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3816 lines
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{
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"Bessemer process":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a process of making steel from pig iron by burning out carbon and other impurities by means of a blast of air forced through the molten metal":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Sir Henry Bessemer":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8be-s\u0259-m\u0259r-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133712",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Bessemer steel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": steel made by the Bessemer process":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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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":"20220707-181754",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Besser block":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": cinder block sense 2":[
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"Against all the acoustic probabilities of grey Besser blocks and steel framing, the winery encourages the sounds of instruments and voices to bloom.",
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"\u2014 Roger Covell , Sydney Morning Herald , 2 Dec. 1994",
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"Each yard had a quota of car wrecks perched on Besser blocks or tree stumps.",
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"\u2014 Russell Skelton , King Brown Country: The Betrayal of Papunya , 2010",
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"Besser blocks and beaten copper panels were a crude attempt to create privacy \u2026",
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"\u2014 Karen McCartney , Iconic Australian Houses , 2007",
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"The impact demolished the cement besser block wall and left a gaping hole in the store, which was empty at the time.",
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"\u2014 Kate Lemmon , The Queensland Times , 30 Aug. 2012"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"after the Besser Manufacturing Company, concrete block producer founded in Alpena, Michigan, in 1904":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8be-s\u0259r-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231959",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Bessy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a stock character in English folk dances and plays played by a man dressed as a woman":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from the name Bessy":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8be-s\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091335",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Bessy cerka":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": queen triggerfish":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps by folk etymology from American Spanish pejepuerco":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6be-s\u0113-\u02c8s\u0259r-k\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055105",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bescattered":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": sparsely covered : besprinkled , bestrewed":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"be- + scattered":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8ska-t\u0259rd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180056",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"bescreen":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": screen":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"be- + screen":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02c8skr\u0113n",
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054239",
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"bescribble":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to scribble about : scribble upon":[],
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": to scribble very illegibly":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"be- + scribble":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8skri-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013310",
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"besee":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to treat well or badly : provide or furnish with":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English beseen , from Old English bes\u0113on , from be- + s\u0113on to see":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083616",
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"beseech":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to beg for urgently or anxiously":[
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"beseeched him to write while he was away",
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"\u2014 R. W. Hatch"
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],
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": to make supplication":[],
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": to request earnestly : implore":[
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"besought their protection"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The standoff eventually prompted Akleh\u2019s brother, sitting on a man\u2019s shoulders, to beseech the crowd to let the hearse through. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
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"Health officials and experts continue to beseech Americans that the most effective way to avoid hospitalization is through vaccination. \u2014 Travis Caldwell, CNN , 4 Jan. 2022",
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"The texts showed Hannity pleading with Trump to beseech the rioters to prevent CNN from reaping ratings gold. \u2014 Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"On Monday, dozens of doctors and hospital employees in Palm Beach County gathered for an early morning news conference to beseech the unvaccinated to get shots, emphasizing that the surge was overwhelming the health care system and destroying lives. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Aug. 2021",
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"Ghosts and forest spirits warn him of his doom and beseech him to turn around. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 16 Aug. 2021",
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"Acting Mayor Kim Janey appeared with transit advocates Monday to beseech the MBTA Fiscal Management and Control Board to restore service levels on the bus and subway systems that were reduced as ridership plummeted amid the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Mar. 2021",
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"In her misery, the queen beseeched the priest Kentigern to help her. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2020",
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"Some campaigns still were sending out emails before Tuesday night\u2019s first quarter FEC deadline, beseeching donors for cash. \u2014 Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com , 8 May 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English besechen , from be- + sechen to seek":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02c8s\u0113ch",
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"b\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for beseech beg , entreat , beseech , implore , supplicate , adjure , importune mean to ask urgently. beg suggests earnestness or insistence in the asking. they begged for help entreat implies an effort to persuade or to overcome resistance. entreated me to join them beseech and implore imply a deeply felt anxiety. I beseech you to have mercy implored her not to leave him supplicate suggests a posture of humility. with bowed heads they supplicated their Lord adjure implies advising as well as pleading. we were adjured to tell the truth importune suggests an annoying persistence in trying to break down resistance to a request. importuning viewers for contributions",
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"synonyms":[
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"appeal (to)",
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"beg",
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"besiege",
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"conjure",
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"entreat",
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"impetrate",
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"implore",
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"importune",
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"petition",
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"plead (to)",
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"pray",
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"solicit",
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"supplicate"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014516",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"beseeching":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": expressing or marked by earnest pleading or entreaty":[
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"The wretched young man arose, and with a last beseeching glance at us walked from the room.",
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"\u2014 Arthur Conan Doyle"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1704, 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-\u02c8s\u0113-chi\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"entreating",
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"imploring",
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"pleading",
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"prayerful",
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"soliciting",
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"suppliant",
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"supplicant",
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"supplicating",
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"supplicatory"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023900",
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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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"beseem":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to be fitting or becoming":[],
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": to be suitable to : befit":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"ordered his servants to deck the hall with such adornments as might beseem for the holidays"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02c8s\u0113m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"befit",
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"do",
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"fit",
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"go",
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"serve",
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"suit"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191725",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"beset":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to hem in : surround":[
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"a town beset with high mountains"
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],
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": to set or stud with or as if with ornaments":[
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"a crown beset with rubies",
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"\u2026 leaves, whose edges were beset with thorns \u2026",
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"\u2014 J. G. Frazer"
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],
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": to set upon : assail":[
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"the explorers were beset by wolves"
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],
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": trouble , harass":[
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"inflation besets the economy"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"A lack of money is the greatest problem besetting the city today.",
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"he's been beset by a lack of self-confidence virtually his entire life",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Then in 2021 and 2022, residents in Morgan County, north of Cullman were beset by foul odors from food processing waste storage lagoons installed at an old dairy farm. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
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"Tatum showed flashes of playing a statement game but then was beset by silly turnovers and, possibly, fatigue. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
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"Hospital administrators noted that the latest mass shooting to beset the nation occurred at a place where doctors are hard at work trying to heal people. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 3 June 2022",
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"Authorities are investigating the motive behind a shooting at a Tulsa hospital on Wednesday in which a man killed at least four people before turning a gun on himself, police said, in the latest mass shooting to beset the nation. \u2014 Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
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"In the next months\u2013\u2013and as a growing pandemic was to beset the world\u2013\u2013he decided his next move was to explore another big dream of his. \u2014 Jake Dima, Washington Examiner , 24 Feb. 2021",
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"Ducharme, a 6-2 guard, from Milton, Massachusetts, played a big role as UConn was beset with injuries this season, averaging 13.1 points and 3.9 rebounds in conference. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"North Pond, a key fixture of Chicago\u2019s largest park, is drying up, beset with eroding banks and algae bloom that is harming the habitat for the diverse wildlife in the area. \u2014 Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"Alas, the company was beset by legal problems and the brand was eventually mothballed by Uber. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 7 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 sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English besetten , from Old English besettan , from be- + settan to set":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8set"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"afflict",
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"agonize",
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"anguish",
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"bedevil",
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"besiege",
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"curse",
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"excruciate",
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"harrow",
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"persecute",
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"plague",
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"rack",
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"torment",
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"torture"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233822",
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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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"besetting":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": constantly present or attacking : obsessive":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"that woman's besetting need to meddle in the affairs of others"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1634, 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-\u02c8se-ti\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"compulsive",
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"driven",
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"impulsive",
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"obsessional",
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"obsessive"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065210",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"besetting sin":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a main or constant problem or fault":[
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"My besetting sin is a fondness for sweets."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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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":"20220706-105928",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"beshrew":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bless"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": curse":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"I would beshrew anyone who is untrue to his word."
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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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"bi-\u02c8shr\u00fc",
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"b\u0113-",
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"especially Southern -\u02c8sr\u00fc"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"anathematize",
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"curse",
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"imprecate",
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"maledict"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061800",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"beside":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": besides":[],
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": by the side of":[
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"walk beside me",
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"a house beside a small lake"
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],
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": in a state of extreme excitement":[],
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": in comparison with":[
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"potential complications are minor beside the benefits"
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],
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": nearby":[],
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": not relevant to":[
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"but that's beside the point"
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],
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": on a par with":[
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"a composition that can be ranked beside that of the masters"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Preposition",
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"She sat beside him during dinner.",
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"The man beside her was wearing a brown suit and hat.",
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"They were walking beside me.",
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"Stand beside the statue and I'll take your picture.",
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"Their house is beside a small lake.",
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"These problems seem unimportant beside the potential benefits of the new system.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
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"Regardless, Joanna Adamicki, the city's special events coordinator, said the new location holds other benefits beside safety, including the introduction of a Raised Grain Brewing Co. beer garden that will also feature food trucks and live music. \u2014 Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
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"Fred picked from lakeside sedges beside stag moose, camels, and giant beavers as the matriarch kept watch for dire wolves. \u2014 Peter Brannen, The Atlantic , 22 June 2022",
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"Two wooden picnic tables rest on the other side of the tree, situated beside a narrow forested strand separating the oak property from the neighborhood. \u2014 Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star , 22 June 2022",
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"There was nothing to do in that room but listen to records and write and dream beside the fireplace. \u2014 Xochitl Gonzalez, ELLE Decor , 21 June 2022",
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"Jenner\u2019s son, the baby formerly known as Wolf, is her second child with Travis Scott, who is presumably the grown-up pictured beside the chubby pair of toddler legs. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 21 June 2022",
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"Muhammad, who traveled with his girlfriend from Indiana to Portland during the height of the social injustice protests two years ago, now stood in a blue jail smock in Hernandez\u2019s 15th floor courtroom, beside an assistant federal public defender. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
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"The emperor Domitian had his holiday villa just north of Monte Circeo, beside a wide lagoon. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
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"In some cases, transgender athletes might be put in separate events or allowed to compete beside cisgender opponents but with separate results and medals. \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"In the photos, Salazar can be seen posing beside and behind the wheel of a car. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
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"Along the way and during the performance, ticketholders might just be spooked by the witch or possessed Richmond teens who pop out beside , behind and even underneath show-goers at unexpected moments. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Nov. 2021",
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"Someone who is lacking the missing metric is someone who is driven and intelligent but still not a person who others want to work beside or for. \u2014 Pam Boney, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"Media has historically been about finding the cracks between the content and then finding the best audience or the best contextual alignment to put your advertisement in front of or beside . \u2014 Andrea Palmer, Forbes , 25 May 2021",
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"And, yet, the sports world is beside -itself outraged because Tebow \u2014 one of the greatest college players and ambassadors of all-time \u2014 is getting another chance because his college coach happens to be coaching his hometown NFL team",
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"Makes one 9-inch cake Spoon berries and softly whipped cream beside slices of this simple lemon-cornmeal cake glazed with sugar syrup. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2021",
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"Krystyna Krakowski became a firefighter in Florida at a time when there were very few women to work beside or guide her in the service. \u2014 Anila Yoganathan, orlandosentinel.com , 11 Apr. 2021",
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"Both Fauci and Birx were often standing beside or behind Trump when the former president made spurious claims about the virus. \u2014 Jacqueline Howard, CNN , 29 Mar. 2021"
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"Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English be s\u012bdan at or to the side, from be at (from b\u012b ) + s\u012bdan , dative & accusative of s\u012bde side \u2014 more at by":"Preposition and Adverb"
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"knows a lot about pop culture but very little besides"
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],
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"I can't go, and besides , I wouldn't go if I could."
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],
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"no one besides us",
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"Nothing besides a miracle could help them."
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],
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": together with":[
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"a decision that, besides being practical, is morally right"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Preposition",
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"She wants to learn other languages besides English and French.",
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"Besides its famous cakes, the bakery also makes delicious breads and cookies.",
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"These salads are delicious besides being healthy.",
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"I'm not ready to get married yet. Besides which, I enjoy living alone.",
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"Adverb",
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"They serve pasta and many other foods besides .",
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"I'm not ready to get married yet. Besides , I enjoy living alone.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
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"But his death had many contributing factors besides being unable to breath while face down on the ground. \u2014 Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com , 2 June 2020",
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"The airline\u2019s crew members and ground services personnel are undergoing detailed health check-ups at regular intervals, besides wearing protective gear at all times. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz India , 31 May 2020",
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"Plus, besides setting stuff on fire, a campfire is also good for warmth, atmosphere, cooking and keeping the bugs at bay. \u2014 Catherine Newman, New York Times , 15 May 2020",
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"Throughout her essay collection, besides sharing these micro-examples of her interior life, Chew-Bose reflects broadly on her coming of age as a first-generation Canadian woman with Indian parents. \u2014 The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic , 15 May 2020",
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"But besides giving viewers at home a look into their life, Sudano, whose mother happens to be the late Donna Summers, hopes this show will inspire folks to chase their dreams. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 28 Apr. 2020",
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"And besides livestreaming ceremonies, handing off cremated remains to families is a different process under social distancing guidelines. \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 16 Apr. 2020",
|
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"The novel coronavirus hasn\u2019t been shown to appear in any of these organs\u2014 besides of course the lungs, the upper respiratory tract, and sometimes within lymph nodes. \u2014 Douglas Main, National Geographic , 20 Mar. 2020",
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"This directive raises a question: What, besides basic infrastructure to support astronauts, could be worth protecting on the moon",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"And, besides , reminding voters of Trump\u2019s perfidy is not the same thing as resurrecting Biden\u2019s political standing. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
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"Satire has always had an admonitory function, and besides , some people are so obnoxious that a writer has to slow-walk the reader through their awfulness. \u2014 Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
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"Also, to some grow extra internal organs, at a rate fast enough that there is something called the National Organ Registry to keep tabs on it, and maybe some other business besides . \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
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"This Danish documentary coproduction unravels the tentacles of the Slovak mafia and much else besides , and this from a valuable foreign perspective. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 May 2022",
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"And besides , women were slowly becoming a more common sight at Nimmo Bay. \u2014 Jen Murphy, Robb Report , 7 May 2022",
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"But that only represents the beginning of the saga, and the less interesting part besides . \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 3 May 2022",
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"And besides , the counselor had told her to keep quiet. \u2014 Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"And besides , who doesn't need a little reminder every once in a while about taking a sip of H2O"
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"1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
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"1597, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Preposition"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see beside entry 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8s\u012bdz"
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],
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"as well as",
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"beside",
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"beyond",
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"over and above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172614",
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"adjective",
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"preposition"
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},
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to cause worry or distress to : beset":[
|
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"doubts besieged him"
|
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],
|
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": to press with requests : importune":[
|
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"\u2026 besieging the royal ministers with petitions \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 T. B. Costain",
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"besieged by the media"
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],
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": to surround with armed forces":[
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"The army had besieged the castle."
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[
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"Customers have besieged the company with questions.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Russian forces continued to besiege the steel plant into Sunday with airstrikes; artillery bombardment; tank, drone and sniper fire, as well as infantry assaults, the fighters said. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
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"The British Defense Ministry says Russia\u2019s decision to besiege rather than attack the plant means many Russian units cannot be redeployed elsewhere in the country. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Experts say Russia may try to besiege Ukrainian forces by linking its troops in the north and the south. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Now in its second month, the war has turned into a grinding ordeal as Russian forces continue to besiege the north and south of Ukraine while counteroffensives have pushed Russian soldiers back from advancing on the capital, Kyiv. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
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"At the same time, an airlift would counter Russia\u2019s strategy to besiege the Ukrainian people, boost Ukrainian morale, and increase international efforts to aid Ukraine. \u2014 Douglas J. Feith And John Hannah, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
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"However, British defense officials reported Saturday that the Russian military continues to besiege a number of other major Ukrainian cities, including Chernihiv, which is located 91 miles from Kyiv. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Russia's forces have been heavily bombing Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv for days, with dozens of civilian deaths\u2014now, their terror is coming to besiege Kyiv. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
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"But 73% of that immense fortune has now evaporated, and the tycoon will almost certainly lose even more as anxious creditors, suppliers and homebuyers besiege Evergrande\u2019s offices. \u2014 Yue Wang, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021"
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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],
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"beleaguer",
|
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"blockade",
|
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"invest",
|
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"leaguer"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120332",
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": smear":[]
|
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"besmeared the mirror with jelly"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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|
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"b\u0113-",
|
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|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"anoint",
|
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"bedaub",
|
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"daub",
|
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"smear"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161904",
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|
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]
|
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},
|
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|
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"type":[
|
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|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully , soil":[
|
|
"besmirching her reputation",
|
|
"High ideals were besmirched by cruelty and greed \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 R. A. Newhall",
|
|
"Although the accusations against Normand were unsupported, her name was besmirched .",
|
|
"\u2014 John Lahr",
|
|
"Darwin was exasperated by Wallace's gullibility and feared that his activities would somehow besmirch the theory of evolution.",
|
|
"\u2014 Anthony Gottlieb",
|
|
"The problem is that the vast majority of people of all nations \u2026 cherish their national myths too much to want mere facts, or even assertions of historical doubt, to besmirch them.",
|
|
"\u2014 Max Hastings"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8sm\u0259rch",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"distain",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
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"mire",
|
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"muck",
|
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"muddy",
|
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"smirch",
|
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"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
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"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"inconsiderately besmirched the white bedsheets with their dirty feet",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Do Democrats want to unfairly besmirch the entire GOP with the Jan. 6 disgrace, while distracting voters from 8.6% inflation and $5-a-gallon gasoline",
|
|
"Imagine allowing a breed of humanity as vulgar as actors (wink-wink) to besmirch their palace beautiful. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"And a failure to fulfill the now apparently near-impossible tasks of evacuating all the Afghan translators, workers and fixers on whom the US relied and who now face Taliban retribution would besmirch America\u2019s conscience and global reputation. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"In 14 minutes of chitchat with Nelson, the most (in)famous high school football coach in America managed to besmirch almost everything beloved in the South and, in doing so, ended up on administrative leave. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The head of the Suez Canal Authority at the time dismissed his remarks as an attempt to besmirch Egypt\u2019s reputation. \u2014 Rory Jones, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Yet Judge Sullivan chose to besmirch both the Barr effort and the judiciary by matching James Comey\u2019s FBI for Trump Derangement Syndrome. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"This culture of indifference is only reinforced when men such as Simmons receive carte blanche to publicly besmirch their accusers\u2014especially under the guise of social justice. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 2 July 2020",
|
|
"In what appears to be a shameless attempt to attract shoppers considering a crossover\u2014or those who are too rich to be seen in a Subaru Outback\u2014Mercedes-Benz has besmirched its once elegant E-class wagon with faux ruggedness. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 3 Mar. 2020"
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"type":[
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
": to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully , soil":[
|
|
"besmirching her reputation",
|
|
"High ideals were besmirched by cruelty and greed \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 R. A. Newhall",
|
|
"Although the accusations against Normand were unsupported, her name was besmirched .",
|
|
"\u2014 John Lahr",
|
|
"Darwin was exasperated by Wallace's gullibility and feared that his activities would somehow besmirch the theory of evolution.",
|
|
"\u2014 Anthony Gottlieb",
|
|
"The problem is that the vast majority of people of all nations \u2026 cherish their national myths too much to want mere facts, or even assertions of historical doubt, to besmirch them.",
|
|
"\u2014 Max Hastings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
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|
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|
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"dirty",
|
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"distain",
|
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"gaum",
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"grime",
|
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"mire",
|
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"muck",
|
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"muddy",
|
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"smirch",
|
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"smudge",
|
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"soil",
|
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"stain",
|
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"sully"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"clean",
|
|
"cleanse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"inconsiderately besmirched the white bedsheets with their dirty feet",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Do Democrats want to unfairly besmirch the entire GOP with the Jan. 6 disgrace, while distracting voters from 8.6% inflation and $5-a-gallon gasoline",
|
|
"Imagine allowing a breed of humanity as vulgar as actors (wink-wink) to besmirch their palace beautiful. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"And a failure to fulfill the now apparently near-impossible tasks of evacuating all the Afghan translators, workers and fixers on whom the US relied and who now face Taliban retribution would besmirch America\u2019s conscience and global reputation. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"In 14 minutes of chitchat with Nelson, the most (in)famous high school football coach in America managed to besmirch almost everything beloved in the South and, in doing so, ended up on administrative leave. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The head of the Suez Canal Authority at the time dismissed his remarks as an attempt to besmirch Egypt\u2019s reputation. \u2014 Rory Jones, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Yet Judge Sullivan chose to besmirch both the Barr effort and the judiciary by matching James Comey\u2019s FBI for Trump Derangement Syndrome. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"This culture of indifference is only reinforced when men such as Simmons receive carte blanche to publicly besmirch their accusers\u2014especially under the guise of social justice. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 2 July 2020",
|
|
"In what appears to be a shameless attempt to attract shoppers considering a crossover\u2014or those who are too rich to be seen in a Subaru Outback\u2014Mercedes-Benz has besmirched its once elegant E-class wagon with faux ruggedness. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 3 Mar. 2020"
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|
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|
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"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": blindly or utterly infatuated":[
|
|
"besotted lovers",
|
|
"They have a mad affair. He is besotted . But she is an expensive partner, and he needs money to keep her in style.",
|
|
"\u2014 Newgate Callendar",
|
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"The husband \u2026 seems besotted with his wife and horribly jealous of the bird she's protecting.",
|
|
"\u2014 Edmund White"
|
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],
|
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": intoxicated or stupefied especially with drink":[
|
|
"\u2026 longed only to get out of the house for a lively evening with his old cronies, who were boorish, bumbling and besotted every last one of them.",
|
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"\u2014 Dennis Drabelle",
|
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"We issued into an empty street through a half-open door, staggering like besotted revellers.",
|
|
"\u2014 Joseph Conrad"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"As one of Hollywood\u2019s most legendary heartthrobs, Depp enjoys a large and besotted fan base. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Opening April 28 at Los Angeles\u2019 Geffen Playhouse, the new production, directed by Gordon Greenberg, also stars Aimee Carrero as Honey, Graham Phillips as her husband, Nick, and Calista Flockhart as George\u2019s besotted wife, Martha. \u2014 Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The bright-sounding Gabriella Reyes had a vibrant Indi Robinson at her side who helped push away the besotted Jaquino, portrayed by the equally lively tenor Jos\u00e9 Simerilla-Romero and actor Gregor Lopes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Andreas lives in a deeply religious Bavarian hamlet with Claudia, his besotted , church-frequenting, apron dress wearing wife. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In 2019, the latest incarnation of Crimso, still fronted by Fripp, embarked on a 50th-anniversary tour, playing dense, precise, and impeccably arranged versions of its pulverizing repertoire before besotted audiences. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"One tells the story of Frank Pike, an ex-I.R.A. fighter recruited by the Nazis to fan anti-British sentiment in Ireland, through the fastidious diary of his besotted German handler, Adrian de Groot. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Only Marian Paroo, the local librarian and music teacher, can save the besotted town from its infatuation with Harold. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Her father was a besotted but amiable cook in the merchant marine who had served in the Royal Navy during World War II. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022"
|
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"1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8s\u00e4-t\u0259d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"blasted",
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"blind",
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"blitzed",
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"blotto",
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"boozy",
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"canned",
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|
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"drunk",
|
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"drunken",
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"fried",
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"gassed",
|
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"high",
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"inebriated",
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"intoxicated",
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"juiced",
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"lit",
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"lit up",
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"loaded",
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"looped",
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"oiled",
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"pickled",
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"pie-eyed",
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"plastered",
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"potted",
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"ripped",
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"sloshed",
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"smashed",
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"sottish",
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"soused",
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"sozzled",
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"squiffed",
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"squiffy",
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"stewed",
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"stiff",
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"stinking",
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"stoned",
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"tanked",
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"tiddly",
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"tight",
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"tipsy",
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"wasted",
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"wet",
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"wiped out"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102846",
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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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"besoul":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to endow with a soul":[]
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"be- + soul , noun":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8s\u014dl"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090658",
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"bespangle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to adorn with spangles : dot or sprinkle with brillantly sparkling or glittering objects":[
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"the grass \u2026 is all bespangled with dewdrops",
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"\u2014 William Cowper"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"be- + spangle":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8spa\u014b-g\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231335",
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"bespatter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": spatter":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"vehicle after passing vehicle bespattered the sides of my once-clean car with that wintry slush"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1602, 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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"bi-\u02c8spa-t\u0259r",
|
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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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"dash",
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"plash",
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"spatter",
|
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"splash",
|
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"splatter"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015915",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
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"bespawl":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to spatter with or as if with saliva":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"be- + spawl":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221409",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"bespeak":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": indicate , signify":[
|
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"her performance bespeaks considerable practice"
|
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],
|
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": request":[
|
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"bespeak a favor"
|
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],
|
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": to hire, engage, or claim beforehand":[],
|
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": to show beforehand : foretell":[],
|
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": to speak to especially with formality : address":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Her newest album bespeaks a great talent for writing songs.",
|
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"bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"His actions bespeak a prime-time TV blowhard who understands how objectionable his rhetoric has become. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
|
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"Hard luxuries bespeak a connection to history and tend to remain in families for generations. \u2014 Rhonda K. Garelick, Washington Post , 17 Nov. 2021",
|
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"To several local Native American tribes, including the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, the Ventura County site\u2019s cave drawings and rock shelters bespeak a cultural heritage dating back centuries. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 27 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"The UC Davis researchers, from the school\u2019s Violence Prevention Project, found that the fears driving the surge in gun sales bespeak a nation suffering a potentially serious crisis of confidence. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 17 Oct. 2020",
|
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"For a contemporary American reader, there are a few jarring moments that bespeak the author\u2019s ignorance, or worse, of black American life (not least of which is a black character named Odysseus Cotton). \u2014 Andrew Martin, Harper's Magazine , 15 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"His playing bespoke an investment in the entire lineage of jazz trumpet playing. \u2014 Giovanni Russonello, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Apr. 2020",
|
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"However, the game isn't due until September 17 after a delay pushed it back from its original April release, which is likely the reason behind the timing of Nvidia\u2019s bespoke GPU. \u2014 Brad Chacos, PCWorld , 18 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"The many positive responses on social media bespeak considerable support for his take-no-prisoners public attitude toward gang members who exert de facto control of entire neighborhoods and towns. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8sp\u0113k",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"book",
|
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"reserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090926",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"bespeckle":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": speckle , besprinkle":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"be- + speckle":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8spe-k\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110007",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespectacled":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": wearing spectacles":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The image of a trusty, bespectacled librarian managing a small internet community instead of Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg fully controlling a global, near-ubiquitous billion-dollar social network feels like a cool breeze over a hot garbage pit. \u2014 Gabriel Nicholas, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The site is still being excavated \u2014 one bespectacled archaeologist sat in the middle of the floor, methodically sweeping dust with an almost religious devotion. \u2014 Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Clad in a maroon button-down and casually rolled pants, the bespectacled Thor actor twirls barefoot through the scene, equal parts slink and smarm. \u2014 Clarissa Cruz, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"All signs rather transparently point to a classic corporate villain, Biosyn Genetics, whose bespectacled CEO (Campbell Scott) seems to have been unceremoniously plucked from one of the later Bond movies. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Outside, a bespectacled man with a graying beard, who introduced himself as Abdul Sadiq, carried a Mitchell electric-guitar box. \u2014 Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Instead, spends his life stalking a bespectacled local reporter. \u2014 Eli Grober, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Many of them are living in Mexico, El Salvador, and Spain, but the largest share is concentrated in and around D.C. Sandoval, short and bespectacled , with a wry sense of humor, is forty and the group\u2019s social center. \u2014 Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"His photograph is accompanied by a brief, painful note: Another includes an image of a bespectacled woman sitting on a bench. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1742, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8spek-(\u02cc)ti-k\u0259ld",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042340",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"bespell":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": to cast a spell on : enchant":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"be- + spell , noun":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8spel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020638",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespete":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to spit upon : spatter with saliva":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English bespeten , from be- + speten to spit":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022308",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespoil":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to mar or ruin (something) : spoil":[
|
|
"\u2026 but to the people of the Gulf Coast, it's just another reason to mistrust the company that bespoiled their shores.",
|
|
"\u2014 Mobile Register (Alabama) , 22 July 2010"
|
|
],
|
|
": to strip or deprive (someone) of something : despoil":[
|
|
"\u2014 + of \u2026 he had looked upon him in the light of a mere robber, and, as such, would have bespoiled him of his ill-gotten gain, but for the judicious interference of his comrade, brother, and partner. \u2014 Charles Dickens , Our Mutual Friend , 1865"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8sp\u022fi(-\u0259)l",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032432",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespoke":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": custom-made":[
|
|
"a bespoke suit"
|
|
],
|
|
": dealing in or producing custom-made articles":[
|
|
"a bespoke tailor"
|
|
],
|
|
": engaged":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wealthy man who can easily afford bespoke suits",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Ask your butcher to grind part chuck with short ribs or brisket and live your most bespoke life. \u2014 Mehreen Karim, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"The marketing, the approach has to be very bespoke . \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"For a retreat in Bellport, New York, designer Aamir Khandwala enlisted artist Shantell Martin to go wild on the kitchen wall (using her trademark Sharpie), resulting in a bespoke graphic wall treatment that's also a one-of-a-kind artwork. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"To avoid a costly brain drain and a stagnant, unmotivated workforce, leaders need to reconcile themselves to providing a much more flexible and bespoke approach to employee engagement. \u2014 David Carry, Forbes , 5 July 2021",
|
|
"Frederick Chin, who serves as Chief Executive Officer for Viewpoint Collection, explains that high-end real estate in today's market requires a very bespoke approach. \u2014 Neal Leitereg, Forbes , 22 May 2021",
|
|
"But some of our projects are directly very bespoke . \u2014 Christopher Marquis, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
|
|
"Artemis is a brilliant little dude who's big on bespoke black suits but not authority. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 12 June 2020",
|
|
"Then, stop in Flagstaff to refuel at Macy\u2019s European Coffee House, where bespoke coffee concoctions and healthy breakfast fare are served all day long. \u2014 Macy Sirmans, Travel + Leisure , 19 May 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"past participle of bespeak":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8sp\u014dk",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231508",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespoken":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": indicate , signify":[
|
|
"her performance bespeaks considerable practice"
|
|
],
|
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": request":[
|
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"bespeak a favor"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
": to speak to especially with formality : address":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her newest album bespeaks a great talent for writing songs.",
|
|
"bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"His actions bespeak a prime-time TV blowhard who understands how objectionable his rhetoric has become. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Hard luxuries bespeak a connection to history and tend to remain in families for generations. \u2014 Rhonda K. Garelick, Washington Post , 17 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"To several local Native American tribes, including the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, the Ventura County site\u2019s cave drawings and rock shelters bespeak a cultural heritage dating back centuries. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 27 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"The UC Davis researchers, from the school\u2019s Violence Prevention Project, found that the fears driving the surge in gun sales bespeak a nation suffering a potentially serious crisis of confidence. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 17 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"For a contemporary American reader, there are a few jarring moments that bespeak the author\u2019s ignorance, or worse, of black American life (not least of which is a black character named Odysseus Cotton). \u2014 Andrew Martin, Harper's Magazine , 15 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"His playing bespoke an investment in the entire lineage of jazz trumpet playing. \u2014 Giovanni Russonello, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"However, the game isn't due until September 17 after a delay pushed it back from its original April release, which is likely the reason behind the timing of Nvidia\u2019s bespoke GPU. \u2014 Brad Chacos, PCWorld , 18 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"The many positive responses on social media bespeak considerable support for his take-no-prisoners public attitude toward gang members who exert de facto control of entire neighborhoods and towns. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8sp\u0113k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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|
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"reserve"
|
|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063143",
|
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"type":[
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespot":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to mark with or as if with spots":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English bespotten , from be- + spotten to spot":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8sp\u00e4t",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175325",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bespread":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": overspread":[
|
|
"a region that is bespread with lush vegetation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English bespreden , from be- + spreden to spread":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8spred",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115132",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besprent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": sprinkled over":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English bespreynt , from past participle of besprengen to besprinkle, from Old English besprengan , from be- + sprengan to scatter; akin to Old English springan to spring":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8sprent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141046",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besprinkled":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": sprinkle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English besprengeln , frequentative of besprengen":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8spri\u014b-k\u0259l",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190316",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"best":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"auxiliary verb",
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"biographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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"definitions":{
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": excelling all others":[
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"the best student in the class"
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],
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": most productive of good : offering or producing the greatest advantage, utility, or satisfaction":[
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"What is the best thing to do"
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],
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": most , largest":[
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"It rained for the best part of their vacation."
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],
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"Charles Herbert 1899\u20131978 Canadian (American-born) physiologist":[],
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": in the best (see best entry 1 ) way : to greatest advantage":[
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"Some things are best left unsaid."
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],
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": most":[
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"Those best able will provide needed support."
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],
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": as well, skillfully, or accurately as":[
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"Try to do it as best you can."
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],
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": the best (see best entry 1 ) state or part":[
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"You haven't heard the best of it."
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],
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": one that is best":[
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"the best falls short",
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"saved the best for last"
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],
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": the greatest degree of good or excellence":[
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"He's at his best in front of a live audience.",
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"democracy at its best"
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],
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": one's maximum effort":[
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"do your best"
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],
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": a best performance or achievement":[
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"ran a new personal best"
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": best clothes":[
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"wearing their Sunday best"
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],
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": under the most favorable circumstances":[
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"won't be finished for another three months at best",
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"At best , you will earn back what you paid in.",
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"He's an average writer at best .",
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"\u2026 was among the worst schools in a city whose public education could be described as struggling, at best .",
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"\u2014 Ann Carrns"
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": to overcome or outdo (someone or something) : to get the better of":[
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"The hero got the best of the villain in the end.",
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"I let my emotions get the best of me and said something I regret.",
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"Let's face it: As much as we like to eat healthy, the old sweet tooth sometimes gets the best of us.",
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"\u2014 Denise I. O'Neal"
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],
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": to get the better of : outdo":[
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"bested by their opponents"
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],
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": had best (see best entry 2 sense 1 )":[
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"you best listen"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8best"
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"synonyms":[
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"array",
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"bravery",
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"caparison",
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"feather",
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"finery",
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"frippery",
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"full dress",
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"gaiety",
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"gayety",
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"glad rags",
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"regalia"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"beat",
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"conquer",
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"defeat",
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"dispatch",
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"do down",
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"get",
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"get around",
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"lick",
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"master",
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"overbear",
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"overcome",
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"overmatch",
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"prevail (over)",
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"skunk",
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"stop",
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"subdue",
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"surmount",
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"take",
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"trim",
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"triumph (over)",
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"upend",
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"win (against)",
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"worst"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"You should wear your best clothes tonight.",
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"We ate the best food and drank the best wines.",
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"His modesty and sense of humor are his best qualities.",
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"Is that your best offer",
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"Which of these do you think tastes best ",
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"Mary sends you her very best wishes.",
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"She's the best student in her class.",
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"He won the award for best actor in a drama.",
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"She truly believes that this is the best way to solve the problem.",
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"She's the team's best hope for a medal.",
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"Adverb",
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"The sauce is best served cold.",
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"They work best under pressure.",
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"That's what we do best !",
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"We need to think about how best to fix this problem.",
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"The work should be done by the people who are best able to do it.",
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"She's best suited to life in the city.",
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"He is best known for his invention of the lightbulb.",
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"The museum features some of the best -known examples of this style of painting.",
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"Noun",
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"Out of all of my workers, he's the best .",
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"Our company is the best in the business.",
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"Thanks, Dad. You're the best !",
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"I have one more gift for you, and I saved the best for last.",
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"Bad things happen to the best of us.",
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"They want the best for their children.",
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"Even in the best of times, we had trouble paying our bills.",
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"In the best of all possible worlds, no one would be without food and clean water.",
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"I have a wonderful family and a great job, so I feel that I have the best of both worlds .",
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"He did his best to help them.",
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"Verb",
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"at last she's bested her card-playing mother at the game of hearts",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The show, which comes from Universal Television (hence the tie-in with this year\u2019s Emmy broadcaster, NBC), also stars Fumero as Eliza, who works at the store; Smoove recurs as Timmy\u2019s best friend, Percy. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 30 June 2022",
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"So, shout out to my best friend Heather Gray for always keeping it real with me and supporting my delusional dreams. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 30 June 2022",
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"Happy birthday to my best friend and ultimate secret keeper. \u2014 Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
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"Scientists\u2014and plenty of doting dog owners\u2014have long wondered when and where wolves\u2019 began their evolution to become humanity\u2019s best friend. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 June 2022",
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"Her best friend, Dani Jo Carter, was driving the Ford Expedition. \u2014 Bill Rankin, ajc , 30 June 2022",
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"His best friend is away for a year, and Elliott is so sloppy and disorganized that no one wants to team up with him on school projects. \u2014 Mary Quattlebaum, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
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"Similarly, Conversations With Friends focuses on the affair Frances (Alison Oliver) has with Nick (Joe Alwyn), while still attempting to sort out her feelings for her best friend and ex-girlfriend Bobbi (Sasha Lane). \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 29 June 2022",
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"Man's best friend was the first of many animals humans have domesticated. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 29 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"Of his 100-plus film and TV credits, Turkel is perhaps best known for his role as Lloyd, the preternaturally calm, credit-extending bartender in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
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"Technoblade, a popular YouTuber best known for his Minecraft videos, died about a year after he was diagnosed with cancer, according to his family. \u2014 Wilson Wong, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
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"Records show the seller is Dan Goldfarb, a cannabis entrepreneur best known for founding Canna-Pet, which sells hemp products designed for animals. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
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"The son of a prominent family, Lapid has dabbled in acting, screenwriting, music and even amateur boxing, before becoming best known to the Israeli public as a journalist-turned-politician. \u2014 Hadas Gold, CNN , 1 July 2022",
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"Though best known for one poster, Mr. Skolnick had a varied career, designing books and a few film credit sequences as well as working in advertising. \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
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"His election suggests a continued preference for populist leaders among Filipinos \u2014 who were governed for the last six years by the tough-talking Rodrigo Duterte, best known internationally for a war on drugs that has left thousands dead. \u2014 Regine Cabato, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
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"But it may be best known, at least among families, for its summer camps, which include day and overnight camps. \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 June 2022",
|
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"Though best known for one poster, Mr. Skolnick had a varied career, designing books and a few film credit sequences as well as working in advertising. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"For Reed, this was her first perfect 10 of her collegiate career\u2014before then, her personal best was a 9.975 on floor. \u2014 Essence , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"Being at our absolute best may not even equate to wins. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"Maybe the most surprised person in the stadium was Thompson-Herah, who didn\u2019t expect a personal best . \u2014 Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 Aug. 2021",
|
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"Your personal best was a little bit less than 26 feet. \u2014 Ben Shpigel, New York Times , 20 Aug. 2021",
|
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"Meanwhile, Andersen's throw was a mere 2 inches shy of Berry's personal best . \u2014 Eddie Pells, ajc , 27 June 2021",
|
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"Shaheed captured the 100 in 11.68 seconds and the 200 in 24.07, the latter a personal best . \u2014 Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2021",
|
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"But that 43-6.75 stood until the end, when Morgan topped her own personal best . \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 5 June 2021",
|
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"Summer 2021 doesn\u2019t officially start for another week, but celebrities have already begun wearing their seasonal best . \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 24 May 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The Norwegian climber is attempting to best the record for ascents of all 14 8,000 meter peaks set in 2019 by Nirmal \u2018Nims\u2019 Purja. \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 16 May 2022",
|
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"All but one of the statewide contests have incumbent Democrats running for reelection, all of whom are expected to best their challengers in the primary and are favored to win reelection in November. \u2014 Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
|
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"Expect Porsche to best the last-gen GT2 RS\u2019s 6:43.3 time at the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"In Philadelphia, a high of 97 is forecast on Saturday, a mark that would best the previous record of 95 degrees standing since 1934. \u2014 Pedram Javaheri, CNN , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"In Idaho, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin failed to best the incumbent Republican governor for another term. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"No one was able to best Dixon's speed from the Fast 12 session. \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"No one was able to best Dixon's speed from the Fast 12 session. \u2014 Rob Peeters, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
|
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"The cask in this sale, which could yield 534 700 ml bottles, could best that. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Auxiliary verb",
|
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"All but one of the statewide contests have incumbent Democrats running for reelection, all of whom are expected to best their challengers in the primary and are favored to win reelection in November. \u2014 Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"Expect Porsche to best the last-gen GT2 RS\u2019s 6:43.3 time at the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
|
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"No one was able to best Dixon's speed from the Fast 12 session. \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
|
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"No one was able to best Dixon's speed from the Fast 12 session. \u2014 Rob Peeters, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"In Philadelphia, a high of 97 is forecast on Saturday, a mark that would best the previous record of 95 degrees standing since 1934. \u2014 Pedram Javaheri, CNN , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"The Norwegian climber is attempting to best the record for ascents of all 14 8,000 meter peaks set in 2019 by Nirmal \u2018Nims\u2019 Purja. \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 16 May 2022",
|
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"The cask in this sale, which could yield 534 700 ml bottles, could best that. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"From 10 to 14 feet out, Paul shoots a hefty 56.9%, second only to Richaun Holmes, and only Kevin Durant, C.J. McCollum, LaMarcus Aldridge and Trae Young can best his 53.9% shooting from 14-19 feet. \u2014 Mark Deeks, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English best, beste, going back to Old English betst, best, (as weak adjective) betsta, betesta, going back to Germanic *batista-, superlative degree of the adjective seen in the comparative *batiz\u014dn better entry 1 , whence also Old Frisian best, b\u0113st \"best,\" Old Saxon betst, best, Old High German bezzisto, Old Icelandic beztr, baztr, Gothic batista":"Adjective",
|
|
"Middle English, going back to Old English betst, betest, derivative of betst, best best entry 1":"Adverb",
|
|
"Middle English, going back to Old English betste, derivative of betst, best":"Noun",
|
|
"derivative of best entry 1 , after better entry 2":"Verb",
|
|
"by ellipsis from had best":"Auxiliary verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
|
|
"1863, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"1897, in the meaning defined above":"Auxiliary verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165444"
|
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},
|
|
"best (out) of three/five/seven":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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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":"20220707-102717",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"best friend":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person's closest and dearest friend":[
|
|
"She's my best friend .",
|
|
"We have been best friends since high school."
|
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],
|
|
": a person's most desirable or valuable possession or resource":[
|
|
"Diamonds may be a girl's best friend , but gold is more affordable.",
|
|
"\u2014 William Giese",
|
|
"Lycra-cotton leggings and tunic tops are the pregnant woman's best friend , sartorially speaking.",
|
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"\u2014 Anne Reeks",
|
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"When cops bang on the door, the toilet is a drug dealer's best friend .",
|
|
"\u2014 Frederick Kaufman"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 see also man's best friend":[
|
|
"Diamonds may be a girl's best friend , but gold is more affordable.",
|
|
"\u2014 William Giese",
|
|
"Lycra-cotton leggings and tunic tops are the pregnant woman's best friend , sartorially speaking.",
|
|
"\u2014 Anne Reeks",
|
|
"When cops bang on the door, the toilet is a drug dealer's best friend .",
|
|
"\u2014 Frederick Kaufman"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114231",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"best girl":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a favorite girl sweetheart":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1691, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173244",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"best gold":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": the shot nearest the exact center of the bull's-eye in an archery contest":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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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":"20220706-182115",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"best man":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the principal groomsman at a wedding":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"The groom asked his brother to be his best man and the bride asked her sister to be her maid of honor.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"At Beatrice and Edo's wedding in July 2020, Wolfie served as a page boy in the royal wedding and as his father\u2019s best man . \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 5 June 2022",
|
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"As Finley said Saturday afternoon: May the best man win. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Watch Sam deliver one of the most incredible best man speeches ever! \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Music composed by Gordon Getty was performed, then best man Frederic Trohler and Ivy\u2019s rescue Chihuahua mix, Blue, supplied the rings at the request of Speaker Pelosi. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 8 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Third Man\u2019s top man, Ben Swank, presided over the nuptials, in which White\u2019s and Jean\u2019s bass players served as best man and maid of honor. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Olive is obviously the maid of honor for her twin sister, and promises to put on a happy face\u2014even though Dane's brother and best man , Ethan, is her nemesis. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Their respective bass players were the best man and maid of honor, while members of their families, including White's mother, Theresa Gillis, stood by. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, USA TODAY , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
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"White\u2019s mother and Jean\u2019s father, the publication stated, were in attendance for the impromptu nuptials, while each musician\u2019s bass players served as best man and maid of honor. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 9 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1782, 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":"20220706-131301",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"best of all":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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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":"20220707-030157",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"best of luck":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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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":"20220707-074728",
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
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]
|
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},
|
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"best practice":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a procedure that has been shown by research and experience to produce optimal results and that is established or proposed as a standard suitable for widespread adoption":[
|
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"\u2026 private instructional management will strengthen the public schools by providing examples of best practice from which the public schools can learn.",
|
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"\u2014 Denis P. Doyle , Phi Delta Kappan , October 1994",
|
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"Prabhakar and his colleagues started by looking at best practices developed by other biometrics researchers.",
|
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"\u2014 Joshua J. Romero , IEEE Spectrum , May 2011",
|
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"Countries from Canada to Australia to Singapore implement smart policies and copy best practices from around the world. We bicker and remain paralyzed.",
|
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"\u2014 Fareed Zakaria , Time , 15 Aug. 2011",
|
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"There is no doubt that hospitals are powerful and dangerous places, that \" best practices \" are not always followed \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Dena Rifkin, M.D., The New York Times , 17 Nov. 2009",
|
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"One of the major trends in U.S. health care is \"evidence-based medicine,\" which calls for making medical choices by comparing empirical evidence about an individual patient's condition to a larger body of best practices .",
|
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"\u2014 Luke Mitchell , Harper's , February 2009",
|
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"\u2026 he proposed limiting corporate tax breaks to those businesses willing to abide by \" best practices \" when it comes to labor relations.",
|
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"\u2014 Jonathan Cohn , The New Republic , 21 Aug. 2000"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032149",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"best seller":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an article (such as a book) whose sales are among the highest of its class":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"She has written several best sellers .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The best seller for a literary novel is 25,000 copies. \u2014 David Marchesephotograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times , 17 June 2022",
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"Sunscreen Serum is a best seller ), and its latest, the Rose from Above Mineral Sunscreen, does not disappoint. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
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"Her first book, Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up, came out May 17 and became an instant New York Times best seller . \u2014 Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF , 10 June 2022",
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"The book became a best seller across Europe and later in Ukraine as well. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
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"His 2018 sci-fi film, Annihilation, adapted a mind-bending best seller and put a poetic spin on its final showdown, in which Natalie Portman performs a balletic fight with an alien copy of herself. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 May 2022",
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"After the first day of testing, PEOPLE testers already understood why this pair was a best seller . \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"The Beautystat Universal C Skin Refiner is perfect for fighting hyperpigmentation and is a best seller on retailers like Violet Grey. \u2014 Vogue , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Schor\u2019s book, a best seller and classic of its genre, may very well be the origin story for how so many people otherwise uninvolved in medieval history came to know and share this particular factoid. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bes(t)-\u02c8se-l\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191704",
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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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"best-off":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": in the most comfortable or favorable economic circumstances":[
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"It's more than embarrassing for the senior U.S. senator from one of the poorest states to sponsor legislation that will assist a handful of the best-off families on earth.",
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"\u2014 Pat Lynch , The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , 8 June 2009",
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"The best-off people take the voluntary accounts, and the low-income people don't.",
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"\u2014 Tom Blackburn, The Palm Beach Post (Florida) , 31 Jan. 2005",
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"The next best-off group \u2026 averaged 2 cents more income in 2004 for each dollar they earned in 1979.",
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"\u2014 David Cay Johnston , The New York Times , 28 Nov. 2006"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1865, 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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"\u02c8best-\u02c8\u022ff"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190329",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"best-seller list":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a list of books that are selling the most copies":[
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"Her first novel was on the best-seller list for two months."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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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":"20220706-224812",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"best/surest/safest bet":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": something that is most likely to happen or be successful":[
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"If you want to get there early, your best/surest/safest bet is to take a different road."
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101614"
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},
|
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"bestial":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
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": lacking intelligence or reason":[
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"\u2026 the bestial man has no sense of right and wrong \u2026",
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"\u2014 J. E. Hankins"
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],
|
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": marked by base (see base entry 3 sense 1a ) or inhuman instincts or desires : brutal":[
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"bestial violence",
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"\u2026 a scene of bestial intoxication \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Herman Melville"
|
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],
|
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": of or relating to beasts":[
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"grotesque combinations of human and bestial forms"
|
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],
|
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": resembling a beast":[
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"a bestial shape"
|
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]
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Our reduced olfactory apparatus was the detritus of a bestial and benighted past, and an allegory of our enlightenment. \u2014 Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
|
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"On the Foo Fighters\u2019 second album, The Colour and the Shape, Grohl ended up rerecording songs with his own bestial drumming in place of Goldsmith\u2019s, and suddenly tracks that hadn\u2019t been working sounded like instant modern-rock classics. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 14 Sep. 2021",
|
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"The streaks provide proof of our mundane bestial reality\u2014our hormones, our lunch, our particular whorls and spirals. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 1 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Such epiphanies, though bookended in Wright's novel between the bestial horrors of its first section and the abject bleakness of its third, are what give the novel its lasting glow. \u2014 Gene Seymour, CNN , 26 May 2021",
|
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"Lincoln\u2019s opponents tarred him with racist and bestial characterizations. \u2014 Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation , 6 Aug. 2020",
|
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"Abolitionists claimed that the eloquence of slaves and Africans proved their equal humanity, but most Europeans had long taken for granted that black utterances were inherently inferior, even bestial . \u2014 Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books , 3 Aug. 2020",
|
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"Some distance between the source and the story would have benefited the themes at play, which end up buried beneath punches, slurs and bestial masculinity. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 23 Oct. 2019"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin bestialis , from bestia beast":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8besh-",
|
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"\u02c8bes-ch\u0259l",
|
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"\u02c8b\u0113s-",
|
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"\u02c8b\u0113sh-"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bestial brutal , brutish , bestial , feral mean characteristic of an animal in nature, action, or instinct. brutal applies to people, their acts, or their words and suggests a lack of intelligence, feeling, or humanity. a senseless and brutal war brutish stresses likeness to an animal in low intelligence, in base appetites, and in behavior based on instinct. brutish stupidity bestial suggests a state of degradation unworthy of humans and fit only for beasts. bestial depravity feral suggests the savagery or ferocity of wild animals. the struggle to survive unleashed their feral impulses",
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"synonyms":[
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"animalistic",
|
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"beastly",
|
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"brutal",
|
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"brute",
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"brutish",
|
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"feral",
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"ferine",
|
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"subhuman",
|
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"swinish"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213708",
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"bestiality":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sexual relations between a human being and a lower animal":[],
|
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": the condition or status of a lower (see lower entry 3 sense 3 ) animal":[
|
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"\u2026 the difference between bestiality and humanity \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 John Dewey"
|
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],
|
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": display or gratification of bestial traits or impulses":[
|
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"the bestiality and degradation that war brings",
|
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"\u2014 Drew Middleton"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccbes-ch\u0113-\u02c8a-l\u0259-t\u0113",
|
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"\u02ccbes-ch\u0113-\u02c8al-\u0259t-\u0113",
|
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"\u02ccbes-ch\u0113-\u02c8a-l\u0259-t\u0113, \u02ccb\u0113s-",
|
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"\u02ccbesh-",
|
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"\u02ccb\u0113sh-",
|
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"\u02ccb\u0113s-"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"animalism",
|
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"animality",
|
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"beastliness",
|
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"brutality",
|
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"brutishness",
|
|
"swinishness"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"I was shocked by the bestiality of their behavior.",
|
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"by the end of hostilities the populace had been reduced to a level of bestiality that would have been unthinkable before the war"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-104828"
|
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},
|
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"bestialize":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": lacking intelligence or reason":[
|
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"\u2026 the bestial man has no sense of right and wrong \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 J. E. Hankins"
|
|
],
|
|
": marked by base (see base entry 3 sense 1a ) or inhuman instincts or desires : brutal":[
|
|
"bestial violence",
|
|
"\u2026 a scene of bestial intoxication \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Herman Melville"
|
|
],
|
|
": of or relating to beasts":[
|
|
"grotesque combinations of human and bestial forms"
|
|
],
|
|
": resembling a beast":[
|
|
"a bestial shape"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Our reduced olfactory apparatus was the detritus of a bestial and benighted past, and an allegory of our enlightenment. \u2014 Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"On the Foo Fighters\u2019 second album, The Colour and the Shape, Grohl ended up rerecording songs with his own bestial drumming in place of Goldsmith\u2019s, and suddenly tracks that hadn\u2019t been working sounded like instant modern-rock classics. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 14 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The streaks provide proof of our mundane bestial reality\u2014our hormones, our lunch, our particular whorls and spirals. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 1 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Such epiphanies, though bookended in Wright's novel between the bestial horrors of its first section and the abject bleakness of its third, are what give the novel its lasting glow. \u2014 Gene Seymour, CNN , 26 May 2021",
|
|
"Lincoln\u2019s opponents tarred him with racist and bestial characterizations. \u2014 Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation , 6 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Abolitionists claimed that the eloquence of slaves and Africans proved their equal humanity, but most Europeans had long taken for granted that black utterances were inherently inferior, even bestial . \u2014 Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books , 3 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Some distance between the source and the story would have benefited the themes at play, which end up buried beneath punches, slurs and bestial masculinity. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 23 Oct. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin bestialis , from bestia beast":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8besh-",
|
|
"\u02c8bes-ch\u0259l",
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0113s-",
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0113sh-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bestial brutal , brutish , bestial , feral mean characteristic of an animal in nature, action, or instinct. brutal applies to people, their acts, or their words and suggests a lack of intelligence, feeling, or humanity. a senseless and brutal war brutish stresses likeness to an animal in low intelligence, in base appetites, and in behavior based on instinct. brutish stupidity bestial suggests a state of degradation unworthy of humans and fit only for beasts. bestial depravity feral suggests the savagery or ferocity of wild animals. the struggle to survive unleashed their feral impulses",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalistic",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"ferine",
|
|
"subhuman",
|
|
"swinish"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193901",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestiarist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a writer of bestiaries":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8besh-",
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0113s-",
|
|
"\u02c8bes-ch\u0113-\u0259-rist",
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0113sh-",
|
|
"-t\u0113-\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060740",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestiary":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a collection of descriptions or representations of real or imaginary animals":[],
|
|
": a medieval allegorical or moralizing work on the appearance and habits of real or imaginary animals":[],
|
|
": an array of real humans or literary characters often having symbolic significance":[],
|
|
": an unusual or whimsical collection":[
|
|
"a truly astounding bestiary of airplane designs",
|
|
"\u2014 Peter Garrison"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Another image, from a 13th-century Franco-Flemish bestiary , shows a long-haired Samson prying open the jaws of a lion. \u2014 Edward Rothstein, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"His journal, which extends beyond his cactus garden to record encounters with owls and geckos, donkeys and spiders, moths and tortoises, can seem like a medieval bestiary , a nature chronicle with the vividness of a dream. \u2014 Danny Heitman, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The result is a wildly imaginative bestiary that transports its viewer to a different realm, offering a welcome reprieve from our current one. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"The most common beings in her bestiary are a variety of mer-creatures, ranging from the regal merlion (and cub) to the comical merchicken. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"And beyond these, the show\u2019s bestiary of Main Street America, its hapless parents and inept leaders, its weird small businesses and petty local politics, its moral pretensions and amoral vanities do ring true, however exaggerated. \u2014 Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic , 3 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Here, reducing the medieval bestiary to a contemporary footnote makes for a listless conclusion to an otherwise strong and compelling show. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 July 2019",
|
|
"In the galleries The Getty Museum is currently the site of a beastly exhibition about bestiary , the medieval manuscripts that depicted fantastic creatures (unicorns and beavers, oh my!). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 July 2019",
|
|
"Medieval bestiaries were books that served as compendiums of creatures both fantastic and real. \u2014 Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com , 11 July 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Medieval Latin bestiarium , from Latin, neuter of bestiarius of beasts, from bestia":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8besh-",
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0113s-",
|
|
"-\u02cce-r\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8bes-ch\u0113-\u02ccer-\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0113sh-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004139",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besticulture":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": exploitation and utilization of wild animals (as by hunting and fishing)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin bestia beast + English culture":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0113-",
|
|
"\u02c8be-st\u0259-\u02cck\u0259l-ch\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195039",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestie":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": best friend":[
|
|
"The holiday was a present from my bestie to celebrate my 32nd birthday \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Helena McAlpine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Now grab your bestie and fix yourself a bowl of hot dog soup! \u2014 Andrew Walsh, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Here's one way to guarantee that your baby and her bestie automatically win Cutest Best Friend Costume. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s and Billie Eilish\u2019s conversational writing style, for example, project chatting-with-your- bestie intimacy. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Nala is looking forward to walks, hiking and playing with her new bestie . \u2014 Matt Harris, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Gigi Hadid and Blake Lively have been close friends for years after meeting through mutual bestie Taylor Swift. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The more Lizzie pined for handsome jock Ethan Craft (Clayton Snyder), the harder the nerdy Gordo seemed to fall for his bestie . \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Hoffman told Vanity Fair that in season 2, Mabel will be meeting someone new, at least, and the character is played by Gomez's real life bestie Cara Delevingne. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"On TikTok, and elsewhere, that friend is social media strategist and influencer Madi Prettyman \u2014 Taurus, manifester of clear skin, and acne prone skin bestie . \u2014 Christine Jean-baptiste, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1991, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8be-st\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073053",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestir":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to rouse to action : get going":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The New York Times finally bestirred itself to report on Reade\u2019s charges, burying them on page A20 of its Easter Sunday edition. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 16 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"If the charges against Bob Kraft are proven to be true, then Goodell should bestir himself to punish the Patriots owner severely, and with something beyond a fine. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Sports Illustrated , 16 Mar. 2019",
|
|
"Drew Nolan caused his coach, Harry Litwack, to bestir himself from the bench. \u2014 Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com , 8 June 2018",
|
|
"Nobody in all his years of coaching at Temple has bestirred Litwack from the bench so often as Drew Nolan. \u2014 Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com , 8 June 2018",
|
|
"And yet most of us have still not bestirred ourselves to care, much less to march in the streets demanding change. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Washington Post , 19 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"And yet most of us have still not bestirred ourselves to care, much less to march in the streets demanding change. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Washington Post , 19 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"And yet most of us have still not bestirred ourselves to care, much less to march in the streets demanding change. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Washington Post , 19 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"And yet most of us have still not bestirred ourselves to care, much less to march in the streets demanding change. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Washington Post , 19 Sep. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8st\u0259r",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113731",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"verb"
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]
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},
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"bestness":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or state of being best":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1548, 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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"\u02c8bes(t)-n\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021137",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
|
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"bestow":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to convey as a gift":[
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"\u2014 usually used with on or upon The university bestowed an honorary degree upon her."
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],
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": to provide with quarters : put up":[
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"\u2026 bestowed Clotilde in lodgings of her own.",
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"\u2014 Rayner Heppenstall"
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],
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": to put in a particular or appropriate place : stow":[
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"\u2026 bestowed in her car \u2026 by the chauffeur.",
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"\u2014 Frances Towers",
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"\u2026 the whole cargo was bestowed \u2026",
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"\u2014 R. L. Stevenson"
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],
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": to put to use : apply":[
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"bestowed his spare time on study"
|
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]
|
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"The university bestowed on her an honorary degree.",
|
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"bestowed a new car on their son for graduation",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Good News: God is always there to bestow peace onto his followers. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
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"The next day, Signature Theatre would bestow on her its Stephen Sondheim Award, whose past recipients have included Angela Lansbury, Harold Prince, Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
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"Aloe leaf, one of nature\u2019s best moisturizers, absorbs into hair to bestow it with vitamins A, C, and E. Natural coconut surfactants build up the creamy lather while keeping it free from traditional lathering ingredients that harm your hair. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
|
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"As his body shuts down with cancer, Big Angel, the titular character of Urrea\u2019s sprawling family story, calls a final birthday party for himself, to hash out his family\u2019s regrets and try to bestow some wisdom. \u2014 Heather Hansman, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
|
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"Manager Mark Kotsay has yet to publicly bestow any bullpen roles. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In letters submitted to the judge before sentencing, several family and friends urged her to bestow compassion and grace on Goldstein. \u2014 Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Prizes given out at the Academy Awards, BAFTAs, Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America ceremonies, among others, bestow far more than recognition and limelight. \u2014 Sara Merican, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
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"The University will bestow upon Henson the Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL). \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 14 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
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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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"Middle English, from be- + stowe place \u2014 more at stow":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"b\u0113-",
|
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"bi-\u02c8st\u014d"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bestow give , present , donate , bestow , confer , afford mean to convey to another as a possession. give , the general term, is applicable to any passing over of anything by any means. give alms gave her a ride on a pony give my love to your mother present carries a note of formality and ceremony. present an award donate is likely to imply a publicized giving (as to charity). donate a piano to the orphanage bestow implies the conveying of something as a gift and may suggest condescension on the part of the giver. bestow unwanted advice confer implies a gracious giving (as of a favor or honor). confer an honorary degree afford implies a giving or bestowing usually as a natural or legitimate consequence of the character of the giver. the trees afford shade a development that affords us some hope",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"contribute",
|
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"donate",
|
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"give",
|
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"give away",
|
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"present",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181553",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestowal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to convey as a gift":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with on or upon The university bestowed an honorary degree upon her."
|
|
],
|
|
": to provide with quarters : put up":[
|
|
"\u2026 bestowed Clotilde in lodgings of her own.",
|
|
"\u2014 Rayner Heppenstall"
|
|
],
|
|
": to put in a particular or appropriate place : stow":[
|
|
"\u2026 bestowed in her car \u2026 by the chauffeur.",
|
|
"\u2014 Frances Towers",
|
|
"\u2026 the whole cargo was bestowed \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 R. L. Stevenson"
|
|
],
|
|
": to put to use : apply":[
|
|
"bestowed his spare time on study"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The university bestowed on her an honorary degree.",
|
|
"bestowed a new car on their son for graduation",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Good News: God is always there to bestow peace onto his followers. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The next day, Signature Theatre would bestow on her its Stephen Sondheim Award, whose past recipients have included Angela Lansbury, Harold Prince, Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Aloe leaf, one of nature\u2019s best moisturizers, absorbs into hair to bestow it with vitamins A, C, and E. Natural coconut surfactants build up the creamy lather while keeping it free from traditional lathering ingredients that harm your hair. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"As his body shuts down with cancer, Big Angel, the titular character of Urrea\u2019s sprawling family story, calls a final birthday party for himself, to hash out his family\u2019s regrets and try to bestow some wisdom. \u2014 Heather Hansman, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Manager Mark Kotsay has yet to publicly bestow any bullpen roles. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In letters submitted to the judge before sentencing, several family and friends urged her to bestow compassion and grace on Goldstein. \u2014 Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Prizes given out at the Academy Awards, BAFTAs, Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America ceremonies, among others, bestow far more than recognition and limelight. \u2014 Sara Merican, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The University will bestow upon Henson the Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL). \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 14 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from be- + stowe place \u2014 more at stow":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8st\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bestow give , present , donate , bestow , confer , afford mean to convey to another as a possession. give , the general term, is applicable to any passing over of anything by any means. give alms gave her a ride on a pony give my love to your mother present carries a note of formality and ceremony. present an award donate is likely to imply a publicized giving (as to charity). donate a piano to the orphanage bestow implies the conveying of something as a gift and may suggest condescension on the part of the giver. bestow unwanted advice confer implies a gracious giving (as of a favor or honor). confer an honorary degree afford implies a giving or bestowing usually as a natural or legitimate consequence of the character of the giver. the trees afford shade a development that affords us some hope",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220533",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestowment":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": bestowal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8st\u014d-m\u0259nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014915",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestraught":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": distraught":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"be- + straught , short for distraught":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000927",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestreak":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cover with streaks":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"be- + streak":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8str\u0113k",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174804",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestrew":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": strew":[],
|
|
": to lie scattered over":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flower girl delightedly bestrewed the aisle with rose petals",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Home to more than 230 species of plants and a balanced assortment of insects\u2014bees prominent among them\u2014the garden is bestrewn with colorful placards educating summer strollers as to the wonders of pollination and the tiny creatures responsible. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 17 May 2018",
|
|
"Why, Daedalus wondered, are the world\u2019s cities bestrewed with graffiti even though scientists, years ago, had perfected the porcelain enamel surfaces that make self-cleaning ovens possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8str\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"strew"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235222",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestrewed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": strew":[],
|
|
": to lie scattered over":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flower girl delightedly bestrewed the aisle with rose petals",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Home to more than 230 species of plants and a balanced assortment of insects\u2014bees prominent among them\u2014the garden is bestrewn with colorful placards educating summer strollers as to the wonders of pollination and the tiny creatures responsible. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 17 May 2018",
|
|
"Why, Daedalus wondered, are the world\u2019s cities bestrewed with graffiti even though scientists, years ago, had perfected the porcelain enamel surfaces that make self-cleaning ovens possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8str\u00fc",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"strew"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203605",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestrewn":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a scattered covering of something":[
|
|
"a path bestrewn with flowers/pebbles",
|
|
"a table bestrewn with papers",
|
|
"In my day the little hill on which the Washington Monument stands was still bestrewn with large chips of marble left by the builders.",
|
|
"\u2014 H. L. Mencken",
|
|
"I expected it to be a dive, dark and dank and bestrewn .",
|
|
"\u2014 Ian Frazier",
|
|
"( figurative ) \u2026 is bestrewn with critical jargon and pomposities \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Peter Kemp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1667, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8str\u00fcn",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224809",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestride":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to ride, sit, or stand astride : straddle":[],
|
|
": to stride across":[],
|
|
": to tower over : dominate":[
|
|
"the bloated bureaucracy that bestrides us all",
|
|
"\u2014 Edward Ney"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a giant that bestrode the river",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"With the new Gilded Age now fully in swing, we are ruled by a class of philosopher kings who bestride the business and political worlds. \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The alternative is to continue to bestride both systems and accept the consequence that trust\u2014arguably the most important attribute of a communication tool like Zoom\u2014is at the mercy of the Chinese Communist Party. \u2014 The Economist , 20 June 2020",
|
|
"The offices are spooky-minimalist, and a colossal statue of a little girl bestrides the campus, her eyes glassy and piercing like a nightmare doll\u2019s. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 4 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"His father spent years on the run and three uncles were sent to labour camps for opposing the dictatorship of Mathieu K\u00e9r\u00e9kou, one of dozens of autocrats who bestrode Africa in the 1970s and 1980s. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"In Riyadh, Mohammed bin Salman bestrode the stage as a great modernizer. \u2014 Josef Joffe, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"For a generation, Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani bestrode the Middle East spreading terror and death. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The tech sector today bestrides the U.S. economy like a colossus. \u2014 Derek Thompson, The Atlantic , 17 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The symbol of the mace has been noted as one of the U.S. government's most important historical symbols: an eagle with its wings spread wide seated on top of a globe that bestrides a bundle of 13 rods, representative of the original 13 states. \u2014 Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY , 19 Dec. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8str\u012bd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162649",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bestud":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to set (a surface) with or as if with studs":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8st\u0259d",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"be- + stud":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-050923"
|
|
},
|
|
"besugo":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a European red porgy ( Pagrus pagrus )":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Spanish":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8s\u00fc-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125545",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"besiegingly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": in a besieging manner":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8s\u0113-ji\u014b-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172217"
|
|
},
|
|
"besilver":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cover with or as if with silver":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8sil-v\u0259r",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"be- + silver":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195556"
|
|
},
|
|
"Best":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"auxiliary verb",
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": excelling all others":[
|
|
"the best student in the class"
|
|
],
|
|
": most productive of good : offering or producing the greatest advantage, utility, or satisfaction":[
|
|
"What is the best thing to do"
|
|
],
|
|
": most , largest":[
|
|
"It rained for the best part of their vacation."
|
|
],
|
|
"Charles Herbert 1899\u20131978 Canadian (American-born) physiologist":[],
|
|
": in the best (see best entry 1 ) way : to greatest advantage":[
|
|
"Some things are best left unsaid."
|
|
],
|
|
": most":[
|
|
"Those best able will provide needed support."
|
|
],
|
|
": as well, skillfully, or accurately as":[
|
|
"Try to do it as best you can."
|
|
],
|
|
": the best (see best entry 1 ) state or part":[
|
|
"You haven't heard the best of it."
|
|
],
|
|
": one that is best":[
|
|
"the best falls short",
|
|
"saved the best for last"
|
|
],
|
|
": the greatest degree of good or excellence":[
|
|
"He's at his best in front of a live audience.",
|
|
"democracy at its best"
|
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],
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": one's maximum effort":[
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"do your best"
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],
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": a best performance or achievement":[
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"ran a new personal best"
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],
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": best clothes":[
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"wearing their Sunday best"
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],
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": under the most favorable circumstances":[
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"won't be finished for another three months at best",
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"At best , you will earn back what you paid in.",
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"He's an average writer at best .",
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"\u2026 was among the worst schools in a city whose public education could be described as struggling, at best .",
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"\u2014 Ann Carrns"
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],
|
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": to overcome or outdo (someone or something) : to get the better of":[
|
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"The hero got the best of the villain in the end.",
|
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"I let my emotions get the best of me and said something I regret.",
|
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"Let's face it: As much as we like to eat healthy, the old sweet tooth sometimes gets the best of us.",
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"\u2014 Denise I. O'Neal"
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],
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": to get the better of : outdo":[
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"bested by their opponents"
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],
|
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": had best (see best entry 2 sense 1 )":[
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"you best listen"
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8best"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"array",
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"bravery",
|
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"caparison",
|
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"feather",
|
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"finery",
|
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"frippery",
|
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"full dress",
|
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"gaiety",
|
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"gayety",
|
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"glad rags",
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"regalia"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"beat",
|
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"conquer",
|
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"defeat",
|
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"dispatch",
|
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"do down",
|
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"get",
|
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"get around",
|
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"lick",
|
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"master",
|
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"overbear",
|
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"overcome",
|
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"overmatch",
|
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"prevail (over)",
|
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"skunk",
|
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"stop",
|
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"subdue",
|
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"surmount",
|
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"take",
|
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"trim",
|
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"triumph (over)",
|
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"upend",
|
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"win (against)",
|
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"worst"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
|
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"You should wear your best clothes tonight.",
|
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"We ate the best food and drank the best wines.",
|
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"His modesty and sense of humor are his best qualities.",
|
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"Is that your best offer",
|
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"Which of these do you think tastes best ",
|
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"Mary sends you her very best wishes.",
|
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"She's the best student in her class.",
|
|
"He won the award for best actor in a drama.",
|
|
"She truly believes that this is the best way to solve the problem.",
|
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"She's the team's best hope for a medal.",
|
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"Adverb",
|
|
"The sauce is best served cold.",
|
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"They work best under pressure.",
|
|
"That's what we do best !",
|
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"We need to think about how best to fix this problem.",
|
|
"The work should be done by the people who are best able to do it.",
|
|
"She's best suited to life in the city.",
|
|
"He is best known for his invention of the lightbulb.",
|
|
"The museum features some of the best -known examples of this style of painting.",
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"Out of all of my workers, he's the best .",
|
|
"Our company is the best in the business.",
|
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"Thanks, Dad. You're the best !",
|
|
"I have one more gift for you, and I saved the best for last.",
|
|
"Bad things happen to the best of us.",
|
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"They want the best for their children.",
|
|
"Even in the best of times, we had trouble paying our bills.",
|
|
"In the best of all possible worlds, no one would be without food and clean water.",
|
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"I have a wonderful family and a great job, so I feel that I have the best of both worlds .",
|
|
"He did his best to help them.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"at last she's bested her card-playing mother at the game of hearts",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The show, which comes from Universal Television (hence the tie-in with this year\u2019s Emmy broadcaster, NBC), also stars Fumero as Eliza, who works at the store; Smoove recurs as Timmy\u2019s best friend, Percy. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"So, shout out to my best friend Heather Gray for always keeping it real with me and supporting my delusional dreams. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Happy birthday to my best friend and ultimate secret keeper. \u2014 Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Scientists\u2014and plenty of doting dog owners\u2014have long wondered when and where wolves\u2019 began their evolution to become humanity\u2019s best friend. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Her best friend, Dani Jo Carter, was driving the Ford Expedition. \u2014 Bill Rankin, ajc , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"His best friend is away for a year, and Elliott is so sloppy and disorganized that no one wants to team up with him on school projects. \u2014 Mary Quattlebaum, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Similarly, Conversations With Friends focuses on the affair Frances (Alison Oliver) has with Nick (Joe Alwyn), while still attempting to sort out her feelings for her best friend and ex-girlfriend Bobbi (Sasha Lane). \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Man's best friend was the first of many animals humans have domesticated. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
|
"Of his 100-plus film and TV credits, Turkel is perhaps best known for his role as Lloyd, the preternaturally calm, credit-extending bartender in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Technoblade, a popular YouTuber best known for his Minecraft videos, died about a year after he was diagnosed with cancer, according to his family. \u2014 Wilson Wong, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Records show the seller is Dan Goldfarb, a cannabis entrepreneur best known for founding Canna-Pet, which sells hemp products designed for animals. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"The son of a prominent family, Lapid has dabbled in acting, screenwriting, music and even amateur boxing, before becoming best known to the Israeli public as a journalist-turned-politician. \u2014 Hadas Gold, CNN , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Though best known for one poster, Mr. Skolnick had a varied career, designing books and a few film credit sequences as well as working in advertising. \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"His election suggests a continued preference for populist leaders among Filipinos \u2014 who were governed for the last six years by the tough-talking Rodrigo Duterte, best known internationally for a war on drugs that has left thousands dead. \u2014 Regine Cabato, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"But it may be best known, at least among families, for its summer camps, which include day and overnight camps. \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Though best known for one poster, Mr. Skolnick had a varied career, designing books and a few film credit sequences as well as working in advertising. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"For Reed, this was her first perfect 10 of her collegiate career\u2014before then, her personal best was a 9.975 on floor. \u2014 Essence , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Being at our absolute best may not even equate to wins. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Maybe the most surprised person in the stadium was Thompson-Herah, who didn\u2019t expect a personal best . \u2014 Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Your personal best was a little bit less than 26 feet. \u2014 Ben Shpigel, New York Times , 20 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Meanwhile, Andersen's throw was a mere 2 inches shy of Berry's personal best . \u2014 Eddie Pells, ajc , 27 June 2021",
|
|
"Shaheed captured the 100 in 11.68 seconds and the 200 in 24.07, the latter a personal best . \u2014 Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2021",
|
|
"But that 43-6.75 stood until the end, when Morgan topped her own personal best . \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 5 June 2021",
|
|
"Summer 2021 doesn\u2019t officially start for another week, but celebrities have already begun wearing their seasonal best . \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 24 May 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The Norwegian climber is attempting to best the record for ascents of all 14 8,000 meter peaks set in 2019 by Nirmal \u2018Nims\u2019 Purja. \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"All but one of the statewide contests have incumbent Democrats running for reelection, all of whom are expected to best their challengers in the primary and are favored to win reelection in November. \u2014 Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"Expect Porsche to best the last-gen GT2 RS\u2019s 6:43.3 time at the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"In Philadelphia, a high of 97 is forecast on Saturday, a mark that would best the previous record of 95 degrees standing since 1934. \u2014 Pedram Javaheri, CNN , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"In Idaho, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin failed to best the incumbent Republican governor for another term. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"No one was able to best Dixon's speed from the Fast 12 session. \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"No one was able to best Dixon's speed from the Fast 12 session. \u2014 Rob Peeters, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"The cask in this sale, which could yield 534 700 ml bottles, could best that. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Auxiliary verb",
|
|
"All but one of the statewide contests have incumbent Democrats running for reelection, all of whom are expected to best their challengers in the primary and are favored to win reelection in November. \u2014 Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"Expect Porsche to best the last-gen GT2 RS\u2019s 6:43.3 time at the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"No one was able to best Dixon's speed from the Fast 12 session. \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"No one was able to best Dixon's speed from the Fast 12 session. \u2014 Rob Peeters, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"In Philadelphia, a high of 97 is forecast on Saturday, a mark that would best the previous record of 95 degrees standing since 1934. \u2014 Pedram Javaheri, CNN , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"The Norwegian climber is attempting to best the record for ascents of all 14 8,000 meter peaks set in 2019 by Nirmal \u2018Nims\u2019 Purja. \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"The cask in this sale, which could yield 534 700 ml bottles, could best that. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"From 10 to 14 feet out, Paul shoots a hefty 56.9%, second only to Richaun Holmes, and only Kevin Durant, C.J. McCollum, LaMarcus Aldridge and Trae Young can best his 53.9% shooting from 14-19 feet. \u2014 Mark Deeks, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English best, beste, going back to Old English betst, best, (as weak adjective) betsta, betesta, going back to Germanic *batista-, superlative degree of the adjective seen in the comparative *batiz\u014dn better entry 1 , whence also Old Frisian best, b\u0113st \"best,\" Old Saxon betst, best, Old High German bezzisto, Old Icelandic beztr, baztr, Gothic batista":"Adjective",
|
|
"Middle English, going back to Old English betst, betest, derivative of betst, best best entry 1":"Adverb",
|
|
"Middle English, going back to Old English betste, derivative of betst, best":"Noun",
|
|
"derivative of best entry 1 , after better entry 2":"Verb",
|
|
"by ellipsis from had best":"Auxiliary verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
|
|
"1863, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
|
"1897, in the meaning defined above":"Auxiliary verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203507"
|
|
},
|
|
"best-ball":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": relating to or being a golf match in which one player competes against the best individual score of two or more players for each hole":[],
|
|
": four-ball":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bes(t)-\u02c8b\u022fl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212150"
|
|
},
|
|
"besieging":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to surround with armed forces":[
|
|
"The army had besieged the castle."
|
|
],
|
|
": to press with requests : importune":[
|
|
"\u2026 besieging the royal ministers with petitions \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 T. B. Costain",
|
|
"besieged by the media"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause worry or distress to : beset":[
|
|
"doubts besieged him"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8s\u0113j"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"leaguer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Customers have besieged the company with questions.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Russian forces continued to besiege the steel plant into Sunday with airstrikes; artillery bombardment; tank, drone and sniper fire, as well as infantry assaults, the fighters said. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"The British Defense Ministry says Russia\u2019s decision to besiege rather than attack the plant means many Russian units cannot be redeployed elsewhere in the country. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Experts say Russia may try to besiege Ukrainian forces by linking its troops in the north and the south. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Now in its second month, the war has turned into a grinding ordeal as Russian forces continue to besiege the north and south of Ukraine while counteroffensives have pushed Russian soldiers back from advancing on the capital, Kyiv. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"At the same time, an airlift would counter Russia\u2019s strategy to besiege the Ukrainian people, boost Ukrainian morale, and increase international efforts to aid Ukraine. \u2014 Douglas J. Feith And John Hannah, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"However, British defense officials reported Saturday that the Russian military continues to besiege a number of other major Ukrainian cities, including Chernihiv, which is located 91 miles from Kyiv. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Russia's forces have been heavily bombing Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv for days, with dozens of civilian deaths\u2014now, their terror is coming to besiege Kyiv. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But 73% of that immense fortune has now evaporated, and the tycoon will almost certainly lose even more as anxious creditors, suppliers and homebuyers besiege Evergrande\u2019s offices. \u2014 Yue Wang, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215312"
|
|
},
|
|
"best boy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the chief assistant to the gaffer in motion-picture or television production":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215716"
|
|
},
|
|
"best bib and tucker":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": best clothes":[
|
|
"\u2014 not often in formal use strutting in their best bib and tucker \u2014 C. G. Bowers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1747, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225604"
|
|
},
|
|
"best bower":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a ship's spare anchor about the same size as the bowers usually used and often about 15 percent heavier":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1647, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000853"
|
|
},
|
|
"best-case":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being, relating to, or based on a projection of future events that assumes only the best possible circumstances":[
|
|
"a best-case scenario"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bes(t)-\u02c8k\u0101s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014343"
|
|
},
|
|
"besom pocket":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pocket with a welted slit opening":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014622"
|
|
},
|
|
"best-kept secret":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": something very good that not many people know about":[
|
|
"This wine may be Australia's best-kept secret ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014727"
|
|
},
|
|
"besort":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to be suitable to":[],
|
|
": suitable company":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"be- + sort":"Transitive verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032250"
|
|
},
|
|
"bestead":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": situated":[],
|
|
": help":[],
|
|
": to be useful to : avail":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8sted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English bested , from be- + sted , past participle of steden to place, from stede place \u2014 more at stead entry 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"be- + stead":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
|
|
"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071600"
|
|
},
|
|
"best bet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": safest or most reliable course of action : surest means to a desired end : most advantageous approach : most satisfactory choice":[
|
|
"the pilot's best bet was to make an emergency landing",
|
|
"the best bet for stabilizing the national economy"
|
|
]
|
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},
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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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"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074428"
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},
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"besmirchment":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the action or an instance of besmirching : the condition of being besmirched":[
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"a besmirchment of all that had gone before",
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"\u2014 Richard Joseph"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02c8sm\u0259rch-m\u0259nt",
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"b\u0113-"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080219"
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},
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"besom moss":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": haircap moss":[]
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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":"20220709-080822"
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},
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"besmocked":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": wearing a smock":[
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"Swift we flew, with the wind before, and the dust behind, past wayside inns where besmocked figures paused in their grave discussions to turn and watch us by \u2026",
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"\u2014 Jeffery Farnol , The Broad Highway , 1911",
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"A gay Chanel drinks with her besmocked mannequins at traditional champagne party held after first showing of new fall and winter collection.",
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"\u2014 Life Magazine , 19 Aug. 1957",
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"Before us are bucolic landscapes, besmocked yokels contentedly reaping and sowing, during a generic once-upon-a-time.",
|
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"\u2014 Martin Coomer , Time Out , 6 Feb. 2008"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8sm\u00e4kt"
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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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"1858, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092020"
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},
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"besom":{
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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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"\u02c8b\u0113-z\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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"Middle English beseme , from Old English besma ; akin to Old High German besmo broom":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130356"
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},
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"besuited":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": wearing a suit":[
|
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"besuited businessmen",
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"By 1900, managers routinely entered the field of play, and uniforms were their standard dress. Besuited coaches, most notably Connie Mack, were seen as relics.",
|
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"\u2014 Sports Illustrated"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"bi-\u02c8s\u00fc-t\u0259d",
|
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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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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170743"
|
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},
|
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"besmog":{
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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 fill (an area) with smog":[
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"It has since fallen prey to the concrete tentacles of outward-thrusting San Jose, which has besmogged what was once a garden spot of the world.",
|
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"\u2014 Thomas Andrew Bailey , The American Pageant Revisited , 1982",
|
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"As a consequence of this increasing urban concentration, cities and their surroundings have become increasingly congested, cluttered, blighted and besmogged .",
|
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"\u2014 The President's Council on Recreation and Natural Beauty, From Sea to Shining Sea , 1968",
|
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"Pollution in Los Angeles is a serious health hazard, but how may the citizens of that besmogged metropolis sue",
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"\u2014 Ralph Nader , The Ralph Nader Reader , 2000"
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],
|
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": to obscure (something) as if with smog":[
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"The blurry line between television news and show business was further besmogged recently by a \"Special All-Star Issue\" of TV Guide, that drum beater for commercial television.",
|
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"\u2014 Walter Goodman , New York Times , 9 May 1996"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"bi-\u02c8sm\u00e4g",
|
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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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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1955, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223747"
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},
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"besmoke":{
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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 soil with smoke":[],
|
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": to fill with smoke":[],
|
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": to cure (meat, such as bacon) by smoking":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"bi-\u02c8sm\u014dk",
|
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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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"Middle English besmoken , from be- + smoken to smoke":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233115"
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},
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"besmudge":{
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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 soil or tarnish (someone or something) with or as if with a blurry spot or stain : smudge":[
|
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"She looked up at him, raising her swollen eyelids with a great effort, in a sorrowful expression of her drooping mouth, of her whole besmudged and tear-stained face.",
|
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"\u2014 Joseph Conrad , An Outcast of the Islands , 1896",
|
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"Just as she turned onto aisle 14 \u2026 she crossed the path of Button Bowles, the famous advertising genius, who announced he had secretly obtained her husband's favorite shirt and then proceeded to besmudge it with chocolate syrup and axle grease.",
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"\u2014 Tom Shales , Washington Post , 30 Oct. 1979",
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"Northrop's unpopularity besmudged Davis when the war began to go so badly for the South.",
|
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"\u2014 James M. McPherson , Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era , 2003",
|
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"Thomas Penn was most upset that his reputation as an honorable man had been besmudged by Sir William's insinuations.",
|
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"\u2014 Beth Fowkes Tobin , Picturing Imperial Power , 1999",
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"\u2026 the moralists pointed to his presumption as proof that money had so besmudged the polished brightwork of the American political machinery that the presidency had become an office as easily bought as a municipal judgeship or a seat in the United States Senate.",
|
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"\u2014 Lewis H. Lapham , Harper's , April 1996"
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"b\u0113-",
|
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"bi-\u02c8sm\u0259j"
|
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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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"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233502"
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},
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"besmirching":{
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully , soil":[
|
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"besmirching her reputation",
|
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"High ideals were besmirched by cruelty and greed \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 R. A. Newhall",
|
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"Although the accusations against Normand were unsupported, her name was besmirched .",
|
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"\u2014 John Lahr",
|
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"Darwin was exasperated by Wallace's gullibility and feared that his activities would somehow besmirch the theory of evolution.",
|
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"\u2014 Anthony Gottlieb",
|
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"The problem is that the vast majority of people of all nations \u2026 cherish their national myths too much to want mere facts, or even assertions of historical doubt, to besmirch them.",
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"\u2014 Max Hastings"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"bi-\u02c8sm\u0259rch",
|
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"b\u0113-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"befoul",
|
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"begrime",
|
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"bemire",
|
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"blacken",
|
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"daub",
|
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"dirty",
|
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"distain",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
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"mire",
|
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"muck",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
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"smudge",
|
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"soil",
|
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"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"clean",
|
|
"cleanse"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"inconsiderately besmirched the white bedsheets with their dirty feet",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Do Democrats want to unfairly besmirch the entire GOP with the Jan. 6 disgrace, while distracting voters from 8.6% inflation and $5-a-gallon gasoline? \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Imagine allowing a breed of humanity as vulgar as actors (wink-wink) to besmirch their palace beautiful. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"And a failure to fulfill the now apparently near-impossible tasks of evacuating all the Afghan translators, workers and fixers on whom the US relied and who now face Taliban retribution would besmirch America\u2019s conscience and global reputation. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 Aug. 2021",
|
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"In 14 minutes of chitchat with Nelson, the most (in)famous high school football coach in America managed to besmirch almost everything beloved in the South and, in doing so, ended up on administrative leave. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The head of the Suez Canal Authority at the time dismissed his remarks as an attempt to besmirch Egypt\u2019s reputation. \u2014 Rory Jones, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Yet Judge Sullivan chose to besmirch both the Barr effort and the judiciary by matching James Comey\u2019s FBI for Trump Derangement Syndrome. \u2014 Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"This culture of indifference is only reinforced when men such as Simmons receive carte blanche to publicly besmirch their accusers\u2014especially under the guise of social justice. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 2 July 2020",
|
|
"In what appears to be a shameless attempt to attract shoppers considering a crossover\u2014or those who are too rich to be seen in a Subaru Outback\u2014Mercedes-Benz has besmirched its once elegant E-class wagon with faux ruggedness. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 3 Mar. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050816"
|
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},
|
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"besot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": infatuate sense 2":[
|
|
"was besotted by her purely carnal attractions",
|
|
"\u2014 Times Literary Supplement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8s\u00e4t",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"be- + sot (to stultify)":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091219"
|
|
},
|
|
"bess-bug":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various gregarious flattened dark-colored beetles constituting a family (Passalidae) and living in decaying wood":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8bes-\u02ccb\u0259g"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably of imitative origin":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-093240"
|
|
},
|
|
"Bessarabia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"region of southeastern Europe between the Dniester and Prut rivers extending from the Black Sea north to Poland; now mostly in Moldova":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccbe-s\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-b\u0113-\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"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":"20220710-124629"
|
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},
|
|
"Bessel's day numbers":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": four numbers, A, B, C, D , constant for all stars, whose logarithms are tabulated for different dates and used in calculating the apparent change in right ascension and declination for any date from any date":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"after F. W. Bessel":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-130033"
|
|
},
|
|
"besoil":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to make very dirty":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8s\u022fi(-\u0259)l",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English besoilen , from be- + soilen to soil":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-160551"
|
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},
|
|
"Bessel function":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of a class of transcendental functions expressible as infinite series and occurring in the solution of the differential equation {latex}x^{2}\\frac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}} + x\\frac{dy}{dx} = (n^2 - x^2)y{/latex}":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8be-s\u0259l-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Friedrich W. Bessel \u20201846 Prussian astronomer":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1862, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-160558"
|
|
},
|
|
"besing":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to sing about : celebrate especially in song or poetry":[],
|
|
": to sing to":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"bi-\u02c8si\u014b",
|
|
"b\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"be- + sing":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-000427"
|
|
},
|
|
"best-laid plans":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the most carefully made plans":[
|
|
"Even the best-laid plans sometimes go wrong."
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"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":"20220711-021608"
|
|
},
|
|
"Besselian elements":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": mathematical-astronomical data employed by Bessel for facilitating precise prediction of a solar eclipse at any place on the earth":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8sel-y\u0259n-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"F. W. Bessel + English -ian":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-050844"
|
|
},
|
|
"besprinkle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": sprinkle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8spri\u014b-k\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"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 besprengeln , frequentative of besprengen":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-052839"
|
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},
|
|
"bestarred":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": decorated with stars":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0113-",
|
|
"bi-\u02c8st\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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"\u02c8be-s\u0259-m\u0259r"
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": not involving a firm commitment on the part of an underwriter to take up any unsold shares or bonds of an issue being underwritten":[]
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],
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": blister copper":[]
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"after H. Bessemer":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170008"
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"bestest":{
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"definitions":{
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": best":[
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"The fourth Thursday of November is definitely the bestest holiday. Food, Family, Friends and Football. \u2026 I most fondly remember the Thanksgivings of yesteryear.",
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"\u2014 Will Durst , Moderate Voice , 24 Nov. 2010"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8be-st\u0259st"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1751, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-183002"
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},
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"best foot":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one's most prepossessing or favor-winning appearance or traits":[
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"there was no reason for him to concentrate on putting his best foot forward",
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"\u2014 Hamilton Basso"
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]
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],
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"definitions":{
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": beslobber":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8sla-b\u0259r"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220618"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a cast iron that contains not more than 0.10 percent of phosphorus and is suitable for the manufacture of Bessemer steel by the acid process":[]
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},
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"after H. Bessemer":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-005904"
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},
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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 praise fulsomely":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"bi-\u02c8sl\u00e4-b\u0259r",
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"b\u0113-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030113"
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},
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"beslave":{
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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 address as a slave":[],
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": to fill with slaves":[]
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"be- + slave":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045013"
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to surround with armed forces":[
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"The army had besieged the castle."
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],
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": to press with requests : importune":[
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"\u2026 besieging the royal ministers with petitions \u2026",
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"\u2014 T. B. Costain",
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"besieged by the media"
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],
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": to cause worry or distress to : beset":[
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"doubts besieged him"
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]
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0113-",
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"bi-\u02c8s\u0113j"
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],
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"beleaguer",
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"blockade",
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"invest",
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"leaguer"
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],
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"Customers have besieged the company with questions.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Russian forces continued to besiege the steel plant into Sunday with airstrikes; artillery bombardment; tank, drone and sniper fire, as well as infantry assaults, the fighters said. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
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"The British Defense Ministry says Russia\u2019s decision to besiege rather than attack the plant means many Russian units cannot be redeployed elsewhere in the country. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Experts say Russia may try to besiege Ukrainian forces by linking its troops in the north and the south. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Now in its second month, the war has turned into a grinding ordeal as Russian forces continue to besiege the north and south of Ukraine while counteroffensives have pushed Russian soldiers back from advancing on the capital, Kyiv. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
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"At the same time, an airlift would counter Russia\u2019s strategy to besiege the Ukrainian people, boost Ukrainian morale, and increase international efforts to aid Ukraine. \u2014 Douglas J. Feith And John Hannah, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"However, British defense officials reported Saturday that the Russian military continues to besiege a number of other major Ukrainian cities, including Chernihiv, which is located 91 miles from Kyiv. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Russia's forces have been heavily bombing Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv for days, with dozens of civilian deaths\u2014now, their terror is coming to besiege Kyiv. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"But 73% of that immense fortune has now evaporated, and the tycoon will almost certainly lose even more as anxious creditors, suppliers and homebuyers besiege Evergrande\u2019s offices. \u2014 Yue Wang, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021"
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"definitions":{
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"bi-\u02c8st\u0101n",
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"b\u0113-"
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],
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},
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},
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"bi-\u02c8sl\u0259-b\u0259r",
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},
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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"\u02c8be-s\u0259-m\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111201"
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}
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