dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/tyc_MW.json
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{
"tycoon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate":[],
": a top leader (as in politics)":[],
": shogun":[]
},
"examples":[
"an oil tycoon who's widely considered the most powerful man in the county",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Breakers, owned by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II, is probably the most spectacular, built of limestone in the ornate style of an Italian palazzo. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"The Stavros Niarchos Foundation was founded by Greek shipping tycoon Stavros Niarchos, who dedicated a significant part of his estate to it. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Jumbo was opened by the Macao casino tycoon Stanley Ho in 1976 and was for years part of a complex called Jumbo Kingdom that included a smaller floating restaurant, Tai Pak. \u2014 Mike Ives, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Murals that celebrate Wadsworth\u2019s history decorate the sides of buildings, featuring everything from ordinary citizens to the city\u2019s astronauts to Laura Spelman, abolitionist and wife of tycoon John D. Rockefeller. \u2014 cleveland , 6 June 2022",
"For Chinese tech tycoon Jack Ma, there's a price to freedom: $26 billion. \u2014 Cnn Business, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"According to Chinese media reports, Coinsuper was founded in 2017 by Chinese tycoon Zhang Zhenxin, who died in 2019. \u2014 Sarah Zheng, Fortune , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Paytm, whose backers include Chinese tech tycoon Jack Ma\u2019s Ant Group Co., was valued at $16 billion in a 2019 funding round. \u2014 Dinesh Nair, Bloomberg.com , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Beyond Democratic members of Congress, the president-elect's son, Hunter Biden, now faces a criminal investigation reportedly over his business dealings with Chinese tycoon Ye Jianming. \u2014 Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner , 13 Jan. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1857, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Japanese taikun":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u012b-\u02c8k\u00fcn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"baron",
"captain",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"lord",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"monarch",
"Napoleon",
"prince"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074705",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tychism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a proposition that absolute chance is operative in the cosmos":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u012b\u02cckiz\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek tych\u0113 chance, fortune + English -ism ; akin to Greek tychanein to happen, happen on, attain, teuchein to make, build":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163149"
},
"tychite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a rare mineral Na 6 Mg 2 (SO 4 )(CO 3 ) 4 that is an octahedral sulfate and carbonate of sodium and magnesium (hardness 3.5\u20134, specific gravity 2.59)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ti\u02cck-",
"\u02c8t\u012b\u02cck\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek tych\u0113 + English -ite ; from its chance discovery among other crystals":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013759"
},
"tychopotamic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": thriving chiefly in still waters (as of ponds) and occurring only incidentally in flowing waters \u2014 compare autopotamic , eupotamic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6t\u012b(\u02cc)k\u014d+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary tych- (from Greek tych\u0113 ) + -o- + potamic":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054704"
},
"Tychy":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"town in southern Poland south of Katowice population 129,000":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u1e35i",
"\u02c8ti-k\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081130"
}
}