up the ladder of success by stepping on people as she goes",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"These scenes are beautifully imagined, Musidora\u2019s foxy vitality melting into Mira\u2019s moody vibrance before our every eyes. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Thanks to White\u2019s foxy -angel vocals, and the sweet, empathetic bastards backing him: bassist Spencer Duncan, drummer Reed Watson, keyboardist Ben Tanner and guitarist Adam Morrow. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"If Turner\u2019s faith in her characters is not always returned \u2014 Maria, who gets only one scene, feels underwritten, and Leigh, despite Van Sciver\u2019s foxy performance, never quite coheres \u2014 her faith in the audience is an entirely successful investment. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Madonna's forthcoming biopic may be getting a foxy addition. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Getting the tagline of being a foxy person is usually a quite flattering label. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"New York's foxiest hipsters run Afrobeat and Julian Casablancas croon through a drum machine. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 1 May 2020",
|
|
"Before long, the women are treating themselves to foxy Louboutins and over-the-top Gucci satchels. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 12 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Eventually, Tetlock and his collaborator, Barbara Mellers, assembled a team of foxy volunteers, drawn from the general public, to compete in a forecasting tournament. \u2014 David Epstein, The Denver Post , 22 July 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4k-s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foxy sly , cunning , crafty , wily , tricky , foxy , artful , slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods. a sly corporate raider cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing. the cunning fox avoided the trap crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method. a crafty lefthander wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering. the wily fugitive escaped the posse tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering. a tricky political operative foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing. a foxy publicity man planting stories artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness. elicited the information by artful questioning slick emphasizes smoothness and guile. slick operators selling time-sharing",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061347",
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
"noun"
|
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|
|
},
|
|
"foxy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": cunningly shrewd":[],
|
|
": having a sharp brisk flavor":[
|
|
"foxy grapes"
|
|
],
|
|
": of a warm reddish-brown color":[
|
|
"foxy eyebrows"
|
|
],
|
|
": physically attractive":[
|
|
"a foxy lady"
|
|
],
|
|
": resembling or suggestive of a fox":[
|
|
"a narrow foxy face"
|
|
],
|
|
": such as":[
|
|
"a narrow foxy face"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the oft-told story of the foxy flatterer who works her way up the ladder of success by stepping on people as she goes",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"These scenes are beautifully imagined, Musidora\u2019s foxy vitality melting into Mira\u2019s moody vibrance before our every eyes. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Thanks to White\u2019s foxy -angel vocals, and the sweet, empathetic bastards backing him: bassist Spencer Duncan, drummer Reed Watson, keyboardist Ben Tanner and guitarist Adam Morrow. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"If Turner\u2019s faith in her characters is not always returned \u2014 Maria, who gets only one scene, feels underwritten, and Leigh, despite Van Sciver\u2019s foxy performance, never quite coheres \u2014 her faith in the audience is an entirely successful investment. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Madonna's forthcoming biopic may be getting a foxy addition. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Getting the tagline of being a foxy person is usually a quite flattering label. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"New York's foxiest hipsters run Afrobeat and Julian Casablancas croon through a drum machine. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 1 May 2020",
|
|
"Before long, the women are treating themselves to foxy Louboutins and over-the-top Gucci satchels. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 12 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Eventually, Tetlock and his collaborator, Barbara Mellers, assembled a team of foxy volunteers, drawn from the general public, to compete in a forecasting tournament. \u2014 David Epstein, The Denver Post , 22 July 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4k-s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foxy sly , cunning , crafty , wily , tricky , foxy , artful , slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods. a sly corporate raider cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing. the cunning fox avoided the trap crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method. a crafty lefthander wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering. the wily fugitive escaped the posse tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering. a tricky political operative foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing. a foxy publicity man planting stories artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness. elicited the information by artful questioning slick emphasizes smoothness and guile. slick operators selling time-sharing",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235505",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foyer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"theatergoers crowded the foyer during the play's intermission",
|
|
"leave your muddy boots in the foyer and come into the house",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The two-story foyer has limestone and marble flooring. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
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"The two-story foyer has a statement staircase and crystal chandelier. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 11 May 2022",
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"The foyer leads on to a vast open-plan living and dining area, with Versailles parquet-wood flooring. \u2014 Janice O'leary, Robb Report , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"The foyer has a coat closet and leads to a long hallway. \u2014 Jenny Xie, Curbed , 23 Nov. 2021",
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"Upon entering Delilah the foyer leads to the Little Bubble Bar, which is an intimate 34 seat intimate lounge, that opens up to overlooking the Anchor Bar, Main Dining Room and Outside dining. \u2014 Yola Robert, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
|
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"An entry foyer leads to the living spaces, which take in views of Manhattan and Harlem through walls of windows on two sides. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2021",
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"The foyer also offers direct access to the living room, which extends from the front to the rear of the home. \u2014 James Alexander, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
|
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"The grand turrets, steep slate roofs and ornate windows and foyer lend it a regal vibe, while its $18.9 million price tag will get you a whole suite of luxe amenities fit for a royal family. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 13 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1833, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, literally, fireplace, from Vulgar Latin *focarium , from Latin focus hearth":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fi-\u02cc\u0101",
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"also \u02c8fw\u00e4-\u02ccy\u0101",
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"\u02c8f\u022fi-\u0259r",
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"\u02c8f\u022fi(-\u0259)r",
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"\u02c8f\u022fi-\u02cc(y)\u0101"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"hall",
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"lobby"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190606",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"forthfaring":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an act or instance of going out : a journey forth":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"forth entry 1 + faring , gerund of fare entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143246"
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},
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"force of habit":{
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"type":[
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"noun phrase"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": behavior made involuntary or automatic by repeated practice":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143248"
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},
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"founding":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having all usual, standard, or reasonably expected equipment":[
|
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"the boat comes fully found , ready to go",
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"\u2014 Holiday"
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],
|
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": presented as or incorporated into an artistic work essentially as found":[
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"sculpture of fabric, wood, and other found materials",
|
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"\u2014 Hilton Kramer"
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],
|
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": free food and lodging in addition to wages":[
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"they're paid $175 a month and found",
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"\u2014 New Yorker"
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],
|
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": to take the first steps in building":[],
|
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": to set or ground on something solid : base":[],
|
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": to establish (something) often with provision for future maintenance":[
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"found an institution"
|
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],
|
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": to melt (a material, such as metal) and pour into a mold":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8fau\u0307nd"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"begin",
|
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"constitute",
|
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"establish",
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"inaugurate",
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"initiate",
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"innovate",
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"institute",
|
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"introduce",
|
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"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
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"plant",
|
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"set up",
|
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"start"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"close (down)",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"from past participle of find entry 1":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English founden, borrowed from Anglo-French fonder, funder, going back to Latin fund\u0101re, derivative of fundus \"bottom, base, foundation\" \u2014 more at bottom entry 1":"Verb",
|
|
"borrowed from Middle French fondre \"to melt, cast,\" going back to Old French, going back to Latin fundere \"to pour, shed, cast, send forth, disperse,\" going back to Indo-European *\u01f5 h u-n-d-, present tense derivative of *\u01f5 h eu\u032fd- \"pour\" (also Germanic, in Old English g\u0113otan \"to pour, shed,\" Old High German giozan, Old Norse gj\u00f3ta \"to drop, throw, give birth [of animals],\" Gothic giutan \"to pour\"), extended form of Indo-European *\u01f5 h eu\u032f- \"pour,\" whence Greek ch\u00e9\u014d, che\u00een \"to pour, shed,\" Tocharian B kewu \"I will pour,\" Sanskrit juhoti \"(s/he) pours, sacrifices\"":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1562, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143643"
|
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},
|
|
"foreclose":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to shut out : preclude":[],
|
|
": to hold exclusively":[],
|
|
": to deal with or close in advance":[],
|
|
": to subject to foreclosure proceedings":[],
|
|
": to foreclose a mortgage":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02cc)f\u022fr-\u02c8kl\u014dz",
|
|
"f\u014dr-\u02c8kl\u014dz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"They've been unable to make their mortgage payments, and the bank has threatened to foreclose .",
|
|
"The bank has threatened to foreclose their mortgage.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For communities with an interest in the land, removing those kinds of conclusions can foreclose access to a provision of federal law that promises communities a say in what happens when historic sites are at risk. \u2014 Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"If the developer defaults on the construction loan, the lender can foreclose and take over the developer\u2019s interest in the ground lease and the project. \u2014 Joshua Stein, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"As to the service providers' field preemption argument, Supreme Court authority, the case law of this circuit, and various provisions of the Communications Act itself all foreclose that argument. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"If the debts are not paid, the buyers eventually could foreclose on the properties. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Attorneys for Yorke and the Nduoms then tried to compel Stewart and other borrowers to pay Yorke more money by threatening to foreclose on their homes. \u2014 Mariam Elba, ProPublica , 30 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The biggest critique from Republicans has been that Biden and the Pentagon have been too quick to foreclose military options and too worried that aggressive U.S. efforts to arm the Ukrainians might spur Putin to widen the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Does that foreclose the option of a U.S. troop buildup in Eastern Europe? \u2014 Robert Burns, ajc , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Niami, a former film producer, spent almost a decade developing The One before lenders moved to foreclose on the project. \u2014 John Gittelsohn, Fortune , 4 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French forclos , past participle of forclore, forsclore , from fors outside (from Latin foris ) + clore to close \u2014 more at forum":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143655"
|
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},
|
|
"forest green":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dark yellowish or moderate olive green":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In the photo, the queen dons a forest green cape-style coat and stands proudly while holding the reins of her two fell ponies, Bybeck Katie and Bybeck Nightingale. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Ahsoka actress Rosario Dawson put her own starry spin on Warby Parker\u2019s Essex frames, resulting in an effortlessly cool pair of oversized sunglasses in forest green and mauve. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"For its class colors, the students picked forest green and khaki. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"The d\u00e9cor is forest green and white wainscot paneling, with alpine modern furnishings, and printed camp blankets and rugs. \u2014 Everett Potter, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"In the photo, the queen stands proudly between Bybeck Katie and Bybeck Nightingale, donning a forest green cape-style coat while holding the reins of her two ponies. \u2014 Pamela Avila, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"His love of Robin Hood inspired him to craft an Away message that featured silvery medieval text on a forest green background. \u2014 Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"That much is written across her face on the album cover: a photo of her camouflaged in loose forest green , hunched uncomfortably atop a crag in the Canadian wilderness. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The 58-year-old actor attended the Ami fall 2022 show in a body-skimming, semi-sheer forest green knit dress styled with an oversized blazer and heeled sandals. \u2014 Vogue , 3 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1810, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143724"
|
|
},
|
|
"force majeure":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": superior or irresistible force":[],
|
|
": an event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled \u2014 compare act of god":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frs-ma-\u02c8zh\u0259r, -m\u0227-\u02c8zh\u0153\u0305r",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u022frs-m\u00e4-\u02c8zh\u0259r",
|
|
"-m\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Approximately 600 multinational companies have departed Russia and slammed the door behind them, hardly glancing at their force majeure and material adverse change clauses on their way out. \u2014 Alexandra Wrage, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"In Germany, a force majeure is in place across distribution and storage assets owned by Mabanaft Group, within which the Oiltanking Deutschland operates. \u2014 Rachel Graham, Bloomberg.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The master license agreement between the Tournament of Roses and Pasadena requires the game to be held in the Rose Bowl stadium except in the event of a force majeure that allows for the game to be moved. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Nagacorp\u2019s statement said the company was using the force majeure clause set out in its investment agreement and suspends all operations. \u2014 Yessar Rosendar, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The team, however, could withhold her rights preventing her from signing with another team because Russia had not officially invaded Ukraine, which would have allowed Godblod to invoke the force majeure clause in her contract. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Under the legal clause force majeure , a party that does not live up to a contract can be excused because of events beyond the party\u2019s control. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In response, Rio Tinto declared force majeure on all customer contracts at RBM, employing the legal provision that excuses parties from contract terms because of unforeseen circumstances. \u2014 Alexandra Wexler, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Thanks to the force majeure clause in those latter three contracts, Auburn did not have to pay Alcorn State ($475,000), UMass ($1.9 million) and Southern Miss ($1.85 million) to play in Jordan-Hare Stadium. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 26 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, superior force":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143831"
|
|
},
|
|
"force/ram/shove (something) down someone's throat":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to force someone to accept or like (something, such as one's ideas or beliefs)":[
|
|
"She was always forcing her opinions down his throat ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144549"
|
|
},
|
|
"force of friction":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the force required to initiate or to maintain relative motion against friction":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144615"
|
|
},
|
|
"foundation stone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": basis , groundwork":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The foundation stone for Parnell\u2019s monument was laid in 1899, but by 1904, when Ulysses is set, it had still not been built. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The letter was dated June 2, one week after Hitler had laid the foundation stone for the Volkswagen factory. \u2014 David De Jong, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In August 2020, eight months before Uttar Pradesh was devastated by India's second Covid wave, Modi laid a foundation stone for the construction of a Hindu temple in the holy city of Ayodhya. \u2014 Rhea Mogul, Vedika Sud, Arpit Goel And Vijay Bedi, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Will left tackle Ronnie Stanley be healthy enough to reclaim his role as the foundation stone ? \u2014 Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s a foundation stone that is still fresh, vital delicious. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Its foundation stone was placed in 1907 by former President Theodore Roosevelt, has been the site of state funerals for three U.S. presidents, and was the site of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final Sunday sermon. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 24 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Life insurance and life insurance trusts are a foundation stone of estate planning for many families. \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
|
|
"In April last year, eight months before Modi laid the parliament's foundation stone in a high-profile photo-op, a petition was filed to the Supreme Court opposing plans on legal and environmental grounds. \u2014 Oscar Holland, CNN , 8 May 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144706"
|
|
},
|
|
"forcemeat":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": finely chopped and highly seasoned meat or fish that is either served alone or used as a stuffing":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022frs-\u02ccm\u0113t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Not to be confused with other popular charcuterie elements like pat\u00e9 or rillettes, a terrine is made by layering forcemeat with any combination of additional ingredients in a terrine mold to cook slowly in a water bath. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"Juicy duck with plum sauce sits near a delightful roasted turnip stuffed with duck forcemeat , a modern take on canard aux navets. \u2014 Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker , 22 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Check out this luxe treatment: The thigh and legs are made into forcemeat , mixed with truffle paste and wrapped in skin from the legs; after a sous-vide bath, the sausage is fried to crisp the skin. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Each plate was set with a slice of the breast next to a forcemeat lollipop, and a section of mandarin and dime-size pommes souffles thickly coated with ramp powder that quickly overshadowed the mandarin sauce and threw the dish out of balance. \u2014 Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"From her book, Eighmey also recommends period-appropriate forcemeat balls\u2014the kind Franklin would have feasted on in 1740s Philly\u2014infused with mace, nutmeg and cloves. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 31 Jan. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"force (alteration of farce entry 2 ) + meat":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1688, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144800"
|
|
},
|
|
"follow block":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a circular wooden block used in spinning sheet metal on a lathe":[],
|
|
": an adjustable block or plate used in a card file to keep the cards in upright position":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144845"
|
|
},
|
|
"foister":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pickpocket":[],
|
|
": a palmer of dice : cheat , rogue":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u022fist\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"foist entry 2 + -er":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145021"
|
|
},
|
|
"foumart":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the European polecat":[],
|
|
": a contemptible person":[
|
|
"\u2014 used as a generalized term of abuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English fulmard, fulmarde, folmarde, folmert , probably from foul entry 1 + (assumed) Middle English marth marten, from Old English mearth":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145128"
|
|
},
|
|
"fox grape":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several native grapes (especially Vitis labrusca ) of eastern North America with sour or musky fruit":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1657, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145437"
|
|
},
|
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"found wanting":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": lacking all that is needed or expected":[
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"The travel arrangements were found wanting ."
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]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150036"
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},
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"for-profit":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": established, maintained, or conducted for the purpose of making a profit":[
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"for-profit businesses"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02c8pr\u00e4-f\u0259t"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150407"
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},
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"folk mass":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mass in which traditional liturgical music is replaced by folk music":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"These were nuns who strummed their guitars at folk mass , their billowy black garments swinging in tune, who played basketball with us, switching out their dainty oxfords for Chuck Taylors. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 2 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152043"
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},
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"fore-and-aft bridge":{
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a gangway that sometimes connects a ship's forward bridge and after bridge":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152322"
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},
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"found poem":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a poem consisting of words found in a nonpoetic context (such as a product label) and usually broken into lines that convey a verse rhythm":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152714"
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}
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} |