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1297 lines
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{
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"becalm":{
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"antonyms":[
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"agitate",
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"discompose",
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"disquiet",
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"disturb",
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"key (up)",
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"perturb",
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"upset",
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"vex"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to keep motionless by lack of wind":[],
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": to make calm : soothe":[],
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": to stop the progress of":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"becalmed at last, she slept soundly for the first time in weeks",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In the summer, that data started to surprise much more positively \u2014 but stocks were becalmed during that period. \u2014 John Authers | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 13 Nov. 2019",
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"Within an hour of pushing off, though, we were becalmed and drifted straight toward Faith Hill\u2019s house. \u2014 Porter Fox, New York Times , 18 Dec. 2019",
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"But if the world\u2019s major central banks are moving in lockstep and bond yields are becalmed at low levels, there\u2019s less opportunity to make money. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Nov. 2019",
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"Eighteenth-century sailors referred to this part of the Atlantic as the horse latitudes because, the story goes, ships would get becalmed there and have to dump their horses overboard as freshwater supplies dwindled. \u2014 David Doubilet, National Geographic , 12 June 2019",
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"But with his party becalmed at around just 20% in the polls, Mr S\u00e1nchez wants his Socialists, with just 84 of the 350 seats in parliament, to govern alone for an unspecified period. \u2014 The Economist , 31 May 2018",
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"In some of Paglen\u2019s works, drones are seen as nothing more than a dark speck against a backdrop of becalming gray or sun-gold clouds, a way of denoting their possibly sinister near invisibility in our world. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 31 May 2018",
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"What is the value of clean, unchemical thinking, and where\u2019s the narrative rush of a life becalmed ",
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"This becalmed , majestic figure feels like a monument or a memorial, an avatar of female authority whose glamour, while alluring, telegraphs depth rather than surface. \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, The Cut , 14 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02c8k\u00e4(l)m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"calm",
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"compose",
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"lull",
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"lullaby",
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"quiet",
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"quieten",
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"salve",
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"settle",
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"soothe",
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"still",
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"tranquilize",
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"tranquillize"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113937",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"because":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": by reason of : because of":[
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"But the Conservatives voted against the amendment\u2014 because politics. And so did the Liberals.",
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"\u2014 Michael Spratt",
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"\u2014 often used in a humorous way to convey vagueness about the exact reasons for something A slow thaw is the best thaw. Drastic temperature changes mess with the molecules in food, you know, because science. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit Much like most of the books I read back then [as a child], things were presented as is, and you didn't really question it. Yes, \u2026 that dog is the size of a house, because reasons "
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],
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": for the reason that : since":[
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"rested because he was tired"
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],
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": the fact that : that":[
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"The reason I haven't been fired is because my boss hasn't got round to it yet.",
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"\u2014 E. B. White"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Conjunction",
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"I ran because I was afraid.",
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"\u201cWhy did you do it"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Conjunction",
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"2012, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English because that, because , from by cause that":"Conjunction"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02c8k\u022fz",
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"-\u02c8k\u0259z",
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"-\u02c8k\u022fs",
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"b\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"'cause",
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"as",
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"as long as",
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"being (as ",
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"considering",
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"for",
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"inasmuch as",
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"now",
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"seeing",
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"since",
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"whereas"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202945",
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"type":[
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"conjunction",
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"preposition"
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]
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},
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"because of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": by reason of : on account of":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"I was late for work because of the snowstorm, which made driving a nightmare."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, 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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"due to",
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"owing to",
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"through",
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"with"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232232",
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"type":[
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"preposition"
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]
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},
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"beck":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a beckoning gesture":[],
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": beckon":[],
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": bow , curtsy":[],
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": creek sense 1":[],
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": ready to obey one's command immediately":[],
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": summons , bidding":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English becke, bekke \"mute signal, signal of command, bow,\" noun derivative of bekken \"to give a mute signal\" \u2014 more at beck entry 1":"Noun",
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"Middle English bek , from Old Norse bekkr ; akin to Old English b\u00e6c brook, Old High German bah , Lithuanian b\u0117gti to flee \u2014 more at phobia":"Noun",
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"Middle English bekken, shortened from bekenen \"to give a mute signal,\" with the n perhaps being taken as the infinitive ending \u2014 more at beckon":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bek"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bourn",
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"bourne",
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"brook",
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"brooklet",
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"burn",
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"creek",
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"gill",
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"rill",
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"rivulet",
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"run",
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"runlet",
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"runnel",
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"streamlet"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071146",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"beckon":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to appear inviting : attract":[
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"the frontier beckons"
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],
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": to beckon to":[
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"beckoned us over to their table"
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],
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": to summon or signal typically with a wave or nod":[
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"My master beckons .",
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"He \u2026 beckoned to the other generals to come and stand where he stood.",
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"\u2014 H. E. Scudder"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She was beckoning them in to shore.",
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"She beckoned the waiter to come over.",
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"She beckoned to the waiter to come over.",
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"From the time he was a child, the wilderness beckoned to him.",
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"The nature preserve beckons bird-watchers, who visit from around the world.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"People might beckon you to come and join up for some group fun, but your own agenda could get in the way. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
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"Even without candies to beckon them, some of the riders will still guide their mounts to the rail, especially for kiddos (but also for adults as excited as children). \u2014 Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. \u2014 David Porter, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. \u2014 David Porter, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English bekenen, bikenen, becknien, becknyn, going back to Old English b\u0113cnan, b\u012bcnan, b\u012bcnian, b\u0113acnian \"to make a mute gesture to, summon, symbolize, portend, reveal,\" going back to West Germanic *bauhnjan- or *bauhn\u014djan- (whence also Old Saxon b\u014dknian \"to portend, give as a token,\" Old High German bouhhanen, bouhnen \"to give a sign or token, signify\"), weak verb derivatives of *baukn- \"sign, signal\" \u2014 more at beacon entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8be-k\u1d4an",
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"\u02c8be-k\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"flag",
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"gesture",
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"motion",
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"signal",
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"wave"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071703",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"becloud":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clarify",
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"clear (up)",
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"illuminate"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to obscure with or as if with a cloud":[],
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": to prevent clear perception or realization of : muddle":[
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"prejudices that becloud his judgment"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues",
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"the smog from the city's steel mills was once so oppressive that it beclouded the local landscape even at noon",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus. \u2014 Edward Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Aug. 2019",
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"His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak. \u2014 Charles Seife, Slate Magazine , 1 Mar. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02c8klau\u0307d",
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"b\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"befog",
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"blur",
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"cloud",
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"confuse",
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"fog",
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"muddy",
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"obfuscate"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045742",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"beclouded":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clarify",
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"clear (up)",
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"illuminate"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to obscure with or as if with a cloud":[],
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": to prevent clear perception or realization of : muddle":[
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"prejudices that becloud his judgment"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues",
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"the smog from the city's steel mills was once so oppressive that it beclouded the local landscape even at noon",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus. \u2014 Edward Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Aug. 2019",
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"His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak. \u2014 Charles Seife, Slate Magazine , 1 Mar. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02c8klau\u0307d",
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"b\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"befog",
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"blur",
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"cloud",
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"confuse",
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"fog",
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"muddy",
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"obfuscate"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223112",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"become":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to come into existence":[],
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": to come to be":[
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"become sick",
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"They both became teachers."
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],
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": to happen to":[
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"wondering whatever became of old friends"
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],
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": to undergo change or development":[
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"The pain was becoming more intense."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Although I've known him for years, we didn't become close friends until recently.",
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"She won the election, becoming the first woman to be President of the nation.",
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"The book has become quite popular.",
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"We became interested in the property last year.",
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"The crackers had become stale.",
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"It eventually became clear that he had lied.",
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"This kind of behavior hardly becomes a person of your age and position.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Many times, what has become habitual for us also happens in mindless patterns. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"In other words, Americans haven\u2019t suddenly become traditionalists; DeSantis has simply seized a political opportunity. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 28 June 2022",
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"The findings come at a time when the everyday kitchen stove has become a new pressure point in the fight against global warming by shifting to cleaner energy. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
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"The outlook for this year has become much less certain as the stock market has plummeted in recent months and certain forms of federal aid, like stimulus checks and expanded unemployment benefits, have ended. \u2014 Matthew Haag, New York Times , 28 June 2022",
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"Hopper committed and has become one of the best players in CWRU history. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
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"Officials there cited unspecified concerns with Dominion voting systems, which have become a target since the 2020 presidential election. \u2014 CBS News , 24 June 2022",
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"Owners who no longer want their watercraft leave these unfortunate vessels in what has become a makeshift junkyard in a cove within feet of the Intracoastal. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
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"Superache is another showcase for Dan Nigro, the producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who has become a sort of Gen Z pop whisperer in the past few years. \u2014 Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, to come to, become, from Old English becuman , from be- + cuman to come":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8k\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"come",
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"get",
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"go",
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"grow",
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"run",
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"turn",
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"wax"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122514",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"becoming":{
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"antonyms":[
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"improper",
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"inapplicable",
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"inapposite",
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"inappropriate",
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"inapt",
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"incongruous",
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"indecent",
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"infelicitous",
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"malapropos",
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"misbecoming",
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"unapt",
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"unbecoming",
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"unbeseeming",
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"unfit",
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"unfitting",
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"unhappy",
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"unmeet",
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"unseemly",
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"unsuitable",
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"wrong"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"That jacket is very becoming on you.",
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"She's had her hair cut in a becoming new style.",
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"She accepted the award with a becoming humility."
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8k\u0259-mi\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"applicable",
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"appropriate",
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"apt",
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"befitting",
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"felicitous",
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"fit",
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"fitted",
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"fitting",
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"good",
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"happy",
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"meet",
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"pretty",
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"proper",
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"right",
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"suitable"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162228",
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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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"becard":{
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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 several large-billed tropical American birds of the family Cotingidae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0101-\u02c8k\u00e4rd"
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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 b\u00e9carde , from bec beak":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173055"
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},
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"becasse":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": woodcock sense 1a":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0101-\u02c8k\u00e4s"
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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 b\u00e9casse , from Old French becaz , from bec beak":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192527"
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},
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"become/come unstuck":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to stop being stuck to something":[
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"The suction cup came unstuck from the wall."
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],
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": to fail":[
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"Their marriage came unstuck last summer."
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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":"20220708-210434"
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},
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"becassine":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0101-k\u00e4-\u02c8s\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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"French b\u00e9cassine , from b\u00e9casse + -ine":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210959"
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},
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"becall":{
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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 call names : miscall":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8k\u022fl"
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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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"be- + call":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213004"
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},
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"becomed":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": becoming , decorous":[]
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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 obsolete past participle of become":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235342"
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},
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"BEC":{
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Bureau of Employees' Compensation":[]
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024121"
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},
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"Bechdel 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 set of criteria used as a test to evaluate a work of fiction (such as a film) on the basis of its inclusion and representation of female characters":[
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"In addition to being co-written by pre-\"Lady Bird\" Greta Gerwig, the film [ Mistress America ] passes the Bechdel test because it showcases the (non-romantic) ambitions of two women in different stages of their lives.",
|
|
"\u2014 Sophia Spirus",
|
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"While the premise may seem simple, there are a shocking number of movies that manage to fail this test, with only 58 percent of all movies in the Bechdel Test database passing in all three areas.",
|
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"\u2014 Victoria Lara"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bek-d\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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"after Alison Bechdel (born 1960) American cartoonist, who introduced the test in a comic strip in 1985, and her friend Liz Wallace, whom the cartoonist credits with creation of the test":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"2007, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180839"
|
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},
|
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"Beconase":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"trademark"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8be-k\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101s"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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":"20220710-013313"
|
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},
|
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"Bechet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Sidney 1897\u20131959 American jazz musician":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8sh\u0101"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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":"20220710-022351"
|
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},
|
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"becomingness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the quality or state of being becoming":[],
|
|
": the character or fact of becoming":[
|
|
"that ultimate becomingness which is the creative advance of nature",
|
|
"\u2014 A. N. Whitehead"
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|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8k\u0259-mi\u014b-n\u0259s",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":"20220710-080100"
|
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},
|
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"bechatter":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to oppress with chatter":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8cha-t\u0259r",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"be- + chatter (verb)":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-112223"
|
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},
|
|
"becoom":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to begrime with smut or soot":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8k\u00fcm",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"be- + coom soot":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-115719"
|
|
},
|
|
"Bechtel crab":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a flowering crab derived from the Iowa crab apple and having very large double pink flowers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bek-t\u1d4al-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"after Ernst A. Bechtel , 19th century American nurseryman":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-230026"
|
|
},
|
|
"becharm":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to hold under or as if under a spell":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8ch\u00e4rm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English becharmen , from be- + charmen to charm":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-003142"
|
|
},
|
|
"beclomethasone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccs\u014dn",
|
|
"\u02ccbek-l\u0259-\u02c8meth-\u0259-\u02ccz\u014dn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-054901"
|
|
},
|
|
"becuiba":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Brazilian timber tree ( Virola becuhyba ) of the family Myristicaceae with nuts that yield a wax":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8kw\u0113-b\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Portuguese becuiba , from Tupi bicu\u00edba":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133139"
|
|
},
|
|
"bechance":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": befall":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8chan(t)s",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1527, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133512"
|
|
},
|
|
"Bechuanaland":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"region of southern Africa north of the Orange River and including the Kalahari Desert and Okavango Swamps":[
|
|
"\u2014 a formerly used name"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 see botswana":[],
|
|
"former British colony in the region south of the Molopo River that became part of the Union of South Africa in 1895":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccbe-ch\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02ccbech-\u02c8w\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-134926"
|
|
},
|
|
"bec-scie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": merganser":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bek-\u02c8s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Canadian French bec-scie (translation of English sawbill ), from French bec beak + scie saw, from scier to saw, from Latin secare to cut":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142801"
|
|
},
|
|
"becuna":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": great barracuda":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0101-\u02c8k\u00fc-n\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French & Spanish; French b\u00e9cune , from Spanish becuna":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150818"
|
|
},
|
|
"becquerel":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a unit of radioactivity of a given sample of material equal to one atomic decay (see decay entry 2 sense 5b ) per second":[
|
|
"The resulting trench is still contaminated with about 100 becquerels of radioactivity per gram of soil, much higher than normal.",
|
|
"\u2014 Rob Edwards",
|
|
"\u2014 abbreviation Bq"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 compare curie sense 2":[
|
|
"The resulting trench is still contaminated with about 100 becquerels of radioactivity per gram of soil, much higher than normal.",
|
|
"\u2014 Rob Edwards",
|
|
"\u2014 abbreviation Bq"
|
|
],
|
|
"family of French physicists including: Antoine-C\u00e9sar 1788\u20131878; his son Alexandre-Edmond 1820\u20131891; the latter's son Antoine-Henri 1852\u20131908":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)be-\u02c8krel",
|
|
"be-\u02c8krel",
|
|
"\u02ccbe-k\u0259-\u02c8rel",
|
|
"\u02c8be-k\u0259-rel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"after Antoine-Henri becquerel":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152049"
|
|
},
|
|
"Becquerel":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a unit of radioactivity of a given sample of material equal to one atomic decay (see decay entry 2 sense 5b ) per second":[
|
|
"The resulting trench is still contaminated with about 100 becquerels of radioactivity per gram of soil, much higher than normal.",
|
|
"\u2014 Rob Edwards",
|
|
"\u2014 abbreviation Bq"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 compare curie sense 2":[
|
|
"The resulting trench is still contaminated with about 100 becquerels of radioactivity per gram of soil, much higher than normal.",
|
|
"\u2014 Rob Edwards",
|
|
"\u2014 abbreviation Bq"
|
|
],
|
|
"family of French physicists including: Antoine-C\u00e9sar 1788\u20131878; his son Alexandre-Edmond 1820\u20131891; the latter's son Antoine-Henri 1852\u20131908":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)be-\u02c8krel",
|
|
"be-\u02c8krel",
|
|
"\u02ccbe-k\u0259-\u02c8rel",
|
|
"\u02c8be-k\u0259-rel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"after Antoine-Henri becquerel":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180758"
|
|
},
|
|
"becurl":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to furnish or adorn with curls":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8k\u0259r(-\u0259)l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"be- + curl (noun or verb)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-221553"
|
|
},
|
|
"becrush":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to crush utterly or repeatedly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8kr\u0259sh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"be- + crush":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-001000"
|
|
},
|
|
"beccafico":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccbe-k\u0259-\u02c8f\u0113-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Italian, from beccare to peck (from becco beak, from Latin beccus ) + fico fig, from Latin ficus":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-033243"
|
|
},
|
|
"becerrista":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one who fights calves":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccb\u0101-th\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02ccb\u0101-s\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-st\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"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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"Spanish, from becerro yearling bull (from Old Spanish bezerro , probably from a word cognate to the non-Indo-European source of Latin ibex chamois) + -ista -ist":""
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},
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"becross":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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": cross entry 2 sense transitive sense 3a":[],
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": to decorate with a cross":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8kr\u022fs"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"be- + cross (noun)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-075746"
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"becrime":{
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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 make guilty of crime":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8kr\u012bm"
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],
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"be- + crime":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081038"
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},
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"becket":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a device for holding something in place: such as":[],
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": a grommet or a loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other":[],
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": a ring of rope or metal":[],
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": a loop of rope (as for a handle)":[],
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"Saint Thomas circa 1118\u20131170 Thomas \u00e0 Becket archbishop of Canterbury (1162\u201370)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8be-k\u0259t"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"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 1769, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-085725"
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},
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"Becket":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a device for holding something in place: such as":[],
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": a grommet or a loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other":[],
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": a ring of rope or metal":[],
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": a loop of rope (as for a handle)":[],
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"Saint Thomas circa 1118\u20131170 Thomas \u00e0 Becket archbishop of Canterbury (1162\u201370)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8be-k\u0259t"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"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 1769, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113435"
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},
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"Becker muscular dystrophy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a less severe form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy marked by later onset and slower progression of the disease":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bek-\u0259r-",
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"\u02c8be-k\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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"Peter Emil Becker \u20202000 German geneticist":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114445"
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},
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"becquerelite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mineral UO 2 .2H 2 O consisting of uranium hydroxide and occurring in small yellow crystals and crusts on pitchblende from Shaba, Zaire":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccbe-k\u0259-\u02c8re-",
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"be-\u02c8kre-\u02ccl\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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"French becquerelite , from A. H. Becquerel + French -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-121524"
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},
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"becker muscular dystrophy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a less severe form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy marked by later onset and slower progression of the disease":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bek-\u0259r-",
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"\u02c8be-k\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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"Peter Emil Becker \u20202000 German geneticist":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122222"
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},
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"bechtel crab":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a flowering crab derived from the Iowa crab apple and having very large double pink flowers":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bek-t\u1d4al-"
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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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"after Ernst A. Bechtel , 19th century American nurseryman":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133923"
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},
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"Becquerel effect":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a photovoltaic electromotive force manifested by certain electrolytic cells with identical but unequally illuminated electrodes":[]
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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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"after Antoine H. Becquerel \u20201908 French physicist":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-180310"
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},
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"Becker":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Gary Stanley 1930\u20132014 American economist":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8be-k\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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-181440"
|
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},
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"Beckenham":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"former urban district of southeastern England in Kent, now part of Bromley":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bek-n\u0259m",
|
|
"\u02c8be-k\u0259-n\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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-195338"
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},
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"Becken":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": cymbals":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8be-k\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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"German, literally, basin, from Old High German beck\u012bn , from Late Latin bacchinon":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214442"
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},
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"beckelite":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a mineral Ca 3 (Ce,La,Y) 4 (SiZr) 3 O 15 consisting of the cerium metals and calcium and occurring in wax-yellow isometric crystals (hardness 5, specific gravity 4.15)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8be-k\u0259-\u02ccl\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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"Friedrich Becke \u20201931 Austrian mineralogist + English -lite":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214945"
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}
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