dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/cou_MW.json

{
  "couch":{
    "antonyms":[
      "chesterfield",
      "davenport",
      "divan",
      "lounge",
      "settee",
      "sofa",
      "squab"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a couch on which a patient reclines when undergoing psychoanalysis":[],
      ": an article of furniture for sitting or reclining":[],
      ": receiving psychoanalytic treatment":[],
      ": the den of an animal (such as an otter)":[],
      ": to embroider (a design) by laying down a thread and fastening it with small stitches at regular intervals":[],
      ": to lay (oneself) down for rest or sleep":[
        "The lion couched himself by a tree."
      ],
      ": to lie down or recline for sleep or rest":[
        "the odd way a camel couches"
      ],
      ": to lie in ambush":[
        "The tiger couches in the thick grass, watching its prey move closer."
      ],
      ": to phrase or express in a specified manner":[
        "The comments were couched in strong terms."
      ],
      ": to place or hold level and pointed forward ready for use":[
        "Couching his lance, he seated himself firmly in his saddle \u2026",
        "\u2014 W. Somerset Maugham"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore.",
      "I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex.",
      "Noun",
      "find yourself a place on the couch and make yourself at home",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Enjoy new and old sounds in the cool comfort of churches and cathedrals, bask in the classics at concert and opera halls, or couch it with a couple of high-quality live streams. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "There comes a point, though, where irony hits its limit: No one can couch what Wood describes as rape in edgy quotation marks. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "However, family crowds have been slow to return to cinemas because young children have only recently been able to get vaccinated against COVID-19, so Paramount wanted to couch ticket sales while boosting its nascent streaming service in the process. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "The statement expresses unusually hard-hitting sentiments for a group of scholars, who typically prefer to couch their opinions in the cautious language of academia. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
      "And people tend to couch these compliments with denying aging. \u2014 Kathleen Newman-bremang, refinery29.com , 17 May 2021",
      "But that doesn\u2019t include those who couch surf \u2014 staying a night or two with friends and family \u2014 or who had collected enough money to pay for a motel room the night of the count. \u2014 Liz Hardaway, ExpressNews.com , 10 Jan. 2021",
      "While the Air Force had tried to couch the recent demonstration as being about reconnaissance, in the training exercise that reconnaissance helped select targets for a missile strike. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 21 Dec. 2020",
      "But in years past, when addressing their social media audiences, many were content to couch their political opinions in platitudes about the importance of natural spaces. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com , 1 Nov. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Hudson says as her mother places the mannequin next to her on a couch . \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
      "Mark Meadows sat on a couch in his West Wing office, alone, scrolling through his cellphone. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
      "Parker was sitting on a couch with a gun to his head. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The sometimes joyous and other times deeply romantic words in Spanish filled the spacious living room, as the women sat on a couch , sipping Moroccan mint tea, in a moment that felt like traveling back centuries. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
      "In the sweet snap, Dr. Madhu Akhouri Chopra holds Malti, 5 months, in her arms as her daughter hugs the pair while sitting on a couch . \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
      "Inside on a couch was a man with a handgun who pointed the weapon at firefighters, officials said. \u2014 Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "Try sleeping on a couch in the basement or on your home's ground floor rather than on the second story, if possible. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 1 June 2022",
      "Upstairs, the women sat on a couch until Weinstein called Mann into the bedroom, slammed the door behind her, and began forcibly trying to kiss her. \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English couche bed, from Anglo-French kuche , from cucher":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French cucher , from Latin collocare to set in place \u2014 more at collocate":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307ch"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "articulate",
      "clothe",
      "express",
      "formulate",
      "phrase",
      "put",
      "say",
      "state",
      "word"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184525",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "couch grass":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several grasses that resemble quack grass in spreading by creeping rhizomes":[],
      ": quack grass":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of quitch":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00fcch-",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307ch-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202754",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couch potato":{
    "antonyms":[
      "doer",
      "go-ahead",
      "go-getter",
      "hummer",
      "hustler",
      "self-starter"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "a couch potato who refused to budge no matter what needed to be done",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The benefits were strongest when a person transitioned from being a couch potato to adding movement to the day, the study said. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Weighing in and just under 81 pounds, Neron has rightfully gained his title as the most lovable couch potato . \u2014 The Republic, The Arizona Republic , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "If your reason is hunger, tiredness, physical strain or an overwhelming desire to be a couch potato , no harm done. \u2014 Anna Ciulla, Outside Online , 29 Aug. 2017",
      "At issue is the quick adoption by even the most die-hard couch potato of new ways of watching TV favorites. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Joining Alabama on the couch potato list were West Virginia, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kentucky, Arkansas and Mississippi. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "But loungewear staples work for well beyond being a couch potato too. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "In the ideal world, a couch potato watches the marathon on Sunday, then decides to try to run a mile with Harlem Run or another running club on Monday. \u2014 Matthew Futterman, New York Times , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "And the movement gaps among species also weren\u2019t huge\u2014more the difference between two casual weight lifters than a bodybuilder and a couch potato . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 26 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1976, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "deadbeat",
      "do-nothing",
      "drone",
      "idler",
      "layabout",
      "lazybones",
      "loafer",
      "lotus-eater",
      "slouch",
      "slug",
      "slugabed",
      "sluggard"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172235",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cough":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a condition marked by repeated or frequent coughing":[
        "She has a bad cough ."
      ],
      ": a sudden, sharp-sounding expulsion of air from the lungs acting as a protective mechanism to clear the air passages or as a symptom of pulmonary disturbance":[],
      ": to expel air from the lungs suddenly with a sharp, short noise : to emit a cough (see cough entry 2 sense 1 )":[
        "The dust made him cough repeatedly."
      ],
      ": to expel by coughing":[
        "\u2014 often used with up cough up mucus"
      ],
      ": to make a noise like that of coughing":[
        "The engine coughed and sputtered and then stopped."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She was coughing and sneezing all day.",
      "The dust made him cough .",
      "The engine coughed and sputtered and then stopped.",
      "Noun",
      "He has a cough and a cold.",
      "They both have bad coughs .",
      "I heard a cough from the back of the church.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "As their Friday afternoon game stretched on, Cook started to cough uncontrollably. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "In this land of plentiful, oxygenating trees, everyone is alone, and people cough into the crook of an elbow anyway. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
      "Qianyan Li, his wife and his children\u2019s mother, would cook in the apartment and his son would cough . \u2014 Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "One person might sneeze or cough while another might become exhausted, and another will feel nothing at all. \u2014 Erik Vance, Scientific American , 4 Dec. 2018",
      "Atlanta had a rough start to the second half when Russell Gage caught a 20-yard pass over the middle to the Tampa Bay 45, only to cough the ball up on a hit by Pierre Desir. \u2014 George Henry, ajc , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "Tuberculosis is a serious infectious bacteria that affects the lungs and causes patients to cough blood, lose weight, and suffer from night sweats and fever. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Blackburn, a retired police officer, was being treated with IV dexamethasone and remdesivir, and stopped to cough a few times during his conversation with a Free Press reporter. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "Why stop with the right to cough on strangers in a public place and give them a disease",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Her first day back onstage, Parker still had a lingering cough , taking sips of her prop martini to soothe it. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
      "The last time a Kentucky Derby winner did not run in the Preakness was in 2019 when Country House, who was given the Derby win after the disqualification of Maximum Security, was said to have a cough after the race. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
      "In rare instances, avian influenza can spread to humans, and symptoms include fever, cough , headache and shortness of breath, according to the Mayo Clinic\u2019s website. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "Doctors there say patients are coming in with fever, cough , body aches \u2014 which could signal the flu, Covid-19 or a number of other respiratory viruses. \u2014 Joe Murphy, NBC News , 9 May 2022",
      "Other, more severe symptoms have included pneumonia requiring hospitalization, including fever, cough , sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, shortness or breath or difficulty breathing. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "If people develop the symptoms common to flu and COVID (such as fever, cough , congestion and body aches), most clinics can run tests that look for COVID and flu at the same time. \u2014 Tara Haelle, Scientific American , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "All patients displayed at least two symptoms of mild to moderate Covid-19 \u2014fever, cough , body aches, shortness of breath, etc.\u2014 and represented a mix of both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Any adult or child with COVID-19 symptoms, such as fever, cough , or shortness of breath, should get tested with either a rapid test or a PCR test. \u2014 Dr. Jacob Warner, ABC News , 10 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English *cohhian ; akin to Middle High German k\u016bchen to breathe heavily":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115003",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "cough drop":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lozenge or troche used to relieve coughing":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The cough drop , as always, promises to keep your illness between you and your remedy. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
      "Instead, when the team tightens up, his steady offense could be just the cough drop (or Heimlich maneuver) to keep Utah from heading home early. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Some more viral moments shared between the unlikely duo: Bush sharing a cough drop with Obama at Sen. John McCain's funeral in 2018, and again at his father George H. W. Bush's funeral a few months later. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "The kits, which will be limited to two per vehicle, will include items such as masks, hand sanitizer, gloves and cough drops . \u2014 Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com , 26 May 2020",
      "Water and dill pickles Directly off the stage, a lounge is stocked to the brim with tea, Ricola cough drops and vitamins to keep the auctioneers' throats in top shape. \u2014 Lorraine Longhi, azcentral , 19 Jan. 2020",
      "There are certainly people who need them -- the cough drop craze must have started with a real cough. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Jan. 2020",
      "Put your Vogues in chronological order and throw out all your expired spices and cough drops . \u2014 Shani Silver, refinery29.com , 3 Jan. 2020",
      "While the former first lady and the 43rd president may seem like an unlikely duo, each sitting at opposite sides of the political spectrum, the two have developed a dear friendship over the years and exchanged many pleasantries (and cough drops ). \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 12 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1806, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112846",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cough mixture":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually sweet liquid that contains medicine used to stop coughing":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124820",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cough up":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": hand over , deliver":[
        "cough up the money"
      ],
      ": to lose possession of (a ball or puck) during a game":[
        "the quarterback coughed up the ball"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "finally got my brother to cough up the dough he owed me"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cede",
      "deliver",
      "give up",
      "hand over",
      "lay down",
      "relinquish",
      "render",
      "surrender",
      "turn in",
      "turn over",
      "yield"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223647",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "couleur de rose":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": rose : rose color":[],
      ": rosy , roseate":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124651",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coulibiac":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": fish rolled in pastry dough and baked":[
        "coulibiac of salmon"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Russian kulebyaka":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0227k",
      "\u02cck\u00fcl\u0113\u02c8by\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210912",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coulier":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the cam motion that controls delivery of yarn over needles on a full-fashioned knitting machine":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from French couli\u00e8re , literally, sliding, gliding, from couler to slide, glide, flow":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00fcly\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170747",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coulis":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish":[
        "tomato coulis",
        "raspberry coulis"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For a dramatic visual contrast to the snowy-white heart\u2014and a nice, tart counterpoint to its unctuousness\u2014surround it with a coulis of pur\u00e9ed raspberries, spiked with a few spoonfuls of cr\u00e8me de framboise liqueur. \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Serve with berries, a fruit coulis or a fresh squeeze of lemon. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2021",
      "The yellowtail crudo is jaggedly sliced, swimming in an overwhelming coulis . \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Nov. 2019",
      "Tomato coulis is a thin puree of tomatoes that\u2019s also ideal for the freezer. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Sep. 2019",
      "Though Hunter landed in the top 3, the win went to Harvard University graduate Nick DiGiovanni, who served lemon meringue pie with gingerbread crumb and blueberry coulis in a glass mixing bowl. \u2014 Tracy Swartz, chicagotribune.com , 13 Aug. 2019",
      "For dessert, the choices are Vacherin classique or warm chocolate almond cake with raspberry coulis and hazelnut ice cream. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 17 July 2019",
      "Three-layer chocolate cake with raspberry sauce, Key lime pie with fresh cream and Carrot cake with pineapple rum coulis are just a sampling of their homemade desserts baked fresh daily. 2. \u2014 Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com , 5 July 2019",
      "But the menu looks familiar, with certain fan favorites revived: endive-and-Roquefort salad; a velvety chickpea pancake, topped with salty-sweet gravlax; wedges of lightly seared, crusted yellowfin tuna with red-pepper coulis . \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 21 June 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1952, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Old French cole\u00efs , from cole\u00efs, cole\u00efz flowing":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u00fc-\u02c8l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224205",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coulisse":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a backstage area":[],
      ": a piece of timber having a groove in which something glides":[],
      ": hallway":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Crafted from handmade Japanese paper and bamboo in three colorways, each with a different configuration, including a T-shape and a single panel, the collection is named for coulisses \u2014 painted pieces of scenery that give a stage set its dimension. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1786, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Old French coulice portcullis, from feminine of cole\u00efz flowing, sliding, from couler":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u00fc-\u02c8l\u0113s",
      "-\u02c8lis"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235346",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couloir":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a steep mountainside gorge":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "at one point the steep, ice-encrusted walls of the couloir are no more than 50 feet apart",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The search team located the bodies approximately 300 meters below the Joffre Peak couloir shortly after the search began, Sergeant Rob Knapton said. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 13 Jan. 2015",
      "Working in the dark, rescue teams attempted to reach the pair from below, traversing the upper Reid Glacier and climbing up the couloir , but were met with extremely challenging conditions. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The couloir is a steep and narrow 1,600-foot tongue of snow splitting the rocky north face of the mountain. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Sinking up to my armpits in a pocket of facets midway up a couloir only moments after digging a pit took spatial variability beyond the conceptual. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "Matthew Brien, 33, of Jackson, Wyoming was leading a group through a narrow couloir known as the Broken Thumb on Monday when an avalanche broke off above him, park officials said. \u2014 CBS News , 23 Feb. 2021",
      "Brien had entered the narrow area of the couloir above the rappels when the avalanche occurred, the park service said. \u2014 Joe Sutton, CNN , 23 Feb. 2021",
      "The couloir is a technical route through a steep, narrow gully of ice and snow on the northwest face of Bear Mountain. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Feb. 2021",
      "In fact, Richards and Mena aren't the first people to notice this couloir on the Northeast Face. \u2014 Cory Richards, National Geographic , 5 Apr. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1822, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, passage, from couler":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u00fcl-\u02c8w\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "canyon",
      "ca\u00f1on",
      "col",
      "defile",
      "flume",
      "gap",
      "gill",
      "gorge",
      "gulch",
      "gulf",
      "kloof",
      "linn",
      "notch",
      "pass",
      "ravine",
      "saddle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074028",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coulomb":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or being the electrostatic force of attraction or repulsion between charged particles":[],
      ": the practical meter-kilogram-second unit of electric charge equal to the quantity of electricity transferred by a current of one ampere in one second":[],
      "Charles-Augustin de 1736\u20131806 French physicist":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1930, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Charles A. de Coulomb":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8l\u00e4-mik",
      "-\u02c8l\u014d-",
      "k\u00fc-\u02c8l\u00e4m-bik",
      "-\u02ccl\u014dm",
      "\u02c8k\u00fc-\u02ccl\u00e4m",
      "\u02c8k\u00fc-\u02ccl\u00e4m, -\u02ccl\u014dm, k\u00fc-\u02c8",
      "k\u00fc-\u02c8l\u014d\u207f",
      "k\u00fc-\u02c8l\u00e4m",
      "-\u02c8l\u014dm-",
      "-\u02c8l\u014dm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045359",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "council":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a federation of or a central body uniting a group of organizations":[
        "the National Council of Teachers of English"
      ],
      ": a governing body of delegates from local units of a federation":[],
      ": a group elected or appointed as an advisory or legislative body":[
        "a governor's council",
        "a city council"
      ],
      ": a local chapter of an organization":[],
      ": a usually administrative body":[
        "a council on housing"
      ],
      ": an assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion":[
        "the Second Vatican Council"
      ],
      ": an executive body whose members are equal in power and authority":[],
      ": built, maintained, or operated by a local governing agency":[
        "council housing",
        "council flats"
      ],
      ": club , society":[],
      ": deliberation in a council":[],
      ": used for councils especially by or with North American Indians":[
        "a council ground"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The city council is considering a ban on smoking in restaurants.",
      "the governor's council on physical fitness",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The issue is tough, said Bill Tweit, the Washington state representative on the council . \u2014 Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
      "Fenty previously represented Ward 4 and endorsed Bowser to succeed him on the council in a 2007 special election when he was elected mayor. \u2014 Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Conyers pleaded guilty in 2009 to using her position on council and a city pension fund board to solicit bribes from businessmen seeking city contracts or pension deals. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
      "Koretz, who served three terms on the council , warned that the city needs more officers to get a handle on the rising number of homicides, robberies and other crimes. \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "DiPierro is expected to be replaced on council by Darren Costa, the candidate who unsuccessfully challenged him in November. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
      "Pike has been on the council for 14 years and has been a realtor in town since 1977. \u2014 Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal , 18 May 2022",
      "Prioritizing the redevelopment of walkable and transit-oriented communities is a priority for my tenure on the council . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "In retrospect, many have seen the desire to protect their own as reflecting poorly on the council . \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Barth has previously served as an at-large member of the council and was council vice president from 2013-15. \u2014 Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star , 6 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English counceil , from Anglo-French cunseil, cuncile , from Latin concilium , from com- + calare to call \u2014 more at low entry 3":"Noun and Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n(t)-s\u0259l",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "assembly",
      "congress",
      "convention",
      "convocation",
      "gathering",
      "get-together",
      "huddle",
      "meeting"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210706",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "advise",
      "confab",
      "confabulate",
      "confer",
      "consult",
      "parley",
      "treat"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lawyer appointed to advise and represent in legal matters an individual client or a corporate and especially a public body":[],
      ": a lawyer engaged in the trial or management of a case in court":[],
      ": a policy or plan of action or behavior":[],
      ": advice given especially as a result of consultation":[
        "He was unwise to reject my counsel ."
      ],
      ": advise":[
        "\u2026 counselled them to avoid rash actions \u2026",
        "\u2014 George Orwell"
      ],
      ": consult":[
        "counseled with her husband"
      ],
      ": consultant sense 2":[],
      ": deliberation , consultation":[],
      ": guarded thoughts or intentions":[
        "He was chary and given to keeping his own counsel ."
      ],
      ": purpose":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "We seek counsel from the rich and powerful to learn their secret \u2026 \u2014 Ken Tucker , Entertainment Weekly , 13 Feb. 2004",
      "God had done a poor job, and Soaphead suspected that he himself could have done better. It was in fact a pity that the Maker had not sought his counsel . \u2014 Toni Morrison , The Bluest Eye , (1970) 1994",
      "No matter how much time he is given, counsel would always like more, but the Chief Justice will not grant an extra minute unless the lawyer is responding to a question from the bench. \u2014 Robert H. Bork , The Tempting Of America , 1990",
      "Counsel were to be employed. \u2026 And when the matter had been decided by the lawyers, Lord Fawn was to express his regret for having suspected his lady-love! \u2014 Anthony Trollope , The Eustace Diamonds , 1871",
      "You were unwise to reject my counsel .",
      "The student sought counsel from her teacher.",
      "She is serving as counsel for the defendant.",
      "All counsel are expected to obey the rules of the court.",
      "Verb",
      "He balked at authority and, according to Mr. Green, tuned you out if you tried to counsel him. \u2014 David Grann , New Republic , 14 Feb. 2000",
      "She had six children, whom she counseled and with great wisdom and patience. \u2014 Erma Bombeck , The Best of Bombeck , (1965) 1967",
      "I had counselled Catherine to dine upstairs, but as soon as he perceived her vacant seat he sent me to call her. \u2014 Emily Bront\u00eb , Wuthering Heights , 1847",
      "He counsels people who are trying to quit drinking.",
      "concerned parents counseling about the problem of substance abuse in their community",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Latimer\u2019s standby counsel , Daniel Peter Thompson, declined to comment. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
      "Experts detailed a handful of areas that doctors will need to seek legal guidance or counsel for in the days and months ahead. \u2014 Jennifer Henderson | Medpage Today, ABC News , 2 July 2022",
      "Michael Farley, vice president of government affairs and general counsel for the Ohio Insurance Institute, is the winner! \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 1 July 2022",
      "Taylor, a former state senator and former general counsel for Gov. Kay Ivey, said Kenney did what she was supposed to do to register. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 1 July 2022",
      "Father Alexander Karloutsos was formerly the Vicar General of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and has provided counsel to multiple U.S. presidents. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
      "San Diego County officials have placed their top lawyer on personal leave, ending a yearlong tenure that began after three progressive Democrats were elected to the Board of Supervisors and conducted a nationwide search for a county counsel . \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 July 2022",
      "Bevin administration documents showed Meredith was one of Bevin's general counsel staff to give recommendations to the governor on whether certain applicants deserve clemency. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2022",
      "Jody Hunt, a former assistant attorney general under Trump who\u2019s now working as Hutchinson\u2019s legal counsel , called on others with knowledge of her testimony to come forward and testify under oath. \u2014 Nolan D. Mccaskill And Freddy Brewster, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The class, if certified, would include all indigent individuals who have appeared or will appear before Anglin for a bail hearing and who have been or will be denied the right to counsel at bail hearings, according to the lawsuit. \u2014 Ron Wood, Arkansas Online , 3 July 2022",
      "Neither did the government provide subsequent notice to counsel . \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Several stars rushed to counsel and calm Smith, including Denzel Washington, Bradley Cooper and Tyler Perry. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Several stars rushed to counsel and calm Smith, including Denzel Washington, Bradley Cooper and Tyler Perry. \u2014 Jake Coyle, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "And 70 years after Foltz\u2019s speech, the Supreme Court upheld the right to counsel enshrined in the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution in their ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Initially, Detroit's right to counsel program is being funded by $6 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars, from a total pot of $18 million over three years that the council earmarked in a resolution last month. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022",
      "Outside experts who counsel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, are scheduled to meet Thursday and are expected to recommend boosters for that age group. \u2014 Laurie Mcginley, Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
      "When Luke\u2019s condition worsened to the degree that the doctors had begun to counsel the family to prepare for the worst to happen soon, they were offered a wish by the Make-A-Wish Foundation; to visit the home of the Green Bay Packers, Lambeau Field. \u2014 Don Yaeger, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English conseil , from Anglo-French cunseil , from Latin consilium , from consulere to consult":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n(t)-s\u0259l",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "advocate",
      "attorney",
      "attorney-at-law",
      "counselor",
      "counsellor",
      "counselor-at-law",
      "lawyer",
      "legal eagle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030620",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an expression of hopelessness or resignation":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060048",
    "type":[]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an unrealizable ideal":[],
      ": instruction given for the attainment of perfection":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005706",
    "type":[]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193618",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "counselee":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who is being counseled":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Her former students and counselees became doctors, lawyers, accountants and landscapers. \u2014 Moriah Balingit, Washington Post , 16 July 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1923, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n(t)-s\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075946",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counseling":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes":[
        "career counseling for high schoolers",
        "counseling for drug addicts"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She is receiving counseling to cope with the death of her husband.",
      "The college offers career counseling .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The groups are expected to provide acute crisis-care and forensic medical exams, counseling and therapy, as well as connections to safe shelter and housing to those in need. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "The result of the examination and counseling prompted the woman to press charges against Haggis. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 21 June 2022",
      "In addition to providing ultrasounds and pregnancy tests, the centers help women get supplies and counseling . \u2014 Nicole Ault, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
      "Some were filled with peace, some with counseling , some with promises of better days to come. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
      "Quanesha Johnson, 41, resigned from her position as a school educator to open a private counseling practice before the pandemic. \u2014 Sarah Fielding, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "Sensing the need for help, a cousin who is a social worker suggested counseling . \u2014 Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "The rail authority will partner with 211 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast (211), a private nonprofit agency that was started in 1971 in Palm Beach County as a drug hotline and later expanded into crisis counseling and suicide prevention. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
      "Crisis pregnancy centers are primarily evangelical organizations that offer counseling and assistance to convince pregnant people not to have abortions. \u2014 Susan M. Shaw, The Conversation , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1927, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see counsel entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n(t)-s(\u0259-)li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020623",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counsellor":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person who gives advice or counseling":[
        "a marriage counselor"
      ],
      ": one who has supervisory duties at a summer camp":[
        "The counselor led the campers on a hike through the woods."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He works as a camp counselor .",
      "a young couple going to a marriage counselor",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those allegations were first brought to the state's Department of Children and Family Services by a school counselor . \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
      "The best advice on whether testing for your daughter is appropriate would come from a genetic counselor . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
      "Sebriah, a ninth grader at Minor High School, hopes to become a counselor next year. \u2014 al , 19 June 2022",
      "For help finding a counselor certified by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, call (800) 569-4287. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "For high school seniors, their school's counselor also can be a big help. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
      "HealthySteps specialists, often social workers, accompany families with children below 3 on their pediatric visits, monitoring and supporting the babies' development and helping with everything from counselor referrals to diaper drop-offs. \u2014 USA Today , 9 June 2022",
      "Callers were assigned a counselor and given an address. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
      "The author\u2019s cabinmates and counselor during her last year at Oneka, 2002. \u2014 Colleen Mckeegan, ELLE , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see counsel entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-s\u0259-l\u0259r",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n(t)-s(\u0259-)l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "adviser",
      "advisor",
      "consigliere",
      "consultant",
      "counsel"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012139",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counsellor seal":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large South Pacific hair seal ( Arctocephalus cinereus )":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "so called from the long whitish hair of the head that suggests a lawyer's wig":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170848",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counselor":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person who gives advice or counseling":[
        "a marriage counselor"
      ],
      ": one who has supervisory duties at a summer camp":[
        "The counselor led the campers on a hike through the woods."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He works as a camp counselor .",
      "a young couple going to a marriage counselor",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those allegations were first brought to the state's Department of Children and Family Services by a school counselor . \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
      "The best advice on whether testing for your daughter is appropriate would come from a genetic counselor . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
      "Sebriah, a ninth grader at Minor High School, hopes to become a counselor next year. \u2014 al , 19 June 2022",
      "For help finding a counselor certified by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, call (800) 569-4287. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "For high school seniors, their school's counselor also can be a big help. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
      "HealthySteps specialists, often social workers, accompany families with children below 3 on their pediatric visits, monitoring and supporting the babies' development and helping with everything from counselor referrals to diaper drop-offs. \u2014 USA Today , 9 June 2022",
      "Callers were assigned a counselor and given an address. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
      "The author\u2019s cabinmates and counselor during her last year at Oneka, 2002. \u2014 Colleen Mckeegan, ELLE , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see counsel entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-s\u0259-l\u0259r",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n(t)-s(\u0259-)l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "advisor",
      "consigliere",
      "consultant",
      "counsel"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174035",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counselor-at-law":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": counselor sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1617, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n(t)-s(\u0259-)l\u0259r-\u02c8at-'l\u022f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "attorney",
      "attorney-at-law",
      "counsel",
      "counselor",
      "counsellor",
      "lawyer",
      "legal eagle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172003",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "count":{
    "antonyms":[
      "census",
      "tale",
      "tally"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl":[],
      ": a measurement of the thickness or fineness of yarn by determining the number of hanks or yards per pound it produces":[],
      ": a specific point under consideration : issue":[
        "disagreeing on this count"
      ],
      ": a total obtained by counting : tally":[],
      ": add , total":[
        "It counts up to a sizable amount."
      ],
      ": consider , account":[
        "count oneself lucky"
      ],
      ": consideration , estimation":[],
      ": reckoning , account":[],
      ": score":[
        "tied the count with a minute to play"
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      ": the action or process of counting":[],
      ": the calling off of the seconds from one to ten when a boxer has been knocked down":[
        "He took a count of nine before getting up."
      ],
      ": the number of balls and strikes charged to a baseball batter during one turn":[
        "The count stood at 3 and 2."
      ],
      ": the number of threads per square inch in a cloth":[],
      ": the total number of individual things in a given unit or sample obtained by counting all or a subsample of them":[
        "bacteria count"
      ],
      ": to call aloud (beats or time units)":[
        "Count cadence.",
        "Count the eighth notes."
      ],
      ": to count the number present":[],
      ": to count the units in a group":[
        "She was interrupted while she was counting ."
      ],
      ": to deserve to be regarded or considered":[
        "a job so easy it hardly counts as work"
      ],
      ": to have value or significance":[
        "These are the people who really count .",
        "His opinions don't count for much."
      ],
      ": to include in a tallying and reckoning":[
        "about 100 present, counting children"
      ],
      ": to include or exclude by or as if by counting":[
        "Count me in."
      ],
      ": to indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved : number":[
        "Count the pages of the manuscript."
      ],
      ": to look forward to as certain : anticipate":[
        "counted on winning"
      ],
      ": to name the numbers in order up to and including":[
        "Count ten."
      ],
      ": to recite or indicate the numbers in order by units or groups":[
        "count by fives"
      ],
      ": to record as of an opinion or persuasion":[
        "Count me as uncommitted."
      ],
      ": to rely or depend on someone or something":[
        "\u2014 used with on He counted on his parents to help with the expenses."
      ],
      ": with more to come":[
        "in business for 50 years and counting"
      ],
      "\u2014 see also down for the count , take the count":[
        "He took a count of nine before getting up."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Count the plates on the table.",
      "She made sure to count her change.",
      "Count how many fingers I am holding up.",
      "He counted seven deer in the field.",
      "There are 10 days left until the end of school, counting from today.",
      "Keep counting until there are no more left to count.",
      "Don't interrupt me. I'm counting .",
      "Can your daughter count yet",
      "There will be 150 people at the wedding, not counting children."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French cunte , from Late Latin comit-, comes , from Latin, companion, one of the imperial court, from com- + ire to go \u2014 more at issue entry 1":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French cunter, counter , from Latin computare , from com- + putare to consider":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "dialectal \u02c8kyau\u0307nt",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "enumerate",
      "number",
      "tell"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165325",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "count (out)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to count (a certain number of items to be separated from a quantity one is holding)":[
        "He counted out ten tickets and handed them to her."
      ],
      ": to decide that (someone or something) cannot win or succeed":[
        "Don't count out our team just yet. They could still win."
      ],
      ": to not include (someone) in an activity":[
        "If you are looking for people to help you clean the house today, count me out ."
      ],
      ": to signal the knockout of (a boxer who is down) by completing an audible count of 10 seconds before the boxer rises":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052218",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "count (up to)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "to have a total of that counts up to a pretty sum over the course of several years"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172147",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "count one's blessings":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make a special effort to appreciate the good things in one's life":[
        "I try to remember to count my blessings every day.",
        "You escaped the fire"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192842",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "count palatine":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a count of the Holy Roman Empire having imperial powers in his own domain":[],
      ": a high judicial official in the Holy Roman Empire":[],
      ": the proprietor of a county palatine in England or Ireland":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115648",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countenance":{
    "antonyms":[
      "accept",
      "approve (of)",
      "care (for)",
      "favor",
      "OK",
      "okay",
      "subscribe (to)"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": aspect , semblance":[],
      ": bearing , demeanor":[],
      ": bearing or expression that offers approval or sanction : moral support":[
        "\u2026 her countenance of their unsafe amusements \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jane Austen"
      ],
      ": calm expression":[
        "He managed to keep his countenance through the ordeal."
      ],
      ": look , expression":[
        "\u2026 a countenance which expressed both good humor and intelligence \u2026",
        "\u2014 Sir Walter Scott"
      ],
      ": mental composure":[
        "\u2026 startled, and also somewhat out of countenance .",
        "\u2014 Arnold Bennett"
      ],
      ": pretense":[],
      ": to extend approval or toleration to : sanction":[
        "refused to countenance any changes in the policy"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "\u2026 his white countenance was rendered eerie by the redness of the sagging lids below his eyes \u2026 \u2014 John Updike , The Afterlife , 1994",
      "You could see it in his frame and deportment \u2026 a beaming countenance , expansive salutations, a warm handshake \u2026 \u2014 Simon Schama , Granta , Autumn 1990",
      "All, all are kind to me but their tones fall strangely on my ear & their countenances meet mine not like home faces \u2026 \u2014 Emily Dickinson 17 Feb. 1848 , in Selected Letters , (1914) 1986",
      "Before receiving him, Henry had so possessed himself that no one could guess from his countenance with what sentiments he remembered the young king. \u2014 Amy Kelly , Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings , 1950",
      "The photograph showed his somber countenance .",
      "a pleasant countenance that puts visitors at ease",
      "Verb",
      "But there are only two logical choices \u2026 . If you can't countenance the first, you have to accept the second. \u2014 Anna Quindlen , Newsweek , 6 Aug. 2007",
      "\u2026 the constellation of family emotions\u2014love, obedience, rivalry, repression\u2014can turn a family into a moral system of its own in which even the greatest horrors can be countenanced in the name of loyalty and love \u2026 \u2014 Scott Turow , Times Literary Supplement , 15 Mar. 1991",
      "They disapproved of the marriage, and could not be expected to countenance it. \u2014 Thomas Hardy , Tess of the d'Urbervilles , 1891",
      "I don't countenance such behavior in children of any age.",
      "countenanced the delays and inconveniences of traveling by air with good grace",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Can an actor consciously use his countenance in a performance",
      "My paintbrush application of botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid fillers can quickly rejuvenate the entire face and bring you back to a youthful relaxed and replenished countenance . \u2014 April Long, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
      "Quixotic is a mild term for the compulsions that grip these people, and their adventures are more harrowing than anything Cervantes\u2019s knight of the doleful countenance ever experienced. \u2014 A. O. Scott, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
      "The Burgman\u2019s nose and tail, too, now blend their Burgmanesque countenance with full LED function to give a (slightly) festive appearance, and the dual headlights have integrated position lights. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "This wasn\u2019t the first time Krouse\u2019s countenance had elicited an immediate connection, a familiarity that led to a confession. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "At the sight of her bright smile and studied countenance . \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "That face \u2014 timeless, weathered but capable of expressing such humanity \u2014 is a welcome sight for Buddy, who finds in his countenance a comfort during difficult times. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Striding inside the ropes between holes, the younger Woods maintained a stoic countenance and gazed ahead as fans shouted his name. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The United States has refused to countenance removing these barriers for treatments, insisting that a waiver cover only vaccines. \u2014 Muhammad Yunus, STAT , 29 May 2022",
      "Down in the basement were others, most of them pensioners too poor or too old to countenance the idea of going anywhere. \u2014 Nabih Bulosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "But privately British officials say that for any attempt to take back areas such as Crimea, Ukraine and the West must be willing to countenance a much greater threat of the use of chemical or nuclear weapons. \u2014 Vivian Salama, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
      "Miss Manners cannot countenance condemning those who follow such explicit instructions. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Thus, the language in the opinion would seem to countenance a new OSHA vaccine-or-test-and-mask emergency rule targeted to particular workplace-specific risks. \u2014 Simon Lazarus, The New Republic , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "With reference to Teotihuacan, in the Valley of Mexico, Appiah suggests that few archaeologists would countenance the views of art historian Esther Pasztory about the city\u2019s political structure. \u2014 Kwame Anthony Appiah, The New York Review of Books , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "What one does not countenance , except in this rare case, is the authoritative woman generalist. \u2014 Kerry Howley, Vulture , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "But Republicans began shedding their fears of default a long time ago\u2014and transformed into a party willing to countenance a debt limit breach. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 18 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Noun",
      "1568, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
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      "Middle English contenance , from Anglo-French cuntenance, contenance , from Medieval Latin continentia , from Latin, restraint, from continent-, continens , present participle of contin\u0113re to hold together \u2014 more at contain":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
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      "\u02c8kau\u0307nt-n\u0259n(t)s",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071121",
    "type":[
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      "verb"
    ]
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      "counterpoise",
      "counterweight",
      "equipoise",
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      "offset"
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      ": in an opposite or wrong direction":[],
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      ],
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      ],
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      ": to assert in answer":[
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      ": to or toward a different or opposite direction, result, or effect":[
        "values that run counter to those of society"
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      ": without a prescription":[
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      ]
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      "Verb",
      "When they blamed him for the collapse of the bridge, he countered that his warnings about the bridge had been ignored.",
      "\u201cI could say the same thing about you,\u201d she countered .",
      "After she made her point, he could not counter with anything.",
      "Adjective",
      "was unprepared for such a strong counter campaign by opponents of the legislative bill"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
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      "Middle English contre , from Anglo-French cuntre":"Adverb",
      "Middle English contre- , from Anglo-French, from cuntre":"Prefix",
      "Middle English countour , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin computatorium computing place, from Latin computare \u2014 see count entry 1":"Noun",
      "Middle English countren , from Anglo-French cuntre against, opposite, from Latin contra ; akin to Latin com- with, together \u2014 more at co-":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French cuntur , from cunter to count":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307nt-\u0259r",
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      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "prefix",
      "verb"
    ]
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      ": a check obtainable at a bank usually to be cashed only at the bank by the drawer":[],
      ": a check or restraint often operating against something that is itself a check":[],
      ": check , counteract":[],
      ": to check a second time for verification":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Microsoft\u2019s effort to turn Cortana into a viable competitor, while voice computing is still in its early days, is bigger than just the market for smart speakers that sit on kitchen counters checking the weather. \u2014 Jay Greene, WSJ , 14 Aug. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1584, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1856, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccchek"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130109",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
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      "canceler",
      "canceller",
      "corrective",
      "counteraction",
      "counterbalance",
      "counterforce",
      "counterpoise",
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      "equipoise",
      "neutralizer",
      "offset"
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      ": a level surface (such as a table, shelf or display case) over which transactions are conducted or food is served or on which goods are displayed or work is conducted":[
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        "a lunch counter"
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      ": a stiffener to give permanent form to a boot or shoe upper around the heel":[],
      ": an agency or force that offsets : check":[],
      ": an area within the face of a letter wholly or partly enclosed by strokes":[],
      ": by surreptitious means : in an illicit and private manner":[
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      ],
      ": opposing : retaliatory":[
        "counter force",
        "counter offensive"
      ],
      ": recalling or ordering back by a superseding contrary order : countermanding":[
        "counter orders from the colonel"
      ],
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        "the counter side"
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      ": something of value in bargaining : asset":[],
      ": the after portion of a boat from the waterline to the extreme outward swell or stern overhang":[],
      ": to act in opposition to : oppose":[],
      ": to assert in answer":[
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      ": to meet attacks or arguments with defensive or retaliatory steps":[],
      ": to or toward a different or opposite direction, result, or effect":[
        "values that run counter to those of society"
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      ": without a prescription":[
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    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "When they blamed him for the collapse of the bridge, he countered that his warnings about the bridge had been ignored.",
      "\u201cI could say the same thing about you,\u201d she countered .",
      "After she made her point, he could not counter with anything.",
      "Adjective",
      "was unprepared for such a strong counter campaign by opponents of the legislative bill"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English contre , from Anglo-French cuntre":"Adverb",
      "Middle English contre- , from Anglo-French, from cuntre":"Prefix",
      "Middle English countour , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin computatorium computing place, from Latin computare \u2014 see count entry 1":"Noun",
      "Middle English countren , from Anglo-French cuntre against, opposite, from Latin contra ; akin to Latin com- with, together \u2014 more at co-":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French cuntur , from cunter to count":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307nt-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "battle",
      "combat",
      "contend (with)",
      "fight",
      "oppose",
      "oppugn"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140829",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "prefix",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counter-state":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": opposing or offering an alternative to a state":[
        "\u2026 a counter-state movement that explicitly aims to destroy nation-state boundaries \u2026",
        "\u2014 Charles Lister"
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    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1910, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8st\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124253",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "counteraccusation":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an accusation made in response to another accusation : a charge of wrongdoing or fault made toward a person or group who originally made such a charge":[
        "\u2026 the disputes, the accusations and counteraccusations , the genuine economic chasm and the presumed social divide \u2026",
        "\u2014 James Baldwin",
        "\u2026 he can launch a frontal attack. In this case he deflects, re-directs and declines to answer all opposition questions, instead launching counter-accusations of his own.",
        "\u2014 Michael Den Tandt"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1808, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-(\u02cc)ky\u00fc-",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02cca-ky\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192548",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make ineffective or restrain or neutralize the usually ill effects of by means of an opposite force, action, or influence":[
        "a drug used to counteract fatigue"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The drug will counteract the poison.",
      "this medication will counteract the symptoms but it won't kill the infection",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This would require the White House both to counteract longer-term trends in global energy markets and to give up on Biden\u2019s own stated goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
      "Many of these pronouncements directly contradict the Special Olympics\u2019 own efforts to counteract myths and misstatements about the vaccines. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "In 2011, the United States imposed duties on Chinese products to counteract subsidies and unfairly low prices. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
      "The bill, introduced on Tuesday, is the latest GOP effort to counteract the Biden administration\u2019s vaccine requirement for service members. \u2014 Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2022",
      "The move is part of the U.S. effort to counteract Russian propaganda surrounding the conflict, which the U.S. expects to see from the Kremlin on May 9, another U.S. official tells CBS News. \u2014 Margaret Brennan, David Martin, CBS News , 8 May 2022",
      "The spa gift set also nicely includes a bar of skin-loving, ultra-moisturizing hand soap to counteract a hard day\u2019s efforts. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The Clippers, who finished four games behind the Wolves, have measurably more postseason experience to counteract the home-court advantage. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The use of hair-trigger stimulus to counteract signs of economic weakness would be diminished, making recessions and therefore shorter cycles more likely. \u2014 Paul Swartz, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1655, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8akt",
      "\u02cckau\u0307nt-\u0259-\u02c8rakt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "annul",
      "cancel (out)",
      "compensate (for)",
      "correct",
      "counterbalance",
      "counterpoise",
      "make up (for)",
      "negative",
      "neutralize",
      "offset"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200201",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": counteracting":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-t\u0259nt",
      "-t\u1d4ant"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173904",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": to make ineffective or restrain or neutralize the usually ill effects of by means of an opposite force, action, or influence":[
        "a drug used to counteract fatigue"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The drug will counteract the poison.",
      "this medication will counteract the symptoms but it won't kill the infection",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This would require the White House both to counteract longer-term trends in global energy markets and to give up on Biden\u2019s own stated goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
      "Many of these pronouncements directly contradict the Special Olympics\u2019 own efforts to counteract myths and misstatements about the vaccines. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "In 2011, the United States imposed duties on Chinese products to counteract subsidies and unfairly low prices. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
      "The bill, introduced on Tuesday, is the latest GOP effort to counteract the Biden administration\u2019s vaccine requirement for service members. \u2014 Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2022",
      "The move is part of the U.S. effort to counteract Russian propaganda surrounding the conflict, which the U.S. expects to see from the Kremlin on May 9, another U.S. official tells CBS News. \u2014 Margaret Brennan, David Martin, CBS News , 8 May 2022",
      "The spa gift set also nicely includes a bar of skin-loving, ultra-moisturizing hand soap to counteract a hard day\u2019s efforts. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The Clippers, who finished four games behind the Wolves, have measurably more postseason experience to counteract the home-court advantage. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The use of hair-trigger stimulus to counteract signs of economic weakness would be diminished, making recessions and therefore shorter cycles more likely. \u2014 Paul Swartz, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1655, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8akt",
      "\u02cckau\u0307nt-\u0259-\u02c8rakt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "cancel (out)",
      "compensate (for)",
      "correct",
      "counterbalance",
      "counterpoise",
      "make up (for)",
      "negative",
      "neutralize",
      "offset"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180246",
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      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
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  },
  "counteractingly":{
    "antonyms":[],
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    },
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112752",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
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  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make ineffective or restrain or neutralize the usually ill effects of by means of an opposite force, action, or influence":[
        "a drug used to counteract fatigue"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The drug will counteract the poison.",
      "this medication will counteract the symptoms but it won't kill the infection",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Many of these pronouncements directly contradict the Special Olympics\u2019 own efforts to counteract myths and misstatements about the vaccines. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "In 2011, the United States imposed duties on Chinese products to counteract subsidies and unfairly low prices. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
      "The bill, introduced on Tuesday, is the latest GOP effort to counteract the Biden administration\u2019s vaccine requirement for service members. \u2014 Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2022",
      "The move is part of the U.S. effort to counteract Russian propaganda surrounding the conflict, which the U.S. expects to see from the Kremlin on May 9, another U.S. official tells CBS News. \u2014 Margaret Brennan, David Martin, CBS News , 8 May 2022",
      "The spa gift set also nicely includes a bar of skin-loving, ultra-moisturizing hand soap to counteract a hard day\u2019s efforts. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The Clippers, who finished four games behind the Wolves, have measurably more postseason experience to counteract the home-court advantage. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The use of hair-trigger stimulus to counteract signs of economic weakness would be diminished, making recessions and therefore shorter cycles more likely. \u2014 Paul Swartz, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Morrison\u2019s genius is in writing scenes that fill you with joy and sorrow at once, and this will give you a pre-emptive smile to counteract the tears bound to come. \u2014 Riza Cruz, ELLE , 16 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1655, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307nt-\u0259-\u02c8rakt",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8akt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "annul",
      "cancel (out)",
      "compensate (for)",
      "correct",
      "counterbalance",
      "counterpoise",
      "make up (for)",
      "negative",
      "neutralize",
      "offset"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054357",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counteradvertising":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": advertising that responds to or rebuts the claims of other advertising":[
        "Previous public health and policy approaches to affect smoking prevalence have included \u2026 counter-advertising campaigns \u2026",
        "\u2014 American Journal of Public Health",
        "If Apple had not made the purchase, its rivals would have swung in with some disruptive counter-advertising and taken the full concentration of the spotlight away from the new MacBook and the Apple Watch.",
        "\u2014 Ewan Spence"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
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      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8ad-v\u0259r-\u02cct\u012b-zi\u014b"
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      "noun"
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      "verb"
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      ": a weight that balances another":[],
      ": a force or influence that offsets or checks an opposing force":[],
      ": to oppose or balance with an equal weight or force":[],
      ": to equip with counterbalances":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8ba-",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8ba-l\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccba-l\u0259n(t)s",
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      "offset"
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      "correct",
      "counteract",
      "counterpoise",
      "make up (for)",
      "negative",
      "neutralize",
      "offset"
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      "Noun",
      "charitable giving is usually a good counterbalance to the self-indulgent commercialism of the Christmas season",
      "Verb",
      "The author's wry humor counterbalances the book's serious subject matter.",
      "a hearty dinner might counterbalance missing lunch",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Pitching is the counterbalance as Alabama led the SEC in ERA (2.23), hits allowed (262) and runs allowed (131) while committing the fewest errors in the field with 32. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
      "The company says its growth plans hinge on being a counterbalance to industry leader Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. 300750 3.87% , or CATL, which largely caters to its home market of China, the world\u2019s largest EV battery market. \u2014 Dasl Yoon, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "And reducing food waste would be a sufficient counterbalance ",
      "Mitch: In our friendship, Clay is a good counterbalance to positivity. \u2014 Julie Beck, The Atlantic , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "All in, Drift San Jos\u00e9 del Cabo is a calming counterbalance to the lively city, despite being located in the heart of it. \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "And finally, the influence of voters and interest groups acts as a counterbalance to popular opinion. \u2014 Matt Williams, The Conversation , 25 May 2022",
      "No Democrat, the Marquette professor said using a convenient Wisconsin example, will vote for conservative Ron Johnson to somehow counterbalance Joe Biden. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "These narratives\u2014which are tender and humane\u2014often provide a counterbalance to Animal Collective\u2019s far-out instrumentation. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The point of this change isn\u2019t purely to buff him or counterbalance the nerfs. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "But following a diplomatic conflict between Beijing and Moscow in the 1960s -- known as the Sino-Soviet split -- relations between the PRC and the US began to thaw to counterbalance the Soviet Union. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan And Steven Jiang, CNN , 24 May 2022",
      "The series, which isn\u2019t shy about featuring full-frontal male nudity, is part of a female-focused roster of originals at the streamer that helps counterbalance the often male-leaning roster of HBO comedies and dramas. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 May 2022",
      "The lip oils' signature fragrances include 8 percent precious sandalwood, which is used to counterbalance their otherwise fruity notes. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Policymakers could exert other levers to counterbalance any oil shortages, but analysts warn that no single country could replace the volume of oil Russia ships to Europe. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Generally a company sets a goal of shrinking its carbon footprint to neutral in the future, by reducing emissions and using tools such as carbon offsets to counterbalance those that continue. \u2014 Christopher M. Matthews, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "But was that feeling enough to counterbalance all the disadvantages",
      "In fact, Oldman\u2019s best scenes come down to his prickly energy opposite the able costars, who counterbalance the acidic Lamb and end up shouldering more of the show\u2019s emotional weight. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 31 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153405"
  },
  "counterclaim":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to ask in a counterclaim":[],
      ": to enter or plead a counterclaim":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Heard was also awarded $2 million in compensatory damages in her counterclaim , but nothing in punitive damages. \u2014 Chantal Da Silva, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
      "The jury also has reached a verdict regarding a $100 million counterclaim Heard filed against Depp. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, ajc , 1 June 2022",
      "The jury also has reached a verdict regarding a $100 million counterclaim Heard filed against Depp. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
      "Heard filed a $100 million counterclaim against Depp after his lawyer called her allegations a hoax. \u2014 CBS News , 27 May 2022",
      "Heard filed a $100 million counterclaim against Depp after his lawyer called her allegations a hoax. \u2014 Amy Haneline, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
      "Heard has filed a $100 million counterclaim against Depp, alleging that his lawyer defamed her by accusing her of fabricating a hoax. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "After Depp sued for $50 million, Heard shot back with a $100 million counterclaim arguing her ex-husband had coordinated a campaign aimed at smearing her. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
      "Heard has filed a counterclaim against Depp based on those statements. \u2014 CBS News , 24 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The court also dismissed Windstream\u2019s counterclaims against Aurelius. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2019",
      "Perry\u2019s counterclaims , however, are pending in court. \u2014 J. Scott Trubey, ajc , 10 May 2018",
      "The foundation asked for a dismissal of all claims and counterclaimed for payment of $960,000. \u2014 Milton Esterow, Vanities , 19 Feb. 2017",
      "The foundation asked for a dismissal of all claims and counterclaimed for payment of $960,000. \u2014 Milton Esterow, Vanities , 19 Feb. 2017",
      "The foundation asked for a dismissal of all claims and counterclaimed for payment of $960,000. \u2014 Milton Esterow, vanityfair.com , 5 Jan. 2017",
      "While finding that a number of facts remain in dispute, Bledsoe dismissed Hopkins\u2019 defamation claims and Michael Waltrip Racing\u2019s counterclaims accusing Hopkins of stealing pit crew tools and misappropriating trade secrets about one of the tools. \u2014 Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver , 1 June 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1784, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1857, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02cckl\u0101m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123612",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterclockwise":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a direction opposite to that in which the hands of a clock rotate as viewed from in front":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The police car spun counterclockwise and struck the two officers. \u2014 Catherine Marfin, Dallas News , 14 May 2020",
      "Skating trails \u2014 alternatives to circling an ice oval and perfecting counterclockwise turns \u2014 can be found across Canada. \u2014 Elaine Glusac, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2020",
      "The 11-inch plastic stand rotates clockwise and counterclockwise for right-handed and left-handed decorators. \u2014 Kathy Passero, al , 14 May 2020",
      "Since April 11, walkers and joggers have been required to travel counterclockwise on the 2.2-mile loop trail around the Silver Lake and Ivanhoe reservoirs. \u2014 Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2020",
      "So now, with only two other forces, the only way for their torques to offset is for one to pull clockwise and the other to pull counterclockwise . \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 25 Apr. 2020",
      "Since April 11, walkers and joggers have been required to travel counterclockwise on the 2.2-mile loop trail around the Silver Lake and Ivanhoe reservoirs. \u2014 Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "The study found that three groups of fibers were separated and twisted clockwise like an S and once twisted, the strands were twined counterclockwise to form a cord. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "With small, rapid jumps, hop counterclockwise through the quadrants for 30 seconds. \u2014 Kim Cross, Outside Online , 6 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8kl\u00e4k-\u02ccw\u012bz"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110716",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "adverb or adjective"
    ]
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  "countercolored":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": counterchanged":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + colored":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6kau\u0307nt\u0259(r)+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115333",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
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  "counterculturist":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a culture with values and mores that run counter to those of established society":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the counterculture of the hippies",
      "He was part of the antiwar counterculture .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hollywood home, a Los Angeles counterculture flowered. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
      "Conservatives generally expect to live within the parameters of a counterculture . \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 26 May 2022",
      "Striking out for a sixth time was the MC5, the Detroit band whose high-octane counterculture music helped set the stage for hard rock and punk. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
      "This is not true; the White working-class revolt, which began in 1968, was sparked by the antiwar movement, patriotism, the counterculture and school busing \u2014 not economics. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 June 2021",
      "My guide, Finn, took me for a walk to discover the urban counterculture of the former East Berlin. \u2014 Laura Parker, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Not a progressive, of course, and also not someone who explicitly embraced the significant changes to American life wrought by the counterculture of the 60s. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Of course Escher\u2019s popularity with the \u201860s counterculture had less to do with his formal skills than with the trippy content of his art. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Rather, her face was a Baroque cathedral of angles and folds, angels and cherubs, that captured, at once, the sublime eroticism and starry-eyed na\u00efvet\u00e9 of the counterculture \u2019s new religion of desire. \u2014 Erik Morse, Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1947, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02cck\u0259l-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192627",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterfeit":{
    "antonyms":[
      "fake",
      "forge",
      "phony"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": imitation":[
        "counterfeit Georgian houses"
      ],
      ": insincere , feigned":[
        "counterfeit sympathy",
        "counterfeit joy at her friend's engagement"
      ],
      ": made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive : forged":[
        "counterfeit money",
        "a counterfeit diamond"
      ],
      ": something counterfeit : forgery":[
        "The $20 bill turned out to be a counterfeit ."
      ],
      ": something likely to be mistaken for something of higher value":[
        "Pity was a counterfeit of love \u2026",
        "\u2014 Harry Hervey"
      ],
      ": to engage in counterfeiting something of value":[],
      ": to try to deceive by pretense or dissembling":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The concert ticket is counterfeit .",
      "counterfeit currency that had been passed all over town",
      "Verb",
      "They were counterfeiting money in his garage.",
      "an expert at counterfeiting money",
      "Noun",
      "the will as well as the other documents turned out to be counterfeits",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But the blue tablet was counterfeit \u2014 and contained a lethal dose of fentanyl. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "Chauvin, who is white, and three other officers detained Floyd on suspicion of paying for cigarettes with a counterfeit bill. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 5 May 2022",
      "He was accused of attempting to pass a counterfeit bill, not shoplifting. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "At the time of the arrest, agents seized $5,000 in counterfeit currency and found $5,300 in genuine currency. \u2014 Jane Florance, USA TODAY , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "According to a criminal complaint, Pineda had been taking money from the deposits and replacing it with counterfeit currency during his shifts. \u2014 Nicole Acevedo, NBC News , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Agents seized $5,000 in counterfeit currency and $5,300 in genuine currency during Pineda's arrest at Home Depot, according to the Secret Service. \u2014 Derrick Hinds, CNN , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Inside the car, police found counterfeit U.S. currency. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "Some people end up mixing drugs unwittingly, as fentanyl and unexpected additives turn up in cocaine, methamphetamine and counterfeit pills. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The card has two high-definition, high-contrast images, making the card much more difficult to counterfeit , according to the DMV. \u2014 Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
      "Consumers report rip-offs ranging from sales of nonexistent vehicles, pets and products to counterfeit goods to costly free trial offers. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "For decades tickets to concerts and events were printed on special thermal paper that were difficult to counterfeit but easy for ticketing companies with specialized printers to print and distribute en masse. \u2014 Dave Brooks, Billboard , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "This approach is not foolproof to counterfeit the deepfake voices, because if a deepfake offers a convincing speaker similar information, the AVR may fail. \u2014 Dominic David, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
      "All over the world, AI scientists and engineers have been working to counterfeit deepfake voice attacks and related threats. \u2014 Dominic David, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
      "Unfortunately, though, the existing federal plans in the United States call for providing those vaccinated merely with a paper document, a decidedly 20th-century approach that would not meet public health needs and that would be easy to counterfeit . \u2014 Richard H. Thaler, Star Tribune , 12 Dec. 2020",
      "There\u2019s no proof that a foreign adversary is trying to counterfeit ballots. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 3 Sep. 2020",
      "Previously, exported medical products only had to have the certifications in receiving countries, such as the European Union\u2019s CE certification, which could be easily counterfeited in China. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Nike lawyers allege that this shoe is a counterfeit being sold on the StockX website. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 12 May 2022",
      "Beware of the many counterfeit N95s and KN95s on the market. \u2014 Aaron Steckelberg, Bonnie Berkowitz, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Dreams and drunkenness, the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and counterfeit of this oracular genius, and hence their dangerous attraction for men. \u2014 Maggie Nelson, Harper's Magazine , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "One search of the premises yielded a cardboard box containing 4,000 counterfeit Quaaludes. \u2014 Mike Sager, Rolling Stone , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "But don\u2019t order a counterfeit , waste my officer\u2019s time, break the law and misrepresent yourself. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "Amaka needed only a perfect counterfeit of a FAKA-style speech, one that people would believe. \u2014 Wired , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "More than 14,000 queries to those hotlines have been investigated by 3M and law enforcement, leading to the seizure of more than 41 million counterfeit N95s globally. \u2014 Mike Hughlett, Star Tribune , 10 June 2021",
      "Two unknown men made purchases using three counterfeit twenty dollar bills at 5:18 p.m. on June 4, at the Walgreens on 15 5 Grant Square. \u2014 Zareen Syed, chicagotribune.com , 11 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English countrefet , from Anglo-French cuntrefeit , from past participle of cuntrefere, contrefaire to imitate, from cuntre- + faire to make, from Latin facere \u2014 more at do":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccfit"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for counterfeit Verb assume , affect , pretend , simulate , feign , counterfeit , sham mean to put on a false or deceptive appearance. assume often implies a justifiable motive rather than an intent to deceive. assumed an air of cheerfulness around the patients affect implies making a false show of possessing, using, or feeling. affected an interest in art pretend implies an overt and sustained false appearance. pretended that nothing had happened simulate suggests a close imitation of the appearance of something. cosmetics that simulate a suntan feign implies more artful invention than pretend , less specific mimicry than simulate . feigned sickness counterfeit implies achieving the highest degree of verisimilitude of any of these words. an actor counterfeiting drunkenness sham implies an obvious falseness that fools only the gullible. shammed a most unconvincing limp Noun imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine. their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth. the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action. condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty. these jewels are fakes ; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent. creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable. 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits",
    "synonyms":[
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      "forged",
      "inauthentic",
      "phony",
      "phoney",
      "queer",
      "sham",
      "snide",
      "spurious",
      "unauthentic"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050742",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
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      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
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  "counterforce":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a force that opposes another force":[
        "The hands grip a series of holds or shuffle along an edge, while the feet provide a counterforce by pushing against the rock \u2026",
        "\u2014 Don Graydon",
        "Everywhere, we are witnessing an almost mad race between resurgent nationalism, ethnic hatreds and the counter-force of potential prosperity and free exchange.",
        "\u2014 George Steiner",
        "Hideki Yukawa's theory suggested that by exchanging a particle with a particular mass, one could create a strong attractive counterforce that would bind protons to protons, protons to neutrons, and neutrons to neutrons.",
        "\u2014 Leon Lederman et al."
      ],
      ": being or relating to military activity that is focused on reducing the fighting capability of the opponent's forces (as by destroying military bases or weapons) while attempting to minimize civilian casualties":[
        "Targeting military facilities \u2026 is a counterforce strategy, aimed at destruction of an opponent's armed forces.",
        "\u2014 Richard Wolfson"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare countervalue":[
        "Targeting military facilities \u2026 is a counterforce strategy, aimed at destruction of an opponent's armed forces.",
        "\u2014 Richard Wolfson"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1609, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1955, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccf\u022frs"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "balance",
      "canceler",
      "canceller",
      "corrective",
      "counter",
      "counteraction",
      "counterbalance",
      "counterpoise",
      "counterweight",
      "equipoise",
      "neutralizer",
      "offset"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194319",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterincentive":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": something that discourages or tends to discourage a particular action : an incentive to avoid doing something":[
        "The company offered financial counterincentives to early retirement.",
        "And the market doesn't create counter-incentives that would push us in a responsible direction \u2026",
        "\u2014 James Surowiecki"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1871, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-in-\u02c8sen-tiv"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091320",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterorder":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a contradicting or countermanding order":[
        "During the frequent riots of the Lindsay era, police often under- or overreacted\u2014while various officials, including the mayor's civilian aides, issued orders and counterorders , exacerbating the disorder.",
        "\u2014 Thomas A. Reppetto"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1773, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02cc\u022fr-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134703",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": countermovement":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + pace":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065229",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpane":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bedspread":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a beautiful counterpane that was a family heirloom",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Beneath wall text describing B\u00e1thory\u2019s ghoulish crimes and her macabre punishment, bloody mannequins in nightshirts, one with its throat hideously cut, sprawl across a counterpane . \u2014 Sam Lipsyte, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The bed was draped in a cranberry-red silk counterpane . \u2014 Jon Meacham, House Beautiful , 1 Oct. 2013"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of Middle English countrepointe , modification of Middle French coute pointe , literally, embroidered quilt":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccp\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bedcover",
      "bedcovering",
      "bedspread",
      "coverlet",
      "hap",
      "spread"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102858",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpart":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a thing that fits another perfectly":[],
      ": one having the same function or characteristics as another":[
        "college presidents and their counterparts in business"
      ],
      ": one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate":[],
      ": one remarkably similar to another":[
        "The crow is sometimes mistaken for its larger counterpart , the raven."
      ],
      ": something that completes : complement":[
        "the lead actress and her male counterpart"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The secretary of defense met with his counterparts in Asia to discuss the nuclear crisis.",
      "Metal tools replaced their stone counterparts many, many years ago.",
      "the lead actress and her male counterpart",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If the Wizards can find a dependable counterpart , dealing the No. 10 pick may work out for them. \u2014 cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "Why, this literary character even had a real-life counterpart in Monsignor Hugh O\u2019Flaherty, the priest who used his position in the ... \u2014 Sarah Schutte, National Review , 22 May 2022",
      "Backed with brassy flair by a funky trumpet section, the R&B and soul singer excels on an uptempo number that offers a funky counterpart to the album's heavy dose of '80s rock. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022",
      "The race, which covers 1 1/8 miles, is run as a filly counterpart to the Preakness and features 13 entries. \u2014 Tim Schwartz, Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "Given the William Blake homage in the Songs of Innocence title, anybody could have guessed that U2 would follow the album with a counterpart called Songs of Experience. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 13 May 2022",
      "The country\u2019s Science and Higher Education Ministry had instructed universities to move their video content from YouTube to RuTube and VK, a Russian counterpart to Facebook. \u2014 Kevin Collier, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
      "Novelty candy shops across the country and online are treasure troves for more extreme takes, from one bear that weighs in at about five pounds to a scorchingly spicy counterpart that reaches nine million units on the Scoville scale. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Established in 1982, the Australasian Performing Right Association\u2019s annual songwriters\u2019 ceremony is one of the Australian music industry\u2019s most treasured events, a worthy counterpart to Britain\u2019s Ivor Novello Awards. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 7 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccp\u00e4rt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "coequal",
      "compeer",
      "coordinate",
      "equal",
      "equivalent",
      "fellow",
      "like",
      "match",
      "parallel",
      "peer",
      "rival"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052243",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "counterploy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a ploy intended to counter or oppose another ploy":[
        "There are ploys and counterploys , as each tries to outmaneuver the other.",
        "\u2014 Daniel M. Kimmel"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1959, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccpl\u022fi"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122534",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a complementing or contrasting item : opposite":[],
      ": one or more independent melodies added above or below a given melody":[],
      ": the combination of two or more independent melodies into a single harmonic texture in which each retains its linear character : polyphony":[],
      ": to compose or arrange in counterpoint":[],
      ": to set off or emphasize by juxtaposition : set in contrast":[
        "counterpoints the public and the private man",
        "\u2014 Tom Bishop"
      ],
      ": use of contrast or interplay of elements in a work of art (such as a drama)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The guitar and bass are played in counterpoint .",
      "The dressing is a refreshing counterpoint to the spicy chicken.",
      "The painting is a pleasant counterpoint to his earlier works.",
      "The music works in counterpoint to the images on the screen.",
      "Verb",
      "The violence of the movie is counterpointed by ironic humor.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "As a counterpoint to Lula\u2019s position, consider the stance of Gabriel Boric, Chile\u2019s new president. \u2014 Matthew Duss, The New Republic , 1 June 2022",
      "Thematically, the pairing works more as a counterpoint , Barnes explained. \u2014 Elizabeth Nonemaker, Baltimore Sun , 25 May 2022",
      "Through imitation, counterpoint and attentive orchestration, Leontovych brought the sounds of the Ukrainian nation to a broader public. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "The result is more than just a personal account of the day-to-day life in Auschwitz-Birkenau, or a valuable counterpoint to the stereotypes about camp functionaries. \u2014 Maya Lee, Time , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "This relish from David Sapp is sweet and crunchy, offering a nice flavor counterpoint to the richness of the holiday table. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "Garlic powder can be potent but effective and a nice counterpoint to the overall richness. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Her take on Bach is often unapologetically Romantic and in that sense stands in refreshing counterpoint with the period approaches more typically taken up in today\u2019s early music world. \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "The song\u2019s top-tapping, finger-snapping melody plays in perfect counterpoint to the tale of unrequited love. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "To counterpoint the home, decorated in shades of green, pink and ochre, her middle school had splashes of color incorporated in posters, particularly in Mei\u2019s science and math clubs. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Her voice runs free to lead and counterpoint , to embroider around the notes and words, to demonstrate her power, her control, her mastery. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 16 May 2021",
      "But the very first bite reveals a very pleasing surprise: very subtle but noticeable hints of black pepper and cayenne, not too spicy at all but just enough to counterpoint and emphasize the delicious chocolaty flavor. \u2014 Wolfgang Puck, chicagotribune.com , 11 Dec. 2019",
      "The band\u2019s true commitment is to counterpoint : to putting interlocking melody at every level of a song. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 13 Apr. 2020",
      "Both Rick Owens and Balenciaga\u2019s Demna Gvasalia were at their inventive best, pushing their silhouettes in new, avant-garde directions, while at Dries Van Noten and Alexander McQueen, flawless suiting was counterpointed by seductive flower prints. \u2014 Nicole Phelps, Vogue , 6 Mar. 2019",
      "Carpaccio di tonno \u2014 thin slices of ahi counterpointed by capers, olive oil and peppery arugula \u2014 was clean, simple and very good. \u2014 Kate Washington, sacbee , 8 June 2018",
      "Carolyn Holland, Ecotrust's vice president for communications, would not say what counterpoints the group has about the state's plan to claw back part of the tax credit. \u2014 Hillary Borrud, OregonLive.com , 11 May 2018",
      "Arendt\u2019s sheer delight in intellectual speculation counterpoints her intense ethical commitment to thinking as a form of political engagement. \u2014 George Prochnik, New York Times , 12 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
      "1875, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
    },
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      "Middle English, from Middle French contrepoint , from Medieval Latin contrapunctus , from Latin contra- counter- + Medieval Latin punctus musical note, melody, from Latin, act of pricking, from pungere to prick \u2014 more at pungent":"Noun"
    },
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      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccp\u022fint"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121400",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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      "balance",
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      "equilibrium",
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      "poise",
      "stasis"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a state of balance":[],
      ": an equivalent power or force acting in opposition":[],
      ": counterbalance":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "her overall healthiness largely counterpoised the virulence of the infection",
      "Noun",
      "a musical piece with a counterpoise of loud and soft passages",
      "the happiness brought by a new baby was a timely counterpoise to the grief occasioned by a death in the family",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Conflicts of interest are objective situations that arise when a person\u2019s financial interests can be counterpoised to their public responsibilities. \u2014 Matthew Yglesias, Vox , 29 Nov. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English countrepesen , from Anglo-French contrepeser , from cuntre- + peser to weigh \u2014 more at poise":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccp\u022fiz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "annul",
      "cancel (out)",
      "compensate (for)",
      "correct",
      "counteract",
      "counterbalance",
      "make up (for)",
      "negative",
      "neutralize",
      "offset"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092804",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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  "counterpose":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to place in opposition, contrast, or equilibrium":[
        "counterpose a positive view to the negative assessment"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1594, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + -pose (as in compose )":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8p\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113126",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterpotent":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a variety of the heraldic fur potent in which each pane stands head to head or foot to foot with one of the same tincture above or below it":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + potent":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6kau\u0307nt\u0259(r)+"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053724",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpower":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a power that offsets or checks an opposing power":[
        "So they gave the counterpower of the veto to the president so he could keep the Congress under control.",
        "\u2014 Eugene McCarthy",
        "The idea is that against power over people, we must exert a counterpower over the oppressors.",
        "\u2014 Jeremy David Bendik-Keymer",
        "It remains to be shown how, in a country claiming to be a democracy, a veritable hidden counter-power operating outside institutional controls \u2026 could have grown up at the very center of the state.",
        "\u2014 Patrice Claude"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1846, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccpau\u0307(-\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093816",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpreparation":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + preparation":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204833",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpressure":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": conflicting or opposing pressure (such as political or social pressure)":[
        "But some of them might actually need some counterpressure before they can effectively stand up to the illiberal forces growing stronger on so many campuses.",
        "\u2014 Jonathan Haidt",
        "\u2026 the internal pressures and counterpressures influencing the Arab world \u2026",
        "\u2014 Laura Secor"
      ],
      ": weight or force in a contrary or reverse direction":[
        "\u2026 allow the user to change the firmness of the mattress by adjusting the flow of air, providing a counterpressure to body weight.",
        "\u2014 Moshe Lewis",
        "counterpressure applied to the lower back during labor for pain relief"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1621, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccpre-sh\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064534",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterproductive":{
    "antonyms":[
      "effective",
      "effectual",
      "efficacious",
      "efficient",
      "expedient",
      "operant",
      "ultraefficient"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": tending to hinder the attainment of a desired goal":[
        "violence as a means to achieve an end is counterproductive",
        "\u2014 W. E. Brock born 1930"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "His uncontrollable anger is very counterproductive to his attempt at saving his marriage.",
      "harsh disciplinary measures that prove to be counterproductive",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The finding provides more evidence that for many years U.S. immigration policy has been ineffective, counterproductive and deadly. \u2014 Stuart Anderson, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
      "This sky-is-falling delusion, particularly from leaders with access to classified intelligence, is at best counterproductive and at worst dangerous. \u2014 Fox News , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "But over past decades, leaders in both political parties as well as most economists have come to accept the idea that interference in markets is counterproductive and ill-advised. \u2014 Don Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "In public, officials including the Ukrainian foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, have rejected concessions as counterproductive and likely only to encourage further Russian aggression. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Elizabeth Fink, council secretary for the Wesleyan Covenant Association, argued the delay would be counterproductive . \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 3 June 2022",
      "However, Dallas City Council Member Omar Narvaez, who represents the area, cautioned that overpolicing could be counterproductive . \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 19 May 2022",
      "Dr Jhugroo says that shutting out your feelings is ultimately counterproductive . \u2014 Kushie Amin, refinery29.com , 17 May 2022",
      "No one is inherently racist simply because their skin is a certain color, and teaching so is counterproductive . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1959, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-pr\u0259-\u02c8d\u0259k-tiv"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "feckless",
      "hamstrung",
      "ineffective",
      "ineffectual",
      "inefficacious",
      "inefficient",
      "inexpedient"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163544",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "counterprogram":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to engage in counterprogramming":[],
      ": to schedule a television program for broadcast at the same time as (another program)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + program entry 2":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101803",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterprogramming":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the scheduling of programs by television networks so as to attract audiences away from simultaneously telecast programs of competitors":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There was no instant rebuttal Thursday night, no counterprogramming inside the room \u2014 a fact that was largely the making of Republicans. \u2014 Mike Debonis, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "Republicans previewed their counterprogramming on Thursday morning. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
      "This week, the White House provided some counterprogramming : The Bidens adopted a German shepherd puppy named Commander and a yet-unnamed cat who will arrive at the White House in January. \u2014 Ken Thomas, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Meanwhile, Republicans have already begun their counterprogramming against the bill. \u2014 Grace Segers, CBS News , 16 Mar. 2021",
      "On Monday night, while ESPN was wrapping up its broadcast of Dalvin Cook\u2019s second 30-carry game in three weeks, the Vikings running back appeared on NBC for a little counterprogramming . \u2014 Ben Goessling, Star Tribune , 18 Nov. 2020",
      "Amazon\u2019s decision to delay its signature sales event, which ends Wednesday, prompted rivals to reschedule their usual counterprogramming . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Oct. 2020",
      "Continuing his Democratic convention counterprogramming , President Trump criticized Joe Biden on his home turf Thursday afternoon. \u2014 WSJ , 21 Aug. 2020",
      "Then, on Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will take over the Democrats' counterprogramming to discuss healthcare. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 21 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1966, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-gr\u0259-",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8pr\u014d-\u02ccgra-mi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214851",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterproject":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a counterproposal especially for a plan, measure, or treaty":[
        "The two nations resumed their long and wearisome boundary talks, swapping projects and counterprojects for survey commissions while laboriously debating the locations of rivers, lakes, and highlands.",
        "\u2014 Howard Jones and Donald Allen Rakestraw"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1745, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8pr\u00e4-\u02ccjekt",
      "also -\u02c8pr\u014d-",
      "-jikt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103352",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterproof":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a reversed print taken from an ordinary fresh proof by contact impression and used to study the state of the engraved plate":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + proof":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075049",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpropaganda":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": propaganda intended to rebut or counter other propaganda":[
        "The company was charged with creating an \"Information War Room\" to monitor worldwide news reports at lightning speed and respond almost instantly with counterpropaganda .",
        "\u2014 James Banford"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1851, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccpr\u00e4-p\u0259-\u02c8gan-d\u0259",
      "-\u02ccpr\u014d-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234033",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterproposal":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a return proposal made by one who has rejected a proposal":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The organizers are filing a counterproposal with one year at their current rate and a 20% rent bump with no annual increases, among other things. \u2014 Dorany Pinedastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Barger introduced a counterproposal in March to convert Nidorf into a centralized youth facility. \u2014 Libor Janystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "In its update to members, the union also described the district\u2019s counterproposal in ongoing negotiations. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Freeman said his representatives sent a counterproposal , but that talks stagnated from there. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "An administration official said Russia proposed that the call take place Monday, but agreed to a counterproposal for the conversation to take place Saturday. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Players were said to be disappointed by the proposal submitted by MLB; the players\u2019 association is expected to submit a counterproposal at some point. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "Writing to her caucus on Tuesday, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, blasted Republicans for failing to act swiftly and put forward a counterproposal . \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "On Sunday, the cellphone carriers offered their own counterproposal modeled after France\u2019s approach to address wireless safety concerns. \u2014 Drew Fitzgerald, WSJ , 4 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1885, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-pr\u0259-\u02ccp\u014d-z\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110903",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterprotest":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a protest staged to counter or oppose another protest":[
        "A rally \u2026 got heated Saturday afternoon. Police stepped in to help de-escalate tensions after a counterprotest emerged \u2026",
        "\u2014 Colleen MacDonald"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1595, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccpr\u014d-\u02cctest"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190726",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun,"
    ]
  },
  "counterprove":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to take a counterproof of":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + prove":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114804",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "countershot":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cinematic shot taken from the perspective of someone or something that was the subject of the previous shot":[
        "The recruits are planted all around the lush forest setting's multiple levels, occupying high ground and low, so that the simple act of shooting Yoren's knifepoint confrontation with the City Watch reveals more and more of them with each shot and countershot .",
        "\u2014 Sean T. Collins",
        "The camera shifts position, tracking both vectors of the gaze in a smooth and familiar sequence of shot and countershot that allows viewers to be in two places at once \u2026",
        "\u2014 A. O. Scott"
      ],
      ": a shot taken in response to another : a return shot":[
        "Swanson was able to land countershots much of the bout and scored on numerous combinations to pull out the victory.",
        "\u2014 Eddie Daniels"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccsh\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125732",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countersign":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a signature attesting the authenticity of a document already signed by another":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the guard demanded the countersign"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccs\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "password",
      "watchword",
      "word"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050249",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterstroke":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a return stroke : counterblow":[
        "He said the response wasn't over and the US could take further, covert action\u2014a thinly veiled reference to a counterstroke in cyberspace the US has been considering.",
        "\u2014 News Corp Australia Network"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1596, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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      "1864, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "hard work can often be a counterweight to modest intelligence",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Private-equity firms are marketing themselves to individual investors as a counterweight to volatile stock markets, arguing their funds perform better during downturns. \u2014 Chris Cumming, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
      "The Panther\u2019s turret is bigger with sharper angles and a much larger overhang over the engine compartment, the latter to both store larger, heavier main gun ammunition and to act as a counterweight to the new 130-millimeter main gun. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2022",
      "Biden was meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and their counterparts from India and Australia for the Quad, an Indo-Pacific security and economic coalition meant as a counterweight to China\u2019s growing influence in the region. \u2014 Fox News , 26 May 2022",
      "His comments Tuesday came during a meeting of the Quad, a partnership of influential Indo-Pacific democracies widely seen as a counterweight to China. \u2014 Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
      "The Quad has increasingly been seen as a counterweight to China\u2019s growing reach in the region, with all four nations experiencing turbulent relations with Beijing over the past few years. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 23 May 2022",
      "The cryptocurrency market, pitched as a counterweight to traditional stocks, is sinking. \u2014 Justin Baer, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "Robinson views it as a counterweight to the environmental degradation and poverty that has so often afflicted Richmond, one of the poorest communities in the Bay Area. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
      "Its appeal as a counterweight to Tesla, highly regarded investors and 12-year buildup to production haven't been enough to protect its stock price from a downturn hitting nearly all electric vehicles companies. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022"
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      "1693, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "a restaurant with a countrified atmosphere",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Smith doesn\u2019t focus Richard\u2019s fortitude and countrified manner. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Classically attired in a black tuxedo, Criss cradled an acoustic guitar for a countrified take on the pensive ballad, his atypical phrasing lending it a folk-pop vibe worthy of classic Dan Fogelberg. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "In 2013, Rucker added his own countrified spin on the collaborative song and taking it to No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "He\u2019s written his share of memorable melodies, and the loose, countrified ramble of his band\u2019s records provides plenty to appreciate on a purely musical level. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 10 July 2019",
      "Baseball caps and other unisex or men\u2019s hats must be removed \u2014 a fact that does not seem to be known to many male bumpkins, citified or countrified . \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 3 Sep. 2019",
      "Baseball caps and other unisex or men\u2019s hats must be removed \u2014 a fact that does not seem to be known to many male bumpkins, citified or countrified . \u2014 Judith Martin, The Mercury News , 3 Sep. 2019",
      "Paired with a bevy of countrified beauties -- Bryan strutted on stage with his signature twang, to perform the tune. \u2014 Denise Warner, Billboard , 5 June 2019",
      "Christmas villages are getting a rustic, countrified makeover now that galvanized metal versions are popping up at retailers. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living , 5 Dec. 2018"
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      "1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Noun",
      "The two countries have a lot in common.",
      "They drove across the country from California to New York.",
      "They are living in different parts of the country .",
      "The whole country was stunned by the news.",
      "The President has the support of most of the country .",
      "He moved to the north country to fish and hunt.",
      "We went camping in the hill country .",
      "They drove through miles of open country .",
      "She lives out in the country .",
      "They prefer the country to the city.",
      "Adjective",
      "plain country living among unpretentious people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Zelenskyy has gone from being the president of an eastern European country to a world leader whose words resonate globally. \u2014 Richard Engel, NBC News , 24 June 2022",
      "Get to know Jenkins: Jenkins grew up in Alabama in Creole country on Mon Louis Island not far from Louisiana. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 24 June 2022",
      "The West Memphis Three garnered international attention with fans around the country and world joining the crusade of exoneration. \u2014 Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online , 24 June 2022",
      "George, who taught biology and coached wrestling and cross country at EPCHS, died June 3, 2020, during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic and a large, in-person memorial service was not possible. \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "Women will no longer have control over their own bodies in half of this benighted country . \u2014 Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "Making train travel faster is a massive undertaking in the world's most populous country . \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 24 June 2022",
      "Countries face different levels of war fatigue and a dependence on Russian natural gas that varies by country . \u2014 Ashley Parker, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "The book is largely an idealized autobiography, fleshed out with hundreds of country -style recipes. \u2014 Fox News , 24 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But in April the pop-up left its home in California and hit the road on a monthslong cross- country tour, taking free meals for trans POC coast to coast. \u2014 Ludwig Hurtado, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
      "The 39-year-old singer, who is in the middle of a cross- country tour, shared her latest look on Instagram, and fans are loving it. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 21 June 2022",
      "The new season picks up as Deborah Vance (Smart) launches a cross- country standup tour to test out fresh material, with her writing assistant and unlikely confidante Ava (Hannah Einbinder) in tow. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "Laundrie and Petito set off on July 2, 2021 from New York on a cross- country tour of national parks, documenting their journey on YouTube and Instagram using the hashtag #VanLife. \u2014 Wilson Wong, NBC News , 6 May 2022",
      "Like with the last book, Janetti will embark on a cross- country promotional tour, with stops at Brooklyn\u2019s Powerhouse Arena and an event in Los Angeles hosted by Black Monday actress (and fellow bestselling essay author) Casey Wilson. \u2014 Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In other art car news, another star Burning Man art car, Mayan Warrior, is going on a cross- country tour starting in June. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "But because all White House advance staffs operate out of the same limited playbook (the Secret Service is unlikely to approve a cross- country motorcycle tour), almost every president since Ike has experimented with rail travel. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The effort is happening as a group of American truckers from California announced a cross- country tour in protest of ongoing COVID-19 mandates. \u2014 Alisa Wiersema, ABC News , 22 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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      "Middle English contree , from Anglo-French cuntree, contr\u00e9 , from Medieval Latin contrata , from Latin contra against, on the opposite side":"Noun and Adjective"
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044811",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072411",
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      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185855",
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      "1561, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135040",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a hide usually of inferior quality removed by a farmer, rancher, or local butcher \u2014 compare packer hide":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133648",
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      ": a house and especially a mansion in the country":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The contrast brings a country house eclecticism to their celebrations, enhanced with a charming shop dog and strawberry plants in Royal Victorian terracotta pots. \u2014 Vogue , 2 June 2022",
      "Renowned British interior designer Nina Campbell designed each of the 61 luxury guest rooms with a lavish mixtures of wallpapers and rich fabrics, blending perfectly with the country house architecture. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Objects showcasing the queen's love for animals and the great outdoors also will be on display at her country house of Sandringham. \u2014 Jane Levere, CNN , 29 May 2022",
      "The ship operates like a floating country house , with 30 staterooms, as do its sister ships, including the brand new Lord of the Highlands, whose maiden voyage was in April. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
      "Jessie Buckley plays Harper, a young woman who escapes to a glorious English country house in the hopes of healing after her husband\u2019s suicide. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 20 May 2022",
      "Harper rents a British country house to work through her trauma, but the men of the local village (all of whom are played by the actor Rory Kinnear) insinuate, belittle and wheedle her, too. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
      "Their first show, in May 1986, was of Mr. Bush\u2019s work, lush and evocative domestic interiors from a crumbling Irish country house . \u2014 New York Times , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "All while putting the finishing touches on their new country house , Erin and Ben have been gearing up for some pretty big career milestones. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 24 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081730",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": rustic , yokel":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013401",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "country mile":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a long distance":[]
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    "examples":[
      "He lives a country mile from the nearest store.",
      "She beat the other swimmers by a country mile .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The werewolf movie may be a horror staple, but the sad reality is that compared with vampires, our furry, fanged friends lag in popularity by a moonlit country mile . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "China leads the global EV market by a country mile with 3.2 million units sold last year, equivalent to 14% of total Chinese car sales\u2014high for its level of economic development. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Needless to say, the music business was a country mile from that when Lavender Country started in 1971. \u2014 Joe Lynch, Billboard , 11 June 2021",
      "Under his early guidance, the club quickly telegraphed its intent to part with Stafford, the Lions' all-time leader in every significant passing category \u2013 and by a country mile \u2013 but a man who didn't produce any postseason success in 12 seasons. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 31 Jan. 2021",
      "Serving as the face and leader of the largest and most respected organization of physicians in the United States\u2014during the COVID-19 crisis, no less\u2014was a country mile from watching a television show and dreaming in Bluefield, West Virginia. \u2014 NBC News , 9 June 2020",
      "These things cast a country mile , leave a wake of bubbles on the water, and can be especially fun to fish around structure on a moonlit night. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 1 June 2020",
      "Sir Keir has led by a country mile in every stage of the contest from nominations by MPs to support from trade unions and local constituencies. \u2014 The Economist , 4 Apr. 2020",
      "Among vinifera\u2014the species of grape that includes all the well-known, traditional, winemaking varieties\u2014Riesling leads by a country mile , so the Finger Lakes looks like a definitive white wine area. \u2014 Fortune , 31 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1829, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163359"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On Wednesday, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville announced that the country music artist once again donated $1 million, this time for pediatric infectious disease research. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Parton follows Johnny Cash as arguably the second pure country music artist in the Rock Hall . \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 4 May 2022",
      "Miranda will be joining the ranks of other country music artist who have taken to the big stage in Las Vegas like Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain, and Luke Bryan. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The country music artist recently signed with Encore Music Group and was recording a specialty album which was expected to be released later this year. \u2014 Emma Tucker, CNN , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Nesmith was a musician of multiple dimensions: a thoughtful songwriter too funny to be embraced by hippies and a progressive country music artist too full of angular edges to be embraced by Nashville. \u2014 Andrew Dansby, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Sullivan made waves early this year with her rendition of the national anthem at the 2021 Super Bowl alongside country music artist Eric Church. \u2014 Amy Haneline, USA TODAY , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Projects in development at SmartAngel include the true stories of John Hawkins, an Ole Miss college student who in 1981 refused to carry the Confederate flag; and country music artist, author and LGBTQ activist Chely Wright. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "The album saw more than twice the amount of project units as the biggest debut of the week, from country music artist Kacey Musgraves. \u2014 Andrew Firriolo, Rolling Stone , 20 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183902",
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  "country of origin":{
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194102",
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ]
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  "country sausage":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": fresh pork sausage originally prepared on the farm and usually sold in bulk to be made into patties but also available in links both fresh and smoked":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181720",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1712, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185522",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "country seat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a house or estate in the country":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Highclere Castle is a 5,000-acre estate in Hampshire, England and has been the country seat of the Earls of Carnarvon since 1679. \u2014 Robert Reiss, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Wilton House has served as the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years, and the Palladian Bridge was constructed in 1736-1737 over the little River Nadder, just south of Wilton House. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Native craftsmen soon learned to produce their own masterpieces, such as the 15-foot-high staircase designed for Cassiobury House, the country seat of the earls of Essex, around 1677-80. \u2014 Peter Saenger, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1583, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u0259n-tr\u0113-\u02c8s\u0113t"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223921",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "definitions":{
      ": a retail store carrying widely diversified goods, supplies, and equipment originally for serving a sparsely populated region":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213042",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a town usually small and concerned primarily with serving the surrounding rural area":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233119",
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      "met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France",
      "though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But Schwartzel spoke highly of his countryman and expects big things from the two-time Sunshine Tour winner. \u2014 Tim Schmitt, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
      "Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz defeated countryman and 15th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-0 and next plays Monfils. \u2014 Beth Harris, ajc , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "But like his countryman , Alcaraz wants nothing to do with Amazon\u2019s nighttime games. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 30 May 2022",
      "According to Formula 1, the proud countryman has amassed more points than any other Mexican driver in the event\u2019s history. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "Fellow countryman Fernando Alonso has not had a joyous homecoming so far. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, ajc , 21 May 2022",
      "First up: a 20th-century program that time-warps to today, featuring Salonen\u2019s fellow countryman Pekka Kuusisto in a new violin concerto by The National\u2019s Bryce Dessner (May 26-31). \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "Early arrivals listen to eco-friendly songs from her countryman Neil Young. \u2014 James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
      "Taylor, drawn to the ring by her boxer father and brothers, is the antithesis of her mouthy countryman , former UFC champion Conor McGregor. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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      "sense 3 often -\u02ccman",
      "\u02c8k\u0259n-tr\u0113-m\u0259n"
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      "compatriot",
      "landsman"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194434",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      ": a rural area":[],
      ": the inhabitants of a countryside":[]
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      "We took a long drive through the open countryside .",
      "everyone hates to see the countryside ruined by new developments",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the program only lasts for three months and is of little use to people in the countryside if there\u2019s no train station nearby. \u2014 Daniel Niemann, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "In the countryside , stories abound of families sending each of their sons to serve. \u2014 Shams Irfan, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "In March, protesters stormed the tarmac at an airport in the countryside and set a small plane on fire. \u2014 Fox News , 14 June 2022",
      "Operators camped in the countryside while recording dispatches, making sure to include the sounds of birds and wildlife in the background. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
      "Those early years building the business in the countryside have left their mark on the brand in many ways, including the name. \u2014 Bridget Arsenault, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "The 43-year-old lawyer then stayed behind for more than a month to help organize the evacuation of some 5,000 other Jews from Kyiv to smaller towns in the countryside . \u2014 Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
      "The story is about four teenagers who were involved in a car crash and decide to stay at a summerhouse in the countryside to work through their grief. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 1 June 2022",
      "For most of Men, the connection between this traumatic incident in Harper\u2019s past and the characters tormenting her in the countryside is unclear. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259n-tr\u0113-\u02ccs\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "boondocks",
      "boonies",
      "country",
      "nowhere",
      "sticks"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005131",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": toward the country":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English contreewarde , from contree country + -warde -ward":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccw\u0259\u0304d",
      "\u02c8k\u0259ntr\u0113\u02ccw\u0259rd",
      "-tr\u0259\u0307\u02cc-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054812",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": extending throughout a country":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The murders attracted countrywide attention.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This was made into countrywide federal rules on how the streets are designed. \u2014 The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Lacking a consistent, countrywide approach to proof-of-vaccination, each airline has been left to figure out its own way to check passengers. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Like much of the non-U.S. world, vaccine rollouts have been slow and countrywide communication has been a challenge. \u2014 Ben Baldanza, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
      "Whatever hope there was for a broad, countrywide rebuke of Trumpism was misplaced. \u2014 Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic , 4 Nov. 2020",
      "Now, as countrywide protests have surged following George Floyd\u2019s death in police custody in Minneapolis, Trump has turned up the heat again, stoking the flames rather than seeking to put them out. \u2014 Brian Bennett, Time , 31 May 2020",
      "In the midst of the rampant, countrywide shuttering of bars and restaurants due to COVID-19, there are few ties left to the proverbial night out. \u2014 Popular Science , 29 May 2020",
      "Rates in San Antonio are slightly better than countrywide figures: Nationwide, about 87.7 percent of renters made full or partial payments by May 13, down 2.1 percentage points from last year, the National Multifamily Housing Council reported. \u2014 Madison Iszler, ExpressNews.com , 22 May 2020",
      "Many are still marooned after getting swept up in rapidly changing travel restrictions, countrywide quarantines and shelter-in-place orders. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1915, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259n-tr\u0113-\u02c8w\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081654",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a woman who is a compatriot":[],
      ": a woman who is a resident of the country":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In 2021, three singers \u2014 Smith, her countrywoman Nao and the Nigerian singer Tems \u2014 captured this sense of endemic, all-encompassing burnout. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Gill joins her countrywoman Dayanita Singh as one of the greatest photographers in the world today. \u2014 Jerry Saltz, Vulture , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Just three months ago, Kenya\u2019s Peres Jepchirchir survived the sweltering heat of the Japanese summer to notch a surprise win in the Olympics over a countrywoman who holds the world record at the distance. \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "Kenya\u2019s Brigid Kosgei likely will be dethroned as women\u2019s champion by countrywoman Joyciline Jepkosgei, who beat her in London last weekend and would win the tiebreaker. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2021",
      "Her countrywoman Grazyna Bacewicz\u2019s Overture sounded under-rehearsed, and in Schumann\u2019s Piano Concerto, Gardolinska unobtrusively supported a scintillating H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Grimaud. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Sep. 2021",
      "Her bogey-free second round equaled countrywoman Hyo Joo Kim, who shot the lowest score by a female or male in a major in the first round in 2014 also at the picturesque Evian Resort on the shore of Lake Geneva. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 July 2021",
      "Ledecky won the preliminary heat Thursday with a time of 8:15.67, which was almost two seconds better than the runner-up, her fellow countrywoman Katie Grimes. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 30 July 2021",
      "Sina Frei and Linda Indergand tried to chase down their countrywoman but never had a chance. \u2014 Dave Skretta, Star Tribune , 27 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259n-tr\u0113-\u02ccwu\u0307-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125823",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "nonachievement"
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      ": a brilliant, sudden, and usually highly successful stroke or act":[
        "She pulled off quite a coup when she snagged the usually reclusive author for an interview."
      ],
      ": coup d'\u00e9tat":[],
      ": overturn , upset":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "It was a major coup when they got the Vice President to appear on their show for an interview.",
      "winning that big contract was a real coup",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And people who supported Donald Trump and his coup are not for those things. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
      "Colonel Goita carried out a second coup by dismissing the civilian leaders in Mali\u2019s transitional government and putting himself in charge last year. \u2014 Sylvie Corbet And Samuel Petrequin, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Goita carried out a second coup by dismissing the civilian leaders in Mali\u2019s transitional government and putting himself in charge last year. \u2014 Baba Ahmed, ajc , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "In May 2021, Goita staged a second coup and seized power after deposing the interim authorities. \u2014 Stephanie Busari, CNN , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "The country's second coup soon followed, putting army Capt. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "The country\u2019s second coup soon followed, putting army Capt. \u2014 Time , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "The country\u2019s second coup soon followed, putting army Capt. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "The country\u2019s second coup soon followed, putting army Capt. \u2014 Boubacar Diallo And Krista Larson, USA TODAY , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "This year's pace car is the second consecutive Chevy's Corvette Stingray, with last year's 2020 Chevy Corvette Stingray coup the choice. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 11 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1791, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "circa 1572, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, blow, stroke \u2014 more at cope entry 1":"Noun",
      "Middle English, to strike, from Anglo-French couper \u2014 more at cope entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00fc",
      "\u02c8k\u014dp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "accomplishment",
      "achievement",
      "acquirement",
      "attainment",
      "baby",
      "success",
      "triumph"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032116",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stroke of the bow in violin playing":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6k\u00fc\u02ccd\u00e4r\u00a6sh\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073223",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": first attempt : experiment : trial":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u00fc-d\u0101-se"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-074028",
    "type":[
      "French noun phrase"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a brief survey : glance":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1739, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, stroke of the eye":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8d\u0259",
      "-\u02c8d\u0259-\u0113",
      "-\u02c8d\u0153-y\u0259",
      "k\u00fc-\u02c8d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221737",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 84-year-old former leader was overthrown in a coup d'etat in September by a military junta that now leads the West African country. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
      "Schiff may also want to be reminded of Jos\u00e9 Sanjurjo y Sacanell, the Spanish general who led the July 1936 coup d'etat that started the Spanish Civil War. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Consider the recent efforts to atone for a massacre and coup d'etat that took place in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1898 and left hundreds dead -- a brutal imposition of White political rule after the progress of Reconstruction. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "In his remarks Monday evening, Erdogan framed the economic crisis as another foreign plot against Turkey, comparing it to a 2016 coup d'etat attempt that failed to push him from power. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "It is often cited by historians as the only violent coup d'etat in the United States. \u2014 Delano Massey, CNN , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "The situation escalated last month, when a military coup d'etat attributed to forces loyal to Bashir failed, resulting in most of the officers involved being arrested. \u2014 Ivana Kottasov\u00e1, CNN , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "After the election of Allende in 1970 and Pinochet\u2019s coup d'etat in 1973, the vast majority of Chilean vineyards fell into disrepair as many large tracts of land were redistributed. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "The African Union typically suspends the membership of a country after a coup d'etat . \u2014 Krista Larson, ajc , 7 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1646, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, stroke of state":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-d\u0259-",
      "\u02c8k\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u0101-\u02cct\u00e4",
      "\u02cck\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u0101-\u02c8t\u00e4"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185035",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, clap of thunder":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-d(r\u0259)",
      "\u00a6k\u00fcd\u0259\u00a6f\u00fcdr(\u1d4a)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035038",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the glottal stop especially in singing and elocution as a prefixion to words that in ordinary pronunciation begin with a vowel sound":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u00a6gl\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213338",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a death blow or death shot administered to end the suffering of one mortally wounded":[],
      ": a decisive finishing blow, act, or event":[
        "The decision to cut funding is the coup de gr\u00e2ce to the governor's proposal."
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "The legislature's decision to cut funding has administered the coup de gr\u00e2ce to the governor's proposal.",
      "the prosecutor presented his coupe de gr\u00e2ce \u2014a videotape of the beating",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The coup de grace came as Russia's war fueled even higher prices. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 3 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s why most of the snakeheads in Kenny\u2019s cooler had holes in their heads from arrows, knives or screwdrivers: from when fishermen administer the coup de grace , as if dispatching a zombie. \u2014 Jason Nark, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
      "The coup de grace of the project: Researching present-day businesses, banks that directly benefited from land sale contracts, and placing a land marker in front of one of those companies later this year. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The combination of the above issues \u2013 non-linear career patterns, more time spent caring for children and elders \u2013 results in the final coup de grace . \u2014 Avivah Wittenberg-cox, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Turkey\u2019s closure of the Dardanelles delivered the coup de grace . \u2014 Nicholas A. Lambert, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The coup de grace is a cryotherapy session to heal sore muscles, which focuses on specific muscle groups\u2014upper and lower back, legs\u2014to release muscle tension. \u2014 Rona Berg, Devorah Lev-tov, Robb Report , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Of course, the coup de grace was Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks becoming the first Black women to main event a WrestleMania, but WWE didn\u2019t stop there. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "Sometimes the coup de grace is delivered in the bloodstream, after the invader has breached the gates. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 21 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1699, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French coup de gr\u00e2ce , literally, stroke of mercy":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00fc-d\u0259-\u02c8gr\u00e4s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "capper",
      "clincher",
      "crusher",
      "topper"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173954",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "coup de gr\u00e2ce":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a death blow or death shot administered to end the suffering of one mortally wounded":[],
      ": a decisive finishing blow, act, or event":[
        "The decision to cut funding is the coup de gr\u00e2ce to the governor's proposal."
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "The legislature's decision to cut funding has administered the coup de gr\u00e2ce to the governor's proposal.",
      "the prosecutor presented his coupe de gr\u00e2ce \u2014a videotape of the beating",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The coup de grace came as Russia's war fueled even higher prices. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 3 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s why most of the snakeheads in Kenny\u2019s cooler had holes in their heads from arrows, knives or screwdrivers: from when fishermen administer the coup de grace , as if dispatching a zombie. \u2014 Jason Nark, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
      "The coup de grace of the project: Researching present-day businesses, banks that directly benefited from land sale contracts, and placing a land marker in front of one of those companies later this year. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The combination of the above issues \u2013 non-linear career patterns, more time spent caring for children and elders \u2013 results in the final coup de grace . \u2014 Avivah Wittenberg-cox, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Turkey\u2019s closure of the Dardanelles delivered the coup de grace . \u2014 Nicholas A. Lambert, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The coup de grace is a cryotherapy session to heal sore muscles, which focuses on specific muscle groups\u2014upper and lower back, legs\u2014to release muscle tension. \u2014 Rona Berg, Devorah Lev-tov, Robb Report , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Of course, the coup de grace was Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks becoming the first Black women to main event a WrestleMania, but WWE didn\u2019t stop there. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "Sometimes the coup de grace is delivered in the bloodstream, after the invader has breached the gates. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 21 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1699, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French coup de gr\u00e2ce , literally, stroke of mercy":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00fc-d\u0259-\u02c8gr\u00e4s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "capper",
      "clincher",
      "crusher",
      "topper"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174924",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coup de main":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sudden attack in force":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the Continental Army's attack on the British-Hessian encampment at Trenton, New Jersey, ranks as one of the most brilliant coups de main of the war",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ryan Reynolds walked arm in arm with Blake Lively, and there were polite air-kisses and an appearance by Martha Stewart\u2014but like the film\u2019s coup de main , the night was filled with surprises. \u2014 Lauren Sanchez, Vogue , 11 Sep. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1758, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, hand stroke":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00fc-d\u0259-\u02c8ma\u207f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aggression",
      "assault",
      "attack",
      "attempt",
      "blitz",
      "blitzkrieg",
      "charge",
      "descent",
      "offense",
      "offence",
      "offensive",
      "onset",
      "onslaught",
      "raid",
      "rush",
      "strike"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193902",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": dumpcart":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "coup entry 3 + cart":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124618",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "associate",
      "coalesce",
      "combine",
      "conjoin",
      "conjugate",
      "connect",
      "fuse",
      "interfuse",
      "join",
      "link (up)",
      "marry",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pair of substances that in contact with an electrolyte (see electrolyte sense 1 ) participate in a transfer of electrons which causes an electric current to flow":[],
      ": an indefinite small number : few":[
        "a couple of days ago"
      ],
      ": join":[],
      ": pair , brace":[
        "needed a couple of bookends"
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      ": something that joins or links two things together: such as":[],
      ": to bring (two electric circuits) into such close proximity as to permit mutual influence":[],
      ": to connect for consideration together":[],
      ": to fasten together : link":[],
      ": to join for combined effect":[],
      ": to join in marriage or sexual union":[],
      ": to unite chemically":[],
      ": to unite in sexual union":[],
      ": two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines":[],
      ": two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired":[],
      ": two persons paired together":[
        "The people were lined up in couples ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "\u201cAre they a couple ",
      "Seventeen couples participated in the survey.",
      "Verb",
      "a device that makes it possible to couple the pieces",
      "The coils are loosely coupled .",
      "The wire is coupled to the terminal.",
      "It took an hour to couple the trailer to the truck.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The supermodel, who is usually keeps her love life quite private, has posted new couple pics of herself and her longtime boyfriend, art director Marc Kalman, on Instagram. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 July 2022",
      "One likes to think so, considering that in the real world, redlining would have prevented a real-life Black couple from living in such an idyllic place. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 3 July 2022",
      "Families often withdraw from social circles and put career development on hold, and the experience can have a long-term impact on the relationship between a couple , Zhang said. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 3 July 2022",
      "Women can now terminate unwanted pregnancies caused by contraceptive failure regardless of marital status; before the amendment, only a married couple could do that. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
      "The couple celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary in May, sharing some sweet throwback photos and tributes to each other on Instagram. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 2 July 2022",
      "But few doors opened for the ambitious young couple . \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
      "Gesuele sold two homes in the $1.8 million range to cousins from Nebraska who vacation in Cape Coral just a couple of weeks a year, and lease the rest of the time. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 2 July 2022",
      "On the Fourth of July, Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry are expected to do something no other couple in America will: eat about 90 hot dogs and buns combined at the annual Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island in New York. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "It\u2019s the brands that can couple that data with a loyal base of clientele that will be able to pull ahead. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "But the dare, the invitation to couple with the man who is your brother, still retains the charge of provocation. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "To Handle, Love Is Blind, The Circle, Selling Tampa, and other shows couple up and try to find the perfect match, hosted by Nick Lachey (of course). \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Such enhanced payouts couple up with a special mystery boost for all players. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "In response, companies should couple employee engagement metrics with outcome analysis, bringing clarity and comfort to businesses navigating this transformational moment. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "This season, Jackson has added to his fan favoritism with plenty of sharpshooting to couple with his spectacular dunks. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Teachers should couple this effort with steps that help students perceive asking questions in front of others as normal, positive behaviors. \u2014 Scientific American , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Mosby\u2019s Dollar House revival would couple $25,000 grants with the $1 purchase of a house. \u2014 Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Pirates sent 11 hitters to the plate, spraying the ball all over the diamond with five singles that all almost found outfield grass on the bounce, and took advantage of a couple Memorial errors to put the game seemingly out of reach early. \u2014 Michael Whitlow, Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "Kirkconnell publicly apologized for her past behavior, and guest host Emmanuel Acho led the then ex- couple (who later reconnected) into a conversation about race. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Lucas hit a pair of threes, and Glenn Taylor Jr. scored off a couple nice drives to fuel a 16-5 run and a 49-45 Beavers lead. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "The park also has a couple new snowshoe trails, the Lake View Ridge Trail and Bluff/Canyon trail, on the northwest side of the lake, accessible off Highway 23 between Lake View Road and Pickerel Slough Road. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "These guys made one excellent album, then a few that had a couple nice tunes on them. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The interaction was captured by Hollywood Unlocked: Since gaining fame in TLC, Chilli has had a couple high-profile relationships. \u2014 Essence , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "The contempt trial marked the latest turn in the ex- couple \u2019s turbulent split. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "Webb is scheduled to take on a platterload of tacos \u2014 including a couple mega-picante ones \u2014 in Norwich later this week. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 27 Oct. 2021"
    ],
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1924, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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      "Middle English, pair, bond, from Anglo-French cuple , from Latin copula bond, from co- + apere to fasten \u2014 more at apt":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
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      "\"couple of\" is often \u02cck\u0259-pl\u0259(v)",
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      "\u02c8k\u0259p-\u0259l"
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      "smattering",
      "sprinkle",
      "sprinkling"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104357",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
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      ": couple":[],
      ": two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained utterance : distich":[
        "She ended her poem with a rhyming couplet ."
      ]
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      "a poem made up of six couplets",
      "a couplet of statues flank the entrance to the church",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even though each couplet ends with the same word, the rhymes occur on every other line. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "The couplet , and the razor-wire guitar riff around it, serve as an abrupt introduction into Lovato\u2019s new era. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
      "Indeed, around the same time, Auden wrote a famous haiku, and Frank Loesser a famous couplet , about the binding drink of the era, the Martini. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "There was limited road access, so the path and end point of the tornado were estimated by the radar debris signature and the velocity couplet , the weather service said. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "For every couplet about facing eviction as a youth while his mother battled alcoholism, there are dozens about his rapid come-up and fractured relationships with women. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "The Patriots and Jets are the first teams this season to complete their intra-divisional couplet . \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "And so that couplet turned into a great piece of advice. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 14 May 2021",
      "Hughes has in this poem given the world an enduring form, one with which each of us can write our own version, substituting for the first and third couplet other brutal facts of the world. \u2014 Anne Boyer, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2021"
    ],
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      "1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle French, diminutive of Old French cuple, couple \u2014 see couple entry 1":""
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      "\u02c8k\u0259-pl\u0259t"
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      "pair",
      "twain",
      "twosome"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071615",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent parts or objects":[],
      ": a means of electric connection of two electric circuits by having a part common to both":[],
      ": the joining of or the part of the body that joins the hindquarters to the forequarters of a quadruped":[]
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      "the couplings between railroad cars",
      "a coupling of literature and science",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Modular design, classical coupling , and parallelization of quantum hardware are all essential elements in designing a quantum-centric supercomputer. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Nate and Lauren and Alexis and Hunter had all left before the re- coupling after the two pairs got engaged. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "According to officials at the park, the macaque that Yakei showed interest in mating with, a 15-year-old male named Goro, rejected her advances despite their coupling during a previous breeding season. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "But the prospect of their coupling puts Luciano in the crosshairs of her protective goatherd father, Severino (Severino Sperandio). \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Barbari calls the process 'conscious coupling ' whereby two people work together to build their vision of the relationship. \u2014 Lizzie Cernik, refinery29.com , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The two tall coupling nuts are where the pedal struts attach to transmit motion from the pedals to the cam plate. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Another coupling worked the same way from right to left in the rear differential. \u2014 James Tate, Car and Driver , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "As guards escort him away, Queen Charlotte retreats into an uncharacteristically vulnerable state while Edwina plays along and calms the confused King by recounting the royal coupling 's legendary love. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-p\u0259-li\u014b",
      "\u02c8k\u0259p-li\u014b, -\u0259-li\u014b",
      "\u02c8k\u0259-pli\u014b (usual for sense 2)",
      "\u02c8k\u0259-pling"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "connection",
      "join",
      "joining",
      "joint",
      "jointure",
      "junction",
      "juncture"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172617",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": junction box":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105048",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "coupling coefficient":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an abstract number representing the degree in which the performance of either of two coupled systems influences that of the other":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194555",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coupling rein":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the short rein that runs from the inner side of the bridle of one horse of a pair to the draft rein of the other horse":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042236",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coupling rod":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a link connecting two or more cranks or their equivalents (as the side rod of a locomotive)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112748",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coupon":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a certificate or similar evidence of a purchase redeemable in premiums":[],
      ": a part of a printed advertisement to be cut off to use as an order blank or inquiry form or to obtain a discount on merchandise or services":[],
      ": a small piece of paper that allows one to get a service or product for free or at a lower price: such as":[],
      ": a ticket or form authorizing purchases of rationed commodities":[],
      ": one of a series of attached tickets or certificates often to be detached and presented as needed":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Bring in this coupon for a free oil change.",
      "I'm always clipping coupons from the newspaper to use at the grocery store.",
      "The coupon is good for one free ice-cream cone.",
      "Send in this coupon for more information.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The office supply chains are offering free shredding up to 5 lbs of documents with coupon through April 23, 2022. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Extra Deep Pocket 6-Piece Bed Sheet Set, $37.99\u2013$53.99 with coupon for select sizes (orig. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Shop huge deals on popular home items like the best-selling pillow set that more than 105,000 Amazon shoppers love for only $24 with a clickable coupon applied at checkout. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Best-selling items and past season styles are on sale for as much as 50% off at the outdoor retailer now, and these Memorial Day deals will be good through the long weekend\u2014no coupon code required. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 23 May 2022",
      "Now\u2019s a great time to pick one up from Tuft & Needle, since the brand is currently offering up to $500 off its mattresses for Memorial Day, no coupon code necessary. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 10 May 2022",
      "Just be sure to clip the coupon in the product description before checking out. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 8 May 2022",
      "The coupon code also works on the longer Mears Glacier cruise. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Grab one on Amazon today and use the on-site coupon to score 30 percent off your purchase. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Old French, piece, from couper to cut \u2014 more at cope entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00fc-\u02ccp\u00e4n",
      "\u02c8k\u00fc-\u02ccp\u00e4n, \u02c8ky\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8ky\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "check",
      "pass",
      "pasteboard",
      "ticket"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130007",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coupon clipper":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a wealthy and idle person whose chief labor is clipping and cashing bond coupons":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205945",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couponing":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the distribution or redemption of coupons":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As result - $25 million in sales for brands in 2021, and secured over $1 million in profit for digital media with their authentic content and our couponing integration. \u2014 Stephan Rabimov, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "The typical Porsche owner doesn't strike us as someone who would participate in extreme couponing or regularly shop at Save A Lot. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "The social couponing platform can be thought of as Instragram meets Groupons bridging the gap between teams, fans and sponsors. \u2014 Melissa Houston, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "Kirsten Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste are taking extreme couponing to a new level! \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 8 July 2021",
      "Curious about how you can get started on saving through couponing ",
      "Ultimately, couponing has made Benavides more financially aware. \u2014 Julia Malacoff, PEOPLE.com , 10 Sep. 2020",
      "Here are the stores that will be closed and open on Easter Sunday, according to couponing and consumer site Retailmenot.com. \u2014 Stephanie Toone, ajc , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "But one experiences a lot of activity around couponing that may not be to that extent in Europe. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 25 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1954, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00fc-\u02ccp\u00e4-ni\u014b",
      "\u02c8ky\u00fc-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161518",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couponless":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": not having a coupon":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061156",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "coupstick":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stick or switch used in counting a coup in warfare or symbolically on ceremonial occasions":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "coup entry 4 + stick":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052320",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courage":{
    "antonyms":[
      "cowardice",
      "cowardliness",
      "cravenness",
      "dastardliness",
      "poltroonery",
      "spinelessness"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": mental or moral strength to venture , persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Eunice Kennedy Shriver \u2026 didn't buy into the propaganda of her day that women had to be soft and submissive. That took courage back then, because she grew up in a family that expected a lot from the boys and very little from the girls. \u2014 Maria Shriver , Time , 26 Oct. 2009",
      "Sometimes when I debate whether to risk my individuality or conform, the memory of my son's picture brings me courage . \u2014 Sue Monk Kidd , Reader's Digest , August 1990",
      "But as long as your courage holds out you may as well go right ahead making a fool of yourself. All brave men are fools. \u2014 Robert Frost 17 Apr. 1915 , in Selected Letters of Robert Frost , 1964",
      "She has the courage to support unpopular causes.",
      "It takes courage to stand up for your rights.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "My friend, the French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri L\u00e9vy, man of courage , wanders the world in self-consciously Byronic fashion in order to bear witness to the struggles and sufferings of others. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
      "The 100th\u2014which features a French woman and an American woman whose families were connected by an act of courage during World War II\u2014published today. \u2014 Julie Beck, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
      "And while the party that made her family\u2019s legacy pushed her away, House Democrats have embraced her as a beacon of courage . \u2014 Farnoush Amiri And Kevin Freking, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "Samira is now involved in helping others find courage and support. \u2014 Hansa Bhargava, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "The boy marvelled at the courage of the school staff. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 29 May 2022",
      "Her jump was something fantastical, like an illustration of courage ; her expansive arms and back were full of breadth. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Eau des Baux is inspired by the knights from the village Les Baux, who chose cypress as their symbol of courage . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "Among Ukrainians, Fedorov had become a symbol of oppression and resistance, an example of courage in the face of invasion. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English corage , from Anglo-French curage , from quer, coer heart, from Latin cor \u2014 more at heart":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-rij",
      "\u02c8k\u0259r-ij"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for courage courage , mettle , spirit , resolution , tenacity mean mental or moral strength to resist opposition, danger, or hardship. courage implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty. the courage to support unpopular causes mettle suggests an ingrained capacity for meeting strain or difficulty with fortitude and resilience. a challenge that will test your mettle spirit also suggests a quality of temperament enabling one to hold one's own or keep up one's morale when opposed or threatened. her spirit was unbroken by failure resolution stresses firm determination to achieve one's ends. the resolution of pioneer women tenacity adds to resolution implications of stubborn persistence and unwillingness to admit defeat. held to their beliefs with great tenacity",
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      "courageousness",
      "daring",
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      "dauntlessness",
      "doughtiness",
      "fearlessness",
      "gallantry",
      "greatheartedness",
      "guts",
      "gutsiness",
      "hardihood",
      "heart",
      "heroism",
      "intestinal fortitude",
      "intrepidity",
      "intrepidness",
      "moxie",
      "nerve",
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      "prowess",
      "stoutness",
      "valor",
      "virtue"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174355",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courageous":{
    "antonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "chickenhearted",
      "chicken-livered",
      "coward",
      "cowardly",
      "craven",
      "dastardly",
      "fainthearted",
      "fearful",
      "gutless",
      "lily-livered",
      "milk-livered",
      "nerveless",
      "poltroon",
      "poor-spirited",
      "pusillanimous",
      "spineless",
      "spiritless",
      "timorous",
      "uncourageous",
      "ungallant",
      "unheroic",
      "weakhearted",
      "yellow"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having or characterized by courage : brave":[
        "a courageous soldier",
        "a courageous decision"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She was a courageous woman who wasn't afraid to support unpopular causes.",
      "the courageous decision to quit rather than obey an illegal order",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Just live with gratitude and humility, think first of others and be courageous in every waking moment. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 26 June 2022",
      "Practicing accountability is courageous and places the power to shape your path in your hands. \u2014 Nicole Serena Silver, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
      "While Leo babies that are born later in July are known for being confident, courageous and optimistic. \u2014 Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
      "The show is also courageous , aware of those who came before and, well, both kind and nonjudgmental. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "And these teachers have been courageous enough to embark on the difficult process of change. \u2014 Natalie Wexler, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite his courageous decision to testify against a sitting president, the series does not give Dean a free pass for his role in the Nixon administration\u2019s nefarious activities. \u2014 Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Disney said the company's CEO Bob Chapek need to be courageous and take a hard stance. \u2014 Ramishah Maruf, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Over a year after passing away at the age of 9 after a courageous battle with cancer, Coyotes Ring of Honor member Leighton Accardo continues to impact the Phoenix community. \u2014 Ian Garcia, The Arizona Republic , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English corageous, borrowed from Anglo-French corajus, from corage courage + -us, -ous -ous":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-j\u0259s"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bold",
      "brave",
      "dauntless",
      "doughty",
      "fearless",
      "gallant",
      "greathearted",
      "gutsy",
      "gutty",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "intrepid",
      "lionhearted",
      "manful",
      "stalwart",
      "stout",
      "stouthearted",
      "undauntable",
      "undaunted",
      "valiant",
      "valorous"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062613",
    "type":[
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      "noun"
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  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "chicken",
      "chickenhearted",
      "chicken-livered",
      "coward",
      "cowardly",
      "craven",
      "dastardly",
      "fainthearted",
      "fearful",
      "gutless",
      "lily-livered",
      "milk-livered",
      "nerveless",
      "poltroon",
      "poor-spirited",
      "pusillanimous",
      "spineless",
      "spiritless",
      "timorous",
      "uncourageous",
      "ungallant",
      "unheroic",
      "weakhearted",
      "yellow"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having or characterized by courage : brave":[
        "a courageous soldier",
        "a courageous decision"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She was a courageous woman who wasn't afraid to support unpopular causes.",
      "the courageous decision to quit rather than obey an illegal order",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Just live with gratitude and humility, think first of others and be courageous in every waking moment. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 26 June 2022",
      "Practicing accountability is courageous and places the power to shape your path in your hands. \u2014 Nicole Serena Silver, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
      "While Leo babies that are born later in July are known for being confident, courageous and optimistic. \u2014 Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
      "The show is also courageous , aware of those who came before and, well, both kind and nonjudgmental. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "And these teachers have been courageous enough to embark on the difficult process of change. \u2014 Natalie Wexler, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Despite his courageous decision to testify against a sitting president, the series does not give Dean a free pass for his role in the Nixon administration\u2019s nefarious activities. \u2014 Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Disney said the company's CEO Bob Chapek need to be courageous and take a hard stance. \u2014 Ramishah Maruf, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Over a year after passing away at the age of 9 after a courageous battle with cancer, Coyotes Ring of Honor member Leighton Accardo continues to impact the Phoenix community. \u2014 Ian Garcia, The Arizona Republic , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English corageous, borrowed from Anglo-French corajus, from corage courage + -us, -ous -ous":""
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      "k\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-j\u0259s"
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      "bold",
      "brave",
      "dauntless",
      "doughty",
      "fearless",
      "gallant",
      "greathearted",
      "gutsy",
      "gutty",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "intrepid",
      "lionhearted",
      "manful",
      "stalwart",
      "stout",
      "stouthearted",
      "undauntable",
      "undaunted",
      "valiant",
      "valorous"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162842",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an elongated basket for holding sand eels and other live bait in sea fishing":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, gourd, from Middle French dialect, from Latin cucurbita":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ku\u0307(\u0259)rzh"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132017",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a moderate yellow green that is yellower, lighter, and slightly stronger than average moss green, yellower and duller than average pea green, and yellower and lighter than spinach green":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French courge gourd":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174247",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "courgette":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": zucchini":[
        "She quartered three green tomatoes and sliced three courgettes \u2026",
        "\u2014 Alice Thomas Ellis",
        "\u2026 for centuries Italian peasants have made courgettes into fritters or squash-blossom sandwiches.",
        "\u2014 Noel Vietmeyer",
        "\u2026 a \"fritto misto\" type selection of battered and deep-fried courgette , celeriac and carrot \u2026",
        "\u2014 Alison Davison"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lunch was 170g chicken breast with 130g broccoli and lots of other vegetables like aubergine, courgette , peppers and cherry tomatoes. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Pugh then tossed the noodles in with the simmering sauce, as opposed to boiling them separately, noting that the sauce helps give the courgette a more spaghetti-like texture. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "The Midsommar star then peeled the courgette into spaghetti, making sure to give her followers a safety disclaimer after hurting her knuckles in the peeler. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "One of my go-to weeknight dinners is pasta with saut\u00e9ed courgette (zucchini), herbs, and pine nuts. 3 . \u2014 Katy Beskow, SELF , 24 Aug. 2017",
      "Dinner guests dined on a menu that included risotto carnaroli with violet artichokes and wild herbs, blue lobster roti with pomme de terre mousseline, and courgette tempura. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, VanityFair.com , 20 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1891, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, diminutive of courge gourd, from Middle French, from Latin cucurbita":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ku\u0307r-\u02c8zhet"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062524",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": black mangrove sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "native name in British Guiana":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u00fc\u02c8r\u0113d\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054928",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      "Definition of courie variant of cowrie:1"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-014402",
    "type":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a member of a diplomatic (see diplomatic sense 2 ) service entrusted with bearing messages":[],
      ": a member of the armed services whose duties include carrying mail, information, or supplies":[],
      ": a runner of contraband (see contraband sense 2 )":[
        "drug couriers"
      ],
      ": an espionage agent transferring secret information":[],
      ": messenger : such as":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Police recently arrested a drug courier in our neighborhood.",
      "A courier just left a package for you on the porch.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To clear his son\u2019s mother\u2019s debt to a cartel, a superbike racer becomes a drug courier , risking his chances of going pro \u2014 and jeopardizing his own life. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 12 June 2022",
      "In Barreto\u2019s office, after 40 minutes chatting with Gates and Tator about their health concerns, Barreto swabs both patients, walks them out, and then calls a courier to pick up the tests. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
      "Such operations are incredibly dangerous: a C.I.A. officer or an asset recruited to work secretly for the agency\u2014a courier for the terrorist; the finance minister\u2019s personal chef\u2014must surreptitiously implant the malware by hand. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Sanchez, the courier in Chicago, went back to working as a mover but had to take out a loan and still owes back payments on rent. \u2014 Soo Youn, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "The courier , who delivers the dispatches from the battlefield to the Continental Congress, is literally nameless. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "The Westchester resident, who runs a medical courier business, has raised under $10,000 for his campaign, limiting his ability to get his message out. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
      "Warehouse and courier jobs, for example, are boosted by new habits. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "The spokesperson said that the change takes into account the location of each courier . \u2014 Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune , 7 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Middle French corier, courrier, borrowed from Italian corriere, from correre \"to run\" (going back to Latin currere ) + -iere -ier \u2014 more at current entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259r-",
      "\u02c8k\u0259r-\u0113-",
      "\u02c8k\u0259-r\u0113-",
      "\u02c8ku\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bootlegger",
      "contrabandist",
      "runner",
      "smuggler"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054538",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courlan":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a long-billed bird ( Aramus guarana ) intermediate in some respects between the cranes and the rails that occurs in much of South and Central America and is represented in Florida, Cuba, and Jamaica by the limpkin":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, alteration of courliri , from Galibi kurliri":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ku\u0307rl\u0259n",
      "(\u02c8)ku\u0307r\u00a6l\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140000",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "course":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bird-dog",
      "chase",
      "dog",
      "follow",
      "hound",
      "pursue",
      "run",
      "shadow",
      "tag",
      "tail",
      "trace",
      "track",
      "trail"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a chosen manner of conducting oneself : way of acting":[
        "Our wisest course is to retreat."
      ],
      ": a part of a meal served at one time":[
        "the main course"
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      ": a point of the compass":[],
      ": a series of doses or medications administered over a designated period":[],
      ": accustomed procedure or normal action":[
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      ": after a normal passage of time : in the expected or allotted time":[
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      ": an ordered process or succession: such as":[],
      ": as might be expected":[
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      ": following the ordinary way or procedure":[
        "will be done as a matter of course"
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      ": life history , career":[],
      ": progression through a development or period or a series of acts or events":[
        "the course of history"
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      ": racecourse":[],
      ": the act or action of moving in a path from point to point":[
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      ": the lowest sail on a square-rigged mast":[],
      ": the path over which something moves or extends: such as":[],
      ": to cause (dogs) to run (as after game)":[],
      ": to follow close upon : pursue":[],
      ": to hunt or pursue (game) with hounds":[],
      ": to run or move swiftly through or over : traverse":[
        "Jets coursed the area daily."
      ],
      ": to run or pass rapidly along or as if along an indicated path":[
        "blood coursing through the veins"
      ],
      ": watercourse":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the course of a river",
      "The pilot brought the plane back on course .",
      "The ship was blown off course by a storm.",
      "She's taking a chemistry course this semester.",
      "Students earn the degree after a two-year course of study .",
      "There is no cure, but the treatment will slow the course of the disease.",
      "Verb",
      "the blood coursing through my veins",
      "Tears were coursing down his cheeks.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The set was, of course , intended to evoke Grant's rolling landscapes. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 24 June 2022",
      "The Deep being, well, The Deep, of course wastes little time in joining in on the festivities. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 24 June 2022",
      "Now, of course , the question becomes \u2026 a majority for what else",
      "One man, of course , gets top billing in this movie. \u2014 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "There is, of course , a connection between one\u2019s inner gadfly and one\u2019s ability to deliberate with others. \u2014 Martha Bayles, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
      "Hummingbirds, butterflies, and\u2014of course \u2014bees are all attracted to bee balm, also known as wild bergamot. \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
      "Topping his tally, of course , was the faith\u2019s symbol, unveiled in 2020, depicting the Christus statue on a blue background. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "And then, of course , there\u2019s climate change, which is just having the most extraordinary effect on the world of wine. \u2014 Norman Vanamee, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Our current superintendent has supported this fight and has taken steps to course correct. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "For Selin, a narrator who treats course descriptions as manifestos, this portends a drastic shift in worldview and sensibility. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The Federal Reserve is finally starting to course correct. \u2014 William J. Luther, National Review , 5 May 2022",
      "When in doubt, err on the side of caution, slow down and course correct. \u2014 John Hall, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
      "The Crimes of Grindelwald also earned the weakest reviews of any Harry Potter movie, raising the question of whether the franchise could course correct. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "The next year, perhaps scarred by confused press clippings, Lolla\u2019s organizers attempted to course correct and booked electro duo Orbital as headliners alongside Devo, the Prodigy, and the Orb. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The intestinal cells are short-lived and easily replaceable, meaning the bats can shed them through their digestive systems and expel them in iron-rich droppings instead of having the extra iron continue to course through their bloodstream. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Done authentically and consistently, this rise of collaborative leadership can course correct the practice and impact of business at perhaps the most critical time in our history. \u2014 Simon Mainwaring, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English cours, borrowed from Anglo-French cours, curs, going back to Latin cursus \"action of running, charge, movement along a path, progress,\" from currere \"to run, flow\" + -tus, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at current entry 1":"Noun",
      "Middle English coursen \"to pursue,\" derivative of cours course entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022frs",
      "\u02c8k\u014d(\u0259)rs, \u02c8k\u022f(\u0259)rs"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "line",
      "methodology",
      "policy",
      "procedure",
      "program"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050406",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "coursework":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": work that is assigned or performed as part of a course of study":[
        "The rigorous program combines coursework in \u2026 engineering and seminar classes in the ethical, legal, regulatory, communication, and business aspects of the biotechnology industry with over a thousand hours of research.",
        "\u2014 Angela Trepanier",
        "Colleges and universities often offer discounted tuition for those 55 and older to partake in most coursework within their catalog (ranging from physical education to Eastern philosophy).",
        "\u2014 Dr. Andrew Weil",
        "When Brandenn was four, his parents started him on the Perkins County elementary-school coursework , and within two years he'd finished the fourth-grade curriculum.",
        "\u2014 Eric Konigsberg"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1890, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022frs-\u02ccw\u0259rk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105352",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coursing":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the act of one that courses":[],
      ": the pursuit of running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fluid lights undulated on the field surface, mimicking the coursing of blood. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 23 July 2021",
      "Kritsky said the coursing of male cicadas is now peaking around the low to mid-70s. \u2014 Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer , 16 June 2021",
      "Thursday, a very significant slice of that age group already has one vaccine or another coursing through their veins. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Mar. 2021",
      "Releasing the brake sends the engine's full power coursing through the all-wheel-drive system, which shuffles torque to all four wheels. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "Babs and Riley were entered in the outlaw events (for lure coursing and rat hunt). \u2014 Gabrielle Copeland Schoeffield, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 18 July 2019",
      "Both days saw a full schedule of events, including categories for racing, conformation, trailing and locating, GTG/SE, rat roundup, agility, lure coursing , and Outlaw Terrier games. \u2014 Gabrielle Copeland Schoeffield, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 18 July 2019",
      "The United States scored early, but France did not wilt, the rhythm of the game beating ever faster, its pulse racing and its blood coursing . \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2019",
      "The conductor Bertrand de Billy led a coursing , richly detailed and colorful account of the score. \u2014 Anthony Tommasini, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022fr-si\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183535",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coursing joint":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the mortar joint between two courses of bricks or stones":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100641",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "court":{
    "antonyms":[
      "ask (for)",
      "flirt (with)",
      "invite",
      "woo"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a manor house or large building surrounded by usually enclosed grounds":[
        "Hampton Court"
      ],
      ": a place (such as a chamber) for the administration of justice":[
        "sat quietly in the back of the court"
      ],
      ": a reception held by a sovereign":[],
      ": a session of such a court":[
        "The court is now adjourned."
      ],
      ": a sovereign's formal assembly of councillors and officers":[
        "The king held a general court ."
      ],
      ": a wide alley with only one opening onto a street":[],
      ": allure , tempt":[
        "mountain streams courting the fishermen"
      ],
      ": an assembly or board with legislative or administrative powers":[],
      ": an official assembly for the transaction of judicial business \u2014 see also court-packing , pack the court":[],
      ": an open space enclosed wholly or partly by buildings or circumscribed by a single building":[
        "the court at the center of the palace"
      ],
      ": conduct or attention intended to win favor or dispel hostility : homage":[
        "pay court to the king"
      ],
      ": motel":[],
      ": parliament , legislature":[],
      ": the family and retinue of a sovereign":[
        "The court enjoyed the tournament."
      ],
      ": the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary":[
        "riding to the king's court"
      ],
      ": the sovereign and officers and advisers who are the governing power":[
        "The court has decided against the alliance."
      ],
      ": to act so as to invite or provoke":[
        "courts disaster"
      ],
      ": to engage in activity leading to mating":[
        "a pair of robins courting in the trees"
      ],
      ": to engage in social activities leading to engagement and marriage":[],
      ": to perform actions in order to attract for mating":[
        "a male bird courting a female"
      ],
      ": to seek an alliance with":[],
      ": to seek to attract (as by solicitous attention or offers of advantages)":[
        "college teams courting high school basketball stars",
        "Both candidates were courting the independent voters."
      ],
      ": to seek to gain or achieve":[
        "court power"
      ],
      "\u2014 see also take to court":[
        "sat quietly in the back of the court"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Court is now in session.",
      "Court is adjourned for the day.",
      "There was a large group of protesters outside the court .",
      "a lawyer who has appeared in courts around the country",
      "The case is before the state's highest court .",
      "She's a judge on an appellate court .",
      "The prosecution has new evidence to submit to the court .",
      "Please explain to the court what happened that night.",
      "The court ruled the law unconstitutional.",
      "The court reversed the lower court's decision.",
      "Verb",
      "The couple courted for two years before marrying.",
      "He was courting his college sweetheart.",
      "a pair of robins courting",
      "The male will sometimes court the female for hours.",
      "college teams courting high school basketball stars",
      "The speech was clearly intended to court middle-class voters.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But, on Friday, abortions were outlawed again \u2014 for the second time in a week when the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked the lower court 's decision. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 2 July 2022",
      "Some started offering abortions late this week, after the lower court 's ruling blocking the 1925 law. \u2014 Madlin Mekelburg, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
      "In a California Classic matchup that featured Sacramento\u2019s Keegan Murray, the No. 4 overall pick in this year\u2019s draft, there were times when Golden State Warriors second-round pick Gui Santos looked like the best player on the court . \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 July 2022",
      "Other players talked about just trying to get past the one-hour mark on the court with her. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
      "The new men\u2019s basketball coach and his staff delivered the pizzas to the basketball courts in Southwest, UMass\u2019 biggest student residential area, dishing out slices while some of his players took on challengers on the court . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
      "Since the court 's ruling, many women have taken to social media to share their own experiences. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
      "The ceremony was streamed live on the court 's website. \u2014 Mark Sherman, ajc , 30 June 2022",
      "Attention returned to the procedural hurdle, which requires 60-votes to proceed with legislation in the 100-member Senate, after President Joe Biden said Thursday that the filibuster should be lifted as a result of the court 's decision. \u2014 Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic , 30 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Republican Party, widely expected to win big in November, launched an effort Monday to court Jewish voters in South Florida, a solid Democratic voting bloc that has often proven elusive for the GOP. \u2014 Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel , 2 May 2022",
      "Trucking fleets are handing out across-the-board raises to retain drivers while offering $10,000 cash bonuses in a frantic effort to court new hires. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Netanyahu even attempted to court a small Islamist Arab party but was thwarted by a small ultranationalist party with a racist anti-Arab agenda. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 30 May 2021",
      "Netanyahu even attempted to court a small Islamist Arab party but was thwarted by a small ultranationalist party with a racist anti-Arab agenda. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 30 May 2021",
      "Netanyahu even attempted to court a small Islamist Arab party but was thwarted by a small ultranationalist party with a racist anti-Arab agenda. \u2014 Josef Federman, USA TODAY , 30 May 2021",
      "Both candidates are trying to court the 7.7 million votes of a leftist candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, defeated in the first vote. \u2014 Thomas Adamson And Patrick Hermansen, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "That sounds as if bondholders might have the right to take Florida to court over any changes in Reedy Creek\u2019s authority. \u2014 Michael Hiltzikbusiness Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The state of California is in a unique position to handle a lawsuit against Tesla, as arbitration agreements prevent many employees from taking the company to court themselves. \u2014 Courtney Vinopal, Quartz , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
      "1567, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French curt, court , from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure, group, retinue, cohort, from co- + -hort-, -hors (akin to hortus garden) \u2014 more at yard":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022frt",
      "\u02c8k\u014drt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "palace"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002743",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "court appearance":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the formal act of going in front of judge to have one's case decided":[
        "One man has been convicted of the crime, and two others are awaiting court appearances ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021509",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "court art":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": art forms that exemplify or illustrate the elegant tastes or customs of a royal court":[
        "\u2014 often opposed to folk art"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090113",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "court baron":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": an inferior manorial court presided over by its lord or his steward that had jurisdiction over certain cases (as petty offenses) arising on the manor and affecting its tenants and that was abolished in England in 1867 after having fallen into disuse and was early abolished in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland where it existed briefly":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Anglo-French court baron , literally, baron's court":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083925",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "court bond":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a surety bond required of litigants to insure payment of costs or the meeting of other obligations":[]
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    "examples":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132259",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "court of inquiry":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a military court that inquires into and reports on some military matter (such as an officer's questionable conduct)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1757, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124012",
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
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  "court order":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an order issuing from a competent court that requires a party to do or abstain from doing a specified act":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He received a court order barring him from entering the building.",
      "He is barred by court order from entering the building.",
      "The town is under court order to fix the problem.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After calls from local leaders, the commission is likely to move forward with a court order that would require Frontier to appear and justify its practices against challenges that the company failed to meet its obligations. \u2014 Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022",
      "Utah does not have a red-flag law, which allows law enforcement officials, often at the request of the family and with a court order , to seize the guns of someone considered a danger to themselves or others. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
      "Another draft law, the Data Act, would apply new limits on what corporate information could be made available to intelligence services and other authorities outside the bloc, even with a court order . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "Ultimately, Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that Trump had not conducted a proper search for documents and was thus not in compliance with a previous court order from February. \u2014 Ronn Blitzer, Fox News , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Bragg's statement came hours after New York's Attorney General, Letitia James, asked a judge to hold Trump in contempt for allegedly failing to comply with a court order to turn over documents in her office's parallel civil investigation. \u2014 Graham Kates, CBS News , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "On Friday, the Marion County Sheriff\u2019s Office assisted the Department of Children and Families with a court order to take the kids from their parents home in Citra. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "In August 2020, the Los Angeles city attorney\u2019s office charged them with a criminal misdemeanor for not complying with the court order . \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "On Saturday, Moraes said the company hadn\u2019t fully complied with the court order and still had to exclude posts from President Jair Bolsonaro\u2019s channel. \u2014 Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg.com , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1650, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125715",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "court tennis":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a game played with a ball and racket in an enclosed court divided by a net":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125828",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "court-appointed attorney":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lawyer chosen by a court to defend someone who has been accused of a crime":[
        "The defendant will be represented by a court-appointed attorney ."
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050723",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "court-packing":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the act or practice of packing (see pack entry 3 sense 1 ) a court and especially the United States Supreme Court by increasing the number of judges or justices in an attempt to change the ideological makeup of the court":[
        "\" Court-packing adds new seats to a court in order to alter its partisan balance. \u2026\"",
        "\u2014 Darrell West",
        "What is court packing ",
        "\u2014 Jared Gilmour",
        "\u2026 court-packing , for example, seems likely to set off a tit-for-tat expansion of the court that would benefit no one \u2026",
        "\u2014 Sheri Berman",
        "He angers the left if he says he still opposes court-packing , and he runs a risk with the center if he says he is open to it.",
        "\u2014 Henry Olsen",
        "\u2014 often used before another noun No president has tried to change the size of the court since 1937, when Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced what came to be known as his court-packing plan. \u2014 Adam Liptak A court-packing war over the lower federal courts might be almost as damaging as a similar conflict over the Supreme Court. \u2014 Ilya Somin \u2026 a reader in search of deeper understanding of the popular and intellectual currents behind the conservative court-packing campaign is likely to be disappointed. \u2014 Stuart Taylor Jr."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022frt-\u02ccpa-ki\u014b"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130823",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
  "courte-\u00e9chelle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mountaineering maneuver in which a climber clambers on the body or head of another in order to reach a hold":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French courte \u00e9chelle , literally, short ladder":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ku\u0307rt(\u02cc)\u0101\u00a6shel"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105858",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "courteous":{
    "antonyms":[
      "discourteous",
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      "ill-mannered",
      "impolite",
      "inconsiderate",
      "mannerless",
      "rude",
      "thoughtless",
      "uncivil",
      "ungenteel",
      "ungracious",
      "unmannered",
      "unmannerly"
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    "definitions":{
      ": marked by polished manners, gallantry, or ceremonial usage of a court":[],
      ": marked by respect for and consideration of others":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "There was no doubt that his stubbornly held and trenchantly expressed views\u2014his trenchancy always tempered, however, by his gently courteous manner\u2014contributed significantly to his unpopularity \u2026 \u2014 Simon Winchester , The Man Who Loved China , 2008",
      "\u2026 she has seen generations of boys come and go, some well groomed and courteous , others rough and uppity \u2026 \u2014 Julian Barnes , New Yorker , 5 Mar. 1990",
      "He joined us in the Yellow Room with \u2026 his son, a thoughtful, courteous , nice doctor \u2026 \u2014 Lady Bird Johnson 27 May 1964 , in A White House Diary , 1970",
      "The clerks were helpful and courteous .",
      "their customer service department always gives courteous responses, even to rude people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "During meetings, for example, leaders should behave in a courteous and respectful way toward employees to show what kind of professional behavior is expected. \u2014 Sean Thompson, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Maybe just save the ice chewing for the comfort of your own home to be extra courteous to strangers. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 8 June 2022",
      "What strikes one is not just the surprising truth of the statement\u2014for whatever reason, UFO sightings have always been far more prevalent in the United States than in England\u2014but its thoughtfulness, its courteous consideration. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The temptation is to grab them off the offending wearer\u2019s face and stomp on them, but one recognizes that this would not be courteous . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The Senate Judiciary Committee opened Supreme Court confirmation hearings Monday with pointed but courteous questions for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated for the nation\u2019s highest court. \u2014 Mark Sherman And Mary Clare Jalonick, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "There are those courteous and supportive drivers out there that sometimes act in that selfless manner. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "An addendum in Superintendent Vince Matthews\u2019 contract last year required the board to act professionally, be courteous and focus on the district\u2019s massive budget shortfall as part of a deal reached to delay Matthews\u2019 planned retirement last year. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Being courteous and gentle is thought to bring good fortune and luck. \u2014 Avery Newmark, ajc , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English corteis , from Anglo-French curteis , from curt":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u0113-\u0259s",
      "British also \u02c8k\u022f-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for courteous civil , polite , courteous , gallant , chivalrous mean observant of the forms required by good breeding. civil often suggests little more than the avoidance of overt rudeness. owed the questioner a civil reply polite commonly implies polish of speech and manners and sometimes suggests an absence of cordiality. if you can't be pleasant, at least be polite courteous implies more actively considerate or dignified politeness. clerks who were unfailingly courteous to customers gallant and chivalrous imply courteous attentiveness especially to women. gallant suggests spirited and dashing behavior and ornate expressions of courtesy. a gallant suitor of the old school chivalrous suggests high-minded and self-sacrificing behavior. a chivalrous display of duty",
    "synonyms":[
      "civil",
      "genteel",
      "gracious",
      "mannerly",
      "polite",
      "well-bred"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020536",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[
      "discourteous",
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      "ill-mannered",
      "impolite",
      "inconsiderate",
      "mannerless",
      "rude",
      "thoughtless",
      "uncivil",
      "ungenteel",
      "ungracious",
      "unmannered",
      "unmannerly"
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      ": marked by polished manners, gallantry, or ceremonial usage of a court":[],
      ": marked by respect for and consideration of others":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "There was no doubt that his stubbornly held and trenchantly expressed views\u2014his trenchancy always tempered, however, by his gently courteous manner\u2014contributed significantly to his unpopularity \u2026 \u2014 Simon Winchester , The Man Who Loved China , 2008",
      "\u2026 she has seen generations of boys come and go, some well groomed and courteous , others rough and uppity \u2026 \u2014 Julian Barnes , New Yorker , 5 Mar. 1990",
      "He joined us in the Yellow Room with \u2026 his son, a thoughtful, courteous , nice doctor \u2026 \u2014 Lady Bird Johnson 27 May 1964 , in A White House Diary , 1970",
      "The clerks were helpful and courteous .",
      "their customer service department always gives courteous responses, even to rude people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "During meetings, for example, leaders should behave in a courteous and respectful way toward employees to show what kind of professional behavior is expected. \u2014 Sean Thompson, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Maybe just save the ice chewing for the comfort of your own home to be extra courteous to strangers. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 8 June 2022",
      "What strikes one is not just the surprising truth of the statement\u2014for whatever reason, UFO sightings have always been far more prevalent in the United States than in England\u2014but its thoughtfulness, its courteous consideration. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The temptation is to grab them off the offending wearer\u2019s face and stomp on them, but one recognizes that this would not be courteous . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The Senate Judiciary Committee opened Supreme Court confirmation hearings Monday with pointed but courteous questions for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated for the nation\u2019s highest court. \u2014 Mark Sherman And Mary Clare Jalonick, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "There are those courteous and supportive drivers out there that sometimes act in that selfless manner. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "An addendum in Superintendent Vince Matthews\u2019 contract last year required the board to act professionally, be courteous and focus on the district\u2019s massive budget shortfall as part of a deal reached to delay Matthews\u2019 planned retirement last year. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Being courteous and gentle is thought to bring good fortune and luck. \u2014 Avery Newmark, ajc , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English corteis , from Anglo-French curteis , from curt":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u0113-\u0259s",
      "British also \u02c8k\u022f-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for courteous civil , polite , courteous , gallant , chivalrous mean observant of the forms required by good breeding. civil often suggests little more than the avoidance of overt rudeness. owed the questioner a civil reply polite commonly implies polish of speech and manners and sometimes suggests an absence of cordiality. if you can't be pleasant, at least be polite courteous implies more actively considerate or dignified politeness. clerks who were unfailingly courteous to customers gallant and chivalrous imply courteous attentiveness especially to women. gallant suggests spirited and dashing behavior and ornate expressions of courtesy. a gallant suitor of the old school chivalrous suggests high-minded and self-sacrificing behavior. a chivalrous display of duty",
    "synonyms":[
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      "genteel",
      "gracious",
      "mannerly",
      "polite",
      "well-bred"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174134",
    "type":[
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      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courteousness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "discourteous",
      "ill-bred",
      "ill-mannered",
      "impolite",
      "inconsiderate",
      "mannerless",
      "rude",
      "thoughtless",
      "uncivil",
      "ungenteel",
      "ungracious",
      "unmannered",
      "unmannerly"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marked by polished manners, gallantry, or ceremonial usage of a court":[],
      ": marked by respect for and consideration of others":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "There was no doubt that his stubbornly held and trenchantly expressed views\u2014his trenchancy always tempered, however, by his gently courteous manner\u2014contributed significantly to his unpopularity \u2026 \u2014 Simon Winchester , The Man Who Loved China , 2008",
      "\u2026 she has seen generations of boys come and go, some well groomed and courteous , others rough and uppity \u2026 \u2014 Julian Barnes , New Yorker , 5 Mar. 1990",
      "He joined us in the Yellow Room with \u2026 his son, a thoughtful, courteous , nice doctor \u2026 \u2014 Lady Bird Johnson 27 May 1964 , in A White House Diary , 1970",
      "The clerks were helpful and courteous .",
      "their customer service department always gives courteous responses, even to rude people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "During meetings, for example, leaders should behave in a courteous and respectful way toward employees to show what kind of professional behavior is expected. \u2014 Sean Thompson, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Maybe just save the ice chewing for the comfort of your own home to be extra courteous to strangers. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 8 June 2022",
      "What strikes one is not just the surprising truth of the statement\u2014for whatever reason, UFO sightings have always been far more prevalent in the United States than in England\u2014but its thoughtfulness, its courteous consideration. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The temptation is to grab them off the offending wearer\u2019s face and stomp on them, but one recognizes that this would not be courteous . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The Senate Judiciary Committee opened Supreme Court confirmation hearings Monday with pointed but courteous questions for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated for the nation\u2019s highest court. \u2014 Mark Sherman And Mary Clare Jalonick, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "There are those courteous and supportive drivers out there that sometimes act in that selfless manner. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "An addendum in Superintendent Vince Matthews\u2019 contract last year required the board to act professionally, be courteous and focus on the district\u2019s massive budget shortfall as part of a deal reached to delay Matthews\u2019 planned retirement last year. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Being courteous and gentle is thought to bring good fortune and luck. \u2014 Avery Newmark, ajc , 1 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English corteis , from Anglo-French curteis , from curt":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u0113-\u0259s",
      "British also \u02c8k\u022f-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for courteous civil , polite , courteous , gallant , chivalrous mean observant of the forms required by good breeding. civil often suggests little more than the avoidance of overt rudeness. owed the questioner a civil reply polite commonly implies polish of speech and manners and sometimes suggests an absence of cordiality. if you can't be pleasant, at least be polite courteous implies more actively considerate or dignified politeness. clerks who were unfailingly courteous to customers gallant and chivalrous imply courteous attentiveness especially to women. gallant suggests spirited and dashing behavior and ornate expressions of courtesy. a gallant suitor of the old school chivalrous suggests high-minded and self-sacrificing behavior. a chivalrous display of duty",
    "synonyms":[
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      "genteel",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175844",
    "type":[
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  "courtesan":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a prostitute with a courtly , wealthy, or upper-class clientele":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the protagonist of the novel is a composite of several real-life courtesans who plied their trade among the decadent aristocracy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The popular comedy incorporates music, dance and mime, in a story about a humble sardine seller and his love for the most glamorous courtesan in Kyoto. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s a risqu\u00e9 comedy drama based on the memoirs of real-life 19th-century British courtesan Harriette Wilson. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "Sandra Yi Sencindiver joins as Enjoiner Rue, a former courtesan who became the politically savvy consigliere to Queen Sareth. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "How funny to picture Mangeshkar\u2014sustaining her soft but commanding soprano as a Mughal Empire-era courtesan , defiantly declaring her love for a royal\u2014mere feet away from a toilet. \u2014 Mayukh Sen, The New Yorker , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "In that scene, a courtesan challenges an emperor in court by declaring her love for a prince. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Sencindiver plays Enjoiner Rue, a politically savvy former courtesan to Cleon the 16th who now serves as consigliere to Queen Sareth of Cloud Dominion, played by Smith, who charms her way into the Imperial Palace while on a secret quest for revenge. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "The fact that Vig\u00e9e Le Brun painted Madame du Barry several times suggests how much the former courtesan \u2019s reputation had changed, because Vig\u00e9e Le Brun was the official painter of Marie Antoinette, Madame du Barry\u2019s former nemesis. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "But devising the piece, and then re-imagining it for the Broadway stage production, was initially a feat as seemingly foolhardy as romancing a courtesan . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 28 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1533, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French courtisane , from northern Italian dialect form of Italian cortigiana woman courtier, feminine of cortigiano courtier, from corte court, from Latin cohort-, cohors \u2014 see court entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "especially British \u02cck\u022f-t\u0259-\u02c8zan",
      "-\u02ccz\u00e4n",
      "\u02c8k\u022fr-t\u0259-z\u0259n",
      "-\u02cczan",
      "also \u02c8k\u0259r-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bawd",
      "call girl",
      "cocotte",
      "drab",
      "hooker",
      "hustler",
      "prostitute",
      "sex worker",
      "streetwalker",
      "tart",
      "whore"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114435",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "courtesy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a courteous and respectful act or expression":[],
      ": behavior marked by polished manners or respect for others : courteous behavior":[],
      ": general allowance despite facts : indulgence":[
        "hills called mountains by courtesy only"
      ],
      ": granted, provided, or performed as a courtesy or by way of courtesy (see courtesy entry 1 )":[
        "made a courtesy call on the ambassador"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Civilized life cannot be sustained without hypocrisy. A certain moral code, a degree of courtesy and decorum, are necessary to keep our instincts under a modicum of control. \u2014 Ian Buruma , New York Review of Books , 2 Nov. 2006",
      "Cara, who, courtesy of the cat, had a run in her leggings, picked up the phone in a panic \u2026 \u2014 Helen Schulman , Wigwag , November 1990",
      "\"Coffee, sir",
      "I tried to persuade him that all that Hamish Hamilton had attempted to do was to extend the kind of courtesies which cultural institutions thought to be his due. \u2014 Isaiah Berlin , New York Times Book Review , 12 Apr. 1987",
      "They treated us with courtesy and kindness.",
      "She did it as a courtesy , not because she had to.",
      "Everyone knows each other here, so we won't bother with the usual courtesies .",
      "They shook hands and exchanged courtesies before beginning their discussion.",
      "Adjective",
      "As the heir to an earldom, Stephen was obliged to pay a courtesy call on the British ambassador \u2026 \u2014 Ken Follett , The Man from St. Petersburg , 1982",
      "Important visitors to the conference were provided with courtesy cars.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The Line on current gen consoles\u2013on the Xbox Series X/S, at least, courtesy of backwards compatibility. \u2014 Matt Gardner, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
      "In one of the final scenes of the film, Robin (Miguel Cazarez Mora), a former victim who has been speaking with Finney courtesy the film\u2019s disconnected black phone, shows up as a ghost. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 June 2022",
      "The sleek hair was paired with a neutral makeup look ( courtesy of makeup artist Camille Thompson) that would look good for both relaxing on a beach and posing on the red carpet. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 23 June 2022",
      "Reprinted courtesy of William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins Publishers. \u2014 Calie Schepp, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
      "Why not add one more exhilarating activity to your visit, courtesy of the Kent Mountain Adventure Center, in the neighboring town of Estes Park",
      "The Spartan scoring surge continued into the fifth inning, this time courtesy of an RBI single by senior George Janzen. \u2014 Evan Merrill, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022",
      "The cache of footage comes courtesy of writer and friend of the group Paul Bellini, known best to fans as Man in Towel, who was then an aspiring filmmaker. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 25 May 2022",
      "After a wild pitch, courtesy runner Jackson Cole is gunned down at the plate by Central CF Jax Yoxtheimer. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 21 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "This unusually cool weather is courtesy of an upper level system pushing across New England. \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "All this entertainment is courtesy of that most sensitive appendage, a dog\u2019s nose. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022",
      "Her car was towed and she was cited, then given a courtesy ride to a Greater Cleveland RTA station in Shaker Heights. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
      "Following a few years of bumper crops, courtesy high-yielding seed varieties, efficient farm mechanisation, and favourable weather conditions, India has amassed surplus wheat stocks to plug the void left by Russia and Ukraine. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Production and arrangement of the new takes on old classics are courtesy of Jacobo Calder\u00f3n \u2014 producer and composer son of Juan Carlos Calder\u00f3n, the legendary songwriter who penned many of Mocedades\u2019 biggest hits. \u2014 Teresa Aguilera, Billboard , 20 May 2022",
      "Khamiyah Brown opened the inning with a triple and courtesy runner Hannah Vandiver scored with two outs on an error on the Gators\u2019 shortstop. \u2014 Al.com Reports, al , 18 May 2022",
      "An officer gave him a courtesy ride into North Olmsted to catch a bus. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The singer revealed on Instagram that her white gown will be courtesy of Versace. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1613, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English corteisie , from Anglo-French curteisie , from curteis \u2014 see courteous":"Noun and Adjective"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u0259-s\u0113",
      "British also \u02c8k\u022f-"
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      "boon",
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      "grace",
      "indulgence",
      "kindness",
      "mercy",
      "service",
      "turn"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061002",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
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      ": a book designed to prepare a young gentleman for public duties and conduct : a book of advice about social conduct":[],
      ": a medieval or Renaissance book designed to prepare the young nobleman for the proper pursuit of his courtly duties and pleasures":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083735",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      ": a visit made because it is the polite thing to do":[
        "They paid a courtesy call on the ambassador."
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083721",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "ask (for)",
      "flirt (with)",
      "invite",
      "woo"
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      ": a manor house or large building surrounded by usually enclosed grounds":[
        "Hampton Court"
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      ": a place (such as a chamber) for the administration of justice":[
        "sat quietly in the back of the court"
      ],
      ": a reception held by a sovereign":[],
      ": a session of such a court":[
        "The court is now adjourned."
      ],
      ": a sovereign's formal assembly of councillors and officers":[
        "The king held a general court ."
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      ": a wide alley with only one opening onto a street":[],
      ": allure , tempt":[
        "mountain streams courting the fishermen"
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      ": an assembly or board with legislative or administrative powers":[],
      ": an official assembly for the transaction of judicial business \u2014 see also court-packing , pack the court":[],
      ": an open space enclosed wholly or partly by buildings or circumscribed by a single building":[
        "the court at the center of the palace"
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      ": conduct or attention intended to win favor or dispel hostility : homage":[
        "pay court to the king"
      ],
      ": motel":[],
      ": parliament , legislature":[],
      ": the family and retinue of a sovereign":[
        "The court enjoyed the tournament."
      ],
      ": the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary":[
        "riding to the king's court"
      ],
      ": the sovereign and officers and advisers who are the governing power":[
        "The court has decided against the alliance."
      ],
      ": to act so as to invite or provoke":[
        "courts disaster"
      ],
      ": to engage in activity leading to mating":[
        "a pair of robins courting in the trees"
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      ": to engage in social activities leading to engagement and marriage":[],
      ": to perform actions in order to attract for mating":[
        "a male bird courting a female"
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      ": to seek an alliance with":[],
      ": to seek to attract (as by solicitous attention or offers of advantages)":[
        "college teams courting high school basketball stars",
        "Both candidates were courting the independent voters."
      ],
      ": to seek to gain or achieve":[
        "court power"
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      "\u2014 see also take to court":[
        "sat quietly in the back of the court"
      ]
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      "Noun",
      "Court is now in session.",
      "Court is adjourned for the day.",
      "There was a large group of protesters outside the court .",
      "a lawyer who has appeared in courts around the country",
      "The case is before the state's highest court .",
      "She's a judge on an appellate court .",
      "The prosecution has new evidence to submit to the court .",
      "Please explain to the court what happened that night.",
      "The court ruled the law unconstitutional.",
      "The court reversed the lower court's decision.",
      "Verb",
      "The couple courted for two years before marrying.",
      "He was courting his college sweetheart.",
      "a pair of robins courting",
      "The male will sometimes court the female for hours.",
      "college teams courting high school basketball stars",
      "The speech was clearly intended to court middle-class voters.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But, on Friday, abortions were outlawed again \u2014 for the second time in a week when the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked the lower court 's decision. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 2 July 2022",
      "Some started offering abortions late this week, after the lower court 's ruling blocking the 1925 law. \u2014 Madlin Mekelburg, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
      "In a California Classic matchup that featured Sacramento\u2019s Keegan Murray, the No. 4 overall pick in this year\u2019s draft, there were times when Golden State Warriors second-round pick Gui Santos looked like the best player on the court . \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 July 2022",
      "Other players talked about just trying to get past the one-hour mark on the court with her. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
      "The new men\u2019s basketball coach and his staff delivered the pizzas to the basketball courts in Southwest, UMass\u2019 biggest student residential area, dishing out slices while some of his players took on challengers on the court . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
      "Since the court 's ruling, many women have taken to social media to share their own experiences. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
      "The ceremony was streamed live on the court 's website. \u2014 Mark Sherman, ajc , 30 June 2022",
      "Attention returned to the procedural hurdle, which requires 60-votes to proceed with legislation in the 100-member Senate, after President Joe Biden said Thursday that the filibuster should be lifted as a result of the court 's decision. \u2014 Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic , 30 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Some marketers\u2014and the advertising platforms that court them\u2014will be at all three events, while others are picking their priorities. \u2014 Ann-marie Alc\u00e1ntara, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
      "But the Moneyball mentality is what drove them to court Bauer. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez, Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The Republican Party, widely expected to win big in November, launched an effort Monday to court Jewish voters in South Florida, a solid Democratic voting bloc that has often proven elusive for the GOP. \u2014 Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel , 2 May 2022",
      "Trucking fleets are handing out across-the-board raises to retain drivers while offering $10,000 cash bonuses in a frantic effort to court new hires. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Netanyahu even attempted to court a small Islamist Arab party but was thwarted by a small ultranationalist party with a racist anti-Arab agenda. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 30 May 2021",
      "Netanyahu even attempted to court a small Islamist Arab party but was thwarted by a small ultranationalist party with a racist anti-Arab agenda. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 30 May 2021",
      "Netanyahu even attempted to court a small Islamist Arab party but was thwarted by a small ultranationalist party with a racist anti-Arab agenda. \u2014 Josef Federman, USA TODAY , 30 May 2021",
      "Both candidates are trying to court the 7.7 million votes of a leftist candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, defeated in the first vote. \u2014 Thomas Adamson And Patrick Hermansen, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
      "1567, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French curt, court , from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure, group, retinue, cohort, from co- + -hort-, -hors (akin to hortus garden) \u2014 more at yard":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014drt",
      "\u02c8k\u022frt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "palace"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123059",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "courtly":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dowdy",
      "graceless",
      "inelegant",
      "styleless",
      "tasteless",
      "unfashionable",
      "unhandsome",
      "unstylish"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": favoring the policy or party of the court":[],
      ": in a courtly manner : politely":[],
      ": insincerely flattering":[],
      ": of a quality befitting the court : elegant":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "his courtly manners made him a favorite escort of widowed socialites",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The quartet took a stately tempo in the minuet, emphasizing its courtly associations. \u2014 Tim Diovanni, Dallas News , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "Dinkins, meanwhile, was known for his courtly manner, dapper dress, and meticulous grammar and speaking style, which represented a refreshing change for many New Yorkers. \u2014 Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "Ballad\u2019s third-person past fits Coriolanus\u2019 intellectual courtly existence, all fake smiles and knowing banter with addled professors. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 19 May 2020",
      "Early last month, at a Mexican restaurant in Seattle, the first United States hot spot of the coronavirus outbreak, Mr. Hayes worked around the no-handshaking protocol with a good-natured, mock- courtly bow. \u2014 John Schwartz, New York Times , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "Could this courtly gentleman really be capable of brutal savagery",
      "The cops\u2019 fictional pursuit of the Red Queen intersects with historical events and there are some delightful real-life cameos here, particularly the portrait of a wry and courtly Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., then the ambassador to South Vietnam. \u2014 Jennifer Reese, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "Conan Doyle himself viewed these courtly and martial virtues as sacrosanct. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2020",
      "Vincent Canby, however, the courtly film critic for The New York Times, was not one of them. \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "In fact, Cartier hardly needed a courtly setting to drive home the message that these pieces were destined for modern royals, both the literal and figurative kind. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 29 June 2022",
      "Relief sculptures, on loan from the British Museum, that depict warfare, hunting, courtly life, etc. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Relief sculptures, on loan from the British Museum, that depict warfare, hunting, courtly life, etc. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Relief sculptures, on loan from the British Museum, that depict warfare, hunting, courtly life, etc. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Count Orlok, played by Max Schreck, is reclusive and antisocial, not a courtly debonair. \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Relief sculptures, on loan from the British Museum, that depict warfare, hunting, courtly life, etc. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Making her directorial debut, Rebecca Hall deftly introduces us to the story through the eyes of Irene (Tessa Thompson), a courtly housewife striving to be perceived as Black excellence. \u2014 Marcus Jones, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Relief sculptures, on loan from the British Museum, that depict warfare, hunting, courtly life, etc. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "circa 1592, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022frt-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "classy",
      "elegant",
      "fine",
      "graceful",
      "handsome",
      "majestic",
      "refined",
      "stately",
      "tasteful"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230054",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courtship":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the act, process, or period of courting":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "They had a two-year courtship before marrying.",
      "The male of the species often displays aggression during courtship .",
      "the President's courtship of middle-class voters",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tom is in the middle of a professional courtship with a publisher who invites himself to the family brunch. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "Following a long courtship , Houston and Takechi got married \u2014 despite both families\u2019 strong disapproval of the relationship. \u2014 Scarlet Cheng, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
      "The company accepted a $54.20-a-share bid from Musk after a whirlwind courtship that began with the Tesla Inc. magnate disclosing a 9% stake in Twitter earlier this month. \u2014 Kurt Wagner And Ed Ludlow / Bloomberg, Time , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "After a speedy love-hate business courtship that lasted two weeks, the social-media website agreed Monday to accept Mr. Musk\u2019s buyout offer of $44 billion. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The fossil fuel companies\u2019 early involvement in the Siberian pipeline was also the start of a courtship of a region with some of the world\u2019s largest reserves of oil, natural gas and other commodities. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Arizona welcomed Uber\u2019s self-driving program to Tempe with feisty, high-profile panache, after a long courtship . \u2014 Lauren Smiley, Wired , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Equipped with helmet-like headgear and the most complex head-neck joints ever seen in a mammal, the giraffoid was perfectly suited for competitive headbutting in the quest for courtship . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 4 June 2022",
      "The stories of the other family members, while interesting, tend to cramp the couple\u2019s courtship . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1596, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022frt-\u02ccship"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "courting",
      "dating",
      "lovemaking",
      "suit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122410",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courtyard":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a court or enclosure adjacent to a building (such as a house or palace)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The apartment overlooks a courtyard .",
      "a series of lunchtime concerts in the museum's open-air courtyard",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Outside of the home, 40 Mercer offers a full suite of amenities, including a swimming pool, fitness center, spa, terrace, courtyard and an underground parking garage. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
      "There, ambulances jam a small courtyard of the military hospital and the emergency room is almost always full. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Visitors enter through the atrium, a courtyard and reception area featuring a fresco of Narcissus, the young man who fell in love with his own reflection, and a statue of Priapus. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "While the heated pool, full-service bar and restaurant, and romantic courtyard are all incredible draws, what separates Short Stories from other hotels in the city is its focus on personalized hospitality. \u2014 Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Two entrances now lead to a stunning new centerpiece \u2014 a digital ceiling that glows over the famous courtyard . \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Heavy on charm, the property opens with a private courtyard and white stucco exterior strewn with ivy. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Several guestrooms have windows that look down over the main courtyard and into the Living Room for those who like to keep an eye on the action. \u2014 Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "This month, steel beams were being put up as part of the on-site expansion plan that will give the winery an additional outside courtyard and two more buildings. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 20 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1552, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022frt-\u02ccy\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "close",
      "court",
      "enclosure",
      "inclosure",
      "patio",
      "quad",
      "quadrangle",
      "yard"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131520",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cous":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an herb ( Lomatium cous ) of the northwestern U.S. having edible roots":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps from Nez Perc\u00e9 kowish":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307(\u0259)s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085024",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couscous":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Gluten-free and packed with nutrients, the relative of millet cooks up quickly\u2014sort of like a speedy couscous . \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
      "Under the hot couscous , the goat cheese melted into a creamy, salty, tangy puddle. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "The flavorful couscous is simmered in a rich vegetable broth and served with tender chickpeas and other vegetables stirred in. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 May 2021",
      "Once couscous is cooked and tender, add the dill, mint, and parsley and stir to combine. \u2014 Dallas News , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "In a city seemingly obsessed with the quality of every iteration of noodle, the fine points of couscous , which is essentially a type of pasta, have taken a back seat. \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
      "Use flavor inspirations from international cuisines, like Thai cucumber salads or Mediterranean flavors with whole wheat couscous and lots of herbs. \u2014 Justin Ward, ExpressNews.com , 1 Jan. 2020",
      "That night, the children ate some leftover roasted chicken from the butcher around the corner, paired with couscous from Picard Surgel\u00e9s, a frozen-food store popular in France. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Sep. 2019",
      "Tender Israeli couscous soaks up a tart vinaigrette and plays well with crunchy, cold cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and feta. \u2014 Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times , 4 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1738, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French couscous, couscoussou , from Arabic kuskus, kuskus\u016b":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00fcs-\u02cck\u00fcs"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012606",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cousen":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of cousen obsolete variant of cozen"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-072518",
    "type":[]
  },
  "cousin":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a child of one's uncle or aunt":[],
      ": a member of a group regarded as ethnically or culturally related":[
        "our English cousins"
      ],
      ": a relative descended from one's grandparent or more remote ancestor by two or more steps and in a different line":[],
      ": kinsman , relative":[
        "a distant cousin"
      ],
      ": one associated with or related to another : counterpart":[
        "Rural children deserve as good an education as their city cousins get.",
        "\u2014 Benjamin Fine"
      ],
      "Victor 1792\u20131867 French philosopher":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Everyone came to the wedding, including a distant cousin no one had heard from in years.",
      "The cricket is a cousin of the grasshopper.",
      "hurricanes and their cousins , typhoons",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The photos show North embarking on adventures with her group of her friends including cousin Penelope Disick, bestie and business partner Tracy Romulus' daughter Ryan, and Jessica Simpson's daughter, Maxwell Drew. \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
      "An adult cousin of a 3-year-old boy who was fatally shot in 2017 while riding in a car with his family testified in court Thursday of the chaos that occurred in the moments after the shooting. \u2014 Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News , 23 June 2022",
      "Molly\u2019s cousin Howard, an IT guy, is played with sweet optimism and supportiveness by Ron Funches, and Nat Faxon is endearing as the low-key accountant who may or may not be flirting with Molly. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "She is revealed to be Coriolanus' cousin in the prequel. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
      "Her mother, aunt, and cousin would have many needs of their own, which Inna would be duty bound to satisfy. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
      "Wearing unfashionably high uniform No. 64 and with cousin Randy in the stands, the 6-foot-5, 239-pound outfielder threw out Tom\u00e1s Nido trying to stretch a third-inning single into a double after a one-hop drive off the right-field wall. \u2014 Ronald Blum, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
      "With all the obstacles that get in their way \u2014 like Leslie\u2019s gold-digging cousin Morgan, played expertly by Paula Patton \u2014 does their romance hold up over a decade later",
      "The other photos were of my husband\u2019s buxom cousin in her revealing cleavage. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English cosin , from Anglo-French cusin, cosin , from Latin consobrinus , from com- + sobrinus second cousin, from soror sister \u2014 more at sister":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u00fc-\u02c8za\u207f",
      "\u02c8k\u0259-z\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "kin",
      "kinsman",
      "relation",
      "relative"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010124",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couth":{
    "antonyms":[
      "accomplishment",
      "civilization",
      "cultivation",
      "culture",
      "polish",
      "refinement"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": polish , refinement":[
        "I expected kindness and gentility \u2026 but there is such a thing as too much couth .",
        "\u2014 S. J. Perelman"
      ],
      ": sophisticated , polished":[
        "Although they disagreed with the speaker, they were couth enough to listen to him respectfully."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "he's remarkably couth for someone who grew up in a small town with limited cultural opportunities",
      "Noun",
      "their future son-in-law's lack of couth was of some concern to this patrician couple",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Even some of Durant\u2019s Warriors\u2019 teammates manifested their artsiness in less-than- couth ways. \u2014 Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News , 11 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1896, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1947, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back-formation from uncouth":"Adjective and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00fcth"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "accomplished",
      "civilized",
      "cultivated",
      "cultured",
      "genteel",
      "polished",
      "refined"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011156",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "court shoe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a woman's dress shoe with a high heel":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141741"
  },
  "counteragent":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": someone or something that counteracts another: such as":[],
      ": an agent (see agent sense 2b ) that works to diminish, counter, or offset the effects of another":[
        "\u2026 said there have been multiple instances over the past year where officers, carrying Narcan, were first on the scene to an incident and were able to save an overdose victim's life by quickly administering the counteragent .",
        "\u2014 Amanda Ostuni"
      ],
      ": someone who acts against or exposes the activities of another agent":[
        "There are similarities with \u2026 the way in which they took Rudolf Abel off the book and tried to turn him into a counteragent , to work for us.",
        "\u2014 Steven Spielberg",
        "There are two levels of narrative. On the psychological level, we learn the colonel inherited the manor when his murderous wife was committed to an asylum for the criminally insane. On the skullduggery level, a slew of characters are revealed to be secret agents and counteragents .",
        "\u2014 Dalt Wonk"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8\u0101-j\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1821, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142445"
  },
  "counteradaptation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": opposition to the effect of a drug or stimulus that is hypothesized to develop in an organism as a mechanism to maintain homeostasis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02cca-\u02ccdap-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-d\u0259p-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1916, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143343"
  },
  "countershaft":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mechanism used to transmit motion and power from a main driving shaft to an individual machine, typically mounted by hangers on a ceiling, and driven by one belt from the main shaft and in turn driving the machine by another belt":[],
      ": a short shaft in a machine (as an automobile) carrying intermediate gears to transmit motion usually with change of speed or direction or both from one set of gears to another":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + shaft":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143537"
  },
  "couldn't be worse/better":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to be as bad/good as it can be":[
        "The situation couldn't be worse/better ."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143633"
  },
  "counterinstance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a case that contradicts a rule, theory, etc. : exception sense 2":[
        "But in science and philosophy, few things are more prized than a clear counter-instance to a putative law or a prospective definition.",
        "\u2014 Toni Vogel Carey"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8in(t)-st\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1847, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143946"
  },
  "couldn't be happier":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to be very happy":[
        "I couldn't be happier with the way our new kitchen looks."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144437"
  },
  "court-martial":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a court consisting of commissioned officers and in some instances enlisted personnel for the trial of members of the armed forces or others within its jurisdiction":[],
      ": a trial by court-martial":[],
      ": to subject to trial by court-martial":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014drt-\u02ccm\u00e4r-sh\u0259l",
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4r-",
      "\u02c8k\u022frt-\u02ccm\u00e4r-sh\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1833, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144833"
  },
  "counter-style":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having, relating to, or being a system of restaurant service in which customers order food at a counter or register":[
        "\u2026 has counter-style ordering, so patrons order at the register and are given a number to display at their seats before the food arrives.",
        "\u2014 Alisa Hauser"
      ],
      ": having, relating to, or being a style of restaurant seating in which customers sit at a counter rather than at tables":[
        "casual counter-style seating"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8st\u012b(-\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144933"
  },
  "countercharge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a charge made in response to or retaliation for another charge":[
        "Courteous discussion gave way to charges of mistreatment and counter-charges of disloyalty.",
        "\u2014 Paul M. Barrett"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccch\u00e4rj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1706, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145451"
  },
  "counterstrike":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a strike that retaliates against or counters earlier strike : a return strike":[
        "government counterstrikes against the rebel stronghold",
        "\u2026 the belief on both sides that any attack would be met with an equally devastating counterstrike .",
        "\u2014 W. J. Hennigan and Brian Bennett"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccstr\u012bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "counterassault",
      "counterattack",
      "counteroffensive",
      "counterpunch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1851, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145455"
  },
  "counterassault":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an assault undertaken in response to or in defense against an assault made by another":[
        "launching counterassaults against the enemy",
        "\u2026 Army Rangers mounted a counter-assault , killing the terrorists and rescuing more than 900 kids and teachers.",
        "\u2014 Dale Neal"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u0259-\u02c8s\u022flt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "counterattack",
      "counteroffensive",
      "counterpunch",
      "counterstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1838, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150243"
  },
  "court of claims":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a court that has jurisdiction over claims (as against a government)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1691, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150312"
  },
  "counterchanged":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": interchange , transpose":[],
      ": checker sense 1a":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccch\u0101nj"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151140"
  },
  "courtesy card":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a card entitling its holder to some special privilege":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1934, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151334"
  },
  "couldn't/can't say":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152540"
  },
  "counterstamp":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to stamp or impress (something already stamped or signed) \u2014 compare countersign":[],
      ": to countermark (a coin)":[],
      ": to stamp (a different coin design or a countermark ) onto a coin":[
        "counterstamp a coin of Heraclius on a coin of Justinian",
        "counterstamp a Texan 8- real piece on a Mexican 5-real piece"
      ],
      ": a stamp or impression put upon something (as a check or paper) that has already been stamped":[],
      ": a numismatic countermark":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6kau\u0307nt\u0259(r)+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + stamp (verb)":"Transitive verb",
      "counter- + stamp (noun)":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152658"
  },
  "counterpunch":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccp\u0259nch"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "counterassault",
      "counterattack",
      "counteroffensive",
      "counterstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the last, desperate counterpunch of the German armies, known as the Battle of the Bulge",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But Butler and the Heat had a counterpunch for every Celtics jab. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "But after weeks and in some cases months of strong results, defenses began to adjust, and Williams provided a counterpunch , attacking closeouts by bulldozing toward the rim. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The question was eclipsed by Rather\u2019s theatrical counterpunch beforehand. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Not far behind on their to-do list: finding a counterpunch for defensive pressure. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Jimmy Carter implied his opponent was running a racist campaign, then backtracked after being accused of fomenting division (a common counterpunch of the called-out, then and now). \u2014 Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Baylor got its biggest lead of the half off the tip, a 9-3 opening salvo, that MSU responded to with 3-pointers from Christie and Walker for an 8-2 counterpunch to tie it, then took the lead on a Julius Marble three-point play. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "While not the first to market, the Mercedes-Benz EQS is a formidable counterpunch to the new kids on the block. \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 26 Sep. 2021",
      "And 2) Baylor will start with Fenwick providing a counterpunch . \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152751"
  },
  "counterinstitution":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an institution formed to oppose or counteract another institution":[
        "\u2026 they have started creating small, democratically ordered counterinstitutions to help them alter or dismantle the \"official\" behemoths \u2026",
        "\u2014 Harvey Cox"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccin(t)-st\u0259-\u02c8t\u00fc-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1844, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153320"
  },
  "counterinsurgency":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": organized military activity designed to combat insurgency":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-in-\u02c8s\u0259r-j\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The military has launched a counterinsurgency .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the agency\u2019s expertise in training is in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations, former intelligence officials say. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
      "After 20 years of counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan, Americans are understandably weary of foreign entanglements. \u2014 Robert C. O\u2019brien And Alexander B. Gray, WSJ , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "For example, his base and the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana both shifted to counterinsurgency training during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, Chron , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Britain started supplying antitank missiles to Ukraine in January, before the invasion, but those weapons were designed to help Ukraine defend itself in a counterinsurgency -style war. \u2014 William Mauldin, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Furthermore, engaging in tactics like intimidation, collective punishment, corruption or looting are all cited as factors that would make a counterinsurgency potentially less successful. \u2014 Katharina Buchholz, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "According to the Rand study, few past counterinsurgency operations that relied on force alone could actually succeed. \u2014 Katharina Buchholz, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Two years later, he was convicted of human rights violations for the extrajudicial killings of 25 civilians by death squads during his government\u2019s counterinsurgency campaign. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Whether fighting large-scale combat operations or a counterinsurgency , modern war is about controlling urban terrain. \u2014 Lionel Beehner And John Spencer, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1962, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154034"
  },
  "court bouillon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a liquid made usually with water, white wine, vegetables, and seasonings and used to poach fish":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ku\u0307r-(\u02cc)b\u00fc-\u02c8y\u022f\u207f",
      "\u02c8k\u022fr-",
      "-(\u02cc)bw\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The fish gets much of its flavor from the liquid in which it is simmered, the court bouillon , and that gets its flavor from a number of ingredients that have to be prepped. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 25 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French court-bouillon , literally, short bouillon":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1723, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160022"
  },
  "countersue":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to sue (someone) in return : to bring a counterclaim against someone":[
        "They were dissuaded from suing one another because they knew their target likely had patents that covered similar territory and they could be countersued quickly\u2014the legal equivalent of mutually assured destruction.",
        "\u2014 Steven Levy",
        "Appellant countersued , alleging that respondent's interest charges were usurious and that he had breached his fiduciary duty to her.",
        "\u2014 Peterson v. Gustafson"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccs\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1898, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160815"
  },
  "counterinfluence":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an influence that opposes or counteracts another influence":[
        "\u2026 conscious of the capacities for evil which lie dormant in us all, and striving earnestly to open her heart to the counter-influence of her own better nature \u2026",
        "\u2014 Wilkie Collins"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "especially Southern -in-\u02c8fl\u00fc-",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8in-\u02ccfl\u00fc-\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1820, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161202"
  },
  "court of sessions":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various state criminal courts of record":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1843, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161733"
  },
  "counterbalanced window":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a double-hung window in which the upper and lower sashes are so connected that they balance":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162935"
  },
  "counterinflationary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": acting or intended to stop, slow, reverse, or prevent economic inflation : counterinflation":[
        "\u2026 at 6.5%, the current jobless rate gets the experts worked up for counterinflationary warfare.",
        "\u2014 James Aley"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-in-\u02c8fl\u0101-sh\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1931, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163504"
  },
  "Court of Session":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the supreme civil court of Scotland":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163616"
  },
  "counterstrategy":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a strategy that counters another strategy":[
        "\u2026 weighed the possibilities of what his enemy's next move might be before deciding on his next counterstrategy .",
        "\u2014 Stormie Filson"
      ],
      ": a strategy developed to counter something":[
        "As individuals began to control information and images in the age of the Internet, political circles have developed a media counterstrategy in response to rapidly changing public opinion.",
        "\u2014 Kim Yujin"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8stra-t\u0259-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164131"
  },
  "court disaster":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to risk a very bad result":[
        "Anyone who refuses to evacuate is courting disaster ."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164319"
  },
  "couples therapy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": therapy in which a psychologist helps couples solve problems with their relationships":[
        "The romance had gone out of their relationship, so they signed up for couples therapy ."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164636"
  },
  "counterresponse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-ri-\u02ccsp\u00e4n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1869, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165609"
  },
  "countersuggestion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an opposing or alternative suggestion":[
        "The politicians have also hit on the rather cunning counter-suggestion that the political correspondents who write about them, and the newspaper proprietors whose organs criticize them, should also come clean.",
        "\u2014 Punch"
      ],
      ": a method of psychotherapy that uses countersuggestions":[],
      ": a suggestion made (as by a hypnotist) to an individual who is under hypnosis in order to cause a change in the individual's thoughts or behavior":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8jesh-",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-s\u0259g-\u02c8jes-ch\u0259n",
      "-s\u0259-\u02c8jes-"
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165707"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the area at the edge of a court (as for tennis or basketball)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022frt-\u02ccs\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Murray collided with one of the players\u2019 seats at courtside in the first point of the decider and called for treatment on his left leg and hip. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Jason Kidd sat courtside Thursday at Chase Center, watching his Dallas Mavericks players hoist shots after practice. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 May 2022",
      "Fans at the arena are required to show proof of vaccination if they are seated at all courtside and in rows AAA, BBB, CCC and DDD. \u2014 Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "Benny the Bull was doing his familiar popcorn-spilling shtick, the Luvabulls were back Luvabulling and everyone from courtside to the top of the 300 level was ready to get back to old times again. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
      "Guard Rajon Rondo had little to say about a run-in with a courtside fan. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 23 Oct. 2021",
      "Then Booker and several of his Suns teammates watched from courtside as the Phoenix Mercury took Game 2 of the WNBA Finals in overtime over the Chicago Sky to even the best-of-5 series at 1-1. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "Four years ago, a courtside fan in Philadelphia was ejected after flipping off Westbrook. \u2014 Mark Medina, USA TODAY , 27 May 2021",
      "Because of Dias\u2019 heroics in saving children, his family was honored with courtside seats at a Golden State Warriors game last fall. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1969, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170253"
  },
  "court dress":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a formal dress prescribed for those appearing at a royal court":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170824"
  },
  "countess":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the wife or widow of an earl or count":[],
      ": a woman who holds in her own right the rank of earl or count":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ch\u00e2teau\u2014once the summerhouse of the countess du Barry, the last mistress of King Louis XV\u2014is a stone\u2019s throw from the former horse stables and staff quarters that now house Le Doyenn\u00e9. \u2014 WSJ , 18 June 2022",
      "In 2001, its owner, an Italian countess , fell to her death from the steep hill leading to the sea, her body washing up in France. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Boras sees each of Christie's characters in this story, from a glamorous princess and a beautiful countess to a brusque businessman and a mousy missionary, as a diamond. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
      "Thousands were evicted by the countess over the course of the Clearances. \u2014 Cathleen O'grady, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
      "Smith has portrayed the dowager countess , Violet Crawley, a character who has become best known for her devastating zingers and obsession with maintaining tradition at Downton. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 20 May 2022",
      "Rhodes was born Hadassah Itzkowitz in a shtetl 50 miles outside Kyiv, not a place of opportunity but for a Russian countess who provided educational opportunities for some of the children. \u2014 Chandra Steele, PCMAG , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "The countess was an amateur naturalist and took a particular interest in Rhodes. \u2014 Chandra Steele, PCMAG , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Even Maggie Smith's dowager countess would have good things to say about them. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 22 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171959"
  },
  "court of honor":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tribunal (such as a military court) for investigating questions of personal honor":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1593, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172602"
  },
  "court-nou\u00e9":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a disease of the grape characterized by shortening of internodes, by small leaves, and by decline of vigor":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ku\u0307r\u02ccn\u00fc\u00a6\u0101",
      "-rn\u0259\u00a6w\u0101"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from court short (from Latin curtus shortened) + nou\u00e9 knotted, past participle of nouer to tie, knot, from Old French noer":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173302"
  },
  "court of domestic relations":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a court that has jurisdiction and often special advisory powers over family disputes involving the rights and duties of husband, wife, parent, or child especially in matters affecting the support, custody, and welfare of children":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1926, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173601"
  },
  "counterstep":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a step taken in opposition to another step":[
        "The countries seem headed into a period of tensions when every step is met with distrust and some counterstep , putting them on opposite sides of hotspots around the world, from Iran to Georgia to Kosovo.",
        "\u2014 Steven Lee Myers"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccstep"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1720, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174151"
  },
  "counterattack":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun,",
      "verb, transitive + intransitive"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an attack made in response to or in defense against an attack made by another":[
        "a series of attacks and counterattacks",
        "Iraqi forces are advancing into the city of Fallujah, repelling a counter-attack by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) on Tuesday \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jack Moore"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u0259-\u02cctak"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "counterassault",
      "counteroffensive",
      "counterpunch",
      "counterstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1800, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175341"
  },
  "couldn't":{
    "type":[
      "contraction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": could not":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "dialectal also \u02c8ku\u0307-t\u1d4an(t)",
      "\u02c8ku\u0307-d\u1d4ant",
      "-d\u1d4an",
      "or \u02c8ku\u0307nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1646, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181115"
  },
  "counterintelligence":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": organized activity of an intelligence service designed to block an enemy's sources of information, to deceive the enemy, to prevent sabotage, and to gather political and military information":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-in-\u02c8te-l\u0259-j\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thriller franchise author and former counterintelligence agent and bodyguard Simon Gervais has signed with APA for film and TV projects. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
      "Frank Figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence with the FBI, was having none of that kind of argument. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
      "Nevertheless, a small group of the CIA\u2019s veteran counterintelligence persisted, understanding what was at stake. \u2014 Robert Baer, Time , 21 May 2022",
      "The three other defendants are alleged hackers with Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service, or FSB \u2014 which conducts domestic intelligence and counterintelligence \u2014 and members of a hacking unit known to cybersecurity researchers as Dragonfly. \u2014 Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The three other defendants are alleged hackers with Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB \u2014 which conducts domestic intelligence and counterintelligence \u2014 and members of a hacking unit known to cybersecurity researchers as Dragonfly. \u2014 Eric Tucker, ajc , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "January 12, 2001 - Hanssen is reassigned from counterintelligence to an obscure office at FBI headquarters. \u2014 CNN , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Under the orders of Dumbledore (Jude Law), awkward magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) leads a counterintelligence operation against Grindelwald. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Fletcher moved to San Diego as a Marine in 1997 and served until 2007 as a human intelligence/ counterintelligence specialist. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1940, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181441"
  },
  "courtoisie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6k\u00fcr\u2027\u02cctw\u00e4\u00a6z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Middle French corteisie":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181609"
  },
  "countermark":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an added mark designed to secure greater safety or more complete identification:":[],
      ": a mark put on a package of goods belonging to several persons to show that it may not be opened except in the presence of all":[],
      ": a hallmark added to that of the artificer of gold or silver work":[],
      ": an artificial cavity formerly made in the teeth of horses to disguise their age \u2014 compare bishop entry 3":[],
      ": a mark on a coin that is not part of the original design but that has been added as indication of a change in the coin's value, in its issuing authority, or in its country of circulation":[
        "The 18 stiver coin of St. Martin issued in 1809 shows a bundle of arrows as countermark."
      ],
      ": a mark on a coin added as attestation of purity or standard value : chop mark":[],
      ": to apply a countermark to":[
        "countermark silverware",
        "Coins were countermarked with a \"V\"."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "translation of Middle French contremarque":"Noun",
      "translation of French contremarquer":"Transitive verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181937"
  },
  "counterinterpretation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an alternative or contradictory interpretation":[
        "\u2026 pretests were administered and the data were adjusted \u2026 to rule out a counterinterpretation that differences between groups \u2026 were due to initial differences and not to the treatment effect \u2026",
        "\u2014 Youxiang Mao and Dorothy B. Zakrajsek"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-in-\u02cct\u0259r-pr\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-p\u0259-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183618"
  },
  "cougar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large powerful tawny-brown cat ( Puma concolor synonym Felis concolor ) formerly widespread in the Americas but now reduced in number or extinct in many areas":[],
      ": a middle-aged woman seeking a romantic relationship with a younger man":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00fc-g\u0259r",
      "also -\u02ccg\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "catamount",
      "cat-a-mountain",
      "mountain lion",
      "panther",
      "puma"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "in many regions, suburban developments have encroached upon the habitat of the cougar",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One of the best segments of the show was based on an audience member named Jordi\u2019s scary childhood story of being chased by a cougar in the San Diego mountains. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "The young male cougar that attacked Lily has been killed, the statement said, and tests showed the animal didn't have rabies. \u2014 Paradise Afshar, CNN , 1 June 2022",
      "But the cougar was identified as P-97, 18 months, who had recently separated from his mother. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Lily jumped out to surprise her friends when the cougar attacked, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "The sting operation occurred on Jan. 24, 2021, after a houndsman found cougar tracks near Meadow Canyon in Millard County. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
      "Wildlife officers have collected samples from the wounds for DNA analysis and authorities will try to trap the cougar , the department said. \u2014 CBS News , 18 May 2022",
      "The dog weighs 55 pounds and was outclassed by the cougar but battled fiercely. \u2014 CBS News , 18 May 2022",
      "Big cats prowl large swaths of the United States, but few other cities would allow a cougar to live in their midst for a decade, let alone embrace him, scientists say. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French couguar , modification of New Latin cuguacuarana , from Tupi s\u0268wasuar\u00e1na , from s\u0268w\u00e1su deer + -ran resembling":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1774, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184003"
  },
  "cough syrup":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various sweet usually medicated liquids used to relieve coughing":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The citrus and pepper notes may have given the Bear Witness the flavor of boozy cough syrup , but the cocktail was still a fun way to lighten up the mood. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 10 June 2022",
      "In addition to basset hounds, websites allegedly linked to Noel have offered maltipoo puppies and marijuana and prescription opiate cough syrup , according to the lawsuit. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Sandra Martinez had a mild cough and was sent home with steroids and cough syrup , according to Olivia Martinez. \u2014 Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Along with growing fame, Miller experienced deeper bouts of depression and, during his 2012 Macadelic tour, became addicted to lean, the combination of prescription cough syrup and soda popularized in the hip-hop community. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "While doing a walk-through at CVS Nov. 29, an officer was advised by an employee that several empty boxes of cough syrup were found in the aisle. \u2014 cleveland , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The thermal cup, which smelled like alcohol and cough syrup , was located. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "Liquid products, such as cough syrup , should remain sealed in the original container. \u2014 Madison Bateman, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "This one will be harder to swallow than a crow coated in cough syrup . \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 10 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1808, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184050"
  },
  "counterplot":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a plot designed to thwart an opponent's plot":[],
      ": to intrigue against : foil with a plot":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccpl\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Bit by bit, the castle at Elsinore (broodingly rendered by scenic designer Lee Savage) turns into a stage for life-and-death plots and counterplots . \u2014 Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com , 31 July 2019",
      "There\u2019s something comforting about the normalcy of plot and counterplot , action and intrigue. \u2014 Mike Hale, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1611, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1662, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185115"
  },
  "court reporter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stenographer who records and transcribes a verbatim report of all proceedings in a court of law":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The court reporter walked back into the deliberating room and read the passages. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
      "Velez is a court reporter , who transcribes court proceedings. \u2014 Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News , 7 June 2022",
      "No transcripts were available from 2002 because the court reporter 's notes were destroyed after 10 years. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Terry Moran on the bombshell draft opinion, chief legal analyst Dan Abrams on the battles playing out in the state, and veteran court reporter Nina Totenberg on the fallout from the leak. \u2014 ABC News , 8 May 2022",
      "Roman\u2019s father worked as a salesman, her mother as a court reporter . \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Attorneys and the judge huddled in a corner \u2014 without a court reporter present. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 4 Dec. 2021",
      "In addition, according to USASOC, the court reporter deleted the audio. \u2014 Seth Harp, Rolling Stone , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "If someone later wants a transcript, a court reporter prepares one by listening to the recording. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1894, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190401"
  },
  "court of common pleas":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a former English superior court having civil jurisdiction":[],
      ": an intermediate court in some American states that usually has civil and criminal jurisdiction":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190614"
  },
  "counterconvention":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an assembly of persons gathered in response to or in protest against another assembly : a competing or opposing convention":[
        "Democrats who gathered Thursday for the Clinton campaign's counterconvention , less than a mile from the Republican National Convention site, blasted the event and vowed their convention next week in Philadelphia would have a kinder tone.",
        "\u2014 Liz Goodwin"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-k\u0259n-\u02c8ven(t)-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1756, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191312"
  },
  "counterpoint rhythm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": rhythm in poetry including so much metrical inversion that the prevailing cadence ceases at times to prevail and so that a complex rhythm results from the concomitance of the basic cadence with its inversion":[
        "if \u2026 reversal is repeated in two feet running \u2026 it \u2026 is \u2026 the superinducing \u2026 of a new rhythm upon the old \u2026 [so that] two rhythms are in some measure running at once \u2026 and this is counterpoint rhythm",
        "\u2014 G. M. Hopkins"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193006"
  },
  "counterconspiracy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a conspiracy to oppose or undermine something (such as another conspiracy)":[
        "She also wrote that conspiracies beget conspiracies, and so do conspiracy theories. The belief in a conspiracy demands a counterconspiracy to fight it.",
        "\u2014 Masha Gessen"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-k\u0259n-\u02c8spir-\u0259-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1798, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193452"
  },
  "counterconditioning":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": conditioning in order to replace an undesirable response (such as fear) to a stimulus (such as an engagement in public speaking) by a favorable one":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-k\u0259n-\u02c8di-sh(\u0259-)ni\u014b",
      "\u02cckau\u0307nt-\u0259r-k\u0259n-\u02c8dish-(\u0259-)ni\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead, use gradual desensitization and counterconditioning to help reduce her stress and be better able to manage it in scary situations. \u2014 Star Tribune , 18 Dec. 2020",
      "Riemer found that at-home counterconditioning was one of the most effective ways to alleviate the dog\u2019s stress. \u2014 Courtney Sexton, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 June 2020",
      "Dogs who received this counterconditioning were 70 percent less scared during fireworks, on average, than dogs who did not. \u2014 Courtney Sexton, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1962, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193905"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a stream which runs counter to another":[
        "\u2026 those concealed rocks which I found when I was out in my boat; and which rocks, as they checked the violence of the stream, and made a kind of counter-stream , or eddy \u2026",
        "\u2014 Daniel Defoe",
        "\u2026 there has been a counterstream of migrants returning from Britain and North America to many parts of the Caribbean \u2026",
        "\u2014 George Gmelch"
      ],
      ": something (such as a political, cultural, or religious system) that is different from or opposed to the mainstream":[
        "\u2026 a convincing argument that the Appalachian religion is an authentic counterstream to modern, mainstream Protestantism.",
        "\u2014 The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture",
        "But there is a critical difference between counterstream and mainstream cultures. The counterstream cultures lived in harmony with their environment, because they either had to or they chose to.",
        "\u2014 Majda Bastic"
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201744"
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      ": an English court originally dealing with military discipline but at various times trying cases concerning prisoners of war, high treason and rebellion, peerage claims, offenses against the honor of other persons, and usurpation or unlawful assumption of honors and still retaining jurisdiction in cases involving the right to armorial bearings \u2014 see court of honor sense 1b , court of the constable and marshal , earl marshal's court":[],
      ": court of honor":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202955"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an action taken in reprisal : a return blow : retaliation":[
        "\u2026 US policy makers who could go forward in the East without much fear of a Soviet counterblow in the West.",
        "\u2014 Charles Wheeler"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8bl\u014d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1655, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203711"
  },
  "counterquartered":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": divided again into quarters":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + quartered":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204653"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a remonstrant of an opposing party or movement":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + remonstrant ; translation of Dutch contra-remonstrant":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205542"
  },
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    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the court first taking jurisdiction of a case \u2014 compare court of appeal":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211857"
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    "type":[],
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      ": an appellate court":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212410"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a replication to a legal plea":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccpl\u0113"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1523, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213604"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb, transitive + intransitive"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bid made in response to another bid":[
        "After three days of further bids and counterbids , with the threat of action by competitors not hitherto involved, Axelman made McKee an especially attractive offer \u2026",
        "\u2014 Paul S. Nathan",
        "\u2026 when the terms of the bid are agreed by the boards of the two companies, and no other company makes a counter-bid , the whole operation can be carried out relatively simply and inexpensively.",
        "\u2014 L. C. B. Gower"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8bid"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1847, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213741"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a king, queen, or jack in a deck of cards : face card":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215055"
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  "court plaster":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an adhesive plaster especially of silk coated with isinglass and glycerin":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014d(\u0259)rt-, \u02c8k\u022f(\u0259)rt-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from its use for beauty spots by ladies at royal courts":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1772, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221031"
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  "countermarch":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a march (as of political demonstrators) designed to counter the effect of another march":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccm\u00e4rch"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any attempt at reform \u2014 reestablishing classical and liberal conceptions of education in these institutions \u2014 would take a 50-year Gramscian countermarch of our universities. \u2014 Garion Frankel, National Review , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "The kitschy capitalism that runs rampant at the official Pride March has actually sparked a countermarch this year. \u2014 Declan Leary, National Review , 2 July 2019",
      "Get your history fix in one place: sign up for the weekly TIME History newsletter Marches and countermarches , some of them related to other Confederate monuments but many not, are now being planned all over the country. \u2014 David Kaiser, Time , 25 Aug. 2017",
      "With more protests and countermarches from the government announced for the weeks ahead, the clashes seem likely to continue. \u2014 Michael Mccarthy, Washington Post , 1 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222627"
  },
  "court of record":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a court whose acts and proceedings are kept on permanent record":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224247"
  },
  "courtesy light":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an interior automobile light that goes on automatically when a door is opened":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224442"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccm\u0101-",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccme-zh\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Consistent and sustained public messaging can also serve as a countermeasure against misinformation and disinformation. \u2014 Thoai D. Ngo, Scientific American , 15 June 2022",
      "As a countermeasure , in 2018 CityBridge, the company that operates pay phones and Links for the city, added a timer feature. \u2014 Zach Helfand, The New Yorker , 28 May 2022",
      "Another countermeasure is to use a phone\u2019s accelerometer to measure its movements. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 19 May 2022",
      "In both these conditions, the formation of new blood vessels in the placenta is impaired, so the researchers speculate that exercise could be a useful countermeasure . \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 15 May 2021",
      "In a tweet, the Prime Minister's office said the government had established a countermeasure office that will work with local governments to carry out emergency measures including search and rescue of potential victims. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "As a countermeasure to the insanity of South by Southwest, Kleinman is planning a post-SXSW pop-up exhibit of some of Franklin\u2019s work in the space reserved for another of Kleinman\u2019s projects, the currently dormant Tex Pop, Museum of Popular Culture. \u2014 Steve Ditlea, SPIN , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "When retailers roll out one countermeasure , the scalpers work to circumvent it, resulting in an endless game of cat and mouse. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "While the situation seems increasingly untenable, one important countermeasure remains in limbo. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 19 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1923, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224655"
  },
  "court of appeal":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a court hearing appeals from the decisions of lower courts":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1768, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225756"
  },
  "county":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the domain of a count":[],
      ": one of the territorial divisions of England and Wales and formerly also of Scotland and Northern Ireland constituting the chief units for administrative, judicial, and political purposes":[],
      ": the people of a county":[],
      ": the gentry of a county":[],
      ": the largest territorial division for local government within a state of the U.S.":[],
      ": the largest local administrative unit in various countries":[],
      ": count entry 3":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English counte , from Anglo-French cunt\u00e9, count\u00e9 , from Medieval Latin comitatus , from Late Latin, office of a count, from comit-, comes count \u2014 more at count":"Noun",
      "modification of Middle French comte":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1539, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230651"
  },
  "counterblockade":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an action undertaken to break through or subvert a blockade":[
        "The German counterblockade , by mine and submarine, was very costly to Britain, despite her naval strength.",
        "\u2014 David Thomson"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-bl\u00e4-\u02c8k\u0101d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1846, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230814"
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  "could have fooled me":{
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230920"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "prefix",
      "verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a piece (as of metal or plastic) used in reckoning or in games":[],
      ": something of value in bargaining : asset":[],
      ": a level surface (such as a table, shelf or display case) over which transactions are conducted or food is served or on which goods are displayed or work is conducted":[
        "jewelry counter",
        "a lunch counter"
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      ": in or through a broker's office rather than through a stock exchange":[
        "stock bought over the counter"
      ],
      ": without a prescription":[
        "drugs available over the counter"
      ],
      ": by surreptitious means : in an illicit and private manner":[
        "workers being paid under the counter"
      ],
      ": to act in opposition to : oppose":[],
      ": offset , nullify":[
        "tried to counter the trend toward depersonalization"
      ],
      ": to assert in answer":[
        "We countered that our warnings had been ignored."
      ],
      ": to meet attacks or arguments with defensive or retaliatory steps":[],
      ": in an opposite or wrong direction":[],
      ": to or toward a different or opposite direction, result, or effect":[
        "values that run counter to those of society"
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      ": contrary , opposite":[],
      ": the after portion of a boat from the waterline to the extreme outward swell or stern overhang":[],
      ": an agency or force that offsets : check":[],
      ": a stiffener to give permanent form to a boot or shoe upper around the heel":[],
      ": an area within the face of a letter wholly or partly enclosed by strokes":[],
      ": a football play in which the ballcarrier goes in a direction opposite to the movement of the play":[],
      ": marked by or tending toward or in an opposite direction or effect":[],
      ": given to or marked by opposition, hostility, or antipathy":[],
      ": situated or lying opposite":[
        "the counter side"
      ],
      ": recalling or ordering back by a superseding contrary order : countermanding":[
        "counter orders from the colonel"
      ],
      ": contrary : opposite":[
        "counter clockwise",
        "counter march"
      ],
      ": opposing : retaliatory":[
        "counter force",
        "counter offensive"
      ],
      ": complementary : corresponding":[
        "counter weight",
        "counter part"
      ],
      ": duplicate : substitute":[
        "counter foil"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307nt-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "battle",
      "combat",
      "contend (with)",
      "fight",
      "oppose",
      "oppugn"
    ],
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      "canceler",
      "canceller",
      "corrective",
      "counteraction",
      "counterbalance",
      "counterforce",
      "counterpoise",
      "counterweight",
      "equipoise",
      "neutralizer",
      "offset"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "When they blamed him for the collapse of the bridge, he countered that his warnings about the bridge had been ignored.",
      "\u201cI could say the same thing about you,\u201d she countered .",
      "After she made her point, he could not counter with anything.",
      "Adjective",
      "was unprepared for such a strong counter campaign by opponents of the legislative bill"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English countour , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin computatorium computing place, from Latin computare \u2014 see count entry 1":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French cuntur , from cunter to count":"Noun",
      "Middle English countren , from Anglo-French cuntre against, opposite, from Latin contra ; akin to Latin com- with, together \u2014 more at co-":"Verb",
      "Middle English contre , from Anglo-French cuntre":"Adverb",
      "Middle English contre- , from Anglo-French, from cuntre":"Prefix"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231022"
  },
  "counterblast":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8blast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1567, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231104"
  },
  "coupleress":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": procuress":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259pl\u0259r\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231107"
  },
  "counterterror":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or being measures taken to combat or prevent terrorism : counterterrorist":[
        "counter-terror measures/operations",
        "a counter-terror expert"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8te-r\u0259r",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8ter-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1938, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231947"
  },
  "court roll":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a roll used in the records of a court":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English corte rolle , from corte, court court + rolle roll":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233229"
  },
  "counterdemonstrate":{
    "type":[
      "noun,",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make a demonstration (see demonstration sense 4 ) in opposition to another demonstration : to participate in a counterdemonstration":[
        "Thousands of activists in most major cities gathered to counter-demonstrate against official rallies.",
        "\u2014 Gregory F. Domber"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8de-m\u0259n-\u02ccstr\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1884, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233729"
  },
  "counterintuitive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": contrary to what one would intuitively expect":[
        "As counterintuitive as it may seem, the universe has no center, and it has no boundary.",
        "\u2014 Jim Bell"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-in-\u02c8t\u00fc-\u0259-tiv",
      "-\u02c8ty\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "It may seem counterintuitive , but we do burn calories when we are sleeping.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Nayamin Martinez, director of the Central California Environmental Justice Network, said the logic behind that rule is counterintuitive . \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Fighting inflation by making the bus free is counterintuitive , but the provision of public services insulates people from the capricious market, which in turn exerts downward pressure on prices. . . . \u2014 WSJ , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Some said that using the Lamborghini destruction as a comment on greed and then selling NFTs, is counterintuitive , according to Shl0ms. \u2014 Fortune , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "The band\u2019s story is counterintuitive : The Woods (lead vocalist Dan O\u2019Rourke, lead guitarist Leland Rooney and former Canadian solo act Raquel Cole) came together during the pandemic when the culture was generally separated. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Finding the reverse button on the center console is counterintuitive because, come on, going backward in an Aventador is not a good idea. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The imbalance of recycling is counterintuitive in terms of fresh material supply as well. \u2014 Shel Evergreen, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Balancing intuitive eating and health concerns can be counterintuitive . \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "The main finding from this investigation is counterintuitive . \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 18 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1955, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234653"
  },
  "county borough":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a borough in Great Britain of at least 100,000 inhabitants that has been given the status of an administrative county":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001331"
  },
  "counterdeployment":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the act or an instance of deploying something or someone in response to a deployment by another group":[
        "Five days of Iraqi deployments and U.S. counterdeployments around Kuwait's northern border \u2026",
        "\u2014 The New York Times",
        "\u2026 after so much anxious manoeuvring, threat and counter-threat, troop deployment and counter-deployment \u2026",
        "\u2014 David Fraser",
        "It would suggest that the other side was about to launch the weapons, thus provoking rapid counter-deployment and, worse, pre-emptive firing.",
        "\u2014 Josef Joffe"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-di-\u02c8pl\u022fi-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1969, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002100"
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  "countershading":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated being dark thereby reducing shadows and contours":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccsh\u0101-di\u014b"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The latter, which is most common, features a pattern called countershading , in which the fish has a black back and a white belly. \u2014 National Geographic , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "The study of fossilized pigments has continued to expose new information about prehistoric life, hinting at potential animal survival strategies by showing evidence of countershading and camouflage. \u2014 Jay Bennett, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2012",
      "Tree kangaroos show countershading , Holtz says, and the forest-dwelling raccoon dogs wear color patterns much like Sinosauropteryx. \u2014 Brian Switek, Smithsonian , 26 Oct. 2017",
      "Modern-day predators rely on an object\u2019s shading to assess its shape, Vinther explains, and when prey is darker on top than on the bottom, a color scheme known as countershading , shadows are minimized and the animals look flatter. \u2014 National Geographic , 14 Sep. 2016",
      "A beautifully colored dinosaur fossil is the first to show evidence of countershading , a type of camouflage. \u2014 National Geographic , 14 Sep. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1896, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003326"
  },
  "countercaster":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a reckoner of accounts : bookkeeper":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter entry 1 (piece used in keeping account) + caster":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003530"
  },
  "counterreform":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a reform that counters or reverses a previous reform":[
        "The counterreform \u2026 seems bent upon a return to a more traditional curriculum.",
        "\u2014 E. D. Hirsch, Jr."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-ri-\u02ccf\u022frm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1831, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004956"
  },
  "coupler":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that couples":[],
      ": a contrivance on a keyboard instrument by which keyboards or keys are connected to play together":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-p(\u0259-)l\u0259r"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With 17 tips and a coupler to allow three colors to be swirled together at once, your desserts are about to look next level. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 16 May 2022",
      "The water rushed past the Acousonde, the listening device still fastened to his back by suction cups and a magnesium coupler that slowly dissolves in salt water. \u2014 Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "Maintenance workers also didn\u2019t have the proper tools to overhaul the coupler , safety investigators said. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 May 2021",
      "Parts of the coupler were included in Metro\u2019s emergency inspection of 6000-series cars after the Oct. 9 incident, the safety commission said. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
      "An aftermarket manual jack stand raises out of the way while on the road and then lowers into position to raise the trailer coupler off the hitch without causing anyone a hernia. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 4 Nov. 2019",
      "Most of these models prevent the coupler from being used. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The coupler assembly then moved to Greenbelt, where safety investigators arrived the next day and noticed that someone had manipulated the bolt without their knowledge or supervision. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2020",
      "Some locks are designed to secure the receiver hitch to the vehicle, and some secure the trailer coupler to the ball, preventing its use in towing the trailer away. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 1 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005259"
  },
  "court of piepoudre":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an English summary court of record incident by the common law to every fair or market to administer justice for commercial injuries at that fair or market":[],
      ": a U.S. small-debts court":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of earlier court of pipowders , from Middle English court of pepowders , from court entry 1 + of + pepowders, pipoudres , plural of pipoudre itinerant trader, from Anglo-French piepoudrous , from Old French pied, pi\u00e9 foot (from Latin ped-, pes ) + Anglo-French poudrous dusty, from Old French poudre dust + -ous, -eus -ous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005432"
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  "Couette flow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the shearing flow of a fluid between two parallel surfaces in relative motion (as of the oil in a cylindrical bearing)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u00fc\u02c8et-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French couette machine bearing, literally, feather bed, from Old French coute, cuilte quilt, mattress":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005641"
  },
  "count wheel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the notched wheel that in some clocks regulates the number of strokes in sounding the hour":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "count entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1647, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010737"
  },
  "countereducation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": education that is intended to challenge or counteract specific beliefs, views, or tendencies of the person being educated":[
        "Uncle Jim only reconciles himself to Tom going off to university by promising that he will provide a countereducation when Tom comes back.",
        "\u2014 Renny Christopher",
        "\u2026 rejected the idea that education in a class society could ever be neutral. In the latter case, the pedagogue's job becomes the largely negative act of countereducation , that is, unmasking the bourgeois lies that are the daily diet \u2026",
        "\u2014 Laura Lee Downs",
        "Counter-education requires as much structure, as much thought, as the system it seeks to replace.",
        "\u2014 Norman Birnbaum"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02cce-j\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1836, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011256"
  },
  "countercomplaint":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-k\u0259m-\u02c8pl\u0101nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1657, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011505"
  },
  "counterstain":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to stain (something, such as a microscopy specimen) so as to color parts (such as the cytoplasm of cells) not colored by another stain (such as a nuclear stain)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccst\u0101n",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccst\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1895, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013615"
  },
  "countermand":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to revoke (a command) by a contrary order":[],
      ": to recall or order back by a superseding contrary order":[
        "countermand reinforcements"
      ],
      ": a contrary order":[],
      ": the revocation of an order or command":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccmand",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8mand"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Trump could sue to try to get the courts to countermand Biden. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves in his first game against his former teammates, who did their best to countermand COVID-19. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "The chairman oversees the communication system that connects the president with combatant commanders who execute orders, but the chairman does not have the legal authority to countermand a launch directive. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "The second pilot tried to countermand the order, leading to another argument between the pilots. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 July 2021",
      "But the former president\u2019s fitful bouts of nostalgia had little effect on policy: when his own Department of Defense moved to bar Confederate flags from military property, Trump did not countermand the order. \u2014 Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine , 22 June 2021",
      "The idea that the AI driving system could utterly refuse to open a car door and countermand a human passenger is crazy talk for some. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
      "Alongi, whose family has run a restaurant in Du Quoin since 1933, said residents had asked him to somehow countermand an Oct. 19 order by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) reimposing a ban on indoor seating at dining establishments. \u2014 Will Englund, Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "Republican support for the lawsuit and its call to throw out millions of votes in four battleground states was rooted in baseless claims of fraud, an extraordinary display of the party\u2019s willingness to countermand the will of voters. \u2014 Nomaan Merchant And Alanna Durkin Richer, baltimoresun.com , 12 Dec. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "It was also suspected of attacking commercial shipping and Saudi oil installations, leading Mr Trump to order, then countermand , a military strike on Iranian targets. \u2014 The Economist , 26 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English countermaunden , from Anglo-French cuntremander , from cuntre- counter- + mander to command, from Latin mandare \u2014 more at mandate":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014237"
  },
  "countersurveillance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": methods and devices used for detecting or thwarting surveillance":[
        "agents trained in countersurveillance",
        "When countersurveillance is employed by seasoned practitioners, it is used to identify the vehicles and individuals conducting the surveillance \u2026 This information is then used by the individual to thwart the hostile surveillance.",
        "\u2014 Glenn McGovern",
        "\u2014 often used before another noun countersurveillance cameras a counter-surveillance specialist"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also -\u02c8v\u0101l-y\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-s\u0259r-\u02c8v\u0101-l\u0259n(t)s",
      "or -\u02c8v\u0101-\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1959, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015216"
  },
  "Court of St. James's":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the British royal court":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-s\u0259nt-\u02c8j\u0101mz",
      "-\u02c8j\u0101m-z\u0259z",
      "-\u02ccs\u0101nt-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from St. James's Palace, London, former seat of the British court":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1797, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015251"
  },
  "county clerk":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an elected county official whose duties vary widely but are likely to include serving as secretary to the county board, issuing licenses, keeping records, and acting as county auditor or comptroller":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1618, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015805"
  },
  "countervalue":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": being or relating to military activity that is focused on attacking targets of civilian value (such as major population centers)":[
        "In the cold parlance of nuclear strategy, targeting an adversary's population is known as a countervalue strategy; the name arises because live people are considered to have value, something a country would not want to lose.",
        "\u2014 Richard Wolfson"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare counterforce entry 2":[
        "In the cold parlance of nuclear strategy, targeting an adversary's population is known as a countervalue strategy; the name arises because live people are considered to have value, something a country would not want to lose.",
        "\u2014 Richard Wolfson"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8val-(\u02cc)y\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1970, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021402"
  },
  "counterpetition":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a petition that supports or advocates positions or actions counter to those supported or advocated in another petition : an opposing petition":[
        "After a senior voiced her concerns and started a petition, the school principal canceled the tradition. \u2026 A counterpetition has 100 signatures.",
        "\u2014 Frances Wang"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-p\u0259-\u02c8ti-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1674, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021412"
  },
  "counteraggression":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u0259-\u02c8gre-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1840, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021644"
  },
  "counterpicket":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb, transitive + intransitive"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccpi-k\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1933, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022259"
  },
  "counternarrative":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an alternative or contradictory narrative":[
        "Theirs was a counternarrative that contrasted starkly with the assessments of military commanders who lauded the operation as a triumph.",
        "\u2014 Luke Mogelson",
        "As ever, we entrust our history to scientists, sometimes governments and corporations, rather than to those who produce counter-narratives that could unsettle our place in the world.",
        "\u2014 Sarah Cefai"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8na-r\u0259-",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8ner-\u0259-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + narrative entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1685, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022600"
  },
  "counterquestion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a question asked in response to another question":[
        "\u2026 avoid a direct \"no\" at practically any cost. They may ask a counterquestion , promise an answer at some later date, change the subject and even occasionally leave the room.",
        "\u2014 John Pfeiffer"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02cckwes-ch\u0259n",
      "-kwesh-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1836, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022738"
  },
  "counterimage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an image that contradicts or is compared or contrasted with another image":[
        "\u2026 providing movie audiences with a counter-image to most of what Hollywood had said about African American women.",
        "\u2014 Donald Bogle"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8i-mij"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1848, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022841"
  },
  "countereducational":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": opposed to formal education":[
        "countereducational attitudes"
      ],
      ": tending to hinder or interfere with education":[
        "a hostile and countereducational school environment",
        "\u2026 And is there anything so countereducational ",
        "\u2014 Pamela Paul"
      ],
      ": being or involving countereducation":[
        "countereducational efforts",
        "\u2026 the committee offered to launch a countereducational program against the subversives and their propaganda.",
        "\u2014 Aaron D. Purcell"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02cce-j\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-shn\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1905, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023015"
  },
  "countercast":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an antagonistic trick or artifice":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + cast":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024154"
  },
  "courtesy literature":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": literature comprising courtesy books and similar pieces":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024432"
  },
  "counts":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved : number":[
        "Count the pages of the manuscript."
      ],
      ": to name the numbers in order up to and including":[
        "Count ten."
      ],
      ": to include in a tallying and reckoning":[
        "about 100 present, counting children"
      ],
      ": to call aloud (beats or time units)":[
        "Count cadence.",
        "Count the eighth notes."
      ],
      ": consider , account":[
        "count oneself lucky"
      ],
      ": to record as of an opinion or persuasion":[
        "Count me as uncommitted."
      ],
      ": to include or exclude by or as if by counting":[
        "Count me in."
      ],
      ": to recite or indicate the numbers in order by units or groups":[
        "count by fives"
      ],
      ": to count the units in a group":[
        "She was interrupted while she was counting ."
      ],
      ": to rely or depend on someone or something":[
        "\u2014 used with on He counted on his parents to help with the expenses."
      ],
      ": add , total":[
        "It counts up to a sizable amount."
      ],
      ": to have value or significance":[
        "These are the people who really count .",
        "His opinions don't count for much."
      ],
      ": to deserve to be regarded or considered":[
        "a job so easy it hardly counts as work"
      ],
      ": with more to come":[
        "in business for 50 years and counting"
      ],
      ": to count the number present":[],
      ": to look forward to as certain : anticipate":[
        "counted on winning"
      ],
      ": the action or process of counting":[],
      ": a total obtained by counting : tally":[],
      ": reckoning , account":[],
      ": consideration , estimation":[],
      ": a specific point under consideration : issue":[
        "disagreeing on this count"
      ],
      ": the total number of individual things in a given unit or sample obtained by counting all or a subsample of them":[
        "bacteria count"
      ],
      ": the calling off of the seconds from one to ten when a boxer has been knocked down":[
        "He took a count of nine before getting up."
      ],
      "\u2014 see also down for the count , take the count":[
        "He took a count of nine before getting up."
      ],
      ": the number of balls and strikes charged to a baseball batter during one turn":[
        "The count stood at 3 and 2."
      ],
      ": score":[
        "tied the count with a minute to play"
      ],
      ": a measurement of the thickness or fineness of yarn by determining the number of hanks or yards per pound it produces":[],
      ": the number of threads per square inch in a cloth":[],
      ": a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307nt",
      "dialectal \u02c8kyau\u0307nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "enumerate",
      "number",
      "tell"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "census",
      "tale",
      "tally"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Count the plates on the table.",
      "She made sure to count her change.",
      "Count how many fingers I am holding up.",
      "He counted seven deer in the field.",
      "There are 10 days left until the end of school, counting from today.",
      "Keep counting until there are no more left to count.",
      "Don't interrupt me. I'm counting .",
      "Can your daughter count yet",
      "There will be 150 people at the wedding, not counting children."
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      "Middle English, from Anglo-French cunter, counter , from Latin computare , from com- + putare to consider":"Verb and Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French cunte , from Late Latin comit-, comes , from Latin, companion, one of the imperial court, from com- + ire to go \u2014 more at issue entry 1":"Noun"
    },
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024858"
  },
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
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      ": to feel the bad effects of a mistake, accident, etc.":[
        "He was careless and now he's counting the cost ."
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025143"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": one who tends a counter":[]
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      "-m\u0259n",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccman"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As a student, Mr. Chirac attended a summer course at Harvard in 1953 and worked at a Howard Johnson\u2019s in Boston, starting as a dishwasher and working his way up to counterman . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "In all fairness, the counterman tried to up-sell us to a Kumho tire that was only about $25 more expensive. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 16 July 2010",
      "For decades, stoic countermen at the Milwaukee Avenue sandwich shop plied a steady but disordered scrum of adherents with cafe con leche and Cubano, steak, and medianoche sandwiches. \u2014 Mike Sula, Chicago Reader , 3 June 2018",
      "In the movie, Mortensen's quick-thinking proprietor, Tom Stall, makes good use of the counterman 's friend \u2013 a pot of scalding coffee \u2013 to disable one of the thugs long enough to grab his gun. \u2014 Wired Staff, WIRED , 1 Oct. 2005",
      "Consult with the counterman at the auto paint store for the appropriate products. \u2014 John Decker, Popular Mechanics , 7 Feb. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030024"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u0101-\u02c8t\u00e4",
      "-d\u0259-",
      "\u02c8k\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u0101-\u02cct\u00e4"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 84-year-old former leader was overthrown in a coup d'etat in September by a military junta that now leads the West African country. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
      "Schiff may also want to be reminded of Jos\u00e9 Sanjurjo y Sacanell, the Spanish general who led the July 1936 coup d'etat that started the Spanish Civil War. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Consider the recent efforts to atone for a massacre and coup d'etat that took place in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1898 and left hundreds dead -- a brutal imposition of White political rule after the progress of Reconstruction. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "In his remarks Monday evening, Erdogan framed the economic crisis as another foreign plot against Turkey, comparing it to a 2016 coup d'etat attempt that failed to push him from power. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "It is often cited by historians as the only violent coup d'etat in the United States. \u2014 Delano Massey, CNN , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "The situation escalated last month, when a military coup d'etat attributed to forces loyal to Bashir failed, resulting in most of the officers involved being arrested. \u2014 Ivana Kottasov\u00e1, CNN , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "After the election of Allende in 1970 and Pinochet\u2019s coup d'etat in 1973, the vast majority of Chilean vineyards fell into disrepair as many large tracts of land were redistributed. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "The African Union typically suspends the membership of a country after a coup d'etat . \u2014 Krista Larson, ajc , 7 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, stroke of state":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1646, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030446"
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  "counteroffensive":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a large-scale military offensive undertaken by a force previously on the defensive":[]
    },
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      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u0259-\u02ccfen(t)-siv"
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      "counterassault",
      "counterattack",
      "counterpunch",
      "counterstrike"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "They mounted a counteroffensive against the enemy.",
      "the army launched a counteroffensive at dawn",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the same time, Ukraine\u2019s military mounted a counteroffensive to retake the strategic southern city of Kherson. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Russian forces had sought to encircle the city of Kharkiv, the second largest in Ukraine, but have been forced to retreat after Ukrainian troops mounted a successful counteroffensive . \u2014 Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
      "The Ukrainian counteroffensive there was beginning to rival the one that pushed Russian troops away from Kyiv, Ukraine\u2019s capital, last month, the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington research group, said. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "The other pitches into the loosely organized cyber counteroffensive against Russia. \u2014 David Uberti, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "Valeriy Zaluzhny, chief of Ukraine\u2019s armed forces, announced the Kharkiv counteroffensive on Thursday. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Wednesday\u2019s move marked a major economic counteroffensive by Moscow. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Kyiv said a counteroffensive over the weekend had helped its forces regain some ground, but the situation appears to have deteriorated further since then. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "The village, along the main highway to Russia, was recaptured from the Russians on April 29, at the outset of the unfolding Ukrainian counteroffensive in this part of the country. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030836"
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  "court of requests":{
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      ": an English court for the recovery of small debts":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030953"
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    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a return offer made by one who has rejected an offer":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02cc\u00e4-f\u0259r",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02cc\u022f-f\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He turned down the deal and came back with a counteroffer asking for more money.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Be prepared to share why the position is not the best fit for you and, should your reasoning be financial, be ready to receive a counteroffer . \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
      "Wolfe took Suzuki outside and informed him of the numbers, at which point Suzuki authorized his agent to make the Cubs a counteroffer and cancel all meetings with other teams. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Administration officials also leaked a distorted version of a Manchin counteroffer . \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "However, in the subsequent conversation, some suggested a counteroffer that packaged Smart, additional players and potential draft picks. \u2014 Hunter Felt, Forbes , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "Sinema and Pelosi talked directly on Friday, and the next day, Pelosi, Schumer and the White House produced a counteroffer for moderates. \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "Aguilar issued a statement Friday after Thurmond\u2019s call and requested that the teachers union make a counteroffer to the district\u2019s final proposal prior to the strike. \u2014 Colleen Shalbystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The commission's two Democrats \u2013 House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes and Sen. Vernon Sykes, both of Akron \u2013 proposed a counteroffer Monday evening that would give Republicans a 57-42 advantage in the Ohio House and 20-13 advantage in the Ohio Senate. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "On the advice of friends, Unglert asked producers for $800 per episode based on his popularity but accepted a counteroffer of $600. \u2014 Rosy Cordero, EW.com , 27 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1788, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031833"
  },
  "count off":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
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      ": to count numbers that are spaced a certain number apart":[
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032057"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": an inferior manorial court presided over by its lord or his steward that had jurisdiction over certain cases (as petty offenses) arising on the manor and affecting its tenants and that was abolished in England in 1867 after having fallen into disuse and was early abolished in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland where it existed briefly":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032537"
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  "counterworld":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": an alternate and usually opposite world":[
        "\u2026 the perception that always took hold of me underwater, that I was in a kind of counterworld where every feature and principle of surface life had its alien obverse.",
        "\u2014 Stephen Harrigan"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccw\u0259r(-\u0259)ld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1852, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033628"
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      "noun"
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      ": a fair usually held annually at a set location in a county especially to exhibit local agricultural products and livestock":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Top it with powdered sugar, whipped cream and rainbow marshmallows for a county fair effect. \u2014 Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2022",
      "The scene was reminiscent of an American county fair . \u2014 Michael Scott Moore, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
      "Phoenix BMX team will perform The Superhero Stunt Team is a BMX show based in Phoenix that has been doing the county fair for six or seven years. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Three directors are facing numerous felony charges for allegedly stealing money from the county fair . \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The basketball season is shaping up to be a county fair carnival ride, leaving everyone uncertain when the newest riders might be flung into a nearby avocado grove. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "In the 1940s special passenger trains from as far as Los Angeles stopped at the fairgrounds for horse races and the county fair , but these days the closest rail platform is at Solana Beach. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Thinh Nguyen, who heads the organizing committee, expects attendance to be half or three-fourths of a typical year, when the festival can draw as many as 100,000 from around the country for a blend of tradition, county fair and beach party. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "He\u2019s there for school concerts, community fund-raisers, elections and livestock judging at the county fair . \u2014 Tim Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 27 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1772, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033948"
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  "countertendency":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a tendency that opposes or offsets another tendency":[
        "So what we have in human history is probably a long time, millions of years, in which we were like the current hunter gatherers. Fairly egalitarian. Meaning we had a tendency to build hierarchies, but we also had a countertendency , which is to keep things sort of level.",
        "\u2014 Frans de Waal"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8ten-d\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034030"
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      ": an appellate court usually exercising final jurisdiction over criminal cases in England and Wales and from which appeal may be taken only to the House of Lords":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034918"
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      "noun"
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      ": a demand made by one party in opposition or response to a demand made by another party":[
        "I suspect the real villain for tech is more sinister: foreign government demands that U.S. companies code \"backdoor\" entries in software and devices to permit citizen monitoring, and U.S. agency counterdemands that such efforts be reserved for American spying.",
        "\u2014 John D. Markman"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4nd",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-di-\u02c8mand",
      "-d\u0113-"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035148"
  },
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    "definitions":{
      ": composed of a double row of small squares of alternating tinctures":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6kau\u0307nt\u0259(r)k\u0259m\u00a6p\u014dn\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "translation of French contre-compon\u00e9":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035359"
  },
  "counterbore":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
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      ": to form a counterbore in : enlarge (part of a hole) by means of a counterbore":[],
      ": a flat-bottomed enlargement of the mouth of a cylindrical bore":[],
      ": a drill for making a counterbore \u2014 compare countersink":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6kau\u0307nt\u0259(r)+"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + bore":"Transitive verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040008"
  },
  "counterinflation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": acting or intended to stop, slow, reverse, or prevent economic inflation : counterinflationary":[
        "the government's counter-inflation measures"
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    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-in-\u02c8fl\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1936, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040142"
  },
  "courtesy phone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a telephone that customers can use to call the company that provides it":[
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    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040333"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": confrontation":[],
      ": an opposite point of view":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccvy\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040618"
  },
  "county agent":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a consultant employed jointly by federal and state governments to provide information about agriculture and home economics":[]
    },
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Colin Massey, the current county agent working with the MG program did an outstanding job organizing the technical side and engaging with everyone. \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 11 Apr. 2021",
      "And what are some of the things a county agent does",
      "My own granddaddy was a county agent , and several of his brothers taught agriculture at universities with one being a specialist in irrigation. \u2014 Leslie Anne Tarabella, AL.com , 13 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1705, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040741"
  },
  "counterrally":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rally staged to counter or oppose another rally":[
        "Tens of thousands of Albanian opposition supporters marched peacefully through the capital Friday \u2026. The governing Democrats cancelled initial plans for a counterrally of their own last month.",
        "\u2014 Associated Press"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccra-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040745"
  },
  "counternaiant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": swimming in opposite directions":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + naiant":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041548"
  },
  "counterspell":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a spell that counters or negates another spell":[
        "\u2026 traditionally in Santo Domingo \u2026 there was only one way to prevent disaster from coiling around you, only one surefire counterspell that would keep you and your family safe.",
        "\u2014 Junot D\u00edaz"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccspel"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1725, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042303"
  },
  "countercriticism":{
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      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8kri-t\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1846, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042351"
  },
  "court of delegates":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": a former English high court of appeal composed of commissioners appointed by the Crown and having jurisdiction over ecclesiastical cases now heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042507"
  },
  "count off (something)":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to list (something) out loud":[
        "She counted off all the things she wanted to do.",
        "He counted the reasons off on his fingers"
      ],
      ".":[
        "She counted off all the things she wanted to do.",
        "He counted the reasons off on his fingers"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042726"
  },
  "county palatine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the territory of a count palatine":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042845"
  },
  "could have sworn":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043306"
  },
  "courtroom":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a room in which a court of law is held":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccru\u0307m",
      "\u02c8k\u022frt-\u02ccr\u00fcm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Carter\u2019s wife, Lillian Carter, got up and left the courtroom before Behringer showed the graphic video of her husband\u2019s death. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
      "Heard left the courtroom with her sister, Whitney Henriquez, who had testified on the actress\u2019s behalf during the trial. \u2014 Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "Pepper imposed no further supervision and Hamzeh left the courtroom a free man. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
      "Both the accuser and Batali left the courtroom without speaking to reporters. \u2014 CBS News , 11 May 2022",
      "Both the accuser and Batali left the courtroom without speaking to reporters. \u2014 Philip Marcelo, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
      "Love\u2019s mother and sister left the courtroom just before the photos were shown and cried softly during other portions of the opening statements. \u2014 Denise Lavoie, Baltimore Sun , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Sarreshteh left the courtroom before most witnesses to the shootings took the stand. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "After the jury left the courtroom , Mr. Fortenberry walked over to his wife and the two of his five daughters who were present and clasped them in a hug. \u2014 Brian Melley And Grant Schulte, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Mar. 2022"
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      "1677, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": the actions, methods, or strategies used to counter an opponent":[
        "Wellington knew that he had to find the countertactics that would deny Napoleon their operational benefits in battle.",
        "\u2014 Alan Forrest",
        "\u2026 the computer system that now allows New York police to pinpoint the location of every serious crime and focus their countertactics .",
        "\u2014 Tom Morganthau and Vern E. Smith",
        "Negotiators have developed countertactics to reduce their vulnerability when opponents mislead about their beliefs and preferences."
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1846, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044934"
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      ": a trend that is in response or opposition to another trend : an opposing trend":[
        "\u2026 illustrates a developing career countertrend . While conventional wisdom holds that many executives are now abandoning the frustrations of big companies for the entrepreneurial freedom of smaller ones, some salmon are still swimming upstream to larger companies.",
        "\u2014 Hal Lancaster",
        "Yet a small countertrend can finally be detected in the design of apartment houses. More than a handful are reviving the spirit of prewar buildings that have long been automatic best-sellers.",
        "\u2014 Suzanne Stephens",
        "\u2014 often used before another noun counter-trend traders a counter-trend pattern"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045157"
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      "noun"
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      "-\u02ccm\u0101-",
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051139"
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      "noun"
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      ": a reaction in response or opposition to the main reaction":[
        "This situation \u2026 is inherently unstable and was bound to produce a counterreaction .",
        "\u2014 David Brooks",
        "\u2026 tax cuts could only stimulate so much growth. At worst, they could trigger too severe a counterreaction by the Fed, which might throw the economy into recession.",
        "\u2014 The New Republic",
        "a literary counter-reaction to modernism"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-r\u0113-\u02c8ak-sh\u0259n"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1848, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051821"
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      "noun"
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      ": an invasion that is undertaken by a defending force against an enemy invader":[
        "Even border fortifications can permit an attacker to mass forces for invasion while allocating few forces to defend the fortified border against a counterinvasion .",
        "\u2014 James M. Garrett"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-in-\u02c8v\u0101-zh\u0259n"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1845, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      ": a raid carried out in response to or retaliation for another raid":[
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        "\u2014 Brian DeLay"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccr\u0101d"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052345"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": a check or restraint often operating against something that is itself a check":[],
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      ": to check a second time for verification":[],
      ": a check obtainable at a bank usually to be cashed only at the bank by the drawer":[]
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      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccchek"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Microsoft\u2019s effort to turn Cortana into a viable competitor, while voice computing is still in its early days, is bigger than just the market for smart speakers that sit on kitchen counters checking the weather. \u2014 Jay Greene, WSJ , 14 Aug. 2018"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1584, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052525"
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      "noun"
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      ": a memorandum that challenges, questions, or opposes another":[
        "The JCS [Joint Chiefs of Staff] wrote an immediate countermemo , disagreeing with almost everything McNamara recommended \u2026",
        "\u2014 Ann Finkbeiner"
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      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccme-(\u02cc)m\u014d"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1908, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052804"
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      ": violence committed in retaliation for violence":[
        "Violence is not so much a question of a single act that breaks a supposed continuum of nonviolence or peace. Rather, violence is best understood as a historical cycle of violence and counterviolence .",
        "\u2014 Simon Critchley"
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      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8v\u012b-l\u0259n(t)s",
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a day on which a court is in session":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English corte day , from corte, court court + day":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053232"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a system of psychotherapy based upon autosuggestion of health and general well-being and improvement":[]
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      "French cou\u00e9isme , from \u00c9mile Cou\u00e9 \u20201926 French pharmacist & psychotherapist, its originator + French -isme -ism":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055200"
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      ": a title (such as \"Lord\" added to the Christian name of a peer's younger son) used in addressing certain lineal relatives of British peers":[],
      ": a title (such as \"Professor\" for any teacher) taken by the user and commonly accepted without consideration of official right":[]
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      "the courtesy titles \u201cMr.,\u201d \u201cMrs.,\u201d \u201cMs.,\u201d \u201cDr.,\u201d etc.",
      "As a child, he was taught to address his elders with the courtesy titles \u201csir\u201d and \u201cma'am.\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An article last Sunday about maternal health in the United States used an incorrect courtesy title for one of its authors, Jordan Downey. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Nov. 2021",
      "Even without being born an official prince, Archie was entitled to the courtesy title of Earl of Dumbarton as heir to his dad's Scottish earldom. \u2014 Andrea Park, Marie Claire , 8 Mar. 2021",
      "Henry was born in Highclere on January 19, 1924, and given the courtesy title of Lord Porchester as the son of the 6th Earl of Carnarvon. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Nov. 2019",
      "Meghan and Harry decided against using the courtesy title Earl of Dumbarton for their son, but Archie will automatically become an HRH and a Prince when Charles becomes King. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 14 May 2019",
      "But Meghan and Harry have chosen to forgo that courtesy title for their son. \u2014 Elizabeth Angell, Town & Country , 11 May 2019",
      "According to Debrett's, a courtesy title is a title such as Lord, Lady or The Honourable, which is usually used by the sons, daughters, daughters-in-law, brothers, sisters, and sisters-in-law of a peer. \u2014 Temi Adebowale, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 Aug. 2018",
      "But with the courtesy titles at Wimbledon, the occasional unforced error is made. \u2014 Karen Crouse, New York Times , 4 July 2018",
      "Another Grand Slam event, the French Open, also uses the courtesy titles Madame and Mademoiselle for the women \u2014 but not Monsieur for the men. \u2014 Karen Crouse, New York Times , 4 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055627"
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      ": courtier":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from court entry 1 + man":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055818"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + dike":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060158"
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      "\u02c8k\u022fr-t\u0113-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8k\u022frt-y\u0259r",
      "\u02c8k\u022fr-ch\u0259r"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "London was a tough market to crack, but the estate of the lady\u2019s courtier -husband was one of many in the countryside \u2014 this one, 100 miles north in Norfolk county. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "To our eyes, the African prince is more beautiful in his isolation than the fancy courtier in his reflected white glory. . . . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "His staggeringly beautiful painting of a young woman, wife of a London courtier , sits dead ahead on the entry wall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "The most imposing sculpture is a 17th-century metal plaque showing the figure of a royal courtier in high relief. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2021",
      "The courtier stands frontally, feet planted firmly yet miraculously on thin air. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2021",
      "Four days after Prince Philip\u2019s death, the queen attended a retirement ceremony for a royal courtier who had been instrumental in planning her husband\u2019s funeral. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 18 Apr. 2021",
      "As Blanding relates, McCarthy\u2019s approach to this vexing question centers on Elizabethan courtier and famed Plutarch translator Sir Thomas North. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 Mar. 2021",
      "One of the earliest Lowes to have survived, a short flapper-style dress from 1926, is the costume for a Gasparilla courtier that might have come from les petites mains of Lesage. \u2014 Judith Thurman, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2021"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060614"
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      ": the bulletin issued daily by the court of Great Britain to the press containing news of the court and the royal family":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060823"
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      ": a former superior court presided over by the sovereign of England and following his or her person and now forming the King's Bench or Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice entertaining as a superior court of record criminal cases on its crown side and civil cases on its plea side and embracing the jurisdiction of the former Court of Common Pleas and Court of Exchequer":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061050"
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      ": to give (reasons, statements, or facts) in opposition to an argument or in support of an opposing argument : to make or give (a counterargument )":[
        "The plastics industry counterargues that natural materials such as wood also produce toxic gases when burned \u2026",
        "\u2014 James R. Chiles"
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      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8\u00e4r-(\u02cc)gy\u00fc"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "You might be tempted to counterargue that the self-driving car will be relatively inconspicuous. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 10 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1661, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061600"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062047"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the complex of feelings of a psychotherapist toward the patient":[]
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      "-\u02c8tran(t)s-(\u02cc)f\u0259r-",
      "\u02cckau\u0307nt-\u0259r-tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u0259r-\u0259n(t)s, -\u02c8tran(t)s-(\u02cc)",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-(\u02cc)tran(t)s-\u02c8f\u0259r-\u0259n(t)s"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Big personal feelings surfacing as a result of work with patients is called countertransference . \u2014 Erin Qualey, Vulture , 13 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062436"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063048"
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      ": coupler sense 2":[],
      ": a photographic developer solution having a coupler as one of its constituents":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063230"
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064507"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064836"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065408"
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    "examples":[],
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      "past translation of French contre-passant , from contre- counter- + passant":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070051"
  },
  "counterplan":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a plan designed to counter another plan":[],
      ": an alternate or substitute plan":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccplan"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070432"
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      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": an indefinite usually extended expanse of land : region":[
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      ": the land of a person's birth, residence, or citizenship":[
        "left their country for America"
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      ": a political state or nation or its territory":[
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      ": the people of a state or district : populace":[
        "Most of the country voted to end the death penalty."
      ],
      ": jury":[],
      ": electorate sense 2":[
        "The government will go to the country with this issue."
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      ": rural as distinguished from urban areas":[
        "prefers the country to the city"
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      ": country music":[],
      ": country rock sense 2":[],
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of the country":[
        "country living"
      ],
      ": prepared or processed with farm supplies and procedures":[
        "country ham"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, suitable for, or featuring country music":[
        "country singers"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259n-tr\u0113"
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    "synonyms":[
      "fatherland",
      "home",
      "homeland",
      "mother country",
      "motherland",
      "sod"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bucolic",
      "pastoral",
      "rural",
      "rustic",
      "rustical"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The two countries have a lot in common.",
      "They drove across the country from California to New York.",
      "They are living in different parts of the country .",
      "The whole country was stunned by the news.",
      "The President has the support of most of the country .",
      "He moved to the north country to fish and hunt.",
      "We went camping in the hill country .",
      "They drove through miles of open country .",
      "She lives out in the country .",
      "They prefer the country to the city.",
      "Adjective",
      "plain country living among unpretentious people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "San Antonio joins more than 1,500 participating communities across the country . \u2014 Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News , 5 July 2022",
      "All of this was before the Russian Invasion of Ukraine sent gas prices spiraling across the country , and indeed most of the world. \u2014 Michael Sheldrick, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
      "The embassy's tweet came as Americans across the country celebrated the 246th year of U.S. independence. \u2014 Fox News , 5 July 2022",
      "In emotional ceremonies across the country , some will swear oaths of citizenship, qualifying them to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. \u2014 Bobby Caina Calvan, Chicago Tribune , 4 July 2022",
      "Founded by entrepreneur Hui Wing Mau in 2001, Shimao develops large-scale residential projects and hotels across the country . \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 4 July 2022",
      "The Biden administration has set a target making half of the American auto fleet electric by 2030, and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides an investment toward the goal of a network of 500,000 chargers across the country . \u2014 Sam Dangremond, Town & Country , 4 July 2022",
      "At the end of 2016, Perez had been on the short list to be Hillary Clinton\u2019s running mate, campaigning across the country as a bilingual surrogate skilled at connecting with working-class voters. \u2014 Rebecca Tan, Washington Post , 4 July 2022",
      "Cities closed pools rather than accept integration, and private pools boomed in white backyards across the country . \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But in April the pop-up left its home in California and hit the road on a monthslong cross- country tour, taking free meals for trans POC coast to coast. \u2014 Ludwig Hurtado, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
      "The 39-year-old singer, who is in the middle of a cross- country tour, shared her latest look on Instagram, and fans are loving it. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 21 June 2022",
      "The new season picks up as Deborah Vance (Smart) launches a cross- country standup tour to test out fresh material, with her writing assistant and unlikely confidante Ava (Hannah Einbinder) in tow. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "Laundrie and Petito set off on July 2, 2021 from New York on a cross- country tour of national parks, documenting their journey on YouTube and Instagram using the hashtag #VanLife. \u2014 Wilson Wong, NBC News , 6 May 2022",
      "Like with the last book, Janetti will embark on a cross- country promotional tour, with stops at Brooklyn\u2019s Powerhouse Arena and an event in Los Angeles hosted by Black Monday actress (and fellow bestselling essay author) Casey Wilson. \u2014 Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In other art car news, another star Burning Man art car, Mayan Warrior, is going on a cross- country tour starting in June. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "But because all White House advance staffs operate out of the same limited playbook (the Secret Service is unlikely to approve a cross- country motorcycle tour), almost every president since Ike has experimented with rail travel. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The effort is happening as a group of American truckers from California announced a cross- country tour in protest of ongoing COVID-19 mandates. \u2014 Alisa Wiersema, ABC News , 22 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English contree , from Anglo-French cuntree, contr\u00e9 , from Medieval Latin contrata , from Latin contra against, on the opposite side":"Noun and Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072114"
  },
  "counterarch":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an opposite and strengthening arch":[],
      ": to supply with a counterarch":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+",
      "\u00a6kau\u0307nt\u0259r+"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + arch":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073752"
  },
  "county rate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tax levied upon the county and collected by county officers":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074505"
  },
  "countersun":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": anthelion":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + sun":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074701"
  },
  "counterspy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a spy engaged in counterespionage":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccsp\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2019",
      "This wasn\u2019t difficult to do, and the U.S. reacted with defensive measures, deploying FBI counterspies throughout the hemisphere. \u2014 Nicholas Reynolds, WSJ , 24 Oct. 2018",
      "Then there is the veteran Israeli espionage journalist Ronen Bergman, who has taken a slightly different angle into the shadow world of spies, counterspies and assassinations. \u2014 Jeff Stein, Newsweek , 2 Feb. 2018",
      "Spies fall in love with counterspies , Israelis with Palestinians, Prisoner Z with his guard. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 8 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1939, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074819"
  },
  "countable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Since either one of these is the opposite of the other, that is, to be one - to exist in a minimally countable way - is the opposite of being zero, being nothing or not existing. \u2014 Amir Husain, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "That caused him to be considered a countable coach. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "According to conference guidelines, each team must have at least six scholarship players and one countable coach available for a game to be played. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "The Big East stipulates that teams must have at least seven scholarship players and one countable coach for games to proceed. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "However, the Big East announced Thursday a game would be canceled if one school had fewer than seven scholarship players and one countable coach available. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Per Big East policy a conference game will be canceled if a team has fewer than seven scholarship players and one countable coach available. \u2014 courant.com , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Moving forward, if a team can\u2019t field at least seven scholarship players and one countable coach, the game will be canceled and the conference will attempt to reschedule it. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, courant.com , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "And if the weight of the current five-game losing streak wasn\u2019t heavy enough, now there are these rumblings that Nagy\u2019s days as coach are numbered, perhaps even countable on one hand. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 24 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1581, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075415"
  },
  "country gentleman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a well-to-do country resident : an owner of a country estate":[],
      ": one of the English landed gentry":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But Philip was also the ultimate salt-of-the-earth English country gentleman . \u2014 Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "For a country gentleman from rural Alabama, that\u2019s high cotton. \u2014 Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al , 24 Feb. 2021",
      "All along, the Range Rover was building itself an image as an off-road Rambo with the manners of an English country gentleman . \u2014 Tony Assenza, Car and Driver , 30 June 2020",
      "His love of Roman architecture had to be detached from urban life and was rooted in a very specific kind of historical fantasy about country gentlemen who also own slaves. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 19 Feb. 2020",
      "There is an outside horse, somebody called Jacob Rees-Mogg, who, to American viewers, will appear like a sort of 18th century English country gentlemen . \u2014 Fox News , 10 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080202"
  },
  "Court of Exchequer":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": exchequer sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081209"
  },
  "counterapproach":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": approaches (see approach sense 4b ) advanced from defensive works to meet hostile approaches":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "translation of French contre-approches":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081250"
  },
  "countercoup":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a coup d'\u00e9tat to overthrow or alter a government that was established by an earlier coup d'\u00e9tat":[
        "\u2026 in 1963, the Baathists had seized power in a coup only to lose it nine months later in a countercoup \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jason Zengerle"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8k\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1847, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081923"
  },
  "course of study":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": curriculum":[],
      ": course sense 4a":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082305"
  },
  "course of sprouts":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a course of instruction marked by corporal punishment, hazing, rigorous discipline, or grueling tests or by thoroughness or difficulty":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably so called from the use of sprouts as switches in flogging":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082328"
  },
  "counterearth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a planet supposed in Pythagoreanism to accompany the earth in its revolutions and to shield it from the fire at the center of the universe":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307nt\u0259r+\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + earth ; translation of Greek antichth\u014dn":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082954"
  },
  "coughing":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to expel air from the lungs suddenly with a sharp, short noise : to emit a cough (see cough entry 2 sense 1 )":[
        "The dust made him cough repeatedly."
      ],
      ": to make a noise like that of coughing":[
        "The engine coughed and sputtered and then stopped."
      ],
      ": to expel by coughing":[
        "\u2014 often used with up cough up mucus"
      ],
      ": a sudden, sharp-sounding expulsion of air from the lungs acting as a protective mechanism to clear the air passages or as a symptom of pulmonary disturbance":[],
      ": a condition marked by repeated or frequent coughing":[
        "She has a bad cough ."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She was coughing and sneezing all day.",
      "The dust made him cough .",
      "The engine coughed and sputtered and then stopped.",
      "Noun",
      "He has a cough and a cold.",
      "They both have bad coughs .",
      "I heard a cough from the back of the church.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "As their Friday afternoon game stretched on, Cook started to cough uncontrollably. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "In this land of plentiful, oxygenating trees, everyone is alone, and people cough into the crook of an elbow anyway. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
      "Qianyan Li, his wife and his children\u2019s mother, would cook in the apartment and his son would cough . \u2014 Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "One person might sneeze or cough while another might become exhausted, and another will feel nothing at all. \u2014 Erik Vance, Scientific American , 4 Dec. 2018",
      "Atlanta had a rough start to the second half when Russell Gage caught a 20-yard pass over the middle to the Tampa Bay 45, only to cough the ball up on a hit by Pierre Desir. \u2014 George Henry, ajc , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "Tuberculosis is a serious infectious bacteria that affects the lungs and causes patients to cough blood, lose weight, and suffer from night sweats and fever. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Blackburn, a retired police officer, was being treated with IV dexamethasone and remdesivir, and stopped to cough a few times during his conversation with a Free Press reporter. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "Why stop with the right to cough on strangers in a public place and give them a disease",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Her first day back onstage, Parker still had a lingering cough , taking sips of her prop martini to soothe it. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
      "The last time a Kentucky Derby winner did not run in the Preakness was in 2019 when Country House, who was given the Derby win after the disqualification of Maximum Security, was said to have a cough after the race. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
      "In rare instances, avian influenza can spread to humans, and symptoms include fever, cough , headache and shortness of breath, according to the Mayo Clinic\u2019s website. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
      "Doctors there say patients are coming in with fever, cough , body aches \u2014 which could signal the flu, Covid-19 or a number of other respiratory viruses. \u2014 Joe Murphy, NBC News , 9 May 2022",
      "Other, more severe symptoms have included pneumonia requiring hospitalization, including fever, cough , sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, shortness or breath or difficulty breathing. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "If people develop the symptoms common to flu and COVID (such as fever, cough , congestion and body aches), most clinics can run tests that look for COVID and flu at the same time. \u2014 Tara Haelle, Scientific American , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "All patients displayed at least two symptoms of mild to moderate Covid-19 \u2014fever, cough , body aches, shortness of breath, etc.\u2014 and represented a mix of both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Any adult or child with COVID-19 symptoms, such as fever, cough , or shortness of breath, should get tested with either a rapid test or a PCR test. \u2014 Dr. Jacob Warner, ABC News , 10 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English *cohhian ; akin to Middle High German k\u016bchen to breathe heavily":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084138"
  },
  "court of love":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a court of ladies supposed to have been held in medieval times to pass on questions of courtesy and courtly love":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084432"
  },
  "counter voltage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": counter electromotive force":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter entry 6":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090840"
  },
  "courthouse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a building in which courts of law are regularly held":[],
      ": the principal building in which county offices are housed":[],
      ": county seat":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022frt-\u02cchau\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hundreds of protesters in Milwaukee marched from the county courthouse to the city\u2019s Deer District, where last month 21 people were injured in shootings on the night of an NBA playoff game. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 13 June 2022",
      "The trial in its first day at a Los Angeles County courthouse stems from a 2014 lawsuit filed by Huth, now 64. \u2014 Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "Crosses for all the victims were set up at the county courthouse . \u2014 CBS News , 27 May 2022",
      "Earlier in the day, groups gathered on the lawn in the town square in front of the county courthouse , urging passersby not to forget the dead. \u2014 Douglas Belkin, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
      "Outside the county courthouse is a granite statue of an unnamed Confederate soldier, one of several Civil War relics spread across the area. \u2014 Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "Flood could have prevented the deaths of Wendy Newton, 45, and Nicolette Green, 43, four separate times that evening, Solicitor Ed Clements said in his opening statement Monday at the Marion County courthouse . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "Madison County Probate Judge Barger said the county courthouse has been the only site used for compiling the vote totals from the precincts and that will not change. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
      "The Coalition Against the Mid-States Corridor has written letters to INDOT and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, marched around the Dubois County courthouse and hosted several crowded town halls. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091028"
  },
  "courts":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary":[
        "riding to the king's court"
      ],
      ": a sovereign's formal assembly of councillors and officers":[
        "The king held a general court ."
      ],
      ": the sovereign and officers and advisers who are the governing power":[
        "The court has decided against the alliance."
      ],
      ": the family and retinue of a sovereign":[
        "The court enjoyed the tournament."
      ],
      ": a reception held by a sovereign":[],
      ": a manor house or large building surrounded by usually enclosed grounds":[
        "Hampton Court"
      ],
      ": motel":[],
      ": an open space enclosed wholly or partly by buildings or circumscribed by a single building":[
        "the court at the center of the palace"
      ],
      ": a wide alley with only one opening onto a street":[],
      ": an official assembly for the transaction of judicial business \u2014 see also court-packing , pack the court":[],
      ": a session of such a court":[
        "The court is now adjourned."
      ],
      ": a place (such as a chamber) for the administration of justice":[
        "sat quietly in the back of the court"
      ],
      "\u2014 see also take to court":[
        "sat quietly in the back of the court"
      ],
      ": an assembly or board with legislative or administrative powers":[],
      ": parliament , legislature":[],
      ": conduct or attention intended to win favor or dispel hostility : homage":[
        "pay court to the king"
      ],
      ": to seek to gain or achieve":[
        "court power"
      ],
      ": allure , tempt":[
        "mountain streams courting the fishermen"
      ],
      ": to act so as to invite or provoke":[
        "courts disaster"
      ],
      ": to perform actions in order to attract for mating":[
        "a male bird courting a female"
      ],
      ": to seek to attract (as by solicitous attention or offers of advantages)":[
        "college teams courting high school basketball stars",
        "Both candidates were courting the independent voters."
      ],
      ": to seek an alliance with":[],
      ": to engage in social activities leading to engagement and marriage":[],
      ": to engage in activity leading to mating":[
        "a pair of robins courting in the trees"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014drt",
      "\u02c8k\u022frt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "palace"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ask (for)",
      "flirt (with)",
      "invite",
      "woo"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Court is now in session.",
      "Court is adjourned for the day.",
      "There was a large group of protesters outside the court .",
      "a lawyer who has appeared in courts around the country",
      "The case is before the state's highest court .",
      "She's a judge on an appellate court .",
      "The prosecution has new evidence to submit to the court .",
      "Please explain to the court what happened that night.",
      "The court ruled the law unconstitutional.",
      "The court reversed the lower court's decision.",
      "Verb",
      "The couple courted for two years before marrying.",
      "He was courting his college sweetheart.",
      "a pair of robins courting",
      "The male will sometimes court the female for hours.",
      "college teams courting high school basketball stars",
      "The speech was clearly intended to court middle-class voters.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But, on Friday, abortions were outlawed again \u2014 for the second time in a week when the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked the lower court 's decision. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 2 July 2022",
      "Some started offering abortions late this week, after the lower court 's ruling blocking the 1925 law. \u2014 Madlin Mekelburg, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
      "In a California Classic matchup that featured Sacramento\u2019s Keegan Murray, the No. 4 overall pick in this year\u2019s draft, there were times when Golden State Warriors second-round pick Gui Santos looked like the best player on the court . \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 July 2022",
      "Other players talked about just trying to get past the one-hour mark on the court with her. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
      "The new men\u2019s basketball coach and his staff delivered the pizzas to the basketball courts in Southwest, UMass\u2019 biggest student residential area, dishing out slices while some of his players took on challengers on the court . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
      "Since the court 's ruling, many women have taken to social media to share their own experiences. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
      "The ceremony was streamed live on the court 's website. \u2014 Mark Sherman, ajc , 30 June 2022",
      "Attention returned to the procedural hurdle, which requires 60-votes to proceed with legislation in the 100-member Senate, after President Joe Biden said Thursday that the filibuster should be lifted as a result of the court 's decision. \u2014 Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic , 30 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Some marketers\u2014and the advertising platforms that court them\u2014will be at all three events, while others are picking their priorities. \u2014 Ann-marie Alc\u00e1ntara, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
      "But the Moneyball mentality is what drove them to court Bauer. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez, Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The Republican Party, widely expected to win big in November, launched an effort Monday to court Jewish voters in South Florida, a solid Democratic voting bloc that has often proven elusive for the GOP. \u2014 Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel , 2 May 2022",
      "Trucking fleets are handing out across-the-board raises to retain drivers while offering $10,000 cash bonuses in a frantic effort to court new hires. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Netanyahu even attempted to court a small Islamist Arab party but was thwarted by a small ultranationalist party with a racist anti-Arab agenda. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 30 May 2021",
      "Netanyahu even attempted to court a small Islamist Arab party but was thwarted by a small ultranationalist party with a racist anti-Arab agenda. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 30 May 2021",
      "Netanyahu even attempted to court a small Islamist Arab party but was thwarted by a small ultranationalist party with a racist anti-Arab agenda. \u2014 Josef Federman, USA TODAY , 30 May 2021",
      "Both candidates are trying to court the 7.7 million votes of a leftist candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, defeated in the first vote. \u2014 Thomas Adamson And Patrick Hermansen, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022"
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      "Middle English, from Anglo-French curt, court , from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure, group, retinue, cohort, from co- + -hort-, -hors (akin to hortus garden) \u2014 more at yard":"Noun"
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      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
      "1567, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091457"
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      "noun"
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      ": an effort made in order to oppose or hinder another effort":[
        "\u2026 horror sequels tend to share an indefatigable evil force \u2026 that \u2026 ultimately emerges victorious, despite valiant counterefforts , to live to see another day (and to star in another sequel).",
        "\u2014 Calum Marsh",
        "\" \u2026 they're putting pressure on congressmen and there's not a counter-effort to steel the spine of some of these congressmen \u2026 \"",
        "\u2014 Mo Brooks",
        "Public opinion \u2026 is now reportedly permanently and adamantly so opposed to salmon farming that no amount of counter-effort could possibly change the public mood.",
        "\u2014 Terence Corcoran"
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      "-\u02ccf\u022frt",
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091519"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": the elected administrative body of a U.S. county":[]
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092809"
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  "court of law":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
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      ": a court that hears cases and decides them on the basis of statutes or the common law":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093154"
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      "noun"
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      ": a sniper employed to target and attack enemy snipers":[
        "He had been a countersniper for the security details assigned to protect Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan and Paul Bremer, the former American proconsul, in Iraq.",
        "\u2014 Tom Junod"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8sn\u012b-p\u0259r"
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093944"
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      "verb"
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      ": a weight that balances another":[],
      ": a force or influence that offsets or checks an opposing force":[],
      ": to oppose or balance with an equal weight or force":[],
      ": to equip with counterbalances":[]
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      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8ba-",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccba-l\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccba-",
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      "negative",
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      "Noun",
      "charitable giving is usually a good counterbalance to the self-indulgent commercialism of the Christmas season",
      "Verb",
      "The author's wry humor counterbalances the book's serious subject matter.",
      "a hearty dinner might counterbalance missing lunch",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Pitching is the counterbalance as Alabama led the SEC in ERA (2.23), hits allowed (262) and runs allowed (131) while committing the fewest errors in the field with 32. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
      "The company says its growth plans hinge on being a counterbalance to industry leader Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. 300750 3.87% , or CATL, which largely caters to its home market of China, the world\u2019s largest EV battery market. \u2014 Dasl Yoon, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "And reducing food waste would be a sufficient counterbalance ",
      "Mitch: In our friendship, Clay is a good counterbalance to positivity. \u2014 Julie Beck, The Atlantic , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "All in, Drift San Jos\u00e9 del Cabo is a calming counterbalance to the lively city, despite being located in the heart of it. \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "And finally, the influence of voters and interest groups acts as a counterbalance to popular opinion. \u2014 Matt Williams, The Conversation , 25 May 2022",
      "No Democrat, the Marquette professor said using a convenient Wisconsin example, will vote for conservative Ron Johnson to somehow counterbalance Joe Biden. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "These narratives\u2014which are tender and humane\u2014often provide a counterbalance to Animal Collective\u2019s far-out instrumentation. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The point of this change isn\u2019t purely to buff him or counterbalance the nerfs. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "But following a diplomatic conflict between Beijing and Moscow in the 1960s -- known as the Sino-Soviet split -- relations between the PRC and the US began to thaw to counterbalance the Soviet Union. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan And Steven Jiang, CNN , 24 May 2022",
      "The series, which isn\u2019t shy about featuring full-frontal male nudity, is part of a female-focused roster of originals at the streamer that helps counterbalance the often male-leaning roster of HBO comedies and dramas. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 May 2022",
      "The lip oils' signature fragrances include 8 percent precious sandalwood, which is used to counterbalance their otherwise fruity notes. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Policymakers could exert other levers to counterbalance any oil shortages, but analysts warn that no single country could replace the volume of oil Russia ships to Europe. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Generally a company sets a goal of shrinking its carbon footprint to neutral in the future, by reducing emissions and using tools such as carbon offsets to counterbalance those that continue. \u2014 Christopher M. Matthews, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "But was that feeling enough to counterbalance all the disadvantages",
      "In fact, Oldman\u2019s best scenes come down to his prickly energy opposite the able costars, who counterbalance the acidic Lamb and end up shouldering more of the show\u2019s emotional weight. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 31 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094410"
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      "noun"
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      ": a group of people that organizes as an unofficial governing authority to oppose or supplant a legitimate or generally recognized government":[
        "His investigation \u2026 has shown the existence of what he called ersatz embassies, that is, diplomatic outposts of countergovernments or governments-in-exile.",
        "\u2014 Richard Dale"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259r(n)-m\u0259nt",
      "-\u02c8g\u0259-b\u1d4am-\u0259nt",
      "-v\u1d4am-",
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1818, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094547"
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      "noun"
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      ": a town that is the seat of county administration":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Adora Perez and Chelsea Becker were jailed in 2018 and 2019 after delivering stillborns that tested positive for methamphetamine at the same Adventist hospital in the county seat of Hanford. \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 June 2022",
      "Ukiah is the county seat of Mendocino County with a population of about 16,000. \u2014 Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Centerville is the county seat of Leon County, which has roughly 16,000 residents and is about 50 miles north of the state's Huntsville prison headquarters. \u2014 CBS News , 3 June 2022",
      "Wearing orange gear, survivors and relatives of the victims of gun violence gathered with community partners and county officials at the county seat in recognition of Wear Orange Weekend. \u2014 Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
      "Voters in the county seat of the nation\u2019s fastest-growing county will get to decide for themselves in the general election this November. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 1 June 2022",
      "The city of Uvalde is bigger than the towns that surround it, and the county seat of Uvalde County. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
      "The ousted leader, Leonard Moty, a former police chief of the county seat of Redding and lifelong Republican, will be replaced by a more conservative candidate, who supporters say better represents the county\u2019s interests. \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Nearly all of the remaining businesses \u2014 including a handful of chain convenience stores and gas stations \u2014 line the highway that ushers travelers toward Helena, the county seat and home to the King Biscuit Blues Festival. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1803, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100309"
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  "counter electromotive force":{
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      "noun"
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      ": the electromotive force that develops in some circuits from chemical or magnetic effects of the current and that opposes the impressed electromotive force producing the current":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter entry 6":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100700"
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  "countersway":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": force in an opposite direction":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + sway":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102044"
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  "countour":{
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      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English countour (also, accountant), from Old French conteor (one that counts)":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102321"
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  "countertenor clef":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": alto clef":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1714, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102525"
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  "counter-memorial":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an answer admitting, denying, or commenting on charges in a memorial in international law":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6kau\u0307nt\u0259(r)+"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + memorial":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102542"
  },
  "court party":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a faction or party supporting the royal court especially in political matters":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103702"
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  "courtliness":{
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      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      ": of a quality befitting the court : elegant":[],
      ": insincerely flattering":[],
      ": favoring the policy or party of the court":[],
      ": in a courtly manner : politely":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u022frt-l\u0113"
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    "synonyms":[
      "classy",
      "elegant",
      "fine",
      "graceful",
      "handsome",
      "majestic",
      "refined",
      "stately",
      "tasteful"
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    "antonyms":[
      "dowdy",
      "graceless",
      "inelegant",
      "styleless",
      "tasteless",
      "unfashionable",
      "unhandsome",
      "unstylish"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "his courtly manners made him a favorite escort of widowed socialites",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The quartet took a stately tempo in the minuet, emphasizing its courtly associations. \u2014 Tim Diovanni, Dallas News , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "Dinkins, meanwhile, was known for his courtly manner, dapper dress, and meticulous grammar and speaking style, which represented a refreshing change for many New Yorkers. \u2014 Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "Ballad\u2019s third-person past fits Coriolanus\u2019 intellectual courtly existence, all fake smiles and knowing banter with addled professors. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 19 May 2020",
      "Early last month, at a Mexican restaurant in Seattle, the first United States hot spot of the coronavirus outbreak, Mr. Hayes worked around the no-handshaking protocol with a good-natured, mock- courtly bow. \u2014 John Schwartz, New York Times , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "Could this courtly gentleman really be capable of brutal savagery",
      "The cops\u2019 fictional pursuit of the Red Queen intersects with historical events and there are some delightful real-life cameos here, particularly the portrait of a wry and courtly Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., then the ambassador to South Vietnam. \u2014 Jennifer Reese, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "Conan Doyle himself viewed these courtly and martial virtues as sacrosanct. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2020",
      "Vincent Canby, however, the courtly film critic for The New York Times, was not one of them. \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "In fact, Cartier hardly needed a courtly setting to drive home the message that these pieces were destined for modern royals, both the literal and figurative kind. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 29 June 2022",
      "Relief sculptures, on loan from the British Museum, that depict warfare, hunting, courtly life, etc. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Relief sculptures, on loan from the British Museum, that depict warfare, hunting, courtly life, etc. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Relief sculptures, on loan from the British Museum, that depict warfare, hunting, courtly life, etc. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Count Orlok, played by Max Schreck, is reclusive and antisocial, not a courtly debonair. \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Relief sculptures, on loan from the British Museum, that depict warfare, hunting, courtly life, etc. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Making her directorial debut, Rebecca Hall deftly introduces us to the story through the eyes of Irene (Tessa Thompson), a courtly housewife striving to be perceived as Black excellence. \u2014 Marcus Jones, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Relief sculptures, on loan from the British Museum, that depict warfare, hunting, courtly life, etc. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "circa 1592, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105805"
  },
  "course of events":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the things that have happened, that are happening, or that will happen":[
        "It's difficult to predict the course of events ."
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112845"
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  "courtling":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a courtier especially when young or insignificant":[]
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      "\u02c8k\u022f(\u0259)t-",
      "\u02c8k\u014d\u0259t-",
      "\u02c8k\u014drtli\u014b",
      "\u02c8k\u022frt-",
      "-l\u0113\u014b"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "court entry 1 + -ling":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112858"
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  "coughroot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a wake-robin ( Trillium cernuum ) of north eastern North America having nodding flowers almost hidden by the leaves":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "so called from its use as a remedy for coughs":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114842"
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  "county manager":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the chief executive of a county having a system of government similar to the council-manager plan":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115457"
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  "countercyclical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": calculated to check excessive developments in a business cycle : compensatory":[
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      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8si-",
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8s\u012b-kli-k\u0259l"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Whether overconfidence or hardheaded realism are responsible for the tepid countercyclical response, the likely result is the same: an extended period of subpar Chinese growth, beginning with a steep downturn this quarter. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "The countercyclical risk reduction inherent in GE\u2019s mega-growth ignored the fact that shareholders could better diversify risk in their own portfolio of holdings. \u2014 Fortune , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Again, cyclical rather than countercyclical behavior and there were losses\u2014but the industry\u2019s and consumers, not the government. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Singapore introduced an unprecedented five budgets in 2020, with more than 100 billion Singapore dollars in economic support and stimulus as countercyclical measures. \u2014 Devadas Krishnadas, Fortune , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "And given how modest countercyclical support has been so far, next quarter will almost certainly be worse. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "In Mexico, for instance, one group of farmers supplements its corn income with countercyclical honey and coffee harvests. \u2014 Raj Patel, Scientific American , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "These two job categories have experienced much volatility during the pandemic, running countercyclical with expectations for the progression of the virus. \u2014 Robert H. Brown, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
      "For instance, it is commonly believed that a company\u2019s sector is the main driver of how badly they will be hurt by an economic downturn\u2014 countercyclical industries will still have opportunities, while cyclical ones will be in for uniform pain. \u2014 Tom Deegan, Fortune , 23 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115705"
  },
  "counted":{
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      "verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved : number":[
        "Count the pages of the manuscript."
      ],
      ": to name the numbers in order up to and including":[
        "Count ten."
      ],
      ": to include in a tallying and reckoning":[
        "about 100 present, counting children"
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      ": to call aloud (beats or time units)":[
        "Count cadence.",
        "Count the eighth notes."
      ],
      ": consider , account":[
        "count oneself lucky"
      ],
      ": to record as of an opinion or persuasion":[
        "Count me as uncommitted."
      ],
      ": to include or exclude by or as if by counting":[
        "Count me in."
      ],
      ": to recite or indicate the numbers in order by units or groups":[
        "count by fives"
      ],
      ": to count the units in a group":[
        "She was interrupted while she was counting ."
      ],
      ": to rely or depend on someone or something":[
        "\u2014 used with on He counted on his parents to help with the expenses."
      ],
      ": add , total":[
        "It counts up to a sizable amount."
      ],
      ": to have value or significance":[
        "These are the people who really count .",
        "His opinions don't count for much."
      ],
      ": to deserve to be regarded or considered":[
        "a job so easy it hardly counts as work"
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      ": with more to come":[
        "in business for 50 years and counting"
      ],
      ": to count the number present":[],
      ": to look forward to as certain : anticipate":[
        "counted on winning"
      ],
      ": the action or process of counting":[],
      ": a total obtained by counting : tally":[],
      ": reckoning , account":[],
      ": consideration , estimation":[],
      ": a specific point under consideration : issue":[
        "disagreeing on this count"
      ],
      ": the total number of individual things in a given unit or sample obtained by counting all or a subsample of them":[
        "bacteria count"
      ],
      ": the calling off of the seconds from one to ten when a boxer has been knocked down":[
        "He took a count of nine before getting up."
      ],
      "\u2014 see also down for the count , take the count":[
        "He took a count of nine before getting up."
      ],
      ": the number of balls and strikes charged to a baseball batter during one turn":[
        "The count stood at 3 and 2."
      ],
      ": score":[
        "tied the count with a minute to play"
      ],
      ": a measurement of the thickness or fineness of yarn by determining the number of hanks or yards per pound it produces":[],
      ": the number of threads per square inch in a cloth":[],
      ": a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl":[]
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      "\u02c8kau\u0307nt",
      "dialectal \u02c8kyau\u0307nt"
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      "enumerate",
      "number",
      "tell"
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    "antonyms":[
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      "tale",
      "tally"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Count the plates on the table.",
      "She made sure to count her change.",
      "Count how many fingers I am holding up.",
      "He counted seven deer in the field.",
      "There are 10 days left until the end of school, counting from today.",
      "Keep counting until there are no more left to count.",
      "Don't interrupt me. I'm counting .",
      "Can your daughter count yet",
      "There will be 150 people at the wedding, not counting children."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French cunter, counter , from Latin computare , from com- + putare to consider":"Verb and Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French cunte , from Late Latin comit-, comes , from Latin, companion, one of the imperial court, from com- + ire to go \u2014 more at issue entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121658"
  },
  "countercouchant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": couchant with heads in opposite directions":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + couchant":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122400"
  },
  "counter rate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the rate at which a bank makes loans to its regular customers":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter entry 1 + rate":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122919"
  },
  "countryfolk":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fellow countrymen":[],
      ": country dwellers : rustics":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124834"
  },
  "counterparty":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a party to a financial transaction":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccp\u00e4r-t\u0113"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One risk is that the IRS might allege that the film company is aiding and abetting tax fraud, but the IRS does not usually go after the counterparty to a tax shelter, and in any event, ignorance is bliss, so the less tax questions, the better. \u2014 Schuyler Moore, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "For instance, counterparty referential data is usually inconsistently stored across products and entities, and rate agreements relating to vendors are typically not centrally stored or are out of date. \u2014 Alexander Duggan, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Many banks are also in the process of adopting new rules about how to measure counterparty credit risk, which Goldman said could result in a small additional drag on its capital ratio. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "However, this does mean that the ETF is exposed to any risks inherent in the futures market such as counterparty risk and potential margin and collateral requirements. \u2014 Simon Moore, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Investments in reputations, recourse to the law, and ample collateral reduce the risk of non-performance by the clearinghouse or a counterparty using the clearings system. \u2014 Matt Sekerke, National Review , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "The company, Ambri, is the counterparty to the antimony supply agreement with Perpetua Resources that was announced in mid-August. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "Credit and reputational risk committees vet clients and transactions, and the bank puts limits on how much could be lost from a single client or counterparty . \u2014 Margot Patrick, WSJ , 7 June 2021",
      "Previously a counterparty could do up to $30 billion a day in reverse repos with the Fed; now that figure has expanded to $80 billion. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 20 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1980, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130543"
  },
  "county home":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the poorhouse of a county":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1705, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131557"
  },
  "counterflashing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a strip of sheet metal in the form of an inverted L built into a vertical wall of masonry and bent down over the flashing to make it watertight":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307nt\u0259(r)+\u02cc-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + flashing (metal strips)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134156"
  },
  "countercampaign":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a campaign waged in opposition to another campaign":[
        "Conservatives slammed the law, claiming it discriminates against men and waged a counter-campaign .",
        "\u2014 Anna Momigliano"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-(\u02cc)kam-\u02c8p\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140838"
  },
  "county college":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a British continuation school for persons under 18 not receiving full-time education elsewhere":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141036"
  },
  "country-club":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": typical, characteristic, or suggestive of a country club":[
        "a country-club atmosphere",
        "a country-club prison"
      ],
      ": having qualities (such as affluence) associated with the members of a country club":[
        "a country-club conservative"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259n-tr\u0113-\u02cckl\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The country club is part of Links Asset Trust, a boutique private club capital and operating investment firm. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
      "Bouchard said the fire caused an $80 million loss to the country club . \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "That\u2019s quite reasonable considering it\u2019s located in a tony, country club neighborhood. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 16 May 2022",
      "First Jimmy planted a packet of baby powder in Howard's country club locker to discredit him to golf buddy and fellow lawyer Cliff Main (Ed Begley Jr.). \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "On Tuesday, a country club employee noticed a vehicle in the Stanislaus River and contacted the Ripon Police Department. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "On Tuesday, Ros said a disturbing tweet surfaced from a country club employee about the bodies being found, the station reported. \u2014 CBS News , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The Grammy-winner showed up looking like country club royalty in a tennis ball-hued dress, a glittery violet smoky eye, and straightened blonde hair for her opening performance. \u2014 Taylore Glynn, Allure , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "For its spring collection, Miu Miu shriveled the pullovers into teeny crop tops (pictured) that no doubt violate country club guidelines. \u2014 Lauren Mechling, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1762, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141720"
  },
  "countercry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cry made in response to another cry":[
        "The cry had been raised to save the splendid pile, and the counter-cry \u2026 to save it from being saved.",
        "\u2014 Henry James",
        "All through the South and West, Elvis is packing theaters \u2026 and filling letters-to-the-editor columns with cries of alarm and, from adolescents, counter-cries of adulation.",
        "\u2014 Time"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8kr\u012b"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1803, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144012"
  },
  "could do worse":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144256"
  },
  "coupled":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired":[],
      ": two persons paired together":[
        "The people were lined up in couples ."
      ],
      ": pair , brace":[
        "needed a couple of bookends"
      ],
      ": something that joins or links two things together: such as":[],
      ": two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines":[],
      ": a pair of substances that in contact with an electrolyte (see electrolyte sense 1 ) participate in a transfer of electrons which causes an electric current to flow":[],
      ": an indefinite small number : few":[
        "a couple of days ago"
      ],
      ": to connect for consideration together":[],
      ": to join for combined effect":[],
      ": to fasten together : link":[],
      ": to bring (two electric circuits) into such close proximity as to permit mutual influence":[],
      ": to join in marriage or sexual union":[],
      ": to unite in sexual union":[],
      ": join":[],
      ": to unite chemically":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259-p\u0259l",
      "\"couple of\" is often \u02cck\u0259-pl\u0259(v)",
      "\u02c8k\u0259p-\u0259l"
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    "synonyms":[
      "few",
      "handful",
      "scatter",
      "scattering",
      "smatter",
      "smattering",
      "sprinkle",
      "sprinkling"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "associate",
      "coalesce",
      "combine",
      "conjoin",
      "conjugate",
      "connect",
      "fuse",
      "interfuse",
      "join",
      "link (up)",
      "marry",
      "unify",
      "unite"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "\u201cAre they a couple ",
      "Seventeen couples participated in the survey.",
      "Verb",
      "a device that makes it possible to couple the pieces",
      "The coils are loosely coupled .",
      "The wire is coupled to the terminal.",
      "It took an hour to couple the trailer to the truck.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The supermodel, who is usually keeps her love life quite private, has posted new couple pics of herself and her longtime boyfriend, art director Marc Kalman, on Instagram. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 July 2022",
      "One likes to think so, considering that in the real world, redlining would have prevented a real-life Black couple from living in such an idyllic place. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 3 July 2022",
      "Families often withdraw from social circles and put career development on hold, and the experience can have a long-term impact on the relationship between a couple , Zhang said. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 3 July 2022",
      "Women can now terminate unwanted pregnancies caused by contraceptive failure regardless of marital status; before the amendment, only a married couple could do that. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
      "The couple celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary in May, sharing some sweet throwback photos and tributes to each other on Instagram. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 2 July 2022",
      "But few doors opened for the ambitious young couple . \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
      "Gesuele sold two homes in the $1.8 million range to cousins from Nebraska who vacation in Cape Coral just a couple of weeks a year, and lease the rest of the time. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 2 July 2022",
      "On the Fourth of July, Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry are expected to do something no other couple in America will: eat about 90 hot dogs and buns combined at the annual Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island in New York. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But going all-in on cloud adoption without a complete picture of actual cloud costs and usage spend can quickly couple that rock with a hard place. \u2014 David Drai, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s the brands that can couple that data with a loyal base of clientele that will be able to pull ahead. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "But the dare, the invitation to couple with the man who is your brother, still retains the charge of provocation. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "To Handle, Love Is Blind, The Circle, Selling Tampa, and other shows couple up and try to find the perfect match, hosted by Nick Lachey (of course). \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Such enhanced payouts couple up with a special mystery boost for all players. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "In response, companies should couple employee engagement metrics with outcome analysis, bringing clarity and comfort to businesses navigating this transformational moment. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "This season, Jackson has added to his fan favoritism with plenty of sharpshooting to couple with his spectacular dunks. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Teachers should couple this effort with steps that help students perceive asking questions in front of others as normal, positive behaviors. \u2014 Scientific American , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The couple high-fived one another after nailing the move. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
      "The Pirates sent 11 hitters to the plate, spraying the ball all over the diamond with five singles that all almost found outfield grass on the bounce, and took advantage of a couple Memorial errors to put the game seemingly out of reach early. \u2014 Michael Whitlow, Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "Kirkconnell publicly apologized for her past behavior, and guest host Emmanuel Acho led the then ex- couple (who later reconnected) into a conversation about race. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Lucas hit a pair of threes, and Glenn Taylor Jr. scored off a couple nice drives to fuel a 16-5 run and a 49-45 Beavers lead. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "The park also has a couple new snowshoe trails, the Lake View Ridge Trail and Bluff/Canyon trail, on the northwest side of the lake, accessible off Highway 23 between Lake View Road and Pickerel Slough Road. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "These guys made one excellent album, then a few that had a couple nice tunes on them. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The interaction was captured by Hollywood Unlocked: Since gaining fame in TLC, Chilli has had a couple high-profile relationships. \u2014 Essence , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "The contempt trial marked the latest turn in the ex- couple \u2019s turbulent split. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 20 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, pair, bond, from Anglo-French cuple , from Latin copula bond, from co- + apere to fasten \u2014 more at apt":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1924, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145209"
  },
  "counterterrorist":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or being measures taken to combat or prevent terrorism":[
        "counterterrorist officers",
        "the counterterrorist unit"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8ter-\u0259r-ist"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1906, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145904"
  },
  "counterflood":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to flood compartments in (a ship) to counterbalance listing and loss of trim resulting especially from already flooded compartments":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + flood":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150750"
  },
  "Court of Wards":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an English court of record under the feudal system having jurisdiction over matters dealing with estates held of the Crown including their transfer from a deceased tenant to his heir and the payment of taxes and rents due the Crown from such estates":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151223"
  },
  "countertenor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tenor with an unusually high range (such as an alto range)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccte-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Luke Elmer, a dazzling countertenor from Texas, reinvented Giustino as an aw-shucks adolescent who grows up fast, helped by Amanda Lynn Bottoms as his lover, Leocasta. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
      "The teachers were trying to treat me as a countertenor . \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Though cutely portrayed as toadyish countertenor twins by Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen and Christopher Lowrey, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern struggle to serve much musical or dramatic purpose. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
      "At the 2022 Grammy Awards in April, both Joni Mitchell and the countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo sported Pleats looks. \u2014 Jessica Iredale, Town & Country , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "As a countertenor -- the male voice with the highest range (think The Weeknd) -- Orli\u0144ski's usual musical choices trend older, as in 18th century, 100 years before what some might call the golden age of opera. \u2014 Alexandra Svokos, ABC News , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Throughout it all, Shamir\u2019s angelic countertenor has remained a guiding light through albums and songs that embraced vulnerability and truth-telling. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "His countertenor voice and phrasing\u2014both mellifluous and frayed around the edges\u2014convey anguish and hope. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "The countertenor double feels like the kind of idea that gets embraced at a brainstorming session. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English countretenour part balancing the tenor, from Middle French contreteneur , from contre- + teneur tenor":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152627"
  },
  "counterslope":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a slope in an opposite direction":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + slope":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152925"
  },
  "courtlike":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": elegant , courtly":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152942"
  },
  "counterdemonstration":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a demonstration (see demonstration sense 4 ) occurring in opposition to another demonstration":[
        "\u2026 CBS turned its attention to a demonstration in Manhattan against the government's Vietnam policy, with a counterdemonstration of pickets screaming that the protesters were disloyal.",
        "\u2014 William E. Leuchtenburg"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccde-m\u0259n-\u02c8str\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1839, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153242"
  },
  "counterthrust":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a thrust to offset or oppose another thrust":[
        "As in all good espionage novels, there is thrust and counterthrust . The Americans come up with an ingenious kidnap idea. The Russians, at first taken in, counter with a thrust of their own.",
        "\u2014 Newgate Callender",
        "\u2026 the Allied line was left stretched still farther northward, inviting a German counterthrust .",
        "\u2014 Alistair Horne",
        "\u2026 his nose for the business side of books gives him a huge advantage among independents in the battle against the chains. He understands what the chains are doing and why they're doing it, and he enjoys the challenge of coming up with counterthrusts .",
        "\u2014 Bob Hicks"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccthr\u0259st"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1861, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": flory on opposite sides so that the middles of the flowers are apparently covered by a part of the charge":[
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      "partial translation of Middle French contrefleuri , from contre- counter- + fleuri fleury":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155117"
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    "type":[
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      ": to keep track of the number of calories in the food one eats so that one won't eat too much":[
        "She is counting calories ."
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155758"
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      ": the revocation of an order or command":[]
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      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccmand",
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      "Verb",
      "Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Trump could sue to try to get the courts to countermand Biden. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves in his first game against his former teammates, who did their best to countermand COVID-19. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "The chairman oversees the communication system that connects the president with combatant commanders who execute orders, but the chairman does not have the legal authority to countermand a launch directive. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "The second pilot tried to countermand the order, leading to another argument between the pilots. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 July 2021",
      "But the former president\u2019s fitful bouts of nostalgia had little effect on policy: when his own Department of Defense moved to bar Confederate flags from military property, Trump did not countermand the order. \u2014 Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine , 22 June 2021",
      "The idea that the AI driving system could utterly refuse to open a car door and countermand a human passenger is crazy talk for some. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
      "Alongi, whose family has run a restaurant in Du Quoin since 1933, said residents had asked him to somehow countermand an Oct. 19 order by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) reimposing a ban on indoor seating at dining establishments. \u2014 Will Englund, Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "Republican support for the lawsuit and its call to throw out millions of votes in four battleground states was rooted in baseless claims of fraud, an extraordinary display of the party\u2019s willingness to countermand the will of voters. \u2014 Nomaan Merchant And Alanna Durkin Richer, baltimoresun.com , 12 Dec. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "It was also suspected of attacking commercial shipping and Saudi oil installations, leading Mr Trump to order, then countermand , a military strike on Iranian targets. \u2014 The Economist , 26 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English countermaunden , from Anglo-French cuntremander , from cuntre- counter- + mander to command, from Latin mandare \u2014 more at mandate":"Verb"
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      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160927"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1761, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160957"
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    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
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      ": the actions to be taken":[
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      ": like a courtier : having the characteristics of a courtier":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162048"
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      ": an ion having a charge opposite to that of the substance with which it is associated":[]
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      "-\u02cc\u00e4n"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1940, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from coude elbow":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164114"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164345"
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      ": rampant and facing each other":[
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      "\u2014 compare combatant":[
        "\u2014 used of two animals two lions counter-rampant , supporting a dexter hand gules"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + rampant":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164901"
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      "noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1748, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164909"
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      "noun"
    ],
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      ": any of various native English dances in which partners face each other especially in rows":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u0259n-tr\u0113-\u02ccdan(t)s"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1577, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165727"
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      "noun"
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      ": a myth that challenges or contradicts another myth":[
        "From an anthropological perspective, myths can be seen as imagined narratives that address existential human issues and have behavioral consequences. Old myths are frequently challenged by countermyths in cultures, families, institutions, and individuals.",
        "\u2014 Stanley Krippner",
        "The making of a new myth\u2014in this case, a feminist counter-myth that challenges the dominance of patriarchal values \u2026",
        "\u2014 Henry Jenkins"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccmith"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170244"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": cross lode":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307nt\u0259(r)+\u02cc-"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + lode":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171009"
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      "noun"
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      ": a secondary melody that is sounded simultaneously with the principal one":[]
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      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccme-l\u0259-d\u0113"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Buenviaje\u2019s take is full of chest-rumbling culinary bass notes, with a sprinkle of raw scallions providing the countermelody . \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 June 2022",
      "Nevertheless, the theme of failure and absence runs underneath even the most joyful passages, a countermelody that insinuates the disaster to come. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Feb. 2021",
      "The moment the audience came in with the countermelody will live in my heart forever. \u2014 De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue , 1 July 2018",
      "In the soaring conclusion, Raymond and Hekselman play the melody in ebullient unison while a countermelody loops beneath them. \u2014 Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader , 9 Feb. 2018",
      "Prager was confidently cueing every entrance, conveying every dynamic, and accentuating every countermelody . \u2014 Jonathan Merrill, National Review , 8 Sep. 2017",
      "In his work with the actors, Mr. Leon emphasizes the moments when that melody and countermelody intersect in questions of privilege and prejudice, even among lovers. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 5 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172840"
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      ": court of piepoudre":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173238"
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  "counterstatement":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a statement opposing or denying another statement":[
        "The crisis demanded a response from the church\u2014a counterstatement affirming what the church always held to be true.",
        "\u2014 Matthew L. Petillo"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02c8st\u0101t-m\u0259nt"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174440"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a hypothesis that contradicts another hypothesis":[
        "What can be said \u2026 of the conflicts that occur when traditional humanistic methods of interpretation run up against the questions, objections, and counterhypotheses of so-called revisionist art history",
        "\u2014 Mark Roskill",
        "Science is a negotiation\u2014an iterative process rooted in asking questions, in testing hypotheses and counter-hypotheses .",
        "\u2014 Eric Holt Gimenez"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r-h\u012b-\u02c8p\u00e4-th\u0259-s\u0259s"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1847, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174806"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the return of an artillery piece to the firing position after recoil":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter- + recoil":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174841"
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  "counter timber":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": one of the short vertical timbers between the stern timbers in the counter of a square-stern wooden boat":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter entry 5":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175318"
  },
  "Court of the Constable and Marshal":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": the English court of chivalry at the period when both the lord high constable and the earl marshal presided in it \u2014 compare earl marshal's court":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180551"
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      ": counting tube":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "counter entry 2":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180936"
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  "counterembattled":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": embattled on opposite sides with the battlement or merlon on one side opposed to the embrasure on the other":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6kau\u0307nt\u0259r+"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181519"
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      ": to have value as a credit or payment in relation to (something)":[
        "The credits you earned for this class count toward your degree.",
        "\u2014 often used as (be) counted toward/towards Fifty dollars will be counted towards your next bill."
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182118"
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      ": a movement in an opposite direction":[
        "She observed that whenever the body abruptly moves one way, there is a fallout of countermovements and readjustments \u2026",
        "\u2014 Paul Trachtman",
        "Suburban stress has not produced any large-scale countermovement back to the cities or out to the countryside, however.",
        "\u2014 William Schneider"
      ],
      ": an organized movement that arises in opposition to something":[
        "Opponents labeled the whole program socialistic, and, in the 1960s, a strong countermovement developed \u2026",
        "\u2014 The Bangor Daily News"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259r-\u02ccm\u00fcv-m\u0259nt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182120"
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    "definitions":{
      ": counterbalance":[],
      ": to act as a counterpoise":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6kau\u0307nt\u0259(r)+"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English countreweyen , from countre- counter- + weyen to weigh":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182342"
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      ": the rock in which a mineral deposit or intrusion is enclosed":[
        "Near the edge of an intrusion, where magma has already been cooled against the surrounding country rock , this happens fairly slowly.",
        "\u2014 Robert Wichman"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And a little bit of Darrell Mansfield (gospel, blues, blues rock, rock, country rock , and soul/R&B)andLarry Norman (RIP). \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 13 May 2022",
      "When Nitty Gritty Dirt Band decided to go into the studio to record its first album with its current touring lineup, the seminal country rock group decided to pay homage to a single artist. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Nesmith formed the First National Band, a country rock group, in the early 1970s and continued to work as a songwriter and producer. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Zac Brown Band is bringing its folksy country rock to Portland \u2018s Moda Center in October. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Often straddling the fence between newgrass and country rock , Mr. Crowe added steel guitar and drums to his lineup during Whitley\u2019s tenure in the band. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "In the episode, a Musical Genre Challenge means Chance must perform the iconic 2002 song with a country rock flare. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "These days, there are debates over whether the Byrds, Gram Parsons or the Eagles invented country rock . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "Nesmith\u2019s career after the Monkees included veering into country rock . \u2014 NBC News , 10 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1956, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185431"
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      ": an opposing argument":[
        "Joseph Stiglitz's new book, \"The Price of Inequality,\" is the single most comprehensive counterargument to both Democratic neoliberalism and Republican laissez-faire theories.",
        "\u2014 Thomas B. Edsall",
        "\u2026 careful consideration of each of the arguments made by the appellant, and of the counter-arguments advanced by the appellees \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jonathan M. Landers et al."
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The counterargument is that a molehill can soon enough become a mountain. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
      "The counterargument is that most of the items on Malcolm\u2019s list \u2014 be truthful, be charitable, read books \u2014 are reasonable. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
      "By allowing the case to continue, Gardephe rejected Catholic University\u2019s counterargument : that Barbara\u2019s interest in the garment is wholly financial. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
      "But Lawrence Gostin, an expert in health law at Georgetown University, said there would also be a strong counterargument : that regulation of the medical profession is the province of states, which can therefore regulate what pharmacies prescribe. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
      "Scope 3 emissions are only meaningful if every company is compelled to disclose, but the overall cost burden is a mitigating counterargument . \u2014 Frank Van Gansbeke, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "One pointed out that many other financial products are advertised on TV, which met with the counterargument that products get advertised, currencies don\u2019t. \u2014 Fortune , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Cheval Blanc, the city's newest, makes a good counterargument . \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Arrington's counterargument will be that Trump won the district by 6 points to Mace's 1.2, and the GOP will need MAGA enthusiasm to drive turnout. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 10 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1812, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185455"
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  "course load":{
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      ": the total of high school or college courses someone is taking":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185843"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191857"
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      "Depending on the mission modules installed onboard, the USS Jackson can perform anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and countermine warfare. \u2014 Beth Nakamura, OregonLive.com , 8 June 2017"
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      "In memoriam: Michael Gosney, the philosopher of the early internet who introduced 1960s counterculture to 1990s San Francisco tech pioneers, has died at 67. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 May 2022",
      "Psychedelic plants have been part of religious rituals for thousands of years, and along with the synthetic hallucinogen LSD, became a fixture of the American counterculture in the 1960s. \u2014 John Keilman, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Hollywood home, a Los Angeles counterculture flowered. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
      "Conservatives generally expect to live within the parameters of a counterculture . \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 26 May 2022",
      "Striking out for a sixth time was the MC5, the Detroit band whose high-octane counterculture music helped set the stage for hard rock and punk. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
      "This is not true; the White working-class revolt, which began in 1968, was sparked by the antiwar movement, patriotism, the counterculture and school busing \u2014 not economics. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 June 2021",
      "My guide, Finn, took me for a walk to discover the urban counterculture of the former East Berlin. \u2014 Laura Parker, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Not a progressive, of course, and also not someone who explicitly embraced the significant changes to American life wrought by the counterculture of the 60s. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 14 Mar. 2022"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The day after Christmas, Perry texted Meadows with a countdown . \u2014 Farnoush Amiri, Chicago Tribune , 1 May 2022",
      "The day after Christmas, Perry texted Meadows with a countdown . \u2014 Farnoush Amiri, ajc , 1 May 2022",
      "But shock still prevailed Saturday with the countdown to the first-place winners and, finally, the announcement that the San Fernando Valley high school had won the title for the ninth time. \u2014 Colleen Shalbystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Rockin\u2019 Eve begins tomorrow, Friday, December 31 at 8pm ET, and with a countdown at midnight and performances into the early hours of January 1, 2022. \u2014 Tim Chan, Rolling Stone , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "The five-hour broadcast will cross multiple time zones, with a countdown at midnight Eastern Time, concluding with the Nashville music note drop and a fireworks display at midnight CT. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "The company unveiled the wearable internet website this week, with a countdown to its launch in 22 days. \u2014 Corein Carter, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "The Instagram post also includes a link to the new plane\u2019s website, Checkmate, with a countdown to the reveal. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 July 2021",
      "Things got serious when someone created a dedicated website with a countdown . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2021"
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      "circa 1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Behind him was Stephen Houlahan, a 48-year-old nurse and former Santee councilman . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "One councilman balked at the idea of a new short-term violence plan. \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 21 May 2022",
      "So Republicans former Roswell city councilman Matthew Tyser and Bridget Thorne will compete to see who runs against one of two Democrats, Ricky Blalock and Margaret Goldman, in November. \u2014 Ben Brasch, ajc , 9 May 2022",
      "Kennedy, a former city councilman , said his hope going into the process was to balance the power between the city council and the mayor. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 6 May 2022",
      "One councilman who has made evident progress is Kevin de Le\u00f3n, who is running for mayor. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
      "Then again, judging by one councilman \u2019s reaction to that news, residents may be getting two surveys this summer to consider -- one backed by Brennan, and the other by council. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The case has gripped those in Philadelphia tightly as earlier this year former councilman Bobby Henon was convicted earlier this year. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The resolution was a reversal from a 2020 council vote to keep the monument in place when one councilman , Frank Divilio, changed his vote in favor of removal. \u2014 Lilly Price, baltimoresun.com , 12 Mar. 2022"
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      "circa 1637, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "-\u02c8k\u0259-r\u0259nt",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The ship itself is all minimalist chic, with a countercurrent pool and cuisine courtesy of Ducasse Conseil. \u2014 Sue Bryant, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
      "Even as a significant slice of literary fiction turns ever more slender and novella-like, too weary in its ennui to sketch out more than thoughts and emotions, a countercurrent exists in massive novels that purport to capture many things. \u2014 Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Due to the differing elevations and salinity of the two bodies of water, the strait has two currents, a surface layer running north to south and a countercurrent beneath it. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "And while some countries have recently retreated from the world stage amid nationalist fervor, the ease of air travel has created a strong countercurrent of travelers looking to learn from other cultures. \u2014 Umair Irfan, Vox , 1 Aug. 2019",
      "Yet civilizing and mitigating countercurrents are at work beneath the surface. \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2018",
      "The divisive nominating contests have produced countercurrents of deep resentment in both parties. \u2014 Trip Gabriel, New York Times , 22 June 2016"
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      "Noun",
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      "Seventeen couples participated in the survey.",
      "Verb",
      "a device that makes it possible to couple the pieces",
      "The coils are loosely coupled .",
      "The wire is coupled to the terminal.",
      "It took an hour to couple the trailer to the truck.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The supermodel, who is usually keeps her love life quite private, has posted new couple pics of herself and her longtime boyfriend, art director Marc Kalman, on Instagram. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 July 2022",
      "One likes to think so, considering that in the real world, redlining would have prevented a real-life Black couple from living in such an idyllic place. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 3 July 2022",
      "Families often withdraw from social circles and put career development on hold, and the experience can have a long-term impact on the relationship between a couple , Zhang said. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 3 July 2022",
      "Women can now terminate unwanted pregnancies caused by contraceptive failure regardless of marital status; before the amendment, only a married couple could do that. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
      "The couple celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary in May, sharing some sweet throwback photos and tributes to each other on Instagram. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 2 July 2022",
      "But few doors opened for the ambitious young couple . \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
      "Gesuele sold two homes in the $1.8 million range to cousins from Nebraska who vacation in Cape Coral just a couple of weeks a year, and lease the rest of the time. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 2 July 2022",
      "On the Fourth of July, Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry are expected to do something no other couple in America will: eat about 90 hot dogs and buns combined at the annual Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island in New York. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But going all-in on cloud adoption without a complete picture of actual cloud costs and usage spend can quickly couple that rock with a hard place. \u2014 David Drai, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s the brands that can couple that data with a loyal base of clientele that will be able to pull ahead. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "But the dare, the invitation to couple with the man who is your brother, still retains the charge of provocation. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "To Handle, Love Is Blind, The Circle, Selling Tampa, and other shows couple up and try to find the perfect match, hosted by Nick Lachey (of course). \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Such enhanced payouts couple up with a special mystery boost for all players. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "In response, companies should couple employee engagement metrics with outcome analysis, bringing clarity and comfort to businesses navigating this transformational moment. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "This season, Jackson has added to his fan favoritism with plenty of sharpshooting to couple with his spectacular dunks. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Teachers should couple this effort with steps that help students perceive asking questions in front of others as normal, positive behaviors. \u2014 Scientific American , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The couple high-fived one another after nailing the move. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
      "The Pirates sent 11 hitters to the plate, spraying the ball all over the diamond with five singles that all almost found outfield grass on the bounce, and took advantage of a couple Memorial errors to put the game seemingly out of reach early. \u2014 Michael Whitlow, Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "Kirkconnell publicly apologized for her past behavior, and guest host Emmanuel Acho led the then ex- couple (who later reconnected) into a conversation about race. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Lucas hit a pair of threes, and Glenn Taylor Jr. scored off a couple nice drives to fuel a 16-5 run and a 49-45 Beavers lead. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "The park also has a couple new snowshoe trails, the Lake View Ridge Trail and Bluff/Canyon trail, on the northwest side of the lake, accessible off Highway 23 between Lake View Road and Pickerel Slough Road. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "These guys made one excellent album, then a few that had a couple nice tunes on them. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "The interaction was captured by Hollywood Unlocked: Since gaining fame in TLC, Chilli has had a couple high-profile relationships. \u2014 Essence , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "The contempt trial marked the latest turn in the ex- couple \u2019s turbulent split. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 20 Nov. 2021"
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      "To construct a finite field, start by extracting a finite subset of numbers from the counting numbers . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "And imagine that your available denominators are the counting numbers 1 to 10. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 14 Aug. 2019",
      "The conjecture predicts that there are infinitely many such pairs among the counting numbers , or integers. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "To construct a finite field, start by extracting a finite subset of numbers from the counting numbers . \u2014 Wired , 29 Sep. 2019",
      "Citizen scientists in Alaska counted numbers that reached 1,000 times more than normal for their beaches. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 16 Jan. 2020",
      "The conjecture predicts that there are infinitely many such pairs among the counting numbers , or integers. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "The conjecture predicts that there are infinitely many such pairs among the counting numbers , or integers. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "The conjecture predicts that there are infinitely many such pairs among the counting numbers , or integers. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Sep. 2019"
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