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{
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"imitable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": capable or worthy of being imitated or copied":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"most readers of classic English literature could recognize Jane Austen's imitable style instantly",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"An imitable writer whose pen tends toward difficult subjects, Yvonne Vera is adept at looking trauma in the eye and writing it with such devastating beauty. \u2014 Roxane Gay, ELLE , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Such gems of human prose style, not yet imitable by AI, are implicitly set against the worry\u2014expressed throughout\u2014that computer amanuenses are everywhere sucking the fun out of things. \u2014 Steven Poole, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"Twitter feed is perhaps the most famous (and least imitable ) example. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 25 June 2020",
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"Less imitable , Hopper has never ceased to influence the thinking, at the very least, of subsequent artists. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 1 June 2020",
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"Not to mention the blogger elite \u2014 Garance Dor\u00e9, Hanneli Mustaparta, Emily Weiss \u2013 who (when not behind the camera) manage to turn heads with their own imitable style. \u2014 Joyann King, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Oct. 2011"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1550, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8i-m\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"archetypal",
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"archetypical",
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"classic",
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"definitive",
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"exemplary",
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"model",
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"paradigmatic",
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"quintessential",
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"textbook"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095103",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"imitate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": mimic , counterfeit":[
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"can imitate his father's booming voice"
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],
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": to be or appear like : resemble":[],
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": to follow as a pattern, model, or example":[],
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": to produce a copy of : reproduce":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Her style has been imitated by many other writers.",
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"He's very good at imitating his father's voice.",
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"She can imitate the calls of many different birds.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"A few dozen people showed up to hear who could best imitate the warble of the goose, called nigliq. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
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"These things, which bots can\u2019t imitate very well, include unlocking your device with a password or Face ID or Touch ID and they\u2019re likely signed in with their Apple ID. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
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"In 2013, researchers discovered that dolphins imitate another\u2019s signature whistle to re-establish contact, at times adding parts of their signature whistle to the call. \u2014 Sarah Sloat, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
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"Kurt Russell stars as MacReady, one of a handful of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter an alien parasite with an uncanny ability to infest and imitate its host. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
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"Before this introduction, Grizzly and the newborn were resting and bonding in the zoo's maternity ward to help imitate a sloth's natural postpartum routine. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
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"The reggaet\u00f3n hit has surged on TikTok via a viral dance challenge in which fans imitate Anitta\u2019s dance moves. \u2014 Gary Trust, Billboard , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Our children see this, and learn to imitate it; for man is an imitative animal. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
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"Some bird people get into birds\u2019 songs and work hard to describe and imitate them. \u2014 Brian Duff, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin imit\u0101tus, past participle of imit\u0101r\u012b \"to follow as a pattern, copy,\" frequentative derivative of a presumed verb *im\u0101- \"make a copy,\" perhaps going back to Indo-European *h 2 im-, whence also Hittite hima-, himma- \"substitute, replica, toy\"":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8i-m\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for imitate copy , imitate , mimic , ape , mock mean to make something so that it resembles an existing thing. copy suggests duplicating an original as nearly as possible. copied the painting and sold the fake as an original imitate suggests following a model or a pattern but may allow for some variation. imitate a poet's style mimic implies a close copying (as of voice or mannerism) often for fun, ridicule, or lifelike imitation. pupils mimicking their teacher ape may suggest presumptuous, unoriginal, or inept imitating of a superior original. American fashion designers aped their European colleagues mock usually implies imitation with derision. mocking a vain man's pompous manner",
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"synonyms":[
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"ape",
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"copy",
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"copycat",
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"emulate",
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"mime",
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"mimic"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100202",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"imitation":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artificial",
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"bogus",
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"dummy",
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"ersatz",
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"factitious",
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"fake",
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"false",
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"faux",
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"imitative",
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"man-made",
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"mimic",
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"mock",
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"pretend",
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"sham",
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"simulated",
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"substitute",
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"synthetic"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a literary work designed to reproduce the style of another author":[],
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": an act or instance of imitating":[],
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": resembling something else that is usually genuine and of better quality : not real":[
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"imitation leather"
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],
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": something produced as a copy : counterfeit":[],
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": the assumption of behavior observed in other individuals":[],
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": the quality of an object in possessing some of the nature or attributes of a transcendent idea":[],
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": the repetition by one voice of a melody, phrase, or motive stated earlier in the composition by a different voice":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Children learn by imitation of adults.",
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"The restaurant was designed in imitation of a Japanese temple.",
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"He did a hilarious imitation of his father.",
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"The real diamonds are in a museum. These are just imitations .",
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"Adjective",
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"the stage production uses only imitation diamonds, as real gems would be prohibitively expensive",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"If imitation equals flattery, Ray\u2019s should be on full blush. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 2 June 2022",
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"In making Elvis, Luhrmann was intent on casting someone who could bring out the humanity of the singer, rather than playing a caricature or doing an imitation . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 7 June 2022",
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"Might Bourgoin have refashioned himself as the family member of a victim in imitation of Walsh",
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"All models with the CVT will now be equipped with the brand\u2019s X-Mode software, which uses the antilock brake system to match wheel speeds front to rear and side to side in an electronic imitation of four-wheel drive. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 12 June 2020",
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"Spanish authorities have accused Ahn and nine others of entering the embassy on a false pretext, armed with knives, iron bars, machetes and imitation handguns. \u2014 Rich Schapiro, NBC News , 10 May 2022",
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"Chinese education traditionally emphasizes imitation of models and rote literary phrases, and my Fuling students diligently incorporated the transition into their argumentative papers. \u2014 Peter Hessler, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
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"Its dialogue is shorthand for many, especially gay audiences, and the film continues to inspire imitation , turning up in all manner of memes. \u2014 Callahan Tormey, Town & Country , 8 May 2022",
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"Kim has good reasons for wanting to create imitation red blood cells for drug delivery. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1818, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English ymytacyoun \"emulation,\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French imitacion, borrowed from Latin imit\u0101ti\u014dn-, imit\u0101ti\u014d \"action of copying, copy,\" from imit\u0101r\u012b \"to follow as a pattern, imitate \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action":"Noun",
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"from attributive use of imitation entry 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"carbon",
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"carbon copy",
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"clone",
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"copy",
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"dummy",
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"dupe",
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"duplicate",
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"duplication",
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"facsimile",
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"mock",
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"reduplication",
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"replica",
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"replication",
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"reproduction"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064953",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"imitative":{
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"antonyms":[
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"archetypal",
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"archetypical",
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"original"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": exhibiting mimicry":[],
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": imitating something superior : counterfeit":[],
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": inclined to imitate":[],
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": marked by imitation":[
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"acting is an imitative art"
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],
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": reproducing or representing a natural sound : onomatopoeic":[
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"\"hiss\" is an imitative word"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The architecture is imitative of a Japanese temple.",
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"your writing style tends to be imitative of whichever author you've recently read",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Late Mozart reveals Bach\u2019s influence, and the brief but vital episodes of imitative counterpoint in the first movement were rendered with clarity and momentum. \u2014 Lukas Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
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"Our children see this, and learn to imitate it; for man is an imitative animal. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
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"In other words, this vehicle for producer-star Rebel Wilson isn\u2019t organic even as a genre homage; its Frankensteinian assemblage always feels more imitative than inspired. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 May 2022",
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"The imitative relationship between life and art is at the core of Small\u2019s recovery, though in a more literal way. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"But those efforts, like so many film adaptations before them, distill essentially only the basic ingredients of their stage sources \u2014 plot, character, music \u2014 and as a result feel more imitative than transformative. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"So central to our culture and so often mocked \u2014 made the emblem of television at its least imaginative and most imitative , at its tritest and tiredest. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2021",
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"The consequences for Black communities of this imitative gesture were devastating. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 2 Mar. 2021",
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"Her singing sounds very much like Holiday but retains its own personality, rather than feeling imitative . \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 25 Feb. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Late Latin imit\u0101t\u012bvus, from Latin imit\u0101tus, past participle of imit\u0101r\u012b \"to follow as a pattern, imitate \" + -\u012bvus -ive":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"especially British -t\u0259-tiv",
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"\u02c8i-m\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-tiv"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"apish",
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"canned",
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"emulative",
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"epigonic",
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"epigonous",
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"formulaic",
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"mimetic",
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"mimic",
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"slavish",
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"unoriginal"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070342",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"imitative magic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": magic based on the assumption that a desired result (as rain, the death of an enemy) can be brought about or assured by mimicking it":[
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"\u2014 compare sympathetic magic"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042928",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"imitator":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": mimic , counterfeit":[
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"can imitate his father's booming voice"
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],
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": to be or appear like : resemble":[],
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": to follow as a pattern, model, or example":[],
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": to produce a copy of : reproduce":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Her style has been imitated by many other writers.",
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"He's very good at imitating his father's voice.",
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"She can imitate the calls of many different birds.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"A few dozen people showed up to hear who could best imitate the warble of the goose, called nigliq. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
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"These things, which bots can\u2019t imitate very well, include unlocking your device with a password or Face ID or Touch ID and they\u2019re likely signed in with their Apple ID. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
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"In 2013, researchers discovered that dolphins imitate another\u2019s signature whistle to re-establish contact, at times adding parts of their signature whistle to the call. \u2014 Sarah Sloat, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
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"Kurt Russell stars as MacReady, one of a handful of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter an alien parasite with an uncanny ability to infest and imitate its host. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
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"Before this introduction, Grizzly and the newborn were resting and bonding in the zoo's maternity ward to help imitate a sloth's natural postpartum routine. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
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"The reggaet\u00f3n hit has surged on TikTok via a viral dance challenge in which fans imitate Anitta\u2019s dance moves. \u2014 Gary Trust, Billboard , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Our children see this, and learn to imitate it; for man is an imitative animal. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
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"Some bird people get into birds\u2019 songs and work hard to describe and imitate them. \u2014 Brian Duff, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin imit\u0101tus, past participle of imit\u0101r\u012b \"to follow as a pattern, copy,\" frequentative derivative of a presumed verb *im\u0101- \"make a copy,\" perhaps going back to Indo-European *h 2 im-, whence also Hittite hima-, himma- \"substitute, replica, toy\"":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8i-m\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for imitate copy , imitate , mimic , ape , mock mean to make something so that it resembles an existing thing. copy suggests duplicating an original as nearly as possible. copied the painting and sold the fake as an original imitate suggests following a model or a pattern but may allow for some variation. imitate a poet's style mimic implies a close copying (as of voice or mannerism) often for fun, ridicule, or lifelike imitation. pupils mimicking their teacher ape may suggest presumptuous, unoriginal, or inept imitating of a superior original. American fashion designers aped their European colleagues mock usually implies imitation with derision. mocking a vain man's pompous manner",
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"synonyms":[
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"ape",
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"copy",
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"copycat",
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"emulate",
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"mime",
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"mimic"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105130",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"imitatress":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a female imitator":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6im\u0259\u00a6t\u0101\u2027tr\u0259\u0307s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102537",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"imidacloprid":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a common neonicotinoid systemic insecticide C 9 H 10 ClN 5 O 2 used especially to control agricultural pests (such as aphids and mites)":[
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"The systemic insecticide imidacloprid controls the insects from within the plant. This product is applied to the soil and is taken up by the roots.",
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"\u2014 Tom MacCubbin",
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"The most commonly used neonicotinoid, imidacloprid , is considered \"highly toxic\" to bees, and therefore is not supposed to be applied while they are around.",
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"\u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cci-mi-d\u0259-\u02c8kl\u014d-\u02ccprid",
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"i-\u02ccmi-d\u0259-\u02c8kl\u014d-\u02ccprid"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1990, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183736"
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},
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"imidaz-":{
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": imidazole":[
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"7- imidazo [4.5- d ]pyrimidine"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from imidazole":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185148"
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},
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"imidazole":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02c8da-\u02ccz\u014dl",
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"\u02ccim-\u0259-\u02c8daz-\u02cc\u014dl"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And the company has teamed up with industrial giant 3M to produce swaths of their imidazole membranes in a reel-to-reel process. \u2014 Robert Service, Science | AAAS , 1 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213241"
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},
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"imide":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a compound containing the NH group that is derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by a metal or an equivalent of acid groups \u2014 compare amide":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8im-\u02cc\u012bd",
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"\u02c8i-\u02ccm\u012bd"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, alteration of amide":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080451"
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},
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"imidic acid":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary imide + -ic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114928"
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},
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"imid-":{
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": containing the bivalent groups =NH characteristic of imides united to or in one or two radicals of acid character":[
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"imido carbonic acid HN=C(OH) 2",
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"imido disulfuric acid HN(SO 2 OH) 2",
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"imid ate",
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"\u2014 distinguished from imin-"
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],
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": imin-":[
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"\u2014 now less used than formerly"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from imide":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131407"
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},
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"imido":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": relating to or containing the NH group or its substituted form NR united to one or two acid groups":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8i-m\u0259-\u02ccd\u014d",
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"\u02c8im-\u0259-\u02ccd\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162112"
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},
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"imido ester":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an ester of an imidic acid":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002137"
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}
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} |