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146 lines
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{
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"apropos":{
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"having to do with the matter at hand":{
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"examples":[
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"the actor announced to reporters that he would regard as apropos only questions about the movie and would ignore inquiries about his love life"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"applicable",
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"apposite",
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"germane",
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"material",
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"pertinent",
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"pointed",
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"relative",
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"relevant"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"appropriate",
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"apt",
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"fit",
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"fitting",
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"suitable",
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"important",
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"meaningful",
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"significant",
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"sensible",
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"useful",
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"admissible",
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"allowable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"frivolous",
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"inconsequential",
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"insignificant",
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"little",
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"minor",
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"negligible",
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"slight",
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"trifling",
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"trivial",
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"unimportant",
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"meaningless",
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"purposeless",
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"senseless",
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"useless",
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"inappropriate",
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"inapt",
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"unsuitable",
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"inadmissible"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"extraneous",
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"immaterial",
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"impertinent",
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"inapplicable",
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"inapposite",
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"irrelative",
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"irrelevant",
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"pointless"
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]
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},
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"by way of interjection or digression":{
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"examples":[
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"I went up to New York last weekend; apropos , have you seen your New York cousins lately?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"en passant",
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"incidentally"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"digressively",
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"excursively",
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"interjectionally",
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"parenthetically",
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"secondarily",
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"tangentially"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"having to do with":{
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"examples":[
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"makes a number of telling observations apropos the current political situation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"about",
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"apropos of",
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"as far as",
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"as for",
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"as regards",
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"as respects",
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"as to",
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"concerning",
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"of",
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"on",
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"regarding",
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"respecting",
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"touching",
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"toward",
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"towards"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"over"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"preposition"
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]
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},
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"apropos of":{
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"having to do with":{
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"examples":[
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"apropos of our earlier conversation, here's that file I mentioned"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"about",
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"apropos",
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"as far as",
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"as for",
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"as regards",
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"as respects",
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"as to",
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"concerning",
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"of",
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"on",
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"regarding",
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"respecting",
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"touching",
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"toward",
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"towards"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"over"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"preposition"
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]
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}
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} |