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{
"sovereign":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty":[],
": one that exercises supreme authority within a limited sphere":[],
": an acknowledged leader : arbiter":[],
": any of various gold coins of the United Kingdom":[],
": superlative in quality":[],
": of the most exalted kind : supreme":[
"sovereign virtue"
],
": having generalized curative powers":[
"a sovereign remedy"
],
": of an unqualified nature : unmitigated":[
"sovereign contempt"
],
": having undisputed ascendancy : paramount":[],
": possessed of supreme power":[
"a sovereign ruler"
],
": unlimited in extent : absolute":[],
": enjoying autonomy : independent":[
"sovereign states"
],
": relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a supreme ruler : royal":[
"a sovereign right"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n",
"also \u02c8s\u0259-",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n, \u02c8s\u0259-, -v\u0259-r\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-v(\u0259-)r\u0259n",
"-v\u0259rn",
"\u02c8s\u00e4v-(\u0259-)r\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-v\u0259-r\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"autocrat",
"monarch",
"potentate",
"ruler"
],
"antonyms":[
"arch",
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"grand",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"supreme"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sovereign Adjective free , independent , sovereign , autonomous mean not subject to the rule or control of another. free stresses the complete absence of external rule and the full right to make all of one's own decisions. you're free to do as you like independent implies a standing alone; applied to a state it implies lack of connection with any other having power to interfere with its citizens, laws, or policies. the colony's struggle to become independent sovereign stresses the absence of a superior power and implies supremacy within a thing's own domain or sphere. separate and sovereign armed services autonomous stresses independence in matters pertaining to self-government. in this denomination each congregation is regarded as autonomous",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Ricky Martin, sovereign of Latin pop culture, is back. \u2014 Raquel Cepeda , Vibe , May 1999",
"During these two centuries the throne of Scotland was occupied by no more than seven sovereigns of only four different generations. \u2014 G. W. S. Barrow , The Anglo-Norman Era In Scottish History , 1980",
"after the current sovereign dies, the monarchy may be abolished",
"Adjective",
"Local officials and a huge and enthusiastic crowd greeted Napoleon at the Portoferraio harbor. The Allies had granted him the title of Emperor of Elba, which was to be a sovereign state under his jurisdiction. \u2014 David Pryce-Jones , National Review , 4 July 2005",
"If Cleopatra VII used her own personality more like Elizabeth I than Elizabeth II, she seems to have had the latter Elizabeth's sovereign sense of duty\u2014as well as her fertility: With a dispatch usually associated with the gods, Cleopatra bore Caesar a son called Caesarion\u2014\"little Caesar\"\u2014in 47 B.C.E., the year after they met (she was twenty-one, he fifty-two). \u2014 Ingrid D. Rowland , New Republic , 1 & 8 April 2002",
"the sovereign power of a king",
"The government's sovereign duty is to protect the rights of its citizens.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Trooping the Color military pageantry has been used to mark the birthday of the British sovereign for more than 260 years, so there were no surprises Thursday, apart from the queen\u2019s initial, unscheduled appearance on the balcony. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The Trooping the Color military pageantry has been used to mark the birthday of the British sovereign for more than 260 years, so there were no surprises on Thursday, apart from the queen\u2019s initial, unscheduled, appearance on the balcony. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"This may be due to their clients all moving money at once, the need to reduce exposure to a certain risk, or the impact of big buyers like central banks and sovereign -wealth funds. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Big names are scampering off to join a flush new league with a controversial financial backer: the Saudi sovereign -wealth fund. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"During her days as queen, the long-reigning sovereign has seen the monarchy go from a reclusive entity to a full-fledged member of the digital age, presided over the decline of the British Empire, and seen the scope of her reign diminish. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"The service of thanksgiving took place a day after the celebrations opened with the glittering military parade known as Trooping the Color, an event that has marked the sovereign 's official birthday for some 260 years. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"First is the Trooping the Color, an annual military review that has marked the sovereign 's official birthday since 1760. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"David is a stand-in for Heraclius, the relentlessly warring Roman sovereign . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Constitution does not say states are sovereign or shielded from federal laws. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"Jonathan Eyal, an associate director at the Royal United Services Institute, a London think tank, said these developments were prompted by a sense of alarm in Europe at seeing the Kremlin launch an unprovoked assault on a sovereign democracy. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
"Investors had already priced this in, with dollar- and euro-denominated Russian sovereign bonds trading down roughly 75% since March. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"The engine of the vision is the Public Investment Fund, or PIF, a reservoir of state assets and oil revenues that has become one of the world\u2019s three largest sovereign wealth funds. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 June 2022",
"Ingeniously, the Framers divided power horizontally among the branches, and vertically among the federal government and the sovereign states. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 20 June 2022",
"Both of the men claimed to be sovereign citizens and a records check revealed that they were prohibited from owning firearms. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 20 June 2022",
"Still, this authoritative work is likely to inform both longtime fans and new followers about the role of royal diplomacy and Queen Elizabeth\u2019s evolution from young monarch to seasoned sovereign . \u2014 Autumn Brewington, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"That follows an extraordinary session of the European Central Bank designed to calm down the sovereign bond markets there, and keep the euro from sinking further. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English soverain , from Anglo-French soverein , from soverein , adjective \u2014 see sovereign entry 2":"Noun",
"Middle English soverain , from Anglo-French soverein , from Vulgar Latin *superanus , from Latin super over, above \u2014 more at over":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142317"
},
"sovereignty":{
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"heteronomy",
"subjection",
"unfreedom"
],
"definitions":{
": controlling influence":[],
": freedom from external control : autonomy":[],
": supreme excellence or an example of it":[],
": supreme power especially over a body politic":[]
},
"examples":[
"Nor was the sovereignty of the Native Hawaiian race recognized at the time Hawaii became a state. \u2014 Ramesh Ponnuru , National Review , 18 July 2005",
"Cesaire's wrenching chant of self-affirmation announced a new era of intellectual and cultural sovereignty for black writers in French. \u2014 Lila Azam Zanganeh , New York Times Book Review , 12 June 2005",
"The position plunged him into a supremely complicated religious and political game. Throughout Europe the old order of divinely sanctioned kingdoms was battling models of popular sovereignty and citizenship inspired by the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the adolescent U.S. \u2014 David Van Biema , Time , 4 Sept. 2000",
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life",
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hours before China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong 25 years ago, Emily Lau and a group of fellow lawmakers tied a yellow ribbon around the city\u2019s legislature to signify their fight for greater democracy would continue. \u2014 Dan Strumpf, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"And now on Friday, the Supreme Court stripped away women\u2019s sovereignty over their bodies for the first time in 50 years. \u2014 Edward Sullivan, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"China's ruling Communist Party claims sovereignty over the self-ruling democracy of Taiwan, despite having never governed it. \u2014 Nectar Gan, Brad Lendon, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said Ukraine\u2019s goal is restoring full sovereignty over its territory, and called for continued Western military support to make that possible. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"Opponents also see the plans as part of a grander political strategy to erase the line between East and West Jerusalem and strengthen Israel\u2019s claim to sovereignty over all of Jerusalem. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"All sides face high stakes, with issues of peace, sovereignty , and self-determination on the line. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 May 2022",
"Voters would instead choose between three options: statehood, sovereignty in free association with the U.S., and independence. \u2014 Lilia Luciano And Cristina Corujo, CBS News , 23 May 2022",
"Because Macron\u2019s position in late 2019 was that the whole future of the European project, European sovereignty , depended upon a rapprochement with Russia and treating Russia as a country that was also part of European civilization. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 20 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English soverainte , from Anglo-French sovereint\u00e9 , from soverein \u2014 see sovereign entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-v(\u0259-)r\u0259n-t\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n-t\u0113, \u02c8s\u0259-, -v\u0259-r\u0259n-",
"-v\u0259rn-t\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n-",
"also \u02c8s\u0259-",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-v\u0259-r\u0259n-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-determination",
"self-governance",
"self-government"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105132",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sovran":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty":[],
": one that exercises supreme authority within a limited sphere":[],
": an acknowledged leader : arbiter":[],
": any of various gold coins of the United Kingdom":[],
": superlative in quality":[],
": of the most exalted kind : supreme":[
"sovereign virtue"
],
": having generalized curative powers":[
"a sovereign remedy"
],
": of an unqualified nature : unmitigated":[
"sovereign contempt"
],
": having undisputed ascendancy : paramount":[],
": possessed of supreme power":[
"a sovereign ruler"
],
": unlimited in extent : absolute":[],
": enjoying autonomy : independent":[
"sovereign states"
],
": relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a supreme ruler : royal":[
"a sovereign right"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-v\u0259-r\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n, \u02c8s\u0259-, -v\u0259-r\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u00e4v-(\u0259-)r\u0259n",
"also \u02c8s\u0259-",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-v(\u0259-)r\u0259n",
"-v\u0259rn"
],
"synonyms":[
"autocrat",
"monarch",
"potentate",
"ruler"
],
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"arch",
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"grand",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"supreme"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sovereign Adjective free , independent , sovereign , autonomous mean not subject to the rule or control of another. free stresses the complete absence of external rule and the full right to make all of one's own decisions. you're free to do as you like independent implies a standing alone; applied to a state it implies lack of connection with any other having power to interfere with its citizens, laws, or policies. the colony's struggle to become independent sovereign stresses the absence of a superior power and implies supremacy within a thing's own domain or sphere. separate and sovereign armed services autonomous stresses independence in matters pertaining to self-government. in this denomination each congregation is regarded as autonomous",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Ricky Martin, sovereign of Latin pop culture, is back. \u2014 Raquel Cepeda , Vibe , May 1999",
"During these two centuries the throne of Scotland was occupied by no more than seven sovereigns of only four different generations. \u2014 G. W. S. Barrow , The Anglo-Norman Era In Scottish History , 1980",
"after the current sovereign dies, the monarchy may be abolished",
"Adjective",
"Local officials and a huge and enthusiastic crowd greeted Napoleon at the Portoferraio harbor. The Allies had granted him the title of Emperor of Elba, which was to be a sovereign state under his jurisdiction. \u2014 David Pryce-Jones , National Review , 4 July 2005",
"If Cleopatra VII used her own personality more like Elizabeth I than Elizabeth II, she seems to have had the latter Elizabeth's sovereign sense of duty\u2014as well as her fertility: With a dispatch usually associated with the gods, Cleopatra bore Caesar a son called Caesarion\u2014\"little Caesar\"\u2014in 47 B.C.E., the year after they met (she was twenty-one, he fifty-two). \u2014 Ingrid D. Rowland , New Republic , 1 & 8 April 2002",
"the sovereign power of a king",
"The government's sovereign duty is to protect the rights of its citizens.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Trooping the Color military pageantry has been used to mark the birthday of the British sovereign for more than 260 years, so there were no surprises Thursday, apart from the queen\u2019s initial, unscheduled appearance on the balcony. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The Trooping the Color military pageantry has been used to mark the birthday of the British sovereign for more than 260 years, so there were no surprises on Thursday, apart from the queen\u2019s initial, unscheduled, appearance on the balcony. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"This may be due to their clients all moving money at once, the need to reduce exposure to a certain risk, or the impact of big buyers like central banks and sovereign -wealth funds. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Big names are scampering off to join a flush new league with a controversial financial backer: the Saudi sovereign -wealth fund. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"During her days as queen, the long-reigning sovereign has seen the monarchy go from a reclusive entity to a full-fledged member of the digital age, presided over the decline of the British Empire, and seen the scope of her reign diminish. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2022",
"The service of thanksgiving took place a day after the celebrations opened with the glittering military parade known as Trooping the Color, an event that has marked the sovereign 's official birthday for some 260 years. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
"First is the Trooping the Color, an annual military review that has marked the sovereign 's official birthday since 1760. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"David is a stand-in for Heraclius, the relentlessly warring Roman sovereign . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Constitution does not say states are sovereign or shielded from federal laws. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"Jonathan Eyal, an associate director at the Royal United Services Institute, a London think tank, said these developments were prompted by a sense of alarm in Europe at seeing the Kremlin launch an unprovoked assault on a sovereign democracy. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
"Investors had already priced this in, with dollar- and euro-denominated Russian sovereign bonds trading down roughly 75% since March. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"The engine of the vision is the Public Investment Fund, or PIF, a reservoir of state assets and oil revenues that has become one of the world\u2019s three largest sovereign wealth funds. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 June 2022",
"Ingeniously, the Framers divided power horizontally among the branches, and vertically among the federal government and the sovereign states. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 20 June 2022",
"Both of the men claimed to be sovereign citizens and a records check revealed that they were prohibited from owning firearms. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 20 June 2022",
"Still, this authoritative work is likely to inform both longtime fans and new followers about the role of royal diplomacy and Queen Elizabeth\u2019s evolution from young monarch to seasoned sovereign . \u2014 Autumn Brewington, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"That follows an extraordinary session of the European Central Bank designed to calm down the sovereign bond markets there, and keep the euro from sinking further. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English soverain , from Anglo-French soverein , from soverein , adjective \u2014 see sovereign entry 2":"Noun",
"Middle English soverain , from Anglo-French soverein , from Vulgar Latin *superanus , from Latin super over, above \u2014 more at over":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123904"
},
"sovranty":{
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"heteronomy",
"subjection",
"unfreedom"
],
"definitions":{
": controlling influence":[],
": freedom from external control : autonomy":[],
": supreme excellence or an example of it":[],
": supreme power especially over a body politic":[]
},
"examples":[
"Nor was the sovereignty of the Native Hawaiian race recognized at the time Hawaii became a state. \u2014 Ramesh Ponnuru , National Review , 18 July 2005",
"Cesaire's wrenching chant of self-affirmation announced a new era of intellectual and cultural sovereignty for black writers in French. \u2014 Lila Azam Zanganeh , New York Times Book Review , 12 June 2005",
"The position plunged him into a supremely complicated religious and political game. Throughout Europe the old order of divinely sanctioned kingdoms was battling models of popular sovereignty and citizenship inspired by the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the adolescent U.S. \u2014 David Van Biema , Time , 4 Sept. 2000",
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life",
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hours before China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong 25 years ago, Emily Lau and a group of fellow lawmakers tied a yellow ribbon around the city\u2019s legislature to signify their fight for greater democracy would continue. \u2014 Dan Strumpf, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"And now on Friday, the Supreme Court stripped away women\u2019s sovereignty over their bodies for the first time in 50 years. \u2014 Edward Sullivan, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"China's ruling Communist Party claims sovereignty over the self-ruling democracy of Taiwan, despite having never governed it. \u2014 Nectar Gan, Brad Lendon, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said Ukraine\u2019s goal is restoring full sovereignty over its territory, and called for continued Western military support to make that possible. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"Opponents also see the plans as part of a grander political strategy to erase the line between East and West Jerusalem and strengthen Israel\u2019s claim to sovereignty over all of Jerusalem. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"All sides face high stakes, with issues of peace, sovereignty , and self-determination on the line. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 May 2022",
"Voters would instead choose between three options: statehood, sovereignty in free association with the U.S., and independence. \u2014 Lilia Luciano And Cristina Corujo, CBS News , 23 May 2022",
"Because Macron\u2019s position in late 2019 was that the whole future of the European project, European sovereignty , depended upon a rapprochement with Russia and treating Russia as a country that was also part of European civilization. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 20 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English soverainte , from Anglo-French sovereint\u00e9 , from soverein \u2014 see sovereign entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-v\u0259-r\u0259n-t\u0113",
"also \u02c8s\u0259-",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n-t\u0113, \u02c8s\u0259-, -v\u0259-r\u0259n-",
"-v\u0259rn-t\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-v(\u0259-)r\u0259n-t\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u00e4-vr\u0259n-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-determination",
"self-governance",
"self-government"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171825",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sovenance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": remembrance":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English sovenaunce , from Middle French sovenance, souvenance , from ( se ) sovenir, (se) souvenir to remember + -ance":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221825"
},
"SOV":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": sovereign , pound":[],
"sovereign":[],
"soviet":[],
"shut-off valve":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4v"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for sovereign entry 1":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162921"
},
"Soviet Union":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"former country 1922\u201391 in eastern Europe and northern Asia bordering on the Arctic and Pacific oceans and Baltic and Black seas; capital Moscow area 8,649,512 square miles (22,402,236 square kilometers)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174222"
}
}