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7330 lines
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{
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"anal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, characterized by, or being personality traits (such as parsimony , meticulousness, and ill humor) considered typical of fixation at the anal stage of development : anal-retentive":[
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"an anal disposition",
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"\u2014 often used in nontechnical contexts to describe someone as extremely or excessively neat, careful, or precise I have a mania for neatness in some matters that is almost anal . \u2014 Joseph Heller"
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],
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": of, relating to, characterized by, or being the stage of psychosexual development which follows the oral stage (see oral entry 1 sense 3 ) and during which the child is concerned especially with his or her feces":[],
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": of, relating to, situated near, or involving the anus":[
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"an anal fin"
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],
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"analogy":[],
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"analysis ; analytic":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"He can be pretty anal about keeping his office neat.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"More cheerfully, younger Chinese are not as superstitious, and so are less likely to believe that a baby born without an anal opening, for example, must be cursed and fit only for abandonment. \u2014 The Economist , 6 June 2020",
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"Since the attack, India has amended its rape laws, widening the definition to include anal and oral penetration. \u2014 Vedika Sud, CNN , 19 Mar. 2020",
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"EcoHealth Alliance researchers have long collected blood, urine, feces, and oral and anal swabs from wild bats in China and elsewhere in an effort to solve such puzzles. \u2014 Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS , 30 Apr. 2020",
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"Anderson assaulted and abused the wrestler on at least 35 occasions, or 70 total acts of nonconsensual anal penetration and genital fondling, between 1984 and 1989 when the wrestler was between the ages of 17 and 22, the suit alleges. \u2014 David Jesse, Detroit Free Press , 5 Mar. 2020",
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"Aside from skipping the necessary prep work, forgetting to use lube is one of the main reasons why anal can be unpleasant for some people. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, refinery29.com , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"In 2018, inspectors at one of Mr. Scheiner\u2019s nursing homes in Balch Springs, Texas, spotted a staff member who failed to wash or sanitize her hands before cleaning a resident\u2019s anal area. \u2014 Jesse Drucker, New York Times , 14 Mar. 2020",
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"Current tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, look for genetic material of the virus, for instance in saliva or nasal, oral, or anal swabs, using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). \u2014 Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS , 27 Feb. 2020",
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"At one visit, in the spring of 2017, Rannestad could not complete a pelvic exam because of the extreme swelling around Addimando\u2019s vaginal and anal areas. \u2014 Rachel Louise Snyder, The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin \u0101n\u0101lis, from Latin \u0101nus anus + -\u0101lis -al entry 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0101n-\u1d4al",
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"\u02c8\u0101-n\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085818",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"analgesic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia":[
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"opioid analgesics",
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"a topical analgesic",
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"Aspirin and acetaminophen are the oral analgesics of first choice in the treatment of mild to moderate pain caused by cancer.",
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"\u2014 William T. McGivney et al."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"the doctor prescribed an analgesic and rest for my injured knee",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Intended to be rolled directly onto achy areas, the formula combines 17 essential oils, including geranium and chamomile, which are thought to stimulate circulation, and capsaicin (the active compound in the chili pepper) for an analgesic effect. \u2014 Laura Regensdorf, Vogue , 1 Nov. 2017",
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"Meperidine \u2013 Meperidine is another narcotic analgesic , similar to morphine. \u2014 Cnn Library, CNN , 18 Sep. 2017",
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"Social connection Pain research confirms that love is analgesic . \u2014 Beth Darnall, Washington Post , 12 Sep. 2017",
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"In these complaints\u2014and in additional posts to its members\u2014PETA alleged that Lattin had killed around 250 birds and performed painful experiments without analgesics , and that her work had no relevance to conservation or other species. \u2014 David Grimm, Science | AAAS , 8 Sep. 2017",
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"Many of the drug\u2019s victims are addicts, but others are unaware as traffickers have begun lacing other drugs, including marijuana, with fentanyl which is the synthetic opiate analgesic , Espinosa said. \u2014 Krista Torralva, OrlandoSentinel.com , 11 Aug. 2017",
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"The decline documented in the analysis also coincided with the federal government\u2019s tightening of prescribing rules in 2014 for one of the most common painkillers: hydrocodone combined with a second analgesic , such as acetaminophen. \u2014 Abby Goodnough, The Seattle Times , 6 July 2017",
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"The decline documented in the analysis also coincided with the federal government's tightening of prescribing rules in 2014 for one of the most common painkillers: hydrocodone combined with a second analgesic , like acetaminophen. \u2014 The New York Times, cleveland.com , 6 July 2017",
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"Meperidine \u2013 Meperidine is another narcotic analgesic , similar to morphine. \u2014 Steve Almasy, CNN , 6 July 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1852, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"1860, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"analgesia + -ic entry 1":"Adjective",
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"noun derivative of analgesic entry 2":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-n\u1d4al-\u02c8j\u0113-zik",
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"-\u02c8j\u0113-zik",
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"-sik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"anesthetic",
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"anodyne",
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"painkiller"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223938",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"analog computer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a computer that operates with numbers represented by directly measurable quantities (such as voltages or rotations) \u2014 compare digital computer , hybrid computer":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In the 1940s, the analog computer MONIAC had to use actual tanks and pipes of colored water to model the UK economy. \u2014 Amanda Rees, Wired , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"The video features electronic effects created by director Hays using an analog computer system. \u2014 Billboard , 29 July 2021",
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"And although there were basic analog computers for computing firing solutions, tracking ships and calculating their headings was manual work, done by men with paper and slide rules. \u2014 Haomiao Huang, Ars Technica , 25 Mar. 2020",
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"Applied Dynamics Ann Arbor plant: Supplied analog computers . \u2014 Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press , 18 July 2019",
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"His voting machine\u2014essentially an analog computer \u2014recognized if the voter was a man or a woman and allowed them to vote accordingly. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian , 26 June 2019",
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"The award will fund research that examines how computationally intensive engineering and physics problems can be solved more quickly using new types of analog computers for electromagnetic, magnetohydrodynamic and fluid mechanic applications. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland.com , 11 June 2017",
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"Memory as an analog computer Phase change memory is based on materials that can take two different forms as a solid. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 26 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182848",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"analogate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a thing, term, or concept analogized : analogue":[
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"the First Being is the prime analogate"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"analog ue + -ate":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02c8nal\u0259\u02ccg\u0101t",
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"-g\u0259\u0307t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032613",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"analogical":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": expressing or implying analogy":[],
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": of, relating to, or based on analogy":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"It was intended to paint the EU\u2019s role in this diplomatic dispute as that of the anti-colonial insurgent, a role that chimes well with the limited, analogical way that American liberals have of understanding Ireland. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 18 June 2021",
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"Leveraging the power of analogical and computational thinking. \u2014 Heide Abelli, Forbes , 6 May 2021",
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"In short, the key to prepare for the future is analogical reasoning. \u2014 Christian Stadler, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2021",
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"Teddy Roosevelt\u2019s crusade against the robber barons has a lot of analogical appeal for people who agree with Miller about the coercive nature of private corporations. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 28 Feb. 2021",
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"So George Dyson argues in this brilliant, idiosyncratic meta-meditation on analogical analogs throughout history. \u2014 Wired Staff, Wired , 16 Dec. 2020",
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"Similar habits of analogical inference guide scientists in their speculations about features of the cosmos. \u2014 Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books , 7 Jan. 2020",
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"The signatories of the open letter to the USHMM were entirely right to say that analogical reasoning is indispensable to the human sciences. \u2014 Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books , 7 Jan. 2020",
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"Yet unless McEwan really means to suggest that his countrymen on the Brexiting right are evil, the gesture simply lacks analogical power. \u2014 Graham Hillard, National Review , 24 Oct. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin analogicus \"of grammatical analogy\" (borrowed from Greek analogik\u00f3s \"based on mathematical ratios, of analogy in grammar,\" from analog\u00eda \"proportion, analogy \" + -ikos -ic entry 1 ) + -al entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-ji-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232450",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"analogion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a stand on which choir singers in the Eastern Church keep their books":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek analogeion reading desk, from analegesthai to read through, from ana- + legein to gather, speak":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0259\u02c8l\u022f\u02ccy\u022fn",
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"\u02cc\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccl\u022f\u02c8y\u0113\u02cc\u022fn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001327",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"analogism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": reasoning by analogy":[
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"investigates the philosophy of Aristotle and \u2026 rejects it as analogism",
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"\u2014 L. A. Foley"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1706, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"analogy + -ism":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02c8nal\u0259\u02ccjiz\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195741",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"analogist":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one who searches for or reasons from analogies":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8na-l\u0259-jist"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"analogy + -ist entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1788, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-092934"
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},
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"analogize":{
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"antonyms":[
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"contrast"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to compare by analogy":[],
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": to use or exhibit analogy":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"analogized the White House scandal to a cancer that was spreading to every internal organ of the body",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some might incorrectly analogize the pandemic to a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 or Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when presidents have sent in military troops to assist in mitigation and relief. \u2014 John Yoo, National Review , 20 Mar. 2020",
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"Nonetheless, analogizing energy to digital tech remains a go-to for policymakers and pundits. \u2014 Mark P. Mills, National Review , 5 Mar. 2020",
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"Our tendency to analogize senators to jurors, and the Senate to a court, is not accidental. \u2014 Adam White, National Review , 19 Dec. 2019",
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"To analogize to calculus, if human reasoning is a Riemann sum, machine learning may be the integral that results as the Riemann calculation approaches infinity. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 11 Nov. 2019",
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"In private and online, each side says the other slate is a pack of liars and both sides analogize the other to Donald Trump and the toxic state of national politics. \u2014 Jonathan Handel, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Aug. 2019",
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"Warren, for instance, analogizes her own plan, which includes a $1.5 trillion federal procurement commitment, to the industrial policy America previously undertook for the space race and our mobilization against Nazi aggression. \u2014 Catherine Rampell, The Denver Post , 9 June 2019",
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"Ditto their love for each other and their city, analogized to an Antarctica that\u2019s breaking apart and must be put back together. \u2014 Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Apr. 2018",
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"So is there enough previous case law for courts to analogize to this situation"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1655, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"analogy + -ize":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8na-l\u0259-\u02ccj\u012bz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"assimilate",
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"bracket",
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"compare",
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"equate",
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"liken"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235553",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"analogon":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": analogue":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1797, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek, from neuter of analogos":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-g\u0259n",
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"-\u02ccg\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081904",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"analogous":{
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"antonyms":[
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"different",
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"dissimilar",
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"diverse",
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"unakin",
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"unlike"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": similar in a way that invites comparison : showing an analogy or a likeness that permits one to draw an analogy":[
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"Timbre in music is analogous to color in painting.",
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"\u2014 Aaron Copland",
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"An airplane's joystick is somewhat analogous to the reins on a horse.",
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"a town council and a government body that serves an analogous function"
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],
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": similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail":[
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"Timbre in music is analogous to color in painting.",
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"\u2014 Aaron Copland",
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"An airplane's joystick is somewhat analogous to the reins on a horse.",
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"a town council and a government body that serves an analogous function"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"\u2026 gluons, force particles analogous to the photons of electromagnetism. \u2014 Andrew Watson , Science , 22 Jan. 1999",
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"\u2026 great stretches of algae, analogous to terrestrial woodlands, in which kelp fills the role of trees. \u2014 William K. Stevens , New York Times , 5 Jan. 1999",
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"\u2026 not by means superior to, though analogous with, human reason \u2026 \u2014 Charles Darwin , On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection , 1859",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Higgs boson and the Higgs field are analogous to photons and the electromagnetic field. \u2014 Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
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"Such questions, of course, are analogous to those currently faced by the Jan. 6 committee. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
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"One researcher suggests to Yong that this mode of perception, known as active electrolocation, is analogous to sensing hot and cold. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
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"The effect of this ruling on reconsideration is thus analogous to reducing the Goodyear Blimp to a child's birthday balloon. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"Other tree species may have similarly specialized shoots; pines, for example, have two types that might be analogous to those on redwoods, Chin says. \u2014 Ula Chrobak, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
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"Not only is this bad policy, but it is based on the faulty premise that advertising markets are analogous to securities markets. \u2014 M. Todd Henderson, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
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"If the neurons in DeGray\u2019s skull were like notes on a piano, then his distinct intentions were analogous to unique musical compositions. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
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"Their solutions are analogous to putting a Band-Aid on a cancer. \u2014 WSJ , 3 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1646, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin analogus \"proportionate\" (Medieval Latin, \"conforming to analogy\") + -ous ; analogus borrowed from Greek an\u00e1logos \"proportionate, conformable,\" parasynthetic derivative from an\u00e0 l\u00f3gon \"proportionately,\" from an\u00e1 \"up, throughout\" + l\u00f3gon, accusative of l\u00f3gos \"word, speech, relation, correspondence, proportion\" \u2014 more at ana- , legend":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8nal-\u0259-g\u0259s",
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"\u0259-\u02c8na-l\u0259-g\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for analogous similar , analogous , parallel mean closely resembling each other. similar implies the possibility of being mistaken for each other. all the houses in the development are similar analogous applies to things belonging in essentially different categories but nevertheless having many similarities. analogous political systems parallel suggests a marked likeness in the development of two things. the parallel careers of two movie stars",
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"synonyms":[
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"akin",
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"alike",
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"cognate",
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"comparable",
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"connate",
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"correspondent",
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"corresponding",
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"ditto",
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"like",
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"matching",
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"parallel",
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"resemblant",
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"resembling",
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"similar",
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"such",
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"suchlike"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222733",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"analogousness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"different",
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"dissimilar",
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"diverse",
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"unakin",
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"unlike"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": similar in a way that invites comparison : showing an analogy or a likeness that permits one to draw an analogy":[
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"Timbre in music is analogous to color in painting.",
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"\u2014 Aaron Copland",
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"An airplane's joystick is somewhat analogous to the reins on a horse.",
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"a town council and a government body that serves an analogous function"
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],
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": similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail":[
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"Timbre in music is analogous to color in painting.",
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"\u2014 Aaron Copland",
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"An airplane's joystick is somewhat analogous to the reins on a horse.",
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"a town council and a government body that serves an analogous function"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"\u2026 gluons, force particles analogous to the photons of electromagnetism. \u2014 Andrew Watson , Science , 22 Jan. 1999",
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"\u2026 great stretches of algae, analogous to terrestrial woodlands, in which kelp fills the role of trees. \u2014 William K. Stevens , New York Times , 5 Jan. 1999",
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"\u2026 not by means superior to, though analogous with, human reason \u2026 \u2014 Charles Darwin , On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection , 1859",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Higgs boson and the Higgs field are analogous to photons and the electromagnetic field. \u2014 Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
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"Such questions, of course, are analogous to those currently faced by the Jan. 6 committee. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
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"One researcher suggests to Yong that this mode of perception, known as active electrolocation, is analogous to sensing hot and cold. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
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"The effect of this ruling on reconsideration is thus analogous to reducing the Goodyear Blimp to a child's birthday balloon. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"Other tree species may have similarly specialized shoots; pines, for example, have two types that might be analogous to those on redwoods, Chin says. \u2014 Ula Chrobak, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
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"Not only is this bad policy, but it is based on the faulty premise that advertising markets are analogous to securities markets. \u2014 M. Todd Henderson, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
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"If the neurons in DeGray\u2019s skull were like notes on a piano, then his distinct intentions were analogous to unique musical compositions. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
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"Their solutions are analogous to putting a Band-Aid on a cancer. \u2014 WSJ , 3 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1646, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin analogus \"proportionate\" (Medieval Latin, \"conforming to analogy\") + -ous ; analogus borrowed from Greek an\u00e1logos \"proportionate, conformable,\" parasynthetic derivative from an\u00e0 l\u00f3gon \"proportionately,\" from an\u00e1 \"up, throughout\" + l\u00f3gon, accusative of l\u00f3gos \"word, speech, relation, correspondence, proportion\" \u2014 more at ana- , legend":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8nal-\u0259-g\u0259s",
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"\u0259-\u02c8na-l\u0259-g\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for analogous similar , analogous , parallel mean closely resembling each other. similar implies the possibility of being mistaken for each other. all the houses in the development are similar analogous applies to things belonging in essentially different categories but nevertheless having many similarities. analogous political systems parallel suggests a marked likeness in the development of two things. the parallel careers of two movie stars",
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"synonyms":[
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"akin",
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"alike",
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"cognate",
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"comparable",
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"connate",
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"correspondent",
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"corresponding",
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"ditto",
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"like",
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"matching",
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"parallel",
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"resemblant",
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"resembling",
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"similar",
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"such",
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"suchlike"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130142",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"analogy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect":[],
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": correspondence between the members of pairs or sets of linguistic forms that serves as a basis for the creation of another form":[],
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": correspondence or similarity in form or function between parts (such as the wings of birds and insects) of unrelated or distantly related species that is the result of convergent evolution \u2014 compare homology , homoplasy":[],
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": inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others":[],
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": resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike : similarity":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He does, though, suffer from the occupational deformation of international relations specialists: an enthusiasm for ransacking the past in search of precedents, analogies , patterns, and cycles that might explain the present and forecast the future. \u2014 Tony Judt , New York Book Review , 10 Apr. 2003",
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"People who do this call themselves \"white-hat\" hackers\u2014good people who show other people their vulnerabilities. Take the following analogy : I've designed a great new lock pick, and I'm going to give this great new gadget away to show everyone that the typical door lock is ineffective against my new pick. \u2014 John C. Dvorak , PC Magazine , 4 Apr. 2000",
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"It has often been said that movie stars are the royalty of America. (The better analogy , really, is that the royals are the movie stars of Britain.) \u2014 Neal Gabler , Life: The Movie , 1998",
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"Parts of the far-infrared sky look like colonies of spiders gone mad. The fine structure seen there is called cirrus, by analogy with filamentary clouds on Earth. \u2014 Virginia Trimble et al. , Sky & Telescope , January 1995",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Malik uses the analogy of a stem-plus-branching approach to studying a phenomenon using multidisciplinary lenses. \u2014 Benjamin Laker, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"Huggins uses a sports analogy to describe his advice to Da\u2019Vinchi, who portrays Southwest T, and Demetrius (Lil Meech) Flenory Jr., who was chosen and mentored by 50 Cent to play the role of his father, Big Meech. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 1 Oct. 2021",
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"Nelsy Ni\u00f1o, a researcher at the Instituto Humboldt who designs outreach for the expeditions, uses the analogy of a public library when talking to communities or groups of young people. \u2014 Federico Rios, New York Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
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"While poetry often uses analogy and plays with language, the obituary poems seem very different, plainspoken. \u2014 Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2021",
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"Scott Fraser, a cell biologist at U.C. San Diego, uses the analogy of watching a football game: a technique like Bessel beam illumination is like a wide-view of the whole field, whereas super-resolution techniques are like binoculars. \u2014 Jen Christiansen, Scientific American , 21 May 2013",
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"To the far right, the historical analogy is the Boston Tea Party, with liberals, Democrats, and the Washington establishment as the redcoats. \u2014 Calvin Woodward, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
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"To use an analogy from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ohanian says that in the past, a startup picking a top tier firm would be like signing a partnership with the Avengers. \u2014 Kenrick Cai, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"To use an analogy , each film is like playing an NBA basketball game. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English analogie, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin analogia \"ratio, proportion, correspondence in the inflection and derivation of words, the use of this correspondence in word derivation,\" borrowed from Greek analog\u00eda \"proportion, relation, correspondence in the inflection and derivation of words,\" from an\u00e1logos \"proportionate, conformable, analogous \" + -ia -y entry 2":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8nal-\u0259-j\u0113",
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"\u0259-\u02c8na-l\u0259-j\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for analogy likeness , similarity , resemblance , similitude , analogy mean agreement or correspondence in details. likeness implies a closer correspondence than similarity which often implies that things are merely somewhat alike. a remarkable likeness to his late father some similarity between the two cases resemblance implies similarity chiefly in appearance or external qualities. statements that bear little resemblance to the truth similitude applies chiefly to correspondence between abstractions. two schools of social thought showing points of similitude analogy implies likeness or parallelism in relations rather than in appearance or qualities. pointed out analogies to past wars",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091825",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"analphabetic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a person who cannot read : illiterate":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin analphab\u0113tus, derivative of analphab\u0113tus, adjective, \"illiterate,\" borrowed from Greek analph\u00e1b\u0113tos, from an- an- + -alphab\u0113tos, derivative of alph\u00e1b\u0113tos alphabet":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02cc)an-\u02c8al-f\u0259-\u02ccbet",
|
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"-b\u0259t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003905",
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"analysis":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a branch of mathematics concerned mainly with limits, continuity , and infinite series":[],
|
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": a detailed examination of anything complex in order to understand its nature or to determine its essential features : a thorough study":[
|
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"doing a careful analysis of the problem"
|
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],
|
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": a method in philosophy of resolving complex expressions into simpler or more basic ones":[],
|
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": a statement of such an examination":[],
|
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": a statement of the constituents of a mixture":[],
|
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": calculus sense 1b":[],
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": clarification of an expression by an elucidation of its use in discourse":[],
|
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": proof of a mathematical proposition by assuming the result and deducing a valid statement by a series of reversible steps":[],
|
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": psychoanalysis":[
|
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"a patient who is in/undergoing analysis"
|
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],
|
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": separation of a whole into its component parts":[],
|
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": the identification or separation of ingredients of a substance":[
|
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"a chemical analysis of the soil"
|
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],
|
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": the use of function words instead of inflectional forms as a characteristic device of a language":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"His analyses expose hidden fractures with the clarity of an X-ray, and his rhetorical skill, though modulated in a journalistic style, owes much to the give and take of Euripides' crisp dialogue. \u2014 G. W. Bowersock , New York Review of Books , 6 Nov. 2008",
|
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"In order to depict economic decisions mathematically, economists needed to assume that human behavior is both rational and predictable. They imagined a representative human, Homo economicus, endowed with consistent preferences, stable moods, and an enviable ability to make only rational decisions. This sleight of hand yielded some theories that had genuine predictive value, but economists were obliged to exclude from their analyses many phenomena that didn't fit the \u2026 framework, such as stock-market bubbles, drug addiction, and compulsive shopping. \u2014 John Cassidy , New Yorker , 18 Sept. 2006",
|
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"Thus little more than a month before the convention was due to assemble in Philadelphia, James Madison fashioned a powerful and comprehensive analysis of the problems of federalism and republicanism. \u2014 Jack N. Rakove , Original Meanings , 1996",
|
|
"Thanks to some pioneering studies, and an increasing body of editions, translations, and detailed analyses , we now have a good general picture of the spiritual culture of late-medieval women on the Continent, especially in the Low Countries and Germany. \u2014 Nicholas Watsons , Speculum , July 1993",
|
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"a scientific analysis of the data",
|
|
"make a chemical analysis of the soil",
|
|
"a detailed analysis of the bone structure of horses",
|
|
"performing chemical analysis of the soil",
|
|
"The newspaper printed an analysis of each candidate's positions.",
|
|
"That's not a bad analysis of the situation.",
|
|
"It's a problem that requires careful analysis .",
|
|
"He has been in analysis for many years.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Before beginning its analysis , the court noted that the defendants did not oppose the plaintiff\u2019s motion to proceed under a pseudonym at the time of the motion, but sought the right to revisit the issue later on in the litigation process. \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 30 June 2022",
|
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"But our analysis does not suggest a mass exodus from the labor force. \u2014 Mike Gousha And John D. Johnson, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"The study, which for this year evaluated 2,650 U.S. hospitals, relies on publicly available Medicare data for its analysis . \u2014 Fortune , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Now University of Missouri professor Keith Herman has repeated his analysis of the impact of the intervention, but this time looking at the results before and after the shooting of Michael Brown. \u2014 Nick Morrison, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
|
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"Our analysis with CBS News also discovered a difference by race. \u2014 Andy Sheehan, CBS News , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Our analysis of the articles show that the public started to associate fine dust with China during that event. \u2014 Dongwook Kim, Scientific American , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Though the department said its analysis was based in science, bay foundation scientists question whether that can be true. \u2014 Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The bulk of their analysis drew on the administrative records of over 120,000 individuals working at 77 higher education institutions between 2013 and 2016. \u2014 Elissa Welle, STAT , 23 June 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin, borrowed from Greek an\u00e1lysis \"loosing, releasing, breaking something down into its elements, solution of a problem,\" from anal\u00fdein \"to loosen, undo, dissolve, resolve into constituent elements,\" from ana- ana- + l\u00fdein \"to loosen, undo\" \u2014 more at lose":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8nal-\u0259-s\u0259s",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8na-l\u0259-s\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"anatomizing",
|
|
"anatomy",
|
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"assay",
|
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"breakdown",
|
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"deconstruction",
|
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"dissection"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161707",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"analytic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"illegitimate",
|
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"illogical",
|
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"incoherent",
|
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"inconsequent",
|
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"inconsequential",
|
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"invalid",
|
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"irrational",
|
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"unreasonable",
|
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"unsound",
|
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"weak"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": being a proposition (such as \"no bachelor is married\") whose truth is evident from the meaning of the words it contains \u2014 compare synthetic":[],
|
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": capable of being expanded in a Taylor's series in powers of x \u2212 h in some neighborhood of the point h":[],
|
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": characterized by the use of function words rather than inflectional forms to express grammatical relationships":[
|
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"analytic languages"
|
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],
|
|
": differentiable at every point in some neighborhood of a given point":[],
|
|
": psychoanalytic":[],
|
|
": skilled in or using analysis especially in thinking or reasoning":[
|
|
"a keenly analytic person/mind",
|
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"an analytical study"
|
|
],
|
|
": treated or treatable by or using the methods of algebra and calculus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"presented a very analytical argument for the defendant's guilt",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Josh Greenstein, president of Sony Motion Pictures Group, says at Sony, movie campaign strategies are informed by parsing 500 proprietary analytic inputs. \u2014 Robert Marich, Variety , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Back on the boat, the scientists put the samples on ice before sending them to the lab of Gertrud Morlock, an analytic chemist at Germany\u2019s Justus Liebig University Giessen and lead author on the new study. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"But he has not been afforded the cloak of impersonality that shrouds most analytic philosophers. \u2014 Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"In terms of human resources and talent management, this means the use of robotic process automation (RPA) and data analytic tools and technology, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning are critical enablers. \u2014 Ron Schmelzer, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As his father pursued his academic studies in analytic chemistry at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, the family moved to Tennessee. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Cogastro\u2019s annual license fees, providing access to data monitoring and analytic platform, depend on the size and the needs of each insect farm. \u2014 Jackie Abramian, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Startup delivers data and analytic tools to CFOs of fast-growing companies to help bring financial planning into the modern era. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Giants ranked second in the majors in payroll in 2018, in the $200 million neighborhood, trailing only the Red Sox, but have slipped dramatically since moving to a more analytic approach under executive Farhan Zaidi. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Mar. 2022"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"analytic borrowed from Late Latin analyticus, borrowed from Greek analytik\u00f3s, from anal\u00fdein \"to loosen, dissolve, resolve into constitutent elements\" + -t-, verbal adjective formative + -ikos -ic entry 1 ; analytical from Late Latin analyticus + -al entry 1 \u2014 more at analysis":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccan-\u1d4al-\u02c8it-ik",
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8li-tik"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"coherent",
|
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"consequent",
|
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"good",
|
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"logical",
|
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"rational",
|
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"reasonable",
|
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"sensible",
|
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"sound",
|
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"valid",
|
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"well-founded",
|
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"well-grounded"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170357",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"analytical":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"illegitimate",
|
|
"illogical",
|
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"incoherent",
|
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"inconsequent",
|
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"inconsequential",
|
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"invalid",
|
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"irrational",
|
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"unreasonable",
|
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"unsound",
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"weak"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": being a proposition (such as \"no bachelor is married\") whose truth is evident from the meaning of the words it contains \u2014 compare synthetic":[],
|
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": capable of being expanded in a Taylor's series in powers of x \u2212 h in some neighborhood of the point h":[],
|
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": characterized by the use of function words rather than inflectional forms to express grammatical relationships":[
|
|
"analytic languages"
|
|
],
|
|
": differentiable at every point in some neighborhood of a given point":[],
|
|
": psychoanalytic":[],
|
|
": skilled in or using analysis especially in thinking or reasoning":[
|
|
"a keenly analytic person/mind",
|
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"an analytical study"
|
|
],
|
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": treated or treatable by or using the methods of algebra and calculus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"presented a very analytical argument for the defendant's guilt",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Josh Greenstein, president of Sony Motion Pictures Group, says at Sony, movie campaign strategies are informed by parsing 500 proprietary analytic inputs. \u2014 Robert Marich, Variety , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Back on the boat, the scientists put the samples on ice before sending them to the lab of Gertrud Morlock, an analytic chemist at Germany\u2019s Justus Liebig University Giessen and lead author on the new study. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"But he has not been afforded the cloak of impersonality that shrouds most analytic philosophers. \u2014 Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"In terms of human resources and talent management, this means the use of robotic process automation (RPA) and data analytic tools and technology, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning are critical enablers. \u2014 Ron Schmelzer, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As his father pursued his academic studies in analytic chemistry at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, the family moved to Tennessee. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Cogastro\u2019s annual license fees, providing access to data monitoring and analytic platform, depend on the size and the needs of each insect farm. \u2014 Jackie Abramian, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Startup delivers data and analytic tools to CFOs of fast-growing companies to help bring financial planning into the modern era. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Giants ranked second in the majors in payroll in 2018, in the $200 million neighborhood, trailing only the Red Sox, but have slipped dramatically since moving to a more analytic approach under executive Farhan Zaidi. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"analytic borrowed from Late Latin analyticus, borrowed from Greek analytik\u00f3s, from anal\u00fdein \"to loosen, dissolve, resolve into constitutent elements\" + -t-, verbal adjective formative + -ikos -ic entry 1 ; analytical from Late Latin analyticus + -al entry 1 \u2014 more at analysis":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccan-\u1d4al-\u02c8it-ik",
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8li-tik"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"coherent",
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"consequent",
|
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"good",
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"logical",
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"reasonable",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"valid",
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"well-founded",
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"well-grounded"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041014",
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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|
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]
|
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|
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"analytical psychology":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an approach to psychology and psychotherapy that is based on the theories and methods of Carl Gustav Jung and represents a modification of Freudian psychoanalysis which adds to the concept of the personal unconscious a collective unconscious and the process of individuation (see individuation sense 1c ) and advocates that psychotherapy be conducted in terms of the patient's present-day conflicts and maladjustments":[
|
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"Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology , observed that his least-happy patients were always the most self-absorbed, and the most happy were those most interested in other people and the world around them.",
|
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"\u2014 Gyles Brandreth",
|
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"\u2026 Carl Jung, the father of analytical psychology who had a famous break with Sigmund Freud over the role of the unconscious mind in aberrant behavior.",
|
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"\u2014 Jeffrey Mullins"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193522",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"analyze":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": psychoanalyze":[],
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": to study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of (something) by analysis":[],
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": to subject to scientific or grammatical analysis":[
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"chemically analyze a specimen",
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"analyze a sentence"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"While Wroe offers some basic biographical information and quotes copiously from Shelley's writings, she does not tell a chronological story or analyze individual poems. \u2014 Adam Kirsch , New Yorker , 27 Aug. 2007",
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"They are not doing the math. Doing the math would mean demonstrating that the voters' intuitive judgments are roughly what they would get if they analyzed the likely effects of candidates' policies, and this is a difficult calculation to perform. \u2014 Louis Menand , New Yorker , 30 Aug. 2004",
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"Ms. Magazine 's online daily weblog, written by Christine Cupaiuolo, analyzes the representation of women in media and popular culture. Here are excerpts from recent postings. \u2014 Ms. , Fall 2003",
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"The data was recorded and analyzed by computer.",
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"We took the sample to be chemically analyzed by a lab.",
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"Researchers are busy analyzing the results of the study.",
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"The bacteria were analyzed under a powerful microscope.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Artificial intelligence can be used to gather and analyze public data sets to detect new regulations for travel, severe weather and an area\u2019s overall safety. \u2014 Dustin Radtke, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
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"Each of the 56 FBI field offices has assigned an agent to collect and analyze threat reports, and federal prosecutors have been trained in assessing and investigating threats. \u2014 Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
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"Despite these awe-inspiring possibilities, a more likely scenario is that our first inklings of life in outer space will arrive via tools that can analyze electromagnetic properties, such as the gas composition surrounding a planet. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2022",
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"Suicide is the leading case of death among male residents, according to a recent study that did not analyze the numbers by race or ethnicity. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 20 June 2022",
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"Guralnik\u2019s sessions with a peer advisory group, who analyze the couples\u2019 progress and her technique. \u2014 Lidija Haas, The New Republic , 10 June 2022",
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"The technology underpinning Meta\u2019s success\u2014the ability to collect and analyze massive amounts of data, then translate that information into micro-targeted ads\u2014is under attack. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
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"In wider use now are algorithms using a form of AI known as machine learning that crunches statistical data from sensors and can analyze changes in body position or movement that could indicate fatigue, weaknesses or a potential injury. \u2014 Eric Niiler, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
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"In November, the Defense Department announced the creation of an investigative body to track and analyze UAPs. \u2014 N'dea Yancey-bragg, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably by back-formation from analysis , with -is taken as a suffix, and -ys- identified with the verb-forming suffix -ize , spelled -yze/-ize/-yse/-ise in the 17th century":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for analyze analyze , dissect , break down mean to divide a complex whole into its parts or elements. analyze suggests separating or distinguishing the component parts of something (such as a substance, a process, a situation) so as to discover its true nature or inner relationships. analyzed the collected data dissect suggests a searching analysis by laying bare parts or pieces for individual scrutiny. commentators dissected every word of the speech break down implies a reducing to simpler parts or divisions. break down the budget",
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"synonyms":[
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"anatomize",
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"assay",
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"break down",
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"cut",
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"deconstruct",
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"dissect"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201302",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"anamnesis":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a preliminary case history of a medical or psychiatric patient":[],
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": a recalling to mind : reminiscence":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"an extended, highly fruitful anamnesis that was triggered by the simple act of biting into a madeleine",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The white horse and classic car tricked out with chandeliers are obviously fantastic; more coded are the homages to the 2000s, which the twenty-somethings involved seem to have anamnesis for. \u2014 Vogue , 8 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek anamn\u0113sis , from anamimn\u0113skesthai to remember, from ana- + mimn\u0113skesthai to remember \u2014 more at mind":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccan-\u02ccam-\u02c8n\u0113-s\u0259s",
|
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"\u02cca-\u02ccnam-\u02c8n\u0113-s\u0259s"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"memory",
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"recall",
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"recollection",
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"remembrance",
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"reminiscence"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181526",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anapest":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a metrical foot consisting of two short syllables followed by one long syllable or of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable (such as unaware )":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1596, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin anapaestus , from Greek anapaistos , literally, struck back (a dactyl reversed), from ana- + -paistos , verbal of paiein to strike":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccpest"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123951",
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"anarchic":{
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"antonyms":[
|
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"law-abiding",
|
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"orderly"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": lacking order, regularity, or definiteness":[
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"anarchic art forms"
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],
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": likely to bring about anarchy":[
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"anarchic violence"
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],
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": of, relating to, or advocating anarchy":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the citywide blackouts caused anarchic looting and rioting",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Rigid hierarchies are replaced by a more democratic, borderline- anarchic practice. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"In Jerusalem, as in Shakespeare, to go into the woods is to embrace anarchic lawlessness and surreal adventure. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Mischief has often been a creative, anarchic weapon of defense among the marginalized: free, adaptable, difficult to control. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"His camera is a character of its own, with shots that lurch, zoom across rooms, and crash into actors\u2019 faces with anarchic impunity. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"But this sloppy attempt to harness the anarchic improvisational energy of a Christopher Guest movie ends up more of an irritant, especially after the gentle charms of The King of Staten Island. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The pavilion\u2019s anarchic din feels as generous and resilient, in its way, as Leigh\u2019s serene and silent sculptures in the U.S. Pavilion. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In Allen\u2019s convincingly reptilian performance, Mooney is an anarchic force, deliberately jangling everyone\u2019s nerves with non sequiturs and contradictions that invite an effort to pin him down. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Acid is Steve Jobs-approved, and Burning Man \u2014 in the 1990s, an expression of anarchic freedom \u2014 has basically become a glamping retreat for corporate C.E.O.s. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably borrowed from New Latin anarchicus, from Medieval Latin anarchia anarchy + Latin -icus -ic entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-",
|
|
"a-\u02c8n\u00e4r-kik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"lawbreaking",
|
|
"lawless",
|
|
"unruly"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090524",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anarchical":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"orderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lacking order, regularity, or definiteness":[
|
|
"anarchic art forms"
|
|
],
|
|
": likely to bring about anarchy":[
|
|
"anarchic violence"
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or advocating anarchy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the citywide blackouts caused anarchic looting and rioting",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Rigid hierarchies are replaced by a more democratic, borderline- anarchic practice. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"In Jerusalem, as in Shakespeare, to go into the woods is to embrace anarchic lawlessness and surreal adventure. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Mischief has often been a creative, anarchic weapon of defense among the marginalized: free, adaptable, difficult to control. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"His camera is a character of its own, with shots that lurch, zoom across rooms, and crash into actors\u2019 faces with anarchic impunity. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"But this sloppy attempt to harness the anarchic improvisational energy of a Christopher Guest movie ends up more of an irritant, especially after the gentle charms of The King of Staten Island. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The pavilion\u2019s anarchic din feels as generous and resilient, in its way, as Leigh\u2019s serene and silent sculptures in the U.S. Pavilion. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In Allen\u2019s convincingly reptilian performance, Mooney is an anarchic force, deliberately jangling everyone\u2019s nerves with non sequiturs and contradictions that invite an effort to pin him down. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Acid is Steve Jobs-approved, and Burning Man \u2014 in the 1990s, an expression of anarchic freedom \u2014 has basically become a glamping retreat for corporate C.E.O.s. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably borrowed from New Latin anarchicus, from Medieval Latin anarchia anarchy + Latin -icus -ic entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-",
|
|
"a-\u02c8n\u00e4r-kik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"lawbreaking",
|
|
"lawless",
|
|
"unruly"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091652",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anathema":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benison",
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority and accompanied by excommunication":[],
|
|
": a vigorous denunciation : curse":[],
|
|
": one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority":[],
|
|
": someone or something intensely disliked or loathed":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used as a predicate nominative \u2026 this notion was anathema to most of his countrymen. \u2014 Stephen Jay Gould"
|
|
],
|
|
": the denunciation of something as accursed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Maugham was not only prolific but also a best-seller, though snobs dismissed his work as middlebrow (a category that few people worry about in our day but that once was anathema ). \u2014 Edmund White , New York Review of Books , 12 Feb. 2009",
|
|
"While everything pointed to an immense flood, Bretz knew such a notion would be anathema to his fellow geologists. In part that was because the quantity of water needed for such a flood would exceed the flow of all the world's modern rivers combined. \u2014 Richard Lovett , New Scientist , 21-27 Apr. 2007",
|
|
"Big Jeff was devoted to Purcell. He haunted his room and patiently endured his abuse just to sit in the corner and watch him shave or do push-ups or dress for dinner, and listen to him pronounce his opinions and anathemas . \u2014 Tobias Wolff , Old School , 2003",
|
|
"For all the artistic wonders it has preserved, the Holy Mountain is not a museum, and the idea of playing host to sightseers is anathema to the monks. Male visitors of all faiths are welcome, but they come as pilgrims, not tourists, and only 110 \"residence permits\" are issued each day by patristic officials in Ouranoupolis. \u2014 Nicholas Basbanes , Smithsonian , August 1999",
|
|
"a politician who is anathema to conservatives",
|
|
"ideas that are an anathema to me",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Once in a while, a couture collection goes viral\u2014a state anathema to couture, perhaps, and all the more titillating for it. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Unfortunately, the current environment makes the question all too easy to answer: In the summer of George Floyd, certain opinions about the state of America that would have been considered normal only a few months earlier suddenly became anathema . \u2014 Joshua Katz, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"And recently the same work \u2014 specifically the paintings of Klansmen \u2014 has been the source of another, different controversy, one that has brought anathema down on the art establishment itself. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Some critics may consider electronic screens to be anathema to learning, but digitization can be seen as the latest step in making the library\u2019s longstanding democratic ideals a reality. \u2014 Maris Kreizman, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Along with high taxes, regulations were viewed by Trump as an anathema to corporate growth and profits. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"But in California, whose $40 billion wine industry is largely modeled on France, hybrid grapevines are widely regarded as anathema \u2014 derided by the industry's mainstream as producing nasty-tasting wines and, as a result, scarcely planted. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"That might seem like anathema to hip-hop artists, who don\u2019t always care about a vinyl release and like the immediacy of working up to the last minute (or after it, like Kanye West). \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 3 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"One of the precipitating factors that led to the Civil War was the election of a president perceived by the South as anathema . \u2014 Kimberl\u00e9 Williams Crenshaw, The New Republic , 21 Dec. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Late Latin anathemat-, anathema , from Greek, thing devoted to evil, curse, from anatithenai to set up, dedicate, from ana- + tithenai to place, set \u2014 more at do":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8na-th\u0259-m\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"malison",
|
|
"winze"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002558",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anathematize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bless"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to pronounce an anathema upon":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heretics anathematized by the church leaders",
|
|
"fundamentalist preachers who anathematize any departure from a literal interpretation of the Bible",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In a democracy, the question of what to do about climate change and for that matter the decision to anathematize entire sectors of the economy ought to be matters for voters not moneymen. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 9 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Still, some people now reflexively anathematize this brilliant novel because its self-justifying, unreliable narrator is a pedophile. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 1 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The most serious native challenge to liberalism, made by the slaveholding oligarchy of the Old South, was crushed on the battlefield, and, despite the efforts of an ever-dwindling number of apologists, morally anathematized . \u2014 Park Macdougald, Daily Intelligencer , 27 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"In some ways, the grotesqueries of his persona, rather than anathematizing him to voters, only enhanced his appeal among those wishing for something different. \u2014 Jamelle Bouie, Slate Magazine , 24 Jan. 2017",
|
|
"BuzzFeed was so anathematized that by presser\u2019s end, fellow journalists were picking up their lunch trays and moving to the other side of the cafeteria. \u2014 Will Oremus, Slate Magazine , 12 Jan. 2017",
|
|
"But 33 members of the law faculty published a letter anathematizing her. \u2014 Mona Charen, National Review , 8 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"And if anyone shall be led by his cupidity or arrogance to break this truce, by the authority of God and with the sanction of this Council he shall be anathematized . \u2014 James Carroll, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1566, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8na-th\u0259-m\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beshrew",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"maledict"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000053",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anatomize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": analyze":[],
|
|
": to cut in pieces in order to display or examine the structure and use of the parts : dissect":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you anatomize the problem, you'll see it stems from a combination of her bad behavior and your unwillingness to speak to her about it",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And some of it was a compulsive need to re-define and re- anatomize what Carmichael and Hamilton had already defined and anatomized so well. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 1 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Kundera, meanwhile, made his career on novels that anatomized kitsch and subsequently became kitsch, thanks to a generation of earnest high schoolers. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 9 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"This is just one of many intergenerational failings that Kafka anatomizes . \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2018",
|
|
"Maybe gay shame is itself being appropriated, or merging with the common human shame that writers have been anatomizing since Adam and Eve. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 26 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"This is just one of many intergenerational failings that Kafka anatomizes . \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2018",
|
|
"Maybe gay shame is itself being appropriated, or merging with the common human shame that writers have been anatomizing since Adam and Eve. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 26 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"In part, Zettelmaier\u2019s story anatomizes the jealousy that arises when an artist like Virginie has to step aside (or stay in the shadows) while someone else grabs the glory. \u2014 Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com , 10 Oct. 2017",
|
|
"Jeremy Stahl anatomizes a shameless act of exploitation. \u2014 Rebecca Onion, Slate Magazine , 10 Aug. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8na-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"deconstruct",
|
|
"dissect"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211803",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"anatomizing":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": analyze":[],
|
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": to cut in pieces in order to display or examine the structure and use of the parts : dissect":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you anatomize the problem, you'll see it stems from a combination of her bad behavior and your unwillingness to speak to her about it",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And some of it was a compulsive need to re-define and re- anatomize what Carmichael and Hamilton had already defined and anatomized so well. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 1 Apr. 2021",
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"Kundera, meanwhile, made his career on novels that anatomized kitsch and subsequently became kitsch, thanks to a generation of earnest high schoolers. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 9 Oct. 2019",
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"This is just one of many intergenerational failings that Kafka anatomizes . \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2018",
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"Maybe gay shame is itself being appropriated, or merging with the common human shame that writers have been anatomizing since Adam and Eve. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 26 Feb. 2018",
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"This is just one of many intergenerational failings that Kafka anatomizes . \u2014 Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2018",
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"Maybe gay shame is itself being appropriated, or merging with the common human shame that writers have been anatomizing since Adam and Eve. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 26 Feb. 2018",
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"In part, Zettelmaier\u2019s story anatomizes the jealousy that arises when an artist like Virginie has to step aside (or stay in the shadows) while someone else grabs the glory. \u2014 Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com , 10 Oct. 2017",
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"Jeremy Stahl anatomizes a shameless act of exploitation. \u2014 Rebecca Onion, Slate Magazine , 10 Aug. 2017"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u0259-\u02c8na-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"analyze",
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"assay",
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"break down",
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"cut",
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"deconstruct",
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"dissect"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185934",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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"anatomy":{
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"definitions":{
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": a body dissected or to be dissected":[],
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": a branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms":[],
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": a separating or dividing into parts for detailed examination : analysis":[
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"the anatomy of a marriage"
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],
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": a treatise on anatomical science or art":[],
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": mummy":[],
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": skeleton":[],
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": structural makeup especially of an organism or any of its parts":[
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"the anatomy of birds",
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"human anatomy"
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],
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": the art of separating the parts of an organism in order to ascertain their position, relations, structure, and function : dissection":[],
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": the human body":[
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"wore an outfit that showed off various parts of her anatomy"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"We had to take a class on anatomy .",
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"learning about the anatomies of different types of birds",
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"learning about the anatomy of an earthquake",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"That the pumpkin toadlet has shrunk some of its anatomy out of the realm of utility makes a weird sort of sense. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
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"However, every patient is evaluated as an individual and the treatment plan is customized to their specific anatomy . \u2014 Micaela English, Town & Country , 14 June 2022",
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"In hyena society, females outrank males, resembling them so closely that their genital anatomy confuses the human observer. \u2014 David P. Barash, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
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"Plevris added that Greece also plans to ban surgeries on intersex infants and babies born with atypical chromosomes that affect their reproductive anatomy in a way that does not fit with the normative definition of male or female. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
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"But in the years since, scientists have amassed more than 20 specimens and seen more of its anatomy , including its pelvis, hind fin and the joints of its skull. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"That software basically gives surgeons a 3d x-ray that shows the inside of a patient and their internal anatomy to a surgeon. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"In the controlled setting of a laboratory, Katija might have reconstructed its anatomy by taking a high-speed video of particles flowing through and around the creature. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Because of your anatomy of the clot and the hormonal treatment, treatment with anticoagulation is a very reasonable option. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin anatomia dissection, from Greek anatom\u0113 , from anatemnein to dissect, from ana- + temnein to cut":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8nat-\u0259-m\u0113",
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"\u0259-\u02c8na-t\u0259-m\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"analysis",
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"anatomizing",
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"assay",
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"breakdown",
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"deconstruction",
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"dissection"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114558",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anatomically correct":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having body parts like those of actual people":[
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"anatomically correct dolls"
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]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150933"
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},
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"Anatolian shepherd":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a breed of large rugged working dogs of Turkish origin":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1980, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151732"
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},
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"anapaite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a calcium ferrous iron hydrous phosphate occurring in pale-green transparent triclinic crystals and in columnar massive forms (hardness 3\u20134, specific gravity 3.81)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02c8nap\u0259\u02cc\u012bt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German anapait , from Anapa , seaport on Black sea, U.S.S.R., its locality + German -it -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165958"
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"Anatolian":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a native or inhabitant of Anatolia and specifically of the western plateau lands of Turkey in Asia":[],
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": a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes a group of extinct languages of ancient Anatolia \u2014 see Indo-European Languages Table":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8t\u014d-l\u0113-\u0259n",
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"-\u02c8t\u014dl-y\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191913"
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"Anaphalis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of herbs (family Compositae) of north temperate regions having canescent foliage and small discoid heads of dioecious flowers \u2014 see pearly everlasting":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02c8naf\u0259l\u0259\u0307s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Greek anaphal\u00eds , variant (in Dioscorides) of gnaphall\u00eds, gnaph\u00e1llion , the plant Otanthus maritimus":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1846, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203446"
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"Anatolia":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"historical name for the western part of Asia Minor, specifically the peninsula bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the west":[
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"\u2014 often used of Asia Minor in its entirety"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02c8t\u014dl-y\u0259",
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8t\u014d-l\u0113-\u0259"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203505"
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},
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"ananym":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pseudonym consisting of the real name written backwards":[
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"Elberp is the ananym of Preble"
|
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8an\u0259\u02ccnim"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"ana- + -nym (as in anonym )":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1867, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205657"
|
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},
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"Anatolic":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": anatolian":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6t\u00e4lik"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Anatolia + English -ic":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214047"
|
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},
|
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"anatomico-":{
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"type":[
|
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"combining form"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": anatomical and : anatomical":[
|
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"anatomico pathological",
|
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"anatomo clinical"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u2027\u00a6t\u00e4m\u0259\u0307(\u02cc)k\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"anatomic":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003534"
|
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},
|
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"Anaxagoras":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"biographical name"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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"circa 500\u2013 circa 428 b.c. Greek philosopher":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cca-\u02ccnak-\u02c8sa-g\u0259-r\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005835"
|
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},
|
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"anaphase":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the stage of mitosis and meiosis in which the chromosomes move toward the poles of the spindle":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u0101z",
|
|
"\u02c8an-\u0259-\u02ccf\u0101z"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021726"
|
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},
|
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"anatropous":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having or being a plant ovule inverted so that the micropyle is bent down to the funiculus to which the body of the ovule is united":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8na-tr\u0259-p\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from New Latin anatropus, from ana- ana- + -tropus -tropous":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025033"
|
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},
|
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"anatta":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a basic Buddhist doctrine affirming the nonexistence of a soul, essence, or any other enduring substantial entity underlying any form of phenomenal existence":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cc\u0259n\u0259\u02c8t\u00e4"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Pali & Sanskrit: Pali anatta , from Sanskrit an\u0101tman , literally, having no soul":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041935"
|
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},
|
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"anaxial":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": having no distinct axis or axes : irregular in form":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02c8)a\u00a6naks\u0113\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"an- + axial":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063829"
|
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},
|
|
"anatomical age":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": the age of a person derived by measuring the physical development of the person's body":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072848"
|
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},
|
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"anabolism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": the constructive part of metabolism concerned especially with macromolecular synthesis \u2014 compare catabolism":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8na-b\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m",
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8nab-\u0259-\u02ccliz-\u0259m"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Muscle tissue is sensitized to anabolism for 24 hours after exercise. \u2014 Oliver Lee Bateman, Men's Health , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Regardless of an organism\u2019s energy source, its metabolism is a balance of catabolism, breaking energy down into usable units, and anabolism , using those units for vital building projects such as bone growth. \u2014 Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine , 6 Feb. 2017"
|
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary ana- + meta bolism":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075830"
|
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},
|
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"anatomical":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to anatomy or the body structure of organisms":[
|
|
"anatomical studies/structures/mechanisms",
|
|
"The mollusks are divided according to common anatomical traits into seven classes \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Carol M. Lalli and Ronald W. Gilmer",
|
|
"Mayberg has been mapping anatomical areas of the brain that are either hyperactive or inactive in depressed men and women.",
|
|
"\u2014 Siddhartha Mukherjee",
|
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"Diabetes mellitus is characterized by a broad array of physiologic and anatomic abnormalities, but its most notable feature is disturbed glucose metabolism, which results in inappropriate hyperglycemia.",
|
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"\u2014 George F. Cahill, Jr. et al."
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-mi-k\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The soft, quick-drying, removable footbed comes with a gel insert and a dual-density anatomical polyurethane construction, which works with the high-rebound EVA midsole for solid comfort. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Our visual effects people do an incredible amount of anatomical research. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
|
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"Its neck was long, but nothing like a modern giraffe\u2019s, and researchers have yet to pinpoint how the animal\u2019s anatomical features connect with its counterparts today. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Above, Marshall has pasted anatomical drawings of a developing embryo; below, a lapis-blue sea roils over a grinning gray skull. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
|
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"In chronic pain, the body part that hurts may be undamaged and even seem healthy; what\u2019s altered is the area of the brain that corresponds to its anatomical location. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In one of the photos, Ratajkowski showed off her statement earrings, a gold pair featuring pearl embellishments and abstract anatomical details. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
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"In 2014, real estate investor Aby Rosen decorated his front lawn in Old Westbury, on Long Island, with a Damien Hirst\u2014a 33-foot-tall bronze, nude, pregnant woman with an anatomical cross section that included her fetus. \u2014 Mary Childs, Town & Country , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Currently, my focus is more on creating organic and anatomical mirror structures that will be different from my previous geometric sculptures. \u2014 Sonya Rehman, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1627, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075853"
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},
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"anabolic steroid":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a group of usually synthetic hormones that are derivatives of testosterone, are used medically especially to promote tissue growth, and are sometimes abused by athletes to increase the size and strength of their muscles and improve endurance":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8b\u00e4-lik-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Creatine has the most efficacy, which is well documented, but even the best supplements don\u2019t give anabolic steroid -like effects. \u2014 Oliver Lee Bateman, Men's Health , 19 May 2022",
|
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"The National Institutes of Health characterize nandrolone as a synthetic, anabolic steroid , similar to testosterone. \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 15 June 2021",
|
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"The synthetic anabolic steroid was banned by the International Olympic Committee and World Athletics in 1974. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 5 May 2022",
|
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"Drummond\u2019s punishment stems from his role as coach of sprinter Tyson Gay, who tested positive for an exogenous androgenic anabolic steroid in and out of competition in 2013. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 18 Dec. 2014",
|
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"Johaug missed the 2018 Games while serving an 18-month ban for using an anabolic steroid , clostebol. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Hossein Saveh Shemshaki gave a sample Monday, Feb. 7 that tested positive for an anabolic steroid and was provisionally suspended on Wednesday, Feb. 9. \u2014 Dave Skretta And Graham Dunbar, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Hossein Saveh Shemshaki gave a sample Monday that tested positive for an anabolic steroid and was provisionally suspended late Wednesday. \u2014 Dave Skretta, chicagotribune.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Shelby Houlihan, the American record-holder in the 1,500, was suspended for four years last month after testing positive for nandrolone, an anabolic steroid . \u2014 Matthew Futterman, New York Times , 6 July 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080616"
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},
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"anabolic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": marked by or promoting metabolic activity concerned with the biosynthesis of complex molecules (such as proteins or nucleic acids) : relating to, characterized by, or stimulating anabolism":[
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"anabolic agents",
|
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"anabolic therapy to promote bone formation",
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"If the anabolic and catabolic processes are in balance, tissue remains intact and good health is sustained. But if the rate of decay is only a little faster than the rate of repair, there is a net loss of healthy tissue \u2026",
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"\u2014 Paul Clayton"
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],
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"\u2014 see also anabolic steroid":[
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"anabolic agents",
|
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"anabolic therapy to promote bone formation",
|
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"If the anabolic and catabolic processes are in balance, tissue remains intact and good health is sustained. But if the rate of decay is only a little faster than the rate of repair, there is a net loss of healthy tissue \u2026",
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"\u2014 Paul Clayton"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8b\u00e4-lik"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082506"
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},
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"anarchy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": absence of government":[],
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": a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority":[
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"the city's descent into anarchy"
|
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],
|
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": a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government":[],
|
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": absence or denial of any authority or established order":[
|
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"anarchy prevailed in the war zone"
|
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],
|
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": absence of order : disorder":[
|
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"not manicured plots but a wild anarchy of nature",
|
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"\u2014 Israel Shenker"
|
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],
|
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": anarchism":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259r-k\u0113",
|
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"-\u02ccn\u00e4r-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"lawlessness",
|
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"misrule"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Its immigration policies in the last five years have become the envy of those in the West who see in all but the most restrictive laws the specter of terrorism and social anarchy . \u2014 Caroline Moorehead , New York Review of Books , 16 Nov. 2006",
|
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"Fueled by booze and the euphoria of having seen their school win a share of its first \u2026 title in 36 years, a mob of Beavers fans hurled itself at the cops, breaching both chains and creating anarchy . \u2014 Austin Murphy , Sports Illustrated , 27 Nov. 2000",
|
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"But by the early 1800s, the mines began to play out, and the colonists challenged the Spanish throne for independence. The Silver Cities survived not only the bloody revolution of 1821 but also the ensuing century of anarchy and bloodshed. \u2014 David Baird , Continental , February 1999",
|
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"The anarchy of the Internet may be daunting for the neophyte, but it differs little from the bibliographical chaos that is the result of five and a half centuries of the printing press. \u2014 Fred Lerner , The Story of Libraries , (1945) 1998",
|
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"Anarchy reigned in the empire's remote provinces.",
|
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"When the teacher was absent, there was anarchy in the classroom.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Police are sending a message of anarchy and, unfortunately, are telling youth not to take the judgement seriously. \u2014 Atika Shubert, Abeer Salman And Lauren Izso, CNN , 23 May 2022",
|
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"With its rapidly-shifting visual style and other Boyle-ish flourishes, Pistol clearly aspires to bring some of the same anarchy to the calcified state of the modern prestige TV drama. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
|
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"It isn\u2019t destined that liberal nations win or even survive the inherent anarchy of the current order. \u2014 WSJ , 6 May 2022",
|
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"Despite closing with two straight losses, No. 22 Texas (21-10, 10-8 Big 12) still surfaced from the Big 12 anarchy with a No. 4 seed for this week\u2019s conference tournament at the T-Mobile Center. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
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"This time around, Rachel Wolfson, Eric Andr\u00e9, and Machine Gun Kelly, among others, join in on the anarchy . \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Allusions to what\u2019s happening around the world at this time suggest that the Frankist cult was an example of the religious anarchy unleashed by the Enlightenment. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Over the last eight years, writer-director James DeMonaco has built a name for himself with the lawless anarchy of The Purge franchise (on screens both big and small). \u2014 Josh Weiss, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Instead of becoming stewards of law and order, dictators become agents of anarchy who proliferate war, genocide, poverty and pandemics. \u2014 Daniel Twining, WSJ , 6 May 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin anarchia, borrowed from Greek anarch\u00eda \"lack of a leader, lawlessness,\" from \u00e1narchos \"without a head or chief, leaderless\" (from an- an- + -archos, derivative of arch\u00f3s \"leader, chief\") + -ia -y entry 2 , -arch entry 1":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084153"
|
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},
|
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"anaphor":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a word or phrase with an anaphoric function":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u022fr"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back-formation from anaphoric":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085257"
|
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},
|
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"Ananke":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a personification of compelling necessity or ultimate fate to which even the gods must yield":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8na\u014b(\u02cc)k\u0113",
|
|
"-an\u02cck\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Greek Anank\u0113 , from anank\u0113 necessity; akin to Old Irish \u00e9cen necessity, need, Welsh angen , Cornish & Breton anken":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1642, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102733"
|
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},
|
|
"anabohitsite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a variety of olivine-pyroxenite rock containing hypersthene, hornblende, and about 30 percent of ilmenite and magnetite":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259b\u014d\u02c8hit\u02ccs\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French anabohitsite , from Anabohitsy , Madagascar, its locality + French -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1920, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103812"
|
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},
|
|
"anagrams":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a word or phrase made by transposing the letters of another word or phrase":[
|
|
"The word \"secure\" is an anagram of \"rescue.\""
|
|
],
|
|
": a game in which words are formed by rearranging the letters of other words or by arranging letters taken (as from a stock of cards or blocks) at random":[],
|
|
": anagrammatize":[
|
|
"anagrammed the letters of \"battle\" to form \"tablet\""
|
|
],
|
|
": to rearrange (the letters of a text) in order to discover a hidden message":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccgram"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Much like Cheung\u2019s fish-out-of-water star, Vikander\u2019s Mira (dig that anagram ) is caught in a cultural vortex that both excites and confuses her. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Cravotta's simple anagram game\u2014whose gameplay closely resembled PikPok's popular, pre-existing Four Letters\u2014received a few updates in the months after its release, but then sat untouched and largely unnoticed for years. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Over time, the boundary between Mira and her character, Irma Vep (an anagram of vampire), begins to blur, as does the line between fiction and reality. \u2014 Melissa Giannini, ELLE , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"The new material was dubbed spandex, an anagram of expands. \u2014 Andrew Freeman, Outside Online , 21 May 2012",
|
|
"Turtles can't spell, so Godwin likened the aquarium team's role to that of an anagram solver, simply rearranging. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Early on in the pandemic, the New York Times\u2019s Spelling Bee anagram honeycombs were splashed all over on Twitter. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"During the first year of the pandemic, the pair had dived into popular online word games created by the Times, such as Spelling Bee, a daily anagram puzzle, and the paper\u2019s daily crossword. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Tellingly, an anagram of all the letters in omicron is moronic. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Every time someone joins (several people a week) the Devs commence to anagram the newbie\u2019s name in every which way but the real one \u2014 sometimes dozens. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from Middle French anagramme , from New Latin anagrammat-, anagramma , modification of Greek anagrammatismos , from anagrammatizein to transpose letters, from ana- + grammat-, gramma letter \u2014 more at gram":"Noun",
|
|
"derivative of anagram entry 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104709"
|
|
},
|
|
"Ananism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": Karaism as taught by Anan ben David":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8an\u0259\u02ccniz\u0259m",
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4\u02ccn-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Anan ben David, 8th century Jewish religious leader in Persia + English -ism":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1901, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105314"
|
|
},
|
|
"ana":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"plural noun suffix",
|
|
"prefix"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of each an equal quantity":[
|
|
"\u2014 used in writing prescriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
": a collection of the memorable sayings of a person":[],
|
|
": a collection of anecdotes or interesting information about a person or a place":[],
|
|
"American Nurses Association":[],
|
|
": up : upward":[
|
|
"ana bolism"
|
|
],
|
|
": back : backward":[
|
|
"ana tropous"
|
|
],
|
|
": collected items of information especially anecdotal or bibliographical concerning":[
|
|
"Americ ana"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u0101-",
|
|
"\u02c8\u00e4-",
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259",
|
|
"\u02c8an-\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Greek, at the rate of, literally, up":"Adverb",
|
|
"-ana":"Noun",
|
|
"Latin, from Greek, up, back, again, from ana up \u2014 more at on":"Prefix",
|
|
"New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of -anus -an & -ianus -ian":"Plural noun suffix"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
|
|
"1728, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113100"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaplasmosis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tick-borne disease of cattle and sheep caused by a bacterium ( Anaplasma marginale ) and characterized especially by anemia and by jaundice":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccplaz-\u02c8m\u014d-s\u0259s",
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02ccplaz-\u02c8m\u014d-s\u0259s"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"One difference, however, is that bites from ticks infected with Lyme usually result in a telltale rash, often shaped like a bull\u2019s-eye; bites from ticks infected with anaplasmosis do not. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"In Wisconsin ticks can spread Lyme disease, anaplasmosis , babesiosis, Borrelia miyamotoi, ehrlichiosis, Powassan virus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"Ticks can also cause other diseases, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis , ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Rickettsial illnesses include ehrlichiosis (15%), Rocky Mountain spotted fever (6%) and anaplasmosis (5%). \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"Ticks can also transmit microbes that cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia and human granulocytic anaplasmosis , among other diseases. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Those who are older or who have weakened immune systems may be at risk for severe illness due to anaplasmosis . \u2014 Alexandria Hein, Fox News , 2 July 2021",
|
|
"Other tick-borne diseases include anaplasmosis , babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, spotted fever rickettsiosis and tularemia. \u2014 Rachel Trent, CNN , 12 July 2021",
|
|
"The county\u2019s health commissioner said Thursday that there have been six cases of anaplasmosis already reported in 2021, compared to just three cases reported over the last five years. \u2014 Alexandria Hein, Fox News , 2 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Anaplasma, genus of gram-negative bacteria (from ana- ana- \u2014 perhaps erroneously for a- a- entry 2 \u2014 + -plasma -plasm ) + -osis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122044"
|
|
},
|
|
"anarchism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a political theory holding all forms of governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocating a society based on voluntary cooperation and free association of individuals and groups":[],
|
|
": the advocacy or practice of anarchistic principles":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259r-\u02ccki-z\u0259m",
|
|
"-\u02ccn\u00e4r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But alongside Chile\u2019s institutional habits runs a current of anarchism and bohemianism. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Caserta had a red and black anarchist flag draped on his living room wall, and had books related to practicing anarchism . \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Boogaloo Bois\u2019 flavor of libertarian, anti-law-enforcement anarchism can be hard to peg on the left-right political spectrum. \u2014 Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The book is full of anarchism and vitriol with regard to land use, not to mention Abbey\u2019s signature bluntness and wry, dry humor. \u2014 John Mcphee, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Is anarchism feasible in a society of any considerable size or complexity, where coordination, authority, and expertise are essential",
|
|
"These are questions that Graeber, a committed anarchist\u2014an exponent not of anarchy but of anarchism , the idea that people can get along perfectly well without governments\u2014asked throughout his career. \u2014 William Deresiewicz, The Atlantic , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The Dawn of Everything is not a brief for anarchism , though anarchist values\u2014antiauthoritarianism, participatory democracy, small-c communism\u2014are everywhere implicit in it. \u2014 William Deresiewicz, The Atlantic , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Banksy attributed the quotation to Pablo Picasso, but it was actually said by Mikhail Bakunin, a 19th century Russian who was a leading theorist of anarchism . \u2014 NBC News , 14 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"anarchy + -ism ; as a political theory after French anarchisme":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135523"
|
|
},
|
|
"anagrammatism":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
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": the formation of anagrams":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8gram\u0259\u02cctiz\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French anagrammatisme , from Greek anagrammatismos":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1605, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142113"
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},
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"Anableps":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of tropical American saltwater and freshwater fishes comprising the four-eyed fishes, being closely related to the topminnows but constituting a separate family, and having the eyes divided into an upper and lower division by the growth of two processes of the iris across the pupil and a band of conjunctiva across the cornea, the upper part serving to see objects in the air, the lower part to see objects under water":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8an\u0259\u02ccbleps"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek anableps- , stem of anablepein to look up, from ana- + blepein to look":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1804, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145451"
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},
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"anagram":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a word or phrase made by transposing the letters of another word or phrase":[
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"The word \"secure\" is an anagram of \"rescue.\""
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],
|
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": a game in which words are formed by rearranging the letters of other words or by arranging letters taken (as from a stock of cards or blocks) at random":[],
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": anagrammatize":[
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"anagrammed the letters of \"battle\" to form \"tablet\""
|
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],
|
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": to rearrange (the letters of a text) in order to discover a hidden message":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccgram"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Much like Cheung\u2019s fish-out-of-water star, Vikander\u2019s Mira (dig that anagram ) is caught in a cultural vortex that both excites and confuses her. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Cravotta's simple anagram game\u2014whose gameplay closely resembled PikPok's popular, pre-existing Four Letters\u2014received a few updates in the months after its release, but then sat untouched and largely unnoticed for years. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 5 May 2022",
|
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"Over time, the boundary between Mira and her character, Irma Vep (an anagram of vampire), begins to blur, as does the line between fiction and reality. \u2014 Melissa Giannini, ELLE , 18 May 2022",
|
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"The new material was dubbed spandex, an anagram of expands. \u2014 Andrew Freeman, Outside Online , 21 May 2012",
|
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"Turtles can't spell, so Godwin likened the aquarium team's role to that of an anagram solver, simply rearranging. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Early on in the pandemic, the New York Times\u2019s Spelling Bee anagram honeycombs were splashed all over on Twitter. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
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"During the first year of the pandemic, the pair had dived into popular online word games created by the Times, such as Spelling Bee, a daily anagram puzzle, and the paper\u2019s daily crossword. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Tellingly, an anagram of all the letters in omicron is moronic. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Every time someone joins (several people a week) the Devs commence to anagram the newbie\u2019s name in every which way but the real one \u2014 sometimes dozens. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2020"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably from Middle French anagramme , from New Latin anagrammat-, anagramma , modification of Greek anagrammatismos , from anagrammatizein to transpose letters, from ana- + grammat-, gramma letter \u2014 more at gram":"Noun",
|
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"derivative of anagram entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151106"
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},
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"anatriaene":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a triaene with downcurved cladi":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8tr\u012b\u02cc\u0113n"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"ana- + triaene":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151124"
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},
|
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"analytic geometry":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the study of geometric properties by means of algebraic operations upon symbols defined in terms of a coordinate system":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"High school mathematics adds up Once Johnson completed the standard mathematics curriculum at West Virginia State College, Claytor created advanced classes just for her, including a course on analytic geometry . \u2014 Della Dumbaugh, The Conversation , 26 Feb. 2020",
|
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"Several disciplines comprised the 18 new courses with the biggest subject being mathematics, as six classes were added, including honors calculus, analytic geometry and honors statistics. \u2014 Andrew J. Campa, latimes.com , 21 Mar. 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1801, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153910"
|
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},
|
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"Ananino":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of or belonging to a culture of east central Europe transitional between the Bronze and Iron ages and possibly ancestral to the culture of the early Volga Finns":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4ny\u0113\u02ccn\u014d",
|
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"-\u00e4n\u0259\u02cc-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"from Ananino , town in the Kirov region, U.S.S.R., its type station":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160042"
|
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},
|
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"anaphoric":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8f\u022fr-ik",
|
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"-\u02c8f\u00e4r-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180251"
|
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},
|
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"anaphora":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect":[
|
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"Lincoln's \"we cannot dedicate\u2014we cannot consecrate\u2014we cannot hallow\u2014this ground\" is an example of anaphora"
|
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],
|
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"\u2014 compare epistrophe":[
|
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"Lincoln's \"we cannot dedicate\u2014we cannot consecrate\u2014we cannot hallow\u2014this ground\" is an example of anaphora"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8na-f(\u0259-)r\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Throughout the book, Evans uses anaphora in conjunction with evocative imagery. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Late Latin, from Late Greek, from Greek, act of carrying back, reference, from anapherein to carry back, refer, from ana- + pherein to carry \u2014 more at bear":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-090102"
|
|
},
|
|
"anagrammatize":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to transpose the letters in (a word or phrase) so as to form an anagram":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8gra-m\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1588, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181614"
|
|
},
|
|
"anauxite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral consisting of hydrous aluminum silicate, occurring as interstratified layers of silica Si 8 O 16 and kaolin Al 4 Si 4 O 10 (OH) 8 with the latter predominant, and being a constituent of certain clays":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8n\u022fk\u02ccs\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German anauxit , from Greek anaux\u0113s not increasing (from an- + -aux\u0113s , from auxein to increase) + German -it -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182229"
|
|
},
|
|
"anadama bread":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a leavened bread made with flour, cornmeal, and molasses":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8da-m\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182840"
|
|
},
|
|
"analytical table":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": key sense 3c":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1819, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183433"
|
|
},
|
|
"anagen":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the active phase of the hair growth cycle that precedes catagen and telogen , that is marked by rapid division and differentiation of cells in the lower portion of the hair follicle and by lengthening of the hair shaft, and that typically lasts between two to six years":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8an-\u0259-\u02ccjen",
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccjen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Loss of hair in the anagen phase is never normal and most commonly results from a toxic exposure like treatment with anticancer drugs. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Other causes of anagen hair loss that can be permanent include radiation and heavy metal poisoning. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"When placed against the scalp for eight minutes three times a week, the laser light seems to have the ability to take dormant hair follicles that are in the resting, or nongrowth, phase into the anagen , or growth, phase. \u2014 Nicole Catanese, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Aug. 2015",
|
|
"The subsequent decline in estrogen levels and rise of the stress hormone cortisol causes hair to move from the anagen cycle (growth) to the telogen phase (shedding), Wesley describes. \u2014 Priya Rao, Vogue , 19 Mar. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"ana- + -gen":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183547"
|
|
},
|
|
"anarchistic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259r-kist",
|
|
"-\u02ccn\u00e4r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"This first-person account is written by Bevel\u2019s ghostwriter, Ida Partenza, the daughter of an Italian anarchist who works, much to her father\u2019s chagrin, for their class enemy. \u2014 Jane Hu, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Outline toured the South in Antonoff\u2019s parents\u2019 minivan, playing a strip mall in Virginia and an anarchist bookstore in Florida. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"These words are spoken in 1938 by an Italian-American anarchist ideologically opposed to capitalism. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The former is a socialist, the latter an anarchist . \u2014 Farah Abdessamad, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Caserta presented himself as an anarchist to the group, often showing discontent to notions of co-defendant Adam Fox being the ringleader. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Caserta had a red and black anarchist flag draped on his living room wall, and had books related to practicing anarchism. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The protesters say they were inspired by Nestor Makhno, who led a Ukrainian anarchist army in 1917. \u2014 Fortune , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Ford is a student, a part-time dog walker and an anarchist , but there are also communists, libertarians, mechanics, cashiers, teachers and government employees. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"anarchy + -ist entry 1 ; as a proponent of a political theory after French anarchiste.":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184342"
|
|
},
|
|
"anapolysis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the retention of ripe proglottids throughout life (as in most pseudophyllidean tapeworms) \u2014 compare apolysis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4l\u0259s\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from an- + apolysis":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212004"
|
|
},
|
|
"anapophysial":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to an anapophysis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6a\u02ccnap\u0259\u00a6fiz\u0113\u0259l",
|
|
"a\u00a6n-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin anapophysis + English -al":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212305"
|
|
},
|
|
"anargyros":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of thirteen saints who were mostly physicians said to have assisted the suffering and needy without accepting payment":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00e4\u02c8n\u00e4ry\u0113\u02ccr\u022fs"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Late Greek, from Greek, adjective, without money, not accepting money, from an- + argyros silver, money":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1930, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213140"
|
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},
|
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"anablepid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or belonging to Anableps or to the four-eyed fishes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6blep\u0259\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Anablepidae , family of fishes, from Anableps , type genus + -idae":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220044"
|
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},
|
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"anagoge":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": interpretation of a word, passage, or text (as of Scripture or poetry) that finds beyond the literal, allegorical, and moral senses a fourth and ultimate spiritual or mystical sense":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccg\u014d-j\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin anagoge , from Late Greek anag\u014dg\u0113 , from Greek, reference, from anagein to refer, from ana- + agein to lead \u2014 more at agent":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220214"
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},
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"anabibazon":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the ascending node of the moon's orbit with the ecliptic":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8bib\u0259\u02ccz\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek anabibaz\u014dn , present participle active of anabibazein to raise, mount, from ana- + bibazein to lift, from bainein to go":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1726, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221353"
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},
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"analog":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or being a mechanism or device in which information is represented by continuously variable physical quantities":[
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"Your speakers are analog technology in all its nearly century-old glory \u2026 . As the speakers get their signals from the cables, the drivers vibrate in a continual state of flux as the changing analog signals are fed to them. The drivers are presenting an analogy of what came from the original source, even if the source started off digital, such as a CD.",
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"\u2014 Ron Goldberg"
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],
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": of or relating to an analog computer":[
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"In an analog machine each number is represented by a suitable physical quantity, whose value, measured in some pre-assigned unit, is equal to the number in question.",
|
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"\u2014 The World Treasury Of Physics"
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],
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": having both hour and minute hands":[
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"an analog watch"
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],
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": not digital : not computerized":[
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"Of course, it's possible to meet someone online, but it's just as tough as the old, analog ways.",
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"\u2014 Anita Hamilton"
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],
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": of, relating to, or being an analogue":[],
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": something that is similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail : something that is analogous to something else":[
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"historical analogues to the current situation",
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"an aspirin analogue"
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],
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": an organ or part similar in function to an organ or part of another animal or plant but different in structure and origin":[
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"The gill of a fish is the analogue of the lung of a cat."
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],
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": a chemical compound that is structurally similar to another but differs slightly in composition (as in the replacement of one atom by an atom of a different element or in the presence of a particular functional group)":[],
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": a food product made by combining a less expensive food (such as soybeans or whitefish) with additives to give the appearance and taste of a more expensive food (such as beef or crab)":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccl\u00e4g",
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"Telephone lines carry data in analog form.",
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"It receives an analog video signal and converts it to a digital signal.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"In the past hundred years, technology has changed the process of recording, editing, and engineering sounds, but the techniques of Foley have remained stubbornly analog . \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Just to confirm, these were primarily analog recording sessions, right",
|
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"The Whole Earth Catalog can be seen as a sluggish, analog anticipation of the internet. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Yamaha bought Sequential Circuits in 1987, but by then cheaper digital synthesizers had grown more popular than analog instruments like the Prophet-5, and in 1989 Yamaha shut the company down. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 8 June 2022",
|
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"When people with dementia disappear, most Japanese communities still take an analog approach to finding them. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The unit also has an array of inputs and outputs that enables the CA1000 to be connected to digital and analog sources. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
|
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"To be back in the saddle of a somewhat analog motorcycle is rather refreshing in this day and age of electronic suspension and Cornering ABS. \u2014 Peter Jackson, Robb Report , 6 May 2022",
|
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"Consider: Before cars incorporated intelligence, everything was manual and analog \u2014from the stick shift to the cassette player. \u2014 Ana Pinczuk, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from attributive use of analogue entry 1 ; (sense 1) after analog computer , in which physical quantities (as electrical potential or mechanical motion) are analogues of corresponding quantities in the problem to be solved":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222118"
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},
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"anarchist":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccn\u00e4r-",
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259r-kist"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"This first-person account is written by Bevel\u2019s ghostwriter, Ida Partenza, the daughter of an Italian anarchist who works, much to her father\u2019s chagrin, for their class enemy. \u2014 Jane Hu, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Outline toured the South in Antonoff\u2019s parents\u2019 minivan, playing a strip mall in Virginia and an anarchist bookstore in Florida. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"These words are spoken in 1938 by an Italian-American anarchist ideologically opposed to capitalism. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The former is a socialist, the latter an anarchist . \u2014 Farah Abdessamad, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Caserta presented himself as an anarchist to the group, often showing discontent to notions of co-defendant Adam Fox being the ringleader. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Caserta had a red and black anarchist flag draped on his living room wall, and had books related to practicing anarchism. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The protesters say they were inspired by Nestor Makhno, who led a Ukrainian anarchist army in 1917. \u2014 Fortune , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Ford is a student, a part-time dog walker and an anarchist , but there are also communists, libertarians, mechanics, cashiers, teachers and government employees. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"anarchy + -ist entry 1 ; as a proponent of a political theory after French anarchiste.":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225830"
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},
|
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"Ananindeua":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
"city northeast of Bel\u00e9m in northern Brazil population 471,500":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02ccn\u00e4-n\u0113n-\u02c8d\u0101-w\u0259"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233734"
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},
|
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"analytic judgment":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a judgment in which what is predicated is already implied in the subject of the predication":[
|
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"\u2014 opposed to synthetic judgment"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1797, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234640"
|
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},
|
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"analytic mechanics":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": theoretical mechanics especially as treated by the methods of infinitesimal calculus":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1829, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001526"
|
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},
|
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"Anagyris":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small genus of shrubs (family Leguminosae) of the Mediterranean region having trifoliolate leaves, yellow flowers, and narrow compound pods \u2014 see bean trefoil sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8j\u012br\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek, alteration of anagyros bean trefoil, from ana- + gyros ring":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1754, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015957"
|
|
},
|
|
"anatonosis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the process of adjustment of intracellular osmotic pressure of plant cells by variation of the sugar content of the vacuolar sap":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259t\u0259\u02c8n\u014ds\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from ana- + Greek ton\u014dsis strengthening":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020035"
|
|
},
|
|
"anatocism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": compound interest : the taking of compound interest":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nat\u0259\u02ccsiz\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin anatocismus , from Greek anatokismos , from ana- + tokismos usury, from tokizein to lend on interest (from tokos interest, offspring, from tiktein to beget) + -ismos -ism":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025643"
|
|
},
|
|
"anandamide":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a derivative of arachidonic acid that occurs naturally in the brain and in some foods (such as chocolate) and that binds to the same brain receptors as the cannabinoids (such as THC) derived from cannabis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8nan-d\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Then there\u2019s the chocolate, which, in addition to sugar, contains small amounts of a compound known as anandamide . \u2014 Kelly Murray, CNN , 4 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The trigger to release BDNF after exercise may be anandamide , the body\u2019s endocannabinoid molecule, which is itself released by exercise and may be responsible for the runner\u2019s high. \u2014 Brodie Ramin, Outside Online , 30 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Interestingly, anandamide is also a brain chemical that targets the same cell receptors as THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the active ingredient in marijuana that is responsible for its mood-altering effects. \u2014 Kelly Murray, CNN , 4 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Cacao naturally promotes the bliss molecule or anandamide in the body. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
|
|
"According to them, chiles can lower LDL cholesterol (that\u2019s the bad one) and bind with receptors in the digestive system creating anandamide , a chemical shown to reduce inflammation in the gut. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 3 May 2021",
|
|
"Chocolate also contains a neurotransmitter known as anandamide , which can alter dopamine levels in the brain, causing a sense of peace and relaxation. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 2 May 2020",
|
|
"For the non-scientists among us, by blocking FAAH, CBD can help increase your level of anandamide . \u2014 Laurel Leicht, Marie Claire , 26 Mar. 2019",
|
|
"Our bodies actually make our own cannabis-type chemical called anandamide , also known as the bliss molecule. \u2014 Meirav Devash, Allure , 25 June 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Sanskrit \u0101nanda \"joy, bliss\" (from \u0101- \"near, toward\"\u2014going back to Indo-Iranian *\u0101-, of uncertain origin \u2014 + -nanda, noun derivative of nandati \"[s/he] rejoices, takes delight,\" of uncertain origin) + amide":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1992, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-043959"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaplasm":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8an\u0259\u02ccplaz\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin anaplasma":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050450"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anacyclus":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small genus of annual herbs (family Compositae) of the Mediterranean region having dissected leaves and white or yellow flowers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8sikl\u0259s",
|
|
"-\u012bk-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from ana- + Greek kyklos ring, circle":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1761, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-052204"
|
|
},
|
|
"anagrammatist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a maker of anagrams":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-m\u0259t\u0259\u0307st",
|
|
"-m\u0259t\u0259\u0307-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1613, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-052602"
|
|
},
|
|
"anacardiaceae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a widely distributed family of trees and shrubs (order Sapindales) comprising the sumacs, cashews, and related plants and having compound leaves, small regular dioecious or perfect flowers, and drupaceous fruits":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02cck\u00e4rd\u0113\u02c8\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Anacardium , type genus + -aceae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-052801"
|
|
},
|
|
"anahau":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tall Philippine palm ( Livistona rotundifolia ) yielding a valuable wood used for golf clubs, a fiber used for bowstrings, and leaves used for thatching and for hats and fans":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Tagalog & Hiligaynon anahaw":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-053303"
|
|
},
|
|
"anadromous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": ascending rivers from the sea for breeding":[
|
|
"shad are anadromous"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 compare catadromous":[
|
|
"shad are anadromous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8na-dr\u0259-m\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game\u2019s anadromous waters catalog, 124 streams cross the forested parcels transferred from the Forest Service to outside stakeholders, like the Mental Health Trust. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The anadromous side is reflected in the Cross Turismo's ability to effortlessly navigate a variety of terrain. \u2014 Derek Powell, Car and Driver , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Born in freshwater streams, these anadromous fish rely on a complicated journey down the river, through the estuary and finally out into the ocean. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"California is unique in having four separate annual pulses of anadromous (migrating from saltwater to freshwater) salmon in a single river. \u2014 Star Tribune , 27 July 2021",
|
|
"In an effort to help combat the problem, the state will be releasing almost 17 million of the anadromous fish (those that live part of their lives in freshwater, part in the ocean) into the San Francisco Bay. \u2014 Jordan Strickler, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
|
|
"Over the last 50 years, anadromous fish populations have declined significantly in California, Oregon and Washington. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"This 250-mile-long nook in the Bering Sea is largely undeveloped\u2014an area the size of Iceland, riddled with lakes, streams and wetlands that provide some of the planet\u2019s best habitat for anadromous fish. \u2014 Miranda Weiss, Wired , 13 June 2020",
|
|
"The landmark structures will be modified with different technologies that are designed to allow the anadromous fish \u2014 which spend most of their lives at sea but spawn in fresh water \u2014 to swim over or around them and continue their journey upstream. \u2014 Jon Hurdle, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek anadromos running upward, from anadramein to run upward, from ana- + dramein to run \u2014 more at dromedary":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1753, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-061814"
|
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},
|
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"anastylosis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the reconstruction of a monument from fallen parts":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02ccst\u012b\u02c8l\u014ds\u0259\u0307s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from ana- + Greek styl\u014dsis colonnade, from styloun to prop with pillars (from stylos pillar) + -sis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-062202"
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},
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"Anastrophia":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of costate subglobular Silurian and Devonian brachiopods":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8str\u014df\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek anastroph\u0113 + New Latin -ia":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-065411"
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},
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"anago":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the flesh of sea eel used as food":[
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"Saltwater eel ( anago ) held the least allure, but even that tangle of gristly white flesh, like everything else, tasted unmistakably of the sea.",
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"\u2014 Providence Cicero , Seattle Times , 21 Mar. 2008",
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"\u2026 anago eel with miso broth \u2026",
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"\u2014 Nicole Alper et al. , Gourmet , October 2001"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00e4-\u02c8n\u00e4-g\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Japanese, \"sea eel\"":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-073305"
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},
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"anagnost":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a cleric in the first of the minor orders of the Eastern Church who reads lessons aloud from the Epistles or the Old Testament in the liturgy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8a\u02ccnag\u02ccn\u00e4st"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Late Greek anagn\u014dst\u0113s , from Greek, reader, slave trained to read, secretary, from anagign\u014dskein to read, from ana- + gign\u014dskein to know":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1601, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-073703"
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},
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"anal membrane":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the membranous partition occluding the fetal anus : proctodaeum":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-074348"
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},
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"anaplasia":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": reversion of cells to a more primitive or undifferentiated form":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8pl\u0101-zh(\u0113-)\u0259",
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"\u02ccan-\u0259-\u02c8pl\u0101-zh(\u0113-)\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-082758"
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},
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"anadiplosis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": repetition of a prominent and usually the last word in one phrase or clause at the beginning of the next (as in \"rely on his honor\u2014honor such as his?\")":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-(\u02cc)d\u012b-\u02c8pl\u014d-",
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-d\u0259-\u02c8pl\u014d-s\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin, from Greek anadipl\u014dsis , literally, repetition, from anadiploun to double, from ana- + diploun to double \u2014 more at diploma":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1526, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-083724"
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},
|
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"anaphylaxis":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": hypersensitivity (as to foreign proteins or drugs) resulting from sensitization following prior contact with the causative agent":[],
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": anaphylactic shock":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccan-\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8lak-s\u0259s",
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8lak-s\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Moreover, anaphylaxis can lead to dizziness, lightheadedness, and loss of consciousness. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Signs of anaphylaxis typically occur within minutes of exposure but in some cases pop up hours later, per the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Lauren Krouse, SELF , 1 June 2022",
|
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"Mast cell activation syndrome can cause an immediate allergic reaction including anaphylaxis , according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 11 May 2022",
|
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"The report focuses on the more common, less worrisome side effects of the mRNA vaccines, and doesn\u2019t mention the very rare, but more serious events like anaphylaxis . \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Serious reactions to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, like anaphylaxis , are very rare, the CDC reported. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 21 Apr. 2021",
|
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"Additional signs of anaphylaxis include severe shortness of breath, a rapid or weak pulse, a drop in blood pressure, and loss of consciousness. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Symptoms associated with anaphylaxis include trouble breathing due to a constricted airway, itching, and shock. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 12 Nov. 2021",
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"Handling them can cause skin irritation, but nothing commonly on par with anaphylaxis . \u2014 Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from ana- + pro phylaxis":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-084218"
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},
|
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"anaphylactin":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an antibody held to produce anaphylaxis":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccan\u0259f\u0259\u0307\u02c8lakt\u0259\u0307n"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"anaphylact ic + -in":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-084556"
|
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},
|
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"anagenesis":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": evolutionary change producing a single lineage in which one taxon replaces another without branching \u2014 compare cladogenesis":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8je-n\u0259-s\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Evolution can take place by anagenesis , in which changes occur within a lineage. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"And that overlap would imply that A. anamensis could not have evolved into A. afarensis by means of anagenesis . \u2014 Kate Wong, Scientific American , 7 Dec. 2019",
|
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"Based on the ages and characteristics of the available fossils, paleoanthropologists thought A. anamensis gave rise to A. afarensis through an evolutionary process termed anagenesis , in which one species transforms into another. \u2014 Kate Wong, Scientific American , 7 Dec. 2019",
|
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"But the case for cladogenesis over anagenesis hinges entirely on that 3.9-million-year-old forehead bone from Belohdelie belonging to A. afarensis\u2014no other A. afarensis remains recovered thus far are that old. \u2014 Kate Wong, Scientific American , 7 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"This challenges the long and widely-held view that Lucy\u2019s species evolved gradually from A. anamensis without branching of the evolutionary line \u2013 a process known as anagenesis . \u2014 Hester Hanegraef, Quartz Africa , 7 Sep. 2019",
|
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"A new tyrannosaur with evidence with evidence for anagenesis and crocodile-like facial sensory system. \u2014 Darren Naish, Scientific American Blog Network , 16 June 2017",
|
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"According to Horner\u2019s paper, this linear sort of evolution\u2014called anagenesis \u2014possibly could have resulted in the iconic Tyrannosaurus rex. \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 30 Mar. 2017"
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1882, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091037"
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},
|
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"anarcho-syndicalism":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"noun or adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": syndicalism":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"a-\u02ccn\u00e4r-k\u014d-\u02c8sin-di-k\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m",
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259r-k\u014d-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"anarchy + -o- + syndicalism , probably after French anarcho-syndicalisme.":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091502"
|
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},
|
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"Anacanthini":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an order or suborder of teleost fishes having all the rays of the median and pelvic fins soft and jointed, the pelvic fins thoracic or jugular in position, and the air bladder, when present, usually without a duct, and comprising the codfishes, hakes, and their related forms and formerly sometimes including the flounders and soles":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8kan(t)th\u0259\u02ccn\u012b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek anakanthos without a spine, without thorns (from an- + akanthos spine, thorn) + New Latin -ini":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1846, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-092038"
|
|
},
|
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"anagignoskomena":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": the Old Testament Apocrypha":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02ccgign\u0259\u02c8sk\u00e4m\u0259n\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Greek anagign\u014dskomena , from Greek, neuter plural of present passive participle of anagign\u014dskein , to know, acknowledge, read, from ana- + gign\u014dskein to know, recognize":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095523"
|
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},
|
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"anaunters":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"conjunction"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": on the chance that : lest":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nant\u0259(r)z"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English anaunter (from an \u2014from Old English, variant of on\u2014 + aunter , variant of aventure adventure) + -s":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-100703"
|
|
},
|
|
"anachronism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the state or condition of being chronologically out of place":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8na-kr\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"In our modern world of pre-made, rush-rush, tightly scheduled lives, Amanda Blake Soule is an anachronism . At their home in coastal Maine, her family of six makes most of what they use\u2014everything from bread and crafts to clothes and toys. \u2014 Jean Van't Hul , Mothering , March/April 2009",
|
|
"The spy thriller is a genre that arguably should have died fifteen years ago, and its continued popularity seems an anachronism at first glance. \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper , Commonweal , 14 Sept. 2007",
|
|
"With few exceptions, work opportunities for older people diminished after the Civil War as the United States metamorphosed into an urban-industrial order, inaugurating a second phase in the history of retirement. The village blacksmith became an anachronism as the craftsman retreated before the new mass-production industries. \u2014 W. Andrew Achenbaum , Wilson Quarterly , Spring 2006",
|
|
"But Shakespeare may have drifted into anachronism here. According to Rogers, food in France at the time of Agincourt was probably just as meaty and unsophisticated as it was in England. \u2014 Jonathan Ree , Prospect , August, 2003",
|
|
"It is true that in the closing years of the century William Jennings Bryan could still rise to national political leadership through his superb oratorical skills, but it is equally true that he lived to see himself become an anachronism , the bearer of a style redolent of an earlier culture. \u2014 Lawrence W. Levine , The Unpredictable Past , 1993",
|
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"The novel is full of anachronisms .",
|
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"He's an old-fashioned politician who is seen by many of his colleagues as an anachronism .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Suspension railways today seem like an anachronism -- a 19th-century vision of what the future of transport would look like. \u2014 Marcel Krueger, CNN , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Having left the hollers of Kentucky eight years ago, Raylan Givens now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"There are those who might look at this collection and see it as an anachronism at a time when track pants and leggings are as dressed up as many people want to be. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Like a few of us, Coburn, who died last month in Chicago at age 81, was an anachronism . \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Kamui is a 21st century ninja, a shadowy anachronism who pits his ancient skills against high-tech weaponry with brutal finesse. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Kamui is a 21st century ninja, a shadowy anachronism who pits his ancient skills against high-tech weaponry with brutal finesse. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"For many, Glut\u2019s bulk bins went from a charming anachronism to a lifeline. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 June 2021",
|
|
"Kwan, 24-years-old, is an anachronism at a time when baseball might benefit from a return to its past. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 10 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from Middle Greek anachronismos , from anachronizesthai to be an anachronism, from Late Greek anachronizein to be late, from Greek ana- + chronos time":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1617, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-103806"
|
|
},
|
|
"analogue":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": something that is similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail : something that is analogous to something else":[
|
|
"historical analogues to the current situation",
|
|
"an aspirin analogue"
|
|
],
|
|
": an organ or part similar in function to an organ or part of another animal or plant but different in structure and origin":[
|
|
"The gill of a fish is the analogue of the lung of a cat."
|
|
],
|
|
": a chemical compound that is structurally similar to another but differs slightly in composition (as in the replacement of one atom by an atom of a different element or in the presence of a particular functional group)":[],
|
|
": a food product made by combining a less expensive food (such as soybeans or whitefish) with additives to give the appearance and taste of a more expensive food (such as beef or crab)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccl\u00e4g",
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"a modern analog to what happened before",
|
|
"the synthetic analog of a chemical found in a tropical tree",
|
|
"a meat analogue such as tofu",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The figure below shows the difference between the first and fourth month contracts which is the premium for prompt barrels, in other words, an analogue for the tightness in the physical market. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"President Barack Obama allegedly cited this Joker as an analogue for ISIL, which seems precisely as unhelpful as the time Ronald Reagan compared the Soviet Union to the bad guys from Star Wars. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Still, the book\u2019s very structure, cleaved in half by the 2016 U.S. election, makes every leader appear as either a forerunner or an analogue to Trump. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Maxwell was the analog analogue of Fetty Wap: a coincidence of naming that introduced me to another Willie Maxwell. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
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"This same year at the Aging Forum, Dr. Joanne Mannick presented her study on the use of everolimus, a close analogue of sirolimus(Rapamycin), and launched a company called ResTORbio which went public in 2018. \u2014 Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Two pairs of line-level analogue inputs with ultra-low-noise buffer amplifiers. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
|
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"Researchers could introduce fluorescent nanoantennas to monitor whether a drug successfully blocks the cancer-causing protein from binding to a healthy cell analogue in the lab. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Like many fictional representations of rebellious androids and other technological subclasses of people, the game creates a clumsy analogue of the Civil Rights Movement\u2014albeit with an exclusively white cast of protagonists. \u2014 Geoffrey Bunting, Wired , 18 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French, borrowed from Greek an\u00e1logon \"proportion, correspondence,\" noun derivative from neuter of an\u00e1logos \"proportionate, analogous \"":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1804, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114442"
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},
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"analytic philosophy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a philosophical movement that seeks the solution of philosophical problems in the analysis of propositions or sentences":[
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"\u2014 compare ordinary-language philosophy"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Most mind-body theorists seek a single, final, universal answer to this question, written in the language of neuroscience, physics, computer science, analytic philosophy or all or none of the above. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 7 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Russell is generally known as one of the founders of analytic philosophy , the co-author of Principia Mathematica\u2014a landmark work in mathematical logic\u2014and was advisor to Ludwig Wittgenstein. \u2014 Teddy Mcdarrah, Forbes , 24 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Theories such as Hoffman\u2019s amount to a return of idealism\u2014the notion that physical reality cannot be strictly separated from the mind\u2014a philosophy that has been out of fashion since the rise of analytic philosophy , in the early twentieth century. \u2014 Meghan O\u2019gieblyn, The New Yorker , 4 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-120528"
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},
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"ana-":{
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"plural noun suffix",
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"prefix"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": of each an equal quantity":[
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"\u2014 used in writing prescriptions"
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],
|
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": a collection of the memorable sayings of a person":[],
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": a collection of anecdotes or interesting information about a person or a place":[],
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"American Nurses Association":[],
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": up : upward":[
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"ana bolism"
|
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],
|
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": back : backward":[
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"ana tropous"
|
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],
|
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": collected items of information especially anecdotal or bibliographical concerning":[
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"Americ ana"
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259",
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"\u02c8\u0101-",
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"\u02c8an-\u0259",
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"\u02c8\u00e4-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Greek, at the rate of, literally, up":"Adverb",
|
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"-ana":"Noun",
|
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"Latin, from Greek, up, back, again, from ana up \u2014 more at on":"Prefix",
|
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"New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of -anus -an & -ianus -ian":"Plural noun suffix"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"1728, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-120924"
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},
|
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"Anaheim":{
|
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a long tapered green usually mild chili pepper":[],
|
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"city in southwestern California east of Long Beach population 336,265":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02cch\u012bm"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Anaheim , California":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1914, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-130324"
|
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},
|
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"Anaphothrips":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a widely distributed genus of thrips including species destructive to many wild and cultivated grasses":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259\u02c8naf\u0259\u02ccthrips"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-140711"
|
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},
|
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"anagnorisis":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the point in the plot especially of a tragedy at which the protagonist recognizes his or her or some other character's true identity or discovers the true nature of his or her own situation":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cca-\u02ccnag-\u02c8n\u022fr-\u0259-s\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In this case, the act of anagnorisis is one of self-recognition. \u2014 Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books , 2 July 2020",
|
|
"In this case, the act of anagnorisis is one of self-recognition. \u2014 Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books , 2 July 2020",
|
|
"In this case, the act of anagnorisis is one of self-recognition. \u2014 Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books , 2 July 2020",
|
|
"In this case, the act of anagnorisis is one of self-recognition. \u2014 Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books , 2 July 2020",
|
|
"In this case, the act of anagnorisis is one of self-recognition. \u2014 Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books , 2 July 2020",
|
|
"In this case, the act of anagnorisis is one of self-recognition. \u2014 Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books , 2 July 2020",
|
|
"In this case, the act of anagnorisis is one of self-recognition. \u2014 Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books , 2 July 2020",
|
|
"In this case, the act of anagnorisis is one of self-recognition. \u2014 Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books , 2 July 2020"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek anagn\u014drisis , from anagn\u014drizein to recognize, from ana- + gn\u014drizein to make known; akin to Greek gn\u014drimos well-known, gign\u014dskein to come to know \u2014 more at know":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1783, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-143736"
|
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},
|
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"Anaximander":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"biographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"610\u2013 circa 547 b.c. Greek philosopher and astronomer":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8nak-s\u0259-\u02ccman-d\u0259r"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-143940"
|
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},
|
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"anastrophe":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect \u2014 compare hysteron proteron":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8na-str\u0259-(\u02cc)f\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Medieval Latin, from Greek anastroph\u0113 , literally, turning back, from anastrephein to turn back, from ana- + strephein to turn":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1550, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-154917"
|
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},
|
|
"anat":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"abbreviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"anatomical ; anatomy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-160233"
|
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},
|
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"anaconda":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"city in southwestern Montana that grew rapidly following the building of a copper-smelting plant in 1884 and expanded to contain one of the largest nonferrous production plants in the world population 9298":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4n-d\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Upon reviewing the images, the team found that the dolphins were holding a Beni anaconda in their mouths, reports Carolyn Wilke for the New York Times. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"The strange interlude lasted seven minutes, reports Business Insider\u2019s Kelsey Vlamis, and the semiaquatic anaconda most likely perished from being submerged for so long. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"The scientists still have many questions about why the dolphins held the anaconda . \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Critics of the stunt argue that a human\u2019s shoulder width is too wide to fit the anaconda \u2019s body, which could cause the animal physical and emotional pain. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 7 Nov. 2014",
|
|
"That was my first idea, to make J.Lo wet and have a huge anaconda all over my body! \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The Amazonian anaconda belongs to the boa constrictor family. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"On Exile, Brendan and I saw a full contingent of crew members wrestling with an anaconda . \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 22 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Its animal residents include the heaviest snake in the world, a massive green anaconda , and a jaguar named Tesoro. \u2014 Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle , 16 Sep. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably modification of Sinhalese henakanday\u0101 , a slender green snake":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1748, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-160604"
|
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},
|
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"anatipestifer infection":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an acute infectious disease of domestic ducks caused by a bacterium ( Pasteurella anatipestifer or Pfeifferella anatipestifer ) and marked by sluggishness, greenish diarrhea, and respiratory symptoms with death commonly resulting in 6 to 12 hours":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u00a6nat\u0259\u00a6pest\u0259f\u0259(r)-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin anatipestifer , from Latin anat-, anas duck + New Latin -i- + Latin pestifer pestiferous":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1947, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-162811"
|
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},
|
|
"anaphylactic shock":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an often severe and sometimes fatal systemic reaction in a susceptible individual upon exposure to a specific antigen (such as wasp venom or penicillin) after previous sensitization that is characterized especially by respiratory symptoms, fainting, itching, and hives":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Laoban died within minutes, a fatality Wharton attributed to anaphylactic shock and to which the insurance company denies liability. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"My own reaction, sitting these past two weeks in the salesrooms or hovering in the back with the cleaning staff, was something more like anaphylactic shock . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Wharton attributed Laoban\u2019s death to anaphylactic shock . \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The only way to treat someone in anaphylactic shock is with an EpiPen (an adrenaline auto-injector) and by heading to the emergency room. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Some of us get rashes or hives after eating certain foods, some of us develop allergic asthma due to triggers like mold or dust, and some of us have a higher risk of dangerous complications like anaphylactic shock . \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In comparison, the researchers found that 49% of patients received a prescription for epinephrine, a drug to treat severe or life-threatening allergic reactions, following an anaphylactic shock . \u2014 Yoohyun Jung, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"In some people, touching the caterpillar can cause allergic reactions, but anaphylactic shock \u2013 the most severe allergic reaction \u2013 is not commonly one of them. \u2014 Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Fire ants can inflict painful stings multiple times and can cause allergic reactions including anaphylactic shock . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 20 July 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-165411"
|
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},
|
|
"anapophysis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small process arising at the dorsal side of the base of the transverse process of the lumbar vertebrae in humans and many other mammals":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4f\u0259s\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from ana- + apophysis":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-190251"
|
|
},
|
|
"anadem":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a wreath for the head : garland":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccdem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin anadema , from Greek anad\u0113ma , from anadein to wreathe, from ana- + dein to bind \u2014 more at diadem":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-190906"
|
|
},
|
|
"anal fin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a median unpaired fin on the lower posterior part of the body behind the vent and sometimes confluent with the caudal fin \u2014 see fish illustration":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1769, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-192531"
|
|
},
|
|
"analgesia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan-\u1d4al-\u02c8j\u0113-zh\u0259, -z(h)\u0113-\u0259",
|
|
"-z\u0113-\u0259",
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u1d4al-\u02c8j\u0113-zh(\u0113-)\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Kappa receptors also have recently become more promising targets for analgesia . \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine , 11 May 2018",
|
|
"Acid Trip Stein\u2019s accidental late-\u201980s discovery of a connection between analgesia and inflammation opened a new pathway to pain treatment. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine , 11 May 2018",
|
|
"Kappa receptors also have recently become more promising targets for analgesia . \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine , 11 May 2018",
|
|
"Also, the higher the BAC, the greater the analgesia . \u2014 Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living , 4 May 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Greek analg\u0113s\u00eda \"lack of feeling, insensibility,\" from an- an- + \u00e1lg\u0113sis \"sense of pain\" (from alg\u0113-, variant stem of alg\u00e9\u014d, alge\u00een \"to feel pain, suffer\" \u2014 derivative of \u00e1lgos \"pain,\" of uncertain origin \u2014 + -sis -sis ) + -ia -ia entry 1 , probably formed after an\u00e1lg\u0113tos \"insensible to pain\"":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1706, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-212135"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaprotaspis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an early protaspis with but six segments all of which are incorporated in the cephalon of the adult trilobite":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259pr\u014d\u02c8tasp\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from ana- + protaspis":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-215429"
|
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},
|
|
"anaglypton":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": anaglyph":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8glip\u02cct\u00e4n",
|
|
"-t\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek, neuter of anaglyptos":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-222947"
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},
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"Anacardiaceae":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a widely distributed family of trees and shrubs (order Sapindales) comprising the sumacs, cashews, and related plants and having compound leaves, small regular dioecious or perfect flowers, and drupaceous fruits":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02cck\u00e4rd\u0113\u02c8\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Anacardium , type genus + -aceae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-231106"
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},
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"analogous pole":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the pole of a crystal that becomes positively electrified when the crystal is heated":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1849, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-000041"
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},
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"anatine":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or belonging to the surface-feeding ducks of Anas and closely related genera":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8an\u0259\u02cct\u012bn"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin anatinus of a duck, from anat-, anas duck + -inus -ine":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-003905"
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},
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"anaberoga":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a root disease and collar rot of the areca palm attributed to a pore fungus ( Fomes lucidus )":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u0259b\u0259\u02c8r\u014dg\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Kannada a\u1e47abe r\u014dga , from a\u1e47abe \"mushroom, fungus\" + r\u014dga \"disease\"":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-004347"
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},
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"anacardic acid":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a brown crystalline vesicant phenolic acid found as the principal constituent of cashew nutshell liquid, held to consist of a mixture of unsaturated derivatives of salicylic acid, and converted to cardanol by decarboxylation":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6k\u00e4rdik-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary anacardic (from New Latin Anacardium + International Scientific Vocabulary -ic ) + acid ; originally formed as German anakards\u00e4ure":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1848, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-010218"
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},
|
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"anapsid":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of, belonging to, or like that of the Anapsida":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02c8naps\u0259\u0307d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Anapsida":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1933, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-014216"
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},
|
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"anacrusis":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one or more syllables at the beginning of a line of poetry that are regarded as preliminary to and not a part of the metrical pattern":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8kr\u00fc-s\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from New Latin & Greek; New Latin, borrowed from Greek an\u00e1krousis, \u00e1nkrousis \"act of pushing back, beginning of a song,\" noun derivative (with the suffix -sis -sis ), from anakro\u00faein \"to push back, strike up, begin (a melody),\" from ana- ana- + kro\u00faein \"to strike, knock, play,\" going back to Indo-European *kreu\u032fs- \"strike,\" whence also Lithuanian kr\u00f9\u0161ti \"to crush, trample,\" Old Church Slavic kru\u0161iti \"to smash\"":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1763, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-020331"
|
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},
|
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"anacoluthon":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-k\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-\u02ccth\u00e4n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Late Latin, from Late Greek anakolouthon inconsistency in logic, from Greek, neuter of anakolouthos inconsistent, from an- + akolouthos following, from ha-, a- together + keleuthos path":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1583, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-021632"
|
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},
|
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"analytics":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the method of logical analysis":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8li-tiks"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"More than 850 aircraft service Russia\u2019s commercial jet fleet, according to data from Cirium, an aviation analytics firm. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"Paul Bingham, director of transportation consulting at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said the data analytics firm is projecting a 4.2% increase in consumer spending this year. \u2014 Liz Young, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"There are 13% fewer domestic flights available in June compared to June 2019, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Now, India\u2019s contracts stand at around 66.5 million barrels, according to data analytics firm Kpler. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Jon Stone is the founder/CEO of analytics firm TradeAlgo.com, headquartered in Manhattan, New York. \u2014 Jonathan Stone, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The average length of a service call rose by several minutes since the pandemic started, according to call-center analytics firm CallMiner. \u2014 Michael Sasso, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"The movie theater industry\u2019s recovery from the pandemic is not over yet, as global box office receipts in 2021 were still 48% below the average of the last three years before the pandemic, according to media analytics firm Gower Street. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"DataWeave, another retail and pricing analytics firm, reported that many states in the Midwest continued to experience severe shortages of baby formula. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from Late Latin Analytica, title of two of Aristotle's works on logic, borrowed from Greek analytik\u00e1, noun derivative from neuter plural of analytik\u00f3s analytic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1590, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-033835"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaclasis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an exchange of place between a short syllable and a preceding long one that is frequent in ionic rhythms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nakl\u0259s\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek anaklasis act of bending back, reflection, from anaklan to bend back, reflect (from ana- + klan to break) + -sis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1811, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-034552"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaglyptograph":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an instrument for the mechanical execution from any embossed object of an engraving giving the proper appearance of relief":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-pt\u0259\u02ccgraf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek anaglyptos + English -graph":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-053106"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaphylactic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, affected by, or causing anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan-\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8lak-tik",
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8lak-tik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"An anaphylactic reaction typically occurs within minutes or seconds of exposure to an allergen, according to the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Julie Marks, SELF , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"The official cause of death was an anaphylactic reaction to an unknown substance. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Evans, 68, had a medical history of hypertension, environmental allergies, allergic disorder and reactive airway disease \u2014 which wasn't asthma \u2014 and had experienced previous anaphylactic reaction to the drug Albuterol, the autopsy report said. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Travelers with some medical conditions, including people who have had severe anaphylactic reactions to the COVID vaccine, will also be exempt from the vaccination requirement. \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 25 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Like many others, Zacky showed signs of an overzealous immune system as an infant, developing anaphylactic reactions as a first grader \u2014 peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, shellfish and legumes proved potentially deadly without the use of an EpiPen. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 15 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Odds of severe side effects like blood clots or anaphylactic reactions are extremely rare. \u2014 Emma Yasinski, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"No one in the clinical trial had an anaphylactic reaction to the vaccine. \u2014 Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic , 12 May 2021",
|
|
"For comparison, each year, up to 100 people per 100,000 in the United States experience an anaphylactic reaction triggered by food allergies, insect stings, pollen, latex and other causes. \u2014 Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online , 29 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-053739"
|
|
},
|
|
"anatase":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tetragonal mineral consisting of titanium dioxide and used especially as a white pigment":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02cct\u0101s",
|
|
"-\u02cct\u0101z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Titanium oxide is rare on Earth, found in minerals such as rutile, anatase , and brookite. \u2014 Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics , 13 Sep. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from French, borrowed from Greek an\u00e1tasis \"extension upward, height,\" action noun derivative (with -sis -sis ) from anate\u00ednein \"to stretch out, lift up, extend,\" from ana- ana- + te\u00ednein \"to stretch, extend\" \u2014 more at tenant entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1802, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-064116"
|
|
},
|
|
"anacanthine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or belonging to the Anacanthini":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6kan(t)th\u0259\u0307n",
|
|
"-n\u02ccth\u012bn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Anacanthini":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-071750"
|
|
},
|
|
"anal margin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the inner margin of an insect's wing":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1806, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-072909"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anastrepha":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of tropical American fruit flies (family Trypetidae) including a number of destructive pests of citrus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nastr\u0259f\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek anastrephein to turn back, from ana- + strephein to turn":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-075706"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anaconda":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"city in southwestern Montana that grew rapidly following the building of a copper-smelting plant in 1884 and expanded to contain one of the largest nonferrous production plants in the world population 9298":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4n-d\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Upon reviewing the images, the team found that the dolphins were holding a Beni anaconda in their mouths, reports Carolyn Wilke for the New York Times. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"The strange interlude lasted seven minutes, reports Business Insider\u2019s Kelsey Vlamis, and the semiaquatic anaconda most likely perished from being submerged for so long. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"The scientists still have many questions about why the dolphins held the anaconda . \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Critics of the stunt argue that a human\u2019s shoulder width is too wide to fit the anaconda \u2019s body, which could cause the animal physical and emotional pain. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 7 Nov. 2014",
|
|
"That was my first idea, to make J.Lo wet and have a huge anaconda all over my body! \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The Amazonian anaconda belongs to the boa constrictor family. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"On Exile, Brendan and I saw a full contingent of crew members wrestling with an anaconda . \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 22 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Its animal residents include the heaviest snake in the world, a massive green anaconda , and a jaguar named Tesoro. \u2014 Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle , 16 Sep. 2020"
|
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably modification of Sinhalese henakanday\u0101 , a slender green snake":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1748, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-080942"
|
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},
|
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"Anatinacea":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a suborder of Eulamellibranchia of worldwide distribution comprising mollusks that have separate orifices for the ovaries and testes, a small foot, and the hinge of the shell without teeth":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259t\u0259\u02c8n\u0101sh\u0113\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Anatina , genus of mollusks (from Latin anat-, anas duck + New Latin -ina ) + -acea":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-085438"
|
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},
|
|
"anacahuita":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small aromatic tree ( Cordia boissieri ) found in Texas and Mexico, having yellowish white flowers, and used medicinally":[]
|
|
},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u0259k\u0259\u02c8w\u0113t\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Mexican Spanish anacahuita, anacahuite, nacahuita, nacahuite , probably borrowed from Nahuatl \u0101macuahuitl \"tree (as Ficus insipida and related species) from which bark for paper is obtained,\" from \u0101matl \"paper\" + cuahuitl \"tree\"":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091541"
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},
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"anaerobiosis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": life in the absence of air or free oxygen":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan-\u02ccer-\u014d-",
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"\u02ccan-\u0259-r\u014d-(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8\u014d-s\u0259s",
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"-b\u0113-; \u02ccan-\u02cca(-\u0259)r-\u014d-",
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"-\u02cce(-\u0259)r-",
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-r\u014d-(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8\u014d-s\u0259s",
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"-b\u0113-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095135"
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},
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"anacardium":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small genus of tropical American trees (the type of the family Anacardiaceae) having kidney-shaped fruit borne at the apex of a fleshy receptacle \u2014 see cashew":[],
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": a plant of the genus Anacardium":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4rd\u0113\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from ana- + Greek kardia heart + New Latin -ium ; from the heartlike shape of the top of the fruit stem":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103217"
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},
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"anacromyodian":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": having the intrinsic syringeal muscles inserted on the dorsal ends of the bronchial semirings":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"a\u00a6n-",
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"\u00a6a\u02ccnakr\u014d\u02ccm\u012b\u00a6\u014dd\u0113\u0259n"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"ana- + acromyodian":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-105313"
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},
|
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"anaerobiont":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": anaerobe":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6an\u0259\u02ccr\u014d\u02c8b\u012b\u02cc\u00e4-",
|
|
"\u00a6a\u02ccna(a)r\u014d\u02c8b\u012b\u02cc\u00e4-",
|
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"-b\u0113\u02cc\u00e4nt"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"blend of anaerobe and -biont":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-112718"
|
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},
|
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"anallobar":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an area over which barometric pressure has increased":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02c8)a\u02c8nal\u0259\u02ccb\u00e4r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"ana- + allobar":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113754"
|
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},
|
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"anaglyph":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief":[],
|
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": a stereoscopic motion or still picture in which the right component of a composite image usually red in color is superposed on the left component in a contrasting color to produce a three-dimensional effect when viewed through correspondingly colored filters in the form of spectacles":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccglif"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The color separations of the anaglyph create pools of red and cyan that shimmer across the surface. \u2014 Dallas News , 5 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"There\u2019s an out-of-register floral wallpaper (2015) which, when viewed through red and blue anaglyph glasses, appears three-dimensional. \u2014 Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ , 26 May 2018",
|
|
"They were tied to a 3-D-imaging method called anaglyph that dates back to the 1950s. \u2014 Brian X. Chen, WIRED , 21 Dec. 2009"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Late Latin anaglyphus embossed, from Greek anaglyphos , from anaglyphein to emboss, from ana- + glyphein to carve \u2014 more at cleave":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-115231"
|
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},
|
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"anaglyptics":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun plural but singular in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": anaglyphy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1662, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-115735"
|
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},
|
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"anaglyphy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": art of carving, chasing, or embossing in relief":[],
|
|
": work done in relief":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8an\u0259\u02ccglif\u0113",
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nagl\u0259f\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"anaglyph + -y":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121607"
|
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},
|
|
"anabatic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": moving upward : rising":[
|
|
"an anabatic wind"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8ba-tik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek anabatos , verbal of anabainein":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1918, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-122108"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anallantoidea":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the division of Vertebrata, including amphibians, fishes, and cyclostomes, in which no allantois, or at most a rudimentary one, is developed \u2014 compare anamniota":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-na\u02cclan\u02c8-",
|
|
"\u00a6a\u02ccnal\u0259n\u02c8t\u022fid\u0113\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from an- + allantois + -idea":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124139"
|
|
},
|
|
"anabolize":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to perform anabolism":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from anabolism , after such pairs as English hypnotism: hypnotize":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1891, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124959"
|
|
},
|
|
"anachromasis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the mitotic nuclear transformations leading to formation of the metaphase plate \u2014 compare katachromasis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8kr\u014dm\u0259s\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from ana- + chrom- + connective -a- + -sis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125317"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anadarko":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"city on the Washita River in west central Oklahoma population 6762":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4r-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133645"
|
|
},
|
|
"anatectic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to anatexis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6tektik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from New Latin anatexis , after such pairs as Late Latin syntaxis syntax: English syntactic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135338"
|
|
},
|
|
"anallantoic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": not having or not developing an allantois":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"a\u00a6na-",
|
|
"\u00a6a\u02ccnal\u0259n\u2027\u00a6t\u014dik",
|
|
"-a\u02cclan-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"an- + allantoic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140110"
|
|
},
|
|
"anabathmos":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of the gradual psalms in the Eastern Church":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccb\u00e4th\u02c8m\u022fs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle Greek, from Greek, flight of steps, \"song of steps\", from anabainein to go up":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140909"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaglyphics":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun plural but singular in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": anaglyphy sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8an\u0259\u02c8glifiks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"anaglyph + -ics":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1856, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142536"
|
|
},
|
|
"anacoluthia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": anacoluthon":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259k\u0259\u02c8l\u00fcth\u0113\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, alteration of Late Latin anacoluthon":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142837"
|
|
},
|
|
"Ananias":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an early Christian struck dead for lying":[],
|
|
": liar":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8n\u012b-\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek, probably from Hebrew \u1e24\u0101nany\u0101h":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-143902"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anatidae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a large family of chiefly aquatic birds (order Anseriformes) having relatively heavy bodies, short legs, webbed feet, a bill with a hard horny nail at the tip and transverse toothlike ridges on the biting edges and including the ducks, geese, swans, and related forms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nat\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Anat-, Anas , type genus + -idae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-144850"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anachopteris":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus (the type of the family Anachopteridaceae) of fossil ferns characterized by pinnately divided leaves having all leaflets in the same plane and sporangia on the flattened margins of the ultimate segments":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4pt\u0259r\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Late Greek anacho\u0113 eruption + New Latin -pteris":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-151521"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaschistic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": dividing longitudinally":[
|
|
"\u2014 used especially of normal meiotic chromosomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 compare diaschistic":[
|
|
"\u2014 used especially of normal meiotic chromosomes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6shistik",
|
|
"-\u00a6ski-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"ana- + schistic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-154758"
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},
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"Anaheim disease":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pierce's disease":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from Anaheim , California":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155328"
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},
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"anagama":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a traditional Japanese wood-burning kiln used for firing ceramics":[
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"They can differ in size and shape, but all anagamas depend on the intimate interaction of the clay with the flames and ash from a slow-burning wood fire.",
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"\u2014 Patricia Malarcher , New York Times , 14 June 1981",
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"\u2014 often used before another noun",
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"Licked and scorched by wood flame, glazed and encrusted with wood ash, anagama ware contrasts sharply with ware produced in tamer environments like that in an electric kiln.",
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"\u2014 Barry Lopez , Harper's Magazine , January 1998",
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"\u2026 a 5th century-style Japanese Anagama kiln.",
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"\u2014 Christine Sobek , Chicago Daily Herald , 24 Feb. 2010"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02c8g\u00e4-m\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Japanese, from ana \"hole, burrow, cave\" + kama \"kiln\"":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1978, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-160019"
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},
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"analeptic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a drug that stimulates the central nervous system":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8lep-tik",
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"\u02ccan-\u0259-\u02c8lep-tik"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Greek anal\u0113ptikos , from analambanein":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1671, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164345"
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},
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"anabranch":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a diverging branch of a river which reenters the main stream or which loses itself in sandy soil":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8an\u0259\u02ccbranch"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"ana- + branch":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164901"
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},
|
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"anaerobe":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an anaerobic organism":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02cc)an-\u02c8er-\u02cc\u014db",
|
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"-\u02c8e(-\u0259)r-",
|
|
"\u02c8an-\u0259-\u02ccr\u014db; (\u02c8)an-\u02c8a(-\u0259)r-\u02cc\u014db",
|
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccr\u014db"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Eventually Stewart took over Bengtson\u2019s work in anaerobes , organisms that survive without oxygen. \u2014 Leila Mcneill, Smithsonian , 17 June 2019",
|
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"Moeller and his colleagues noticed that obligate anaerobes , bacteria that can only survive in an oxygen-free environment, tended to pass from mouse mothers to their offspring but not between other mice through the environment. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 26 Oct. 2018",
|
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"In its four hours in the colon, the pill recorded elevated levels of O2, which could mess up anaerobes . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 Jan. 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165627"
|
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},
|
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"anaglypta":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": embossed wallpaper : a type of wallpaper that has a permanent raised design":[
|
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"A textured paper called anaglypta was used to lend an 1890s aura to the hallway.",
|
|
"\u2014 Roger Showley , San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Dec. 1983",
|
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"\u2014 often used before another noun",
|
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"Three coats of deep blue paint bring out the texture in the anaglypta wall covering.",
|
|
"\u2014 Barbara Hertenstein , St. Louis Post-Dispatch , 29 Apr. 2000",
|
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"These Victorian and Edwardian houses often conceal the evidence of earlier tastes in decoration\u2014contoured Anaglypta wallpaper, dark varnishes, here and there the piece of stained glass that must have added to the general gloom.",
|
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"\u2014 Alexander McCall Smith, Sunday Times (London) , 27 Apr. 2008"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8glip-t\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"earlier a trademark, borrowed from Latin, \"vessels carved in low relief,\" from neuter plural of anaglyptus \"carved in low relief\"":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-175139"
|
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},
|
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"anaerobian":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": anaerobic":[],
|
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": anaerobe":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\"",
|
|
"\u00a6a\u02ccne(\u0259)\u00a6r-",
|
|
"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6r\u014db\u0113\u0259n",
|
|
"\u00a6a\u02ccna(a)(\u0259)\u00a6r-",
|
|
"\u00a6a\u02ccn\u0101\u0259\u00a6r-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"anaerobe + -ian":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-175201"
|
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},
|
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"anaerobion":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": anaerobe":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0113\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary anaerobe + New Latin -ion":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-175343"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaerobic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen":[
|
|
"anaerobic respiration",
|
|
"anaerobic bacteria"
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or being activity in which the body incurs an oxygen debt":[
|
|
"anaerobic exercise"
|
|
],
|
|
": relating to or induced by anaerobes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-bik",
|
|
"\u02ccan-\u02ccer-\u02c8\u014d-",
|
|
"\u02ccan-\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-bik; \u02ccan-\u02cca(-\u0259)r-\u02c8\u014d-",
|
|
"-\u02cce(-\u0259)r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Weight lifting is an anaerobic exercise.",
|
|
"Some bacteria are aerobic and others are anaerobic .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Some of the nation's largest dairies are installing anaerobic methane digesters that convert manure gas into fuel to run vehicles like buses and trucks. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Some trash haulers, including EDCO, plan to use anaerobic digestion facilities to transform organic waste into natural gas. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Their catuai variety is processed using an anaerobic slow dry method where beans are screened-in and left to dry outdoors for 12 days. \u2014 Sarah Burchard, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"That might mean building new facilities or upgrading existing facilities to accommodate anaerobic digestion. \u2014 Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"This shows a clear cognitive benefit from swimming versus anaerobic exercise, though the study does not compare swimming with other aerobic exercises. \u2014 Seena Mathew, Quartz , 31 July 2021",
|
|
"These anaerobic methanotrophic archaea oxidize the methane and even donate electrons directly to nearby species through a chain of electrochemical reactions. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Some of the largest dairy farms have installed anaerobic methane digesters that convert manure gas into fuel used to run vehicles like buses and trucks. \u2014 Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In fact, research has shown that jumping rope can improve aerobic and anaerobic capacity, shoulder strength coordination and proprioception in athletes. \u2014 Mackenzie L. Havey, Outside Online , 11 June 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184220"
|
|
},
|
|
"anacardium nut":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cashew nut":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1797, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184628"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anakim":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": aboriginal giants reported in the Old Testament to have inhabited southern Palestine before the Hebrews entered the land and virtually annihilated them":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8an\u0259\u02cckim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Hebrew \u02bd\u0103n\u0101q\u012bm , plural of \u02bd\u0103n\u0101q":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1621, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200911"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaclastic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": capable of springing back":[
|
|
"the bottom of an anaclastic glass springs out or in when air is forced into or drawn from the glass"
|
|
],
|
|
": relating to or constituting anaclasis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6klastik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek anaklastos bent back, reflected (from anaklan to bend back, reflect, from ana- + klan to break, deflect) + English -ic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-201115"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaboly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": evolutionary differentiation involving the addition of new terminal stages to the ancestral pattern of morphogenesis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nab\u0259l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"modification of Greek anabol\u0113 anything thrown up, prelude, act of delaying, ascent, from anaballein to throw or lift up, delay, put on":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1891, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-203541"
|
|
},
|
|
"anality":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the psychological state or quality of being anal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0101-\u02c8nal-\u0259t-\u0113",
|
|
"\u0101-\u02c8na-l\u0259-t\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"anal entry 1 + -ity":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1934, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210531"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaerobiotic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": anaerobic":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6an\u0259\u02ccr\u014d\u02ccb\u012b\u00a6\u00e4tik",
|
|
"\u00a6a\u02ccna(a)r\u014d\u02ccb-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211130"
|
|
},
|
|
"analytic trigonometry":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the branch of trigonometry that treats of the relations and properties of the trigonometrical functions":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1821, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-212501"
|
|
},
|
|
"analyst":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis":[],
|
|
": psychoanalyst":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-l\u0259st",
|
|
"\u02c8an-\u1d4al-\u0259st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"My analyst felt that I was making good progress.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"At least 50 percent of the water in the Western United States is used for landscape irrigation, says Lindsay Rogers, a water policy analyst with Western Resource Advocates. \u2014 Laura Daily, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Bob Pishue, an analyst with the transportation data company INRIX, suggested avoiding traveling during the afternoon on those days if possible. \u2014 Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"With limited shelf and storage space and shipments of new goods arriving every other week, full-price retailers need to unload poor-selling merchandise quickly, said Lorraine Hutchinson, a retail analyst with Bank of America. \u2014 Leticia Miranda, NBC News , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Hanna rebutted with the testimony of Christy Silbaugh, a DNA analyst with the Baltimore Police Department\u2019s crime lab. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"An analyst with the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin, Brussee frequently scours the Chinese internet for data. \u2014 Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"QuantumScape\u2019s current anode-free design doesn\u2019t entirely eliminate this risk, either, says Kieran O\u2019Regan, an analyst with the market research firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Alan Nevin, a real estate analyst with Xpera Group, said costs are up for developers for labor and materials, but rising rents and sales for homes are enough to keep the industry humming along. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Cybertruck isn\u2019t expected to boost Tesla sales enormously, said Kevin Tynan, a North American auto industry analyst with Bloomberg. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 14 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from French analyste \"mathematician skilled in analysis,\" probably by haplology from *analysiste, from analyse or analysie analysis + -iste -ist entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220843"
|
|
},
|
|
"ananas":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small genus of tropical American plants (family Bromeliaceae) having basal sword-shaped leaves, terminal racemose flowers, and large syncarpous fruits \u2014 see pineapple":[],
|
|
": any of several plants of the family Bromeliaceae: such as":[],
|
|
": pineapple":[],
|
|
": pinguin":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nan\u0259s",
|
|
"in sense 2 \u00a6an\u0259\u00a6n\u00e4s or \u00a6\u00e4n-",
|
|
"in sense 1 \u02c8an\u0259\u02ccnas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French or Spanish; French, from Spanish anan\u00e1s , from Portuguese, modification of Tupi nan\u00e1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-222844"
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},
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"anarthrous":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": used without the article":[],
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": without distinct joints":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)a\u00a6n\u00e4rthr\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek anarthros not differentiated, strengthless, inarticulate, without the article, from an- + arthron joint, article":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-224027"
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},
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"anaphrodisiac":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": inhibiting or discouraging sexual desire":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-zh\u0113-",
|
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"-\u02c8d\u0113-z\u0113-\u02ccak",
|
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"-\u02c8diz-\u0113-",
|
|
"-\u02c8di-z\u0113-",
|
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"\u02cca-\u02ccna-fr\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-z\u0113-\u02ccak"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1821, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-224842"
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},
|
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"anaerobes":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an anaerobic organism":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02cc)an-\u02c8er-\u02cc\u014db",
|
|
"-\u02c8e(-\u0259)r-",
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"\u02c8an-\u0259-\u02ccr\u014db; (\u02c8)an-\u02c8a(-\u0259)r-\u02cc\u014db",
|
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"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccr\u014db"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Eventually Stewart took over Bengtson\u2019s work in anaerobes , organisms that survive without oxygen. \u2014 Leila Mcneill, Smithsonian , 17 June 2019",
|
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"Moeller and his colleagues noticed that obligate anaerobes , bacteria that can only survive in an oxygen-free environment, tended to pass from mouse mothers to their offspring but not between other mice through the environment. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 26 Oct. 2018",
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"In its four hours in the colon, the pill recorded elevated levels of O2, which could mess up anaerobes . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 Jan. 2018"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225103"
|
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},
|
|
"analyte":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a chemical substance that is the subject of chemical analysis":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8an-\u1d4al-\u02cc\u012bt",
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"ana(lysis) or ana(lyze) + -lyte":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234313"
|
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},
|
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"Anasazi":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a prehistoric American Indian inhabitant of the canyons of northern Arizona and New Mexico and southwestern Colorado":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cc\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4-z\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Navajo anaas\u00e1z\u00ed , literally, enemy ancestors":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002815"
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},
|
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"analepsis":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the feast of Christ's ascension into heaven":[],
|
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": a literary technique that involves interruption of the chronological sequence of events by interjection of events or scenes of earlier occurrence":[
|
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"Through analepsis , Paul recounts the story of his uncle's mysterious disappearance and death during the violent days of October 1961 in Paris.",
|
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"\u2014 Lia Brozgal , French Forum , 22 Mar. 2009"
|
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],
|
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": a description of an event or scene from an earlier time that interrupts a chronological narrative : a literary flashback":[
|
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"\u2026 Balzac had criticized the style of the Chartreuse and its too-linear construction, advising the author to eliminate everything that comes before Waterloo and sum it up in an analepsis \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 G\u00e9rard Genette , Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation , 1997",
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"In the course of the prophetic vision Artabanus also weaves in a brief analepsis , the Persian defeat at Marathon, \u2026 thereby countering Mardonius' falsely optimistic picture of the Greek enemy \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Irene De Jong , Texts, Ideas, and the Classics: Scholarship, Theory, and Classical Literature , 2001"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8leps\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Late Greek anal\u0113psis , from Greek, act of taking up, from ana- + l\u0113psis act of taking, from lambanein to take":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-003829"
|
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},
|
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"analemma":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8le-m\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The analemma plays into the sunrise and sunset times. \u2014 Katie Peek, Popular Science , 21 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Skylights filter natural light while tracking the days on an analemma \u2014 a sun calendar embedded in the quartzite-stone floor in the living room. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2020"
|
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin, sundial on a pedestal, from Greek anal\u0113mma , lofty structure, sundial, from analambanein to take up, restore, from ana- + lambanein to take \u2014 more at latch":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-003939"
|
|
},
|
|
"anastomosis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the union of parts or branches (as of streams, blood vessels, or leaf veins) so as to intercommunicate or interconnect":[],
|
|
": a product of anastomosis : network":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan-\u0259s-",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02ccnas-t\u0259-\u02c8m\u014d-s\u0259s",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02ccna-st\u0259-\u02c8m\u014d-s\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Late Latin, from Greek anastom\u014dsis , from anastomoun to provide with an outlet, from ana- + stoma mouth, opening \u2014 more at stomach entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010941"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaclitic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or characterized by the direction of love toward an object (such as the mother) that satisfies nonsexual needs (such as hunger)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8kli-tik",
|
|
"an-\u0259-\u02c8klit-ik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek anaklitos , verbal of anaklinein to lean upon, from ana- + klinein to lean \u2014 more at lean":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-011457"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaspalin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nasp\u0259l\u0259\u0307n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-011944"
|
|
},
|
|
"anacrogynous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having the archegonia arising below the apex of the stem and not involving the apical cell":[],
|
|
": having indeterminate growth of the gametophyte":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6kr\u00e4j\u0259n\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary an- + acrogynous":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012450"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaglyphoscope":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pair of spectacles for viewing an anaglyph":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-f\u0259\u02ccsk\u014dp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary anaglyph + -o- + -scope":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-020227"
|
|
},
|
|
"analyzes":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of (something) by analysis":[],
|
|
": to subject to scientific or grammatical analysis":[
|
|
"chemically analyze a specimen",
|
|
"analyze a sentence"
|
|
],
|
|
": psychoanalyze":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anatomize",
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"deconstruct",
|
|
"dissect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for analyze analyze , dissect , break down mean to divide a complex whole into its parts or elements. analyze suggests separating or distinguishing the component parts of something (such as a substance, a process, a situation) so as to discover its true nature or inner relationships. analyzed the collected data dissect suggests a searching analysis by laying bare parts or pieces for individual scrutiny. commentators dissected every word of the speech break down implies a reducing to simpler parts or divisions. break down the budget",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"While Wroe offers some basic biographical information and quotes copiously from Shelley's writings, she does not tell a chronological story or analyze individual poems. \u2014 Adam Kirsch , New Yorker , 27 Aug. 2007",
|
|
"They are not doing the math. Doing the math would mean demonstrating that the voters' intuitive judgments are roughly what they would get if they analyzed the likely effects of candidates' policies, and this is a difficult calculation to perform. \u2014 Louis Menand , New Yorker , 30 Aug. 2004",
|
|
"Ms. Magazine 's online daily weblog, written by Christine Cupaiuolo, analyzes the representation of women in media and popular culture. Here are excerpts from recent postings. \u2014 Ms. , Fall 2003",
|
|
"The data was recorded and analyzed by computer.",
|
|
"We took the sample to be chemically analyzed by a lab.",
|
|
"Researchers are busy analyzing the results of the study.",
|
|
"The bacteria were analyzed under a powerful microscope.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Artificial intelligence can be used to gather and analyze public data sets to detect new regulations for travel, severe weather and an area\u2019s overall safety. \u2014 Dustin Radtke, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Each of the 56 FBI field offices has assigned an agent to collect and analyze threat reports, and federal prosecutors have been trained in assessing and investigating threats. \u2014 Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Despite these awe-inspiring possibilities, a more likely scenario is that our first inklings of life in outer space will arrive via tools that can analyze electromagnetic properties, such as the gas composition surrounding a planet. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Suicide is the leading case of death among male residents, according to a recent study that did not analyze the numbers by race or ethnicity. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Guralnik\u2019s sessions with a peer advisory group, who analyze the couples\u2019 progress and her technique. \u2014 Lidija Haas, The New Republic , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The technology underpinning Meta\u2019s success\u2014the ability to collect and analyze massive amounts of data, then translate that information into micro-targeted ads\u2014is under attack. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"In wider use now are algorithms using a form of AI known as machine learning that crunches statistical data from sensors and can analyze changes in body position or movement that could indicate fatigue, weaknesses or a potential injury. \u2014 Eric Niiler, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"In November, the Defense Department announced the creation of an investigative body to track and analyze UAPs. \u2014 N'dea Yancey-bragg, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably by back-formation from analysis , with -is taken as a suffix, and -ys- identified with the verb-forming suffix -ize , spelled -yze/-ize/-yse/-ise in the 17th century":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-020237"
|
|
},
|
|
"analects":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": selected miscellaneous written passages":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02cclek(t)s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin analecta , from Greek analekta , neuter plural of analektos , verbal of analegein to collect, from ana- + legein to gather \u2014 more at legend":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1623, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-022423"
|
|
},
|
|
"anatexis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any process by which plutonic rocks are dissolved and again converted into magmas":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8teks\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek anat\u0113xis act of melting, thawing, from anat\u0113kein to melt, thaw (from ana- + t\u0113kein to thaw) + -sis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-025455"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaclinal":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": descending in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the strata":[
|
|
"an anaclinal river",
|
|
"\u2014 opposed to cataclinal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6kl\u012bn\u1d4al"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"ana- + -clinal":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030452"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anadyr":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"river 694 miles (1117 kilometers) long in eastern Russia in Asia flowing south and east to the Gulf of Anadyr":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02c8dir",
|
|
"\u02cca-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035825"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anapsida":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a subclass of Reptilia comprising primitive forms in which the skull lacks temporal openings and including chiefly Permian forms with the turtles as its only present representatives":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-s\u0259d\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from an- + -apsida (from Greek apsid-, apsis loop, arch)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1917, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-042431"
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},
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"anagallis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of 15 species of chiefly Old World herbs (family Primulaceae) having mostly opposite leaves and small axillary 5-parted rotate flowers \u2014 see pimpernel sense 2":[],
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": a plant of the genus Anagallis":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8gal\u0259\u0307s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin, a plant (probably pimpernel or chickweed), from Greek, pimpernel":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043354"
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},
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"anal gland":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of numerous glands, occurring solitary or in pairs or groups, near the anus and sometimes opening into the rectum: such as":[],
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": either of the paired glands of a skunk that produce an offensive secretion":[],
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": a gland in mollusks of the genus Murex that secretes a purple substance used in dyeing":[],
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": ink sac":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1801, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044957"
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},
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"Anaptomorphus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus (the type of the family Anaptomorphidae) of extinct short-skulled large-eyed lemurs from the Eocene of North America sometimes regarded as near the ancestral line of the anthropoids":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02ccnapt\u0259\u02c8m\u022frf\u0259s",
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"a\u02cc-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from an- + Greek haptein to bind + New Latin -o- + -morphus -morphous":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-052930"
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},
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"anaglyptic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": anaglyphic":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6gliptik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin anaglypticus , from Latin anaglyptus wrought in bas-relief (from Greek anaglyptos, anaglyphos ) + -icus -ic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1656, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-055442"
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},
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"anagalactic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": extragalactic":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6an\u0259g\u0259\u00a6laktik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek ana- (alteration of an- ) + English galactic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-055539"
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},
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"Analgesidae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a large family of small soft-bodied blind mites that live on birds especially on the feathers":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u1d4al\u02c8jes\u0259d\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Analges , type genus (from Greek analg\u0113s painless, from an- + -alg\u0113s , from algos pain) + -idae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-061356"
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},
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"analysis situs":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": topology sense 2a(1)":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8s\u0113-",
|
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"-\u02cct\u00fcs",
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"-\u02c8s\u012b-t\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from New Latin analysis sit\u016bs \"analysis of position\"":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-062952"
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},
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"analcitite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": olivine-free analcime basalt":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-s\u0259\u02cct\u012bt"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"analcite + -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-074014"
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},
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"analcite":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": analcime":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259\u02c8nal\u02ccs\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"alteration (influenced by -ite ) of analcime":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-074433"
|
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},
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"Anacrogynae":{
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a group of liverworts including all the thalloid members of the Juneermanniaceae \u2014 compare acrogynae":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8kr\u00e4j\u0259(\u02cc)n\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from an- + Acrogynae":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080246"
|
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},
|
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"Anadyr, Gulf of":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"inlet of the northern Bering Sea south of Chukchi Peninsula in eastern Russia in Asia":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02c8dir",
|
|
"\u02cca-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081700"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaglyphic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief":[],
|
|
": a stereoscopic motion or still picture in which the right component of a composite image usually red in color is superposed on the left component in a contrasting color to produce a three-dimensional effect when viewed through correspondingly colored filters in the form of spectacles":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-n\u0259-\u02ccglif"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The color separations of the anaglyph create pools of red and cyan that shimmer across the surface. \u2014 Dallas News , 5 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"There\u2019s an out-of-register floral wallpaper (2015) which, when viewed through red and blue anaglyph glasses, appears three-dimensional. \u2014 Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ , 26 May 2018",
|
|
"They were tied to a 3-D-imaging method called anaglyph that dates back to the 1950s. \u2014 Brian X. Chen, WIRED , 21 Dec. 2009"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Late Latin anaglyphus embossed, from Greek anaglyphos , from anaglyphein to emboss, from ana- + glyphein to carve \u2014 more at cleave":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081740"
|
|
},
|
|
"anag":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"anagram":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082348"
|
|
},
|
|
"anatid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of the Anatidae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nat\u0259\u0307d",
|
|
"\u02c8an\u0259t\u0259\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Anatidae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1914, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082601"
|
|
},
|
|
"anasarca":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": generalized edema with accumulation of serum in the connective tissue":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan-\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4r-k\u0259",
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4r-k\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"This year, eighth-grader Chinmay Singh of Union Academy Charter School came in second after misspelling anasarca , a medical term for fluid accumulation in the body\u2019s connective tissues. \u2014 Jane Wester, charlotteobserver , 19 Feb. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin, univerbation of Greek an\u00e0 s\u00e1rka \"throughout the body,\" in the phrase an\u00e0 s\u00e1rka h\u00fddr\u014dps (by ellipsis ho an\u00e0 s\u00e1rka ) \"edema throughout the body\"; an\u00e1 \"up, throughout\" + s\u00e1rka, accusative of s\u00e1rx \"flesh, body\" \u2014 more at ana- , sarco-":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091450"
|
|
},
|
|
"anacrisis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an investigation of truth in a civil law case in which the interrogation and inquiry are often accompanied by torture":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8kr\u012bs\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek anakrisis examination of the parties concerned in a lawsuit, from anakrinein to examine, interrogate, from ana- + krinein to choose, determine, separate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1773, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104801"
|
|
},
|
|
"analcime":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a white or slightly colored mineral that consists of hydrated silicate of sodium and aluminum and occurs in various igneous rocks in massive form or in crystals":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8nal-\u02ccs\u0113m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from Greek analkimos weak, from an- + alkimos strong, from alk\u0113 strength":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1901, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104943"
|
|
},
|
|
"anatomist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a specialist in anatomy":[],
|
|
": one who analyzes minutely and critically":[
|
|
"an anatomist of urban society"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8na-t\u0259-mist",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8nat-\u0259-m\u0259st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Zuckerman, who was born in South Africa, had trained as an anatomist and a zoologist. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Around that time, perhaps influenced by the predominant metaphor, German anatomist Joseph von Gerlach looked at nervous tissue through his microscope and saw the tangle of fibers\u2014a reticulum. \u2014 Benjamin Ehrlich, Scientific American , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"An abundance of prey prompted Diegoaelurus\u2019sancestors to evolve teeth that could process meat very efficiently, explains study co-author Shawn Zack, an anatomist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine\u2013Phoenix. \u2014 Raegan Scharfetter, Scientific American , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In the 19th century, a new era of transportation, anatomist Otto Deiters, among many others, conceived of the nervous system as a railroad, with junctions at which traffic could be routed. \u2014 Benjamin Ehrlich, Scientific American , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Not until a great white shark was brought to an anatomist in 1666 did experts imagine that the relics came from ancient sharks\u2014and that the teeth must have drifted down to the seafloor and been covered by sediment. \u2014 Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Sixteen years after the first fossils of Neanderthals were discovered by quarry workers in the Neander Valley near D\u00fcsseldorf in 1856, the bones were sent to the famous anatomist Rudolf Virchow. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 13 May 2021",
|
|
"An anatomist \u2019s 1668 sketch of a shark, an image of a great white shark and a photo of fossilized shark teeth dating from the Upper Cretaceous illustrate this entry. \u2014 Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"According to a lecture given by paleo- anatomist and biologist Alice Roberts of the University of Birmingham, Nariokotome Boy had long, strong legs and relatively short arms. \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 9 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105614"
|
|
},
|
|
"anathemize":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": anathematize":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccm\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"anathema entry 2 + -ize":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1662, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-110043"
|
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},
|
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"anastomose":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to connect or join by anastomosis":[],
|
|
": to communicate or be joined by anastomosis":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccm\u014ds",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8na-st\u0259-\u02ccm\u014dz",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8nas-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u014dz, -\u02ccm\u014ds"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"We were immediately struck by the extensive, complex, anastomosing system of internal channels and branches present deep inside the premaxillae and maxillae, snaking and curving around the tooth roots. \u2014 Darren Naish, Scientific American Blog Network , 16 June 2017",
|
|
"At Tolbachik, these networks of anastomosing lava flows will continue to grow until the rate of magma erupting at the surface drops. \u2014 Erik Klemetti, WIRED , 10 Dec. 2012"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably back-formation from anastomosis":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1697, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-110500"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaerobium":{
|
|
"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": anaerobe":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca\u02ccna(a)\u02c8r-",
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8r\u014db\u0113\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary anaerobe + New Latin -ium":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111930"
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},
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"anaptyctic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": relating to or resulting from anaptyxis":[
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"development of an anaptyctic vowel"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6an\u0259p\u00a6tiktik",
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"\u00a6a\u02ccnap-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from New Latin anaptyxis , after such pairs as Late Latin syntaxis syntax: English syntactic, syntactical":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115837"
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},
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"analcimite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a rock occurring in the Cyclades that originally was probably a nephelite-syenite but is now altered and contains over 50 percent of analcime":[],
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": analcitite":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-s\u0259\u02ccm\u012bt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian, from analcimo analcime (from French analcime ) + -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-121342"
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},
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"Anaxonia":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the organisms that have no distinct axis regarded as a group":[
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"\u2014 opposed to Axonia"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca\u02ccnak\u02c8s\u014dn\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from an- + Axonia":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122215"
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},
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"anaptyxis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": vowel epenthesis":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Greek anaptyxis act of unfolding, from anaptyssein to unfold, from ana- + ptyssein to fold":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-124111"
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},
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"anatomization":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": dissection":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccm\u012b\u02c8z-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1675, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-105127"
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},
|
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"anastigmatic":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": not astigmatic":[
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"\u2014 used especially of lenses that are able to form approximately point images of object points"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccan-\u0259-(\u02cc)stig-\u02c8mat-ik, \u02ccan-\u02ccas-tig-",
|
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"\u02cca-\u02ccna-stig-",
|
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"\u02cca-n\u0259-(\u02cc)stig-\u02c8ma-tik"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-131746"
|
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},
|
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"Anacreontic":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of, relating to, or resembling the poetry of Anacreon":[],
|
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": convivial or amatory in tone or theme":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02ccna-kr\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4n-tik"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin anacreonticus , from Anacreont-, Anacreon Anacreon, from Greek Anakreont-, Anakre\u014dn":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1603, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132014"
|
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},
|
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"anaspid":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of the Anaspida":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nasp\u0259\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Anaspida":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133812"
|
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},
|
|
"anabata":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a hooded cope worn especially in outdoor processions in the Eastern Church":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8nab\u0259t\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Greek, from Medieval Latin anabata, anabala , probably modification of Greek anabol\u0113 cloak, from anaballein to put on (also, to lift or throw up, delay), from ana- + ballein to throw":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1829, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133910"
|
|
},
|
|
"anal character":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a personality type characterized by a predilection for anal eroticism or by its symbolic manifestations (as excessive neatness, acquisitiveness, miserliness, self-discipline, pedantry, and obstinacy)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-134555"
|
|
},
|
|
"anarya":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": not Aryan":[],
|
|
": one that is not Aryan":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\"",
|
|
"(\u02cc)\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4ry\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Sanskrit an\u0101rya , from an- + \u0101rya Aryan":"Adjective",
|
|
"Sanskrit an\u0101rya":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1888, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
|
|
"1880, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-134610"
|
|
},
|
|
"anastigmat":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an anastigmatic lens":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"a-\u02c8na-stig-\u02ccmat",
|
|
"\u02ccan-\u0259-\u02c8stig-",
|
|
"a-\u02c8nas-tig-\u02ccmat",
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8stig-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German, back-formation from anastigmatisch anastigmatic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-135122"
|
|
},
|
|
"anacreontic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or resembling the poetry of Anacreon":[],
|
|
": convivial or amatory in tone or theme":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02ccna-kr\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4n-tik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin anacreonticus , from Anacreont-, Anacreon Anacreon, from Greek Anakreont-, Anakre\u014dn":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1603, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-135718"
|
|
},
|
|
"anal-retentive":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": exhibiting or typifying personality traits (such as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological consequences of toilet training":[
|
|
"Overextending psychic energy during the process of toilet training by holding back can result in fixating at the anal stage, creating an anal retentive personality as an adult. The anal retentive personality is characterized by the tendency to cope with conflicts later in life by demonstrating an extreme sense of cleanliness and orderliness, such as dusting furniture or waxing the car when troubled.",
|
|
"\u2014 Bernardo J. Carducci",
|
|
"\u2014 often used in nontechnical contexts to describe someone as extremely or excessively neat, careful, or precise \u2026 is his father's clone\u2014intense, focused, fuddy-duddy, severely anal-retentive , or as Archie puts it, \"a neat freak.\" \u2014 Curry Kirkpatrick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u0101-n\u1d4al-ri-\u02c8ten-tiv"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140657"
|
|
},
|
|
"anaqua":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tree ( Ehretia elliptica ) of Mexico and southern Texas that is sometimes planted for shade":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4kw\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from Mexican Spanish anacua, anagua , probably shortening of anacahuite anacahuita":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141512"
|
|
},
|
|
"analyzation":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the act or an instance of analyzing something : a result of analyzing something : analysis":[
|
|
"The system has also allowed for data collection and analyzation \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Julia Werth",
|
|
"The T-shirt she wore was sent to forensics for analyzation .",
|
|
"\u2014 Leigh Egan",
|
|
"Why the new logo change? We don't know, but you can read an analyzation of the Warcraft logo change below.",
|
|
"\u2014 Germain Lussier",
|
|
"\u2026 books like Gone Girl , Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects \u2026 have led to pop culture obsessions, analyzations , and endless dissections.",
|
|
"\u2014 Kerri Jarema"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Like, the facial recognition technology used by airport security \u2014 this could really expedite the image analyzation process for researchers. \u2014 Ashleigh Papp, Scientific American , 24 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"analyze + -ation":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1698, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143818"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anamirta":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of East Indian woody vines (family Menispermaceae) having dioecious flowers and very numerous stamens \u2014 see cocculus indicus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8m\u0259rt\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from New Latin, from an- an- + Sanskrit am\u1e5bt\u0101 , the plant Tinospora cordifolia (similar to Anamirta ), noun derivative from feminine of am\u1e5bta literally, \"immortal,\" from a- , privative suffix + m\u1e5ba \"dead, mortal\"":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1822, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143932"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anacreon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"circa 582\u2013 circa 485 b.c. Greek poet":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8na-kr\u0113-\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145356"
|
|
},
|
|
"anabasis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a difficult and dangerous military retreat":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8na-b\u0259-s\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek, inland march, from anabainein to go up or inland, from ana- + bainein to go \u2014 more at come":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-150649"
|
|
},
|
|
"anal proleg":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": either of the pair of false legs occurring on the l0th abdominal segment of caterpillars":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1826, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151733"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anabas":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus (the type of a family Anabantidae) comprising small perchlike freshwater spiny-finned fishes of southeastern Asia and Africa and often being placed with a few related fishes in a separate suborder of the Percomorphi \u2014 see climbing perch":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8an\u0259b\u0259s",
|
|
"-\u02ccbas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek, aorist participle of anabainein":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-152334"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anasa":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of coreid bugs including the squash bugs":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8an\u0259s\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Sanskrit a- \"not, un-\" + n\u0101s\u0101 \"nose\"":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1852, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-152745"
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},
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"Anastatica":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of Arabian herbs (family Cruciferae) having a taproot, a disklike crown, and axillary white flowers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from ana- + -statica (from Greek statikos )":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1760, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-161820"
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},
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"analgesid":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to the Analgesidae":[],
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": a mite of the family Analgesidae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6an\u1d4al\u00a6jes\u0259\u0307d",
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"\"",
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"\u0259\u02c8nalj\u0259s\u0259\u0307d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Analgesidae":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1915, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"1905, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163951"
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},
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"Anarcestes":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of primitive early Devonian ammonoids from central Europe":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca\u02ccn\u00e4r-",
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"\u02ccan\u0259r\u02c8se\u02ccst\u0113z"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from an- + Arcestes , genus of mollusks":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-170617"
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},
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"anastatic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": relating to a process of printing from a zinc plate on which a transferred design is left in relief by the etching out of the rest of the surface":[],
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": anabolic":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6statik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"ana- + Greek statikos causing to stand":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-173643"
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},
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"Anaspida":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a class or other division of primitive fishlike ostracoderms having a heterocercal tail and a covering of small elongated scales and known from Silurian-Devonian transition beds of Europe and America":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-p\u0259d\u0259"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from an- + -aspida (from Greek aspid-, aspis shield)":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-174710"
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},
|
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"anamite":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": twine sense 5":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8an\u0259\u02ccm\u012bt"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-185023"
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},
|
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"anabaptize":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": to baptize over again : rechristen":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u00a6bap-\u00a6t\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Late Greek anabaptizein to rebaptize, from ana- + baptizein to baptize":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1637, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190927"
|
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},
|
|
"analysis of variance":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": analysis of variation in an experimental outcome and especially of a statistical variance in order to determine the contributions of given factors or variables to the variance":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191053"
|
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},
|
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"Anaspidacea":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an order of crustaceans (Malacostraca) like shrimp that have mostly biramous thoracic limbs and deposit their eggs among water plants or under stones":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02ccnasp\u0259\u02c8d\u0101sh\u0113\u0259",
|
|
"(\u02cc)a\u02ccn-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Anaspides , genus of crustaceans (from an- + -aspides , from Greek aspid-, aspis shield) + -acea":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191129"
|
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},
|
|
"analgesic balm":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an ointment containing methyl salicylate and menthol used as a rubefacient":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-193044"
|
|
},
|
|
"Anabaptist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Protestant sectarian of a radical movement arising in the 16th century and advocating the baptism and church membership of adult believers only, nonresistance, and the separation of church and state":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8bap-tist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1531, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194041"
|
|
},
|
|
"analcime basalt":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a variety of basalt consisting of augite, olivine, magnetite, analcite, and usually a little feldspar":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194521"
|
|
},
|
|
"anal area":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the posterior part of usually the hind wing of many insects that bears the anal veins":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1826, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202025"
|
|
},
|
|
"anal pore":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an opening on the exterior surface of an animal (such as a fish, nematode, or paramecium) through which undigested food, water, or gas is expelled":[
|
|
"The anal fin, on the underside of the striped bass just behind the anal pore , looks a lot like the reverse of the soft dorsal fin.",
|
|
"\u2014 Nicholas Karas , The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing , 2000"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1841, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-203216"
|
|
},
|
|
"anarch":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a leader or advocate of revolt or anarchy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-\u02ccn\u00e4rk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Since those early beginnings, the invention\u2019s larger structure has evolved to assume narrative shapes, such as the regular geography of Christopher Robin\u2019s Hundred Acre Wood (where the anarch is the merrily spontaneous Winnie-the-Pooh). \u2014 Angus Fletcher, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Mar. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back formation from anarchy , with -arch taken as -arch entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1757, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210124"
|
|
},
|
|
"anal plate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of the posterior plates of the plastron of a turtle":[],
|
|
": the large scale in front of the anus of most snakes":[],
|
|
": the fused plate of early embryonic ectoderm and endoderm through which the anus later ruptures":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212755"
|
|
},
|
|
"anamorphism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": anamorphosis":[],
|
|
": the group of changes that rocks undergo in the anamorphic zone or the group of processes that effect the change \u2014 compare katamorphism , metamorphism":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"ana- + -morphism":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212812"
|
|
},
|
|
"anamorphic zone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the zone within the earth in which simple mineralogical compounds become changed by silication, decarbonization, and deoxidation to more complex ones":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222315"
|
|
},
|
|
"anamorphoscope":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an optical device consisting usually of a cylindrical mirror or lens that restores to its normal proportions an image distorted by anamorphosis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-f\u0259\u02ccsk\u014dp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"anamorpho sis + -scope":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1884, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-223038"
|
|
},
|
|
"anal angle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the angle between the outer and inner margins of an insect's wing":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1801, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224109"
|
|
},
|
|
"anabaptism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the doctrine or practices of the Anabaptists":[],
|
|
": the Anabaptist movement":[],
|
|
": the baptism of one previously baptized":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8bap-\u02ccti-z\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin anabaptismus , from Late Greek anabaptismos rebaptism, from anabaptizein to rebaptize, from Greek ana- again + baptizein to baptize":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-231933"
|
|
},
|
|
"anamorphic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": producing, relating to, or marked by intentional distortion (as by unequal magnification along perpendicular axes) of an image":[
|
|
"an anamorphic lens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-n\u0259-\u02c8m\u022fr-fik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"One instance: How Hirschbiegel shoots social setting \u2013 the church, the courtroom, Clara and Andreas\u2019 home \u2013 using anamorphic lens. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In this case, anamorphic lenses give dimensionality to faces, particularly Leatherface\u2019s. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Looked at from a certain angle\u2014like an anamorphic skull\u2014this essay is concerned with literary criticism. \u2014 Will Self, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Shooting on 35mm with anamorphic lenses, the director makes thorough use of the timeless rural landscapes his story is set in \u2013 particularly during a brutal attack on a band of Roma. \u2014 Will Tizard, Variety , 5 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Yes, anamorphic gives you more space left and right, helping to arrange the actors, telling more in one shot without editing too much. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 9 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The production shot the show in an anamorphic format across six different countries, sometimes in the snow, sometimes on open water, sometimes under water. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 28 June 2021",
|
|
"The head is distorted and elongated, almost anamorphic and androgynous, simultaneously ancient and somewhat extraterrestrial. \u2014 Anthony Demarco, Forbes , 19 May 2021",
|
|
"Nothing will improve your drone footage as much as this anamorphic lens from Moment. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 29 Nov. 2020"
|
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably borrowed from French anamorphique, derivative (by analogy with other derivatives with -morphique -morphic ) of anamorphose \"anamorphosis (image produced by a distorting optical system),\" borrowed from New Latin anamorphosis, probably from Greek ana- ana- + -morph\u014dsis (as in metam\u00f3rph\u014dsis \"transformation, metamorphosis \")":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232013"
|
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},
|
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"anal pit":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": proctodeum":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232406"
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},
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"Anamorpha":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a division (commonly considered a subclass) of Chilopoda comprising the centipedes whose number of body segments increases as the animals mature, the young hatching with 7 pairs of legs and the adults having l5 pairs \u2014 compare epimorpha , notostigma , pleurostigma":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8m\u022frf\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from ana- + -morpha":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1862, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232853"
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},
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"anamnestic reaction":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": renewed rapid production of an antibody following second or later contact with the provoking antigen or with related antigens":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233019"
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},
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"anabantid":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to the genus Anabas or the family Anabantidae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccan\u0259\u02c8bant\u0259\u0307d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Anabantidae , from Anabant-, Anabas , type genus + -idae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1914, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-002502"
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},
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"analabos":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a cloak decorated with crosses worn by monks in the Eastern Church":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00e4\u02c8n\u00e4l\u0259\u02ccb\u022fs"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Greek, from Greek ana- + -labos (from lambanein to take)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1923, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-002645"
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},
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"analphabet":{
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a person who cannot read : illiterate":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-b\u0259t",
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"(\u02cc)an-\u02c8al-f\u0259-\u02ccbet"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin analphab\u0113tus, derivative of analphab\u0113tus, adjective, \"illiterate,\" borrowed from Greek analph\u00e1b\u0113tos, from an- an- + -alphab\u0113tos, derivative of alph\u00e1b\u0113tos alphabet":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-004856"
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},
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"anamnestic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to an anamnesis":[],
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": of or relating to a secondary response to an immunogenic substance after serum antibodies can no longer be detected in the blood":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-\u02ccnam-\u02c8ne-stik",
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"-\u02c8nes-tik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek anamn\u0113stikos easily recalled, from anamimn\u0113skesthai":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012318"
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},
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"analogy test":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a reasoning test requiring a person examined to supply a final term in a proportion (as to supply darkness in the proportion day: light:: night : \u2026 )":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-020146"
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},
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"anamorphose":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to represent by anamorphosis":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u014ds",
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"-\u02ccf\u014dz"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"back-formation from anamorphosis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-024404"
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},
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"anamorphoser":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an optical device used to form a sharply defined image having a different magnification in each of two perpendicular meridians, usually vertical and horizontal":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccf\u014ds-",
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"-f\u0259-",
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"-\u02ccf\u014dz\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-024442"
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},
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"anamorphote lens":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a distorting lens used to produce anamorphosis \u2014 compare anamorphoscope":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6an\u0259\u00a6m\u022fr\u02ccf\u014dt-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Greek anamorph\u014dt\u0113s transforming, from anamorphoun to transform":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1902, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-032300"
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},
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"anamorphotic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": anamorphic":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccm\u022fr\u00a6f\u00e4tik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Greek anamorph\u014dt\u0113s transforming + English -ic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1902, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033517"
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},
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"analogies":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect":[],
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": resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike : similarity":[],
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": inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others":[],
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": correspondence between the members of pairs or sets of linguistic forms that serves as a basis for the creation of another form":[],
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": correspondence or similarity in form or function between parts (such as the wings of birds and insects) of unrelated or distantly related species that is the result of convergent evolution \u2014 compare homology , homoplasy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8na-l\u0259-j\u0113",
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"\u0259-\u02c8nal-\u0259-j\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for analogy likeness , similarity , resemblance , similitude , analogy mean agreement or correspondence in details. likeness implies a closer correspondence than similarity which often implies that things are merely somewhat alike. a remarkable likeness to his late father some similarity between the two cases resemblance implies similarity chiefly in appearance or external qualities. statements that bear little resemblance to the truth similitude applies chiefly to correspondence between abstractions. two schools of social thought showing points of similitude analogy implies likeness or parallelism in relations rather than in appearance or qualities. pointed out analogies to past wars",
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"examples":[
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"He does, though, suffer from the occupational deformation of international relations specialists: an enthusiasm for ransacking the past in search of precedents, analogies , patterns, and cycles that might explain the present and forecast the future. \u2014 Tony Judt , New York Book Review , 10 Apr. 2003",
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"People who do this call themselves \"white-hat\" hackers\u2014good people who show other people their vulnerabilities. Take the following analogy : I've designed a great new lock pick, and I'm going to give this great new gadget away to show everyone that the typical door lock is ineffective against my new pick. \u2014 John C. Dvorak , PC Magazine , 4 Apr. 2000",
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"It has often been said that movie stars are the royalty of America. (The better analogy , really, is that the royals are the movie stars of Britain.) \u2014 Neal Gabler , Life: The Movie , 1998",
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"Parts of the far-infrared sky look like colonies of spiders gone mad. The fine structure seen there is called cirrus, by analogy with filamentary clouds on Earth. \u2014 Virginia Trimble et al. , Sky & Telescope , January 1995",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Asked to describe his approach to trading at Susquehanna, Yass once reached for a poker analogy . \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
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"The series, which premieres Monday on HBO, is not a sequel sliced up into eight episodes; Assayas goes for a literary analogy when trying to explain the project\u2019s nature. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
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"Mann drew a highway analogy to illustrate this point. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 June 2022",
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"Tung Yin, an expert on national security and terrorism, uses a balloon analogy . \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 20 May 2022",
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"In that way, there\u2019s a good analogy with the Human Genome Project. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 14 May 2022",
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"Perhaps there is a better analogy for the Fed\u2019s dilemma. \u2014 WSJ , 1 May 2022",
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"So, unfortunately for KD, this wasn\u2019t exactly a one-to-one analogy . \u2014 Bryan Kalbrosky, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Malik uses the analogy of a stem-plus-branching approach to studying a phenomenon using multidisciplinary lenses. \u2014 Benjamin Laker, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English analogie, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin analogia \"ratio, proportion, correspondence in the inflection and derivation of words, the use of this correspondence in word derivation,\" borrowed from Greek analog\u00eda \"proportion, relation, correspondence in the inflection and derivation of words,\" from an\u00e1logos \"proportionate, conformable, analogous \" + -ia -y entry 2":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-092936"
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}
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} |