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{
"Offenbach":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Jacques 1819\u20131880 originally Jacob Eberst French composer":[],
"city in southwest central Germany on the Main River east of Frankfurt am Main population 113,500":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccb\u00e4\u1e35",
"\u02c8\u022f-f\u0259n-\u02ccb\u00e4k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033641",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"geographical name"
]
},
"of":{
"antonyms":[
"after",
"following"
],
"definitions":{
": before":[
"quarter of ten"
],
": by":[
"plays of Shakespeare"
],
": have":[
"\u2014 used in place of the contraction 've often in representations of uneducated speech I could of beat them easy \u2014 Ring Lardner"
],
": in respect to":[
"slow of speech"
],
": occurring in":[
"a fish of the western Atlantic"
],
": on":[
"a plague of all cowards",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": on the part of":[
"very kind of you"
],
": relating to : about":[
"stories of her travels"
],
"outfield":[]
},
"examples":[
"Preposition",
"He is a coworker of mine.",
"I threw out that old shirt of yours.",
"She's a friend of my mother's.",
"He had the support of his family to help him.",
"the plays of William Shakespeare",
"What is the name of the band?",
"We admired the courage of the young woman.",
"the President of the United States",
"What is the total cost of the repairs?",
"The value of the antique is high.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"But one of the biggest drugmakers may have set iself up for that kind of dichotomy. \u2014 Ed Silverman, STAT , 3 July 2022",
"Despite the circumstances of her father's death, Hall pursued a career in law enforcement. \u2014 Camille C. Knox, CBS News , 2 July 2022",
"This particular model is one of Ruf\u2019s second-generation RGTs. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 1 July 2022",
"Meta did not respond to Fortune's request for comment by the time of publication. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"According to Matt Muta, Delta\u2019s vice president of innovation, the technology aims to make customers\u2019 navigation through the airport more seamless. \u2014 Navya Gupta, Detroit Free Press , 1 July 2022",
"One of the three people, 20-year-old Derian Lemont Watson, died Thursday, officials said. \u2014 Hannah Brock, The Indianapolis Star , 1 July 2022",
"Even before the arrival of Toast, Young has revealed his next release: the live album Noise & Flowers, documenting his and Promise of the Real\u2019s 2019 European tour. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 1 July 2022",
"The center is expected to eventually create 200 jobs and is tied to the number of Breeze aircraft stationed at the airport. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 1 July 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Preposition",
"circa 1800, in the meaning defined above":"Auxiliary verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, off, of, from Old English, adverb & preposition; akin to Old High German aba off, away, Latin ab from, away, Greek apo":"Preposition",
"by alteration":"Auxiliary verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"before consonants also \u0259",
"\u02c8\u0259v",
"\u02c8\u00e4v",
"\u0259v"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead of",
"before",
"ere",
"fore",
"'fore",
"previous to",
"prior to",
"to"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092951",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"auxiliary verb",
"preposition"
]
},
"of little avail":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of little use : not very helpful":[
"What I learned then is of little avail to me now."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120010",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of mature years":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not young":[
"a man of mature years"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130702",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of old":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in the past : in a time that was long ago":[
"in (the) days of old"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122531",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of one mind":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in agreement":[
"We're all of one mind about him: he's the one we want."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183837",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of one's acquaintance":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": known to one":[
"a doctor of my acquaintance"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184027",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of one's choice":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": chosen by one":[
"They said I could bring a guest of my choice to the party.",
"The meal is served with a beverage of your choice ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105944",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of one's own accord":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195849",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of one's own making":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": caused by one's own actions":[
"The problem is entirely of your own making ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200014",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of one's own volition":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": because one wants to : voluntarily, willingly":[
"He left the company of his own volition ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200126",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of that nature":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": like that":[
"You'll need to bring a toothbrush, soap, and things of that nature ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043327",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of the day":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of a particular period of time":[
"What were some of the popular movies of the day ?",
"We read old newspapers to learn of the important issues of the day ."
],
": served in a restaurant as a special item on a particular day":[
"What's the vegetable of the day ?",
"Our soup of the day is vegetable beef."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043745",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of the first rank":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": being excellent at what one does":[
"a writer of the first rank"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113311",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of the month":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": chosen for special honors or attention during a particular month":[
"employee of the month",
"the book of the month"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232230",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of the same mind":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having the same thoughts, ideas, opinions, etc. about something":[
"She is of the same mind as me."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015409",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of the sort":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": like the person or thing mentioned":[
"\"You said you didn't like him.\" \"I said nothing of the sort .\"",
"I would like to go to a movie or a concert, or something of the sort ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214209",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of the year":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023635",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of theirs":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": that which belongs to or is connected with them : their one : their ones":[
"She is a friend of theirs ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175809",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of two minds":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not decided or certain about something : having two opinions or ideas about something":[
"I can't make up my mind where to take my vacation: I'm of two minds about where to go.",
"I'm of two minds about (hiring) him: he seems well-qualified, but he doesn't have much experience."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024005",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of unknown origin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032617",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of unsound mind":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": mentally ill : not sane":[
"She claims that her father was of unsound mind when he changed his will."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124732",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"of yore":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of the past":[
"in days of yore",
"The great composers of yore performed for kings and queens."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124240",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"off":{
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"definitions":{
": at a distance in space or time":[
"stood 10 paces off",
"a long way off"
],
": below the usual standard or level of":[
"off his game"
],
": circumstanced":[
"worse off"
],
": competition : contest":[
"cook -off",
"dance -off"
],
": down":[
"stocks were off"
],
": from the possession or charge of":[
"had his wallet stolen off him"
],
": in absence from or suspension of regular work or service":[
"take time off for lunch"
],
": into an unconscious state":[
"dozed off"
],
": kill , murder":[],
": marked by a periodic decline in activity or business":[
"traveled in the off season for lower prices"
],
": more removed or distant":[
"the off side of the building"
],
": not corresponding to fact : incorrect":[
"off in his reckoning"
],
": not entirely sane : eccentric":[],
": not operating":[],
": not placed so as to permit operation":[],
": not taking place or staying in effect : canceled":[
"the deal was off"
],
": off-color":[],
": offstage":[
"The actor turns and goes off ."
],
": poor , subnormal":[],
": remote , slight":[
"an off chance"
],
": right":[],
": seaward":[],
": so as to be divided":[
"surface marked off into squares"
],
": so as to be separated from support":[
"rolled to the edge of the table and off",
"blew the lid off",
"the handle came off"
],
": spent off duty":[
"reading on his off days"
],
": started on the way":[
"off on a spree"
],
": to a state of discontinuance or suspension":[
"shut off an engine"
],
": to go away : depart":[
"\u2014 used chiefly as an imperative Off , or I'll shoot!"
],
": to seaward of":[
"two miles off shore"
],
"office; officer; official":[],
"or close contact":[
"rolled to the edge of the table and off",
"blew the lid off",
"the handle came off"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"She put on her jacket and off she went.",
"The car turned off onto a side street.",
"Preposition",
"She is still living off her parents.",
"The family lives off welfare.",
"They live off the land.",
"They make their living off tourism.",
"Adjective",
"The lever is in the off position.",
"He is off playing golf.",
"She is off on a trip.",
"Verb",
"The movie is about a gangster who gets power by offing his rivals.",
"the hit man bragged that he'd offed at least three people in the last year alone",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Ramirez, off to the best start in his career, missed Saturday and Sunday\u2019s game against the Dodgers because of the thumb injury. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"The Spartans are off to their second Ohio Division III state semifinal in three years. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 8 June 2022",
"Kershaw had been off to a strong start this season. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"After finishing with losing records in Maddon\u2019s first two seasons, the Angels were off to a strong 27-17 start to this season before their current losing streak began. \u2014 Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Well, Prince Philip went to sleep in his little room that was off to one side. \u2014 Deborah Hart Strober And Gerald Strober, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
"At a hearing earlier this year of the Public Safety and Government Operations Committee, Jackson told council members the program was off to a strong but methodical start. \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 3 June 2022",
"With Nordstrom Anniversary Sale also around the corner, the race is off to summer shopping! \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 2 June 2022",
"Those early population projections for Park Forest were well off \u2014 the town\u2019s population peaked at around 30,000 in 1970 \u2014 but that may have been one of the few undercounts in the suburban surge. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"Currently on tour, the 37-year-old singer-songwriter is still fresh off the February release of her seventh studio album Love Sux. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 24 June 2022",
"The Walking Dead might be off the air, but Michonne lives on. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
"The idea that success is both off -limits for some and a dwindling resource for all pits people against each other. \u2014 Kathryn Porritt, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The Biden administration has approved two large-scale wind projects, Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts and South Fork Wind off New York and Rhode Island. \u2014 Matthew Daly, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The two left-leaning stations still are off the air at the gym. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
"News that Jenner and Devin Booker ended their relationship after two years\u2014but the possibility of getting back together is not off the table. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 23 June 2022",
"Even after things are finally off the ground and have become a reality, there is always more work to be done. \u2014 Steve Strauss, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"In February, Cheney told the Times that asking for Democrats to switch parties to support her was off the table. \u2014 Thomas Phippen, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"An off -duty Miami Dade Police officer was arrested for driving under the influence and fleeing police in the Florida Keys. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"After Monday's off -day for the Mud Hens and Tigers, the organization will decide whether to active Meadows for a two-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates beginning Tuesday at PNC Park. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
"Manager Torey Lovullo said shortstop Geraldo Perdomo is likely the next in line to get an off day. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
"The company said that its wide portfolio from upscale Bloomingdale\u2019s to off -price Backstage helped keep its customers who were shifting their habits. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"There's an off day on Aug. 12 and the two teams resume the series at Great American Ballpark on Aug. 13. \u2014 Joe Harrington, The Enquirer , 23 May 2022",
"By contrast, Walmart, Target and off -price retailer TJX all turn over inventory more than six times a year. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"The Pac-12\u2032s hottest pitching staff made sure to keep an off day to just that. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 May 2022",
"Paul Hoynes and Joe Noga check in with an off -day podcast as the Guardians finished up their 10-game road trip with a sweep over the weekend. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 2 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Brabham is a gentle man who hardly seems capable of splatting a spider, much less offing a rodent. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"Simple Steps for Starting Your Business: Start-up Basics will be offed at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24. \u2014 cleveland , 17 Feb. 2020",
"Brabham is a gentle man who hardly seems capable of splatting a spider, much less offing a rodent. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"Brabham is a gentle man who hardly seems capable of splatting a spider, much less offing a rodent. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"Brabham is a gentle man who hardly seems capable of splatting a spider, much less offing a rodent. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"Brabham is a gentle man who hardly seems capable of splatting a spider, much less offing a rodent. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"Brabham is a gentle man who hardly seems capable of splatting a spider, much less offing a rodent. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"Brabham is a gentle man who hardly seems capable of splatting a spider, much less offing a rodent. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1666, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1717, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Preposition",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Adverb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English of , from Old English \u2014 more at of":"Adverb, Preposition, Adjective, and Verb",
"run off":"Noun combining form"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u022ff",
"\u02c8\u022ff"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"away",
"down",
"fro",
"hence",
"out"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181305",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun combining form",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
"off Broadway":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a part of the New York professional theater stressing fundamental and artistic values and formerly engaging in experimentation":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1953, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from its usually being produced in smaller theaters outside of the Broadway theatrical district":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063333",
"type":[
"adjective or adverb,",
"noun"
]
},
"off campus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in housing not provided by a school":[
"She prefers living off campus ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234343",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"off one's trolley":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not sane : crazy":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202331",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"off stump":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the outside stump farther from the batsman in cricket \u2014 compare leg stump":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131613",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"off the mark":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not accurate or correct : not achieving the desired result":[
"Their estimates were completely off the mark .",
"His efforts to console her were off the mark ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114055",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"off the pace":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": behind in a race, competition, etc.":[
"The winner finished in 4 minutes, 30 seconds, and the next runner was three seconds off the pace ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085052",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"off theory":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a cricket strategy in which a concentration of fielders is placed on the off side especially in the slips and the bowling aimed generally at or outside of the off stump \u2014 compare leg theory":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085357",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"off-center":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": different or unusual":[
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"gamy",
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"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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"offhanded",
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"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
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"off-the-shelf software"
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"1950, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1953, in the meaning defined above":""
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"a pile of offal from the tannery operating in the neighborhood",
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"While chowing down on offal , Neolithic humans near Stonehenge also threw a few scraps to their dogs, researchers suspect, based on the presence of capillariid eggs in the canine coprolites, too. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"The menu is basic Roman with all the usual pastas, a very wide selection of antipasti alla tavola, and specials throughout the week, including offal , which is a Roman passion. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"The burrito that won my heart was the campechano, which provides a pure taste of Sonora with its combination of smoky carne asada and crunchy tripas, my absolute favorite offal . \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Under the eye of Italian filmmaker Ovidio G. Assonitis, who cut his genre teeth crafting a couple of Exorcist ripoffs and Tentacles, a sci-fi\u2013horror flick with a top-notch cast, Madhouse is more than \u201980s slasher offal . \u2014 Gem Seddon, Vulture , 29 Oct. 2021",
"This new menu was heavy on fish, birds, and offal \u2014but no steak. \u2014 Jay Mcinerney, Town & Country , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The only beef comes in the form of offal : a silky mousse of veal brains with black truffles and a sauce cr\u00e8me, and sweetbreads in a Madeira demi-glace. \u2014 Jay Mcinerney, Town & Country , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Cockscomb was the over-the-top, offal -loving follow-up to Cosentino\u2019s former San Francisco restaurant Incanto, which catapulted him to national fame. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com , 21 Oct. 2020",
"Executive chef and charcuterie nerd Josh Oakley knows his way around offal but thus far has kept the organ music relatively light. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 29 Aug. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English, from of off + fall":""
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"\u02c8\u022f-f\u0259l",
"\u02c8\u00e4-"
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"chaff",
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"\u2014 William Sertl",
"Luscious ice cream made fresh daily comes in such offbeat flavors as banana-walnut, chocolate-cherry, and nectarine.",
"\u2014 Caroline Bates",
"\u2026 our profession's deepest and darkest secret\u2014that libraries are a ball to work in and that librarians tend to be rather offbeat and funky people.",
"\u2014 Will Manley"
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"an offbeat approach to teaching",
"The performance was refreshingly offbeat .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. \u2014 Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times , 28 July 2021",
"With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. \u2014 Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times , 28 July 2021",
"With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. \u2014 Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times , 28 July 2021",
"With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. \u2014 Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times , 28 July 2021",
"With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. \u2014 Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times , 28 July 2021",
"With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. \u2014 Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times , 28 July 2021",
"With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. \u2014 Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times , 28 July 2021",
"With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. \u2014 Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times , 28 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Executive producer-writer Stephen Glover has always had a special talent for pairing Atlanta\u2018s razor-sharp wit with hilarious offbeat humor to talk about the things that really matter. \u2014 Eda Yu, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"The film is also laced with fascinatingly offbeat choices. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 22 May 2022",
"Mooney, who joined the show in 2013, became known for offbeat sketches, sometimes in tandem with former castmate Beck Bennett. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"His third movie, an offbeat hockey comedy called The Trashers starring Stranger Things' David Harbour, is set to start shooting in the fall. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"This Netflix film is written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, creator of offbeat movies like Am\u00e9lie and Delicatessen. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
"As the show developed, coiling itself around Streisand\u2019s offbeat , aggressive, once-in-a-lifetime talent \u2014 not to mention her Brice-like nose, which shows up repeatedly in Bob Merrill\u2019s lyrics \u2014 the odds of a truly successful successor diminished. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Ukraine has a rich history of sending offbeat entries to the Eurovision Song Contest. \u2014 Gareth Vipers, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"All this while juggling two of the more offbeat analysts in sports. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 5 May 2022"
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"\u02c8\u022ff-\u02ccb\u0113t",
"\u02c8\u022ff-\u02c8b\u0113t"
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": a bowled ball in cricket that breaks from the off side to the leg side":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"type":[
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": cast off : discarded":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So are the offcast fire jackets and helmets worn to protect the crew from falling flaming debris from the shells exploding overhead. \u2014 Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com , 3 July 2017"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8\u022ff-\u02cckast"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083214",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"off entry 3 + come":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233918",
"type":[
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": something that is cut off (such as a waste piece of lumber)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bogenmann says cooks use the offcuts from the restaurant for snacks, while the brews incorporate things such as fruit rinds and surplus herbs. \u2014 Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com , 1 Oct. 2019",
"Bogenmann says cooks use the offcuts from the restaurant for snacks, while the brews incorporate things such as fruit rinds and surplus herbs. \u2014 Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com , 1 Oct. 2019",
"Bogenmann says cooks use the offcuts from the restaurant for snacks, while the brews incorporate things such as fruit rinds and surplus herbs. \u2014 Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com , 1 Oct. 2019",
"Bogenmann says cooks use the offcuts from the restaurant for snacks, while the brews incorporate things such as fruit rinds and surplus herbs. \u2014 Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com , 1 Oct. 2019",
"Bogenmann says cooks use the offcuts from the restaurant for snacks, while the brews incorporate things such as fruit rinds and surplus herbs. \u2014 Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com , 1 Oct. 2019",
"Bogenmann says cooks use the offcuts from the restaurant for snacks, while the brews incorporate things such as fruit rinds and surplus herbs. \u2014 Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com , 1 Oct. 2019",
"Pieces of timber too small to process as logs\u2014including offcuts and thinnings from the forest\u2014are chipped and pulped to make paper. \u2014 The Economist , 17 Oct. 2019",
"Bogenmann says cooks use the offcuts from the restaurant for snacks, while the brews incorporate things such as fruit rinds and surplus herbs. \u2014 Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com , 1 Oct. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1664, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8\u022ff-\u02cck\u0259t"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001736",
"type":[
"noun"
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"offen":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": off":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of off from":""
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"\u02c8\u022ff\u0259n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233925",
"type":[
"preposition"
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"antonyms":[
"noncrime"
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": a breach of a moral or social code : sin , misdeed":[
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": the act of attacking : assault":[
"weapons of offense"
],
": the act of displeasing or affronting":[
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],
": the means or method of attacking or of attempting to score":[
"The quarterback's passing success was the team's edge in offense ."
],
": the offensive team or members of a team playing offensive positions":[
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],
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"we ought not \u2026 to give offense by sexist words or phrases",
"\u2014 J. J. Kilpatrick"
]
},
"examples":[
"He was found guilty and fined $250 for each offense .",
"Penalties for a first offense range from fines to jail time.",
"Our team has the best offense in the league.",
"The quarterback directs the offense .",
"The team needs some work on its offense .",
"The team plays good offense .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hitting out of the leadoff spot, Rose sparked the offense for Brother Rice (36-6) all season long, according to senior teammate Will Flanigan. \u2014 Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Wyoming had a balanced offense with five players with 12 or more goals and over 30 points. \u2014 Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
"Berning spearheaded the Golden Bears offense with a .439 batting average, 18 hits and 17 RBIs. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"Hentges, Stephan, Gose and De Los Santos held the top-scoring offense in the National League scoreless on three hits over the final four innings. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"The Tigers have the worst offense in baseball and one of the worst in istory, averaging 2.64 runs per game. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 18 June 2022",
"The allegations, followed by the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are expected to revive a push by some Oregon lawmakers to adopt a stiffer state criminal offense for such threats. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"Because that\u2019s exactly how to proceed unoffended through a life with someone whose history is dotted with opportunities to take offense . \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Afterwards, Powell took offense to some of the Fighters players stomping on the Rattlers logo to celebrate. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 21 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5b":""
},
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"Middle English offence, offense \"assault, breach of law, causing of displeasure,\" borrowed from Anglo-French offense, borrowed from Latin offensa \"encounter with an obstacle, injury, wrong,\" noun derivative from feminine of offensus, past participle of offendere \"to strike against, break a rule, displease\" \u2014 more at offend":""
},
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"\u02c8\u022f-",
"\u0259-\u02c8fen(t)s",
"especially for sense 3 \u02c8\u00e4-\u02ccfen(t)s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for offense offense , resentment , umbrage , pique , dudgeon , huff mean an emotional response to or an emotional state resulting from a slight or indignity. offense implies hurt displeasure. takes deep offense at racial slurs resentment suggests lasting indignation or ill will. harbored a lifelong resentment of his brother umbrage may suggest hurt pride, resentment, or suspicion of another's motives. took umbrage at the offer of advice pique applies to a transient feeling of wounded vanity. in a pique I foolishly declined the invitation dudgeon suggests an angry fit of indignation. stormed out of the meeting in high dudgeon huff implies a peevish short-lived spell of anger usually at a petty cause. in a huff he slammed the door offense , sin , vice , crime , scandal mean a transgression of law. offense applies to the infraction of any law, rule, or code. at that school no offense went unpunished sin implies an offense against moral or religious law. the sin of blasphemy vice applies to a habit or practice that degrades or corrupts. regarded gambling as a vice crime implies a serious offense punishable by the law of the state. the crime of murder scandal applies to an offense that outrages the public conscience. a career ruined by a sex scandal",
"synonyms":[
"breach",
"crime",
"debt",
"error",
"lawbreaking",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdoing",
"sin",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation",
"wrongdoing"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164528",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"offend":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to cause (a person or group) to feel hurt, angry, or upset by something said or done":[
"was offended by their language",
"She carefully worded her comments so as not to offend anyone."
],
": to cause difficulty, discomfort, or injury":[
"took off his shoe and removed the offending pebble"
],
": to cause dislike, anger, or vexation":[
"thoughtless words that offend needlessly"
],
": to cause pain to : hurt":[
"tasteless billboards that offend the eye"
],
": to cause to sin or fall":[],
": to transgress (see transgress sense transitive 1 ) the moral or divine law : sin":[
"if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": to violate a law or rule : do wrong":[
"offend against the law"
],
": violate , transgress":[
"a contract not offending a statute \u2026 might still be in restraint of trade",
"\u2014 C. A. Cooke"
]
},
"examples":[
"His comments about minority groups offended many of us.",
"She had carefully worded her comments so as not to offend anyone.",
"It offends me that you would make such a remark.",
"Don't worry. I wasn't offended .",
"I felt a little offended by their lack of respect.",
"Some people are offended by the song's lyrics.",
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.",
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jimmy Moore, who in January became the theater\u2019s executive and artistic director, is taking a new approach in offering performances of those plays while addressing aspects of them that might offend modern audiences. \u2014 Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News , 2 June 2022",
"The rise of homegrown Chinese competition has put greater pressure on Hollywood to comply with Chinese restrictions or preempt them by anticipating what might offend Beijing. \u2014 Michael Posner, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"In trying to offend no one, Disney had seemingly lost everyone. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Kalb wasn\u2019t the only one to mess with barbecue, though at least other contestants didn\u2019t have the disrespect to offend with their words. \u2014 Lauren Mcdowell, Chron , 31 Mar. 2022",
"But there\u2019s a splintering divide among House Republicans between staunch Trump allies who tend to offend more than legislate and members who have grown restless over McCarthy\u2019s lack of an upper hand with the former group. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The opera tells the tale of mad emperor who sets out to wage universal war until there are no survivors, only to offend Death with his blood-thirsty plans. \u2014 Ed Meza, Variety , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Pattis did, in his statement, say that his words were meant to offend . \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Perhaps Chase Bank is too big of an advertiser to offend ? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English offenden \"to assail, violate, displease, hurt the feelings of,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French offendre, borrowed from Latin offendere \"to strike against, stumble (upon), trouble, break a rule, displease, annoy,\" from of-, assimilated variant of ob- ob- + -fendere presumably, \"to strike, hit\" (unattested without prefixes) \u2014 more at defend":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8fend"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for offend offend , outrage , affront , insult mean to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment. offend need not imply an intentional hurting but it may indicate merely a violation of the victim's sense of what is proper or fitting. hoped that my remarks had not offended her outrage implies offending beyond endurance and calling forth extreme feelings. outraged by their accusations affront implies treating with deliberate rudeness or contemptuous indifference to courtesy. deeply affronted by his callousness insult suggests deliberately causing humiliation, hurt pride, or shame. insulted every guest at the party",
"synonyms":[
"err",
"fall",
"sin",
"stray",
"transgress",
"trespass",
"wander"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185331",
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"offend the eye":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be unattractive":[
"The billboard offends the eye ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042033",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"offendedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in an offended manner":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071855",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"offender":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to cause (a person or group) to feel hurt, angry, or upset by something said or done":[
"was offended by their language",
"She carefully worded her comments so as not to offend anyone."
],
": to cause difficulty, discomfort, or injury":[
"took off his shoe and removed the offending pebble"
],
": to cause dislike, anger, or vexation":[
"thoughtless words that offend needlessly"
],
": to cause pain to : hurt":[
"tasteless billboards that offend the eye"
],
": to cause to sin or fall":[],
": to transgress (see transgress sense transitive 1 ) the moral or divine law : sin":[
"if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": to violate a law or rule : do wrong":[
"offend against the law"
],
": violate , transgress":[
"a contract not offending a statute \u2026 might still be in restraint of trade",
"\u2014 C. A. Cooke"
]
},
"examples":[
"His comments about minority groups offended many of us.",
"She had carefully worded her comments so as not to offend anyone.",
"It offends me that you would make such a remark.",
"Don't worry. I wasn't offended .",
"I felt a little offended by their lack of respect.",
"Some people are offended by the song's lyrics.",
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.",
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In hindsight, the one quibble might be the title, since a frequent point is that Black comics don't just have a right to offend , but a need, even an obligation, to make audiences uncomfortable in order to expose larger truths. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"Lou-Perelman-meets-Suge-Knight mold of manager, J Prince, seized the reigns, and swearing dark oath to the gangsta rap phenomenon, began to script a brutal, derogatory and invasive crew meant to out- offend the Ice-T\u2019s and N.W.A.\u2019s of the world. \u2014 Jonathan Rowe, SPIN , 28 June 2022",
"Reluctant to offend anyone, the company satisfied no one. \u2014 Jim O'leary, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Well, some of the content\u2019s going to offend everybody. \u2014 Nekesa Mumbi Moody, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"The name change was part of a reexamination effort to look at other campus buildings or monikers that may offend . \u2014 Scooby Axson, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"Bond has been an ongoing issue in Harris County following reports that many suspects have been released from police custody only to re- offend , including committing murder. \u2014 Fox News , 2 June 2022",
"Jimmy Moore, who in January became the theater\u2019s executive and artistic director, is taking a new approach in offering performances of those plays while addressing aspects of them that might offend modern audiences. \u2014 Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News , 2 June 2022",
"The rise of homegrown Chinese competition has put greater pressure on Hollywood to comply with Chinese restrictions or preempt them by anticipating what might offend Beijing. \u2014 Michael Posner, Forbes , 16 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English offenden \"to assail, violate, displease, hurt the feelings of,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French offendre, borrowed from Latin offendere \"to strike against, stumble (upon), trouble, break a rule, displease, annoy,\" from of-, assimilated variant of ob- ob- + -fendere presumably, \"to strike, hit\" (unattested without prefixes) \u2014 more at defend":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8fend"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for offend offend , outrage , affront , insult mean to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment. offend need not imply an intentional hurting but it may indicate merely a violation of the victim's sense of what is proper or fitting. hoped that my remarks had not offended her outrage implies offending beyond endurance and calling forth extreme feelings. outraged by their accusations affront implies treating with deliberate rudeness or contemptuous indifference to courtesy. deeply affronted by his callousness insult suggests deliberately causing humiliation, hurt pride, or shame. insulted every guest at the party",
"synonyms":[
"err",
"fall",
"sin",
"stray",
"transgress",
"trespass",
"wander"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095524",
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"offense":{
"antonyms":[
"noncrime"
],
"definitions":{
": a breach of a moral or social code : sin , misdeed":[
"was tolerant of his youthful offenses"
],
": a cause or occasion of sin : stumbling block":[],
": an act of stumbling":[],
": scoring ability":[],
": something that outrages the moral or physical senses":[
"His conduct is an offense to public decency.",
"Such screaming is an offense to my ears."
],
": the act of attacking : assault":[
"weapons of offense"
],
": the act of displeasing or affronting":[
"no offense intended and none taken, I hope"
],
": the means or method of attacking or of attempting to score":[
"The quarterback's passing success was the team's edge in offense ."
],
": the offensive team or members of a team playing offensive positions":[
"The stronger offense won the game."
],
": the state of being insulted or morally outraged":[
"takes offense at the slightest criticism",
"we ought not \u2026 to give offense by sexist words or phrases",
"\u2014 J. J. Kilpatrick"
]
},
"examples":[
"He was found guilty and fined $250 for each offense .",
"Penalties for a first offense range from fines to jail time.",
"Our team has the best offense in the league.",
"The quarterback directs the offense .",
"The team needs some work on its offense .",
"The team plays good offense .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hitting out of the leadoff spot, Rose sparked the offense for Brother Rice (36-6) all season long, according to senior teammate Will Flanigan. \u2014 Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Wyoming had a balanced offense with five players with 12 or more goals and over 30 points. \u2014 Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
"Berning spearheaded the Golden Bears offense with a .439 batting average, 18 hits and 17 RBIs. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"Hentges, Stephan, Gose and De Los Santos held the top-scoring offense in the National League scoreless on three hits over the final four innings. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"The Tigers have the worst offense in baseball and one of the worst in istory, averaging 2.64 runs per game. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 18 June 2022",
"The allegations, followed by the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are expected to revive a push by some Oregon lawmakers to adopt a stiffer state criminal offense for such threats. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"Because that\u2019s exactly how to proceed unoffended through a life with someone whose history is dotted with opportunities to take offense . \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Afterwards, Powell took offense to some of the Fighters players stomping on the Rattlers logo to celebrate. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 21 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5b":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English offence, offense \"assault, breach of law, causing of displeasure,\" borrowed from Anglo-French offense, borrowed from Latin offensa \"encounter with an obstacle, injury, wrong,\" noun derivative from feminine of offensus, past participle of offendere \"to strike against, break a rule, displease\" \u2014 more at offend":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022f-",
"\u0259-\u02c8fen(t)s",
"especially for sense 3 \u02c8\u00e4-\u02ccfen(t)s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for offense offense , resentment , umbrage , pique , dudgeon , huff mean an emotional response to or an emotional state resulting from a slight or indignity. offense implies hurt displeasure. takes deep offense at racial slurs resentment suggests lasting indignation or ill will. harbored a lifelong resentment of his brother umbrage may suggest hurt pride, resentment, or suspicion of another's motives. took umbrage at the offer of advice pique applies to a transient feeling of wounded vanity. in a pique I foolishly declined the invitation dudgeon suggests an angry fit of indignation. stormed out of the meeting in high dudgeon huff implies a peevish short-lived spell of anger usually at a petty cause. in a huff he slammed the door offense , sin , vice , crime , scandal mean a transgression of law. offense applies to the infraction of any law, rule, or code. at that school no offense went unpunished sin implies an offense against moral or religious law. the sin of blasphemy vice applies to a habit or practice that degrades or corrupts. regarded gambling as a vice crime implies a serious offense punishable by the law of the state. the crime of murder scandal applies to an offense that outrages the public conscience. a career ruined by a sex scandal",
"synonyms":[
"breach",
"crime",
"debt",
"error",
"lawbreaking",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdoing",
"sin",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation",
"wrongdoing"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012211",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"offensible":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": liable to be offended":[],
": offensive , harmful , injurious":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, from Late Latin offensibilis liable to stumble, from Latin offensus (past participle of offendere to stumble, offend) + -ibilis -ible":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u02c8fen(t)s\u0259b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185720",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"offensive":{
"antonyms":[
"aggression",
"assault",
"attack",
"attempt",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"charge",
"coup de main",
"descent",
"offense",
"offence",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"raid",
"rush",
"strike"
],
"definitions":{
": attack":[],
": causing displeasure or resentment":[
"offensive remarks"
],
": giving painful or unpleasant sensations : nauseous , obnoxious":[
"an offensive odor"
],
": making attack : aggressive":[
"The bear made offensive movements."
],
": of, relating to, or designed for attack":[
"offensive weapons"
],
": the act of an attacking party":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He made some offensive remarks.",
"An offensive odor was coming from the basement.",
"Noun",
"the primary offensive by the ground forces will commence at dawn tomorrow",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Anderson's offensive fit with the Sixers is a bit more difficult to envision. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"The bulk of Diabate\u2019s offensive contributions, which included double-figure scoring in 13 of 32 games, came via dunks and layups on feeds from guards rather than an ability to create his own shot. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 24 June 2022",
"Known for his high-level defense and versatile offensive skill set -- hitting 36% of his 3-pointers and becoming one of the Trojans\u2019 best passers -- the elder Mobley was named first-team All-Pac 12 this past season. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 24 June 2022",
"Bartlett is confident with the players who remain and is ready to add more pieces to fit her offensive -minded approach to counter the Pac-12's stellar pitching. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Winton Woods forced four turnovers in a 20-7 win over Green in the state semifinals, then held Archbishop Hoban to just 192 total yards and three offensive points in a 21-10 win in the Division II state championship game. \u2014 Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
"While stars take many forms, a catcher plays a vital role handling the pitching staff on top of providing offensive production at the plate. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
"The petition notes that this is actually the tamer version of its original, offensive name. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Barry Trotz, the third-winningest coach in NHL history, seemed too much of a defensive-minded coach on an offensive -heavy roster. \u2014 Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For weeks, Lysychansk and the nearby city of Sievierodonetsk have been subject to a bloody and destructive offensive by Russian forces and their separatist allies aimed at capturing all of Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donbas region. \u2014 Oleksandy Stashevskyi, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"Mykolaiv is no longer under immediate threat of capture \u2014 a Ukrainian counter offensive in the south is unsettling Russian forces \u2014 but the war\u2019s toll is evident. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Critical members of the CCP are breaking party discipline, most notably Premier Li Keqiang engaging in a very public charm offensive and former ambassador to Ukraine Gao YuSheng speaking critically of Chinese foreign policy. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Indiana\u2019s explosive offensive in the third quarter set the team up for the win. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 19 June 2022",
"According to pro-Russian military correspondents, the Krasny Luch facility was the principal warehouse of Russian ammunition for the Severodonetsk offensive . \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"Those strikes came as fighting raged for the city of Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donbas area, the focus of Russia\u2019s offensive in recent weeks. \u2014 John Leicester And Yuras Karmanau, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"The battle for Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donbas area has become the focus of Russia\u2019s offensive in recent weeks. \u2014 John Leicester And Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"The National Republican Senatorial Committee is launching another ad offensive against Democrat Cheri Beasley in North Carolina, once again highlighting her past rulings as a state Supreme Court justice. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 14 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1687, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1564, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French offensif, borrowed from Medieval Latin offens\u012bvus \"used for attacking, causing injury,\" from Latin offensus, past participle of offendere \"to strike against, break a rule, offend \" + -\u012bvus -ive":"Adjective",
"derivative of offensive entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"especially for sense 1 \u02c8\u00e4-\u02ccfen(t)-",
"\u0259-\u02c8fen(t)-siv",
"\u0259-\u02c8fen-siv",
"\u02c8\u022f-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"rancid",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121921",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"offer":{
"antonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"bid",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
],
"definitions":{
": a presenting of something for acceptance":[
"considering job offers from several firms",
"an offer of marriage"
],
": a price named by one proposing to buy : bid":[],
": an action or movement indicating a purpose or intention":[],
": an undertaking to do an act or give something on condition that the party to whom the proposal is made do some specified act or make a return promise":[],
": attempt , try":[],
": being offered especially for sale":[],
": offering":[],
": propose , suggest":[
"offer a solution to a problem"
],
": threaten":[
"offered to strike him with his cane"
],
": to declare one's readiness or willingness":[
"offered to help me"
],
": to make a proposal (as of marriage)":[
"He offered to her after a three months' courtship."
],
": to make an attempt":[],
": to present as an act of worship or devotion : sacrifice":[
"to a Catholic church where she would offer a candle or so to his recovery",
"\u2014 F. M. Ford"
],
": to present for acceptance or rejection : tender":[
"was offered a job"
],
": to present in order to satisfy a requirement":[
"candidates for degrees may offer French as one of their foreign languages"
],
": to present in performance or exhibition":[
"offered a new comedy"
],
": to present itself":[
"buying land whenever opportunity offered"
],
": to present something as an act of worship or devotion : sacrifice":[
"We are going to offer at the holy shrine."
],
": to propose as payment : bid":[
"offered me $100 for the recliner"
],
": to try or begin to exert : put up":[
"offered stubborn resistance"
],
": to utter (something, such as a prayer) in devotion":[
"offered up prayers of thanksgiving"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"I was offered a position at a bank, but I turned it down.",
"The victims were offered money as compensation for their injuries.",
"If I may, I'd like to offer you a bit of advice.",
"One of his neighbors offered to mow his lawn.",
"A woman stopped and offered to help us.",
"We don't need any help, but thank you for offering .",
"They offer their customers a choice between soup or salad.",
"Living in a large city offers a number of advantages.",
"I'd like to offer a couple of comments on the points you've raised.",
"I really don't know enough about it to offer an opinion.",
"Noun",
"After considering several job offers , she accepted a position with a local bank.",
"He turned down an offer to run the company.",
"We decided to hold out for a better offer .",
"\u201cHow much do you want for the bike?\u201d \u201cI don't know. Make me an offer .\u201d",
"This special offer is good only while supplies last.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Foreign investors cut their holdings of Chinese bonds by another $16 billion in May, a month that saw the yuan hit its lowest level in 20 months, as institutions continued to shift money into other assets that offer better returns. \u2014 Serena Ng, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The resolution follows other states that currently offer in-state tuition to some undocumented students. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Speaking at the Wall Street Journal's CFO Network Summit, Gensler suggested many crypto companies are engaging in behaviors overseen by his agency, pointing to companies that offer yield for staking as one example. \u2014 Nikhilesh De, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"With its help, banks will be able to arrive at quicker, safer estimations of risk analysis while issuing credit, arrive at a better mix of investments, and curate trading computations that offer better returns. \u2014 Nitin Rakesh, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Even some colleges, businesses or other organizations that offer aid to students require those students to fill out a FAFSA. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"For assistance with dental care, Michigan residents can visit smilehelpnow.org to find dental clinics that offer payment on a sliding scale and accept Medicaid. \u2014 Eve Sampson, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"To track down solutions that actually offer a clinical, rather than just an emotional, salve, though, Lancer insists that consumers should read the small print. \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 12 June 2022",
"And most people who have logged encounters with both the vaccine and the coronavirus build up a hybrid immunity that may offer the best protection. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The offer engine or e-commerce website should be integrated in real time with the wealth of data that the business has about its customers. \u2014 Song Bac Toh, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"No formal offer has been made yet and FTX could decide not to go forward with any plans, according to the report. \u2014 Nelson Wang, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"There\u2019s Extremely Blessed and Beyond Blessed that recruits like to tweet after receiving a scholarship offer . \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Their starting center is a restricted free agent, meaning the Suns can match any offer from another team all the way up to the max of four years, $131 million. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
"This also starts the two-day clock for matching any offer sheets extended to restricted free agents during the July 1-6 signing moratorium. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"In 2017, a federal judge approved the U.S. government\u2019s offer to pay $1 million to Hern\u00e1ndez-Rojas\u2019 children to settle a lawsuit. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"The 6-7 Catchings, who has a Purdue offer , visited Illinois and Indiana this week. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Locker rooms are located on the same floor and offer showers, steam rooms and saunas. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 23 June 2022"
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"Do you happen to know, offhand , when he'll be back?",
"Adjective",
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"She spoke in an offhand manner.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Mara, Lisa and Astrid say bizarre and unsettling things, their cruelty and spite sometimes offhand , sometimes calculated. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The Trolley Problem entails having to make difficult choices, contextually herein in the nature of driving decisions, and is often offhand dismissed by some as a misleading folly in the self-driving realm. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Totally offhand , but Jacob Latimore is 24, Corey Hawkins is 32 and Shameik Moore is 25. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 24 Feb. 2021",
"Thomas didn\u2019t know offhand but circled back to him with the answer: Six. \u2014 Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 25 Dec. 2020",
"Many hunters used to regularly shoot offhand , including the great Jack O\u2019Connor. \u2014 Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life , 6 Nov. 2020",
"These folks often contend that more traditional skills like shooting offhand or hitting running game are being forgotten. \u2014 Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life , 6 Nov. 2020",
"His willingness to eat what the locals eat, not dismiss it offhand as weird or scary but to shine a light on it, opened a window for his viewers to the food of Thailand that will be felt for a long time. \u2014 Anna Spoerre, OregonLive.com , 12 June 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"An offhand , pro-development comment from Democratic candidate Mary Peltola prompted a quick social media backlash, and a subsequent clarification. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
"Keep your eyes and ears open for opportunities to collect, craft and retell stories in formal presentations and offhand interactions alike. \u2014 Jodie Cook, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"And everywhere, the impact of social media \u2014 including the knowledge that an offhand remark could be recorded, broadcast and endure online indefinitely \u2014 is felt. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Now, years later, Dumbledore's sexuality is finally being acknowledged outside of Rowling's Twitter account or the occasional offhand comment. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The President's offhand remark is unlikely to soothe Democratic fears of a possible Republican rout in November's midterm elections. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The seemingly offhand comment drew criticism on social media, with some faulting the New Zealand filmmaker for appearing to insult the Williams sisters' tennis prowess. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Unsurprisingly, Campion faced intense online backlash due to her dismissive and patronizing offhand commentary, made seemingly out of the blue and completely necessarily while accepting her honor. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 14 Mar. 2022",
"An offhand query or observation can drive a substantially different set of experiences around these curations, but curation often happens in a silo. \u2014 Adam Blue, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022"
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"But \u2014 as is typical of the work of writer-director Olivier Assayas, who is adapting his 1996 film of the same title \u2014 there is a tricky and serpentine truth in the most offhanded of on-set talk. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"My offhanded mention of my movie plans to my keyboard player, Jon, became a clue to Inspector Laura as to my whereabouts. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The Night introduces the kind of offhanded spontaneity and first-take imperfections that would define many of Young\u2019s later albums, in deep contrast to the \u201870s studio professionalism that was coming into vogue. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 18 Feb. 2022",
"In part this comes from the way in which Stewart\u2019s public persona, her own offhanded cool and experiences of a life in the spotlight, melds so strongly with the role. \u2014 Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
"So, in an offhanded comment on April 17, Trump said the payments should be returned. \u2014 Michelle Singletary, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2020",
"Sinclair is like that \u2014 offhanded bits of seeming random awkwardness lead to moments of genuine insight. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral , 20 Apr. 2020",
"For me, even an offhanded comment from the peanut gallery is enough to chase away my appetite. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 8 Aug. 2019",
"After Offset's offhanded comment at the BET Awards led to Cardi's big reveal of their secret wedding on Monday, here's a look back at some of music's biggest stars who kept their big days on the down-low. \u2014 Sofia Mele, Billboard , 26 June 2018"
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"1750, in the meaning defined above":""
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"She works at our Chicago office .",
"Are you going to the office today?",
"The supervisor held an informal meeting in his office .",
"Her office is on the top floor near the elevator.",
"He misbehaved in class and was sent to the principal's office .",
"We use the extra bedroom in our house as an office .",
"We stopped by the lawyer's office to pick up some documents.",
"He has been in office for a decade.",
"He was voted out of office .",
"He won the election and will take office at the beginning of the year.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From January to March 2020, Lewin served as the chief information officer within the office of the chief of police for the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., his application said. \u2014 Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online , 26 June 2022",
"Adams created modern constitutional government in the office of his simple 17th-century saltbox-style colonial home \u2014 better known today as the John Quincy Adams Birthplace. \u2014 Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News , 25 June 2022",
"Corey Allen Young, a spokesman for the mayor providing information about the fire on behalf of the emergency management office , said resources from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson were on scene Thursday as well. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"The Cedar City field office is expected to render a decision in the coming weeks. \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"The United Nations office for human rights said its investigation into the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh found Israeli forces fired the shots that killed her and injured her colleague last month. \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"Johnson in turn said he was asked to do so by the office of Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa. Kinzinger made clear one big reason for naming names was quite political. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 24 June 2022",
"The statement also criticized the employee for failing to erase the data from the flash drive after completing his work at the city office , and for carrying it personally instead of using a more secure transportation method. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Send questions about the office , money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. \u2014 Roxane Gay, New York Times , 24 June 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Middle English, \"position of authority, duties of a position, proper function, ecclesiastical service, space used for business or domestic functions,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin officium \"beneficial act in fulfillment of an obligation, duty, functions in a position, post\" (Late Latin, \"ecclesiastical service\"), contraction of opificium (attested in sense \"constructive work\"), from opi- (base of opis, *ops \"power, ability\" and oper-, opus \"work, effort\") + facere \"to make, do, bring about\" + -ium, deverbal suffix of function or state \u2014 more at opus , do entry 1":""
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"the last officeholder was extremely conscientious about not using public funds for his personal gain",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The current officeholder , Sen. Pat Toomey, is the only GOP senator retiring in a state that President Biden carried in 2020. \u2014 John Mccormick, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Former California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte, in fact, says that no statewide Democratic officeholder running for reelection has lost since Sen. John Tunney was beaten by Republican S.I. Hayakawa in 1976. \u2014 Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"But the message rings hollow coming from the former occupant of the most powerful office in the world\u2014even if that former officeholder did enact progressive climate policy. \u2014 Isabella Rosario, Outside Online , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The only longer-serving current federal officeholder for Michigan is U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who served two terms in the House after being elected in 1996 before being elected to the Senate in 2000. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But supporters of Bass have launched an independent expenditure committee to help the longtime officeholder compete with Caruso\u2019s wealth. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"While the vast majority of contests are for party nominations, elections for state central committeemen, state central committeewomen and Lake Forest alderman will determine the officeholder . \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
"President Pedro Castillo, the first-time officeholder who has parried multiple impeachment attempts since his July inauguration, swore in his fourth Cabinet last month. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Those values contribute to how an officeholder will approach their job. \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 15 Feb. 2022"
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"1787, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8\u00e4-f\u0259s-\u02cch\u014dl-d\u0259r",
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"if you are ever lost, find the nearest officer and ask for help",
"an officer of the court",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One officer on a megaphone declared an unlawful assembly and ordered them to leave. \u2014 Lillian Boyd, The Arizona Republic , 26 June 2022",
"One officer was separated from Wolf by a dense thicket of blackberries, the suit said. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"While one officer spoke with a Target loss prevention employee to get additional information, two other officers stopped a suspect\u2019s car near Brookpark Road and Grayton Road and brought the driver back to the Target store. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"At least one officer fired back, striking the man, Ruiz said. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"El Monte police said one officer had 22 years of experience and the other was with the department less than a year. \u2014 Faris Tanyos, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"One officer pleaded guilty, another was convicted at trial this year and a third is scheduled to go on trial in July. \u2014 Shannon Heffernan, ProPublica , 14 June 2022",
"One Capitol Police officer lost his life after suffering a stroke following the assault on the Capitol. \u2014 Michael Fanone, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Lee Public County Public Schools has at least one resource officer at every school. \u2014 Caroline Elliott, Fox News , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Dash belonged to officer Jeff Schank, McCubbin said. \u2014 Ana Alvarez Brinez, The Courier-Journal , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Their behavior \u2014 like moving quickly or not listening to officer commands \u2014 could make officers fearful. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The Southern Methodist University Police Department has given a meritorious conduct award to officer Shara Watson who assisted a man who had been struck by a vehicle on Central Expressway in Richardson. \u2014 Teri Webster, Dallas News , 28 June 2021",
"What happened when Jane Doe came forward to police Jane Doe came forward to Milwaukee police in July 2019 and reported to officer Zachary Thoms that Haywood had drugged and raped her five years earlier and recorded it. \u2014 Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Oct. 2020",
"The county officers on scene were Deputy Sheriff\u2019s Hammond and Lestock of the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office Uniform Services Division. \u2014 Paula Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 26 May 2020",
"Police have identified the man who officers shot and killed outside ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital on April 15 as Randy S. Ashland, 58. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2020",
"The incident highlights the challenges that officers face when responding to drag racing in the city with an understaffed police department. \u2014 Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News , 9 Mar. 2020",
"Darrin Podeschi, 54, La Quinta, Calif. Household: two adults and three students in high school, college and graduate school Profession: chief people officer ... \u2014 Ellen Byron, WSJ , 1 Apr. 2020"
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"constable",
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},
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"Noun",
"She interviewed a senior official from the previous administration.",
"A company official responded to our request.",
"Adjective",
"She was accused of destroying official documents.",
"Her illness did not prevent her from performing her official duties.",
"The Vice President is on an official trip.",
"We extended an official greeting to the ambassador.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The weekend\u2019s missile launches are part of an uptick in such attacks in recent weeks, the official said. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"One aim of the United States and its international partners, the official said, would be to prevent Russia \u2014 which has found ways around previous sanctions \u2014 from evading the ban on imports. \u2014 Ashley Parker, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"The move will reinforce Ukraine\u2019s efforts to keep Russian forces pinned down in a small area, the official said. \u2014 David Keyton, John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
"The American teams were sometimes called Jedburgh, a reference to a World War II effort to train partisans behind enemy lines, the official said. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2022",
"No one was injured and the plane landed without incident, the official said. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022",
"While laboratory testing ramped up last week, only about 700 total tests had been conducted as of June 17, the official said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The official said the infrastructure bill offered enough money to provide the raises but the administration was looking to work with Congress to provide a long-term fix on the firefighters' pay. \u2014 Aamer Madhani, ajc , 21 June 2022",
"When Coast Guard rescuers arrived and found the vessel engulfed in flames, the official said the crew learned that a Good Samaritan had rescued the fisherman before the fire consumed the ship. \u2014 Fox News , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The official Blue Bloods Instagram account shared the news with a photo of Tom Selleck as Police Commissioner Frank Reagan. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 1 July 2022",
"Hopkins signed up on that website, as well as on the study\u2019s official enrollment site. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"According to McBryde\u2019s official site, the singer-songwriter\u2019s next show is set for July 14 in Charleston, South Carolina, as part of Dierks Bentley\u2019s Beers on Me Tour, with additional shows throughout the United States and Canada. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"Josep Borrell was set to visit Iran on Friday and Saturday to discuss reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, according to a tweet on his official account. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"The official Twitter account of the State of Israel wasn\u2019t responding to a terrorist attack or an outburst of anti-Semitism. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"Following on from the introduction of a butt-naked Soldier Boy, the show's official Twitter account is now teasing an exceptionally graphic superhero orgy scene which will take the series to gratuitous heights, even by its own lurid standards. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 23 June 2022",
"The school district in Uvalde has opened an official account with First State Bank of Uvalde to support Robb Elementary families affected by the tragedy. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"In a stark breakdown, Steven C. McCraw, who directs the public safety agency, offered the most detailed official account so far about what happened during the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School. \u2014 Mark Berman, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022"
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"The potential lesson of a similar failure in military preparedness by U.S. forces has not penetrated officialdom Eaglen observes. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Our own inflation, unemployment, and market nervousness will abate when either officialdom gets wise, pushed by an assertive electorate and public opinion, or creative destruction runs its course. \u2014 Brian Domitrovic, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"This is a line that is hardly exclusive to Chinese officialdom . \u2014 David Rieff, The New Republic , 14 Apr. 2022",
"On May 21, a branch of the Shanghai police posted a notice online seeking bids from private contractors for what is known among Chinese officialdom as public opinion management. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Long before Trump, Democratic officialdom and its constituency groups were radicalizing on immigration. \u2014 Mark Krikorian, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"By late February, the network had found its voice in part by echoing messages from Russian officialdom . \u2014 Craig Silverman, ProPublica , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The morning Oregonian newspaper hung its investigation into the matter on Elkins\u2019 claims of widespread corruption among Portland-area officialdom . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Jan. 2022",
"But Simon acknowledged that the tour may have little leverage to influence Chinese officialdom . \u2014 Christopher Clarey, New York Times , 14 Nov. 2021"
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"\u0259-\u02c8fis-\u1d4an-\u0259l",
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"an officious little man who was always telling everyone else how to do their jobs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cronenberg, in turn, has maintained a cool contempt for officious pundits and their agendas. \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"As her avenging brother, Laertes, the tenor David Butt Philip is ardent; as her officious father, Polonius, the tenor William Burden avoids caricature. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"There's an officious young secretary, Ms. McCormack (Laurie Veldheer), to keep reminding him of that, but the thrust and parry of the fast-dancing dialogue is between Sam (huffy, preoccupied) and Karen (tizzying, agitated, eager to please). \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The soul of this community is local queen bee Sherry Conrad (Search Party alum Shalita Grant, the season\u2019s MVP), an officious , controlling momfluencer with a knack for stealing the spotlight. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 17 Oct. 2021",
"At his side is the officious Bev Keane (a chilling Samantha Sloyan, from Hill House), the prototypical timeless, ageless, practically bloodless church lady, dressed like an overgrown Girl Scout and always judging, scolding, guilting. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 20 Sep. 2021",
"On their first day, the resort manager (Gustaf Hammarsten) recommends an isolated beach and arranges for the family to be driven there along with a few other tourists, including an officious doctor (Rufus Sewell) and his family. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 July 2021",
"Many are proxies in the audience\u2019s war with Matt, the kind of officious know-it-all whom people generally cross the street to avoid. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Nevarro\u2019s cantina is now a school being run by a female protocol droid who sounds just as officious as C-3PO. \u2014 Lauren Morgan, EW.com , 20 Nov. 2020"
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"\u0259-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259s"
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"major changes are in the offing for the company",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Profound anthropogenic changes have exacerbated that, and in many places there has been ecosystem collapse, with more in the offing . \u2014 Jim Robbins, Wired , 25 June 2022",
"Readings in the low- to mid-90s will pepper the South, but records aren't in the offing - yet. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Low- to mid-90s will pepper the South, but records aren\u2019t in the offing \u2014 yet. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"What\u2019s next for you \u2014 is there a motherhood project in the offing ? \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Also in the offing are children\u2019s readings, yoga and meditation sessions, writing workshops, and book signings. \u2014 Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"More Open Streets initiatives are in the offing this summer. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Amidst this turbulence, investors are wondering whether a recession is in the offing . \u2014 Jason Bisnoff, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"So the opportunity for UConn baseball to become the next big thing at home; the team from the Northeast to break into the sport\u2019s southern- and western-dominated elite group, is in the offing . \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1608, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8\u00e4-",
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"she was consistently surly and offish with the would-be suitors who came calling",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But announcements on two continents in the last week show that showing the stand- offish situation is changing, with Royal Dutch Shell and General Motors hooking up in the US and BP buying into a BMW-Daimler charging joint venture in Europe. \u2014 Michael Taylor, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Off fans will also find a few cakes, including the show- offish Swedish Prinsesst\u00e5rta. \u2014 Kate Krader, Bloomberg.com , 13 Nov. 2020",
"The plaza between the two buildings makes the complex feel open and welcoming, not overbearing or stand- offish . \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 4 Oct. 2020",
"Most of the mentor-teacher characters in kung fu films are extremely stand- offish and intimidating. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 1 July 2020"
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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"the hills are controlled by bandits and other unsavory offscourings who have taken up a life outside the law",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first-century audience to whom Jesus was teaching was comprised mainly of peasants, tradesmen, farmers, shepherds, the unemployed and the offscouring of society. \u2014 Loren A. Yadon, idahostatesman , 8 Apr. 2018"
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"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8\u022ff-\u02ccskau\u0307(-\u0259)r-i\u014b"
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"chaff",
"deadwood",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
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"raffle",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"spilth",
"trash",
"truck",
"waste"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220636",
"type":[
"noun"
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"balance",
"canceler",
"canceller",
"corrective",
"counter",
"counteraction",
"counterbalance",
"counterforce",
"counterpoise",
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"equipoise",
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": a lateral or collateral (see collateral entry 2 sense 2 ) branch (as of a family or race) : offshoot":[],
": a printing process in which an inked impression from a plate is first made on a rubber-blanketed cylinder and then transferred to the paper being printed":[],
": a short prostrate (see prostrate entry 1 sense 3 ) lateral shoot arising from the base of a plant":[],
": a small bulb arising from the base of another bulb":[],
": a spur (see spur entry 1 sense 4a ) from a range of hills":[],
": an abrupt bend in an object (such as a pipe or a rod) by which one part is turned aside out of line":[],
": an abrupt change in the dimension or profile of an object (such as a bowl) or the part set off by such change":[],
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"\u2014 H. J. Stewart"
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": to place over against something : balance":[
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"Gains in one area offset losses in another.",
"The limited storage space in the house is offset by the large garage.",
"Noun",
"a better performance this time will be an offset to last year's dismal showing",
"symptoms that were striking for their abrupt onset and their equally abrupt offset",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"According to NEOtrans\u2019s reporting, sources contend the revenues generated by the lakefront development plan could offset a significant portion of the building costs for a new stadium, even if it were moved to a new location. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 19 June 2022",
"In an analysis published this week in the annual Air Quality Life Index, researchers found that wildfire smoke probably offset decades of state and federal antipollution efforts, at least temporarily. \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"Both of them feature dolman sleeves and heavily padded shoulders that further offset the slim proportions of the torso and the long sleeves that end precisely underneath the wrist bone and wrap around the arm like a second skin. \u2014 Laia Garcia-furtado, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"There were notable increases in applications in Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania, which offset declines in Mississippi and Michigan. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"In the nine months to December, net profit increased 28% to 1.1 billion ringgit, while revenue rose 4% to 3.5 billion ringgit, helped by a tax credit in the third quarter that partially offset an impairment charge. \u2014 Anis Shakirah Mohd Muslimin, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"And in this case, the systems being optimized are small energy grids, meaning that this approach could partly offset some of a blockchain's horrific energy usage. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 5 June 2022",
"At the same time, higher pay for many workers, particularly at restaurants, hotels, and warehouses, will keep forcing up prices for services, which could at least partly offset the benefit of less-expensive goods. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"But there are some signs that adjustments in get-out-the-vote operations and elections procedures may offset that. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The brick pits continue to burn at this institution\u2014one of the only barbecue establishments in Houston grandfathered into being allowed to operate this way\u2014as well as a new steel offset smoker. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 8 June 2022",
"Toucan is a crypto project designed to strengthen offset markets. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"The Royal Gourmet charcoal grill with offset smoker ($156.99) can be used for grilling, smoking and BBQing. \u2014 cleveland , 13 May 2022",
"With a brilliant offset design, the canopy is attached to a side-arm rather than set atop a pole, so the umbrella can be placed next to a dining table without a center hole or behind an outdoor sectional or other lounge area. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 6 May 2022",
"Part of the platform\u2019s sales pitch is the ability to give homeowners a cost-benefit analysis for going solar in a matter of minutes, as well as offer numbers on carbon footprint offset . \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The offset staircase, with a landing, overlooks the main level. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, courant.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The Pit Room Follow the smell of smoke to this Montrose hangout, which boasts all of the barbecue essentials, including pork and beef ribs and brisket cooked onsite in barrel-style offset smokers. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 18 May 2022",
"Instacart also began delivering from nonfood retailers like Best Buy Co. BBY 3.07% and expanded its advertising business, an effort to boost sales and offset costs associated with delivery. \u2014 Jaewon Kang, WSJ , 12 May 2022"
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"1673, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"circa 1555, in the meaning defined at sense 7b":"Noun"
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"transitive senses are also \u022ff-\u02c8set",
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"annul",
"cancel (out)",
"compensate (for)",
"correct",
"counteract",
"counterbalance",
"counterpoise",
"make up (for)",
"negative",
"neutralize"
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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"noun"
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": a lateral branch (as of a mountain range)":[]
},
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"The business started as an offshoot of an established fashion design company.",
"we knew the rosebush had survived the harsh winter when it began producing offshoots and turning green again",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The offshoot seeks to package the experimentation Mohammed has been exploring within the four walls of his Williamsburg haven for public enjoyment. \u2014 Andr\u00e9-naquian Wheeler, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
"La Casa de La Playa, the 63-suite offshoot to Hotel Xcaret Arte. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The company also holds all world rights and will begin licensing the picture at the Cannes Market, the rights sales offshoot of the Cannes Film Festival. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"In the Dark, Stargirl and Nancy Drew offshoot Tom Swift have yet to premiere. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
"The new 2023 Polestar 2, which was unveiled by Volvo\u2019s luxury offshoot Wednesday, comes with an array of design and software upgrades, along with greater power and range. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 4 May 2022",
"But that collaboration has developed into a mutual effort to identify and neutralize potential attacks by the regional offshoot of the Islamic State terror group. \u2014 Josh Meyer, USA TODAY , 27 Aug. 2021",
"As the Northeast and other parts of the country grapple with a highly transmissible offshoot of the Omicron variant, community transmission levels are once again rising, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"Appealing to a broader audience \u2013 In 2020 AD relaunched Clever, a digitally-native offshoot of the brand that appeals to a younger, design savvy audience. \u2014 Jane Hanson, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"1710, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02c8\u022ff-\u02ccsh\u00fct",
"\u02c8of-\u02ccsh\u00fct"
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"outgrowth",
"shoot",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023233",
"type":[
"noun"
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"They opened an offshore bank account.",
"He traced the money to an offshore investment company.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The man had last been seen about 50-yards offshore . \u2014 Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"The main beach is sandy, next to which there's a paved section for campervans or those who want to fish offshore . \u2014 Sydney Baker, Travel + Leisure , 21 June 2022",
"In some of the earliest research on rips in the mid\u201320th century, American scientists watched sticks and pieces of kelp float out to sea and described lanes of flowing water extending a few hundred meters offshore . \u2014 Chloe Williams, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
"The booster would also potentially return to the site or land offshore and be ferried back. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 13 June 2022",
"That 2000 mile stretch of moisture offshore will keep us wet into Saturday. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"The National Weather Service says high pressure will begin building offshore later in the day and the majority of the shower activity will fall over the southern Washington and northern Oregon Cascades and foothills. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 June 2022",
"This causes drier and colder air from the continent to blow offshore causing the retreating monsoon or the northeast monsoon. \u2014 Anusha Krishnan, Quartz , 30 May 2022",
"Just a mile offshore , the White Ship struck the notorious Quilleboeuf rock, keeled over and foundered in the frigid sea. \u2014 Stephen Brumwell, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But companies with an offshore presence may find the subcontractor fee perfectly acceptable. \u2014 Steve Banker, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Mangroves interact with coral by trapping muddy sediment that would smother the reef, while the offshore reef protects the mangroves and seagrass beds from pummelling waves. \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"The shift in sentiment has helped to drive the MSCI China Index, the broadest measure of China stocks on mainland and offshore markets, up more than 20% since March 15. \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"Friday will be the start of the warming trend as an upper ridge builds eastward across the state and offshore flow brings warm air into the region. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"Such principles appear to have been at work in 2018 when the government raised taxes and imposed export restrictions on offshore petroleum production. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Min called offshore oil production a serious threat to California\u2019s $44-billion-a-year coastal economy, as the October spill proved. \u2014 Phil Willonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"In Alaska, the situation mostly applies to offshore production from fields beyond the three-mile state boundary. \u2014 Elwood Brehmer, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Dec. 2021",
"The rate of decline for offshore production is even more dramatic. \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"The storm began organizing Friday offshore the Carolinas when two disturbances along the jet stream merged over the Southeast. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2022",
"As of this writing, more than 70 container ships are idling offshore the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach because there are not enough dockworkers to unload the cargo, nor are there enough truck drivers to transport the goods. \u2014 Adam Strauss, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Salmon fishing has been given an additional boost by large schools of juvenile anchovies that have arrived this month offshore the Bay Area coast and in San Francisco Bay. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com , 21 Aug. 2020",
"As for crude inventories, there are also ample stockpiles being housed in onshore tanks and vessels offshore that could hit the market as the economics of storing the crude becomes less attractive. \u2014 Serene Cheong, Bloomberg.com , 20 May 2020",
"Echoing Lynch\u2019s comments, Al Cook, executive vice president of Global Strategy and Business Development at Equinor, pointed out the company\u2019s investments in carbon capture and storage near Norway, and a wind energy project offshore Scotland. \u2014 Katherine Dunn, Fortune , 28 Feb. 2020",
"Apache has pinned high hopes on Suriname after Exxon Mobil started developing huge oil projects offshore of neighboring Guyana. \u2014 Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Exxon and Hess have announced at least 6 billion barrels of recoverable resources offshore of Guyana with first production coming online either late this year or in early 2020. \u2014 Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Computer models generally project that the storm center should remain far enough offshore the coast of Georgia to limit winds to tropical-storm force (39 to 73 mph) and rainfall totals to 3 to 6 inches. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Sep. 2019"
],
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"1720, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1942, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition"
},
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"\u02c8\u022ff-\u02c8sh\u022fr",
"\u02c8\u022ff-\u02ccsh\u022fr"
],
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"alongshore",
"coastal",
"inshore",
"littoral",
"nearshore",
"shoreside"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"preposition"
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082819",
"type":[
"noun"
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": an investment fund based outside the U.S., not subject to registration with the Security and Exchange Commission, and barred by law from selling its shares within the U.S.":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141313",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": spin imparted to a bowled ball in cricket that tends to cause it to break from the off side to the leg side":[]
},
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"off entry 3 + spin":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052530",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"offspring":{
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"definitions":{
": offshoot sense 1a":[
"\u2026 you can hear this Caribbean club music, a hard-edged and party-heavy offspring of reggae \u2026",
"\u2014 Lorraine Ali"
],
": product , result":[
"\u2026 scholarly manuscripts\u2014the labored offsprings of PhDs \u2026",
"\u2014 Donna Martin",
"\u2026 the substitution of the typewriter and its offspring for the author's own hand.",
"\u2014 Jacques Barzun"
],
": the immediate descendant of a person or animal : an individual born of a parent":[
"gave birth to a single offspring",
"\"\u2026 He was becoming irascible as well, impatient\u2014with me especially, because I was his only offspring [=child] . \u2026\"",
"\u2014 Anthony Hopkins"
],
": the product of the reproductive processes of a person, animal, or plant : young , progeny":[
"The disease can be transmitted from parent to offspring ."
]
},
"examples":[
"The show is about two couples and the adventures of their rebellious offspring .",
"The colt is the offspring of two racing champions.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, for their roughly six months in the Mid-Atlantic, the birds are all business: mating, building nests, laying and incubating eggs, teaching their offspring life skills, securing the future of their species. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"The three cubs are Zoya's first offspring , a news release said. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2022",
"Although females were likely to have mating success in their lives, competition for mates among the males was a winner-take-all blood sport in which male mastodons would likely sire many offspring or none at all. \u2014 Peter Brannen, The Atlantic , 22 June 2022",
"The study of Holocaust offspring supported this conjecture. \u2014 Rachel Yehuda, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
"There is also concern that during this year\u2019s breeding season for many species, parents could pass the disease to offspring in the nest, which have underdeveloped immune systems. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"From 1855 to 1880, more than 230 of his progeny won nearly 1,200 races\u2014four triumphed at the Belmont Stakes and three offspring won the Preakness Stakes. \u2014 Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 June 2022",
"While watching the parade, the youngest of Kate and William's offspring cheered with passion and stuck his tongue out in moments of excitement. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"Madison has transformed from mother to baby-napper, stealing children and delivering them to P.A.D.R.E. to sever connections between parent and offspring . \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 6 June 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Middle English ofspring , from Old English, from of off + springan to spring":""
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"\u02c8\u022ff-\u02ccspri\u014b"
],
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"fruit",
"get",
"issue",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"spawn"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212423",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"offstage":{
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": behind the scenes : out of the public view":[
"much of the important work of the conference was done offstage"
],
": in private life":[
"known offstage as a kindly person"
],
": on a part of the stage not visible to the audience":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2011, actor Tom Green showed up at the ceremony with his own small red carpet and played the harmonica until he got kicked offstage . \u2014 Kelsey Ables, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"In 2011, actor Tom Green showed up at the ceremony with his own small red carpet and played the harmonica until he got kicked offstage . \u2014 Kelsey Ables, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"In 2011, actor Tom Green showed up at the ceremony with his own small red carpet and played the harmonica until he got kicked offstage . \u2014 Kelsey Ables, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Earlier this week, Lionel Richie walked offstage and saw his manager standing there with tears in his eyes. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 6 May 2022",
"In 2011, actor Tom Green showed up at the ceremony with his own small red carpet and played the harmonica until he got kicked offstage . \u2014 Kelsey Ables, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"In 2011, actor Tom Green showed up at the ceremony with his own small red carpet and played the harmonica until he got kicked offstage . \u2014 Kelsey Ables, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"In 2011, actor Tom Green showed up at the ceremony with his own small red carpet and played the harmonica until he got kicked offstage . \u2014 Kelsey Ables, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"In 2011, actor Tom Green showed up at the ceremony with his own small red carpet and played the harmonica until he got kicked offstage . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Apr. 2022"
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"1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8\u022ff-\u02c8st\u0101j",
"-\u02ccst\u0101j"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101018",
"type":[
"adverb or adjective"
]
},
"oft":{
"antonyms":[
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom"
],
"definitions":{
": often":[
"oft asked questions",
"an oft quoted statement"
]
},
"examples":[
"as I have oft said, you need to look before you leap",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"McNairy will star as Adams\u2019 oft -traveling husband in the project. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"The United States has sought to balance two oft -conflicting goals. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Overly familiar sequels have a hard time justifying their existence, yet a sequel that seemingly strays too far from the original is oft -regarded as something that shouldn\u2019t be canon. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
"The moves are aimed at boosting oft -competing political priorities: combating climate change and nurturing domestic solar manufacturing that has struggled to compete with cheap imports. \u2014 Ari Natter, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"The tale is oft -repeated: A lover of Shakespeare released dozens of European starlings in New York City as an ode to the Bard, starting a North American invasion. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"So, what had happened to Pearson, a respected and oft -quoted author the church was proud to publish? \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Feb. 2022",
"While most first-time visitors to Japan tend to stick around Tokyo and the other major cities across Honshu, the nation\u2019s second-largest island offers a fascinating and oft -overlooked perspective on the country. \u2014 Jared Ranahan, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Louise is one of three children in the Belcher family, whose parents \u2014 droning, oft -beleaguered Bob and resiliently positive Linda \u2014 run a seaside greasy spoon. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German ofto often":""
},
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"\u02c8\u022fft"
],
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"again and again",
"constantly",
"continually",
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"hourly",
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"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"over and over",
"repeatedly"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071817",
"type":[
"adverb"
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"infrequently",
"little",
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"seldom"
],
"definitions":{
": many times : frequently":[
"are often puzzled and sometimes annoyed by the ways of other peoples",
"\u2014 W. A. Parker"
]
},
"examples":[
"They go out to dinner fairly often .",
"How often do you call your mother?",
"The condition often returns even after treatment with antibiotics.",
"I often take a walk during my lunch break.",
"He travels more often than I do.",
"The disease is diagnosed most often in children.",
"They seem to be getting into arguments more and more often .",
"It's not often that I get to enjoy a day off.",
"Water the plants often enough to keep the soil moist.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Images of San Francisco\u2019s homelessness crisis often show its unsheltered residents living in tents crowding sidewalks or RVs lining residential streets, with national critics pointing to the city as the epitome of the crisis. \u2014 Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 July 2022",
"Launched to ramp up sales on Latin American movies as he region ramped up production levels, Ventana Sur soon attracted hundreds of often young producers searching for co-production opportunities. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 4 July 2022",
"But Woods, and the Williams sisters, like other aging and often -absent sports stars, remain active, not retired. \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2022",
"Most plastic cannot be recycled, only downgraded, and it's often incinerated or used as fuel in waste-to-energy plants, sometimes known as chemical recycling. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 July 2022",
"As is so often the case, the truth eventually outed. \u2014 David Wright Falad\u00e9, The New Yorker , 4 July 2022",
"The new generation of composers, however, has begun to embrace the old concepts in new ways, often including eclectic mashups of world and popular music styles. \u2014 WSJ , 4 July 2022",
"Relying on legacy banks to create debit cards for its users, Zazu often faced lengthy delays and other challenges emblematic of dominant legacy banks\u2019 failure to expand financial inclusion. \u2014 Tawanda Karombo, Quartz , 4 July 2022",
"Macau authorities are still not sure how the virus entered the city, but the first clusters in June were traced to an employee at a prison and a worker at a meat shop who often commuted between Macau and the nearby city of Zhuhai in mainland China. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 4 July 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, alteration of oft":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u022ff-t\u0259n",
"\u02c8\u022f-f\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"again and again",
"constantly",
"continually",
"frequently",
"hourly",
"much",
"oft",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"over and over",
"repeatedly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180503",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"oftenness":{
"antonyms":[],
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},
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"pronounciation":[
"-n(n)\u0259\u0307s"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063752",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"oftens":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": often":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"often entry 1 + -s":""
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"-nz"
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205522",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"oftentimes":{
"antonyms":[
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom"
],
"definitions":{
": on many occasions : often":[
"The quickness of the hand oftentimes deceives the eye.",
"\u2014 W. V. Quine",
"Seemingly untoward events oftentimes lead to successful results.",
"\u2014 Herman Melville",
"Oftentimes they were asleep, but occasionally might be heard talking together \u2026",
"\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne",
"A man's ignorance sometimes is not only useful, but beautiful \u2013 while his knowledge, so called, is oftentimes worse than useless \u2026",
"\u2014 Henry David Thoreau",
"Oftentimes cyclists mistake dehydration for hunger.",
"\u2014 Brian Wansink"
]
},
"examples":[
"Oftentimes , he is the only man in the aerobics class.",
"children oftentimes don't realize how quickly time passes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Browns had really stellar attendance throughout their OTAs this offseason, and throughout the NFL when players show up for those optional practices, coaches will oftentimes cancel mandatory minicamp sessions all together. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"Henley added that domestic violence can oftentimes be linked to access to guns. \u2014 Melody Leibner, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 June 2022",
"The high-stakes nature of a negotiation can oftentimes become a barrier to mutual understanding. \u2014 Kwame Christian, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"But coming up with the perfect Instagram caption to accompany that adorable photo from your childhood playdates can oftentimes lead to an acute case of writer's block. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 13 May 2022",
"Abstracting away complexity can oftentimes hide what's happening under the hood and why. \u2014 Jaspreet Singh, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Crypto miners typically want electricity at the lowest cost, which oftentimes leads them to high-polluting energy sources like coal. \u2014 CBS News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Kindred is unsparing in its descriptions of race and violence, and Butler renders Dana\u2019s journey with such emotional acuity that the physical experience of reading the book can oftentimes be painful. \u2014 Leah Carroll, refinery29.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Greg is one of those guys who does not oftentimes make the same mistake twice. \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 8 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8\u022ff-t\u0259n-",
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"ofttime":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
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},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from oft + time":""
},
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"\u02c8\u022ff(t)\u00a6t\u012bm"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032445",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"ofttimes":{
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": on many occasions : often":[
"Our books of science, as they improve in accuracy, are in danger of losing the freshness and vigor and readiness to appreciate the real laws of Nature, which is a marked merit in the ofttimes false theories of the ancients.",
"\u2014 Henry David Thoreau"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8\u022ff(t)-\u02cct\u012bmz"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075040",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": that which belongs to or is connected with you : your one : your ones":[
"All those CDs of yours take up an awful lot of space.",
"Is that guy a friend of yours ?"
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144913"
},
"of yesteryear":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": of the past : from a long time ago":[
"the values of yesteryear",
"radio shows of yesteryear"
]
},
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151535"
}
}
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