dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/het_MW.json
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{
"Hetrazan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a preparation of diethylcarbamazine citrate":[
"\u2014 formerly a U.S. registered trademark"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8he\u2027tr\u0259\u02cczan"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014130",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"het up":{
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"easy",
"happy-go-lucky",
"nerveless",
"relaxed"
],
"definitions":{
": highly excited : upset":[]
},
"examples":[
"John can get all het up about politics.",
"What are you so het up about",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So why has the Chanel version gotten people so het up ",
"Something about unfolding Bennifer events, this rekindling of an old flame, has got all of us het up . \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 16 June 2021",
"In a normal December, people would be more concerned with the holidays and a busy schedule and wouldn't get this het up with Congress. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 Dec. 2020",
"Cultural appropriation is one of the issues that gets hft most het up . \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Looking at the schedule for London, which kicks off tomorrow, there\u2019s a pretty meaningful amount of exciting menswear action to get het up about. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 3 Jan. 2019",
"Open to charges of sacrilege, though interestingly the digital watchdogs of this world seemed too busy picking their collective jaws up off the floor in amazement to get het up about it. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"het , dialect past of heat":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8het-\u02c8\u0259p"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"aflutter",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"atwitter",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"goosey",
"hinky",
"hung up",
"ill at ease",
"insecure",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081944",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"heterodox":{
"antonyms":[
"conforming",
"conformist",
"conventional",
"orthodox"
],
"definitions":{
": contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox , unconventional":[
"heterodox ideas"
],
": holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines":[
"a heterodox religious sect"
]
},
"examples":[
"a Christian clergyman with a very heterodox opinion on the divinity of Jesus",
"her heterodox approach to teaching science initially met with some resistance from her peers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the reasons inflation got out of control in the 1970s is that policy makers had heterodox theories about its cause, such as powerful corporations and unions. \u2014 Greg Ip, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Someone like a Leondra Kruger is known as a pretty heterodox person, someone who has oftentimes voted with conservatives on the California Supreme Court. \u2014 ABC News , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Conservatives get nervous about every Republican nominee; Democrats have not sent a genuinely heterodox justice to the Court since Byron White was appointed by John F. Kennedy. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Famous people and ordinary citizens alike have been fired from jobs, stripped of opportunities, and banished to a social-pariah wilderness for transgressing new language conventions or for expressing heterodox views. \u2014 Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Nov. 2021",
"In a recent piece for The Atlantic, the progressive but frequently heterodox writer Caitlin Flanagan channeled her inner Marxist for an attack on American private schools. \u2014 Graham Hillard, National Review , 15 Apr. 2021",
"The group has a longstanding commitment to ignoring the macroeconomic breakthroughs of heterodox economic thinkers in the tradition of John Maynard Keynes. \u2014 Alex Yablon, The New Republic , 4 Mar. 2021",
"For this reason, American conservatives were initially skeptical of the heterodox British philosopher. \u2014 Nate Hochman, National Review , 18 Dec. 2020",
"In light of episodes like these, a toxic environment, self-censoring and publication bias combine to explain the dearth of skeptical or heterodox findings and views regarding ways to control COVID-19. \u2014 Jeanne Lenzer, Scientific American , 30 Nov. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin heterodoxus , from Greek heterodoxos , from heter- + doxa opinion \u2014 more at doxology":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8he-t\u0259-r\u0259-\u02ccd\u00e4ks",
"\u02c8he-tr\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dissentient",
"dissenting",
"dissident",
"heretical",
"heretic",
"iconoclastic",
"maverick",
"nonconformist",
"nonorthodox",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060541",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"heterodoxy":{
"antonyms":[
"conformity",
"orthodoxy"
],
"definitions":{
": a heterodox opinion or doctrine":[],
": the quality or state of being heterodox":[]
},
"examples":[
"Copernicus's theory that the earth revolved around the sun was arrant heterodoxy at a time when the earth was thought to be the center of the universe.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The third or worst scenario would be if Rome would for some reason fail to address this situation on time; the heterodoxy would consequently rashly spread within the Church. \u2014 Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review , 13 June 2021",
"Four months later, Wilson was ousted as CEO of Ascend, having already been stripped of his responsibilities as early as July, just one month after expressing his heterodoxy . \u2014 Madeline Fry Schultz, Washington Examiner , 10 Dec. 2020",
"The difference is that free speech and heterodoxy used to have allies in such venues as The New Yorker and the New York Times, where both political and artistic freedom now have so many enemies. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 6 Oct. 2019",
"McCain does not appear to have consciously intended his embrace of the campaign finance reform topic to be a major act of ideological heterodoxy . \u2014 Matthew Yglesias, Vox , 26 Aug. 2018",
"Kanye has long worked with songwriters \u2014 something that, because it\u2019s perceived as heterodoxy , is rarely discussed openly. \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 25 June 2018",
"Pleasingly for this reviewer at least, that corner turns out to be the system of liberal-arts colleges that Mr. Scruton says are the key to maintaining a heterodoxy of ideas within civic society. \u2014 Richard Aldous, WSJ , 14 June 2018",
"In any event, the extent of Williams\u2019s heterodoxy cannot be overstated. \u2014 Roger Lowenstein, WSJ , 13 June 2018",
"But his heterodoxy on entitlements certainly helped at least somewhat, especially with older voters. \u2014 Dylan Matthews, Vox , 11 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8he-t\u0259-r\u0259-\u02ccd\u00e4k-s\u0113",
"\u02c8he-tr\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"heresy",
"nonconformity"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014036",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"heterodromous":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having the genetic spiral of the branches reversed in its direction from that of the main stem":[
"heterodromous leaf arrangement",
"heterodromous tendril"
],
"\u2014 compare homodromous":[
"heterodromous leaf arrangement",
"heterodromous tendril"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"heter- + -dromous":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6het\u0259\u02c8r\u00e4dr\u0259m\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034225",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun,"
]
},
"heteroduplex":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a nucleic-acid molecule (such as DNA) composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cchet-\u0259-r\u014d-\u02c8d(y)\u00fc-\u02ccpleks",
"\u02cche-t\u0259-r\u014d-\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02ccpleks",
"-\u02c8dy\u00fc-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203346",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"heterodyne":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to combine (something, such as a radio frequency) with a different frequency so that a beat is produced":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1908, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1923, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"heter- + -dyne , modification of Greek dynamis power \u2014 more at dynamic":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8he-tr\u0259-",
"\u02c8he-t\u0259-r\u0259-\u02ccd\u012bn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013500",
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"heteroecious":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": passing through the different stages in the life cycle on alternate and often unrelated hosts":[
"heteroecious aphids"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"heter- + Greek oikia house \u2014 more at vicinity":""
},
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"\u02cchet-\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-sh\u0259s",
"\u02cche-t\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112005",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"heterogamous":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having or marked by fusion of unlike gametes \u2014 compare anisogamous , isogamous":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cche-t\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-g\u0259-m\u0259s",
"\u02cchet-\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4g-\u0259-m\u0259s"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131319",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"heterogamy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": sexual reproduction involving fusion of unlike gametes often differing in size, structure, and physiology":[],
": the condition of reproducing by heterogamy":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cche-t\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-g\u0259-m\u0113",
"-m\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112116",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"heterogangliate":{
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"definitions":{
": having the nerve ganglia more or less widely separated and unsymmetrically situated":[
"heterogangliate mollusks"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"heter- + gangliate":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6het\u0259(\u02cc)r\u014d+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070021",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"heterogen":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a group of heterozygous hybrid organisms":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"heter- + -gen":""
},
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"\u02c8het\u0259r\u0259j\u0259\u0307n",
"\u02c8he\u2027tr-",
"-\u02ccjen"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075011",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"heterogene":{
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"definitions":{
": heterogeneous":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek heterogen\u0113s":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccj\u0113n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235538",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": heterogeneous":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin heterogeneus + English -al":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-ny\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034127",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"heterogeneity":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of consisting of dissimilar or diverse elements : the quality or state of being heterogeneous":[
"cultural heterogeneity"
]
},
"examples":[
"the cultural heterogeneity of its residents is a point of pride for the city",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The great difficulty is the fact that the heterogeneity of the symptoms is quite vast. \u2014 CBS News , 5 June 2022",
"Such heterogeneity in cities subconsciously plants seeds of appreciation for diversity, tolerance and empathy that can benefit the natural world. \u2014 Nyeema C. Harris, Scientific American , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The researchers say their results held true even after controlling for CEO heterogeneity (the tendency of race-running executives to be more talented, athletic, and disciplined overall), past job performance, and other variables. \u2014 Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online , 22 Sep. 2014",
"Businesses looking to stay competitive with technology have accepted heterogeneity across cloud infrastructure, services, applications and management. \u2014 Matthew Morgan, Forbes , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The heterogeneity of the disease and the versatility of care open significant opportunities for health tech companies to contribute to better health and longer life of cancer patients. \u2014 Sergey Avdeychik, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"This heterogeneity is similar to that seen in human and animal brains. \u2014 Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Efforts to clarify these therapeutic mechanisms are further confounded by the considerable heterogeneity in exosome preparations. \u2014 Michael Eisenstein, Scientific American , 17 June 2020",
"There are several challenges such as data set heterogeneity . \u2014 Kevin Krewell, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1641, in the meaning defined above":""
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"see heterogeneous":""
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"\u02cchet-\u0259-r\u014d-j\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-\u0259t-\u0113, \u02cche-tr\u014d-",
"\u02cche-t\u0259-r\u014d-j\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02cche-tr\u014d-"
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"assortment",
"diverseness",
"diversity",
"heterogeneousness",
"manifoldness",
"miscellaneousness",
"multifariousness",
"multiplicity",
"variety",
"variousness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093245",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"heterogeneous":{
"antonyms":[
"homogeneous"
],
"definitions":{
": consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed":[
"an ethnically heterogeneous population"
]
},
"examples":[
"the seating in the hall was a heterogeneous collection of old school desk chairs, wood and metal folding chairs, and even a few plush theater seats",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first thing is to say that Latin America is a very, very big, heterogeneous area. \u2014 CBS News , 22 June 2022",
"The simple truth is that system memory bandwidth cannot keep pace with CPU core growth, especially with heterogeneous computing that features a CPU coupled with accelerators including GPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs to address data-centric workloads. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Judge Terry Green said that law improperly mandated heterogeneous boards and must protect the right of individuals to equal treatment. \u2014 Theo Francis, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Teachers and administrators intentionally create heterogeneous groups that allow students to work with others from different backgrounds, which sometimes leads to conflict. \u2014 Kat Mckim, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"There is a need to create a viable market for tradable rights from very heterogeneous rights in ways that ensure the incumbents are protected, while still allowing the resource to be moved to a much more valuable use. \u2014 Soulaima Gourani, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"However, learning such equations in heterogeneous solids (for example, due to phase separation) is challenging. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The brain is comprised of a heterogeneous network of neurons of different sizes and with shapes that vary from triangular to round, packed more or less tightly in different areas. \u2014 Helen Shen, Scientific American , 21 June 2013",
"Are human and animal brains heterogeneous simply because of noisy flukes of evolution"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1630, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin heterogeneus , from Greek heterogen\u0113s , from heter- + genos kind \u2014 more at kin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cche-tr\u0259-",
"\u02cche-t\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8j\u0113-n\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02cchet-\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8j\u0113-n\u0113-\u0259s, \u02cche-tr\u0259-, -ny\u0259s",
"-ny\u0259s"
],
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"assorted",
"eclectic",
"indiscriminate",
"kitchen-sink",
"magpie",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"piebald",
"promiscuous",
"raggle-taggle",
"ragtag",
"varied"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110242",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
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"heterogeneousness":{
"antonyms":[
"homogeneous"
],
"definitions":{
": consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed":[
"an ethnically heterogeneous population"
]
},
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"the seating in the hall was a heterogeneous collection of old school desk chairs, wood and metal folding chairs, and even a few plush theater seats",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first thing is to say that Latin America is a very, very big, heterogeneous area. \u2014 CBS News , 22 June 2022",
"The simple truth is that system memory bandwidth cannot keep pace with CPU core growth, especially with heterogeneous computing that features a CPU coupled with accelerators including GPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs to address data-centric workloads. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Judge Terry Green said that law improperly mandated heterogeneous boards and must protect the right of individuals to equal treatment. \u2014 Theo Francis, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Teachers and administrators intentionally create heterogeneous groups that allow students to work with others from different backgrounds, which sometimes leads to conflict. \u2014 Kat Mckim, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"There is a need to create a viable market for tradable rights from very heterogeneous rights in ways that ensure the incumbents are protected, while still allowing the resource to be moved to a much more valuable use. \u2014 Soulaima Gourani, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"However, learning such equations in heterogeneous solids (for example, due to phase separation) is challenging. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The brain is comprised of a heterogeneous network of neurons of different sizes and with shapes that vary from triangular to round, packed more or less tightly in different areas. \u2014 Helen Shen, Scientific American , 21 June 2013",
"Are human and animal brains heterogeneous simply because of noisy flukes of evolution"
],
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"1630, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Medieval Latin heterogeneus , from Greek heterogen\u0113s , from heter- + genos kind \u2014 more at kin":""
},
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"\u02cchet-\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8j\u0113-n\u0113-\u0259s, \u02cche-tr\u0259-, -ny\u0259s",
"-ny\u0259s",
"\u02cche-t\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8j\u0113-n\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02cche-tr\u0259-"
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"indiscriminate",
"kitchen-sink",
"magpie",
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"mixed",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"piebald",
"promiscuous",
"raggle-taggle",
"ragtag",
"varied"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022733",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
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},
"heteronomy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For this reason, the passage from Arab spring to Arab winter should be understood first and foremost as a narrative of self-determination, choice, and consequences, not as a story of heteronomy and external imposition. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1798, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"heter- + -nomy (as in autonomy )":""
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"\u02cche-t\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-n\u0259-m\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074935",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"heth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet \u2014 see Alphabet Table":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hebrew \u1e25\u0113th":""
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"\u02c8\u1e35\u0101t",
"\u02c8\u1e35et",
"\u02c8\u1e35eth",
"\u02c8\u1e35\u0101th"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132950",
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a Cossack leader":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ivan Mazeppa, the principal hetman , or top commander, of the Cossacks and one of Ukraine\u2019s national heroes. \u2014 Michael Medved, WSJ , 13 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1710, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Ukrainian het'man":""
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"\u02c8het-m\u0259n"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": the administration of a hetman":[]
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"-\u0259\u02ccn\u0101t"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110500",
"type":[
"noun"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the marked vigor or capacity for growth often exhibited by crossbred animals or plants":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cche-t\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-s\u0259s",
"\u02cchet-\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-s\u0259s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s because most wild pigs in the U.S. are some level of hybrid between domestic pigs and wild boars, creating heterosis or hybrid vigor. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 5 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1914, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164056"
},
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"adverb",
"noun"
],
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"heterosexual men/women",
"a heterosexual couple"
],
": of, relating to, or involving sexual activity between individuals of the opposite sex":[],
": of or relating to different sexes":[],
": a person who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of the opposite sex : a heterosexual person":[]
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"\u02cchet-\u0259-r\u014d-\u02c8seksh-(\u0259-)w\u0259l, -\u02c8sek-sh\u0259l",
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"The virus was ignored by the mainstream press for years except when cases were reported in women, children or heterosexual men. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 13 June 2022",
"Gay party playgrounds thrive on exclusion, with heterosexual people being the prime, yet far from only, constituency that\u2019s minimized. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 3 June 2022",
"Time use surveys reveal women in heterosexual relationships, across income brackets, take on far more domestic labor than their male partners, and the pandemic has only exacerbated this disparity. \u2014 Dana Suskind, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In 2021, 12% of female students, more than 25% of LGB students, and 17% of students questioning their sexuality attempted suicide during the past year compared to 5% of their male peers and 5% of their heterosexual peers, respectively. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Shifting our wider definition of family is not just about including those who are childfree or prospective parents who sit outside of the heterosexual , cis norm. \u2014 Sadhbh O'sullivan, refinery29.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Adding to the sense of unreality is the utter lack, in a book teeming with brothels and game parlors, of any courtesans catering to (or anyone having) preferences other than the heterosexual . \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Wilde wrote as a voice from Fullerton\u2019s London years, and Fullerton in Paris had left all that behind to become an enthusiastic heterosexual . \u2014 Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Wilde wrote as a voice from Fullerton\u2019s London years, and Fullerton in Paris had left all that behind to become an enthusiastic heterosexual . \u2014 Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Wilde wrote as a voice from Fullerton\u2019s London years, and Fullerton in Paris had left all that behind to become an enthusiastic heterosexual . \u2014 Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Also, there is not a single minute of film in which Evan Hansen comes across as heterosexual , which is a problem when the main driver of the plot is Evan\u2019s unrequited love for a girl. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Wilde wrote as a voice from Fullerton\u2019s London years, and Fullerton in Paris had left all that behind to become an enthusiastic heterosexual . \u2014 Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Wilde wrote as a voice from Fullerton\u2019s London years, and Fullerton in Paris had left all that behind to become an enthusiastic heterosexual . \u2014 Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020"
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": a mineral isomorphous with purpurite and consisting of phosphate of iron and manganese":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When muscle meats are over-cooked and burned, chemicals called HCAs ( heterocyclic amines ) are formed, which have been linked to an increased cancer risk in animals. \u2014 NBC News , 21 June 2019",
"The rub: Cooking meat at high temperatures over an open flame to create that great grilled flavor also creates cancer-causing chemicals called heterocyclic amines (HCAs). \u2014 Andrea Thelen, Ms, Detroit Free Press , 9 July 2018",
"Grill like a pescatarian Cooking most meat at temperatures above 300\u00b0F can produce potentially cancer-causing chemicals called heterocyclic amines (HCAs), according to the National Cancer Institute. \u2014 Jamie Ducharme, Time , 1 June 2018",
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"The rub: Cooking meat at high temperatures over an open flame to create that great grilled flavor also creates cancer-causing chemicals called heterocyclic amines (HCAs). \u2014 Andrea Thelen, Ms, Detroit Free Press , 9 July 2018",
"Grill like a pescatarian Cooking most meat at temperatures above 300\u00b0F can produce potentially cancer-causing chemicals called heterocyclic amines (HCAs), according to the National Cancer Institute. \u2014 Jamie Ducharme, Time , 1 June 2018"
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"\u02cchet-\u0259-r\u014d-\u02c8s\u012b-klik",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Grilling meat of any kind leads to the formation of two separate families of cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens): the heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 7 Dec. 2021",
"One group, called HAAs ( heterocyclic aromatic amines), form during high-temperature reactions between substances in muscle tissue. \u2014 Emily Sohn, chicagotribune.com , 7 June 2017",
"One group, called HAAs ( heterocyclic aromatic amines), form during high-temperature reactions between substances in muscle tissue. \u2014 Emily Sohn, Sun-Sentinel.com , 6 June 2017",
"One group, called HAAs ( heterocyclic aromatic amines), form during high-temperature reactions between substances in muscle tissue. \u2014 Emily Sohn, chicagotribune.com , 7 June 2017",
"One group, called HAAs ( heterocyclic aromatic amines), form during high-temperature reactions between substances in muscle tissue. \u2014 Emily Sohn, Sun-Sentinel.com , 6 June 2017",
"One group, called HAAs ( heterocyclic aromatic amines), form during high-temperature reactions between substances in muscle tissue. \u2014 Emily Sohn, chicagotribune.com , 7 June 2017",
"One group, called HAAs ( heterocyclic aromatic amines), form during high-temperature reactions between substances in muscle tissue. \u2014 Emily Sohn, chicagotribune.com , 7 June 2017",
"One group, called HAAs ( heterocyclic aromatic amines), form during high-temperature reactions between substances in muscle tissue. \u2014 Emily Sohn, chicagotribune.com , 7 June 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cutaneous pharmacologic cAMP induction induces melanization of the skin and improves recovery from ultraviolet injury in melanocortin 1 receptor-intact or heterozygous skin. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 29 Aug. 2020",
"Using a dataset of the genomes of more than 400 deceased people, the researchers looked for instances of heterozygous genes: genes that are the result of a person inheriting a human gene from one parent and a Neanderthal gene from another. \u2014 Ben Panko, Smithsonian , 24 Feb. 2017",
"Using a dataset of the genomes of more than 400 deceased people, the researchers looked for instances of heterozygous genes: genes that are the result of a person inheriting a human gene from one parent and a Neanderthal gene from another. \u2014 Ben Panko, Smithsonian , 24 Feb. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Margaret E. Sobota looked at the correlation between living in a single-mother household and heterosocial competence. \u2014 Charlene Paparizos, cleveland.com , 7 June 2017"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231116"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The elephants in the room, namely, heterosexism and homophobia, and how these cultural systems relate to ... the abuse of ministerial power must be dismantled for the sake of all. \u2014 Tara Isabella Burton, Vox , 28 Aug. 2018",
"Heterosexism : A system of oppression that considers heterosexuality the norm and discriminates against people who display non-heterosexual behaviors and identities. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 15 June 2017"
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": an order of yellow-green algae comprising the siphonaceous members of the class Xanthophyceae and including the single genus Botrydium":[]
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"New Latin, from heter- + -dera (from Greek der\u0113 neck)":""
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But this process inherently misses some portions of the whole genome, particularly sections of certain genes in heterochromatin regions (typically found in the centromeres and telomeres, where DNA is highly repetitive). \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 1 Apr. 2022",
"At the time, scientists couldn\u2019t sequence heterochromatin , so despite the celebratory hubbub and champagne toasts, almost 10% of the genome went unsequenced. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Of the 98 participants, 50 went on to get another Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine dose for their booster (homologous booster), while the remaining 48 received a Moderna booster ( heterologous booster). \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 13 May 2022",
"Scientists have long suspected that heterologous prime-boosts sometimes work better than two identical doses. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Nowhere among them was a question about whether J&J vaccine recipients ought to get a heterologous boost, in other words a boost with a different vaccine. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 15 Oct. 2021",
"This strategy is technically known as a heterologous prime-boost. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Oct. 2021",
"There\u2019s no provision on the schedule for a vote on heterologous boosting. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 15 Oct. 2021",
"India\u2019s drugs authority has now approved a full-length study into a heterologous prime-boost of the two vaccines that make up most of India\u2019s Covid-19 immunisation programme. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The concept is called heterologous prime-boost vaccination. \u2014 Jacqueline Howard, CNN , 2 July 2021",
"According to a number of studies, heterologous vaccination makes the vaccination coverage stronger. \u2014 Irene Dominioni, Forbes , 20 June 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185326"
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": a genus of small stocky colubrid snakes comprising the North American hognose snakes":[]
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"definitions":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223219"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"\u02cche-t\u0259-r\u014d-\u02c8kr\u014d-m\u0259-t\u0259n",
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"But this process inherently misses some portions of the whole genome, particularly sections of certain genes in heterochromatin regions (typically found in the centromeres and telomeres, where DNA is highly repetitive). \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 1 Apr. 2022",
"At the time, scientists couldn\u2019t sequence heterochromatin , so despite the celebratory hubbub and champagne toasts, almost 10% of the genome went unsequenced. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Sep. 2021"
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