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{
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"inhabit":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to be present in or occupy in any manner or form":[
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"the human beings who inhabit this tale",
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"\u2014 Al Newman"
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],
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": to have residence in a place : dwell":[],
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": to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat : live in":[
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"inhabit a small house"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Several hundred species of birds inhabit the island.",
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"This part of the country is inhabited by native tribes.",
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"There is a romantic quality that inhabits all her paintings.",
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"The novel is inhabited by a cast of eccentric characters.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Often mistaken for alligators, caimans typically inhabit the swamps and rivers of Mexico, Central and South America. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 7 June 2022",
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"Stewart and Speedman both inhabit highly enigmatic personalities, and Nadia Litz and Tanaya Beatty shine as technicians who are essentially Cronenberg\u2019s resident Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
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"Rarely does Diaz inhabit the perspective of the worker, except when that worker comes within proximity to power (like Ida). \u2014 Jane Hu, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
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"Some of them inhabit as much as 80 to 90% of the human population. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
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"Large wire-and-concrete sculptures inhabit the beach. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 11 May 2022",
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"The more ordinary male mortals that inhabit the town \u2014 women are invisible, aside from one police officer (Sarah Twomey) \u2014 are only marginally less irksome, even if their micro-aggressions initially seem less of a threat. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
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"Some of them inhabit as much as 80 to 90% of the human population. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
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"Christopher Bohan, Jourdan Lewanda and Nicole Sumlin fully inhabit the roles of Vanya the incurable schlub, Sonia the underappreciated maiden, and Ella, the glamorous outsider on whom almost everyone has a crush. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English enhabiten , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French inhabiter, enhabiter , from Latin inhabitare , from in- + habitare to dwell, frequentative of hab\u0113re to have \u2014 more at give":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"in-\u02c8ha-b\u0259t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115751",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"inhabitability":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the condition of being inhabitable":[]
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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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"-b\u0259\u0307t\u0259-",
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"\u0259\u0307n\u02cchab\u0259\u0307t\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113",
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"-l\u0259t\u0113",
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"-i"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121338",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"inhale":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to breathe in":[],
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": to draw in by breathing":[],
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": to take in eagerly or greedily":[
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"inhaled about four meals at once",
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"\u2014 Ring Lardner"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"This medicine can now be inhaled .",
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"She inhaled the fresh country air.",
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"He inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, trying to relax.",
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"After inhaling their dinner, the children ran out the door without even saying goodbye.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Project critics argue that silica is toxic to inhale . \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 17 May 2022",
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"People can inhale and ingest the substance, and benzene can affect the skin. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"When the sun comes out and the wind rises, the grid will inhale , and electricity will get saved. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Pets can also inhale water into their lungs from the Waterpik, which can also cause gum damage in dogs and cats. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Then inhale once again, allowing your pelvis to tilt forward, and repeat. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
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"While Kirby can inhale and spit foes, the lack of the Copy Ability makes his interactions feel pretty samey. \u2014 PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Of course, an N95 also blocks other small particles, like dust, paint, and other toxic stuff that might not be great for a person to inhale into their body. \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 28 Jan. 2022",
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"Without straining, gently inhale for a count of four, hold for seven and exhale for eight. \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1725, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"in- + ex hale":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"in-\u02c8h\u0101l",
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"in-\u02c8h\u0101(\u0259)l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bolt",
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"cram",
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"devour",
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"glut",
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"gobble",
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"gorge",
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"gormandize",
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"gulp",
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"ingurgitate",
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"raven",
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"scarf",
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"scoff",
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"slop",
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"wolf"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163709",
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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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"inhaler":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a device by means of which medicinal material is inhaled":[
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"an asthma inhaler"
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],
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": one that inhales":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Eilish, 20, paused a show in Atlanta earlier this year to help a fan get access to an inhaler , while Mayer, 44, stopped a prior set at the Hollywood Palladium to allow medics access to a fan who appeared to have fainted. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
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"Similarly, an inhaler delivers the drug directly to the lungs and avoids affecting the rest of the body. \u2014 Tom Anchordoquy, The Conversation , 17 June 2022",
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"Allergic asthma treatment varies but may also include an inhaler to help relax the airway passages in the lungs, relieving shortness of breath. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 31 May 2022",
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"Over the weekend, videos shared on social media showed Eilish halting her concert in Atlanta to help a fan in the crowd get an inhaler \u2014 a move that Ye, formerly Kanye West, took as a diss at Scott. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"In the lawsuit, one parent said their child was denied an exemption from wearing masks despite having headaches or the use of an inhaler . \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"For example, watch YouTube videos or consult with your doctor to learn proper inhaler techniques. \u2014 Katherine Bowles, SELF , 18 May 2022",
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"The inhaler will contain medication to keep your lungs from going haywire, like a short-acting beta-agonist to open up your airways. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, SELF , 26 May 2022",
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"Lewis Ziska, a plant physiologist and associate professor at Columbia University, suffers from allergies himself and carries a rescue inhaler at all times. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"in-\u02c8h\u0101-l\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192859",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"inharmonic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": not harmonic":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The arc evolved from inharmonic drones and swoops to a stretch of rolling, arpeggiated waves reminiscent of musical minimalism, and then back again. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2019",
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"The stimuli included harmonic sounds and inharmonic sounds (produced by shifting some frequencies of a previously harmonic sound), and sounds with beating and without. \u2014 Sciencenow, WIRED , 13 Nov. 2012"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1828, 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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"\u02ccin-(\u02cc)h\u00e4r-\u02c8m\u00e4-nik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060052",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"inharmonic theory":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a postulate in phonetics: the reinforcing vibrations produced in the superglottic cavities in vowel articulation need not be multiples of the fundamental vocal-cord note \u2014 compare formant , harmonic theory":[]
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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":"20220707-081408",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"inharmonious":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accordant",
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"agreeing",
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"compatible",
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"concordant",
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"conformable (to)",
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"congruent",
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"congruous",
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"consistent",
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"consonant",
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"correspondent (with ",
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"harmonious",
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"nonconflicting"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": not fitting or congenial : conflicting":[
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"inharmonious personalities"
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],
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": not harmonious : discordant":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the inn bans young children because the owners believe that they are inharmonious with the quiet atmosphere other guests desire",
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"a deliberately inharmonious piece of music in the modern idiom",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For sixteen hours a week, Valentine hopes to share some melody in a place that, for some, can feel inharmonious . \u2014 Washington Post , 24 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccin-(\u02cc)h\u00e4r-\u02c8m\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"clashing",
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"conflicting",
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"disagreeing",
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"discordant",
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"discrepant",
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"incompatible",
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"incongruous",
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"inconsistent",
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"inconsonant",
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"mutually exclusive",
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"repugnant"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101843",
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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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"inharmony":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accord",
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"agreement",
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"concord",
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"concordance",
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"harmony",
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"peace"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": discord":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a striking inharmony between the evangelist's professed spiritual concerns and his materialistic pleasures"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1799, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8h\u00e4r-m\u0259-n\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"conflict",
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"disaccord",
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"discord",
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"discordance",
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"discordancy",
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"disharmony",
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"dissension",
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"dissention",
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"dissent",
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"dissidence",
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"dissonance",
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"disunion",
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"disunity",
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"division",
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"friction",
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"infighting",
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"schism",
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"strife",
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"variance",
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"war",
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"warfare"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062755",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"inhere":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to be inherent":[
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"does selfishness inhere in each of us"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The palpable satisfaction of butter making would inhere at any moment. \u2014 Alexandra Kleeman, New York Times , 12 Aug. 2020",
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"Great utility still inheres in the oceans if it is understood in light of what soon may come. \u2014 Mark Helprin, National Review , 16 Apr. 2020",
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"Methodologically speaking, though, the gap between these two more basic strategies may speak to a fundamental paradox that inheres in archival projects more generally. \u2014 Jacob Brogan, Slate Magazine , 22 Feb. 2017",
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"So is the cult of personality that inheres in the presidency, augmented by Trump\u2019s celebrity. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 27 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1586, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English enheren to be a companion, belong, from Latin inhaer\u0113re to be attached, from in- + haer\u0113re to adhere":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"in-\u02c8hir"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113543",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"inhere in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to be a natural part of (someone or something)":[
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"He believes that liberty inheres in humanity as a natural right.",
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"Does selfishness inhere in each of us"
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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":"20220707-100658",
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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]
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},
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"inherence":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality, state, or fact of inhering":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"If the app that delivers the one-time code needed to authenticate the user login is on a smartphone, specifically a smartphone requiring facial or fingerprint recognition to access the app itself, then inherence is also present. \u2014 Davey Winder, Forbes , 4 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1577, 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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"in-\u02c8her-\u0259n(t)s",
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"also -\u02c8hir-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095456",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"inherency":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an inherent character or attribute":[
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"culture classifications with purely taxonomic inherencies",
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"\u2014 W. W. Taylor"
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],
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": inherence":[]
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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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"Medieval Latin inhaerentia":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-nsi",
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"-ns\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013303",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"inherent":{
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"antonyms":[
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"adventitious",
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"extraneous",
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"extrinsic"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic":[
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"risks inherent in the venture"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"It is one more proof that our world has lost the kind of exquisite sensibility displayed by John Milton when he came up with his definition of poetry. He first wrote \"simple, sensual, and passionate,\" but he was bothered by the grossness inherent in \"sensual,\" and so he invented the word \"sensuous.\" \u2014 Florence King , National Review , 24 Sept. 2007",
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"There were those who trusted the innate goodness of humanity, and those who believed in its inherent crookedness. \u2014 Terry Eagleton , Harper's , March 2005",
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"The problem \u2026 is inherent and perennial in any democracy, but it has been more severe in ours during the past quarter-century because of the near universal denigration of government, politics and politicians. \u2014 Michael Kinsley , Time , 29 Oct. 2001",
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"He has an inherent sense of fair play.",
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"an inherent concept of justice",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The dueling views reflect the conflict inherent in a for-profit company with a social mission \u2014 and what a battlefield affordable housing in L.A. has become for tenants and landlords alike. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
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"There is an inherent conflict between data owners who want to restrict access to protect data and data scientists who wish to access and review as much data as possible. \u2014 Ken Knapton, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
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"Others were the product of human error, and today serve as examples of the dangers inherent in certain industries. \u2014 al , 13 June 2022",
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"It's often said that some jobs are better left to the pros: There are inherent dangers in an inexperienced individual attempting to work with unfamiliar mechanical parts. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
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"While Musk and Twitter officials haven\u2019t officially disclosed any immediate disagreements that led to the quick divorce, the past several days illustrated the inherent conflict of the pairing. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Part of the problem is an inherent conflict of interest between the companies making technology and the people using it, says Marc Weber, a curatorial director at the Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, Calif. \u2014 Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"But to some, such corporate entities represent an inherent conflict of interest. \u2014 Julie Belcove, Robb Report , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"There\u2019s an inherent conflict, for example, between the public\u2019s right to know and an individual\u2019s right to privacy, and that conflict deserves to be decided on a case-by-case basis. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 9 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1581, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin inhaerent-, inhaerens , present participle of inhaer\u0113re \u2014 see inhere":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"also -\u02c8hir-",
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"in-\u02c8her-\u0259nt",
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"in-\u02c8hir-\u0259nt",
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"-\u02c8her-",
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"in-\u02c8her-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"built-in",
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"constitutional",
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"constitutive",
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"essential",
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"hardwired",
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"immanent",
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"inborn",
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"inbred",
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"indigenous",
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"ingrain",
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"ingrained",
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"engrained",
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"innate",
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"integral",
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"intrinsic",
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"native",
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"natural"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212516",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"inherently":{
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"antonyms":[
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"adventitious",
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"extraneous",
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"extrinsic"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic":[
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"risks inherent in the venture"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"It is one more proof that our world has lost the kind of exquisite sensibility displayed by John Milton when he came up with his definition of poetry. He first wrote \"simple, sensual, and passionate,\" but he was bothered by the grossness inherent in \"sensual,\" and so he invented the word \"sensuous.\" \u2014 Florence King , National Review , 24 Sept. 2007",
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"There were those who trusted the innate goodness of humanity, and those who believed in its inherent crookedness. \u2014 Terry Eagleton , Harper's , March 2005",
|
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"The problem \u2026 is inherent and perennial in any democracy, but it has been more severe in ours during the past quarter-century because of the near universal denigration of government, politics and politicians. \u2014 Michael Kinsley , Time , 29 Oct. 2001",
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"He has an inherent sense of fair play.",
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"an inherent concept of justice",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The dueling views reflect the conflict inherent in a for-profit company with a social mission \u2014 and what a battlefield affordable housing in L.A. has become for tenants and landlords alike. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
|
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"There is an inherent conflict between data owners who want to restrict access to protect data and data scientists who wish to access and review as much data as possible. \u2014 Ken Knapton, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
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"Others were the product of human error, and today serve as examples of the dangers inherent in certain industries. \u2014 al , 13 June 2022",
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"It's often said that some jobs are better left to the pros: There are inherent dangers in an inexperienced individual attempting to work with unfamiliar mechanical parts. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
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"While Musk and Twitter officials haven\u2019t officially disclosed any immediate disagreements that led to the quick divorce, the past several days illustrated the inherent conflict of the pairing. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Part of the problem is an inherent conflict of interest between the companies making technology and the people using it, says Marc Weber, a curatorial director at the Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, Calif. \u2014 Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"But to some, such corporate entities represent an inherent conflict of interest. \u2014 Julie Belcove, Robb Report , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"There\u2019s an inherent conflict, for example, between the public\u2019s right to know and an individual\u2019s right to privacy, and that conflict deserves to be decided on a case-by-case basis. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 9 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1581, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin inhaerent-, inhaerens , present participle of inhaer\u0113re \u2014 see inhere":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"also -\u02c8hir-",
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"in-\u02c8her-\u0259nt",
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"in-\u02c8hir-\u0259nt",
|
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"-\u02c8her-",
|
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"in-\u02c8her-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"built-in",
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"constitutional",
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"constitutive",
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"essential",
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"hardwired",
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"immanent",
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"inborn",
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"inbred",
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"indigenous",
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"ingrain",
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"ingrained",
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"engrained",
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"innate",
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"integral",
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"intrinsic",
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"native",
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"natural"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034050",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
|
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"inherit":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to come into possession of or receive especially as a right or divine portion":[
|
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"and every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters \u2026 for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life",
|
|
"\u2014 Matthew 19:29 (Revised Standard Version)"
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],
|
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": to have in turn or receive as if from an ancestor":[
|
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"inherited the problem from his predecessor"
|
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],
|
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": to receive as a devise or legacy":[],
|
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": to receive from a parent or ancestor by genetic transmission":[
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"inherit a defective enzyme"
|
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],
|
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": to receive from an ancestor as a right or title descendible by law at the ancestor's death":[],
|
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": to take or hold a possession or rights by inheritance":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"She inherited the family business from her father.",
|
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"Baldness is inherited from the mother's side of the family.",
|
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"She inherited her father's deep blue eyes.",
|
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"She inherited a love of baseball from her dad.",
|
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"When my brother left for college, I inherited his old computer.",
|
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"The company's new president will inherit some complicated legal problems.",
|
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"When the coach quit, her assistant inherited a last-place team.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"He is survived by his wife, who will inherit his 25% stake in the holding company, and six children, who each own 12.5% of Delfin. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
|
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"This group might include those who inherit or acquire wealth as well as those born with athletic, musical or financial talent and those who are considered highly attractive or magnetic. \u2014 Dennis Jaffe, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
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"Featuring exclusive reporting, insider interviews and archive footage, the series goes behind the scenes of Rupert Murdoch\u2019s improbable rise and the intense succession battle between his children over who will inherit his empire. \u2014 Beth Marengo, CNN , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Unlike her cousins, Sybbie stands to inherit no house upon her father\u2019s death. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Sissee, who came to inherit the store, moved F. Suie One to its current location in the early 1980s. \u2014 Michelle Terris, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Kaikeyi\u2019s biological son, Bharata, had seemed set to inherit the throne, but the king decides to install Rama instead. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Even the singer\u2019s widower, Chris P\u00e9rez, who was legally first in line to inherit Selena\u2019s properties as husband, was quickly stripped away from it all. \u2014 Isabela Raygoza, refinery29.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The generation also stands to inherit an enormous amount of money from their baby boomer parents. \u2014 R.j. Shook, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English enheriten \"to give (a person) right of inheritance, make (a person) heir, come into possession of as an heir,\" borrowed from Anglo-French enheriter, going back to Late Latin inh\u0113r\u0113dit\u0101re \"to appoint as heir,\" from Latin in- in- entry 2 + Late Latin h\u0113r\u0113dit\u0101re \"to leave as an inheritance, inherit, make an heir\" \u2014 more at heritage":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-\u0259t",
|
|
"-\u02c8he-r\u0259t",
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-it"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123339",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"inheritable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonhereditary"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": capable of being inherited : transmissible":[
|
|
"an inheritable title"
|
|
],
|
|
": capable of taking by inheritance":[
|
|
"the eldest son is inheritable to the crown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eye color is an inheritable trait",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In those days, before the scientific understanding of genetics and mutations, biologists could only try to imagine how small, inheritable changes to an organism could impact its reproduction. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"For Whittington, some Designer Babies might have been engineered to avoid inheritable disease or as a prophylactic to future illnesses, like HIV or cancer. \u2014 Cathy Hackl, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Yet bioethicists point out that inheritable -gene editing raises large questions, given the dire consequences of an error, as well as the ethical questions that arise at the prospect of erasing disability from human existence. \u2014 Katie Hafner, Star Tribune , 30 July 2020",
|
|
"The clustering of behaviors by breed suggests a genetic, and thus inheritable , component to anxiety, as is the case in humans, Lohi tells Science. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"And that this kind of treatment was designed to be inheritable , and presumably perpetual in nature. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 19 June 2020",
|
|
"Though an Australian study released last year found inbreeding may put thoroughbreds at greater risk of inheritable health problems, at least two Ph. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 26 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Poverty, unfortunately, is an inheritable condition. \u2014 The Economist , 26 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"The assets in such savings accounts would be inheritable , unlike the benefits from current U.S. social programs. \u2014 Chris Edwards, National Review , 19 Aug. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English enheritable, inheritable \"having right of inheritance, capable of being inherited,\" borrowed from Anglo-French enheritable, from enheriter \"to give (a person) right of inheritance, inherit \" + -able -able":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-\u0259t-\u0259-b\u0259l",
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-i-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
|
|
"-\u02c8he-r\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"genetic",
|
|
"genetical",
|
|
"hereditary",
|
|
"heritable",
|
|
"inborn",
|
|
"inherited"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140859",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inheritance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a valuable possession that is a common heritage from nature":[],
|
|
": possession":[],
|
|
": something that is or may be inherited":[],
|
|
": the acquisition of a possession, condition, or trait from past generations":[],
|
|
": the act of inheriting property":[],
|
|
": the reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring":[],
|
|
": tradition":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She began her own business with the inheritance she got from her grandfather.",
|
|
"He left sizable inheritances to his children.",
|
|
"The buildings are part of the city's architectural inheritance .",
|
|
"the inheritance of an estate",
|
|
"the inheritance of a genetic trait",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Inheritance taxes differ and may be assessed to the person receiving an inheritance . \u2014 Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"No publication flattered this back-to-the-land shift more than the Whole Earth Catalog, started in 1968 with the decisive assistance of an inheritance from Brand\u2019s adman father. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Meanwhile, Booth \u2014 who saved his half of an inheritance left by their parents after both deserted them as teens \u2014 aspires to his brother\u2019s former glory as a Three-card Monte card shark while also attempting to woo a woman named Grace. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Addiction has long been a scourge of the Biden family, and an inheritance . \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Many leftists insist that Chile\u2019s current problems are an inheritance of past governments\u2019 failure to create a fairer society. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Turns out, Victor was a man who had just earned a nice chunk of money due to an inheritance , and moved his family\u2014wife and kids\u2014into a new house just after returning from WWII. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"That spring, my mother, T\u00eda Gloria, and I tended to the garden that Abue had left behind for us, an informal inheritance . \u2014 Sof\u00eda Aguilar, refinery29.com , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"What is a western, after all, but a kind of hermeneutic care package of perversely lionizing myths about the most shameful facts of our inheritance "
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English enheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-French enheritance, from enheriter \"to give (a person) right of inheritance, inherit \" + -ance -ance":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-\u0259-t\u0259n(t)s",
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-\u0259-t\u0259ns",
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-\u0259t-\u0259n(t)s",
|
|
"-\u02c8he-r\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"birthright",
|
|
"heritage",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"patrimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180142",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inherited":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to come into possession of or receive especially as a right or divine portion":[
|
|
"and every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters \u2026 for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life",
|
|
"\u2014 Matthew 19:29 (Revised Standard Version)"
|
|
],
|
|
": to have in turn or receive as if from an ancestor":[
|
|
"inherited the problem from his predecessor"
|
|
],
|
|
": to receive as a devise or legacy":[],
|
|
": to receive from a parent or ancestor by genetic transmission":[
|
|
"inherit a defective enzyme"
|
|
],
|
|
": to receive from an ancestor as a right or title descendible by law at the ancestor's death":[],
|
|
": to take or hold a possession or rights by inheritance":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She inherited the family business from her father.",
|
|
"Baldness is inherited from the mother's side of the family.",
|
|
"She inherited her father's deep blue eyes.",
|
|
"She inherited a love of baseball from her dad.",
|
|
"When my brother left for college, I inherited his old computer.",
|
|
"The company's new president will inherit some complicated legal problems.",
|
|
"When the coach quit, her assistant inherited a last-place team.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"He is survived by his wife, who will inherit his 25% stake in the holding company, and six children, who each own 12.5% of Delfin. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"This group might include those who inherit or acquire wealth as well as those born with athletic, musical or financial talent and those who are considered highly attractive or magnetic. \u2014 Dennis Jaffe, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Featuring exclusive reporting, insider interviews and archive footage, the series goes behind the scenes of Rupert Murdoch\u2019s improbable rise and the intense succession battle between his children over who will inherit his empire. \u2014 Beth Marengo, CNN , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Unlike her cousins, Sybbie stands to inherit no house upon her father\u2019s death. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Sissee, who came to inherit the store, moved F. Suie One to its current location in the early 1980s. \u2014 Michelle Terris, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Kaikeyi\u2019s biological son, Bharata, had seemed set to inherit the throne, but the king decides to install Rama instead. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Even the singer\u2019s widower, Chris P\u00e9rez, who was legally first in line to inherit Selena\u2019s properties as husband, was quickly stripped away from it all. \u2014 Isabela Raygoza, refinery29.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The generation also stands to inherit an enormous amount of money from their baby boomer parents. \u2014 R.j. Shook, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English enheriten \"to give (a person) right of inheritance, make (a person) heir, come into possession of as an heir,\" borrowed from Anglo-French enheriter, going back to Late Latin inh\u0113r\u0113dit\u0101re \"to appoint as heir,\" from Latin in- in- entry 2 + Late Latin h\u0113r\u0113dit\u0101re \"to leave as an inheritance, inherit, make an heir\" \u2014 more at heritage":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-\u0259t",
|
|
"-\u02c8he-r\u0259t",
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112536",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhibin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a glycoprotein hormone that is secreted by the pituitary gland and in the male by the Sertoli cells and in the female by the granulosa cells and that inhibits the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"According to Women Who Experienced Them An ovarian reserve test generally consists of a blood and/or urine analysis to determines levels of the hormones inhibin B, anti-mullerian hormone (AMH), and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). \u2014 Health.com , 11 Oct. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1932, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin inhib\u0113re to inhibit + English -in entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8hi-b\u0259n",
|
|
"in-\u02c8hib-\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130940",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhibit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cause inhibition":[],
|
|
": to discourage from free or spontaneous activity especially through the operation of inner psychological or external social constraints":[],
|
|
": to hold in check : restrain":[],
|
|
": to prohibit from doing something":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You shouldn't allow fear of failure to inhibit you.",
|
|
"He was inhibited by modesty.",
|
|
"Fear can inhibit people from expressing their opinions.",
|
|
"drugs that are used to inhibit infection",
|
|
"Strict laws are inhibiting economic growth.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Keeping the toilet clean is also easy, thanks to the skirted trap way and surface treatment that helps inhibit the growth of water scale and mineral stains. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Modern humans often live under significant social pressures to inhibit their anxieties. \u2014 Tomas Chamorro-premuzic, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"And Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez called on Arizona lawmakers to reject a raft of bills that would inhibit Native peoples\u2019 ability to participate in state, local and federal elections. \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Amazon and its tech peers are already the focus of antitrust scrutiny, with Congress, the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department exploring whether these companies inhibit competition in their current forms. \u2014 Evelyn Freja, WSJ , 16 June 2021",
|
|
"In Moscow, commentators have been increasingly calling on Russia to strike Ukrainian roads and railroads to inhibit the weapons transfers. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As cholesterol continues to accumulate, the coronary arteries narrow and start to inhibit blood flow, according to the CDC. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, SELF , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Cool machine also has a medical-grade H13 HEPA filter, as well as interwoven silver strands that inhibit bacteria growth inside the evaporator. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"To remove the ivy growing in your yard, hand pull the vines and then cover with several inches of mulch to inhibit new growth. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Latin inhibitus , past participle of inhib\u0113re , from in- in- entry 2 + hab\u0113re to have \u2014 more at habit entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8hi-b\u0259t",
|
|
"in-\u02c8hib-\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for inhibit forbid , prohibit , interdict , inhibit mean to debar one from doing something or to order that something not be done. forbid implies that the order is from one in authority and that obedience is expected. smoking is forbidden in the building prohibit suggests the issuing of laws, statutes, or regulations. prohibited the sale of liquor interdict implies prohibition by civil or ecclesiastical authority usually for a given time or a declared purpose. practices interdicted by the church inhibit implies restraints or restrictions that amount to prohibitions, not only by authority but also by the exigencies of the time or situation. conditions inhibiting the growth of free trade",
|
|
"synonyms":[
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"clog",
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"cramp",
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"embarrass",
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"encumber",
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"fetter",
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"hamper",
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"handcuff",
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"handicap",
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"hinder",
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"hobble",
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"hog-tie",
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"hold back",
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"hold up",
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"impede",
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"interfere (with)",
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"manacle",
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"obstruct",
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"shackle",
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"short-circuit",
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"stymie",
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"tie up",
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"trammel"
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"inhibited":{
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"antonyms":[
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"aid",
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"assist",
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"facilitate",
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"help"
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],
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": to cause inhibition":[],
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": to discourage from free or spontaneous activity especially through the operation of inner psychological or external social constraints":[],
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": to hold in check : restrain":[],
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": to prohibit from doing something":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"You shouldn't allow fear of failure to inhibit you.",
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"He was inhibited by modesty.",
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"Fear can inhibit people from expressing their opinions.",
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"drugs that are used to inhibit infection",
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"Strict laws are inhibiting economic growth.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Keeping the toilet clean is also easy, thanks to the skirted trap way and surface treatment that helps inhibit the growth of water scale and mineral stains. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
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"Modern humans often live under significant social pressures to inhibit their anxieties. \u2014 Tomas Chamorro-premuzic, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
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"And Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez called on Arizona lawmakers to reject a raft of bills that would inhibit Native peoples\u2019 ability to participate in state, local and federal elections. \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic , 17 Jan. 2022",
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"Amazon and its tech peers are already the focus of antitrust scrutiny, with Congress, the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department exploring whether these companies inhibit competition in their current forms. \u2014 Evelyn Freja, WSJ , 16 June 2021",
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"In Moscow, commentators have been increasingly calling on Russia to strike Ukrainian roads and railroads to inhibit the weapons transfers. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"As cholesterol continues to accumulate, the coronary arteries narrow and start to inhibit blood flow, according to the CDC. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, SELF , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Cool machine also has a medical-grade H13 HEPA filter, as well as interwoven silver strands that inhibit bacteria growth inside the evaporator. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"To remove the ivy growing in your yard, hand pull the vines and then cover with several inches of mulch to inhibit new growth. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"Middle English, from Latin inhibitus , past participle of inhib\u0113re , from in- in- entry 2 + hab\u0113re to have \u2014 more at habit entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"in-\u02c8hi-b\u0259t",
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"in-\u02c8hib-\u0259t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for inhibit forbid , prohibit , interdict , inhibit mean to debar one from doing something or to order that something not be done. forbid implies that the order is from one in authority and that obedience is expected. smoking is forbidden in the building prohibit suggests the issuing of laws, statutes, or regulations. prohibited the sale of liquor interdict implies prohibition by civil or ecclesiastical authority usually for a given time or a declared purpose. practices interdicted by the church inhibit implies restraints or restrictions that amount to prohibitions, not only by authority but also by the exigencies of the time or situation. conditions inhibiting the growth of free trade",
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"synonyms":[
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"clog",
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"cramp",
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"embarrass",
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"encumber",
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"fetter",
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"hamper",
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"handcuff",
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"handicap",
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"hinder",
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"hobble",
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"hog-tie",
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"hold back",
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"hold up",
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"impede",
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"interfere (with)",
|
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"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
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"shackle",
|
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"short-circuit",
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"stymie",
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"tie up",
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"trammel"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091601",
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"adjective",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"inhibition":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disinhibition",
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"incontinence",
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"unconstraint"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mental process imposing restraint upon behavior or another mental process (such as a desire)":[],
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": a restraining of the function of a bodily organ or an agent (such as an enzyme)":[],
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": an inner impediment to free activity, expression, or functioning: such as":[],
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": something that forbids, debars, or restricts":[],
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": the act of inhibiting : the state of being inhibited":[]
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"She laughed loudly and without inhibition .",
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"an innate inhibition made it difficult for him to tell his girlfriend what he was really feeling",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"At the same time, the part of the brain responsible for self- inhibition and control, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, became dormant. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 9 June 2022",
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"And of course, the Kardashian family has created a multibillion-dollar empire out of cunning, chutzpah, a complete lack of inhibition and a willingness to confect drama for ratings. \u2014 refinery29.com , 18 May 2022",
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"Everyone clamored for a chance to sing, and I was fascinated by their lack of inhibition . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"This approach teams up nicely with that thing that alcohol does, which is reduce my judgment and inhibition . \u2014 Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Thanks to a bolt of inspiration or the happy inhibition that comes with tippling, or maybe both, a new idea took shape. \u2014 Robin Catalano, Robb Report , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Assays revealed that the presence of SARS-CoV-2 NSP12 reduced levels of signaling proteins downstream of IRF3 (interferon regulatory factor 3), indicating that IRF3 was likely where inhibition took place. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
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"Her passion could be countered by inhibition , her tenacity by trepidation. \u2014 Blair Mcclendon, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
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"The Communist Party shows no inhibition about spreading falsehoods in this new misinformation effort. \u2014 Chen Guangcheng, WSJ , 29 Dec. 2021"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccin-h\u0259-\u02c8bi-sh\u0259n",
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"\u02ccin-(h)\u0259-\u02c8bish-\u0259n",
|
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"\u02cci-n\u0259-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"constraint",
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"continence",
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"discipline",
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"discretion",
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"refrainment",
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"repression",
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"reserve",
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"restraint",
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"self-command",
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"self-control",
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"self-restraint",
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"suppression"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212058",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"inhibitor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a substance that reduces or suppresses the activity of another substance (such as an enzyme)":[],
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": an agent that slows or interferes with a chemical action":[],
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": one that inhibits : such as":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"In 2014, Amgen sued its partners Sanofi and Regeneron over alleged patent infringement on its PCSK9 inhibitor , Repatha, successfully scuttling the drug\u2019s launch in the U.S. market. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Consistently, in structural biology analyses, the different substitutions reduced the number of interactions between the inhibitor and the enzyme. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
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"But Diaz had been looking for a way to test moving Keytruda or a drug like it, known as a checkpoint inhibitor , in patients whose cancer had not spread. \u2014 Matthew Herper, STAT , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The researchers believed that dostarlimab, a checkpoint inhibitor that exposes cancer cells to allow the immune system to fight them, would work well in the patients. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"The lack of guardrails is the principal inhibitor to a well-functioning ESG investment ecosystem. \u2014 R. Mukund, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In February 2018, Bristol Myers agreed to pay $1.85 billion, with a combination of cash and Nektar share purchases, to develop bempeg with Bristol\u2019s checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo. \u2014 Joseph Walker, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
|
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"Alternatively, your doctor may recommend a topical calcineurin inhibitor like tacrolimus or pimecrolimus as an alternative or in addition to steroids. \u2014 Stephanie Watson, SELF , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Quinapril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor that prevents blood vessels from narrowing, while hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic, which causes a person to urinate more and flushes out sodium in the body. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 23 Mar. 2022"
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],
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|
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"circa 1611, 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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"in-\u02c8hib-\u0259t-\u0259r",
|
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"in-\u02c8hi-b\u0259-t\u0259r"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114743",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"inhibits":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"aid",
|
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"assist",
|
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"facilitate",
|
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"help"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to cause inhibition":[],
|
|
": to discourage from free or spontaneous activity especially through the operation of inner psychological or external social constraints":[],
|
|
": to hold in check : restrain":[],
|
|
": to prohibit from doing something":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"You shouldn't allow fear of failure to inhibit you.",
|
|
"He was inhibited by modesty.",
|
|
"Fear can inhibit people from expressing their opinions.",
|
|
"drugs that are used to inhibit infection",
|
|
"Strict laws are inhibiting economic growth.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Keeping the toilet clean is also easy, thanks to the skirted trap way and surface treatment that helps inhibit the growth of water scale and mineral stains. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Modern humans often live under significant social pressures to inhibit their anxieties. \u2014 Tomas Chamorro-premuzic, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"And Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez called on Arizona lawmakers to reject a raft of bills that would inhibit Native peoples\u2019 ability to participate in state, local and federal elections. \u2014 Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Amazon and its tech peers are already the focus of antitrust scrutiny, with Congress, the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department exploring whether these companies inhibit competition in their current forms. \u2014 Evelyn Freja, WSJ , 16 June 2021",
|
|
"In Moscow, commentators have been increasingly calling on Russia to strike Ukrainian roads and railroads to inhibit the weapons transfers. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As cholesterol continues to accumulate, the coronary arteries narrow and start to inhibit blood flow, according to the CDC. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, SELF , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Cool machine also has a medical-grade H13 HEPA filter, as well as interwoven silver strands that inhibit bacteria growth inside the evaporator. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"To remove the ivy growing in your yard, hand pull the vines and then cover with several inches of mulch to inhibit new growth. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Latin inhibitus , past participle of inhib\u0113re , from in- in- entry 2 + hab\u0113re to have \u2014 more at habit entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"in-\u02c8hi-b\u0259t",
|
|
"in-\u02c8hib-\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for inhibit forbid , prohibit , interdict , inhibit mean to debar one from doing something or to order that something not be done. forbid implies that the order is from one in authority and that obedience is expected. smoking is forbidden in the building prohibit suggests the issuing of laws, statutes, or regulations. prohibited the sale of liquor interdict implies prohibition by civil or ecclesiastical authority usually for a given time or a declared purpose. practices interdicted by the church inhibit implies restraints or restrictions that amount to prohibitions, not only by authority but also by the exigencies of the time or situation. conditions inhibiting the growth of free trade",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hog-tie",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"short-circuit",
|
|
"stymie",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121644",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"transitive verb",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhospitable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"friendly",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
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"nonantagonistic",
|
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"nonhostile",
|
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"sympathetic"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": not showing hospitality : not friendly or receptive":[],
|
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": providing no shelter or sustenance":[
|
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"an inhospitable environment"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"It's very inhospitable of him to be so rude to strangers.",
|
|
"the proposal received an unexpectedly inhospitable response from the city council",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Salmon numbers have always fluctuated, but salmon biologists say the latest downturn is different: Climate change is making temperatures increasingly inhospitable to salmon, which need cold water. \u2014 ProPublica , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"That decision provoked fierce criticism from residents who said the city was making downtown inhospitable to Black and brown residents from the South and West Side, though Lightfoot defended the bridge raising as necessary to prevent civil unrest. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Lubbock, Texas designer Allison Fannin points out that ceramic tile lends itself to artistic expressions in locations like showers and pools that are inhospitable for other materials. \u2014 Jamie Gold, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"And the trips to the Pacific Northwest come on back-to-back Saturdays in November, when the weather could be inhospitable to desert dwellers. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Places that were cut off for certain species from occupying them because those places were inhospitable are now becoming hospitable due to a change in the climate. \u2014 Sahana Ghosh, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"IUDs, both hormonal and non-hormonal, work to create an inhospitable environment for sperm and implantation, while tubal ligation physically blocks or cuts the fallopian tubes to prevent eggs from meeting with sperm. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Employees who are trans, for instance, shouldn\u2019t need to feel the pressure to go back to an inhospitable environment so that others can experience spiritual growth. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The Carlton Reserve, located in Sarasota County not far from Laundrie's parents' home in North Port, is an inhospitable environment spanning nearly 25,000 acres. \u2014 Melissa Alonso, Dakin Andone And Travis Caldwell, CNN , 26 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8h\u00e4-spi-",
|
|
"\u02ccin-\u02cch\u00e4-\u02c8spi-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
|
|
"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8h\u00e4-(\u02cc)spi-",
|
|
"\u02ccin-(\u02cc)h\u00e4-\u02c8spi-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adversarial",
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
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"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105509",
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhuman":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cold , impersonal":[
|
|
"his usual quiet, almost inhuman courtesy",
|
|
"\u2014 F. Tennyson Jesse"
|
|
],
|
|
": lacking pity, kindness, or mercy : savage":[
|
|
"an inhuman tyrant"
|
|
],
|
|
": not worthy of or conforming to the needs of human beings":[
|
|
"inhuman living conditions"
|
|
],
|
|
": of or suggesting a nonhuman class of beings":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He let out an inhuman moan.",
|
|
"She had an almost inhuman desire to succeed.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The 18th and 19th centuries were full of wars, too, but no one concluded from them that music should consist largely of dissonant harmonies, inhuman rhythms and charmless sound patterns. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Bernie, despite his age, has an inhuman amount of energy, an almost maniacal desire to always move forward, and a stubbornness that would not let a quart of blood on the floor of the Charleston Airport DoubleTree disrupt his day. \u2014 Ari Rabin-havt, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"What if a large company used infantilizing cutesy advertising, effective PR, and weak government oversight to cover up inhumane, inhuman activities",
|
|
"Yet the same principle that applies in life applies with equal force in literature: likability is boring and, at the limit, inhuman . \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Many Iranians, after 43 years of inhuman theocracy, miss their king. \u2014 Cyrill Matter, Town & Country , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This is Russia's cowardly and inhuman strategy of war against civilians: to bring terror and torture. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But a deeper audit of its performance also turned up inhuman mistakes, such as misdiagnosing severe fractures in certain instances. \u2014 Casey Ross, STAT , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In his confrontation scene with Rodriguez, Steiger does things that are almost inhuman in their emotional extremity. \u2014 Isaac Butler, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English inhumayne , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French inhumain , from Latin inhumanus , from in- + humanus human":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259n",
|
|
"-\u02c8y\u00fc-",
|
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"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bitter",
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"brutal",
|
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"burdensome",
|
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"cruel",
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"excruciating",
|
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"grievous",
|
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"grim",
|
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"hard",
|
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"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
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"rugged",
|
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"searing",
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"severe",
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"stiff",
|
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"tough",
|
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"trying"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053457",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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|
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|
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},
|
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"inhumane":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
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"humane",
|
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"kindhearted",
|
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"kindly",
|
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"merciful",
|
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"sensitive",
|
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"softhearted",
|
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"sympathetic",
|
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"tender",
|
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"tenderhearted",
|
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"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": not humane : inhuman sense 1":[
|
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"the inhumane treatment of prisoners"
|
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[
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"inhumane wardens who regularly ignored the crying children in their care",
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"an inhumane dictator who tortured and murdered thousands of his own people",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"We Americans must demand Israeli accountability and American complicity for the chronic inhumane conditions of Palestinians. \u2014 Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
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"The Biden administration tried to end that program, calling it inhumane , but a court ordered that it be restored. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
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"Safe from the threat of inhumane captivity or elimination, the horses are even reunited with their original family groups when possible. \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 17 June 2022",
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"Israelis are also allowed to make the most inhumane comments. \u2014 Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
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"To sequel, the chemistry between Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels is otherworldly, and Carrey's gifts at pulling laughs from the funniest, silliest, and, well, dumbest stuff are just on an inhumane level. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
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"When bitten into, during the inhumane ordeal of commercial air travel, this mammoth creation\u2014both oddly nostalgic and obscenely indulgent, maybe a bit like Los Angeles itself\u2014feels like a small, rebellious act of pleasure. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 10 June 2022",
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"Billions of animals are slaughtered daily after living in crowded and inhumane feedlots. \u2014 Errol Schweizer, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
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"In the end, rather than convincing us that Chernobyl was a typical nuclear accident, Mr. Plokhy\u2019s assiduous account shows that the disaster was the product of a uniquely corrupt and inhumane political system. \u2014 James B. Meigs, WSJ , 20 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1536, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French inhumain & Latin inhumanus":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-(\u02cc)y\u00fc-",
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"-y\u00fc-",
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"\u02ccin-hy\u00fc-\u02c8m\u0101n",
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"\u02ccin-(\u02cc)hy\u00fc-\u02c8m\u0101n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"affectless",
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"callous",
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"case-hardened",
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"cold-blooded",
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"compassionless",
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"desensitized",
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"hard",
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"hard-boiled",
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"hard-hearted",
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"heartless",
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"indurate",
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"inhuman",
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"insensate",
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"insensitive",
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"ironhearted",
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"merciless",
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"obdurate",
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"pachydermatous",
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"pitiless",
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"remorseless",
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"ruthless",
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"slash-and-burn",
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"soulless",
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"stony",
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"stoney",
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"stonyhearted",
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"take-no-prisoners",
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"thick-skinned",
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"uncharitable",
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"unfeeling",
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"unmerciful",
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"unsparing",
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"unsympathetic"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011545",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"inhumanity":{
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"antonyms":[
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"benignity",
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"compassion",
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"good-heartedness",
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"humaneness",
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"humanity",
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"kindheartedness",
|
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"kindness",
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"sympathy",
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"tenderheartedness"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a cruel or barbarous act":[],
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": absence of warmth or geniality : impersonality":[],
|
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": the quality or state of being cruel or barbarous":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"man's inhumanity to man has been a recurring theme in human history",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"At a time when the country is spinning in circles trying to make sense of race, ward off inhumanity and define social justice, Parks\u2019s artistic heirs are uniquely positioned to shed light, offer guidance and question the status quo. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
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"South Texas was a regular witness to an apparatus of inhumanity and cruelty under the guise of an immigration and border security apparatus. \u2014 Palabra, al , 7 June 2022",
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"Growing Abolition\u2019s greenhouse was built to illustrate the inhumanity of ADX Florence after sumell met a solitary gardener confined there. \u2014 Abigail Glasgow, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
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"What Roberts calls empathy is more commonly and more accurately known as paranoia, combined here with rampant inhumanity , both of which Stalin possessed in superabundance. \u2014 Algis Valiunas, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The secretary of state noted the importance of calling attention to inhumanity even as horrific attacks occur elsewhere in the world, including Ukraine. \u2014 Ben Fox, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The inhumanity of such a statement has to be a matter of character. \u2014 David Pryce-jones, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The secretary of state noted the importance of calling attention to inhumanity even as horrific attacks occur elsewhere in the world, including Ukraine. \u2014 Ben Fox, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The secretary of state noted the importance of calling attention to inhumanity even as horrific attacks occur elsewhere in the world, including Ukraine. \u2014 Ben Fox, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-(\u02cc)y\u00fc-",
|
|
"\u02ccin-hy\u00fc-\u02c8ma-n\u0259-t\u0113",
|
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"\u02ccin-(\u02cc)hy\u00fc-\u02c8ma-n\u0259-t\u0113"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165304",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhumanness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cold , impersonal":[
|
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"his usual quiet, almost inhuman courtesy",
|
|
"\u2014 F. Tennyson Jesse"
|
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],
|
|
": lacking pity, kindness, or mercy : savage":[
|
|
"an inhuman tyrant"
|
|
],
|
|
": not worthy of or conforming to the needs of human beings":[
|
|
"inhuman living conditions"
|
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],
|
|
": of or suggesting a nonhuman class of beings":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"He let out an inhuman moan.",
|
|
"She had an almost inhuman desire to succeed.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The 18th and 19th centuries were full of wars, too, but no one concluded from them that music should consist largely of dissonant harmonies, inhuman rhythms and charmless sound patterns. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Bernie, despite his age, has an inhuman amount of energy, an almost maniacal desire to always move forward, and a stubbornness that would not let a quart of blood on the floor of the Charleston Airport DoubleTree disrupt his day. \u2014 Ari Rabin-havt, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"What if a large company used infantilizing cutesy advertising, effective PR, and weak government oversight to cover up inhumane, inhuman activities",
|
|
"Yet the same principle that applies in life applies with equal force in literature: likability is boring and, at the limit, inhuman . \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Many Iranians, after 43 years of inhuman theocracy, miss their king. \u2014 Cyrill Matter, Town & Country , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This is Russia's cowardly and inhuman strategy of war against civilians: to bring terror and torture. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But a deeper audit of its performance also turned up inhuman mistakes, such as misdiagnosing severe fractures in certain instances. \u2014 Casey Ross, STAT , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In his confrontation scene with Rodriguez, Steiger does things that are almost inhuman in their emotional extremity. \u2014 Isaac Butler, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English inhumayne , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French inhumain , from Latin inhumanus , from in- + humanus human":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259n",
|
|
"-\u02c8y\u00fc-",
|
|
"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"trying"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112337",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhumation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"exhume",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bury , inter":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were so many dead that it was impossible to inhume them all promptly",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 3 Mar. 2017",
|
|
"Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 3 Mar. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from French inhumer , from Medieval Latin inhumare , from Latin in- + humus earth \u2014 more at humble":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8hy\u00fcm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"entomb",
|
|
"hearse",
|
|
"inter",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"tomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101613",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhume":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"exhume",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bury , inter":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were so many dead that it was impossible to inhume them all promptly",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 3 Mar. 2017",
|
|
"Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 3 Mar. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from French inhumer , from Medieval Latin inhumare , from Latin in- + humus earth \u2014 more at humble":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8hy\u00fcm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"entomb",
|
|
"hearse",
|
|
"inter",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"tomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055806",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhabitant":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one that occupies a particular place regularly, routinely, or for a period of time":[
|
|
"inhabitants of large cities",
|
|
"the tapeworm is an inhabitant of the intestine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8ha-b\u0259-t\u0259nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabiter",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider",
|
|
"tenant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"transient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Danilo, 96 years old, is the last inhabitant of his village in Ourense. \u2014 WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The village's last inhabitant , says Di Ciacca, was a distant great aunt who passed away in 1969. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Danilo, 96 years old, is the last inhabitant of his village in Ourense. \u2014 WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"In the surgical theater, the body is sacred only to its inhabitant . \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Danilo, 96 years old, is the last inhabitant of his village in Ourense. \u2014 WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Danilo, 96 years old, is the last inhabitant of his village in Ourense. \u2014 WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Cases in Denmark, one of the first countries on the continent to be hit hard by Omicron had almost four times as many daily new cases per million inhabitant this week as the U.S., according to Oxford University\u2019s Our World in Data. \u2014 Denise Roland, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Danilo, 96 years old, is the last inhabitant of his village in Ourense. \u2014 Isabel Coles, WSJ , 8 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154900"
|
|
},
|
|
"inhabile":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": not fit or qualified":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)in+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from Latin inhabilis , from in- in- entry 1 + habilis easily managed, apt, skillful":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162009"
|
|
},
|
|
"inhabitate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": inhabit":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin inhabitatus , past participle":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194926"
|
|
},
|
|
"INH":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"isoniazid":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"iso-nicotinic acid hydrazide":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203739"
|
|
},
|
|
"inheritor":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to receive from an ancestor as a right or title descendible by law at the ancestor's death":[],
|
|
": to receive as a devise or legacy":[],
|
|
": to receive from a parent or ancestor by genetic transmission":[
|
|
"inherit a defective enzyme"
|
|
],
|
|
": to have in turn or receive as if from an ancestor":[
|
|
"inherited the problem from his predecessor"
|
|
],
|
|
": to come into possession of or receive especially as a right or divine portion":[
|
|
"and every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters \u2026 for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life",
|
|
"\u2014 Matthew 19:29 (Revised Standard Version)"
|
|
],
|
|
": to take or hold a possession or rights by inheritance":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-\u0259t",
|
|
"in-\u02c8her-it",
|
|
"-\u02c8he-r\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She inherited the family business from her father.",
|
|
"Baldness is inherited from the mother's side of the family.",
|
|
"She inherited her father's deep blue eyes.",
|
|
"She inherited a love of baseball from her dad.",
|
|
"When my brother left for college, I inherited his old computer.",
|
|
"The company's new president will inherit some complicated legal problems.",
|
|
"When the coach quit, her assistant inherited a last-place team.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"He is survived by his wife, who will inherit his 25% stake in the holding company, and six children, who each own 12.5% of Delfin. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
|
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"This group might include those who inherit or acquire wealth as well as those born with athletic, musical or financial talent and those who are considered highly attractive or magnetic. \u2014 Dennis Jaffe, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
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"Featuring exclusive reporting, insider interviews and archive footage, the series goes behind the scenes of Rupert Murdoch\u2019s improbable rise and the intense succession battle between his children over who will inherit his empire. \u2014 Beth Marengo, CNN , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Unlike her cousins, Sybbie stands to inherit no house upon her father\u2019s death. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Sissee, who came to inherit the store, moved F. Suie One to its current location in the early 1980s. \u2014 Michelle Terris, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Kaikeyi\u2019s biological son, Bharata, had seemed set to inherit the throne, but the king decides to install Rama instead. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Even the singer\u2019s widower, Chris P\u00e9rez, who was legally first in line to inherit Selena\u2019s properties as husband, was quickly stripped away from it all. \u2014 Isabela Raygoza, refinery29.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The generation also stands to inherit an enormous amount of money from their baby boomer parents. \u2014 R.j. Shook, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English enheriten \"to give (a person) right of inheritance, make (a person) heir, come into possession of as an heir,\" borrowed from Anglo-French enheriter, going back to Late Latin inh\u0113r\u0113dit\u0101re \"to appoint as heir,\" from Latin in- in- entry 2 + Late Latin h\u0113r\u0113dit\u0101re \"to leave as an inheritance, inherit, make an heir\" \u2014 more at heritage":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213138"
|
|
},
|
|
"inholding":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
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": privately owned land inside the boundary of a national park":[]
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},
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"\u02c8in-\u02cch\u014dl-di\u014b"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Surrounded by 20 acres of private land, the camp sits on an inholding within Lake Clark National Park, renowned for some of the best bear viewing in the world. \u2014 Sandra Macgregor, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Sheldon Chalet is a small, luxury lodge located on a private inholding within the park, about 10 miles from the Denali summit. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 5 Apr. 2021",
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"The private inholding surrounded by public land had been a top priority for the Forest Service for several years and at one point had been offered for subdivisions. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 7 Oct. 2020",
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"The historic private inholding sits in a high alpine bowl above Independence Mine. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2018",
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"The nearly 5-acre Sheldon property sits on an inholding within the Denali National Park, according to Tucker Carlson, a National Park Service ranger who works at the Talkeetna visitor center. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1947, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224835"
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},
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"inhabitance":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": residence":[
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"grateful for his almost solitary inhabitance of the city",
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"\u2014 William Saroyan"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-b\u0259t\u0259n(t)s",
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"-b\u0259t\u0259n- also -b\u0259t\u1d4an-"
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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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"inhabit + -ance":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013703"
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},
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"inhabiter":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat : live in":[
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"inhabit a small house"
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],
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": to be present in or occupy in any manner or form":[
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"the human beings who inhabit this tale",
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"\u2014 Al Newman"
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],
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": to have residence in a place : dwell":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"in-\u02c8ha-b\u0259t"
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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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"Several hundred species of birds inhabit the island.",
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"This part of the country is inhabited by native tribes.",
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"There is a romantic quality that inhabits all her paintings.",
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"The novel is inhabited by a cast of eccentric characters.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Often mistaken for alligators, caimans typically inhabit the swamps and rivers of Mexico, Central and South America. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 7 June 2022",
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"Stewart and Speedman both inhabit highly enigmatic personalities, and Nadia Litz and Tanaya Beatty shine as technicians who are essentially Cronenberg\u2019s resident Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
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"Rarely does Diaz inhabit the perspective of the worker, except when that worker comes within proximity to power (like Ida). \u2014 Jane Hu, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
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"Some of them inhabit as much as 80 to 90% of the human population. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
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"Large wire-and-concrete sculptures inhabit the beach. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 11 May 2022",
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"The more ordinary male mortals that inhabit the town \u2014 women are invisible, aside from one police officer (Sarah Twomey) \u2014 are only marginally less irksome, even if their micro-aggressions initially seem less of a threat. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
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"Some of them inhabit as much as 80 to 90% of the human population. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
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"Christopher Bohan, Jourdan Lewanda and Nicole Sumlin fully inhabit the roles of Vanya the incurable schlub, Sonia the underappreciated maiden, and Ella, the glamorous outsider on whom almost everyone has a crush. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English enhabiten , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French inhabiter, enhabiter , from Latin inhabitare , from in- + habitare to dwell, frequentative of hab\u0113re to have \u2014 more at give":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070454"
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},
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"inhabitancy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": inhabitation":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"in-\u02c8ha-b\u0259-t\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
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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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"1681, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110910"
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},
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"inhospitality":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or state of being inhospitable":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)in-\u02cch\u00e4-sp\u0259-\u02c8ta-l\u0259-t\u0113"
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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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"The inhospitality of the vaccinated body to SARS-CoV-2 is what\u2019s given many researchers hope that long COVID, too, will be rarer among the immunized, though that connection is still being explored. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 26 July 2021",
|
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"Here, there are no villains, just the cruel inhospitality of space, dumb luck and the different taxonomies of heroism, decency and sacrifice that the Kingfisher crew members represent. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2021",
|
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"What some might see as severity or inhospitality is to its occupant a reminder to live and design deliberately. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2021",
|
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"And yet the Mall in Washington is commonly regarded as America\u2019s noblest civic space, while the plaza in Albany is seen as a monstrous failure, vicious in its inhospitality . \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, National Review , 3 Sep. 2020",
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"For more than a year after his election in 2018, Salvini was happy to hold the spotlight, taking the credit and the blame for Europe\u2019s inhospitality to migrants. \u2014 Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic , 17 Oct. 2019",
|
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"Krawcheck\u2019s flameout generated countless pages of commentary about Wall Street\u2019s inhospitality to women. \u2014 Clifton Leaf, Fortune , 23 Sep. 2019",
|
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"Family separation at the border and another measure Damus knows first hand, detention of asylum seekers, also point to the current American inhospitality . \u2014 Michael K. Mcintyre, cleveland.com , 14 July 2019",
|
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"The corporate world is even mimicking academia in its inhospitality to nonconforming speakers. \u2014 Heather Mac Donald, WSJ , 14 Aug. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1576, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114713"
|
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},
|
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"inhabitable":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat : live in":[
|
|
"inhabit a small house"
|
|
],
|
|
": to be present in or occupy in any manner or form":[
|
|
"the human beings who inhabit this tale",
|
|
"\u2014 Al Newman"
|
|
],
|
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": to have residence in a place : dwell":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"in-\u02c8ha-b\u0259t"
|
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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":[
|
|
"Several hundred species of birds inhabit the island.",
|
|
"This part of the country is inhabited by native tribes.",
|
|
"There is a romantic quality that inhabits all her paintings.",
|
|
"The novel is inhabited by a cast of eccentric characters.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Often mistaken for alligators, caimans typically inhabit the swamps and rivers of Mexico, Central and South America. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Stewart and Speedman both inhabit highly enigmatic personalities, and Nadia Litz and Tanaya Beatty shine as technicians who are essentially Cronenberg\u2019s resident Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Rarely does Diaz inhabit the perspective of the worker, except when that worker comes within proximity to power (like Ida). \u2014 Jane Hu, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Some of them inhabit as much as 80 to 90% of the human population. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Large wire-and-concrete sculptures inhabit the beach. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"The more ordinary male mortals that inhabit the town \u2014 women are invisible, aside from one police officer (Sarah Twomey) \u2014 are only marginally less irksome, even if their micro-aggressions initially seem less of a threat. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Some of them inhabit as much as 80 to 90% of the human population. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Christopher Bohan, Jourdan Lewanda and Nicole Sumlin fully inhabit the roles of Vanya the incurable schlub, Sonia the underappreciated maiden, and Ella, the glamorous outsider on whom almost everyone has a crush. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 25 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English enhabiten , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French inhabiter, enhabiter , from Latin inhabitare , from in- + habitare to dwell, frequentative of hab\u0113re to have \u2014 more at give":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121556"
|
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},
|
|
"inhospital":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": inhospitable":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from Middle French, from Latin inhospitalis , from in- in- entry 1 + hospitalis hospitable":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171803"
|
|
},
|
|
"inhaust":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": inhale , imbibe":[
|
|
"inhausting mint juleps",
|
|
"\u2014 Virginius Dabney"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8h\u022fst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"in- entry 2 + -haust (as in exhaust )":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222815"
|
|
},
|
|
"inhomogeneity":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the condition or an instance of not being homogeneous":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"also nonstandard -\u02c8n\u012b-",
|
|
"especially British -\u02cch\u00e4-m\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02ccin-\u02cch\u014d-m\u0259-j\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-\u0259t-\u0113, -\u02c8n\u0101-; especially British -\u02cch\u00e4m-\u0259-",
|
|
"(\u02cc)in-\u02cch\u014d-m\u0259-j\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-\u0259-t\u0113",
|
|
"-\u02c8n\u0101-"
|
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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",
|
|
"At that time, various physicists, including Hawking, were trying to patch up a serious problem (too much inhomogeneity ) in Guth\u2019s original inflation theory. \u2014 Alan Lightman, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014740"
|
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}
|
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} |