dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/sat_MW.json
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{
"SAT-chromosome":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a chromosome including the nucleolus organizer":[],
": a chromosome with one or more satellites":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"SAT abbreviation of New Latin Sine Acido Thymonucleico without thymonucleic acid":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce\u02ccs\u0101\u02c8t\u0113-",
"\u02c8sat-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084534",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"SATB":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"soprano, alto, tenor, bass":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-144757",
"type":[
"abbreviation"
]
},
"Satan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the angel who in Jewish belief is commanded by God to tempt humans to sin, to accuse the sinners, and to carry out God's punishment":[],
": the rebellious angel who in Christian belief is the adversary of God and lord of evil":[]
},
"examples":[
"some people believe that Satan can successfully tempt almost anyone with lies and flattery"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek, from Hebrew \u015b\u0101\u1e6d\u0101n adversary":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0101-t\u1d4an"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"archfiend",
"Beelzebub",
"devil",
"fiend",
"Lucifer",
"Old Nick",
"serpent"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114243",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Satan's mushroom":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large usually brownish yellow pore fungus ( Boletus satanus ) that occurs especially in open woodland and is reputedly somewhat poisonous":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033839",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"satang":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"a monetary subunit of the baht \u2014 see baht at Money Table":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Thai sata\u014b":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072500",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"satanic":{
"antonyms":[
"angelic",
"angelical"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by extreme cruelty or viciousness":[],
": of, relating to, or characteristic of Satan or satanism":[
"satanic pride",
"satanic rites"
]
},
"examples":[
"the cat's eyes reflected a satanic red in the dark",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There have been a number of other terrorism prosecutions and convictions in Great Britain linked by law enforcement to the Order of Nine Angles, and Parliament has been lobbied to ban the satanic cult as a domestic terror group. \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"Police blamed a satanic cult and its leader, Carl Drew, was captured and sent to prison for life without parole. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Manson rose to fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s with provocative music, a ghoulish appearance and twisted iconography: Hollywood glam meets Nazi symbolism meets satanic ritual. \u2014 Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Vandals desecrated the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado, on Sunday with satanic messages shortly before the morning Mass. \u2014 Jon Brown, Fox News , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Acquaintances unfriend adherents on Facebook, and in real life, after seeing one too many posts calling NASA a satanic psyop. \u2014 Kelly Weill, The Atlantic , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Other cases had no discernible partisan leanings or were driven by delusion or wild conspiracy theories, such as the belief embraced by QAnon that Democrats are part of a satanic cult. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Thoughtless by nature, barbarians think that universal health insurance is a satanic plot. \u2014 Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The murder of the building\u2019s owner and an aspiring real estate mogul decades earlier was attributed, at the time, to a cabal of teens enacting a satanic ritual. \u2014 Robert Rubsam, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1544, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0101-",
"s\u0259-\u02c8ta-nik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cacodemonic",
"demoniac",
"demoniacal",
"demonian",
"demonic",
"demonical",
"devilish",
"diabolical",
"diabolic",
"fiendish",
"Luciferian"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022218",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"satanical":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": satanic":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"satan + -ical":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0259\u0307k\u0259l",
"-n\u0113k-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035001",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"satanism":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": innate wickedness":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Melzer is not the first American soldier charged with plotting crimes inspired by satanism . \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"In the daily diet of propaganda that Russia feeds its citizens, Ukrainians are Nazis, Russian soldiers are liberators, Americans are schemers and Ukrainian forces are practitioners of satanism . \u2014 Michael Collins, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"Tweets mentioning satanism more than tripled from Nov. 7 through Nov. 9 compared with the prior three-day period, according to the Storyful analysis. \u2014 Neil Shah, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
"At first Day plays up the satanism angle and his interviews with several of the detectives who were on the case nudge the viewer in that direction. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2021",
"Some consumers mistook the collaboration as Nike\u2019s endorsement of satanism , the Monday lawsuit said, and boycotted the company as a result. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2021",
"The model determines the main layers of the narrative \u2013 in the case of Pizzagate, Democratic politics, the Podesta brothers, casual dining, satanism and WikiLeaks \u2013 and how the layers come together to form the narrative as a whole. \u2014 Timothy R. Tangherlini, The Conversation , 13 Nov. 2020",
"The slogan is not specific to Gaga, who only joined in campaign efforts on Nov. 2, and cannot prove that the star is a involved with satanism . \u2014 Devon Link, USA TODAY , 4 Nov. 2020",
"Trump on Wednesday praised a conspiracy-theory group that believes the president's political opponents support satanism and pedophilia. \u2014 Steve Peoples, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Aug. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0101-t\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202139",
"type":[
"noun",
"noun,"
]
},
"satanity":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": satanism":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"satan + -ity":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0101\u02c8tan\u0259t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185209",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"satanize":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to make satanic":[
"a thirst for blood is the characteristic of \u2026 satanized man",
"\u2014 Dublin Review"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"satan + -ize":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0101t\u1d4an\u02cc\u012bz",
"-t\u0259\u02ccn\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114246",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"satchel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small bag often with a shoulder strap":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa-ch\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Around his black satchel , the father carries a wreath of yellow and blue flowers, believed to bring safety. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 June 2022",
"Hadid paired her khaki stretch pants with chunky snakeskin heels, a muscle tank, a leather satchel , and tons of vintage-looking rings. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
"Blackwell reached into his satchel , took out a metal bottle and removed the cap during the exchange. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
"Blackwell reached into his satchel , took out an aluminum bottle and removed the cap during the exchange. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022",
"But the house specialty is Spaghetti in a Bag: pasta tossed in a sauce (pick among pesto, cacio e pepe and others) and served piping hot in an oversized parchment satchel . \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"In 1939, when the Polish radio advised all men and able-bodied women to run from the Nazis, cross the Praga Bridge, and walk to the section of Poland that belonged to Soviet Russia, Shosha packed a satchel and took the road toward Bialystok. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Think a skort that looks like a skirt or a convertible bag that can be worn as a backpack or a satchel . \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Video from the scene shows another man coming outside holding a baby and a satchel . \u2014 Jacques Billeaud And Terry Tang, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English sachel , from Anglo-French sachel, sacel , from Late Latin saccellum , diminutive of Latin sacculus , diminutive of saccus bag \u2014 more at sack":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-091200"
},
"satchel charge":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": several blocks of explosive usually taped to a board fitted with a rope or wire loop for use as a handle":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-153531"
},
"satd":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"saturated":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013134",
"type":[
"abbreviation"
]
},
"sate":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to appease by indulging to the full":[
"sate one's thirst"
],
": to cloy with overabundance : glut":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The meal was more than enough to sate his hunger.",
"The information sated their curiosity.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Vendors hawking chicken on a stick and other San Antonio delicacies were on hand to sate appetites of those who couldn\u2019t wait until they were admitted to the park. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 25 June 2022",
"The good news is that the restaurants and bars on site are happy to seat you and sate you until a bay opens up. \u2014 Michael Mcknight, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"And for those of you who love berries but not the idea of stirring them in pots with cups of sugar, here are a few other ideas to sate your appetite for the best fruits of late spring and early summer. \u2014 Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
"On the other end of the spectrum, some experiences sate our thirst and give us permission to cross similar journeys off our lists. \u2014 Jenny Earnest, Outside Online , 2 May 2020",
"Twitter feed have been able to sate themselves on Truth Social, a platform launched in February by one of Trump\u2019s companies. \u2014 Steve Coll, The New Yorker , 5 June 2022",
"Wine and food enthusiasts sate themselves with an agenda visiting dedicated makers and creatives who apply the honed skills of their respective crafts to elevating local and seasonal ingredients. \u2014 Jessica Ritz, Travel + Leisure , 6 May 2022",
"These titles will sate you until it\u2019s safe to travel again. \u2014 Heather Greenwood Davis, Outside Online , 15 Dec. 2020",
"That, coupled with rising output in countries including Canada and Brazil, should sate demand for oil, said Edward Morse, head of commodities research at Citigroup. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 31 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably by shortening & alteration from satiate":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sat",
"\u02c8s\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sate Verb satiate , sate , surfeit , cloy , pall , glut , gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire. years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel readers were sated with sensationalistic stories surfeit implies a nauseating repletion. surfeited themselves with junk food cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting. sentimental pictures that cloy after a while pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite. a life of leisure eventually begins to pall glut implies excess in feeding or supplying. a market glutted with diet books gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking. gorged themselves with chocolate",
"synonyms":[
"cram",
"glut",
"gorge",
"stuff",
"surfeit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171627",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sated":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to appease by indulging to the full":[
"sate one's thirst"
],
": to cloy with overabundance : glut":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The meal was more than enough to sate his hunger.",
"The information sated their curiosity.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Vendors hawking chicken on a stick and other San Antonio delicacies were on hand to sate appetites of those who couldn\u2019t wait until they were admitted to the park. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 25 June 2022",
"The good news is that the restaurants and bars on site are happy to seat you and sate you until a bay opens up. \u2014 Michael Mcknight, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"And for those of you who love berries but not the idea of stirring them in pots with cups of sugar, here are a few other ideas to sate your appetite for the best fruits of late spring and early summer. \u2014 Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
"On the other end of the spectrum, some experiences sate our thirst and give us permission to cross similar journeys off our lists. \u2014 Jenny Earnest, Outside Online , 2 May 2020",
"Twitter feed have been able to sate themselves on Truth Social, a platform launched in February by one of Trump\u2019s companies. \u2014 Steve Coll, The New Yorker , 5 June 2022",
"Wine and food enthusiasts sate themselves with an agenda visiting dedicated makers and creatives who apply the honed skills of their respective crafts to elevating local and seasonal ingredients. \u2014 Jessica Ritz, Travel + Leisure , 6 May 2022",
"These titles will sate you until it\u2019s safe to travel again. \u2014 Heather Greenwood Davis, Outside Online , 15 Dec. 2020",
"That, coupled with rising output in countries including Canada and Brazil, should sate demand for oil, said Edward Morse, head of commodities research at Citigroup. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 31 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably by shortening & alteration from satiate":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sat",
"\u02c8s\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sate Verb satiate , sate , surfeit , cloy , pall , glut , gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire. years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel readers were sated with sensationalistic stories surfeit implies a nauseating repletion. surfeited themselves with junk food cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting. sentimental pictures that cloy after a while pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite. a life of leisure eventually begins to pall glut implies excess in feeding or supplying. a market glutted with diet books gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking. gorged themselves with chocolate",
"synonyms":[
"cram",
"glut",
"gorge",
"stuff",
"surfeit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000855",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sateen":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a smooth durable lustrous fabric usually made of cotton in satin weave":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Filled with natural latex and organic cotton and surrounded by a cotton sateen cover, this pillow feels extremely plush and cozy to the touch. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
"Its outer cover is a cotton sateen with double stitching around the hem to make sure the down doesn't poke through during use. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"And its 100 percent sateen microfiber cover provides a cushy cradle for your head and neck. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"Choose from linen, sateen , and percale fabrics to upgrade your bedding game. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Choose from linen, sateen , and percale fabrics to upgrade your bedding game. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Choose from linen, sateen , and percale fabrics to upgrade your bedding game. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Choose from linen, sateen , and percale fabrics to upgrade your bedding game. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Choose from linen, sateen , and percale fabrics to upgrade your bedding game. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 28 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of satin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"sa-\u02c8t\u0113n",
"s\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014030",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sateen weave":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": satin weave used on cotton fabrics":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072528",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sateenwood":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a yellow satiny wood derived from an Amazonian tree ( Euxylophora paraensis ) of the family Rutaceae and widely used in Brazil in combination with acapu for parquetry":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"sateen + wood":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120245",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"satiable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": capable of being appeased or satisfied":[
"satiable curiosity"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vladimir Putin does not seem the appeasable or satiable type. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 9 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1536, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0101-sh\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215337",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"satiate":{
"antonyms":[
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satisfy",
"slake"
],
"definitions":{
": filled to satiety":[],
": to satisfy (a need, a desire, etc.) fully or to excess":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a couple of satiate dinner guests had ensconced themselves on the living room sofa",
"Verb",
"a long drink of water at last satiated my thirst",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As numerous breweries in Colorado and throughout the country concentrate on brewing IPAs to satiate hops-mad consumers, Denver\u2019s Seedstock Brewing Company has gone retro. \u2014 Gary Stoller, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Sunny days also send more seafood seekers to the emerging waterfront neighborhoods Harbor East and Harbor Point to satiate crab cake cravings at places like the stylish Blk Swan. \u2014 Shuran Huang, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Exhibitors attempt to satiate that level of excitement by setting aside a majority of screens, which is the kind of saturation that allows a film to hit an opening weekend figure north of $150 million in the first place. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 10 May 2022",
"There is one option to satiate fans that definitely won\u2019t be explored \u2014 rounding up replacement players, as the owners did back in the spring of 1995 when MLB players were on strike, and getting through the spring with fake teams. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"With the Crocker Park location in Westlake, Vergara and Co. will have the West Side covered while Willoughby will satiate food and drink cravings on the East Side. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Anyone in the Brooklyn area who is dying for a Galley Boy \u2013 or wants to know what one is \u2013 now can satiate their craving. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022",
"There is a silver lining, though: this recent crop of sports cars will at least satiate the desires and wants of performance die-hards and muscle car fans. \u2014 Morgan Korn, ABC News , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Those looking to satiate their post-sauna hunger can preorder a picnic lunch at the time of booking. \u2014 Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin satiatus , past participle of satiare , from satis enough \u2014 more at sad":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0101-sh(\u0113-)\u0259t",
"\u02c8s\u0101-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for satiate Verb satiate , sate , surfeit , cloy , pall , glut , gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire. years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel readers were sated with sensationalistic stories surfeit implies a nauseating repletion. surfeited themselves with junk food cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting. sentimental pictures that cloy after a while pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite. a life of leisure eventually begins to pall glut implies excess in feeding or supplying. a market glutted with diet books gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking. gorged themselves with chocolate",
"synonyms":[
"full",
"replete",
"sated",
"satiated",
"stuffed",
"surfeited"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023214",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"satiated":{
"antonyms":[
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satisfy",
"slake"
],
"definitions":{
": filled to satiety":[],
": to satisfy (a need, a desire, etc.) fully or to excess":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a couple of satiate dinner guests had ensconced themselves on the living room sofa",
"Verb",
"a long drink of water at last satiated my thirst",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As numerous breweries in Colorado and throughout the country concentrate on brewing IPAs to satiate hops-mad consumers, Denver\u2019s Seedstock Brewing Company has gone retro. \u2014 Gary Stoller, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Sunny days also send more seafood seekers to the emerging waterfront neighborhoods Harbor East and Harbor Point to satiate crab cake cravings at places like the stylish Blk Swan. \u2014 Shuran Huang, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Exhibitors attempt to satiate that level of excitement by setting aside a majority of screens, which is the kind of saturation that allows a film to hit an opening weekend figure north of $150 million in the first place. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 10 May 2022",
"There is one option to satiate fans that definitely won\u2019t be explored \u2014 rounding up replacement players, as the owners did back in the spring of 1995 when MLB players were on strike, and getting through the spring with fake teams. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"With the Crocker Park location in Westlake, Vergara and Co. will have the West Side covered while Willoughby will satiate food and drink cravings on the East Side. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Anyone in the Brooklyn area who is dying for a Galley Boy \u2013 or wants to know what one is \u2013 now can satiate their craving. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022",
"There is a silver lining, though: this recent crop of sports cars will at least satiate the desires and wants of performance die-hards and muscle car fans. \u2014 Morgan Korn, ABC News , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Those looking to satiate their post-sauna hunger can preorder a picnic lunch at the time of booking. \u2014 Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"Latin satiatus , past participle of satiare , from satis enough \u2014 more at sad":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8s\u0101-sh(\u0113-)\u0259t",
"\u02c8s\u0101-sh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for satiate Verb satiate , sate , surfeit , cloy , pall , glut , gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire. years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel readers were sated with sensationalistic stories surfeit implies a nauseating repletion. surfeited themselves with junk food cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting. sentimental pictures that cloy after a while pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite. a life of leisure eventually begins to pall glut implies excess in feeding or supplying. a market glutted with diet books gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking. gorged themselves with chocolate",
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"full",
"replete",
"sated",
"satiated",
"stuffed",
"surfeited"
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": the revulsion or disgust caused by overindulgence or excess":[]
},
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"eating beyond the point of satiety",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The service received top scores for portion sizes and satiety of meals too. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"And fat is known to help prolong feelings of long-term satiety , as SELF has reported. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 30 Apr. 2022",
"If satiety is important to you, Lydon recommends opting for brands and products that are rich in protein and fiber. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Plus, these fiber-rich foods, which are great for satiety , also don\u2019t provide as much easily-accessible energy as quick carbs do, says Dunn. \u2014 SELF , 5 Apr. 2022",
"One reason is the impact lack of sleep has on two key hormones that control hunger and satiety : ghrelin and leptin. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
"This is partially because protein and fat generate a greater feeling of satiety and reduction in appetite. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 7 Feb. 2022",
"If performing a procedure is more about satiety and not quality. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"In addition to packing in muscle-building protein, this nutrient has been found to lower the risk of heart disease and increase satiety . \u2014 Amy Schlinger, Health.com , 10 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle French satiet\u00e9 , from Latin satietat-, satietas , from satis":""
},
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"s\u0259-\u02c8t\u012b-\u0259-t\u0113",
"also \u02c8s\u0101-sh(\u0113-)\u0259-",
"s\u0259-\u02c8t\u012b-\u0259t-\u0113 also \u02c8s\u0101-sh(\u0113-)\u0259t-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121838",
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"dim",
"dull",
"flat",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt"
],
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": made of or covered with satin":[],
": suggestive of satin especially in smooth lustrous appearance or sleekness to touch":[]
},
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"Noun",
"a dress made of satin",
"Adjective",
"the satin petals of a rose",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Get a satin finish with this rich and creamy formula. \u2014 Daisy Maldonado, SELF , 16 June 2022",
"The Silk Canvas to weightlessly nourish, blur, protect, and prime\u2014or, the French beauty favorite Embryolisse cream to restore skin moisture and leave a satin finish. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"If the event is a black-tie affair, slip into a black jumpsuit with a satin finish or small accents like ruffles to stay on theme. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 2 June 2022",
"Constructed of mahogany with a pretty French blue satin finish, the chairs feature high backs, square arms, and angled back legs. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Amp up the glam for prom by opting for a corset with a satin finish. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The dial of the Broadsword Jet has the same black satin finish as the case. \u2014 Matthew Catellier, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Find options in whimsical floral prints or in solid shades; styles made from lace and linen to silk and satin . \u2014 Julie Tong, Vogue , 28 May 2022",
"Lennix also had a pink satin hair bow around her head in all the pictures except the last, which showed off her full head of dark hair. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Diana also paired her turquoise gown with matching satin pumps. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 23 June 2022",
"Satin is a weave, so many silk fabrics are also satin . \u2014 Andrea Jordan, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"Right-hand makeup artist, Alexx Mayo, chose to pair her pink lips with a satin -finish nude eye shadow while defining the crease with undertones of purple. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 15 June 2022",
"Leto rocked a white satin suit for the night out, paired with an unbuttoned sheer lavender shirt underneath. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"This satin maxi dress will turn heads at an elegant evening affair. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"Kendall was photographed holding hands with the basketball player while wearing a little black strapless dress with a satin bodice and sheer skirt. \u2014 Glamour , 21 May 2022",
"One of my tricks, at busiest times, is to not completely unpack but to keep my toiletries in clear bags, and some basics (like my performance shoes, jewelry, and a little satin bag of undergarments) sitting in a suitcase on the floor. \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Available in a variety of colors and patterns, these satin pillowcases are gentle on hair (but tough enough to handle the washing machine) and come in a set of two. \u2014 Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, probably from Arabic zayt\u016bn\u012b , literally, of Zayt\u016bn, seaport in China during the Middle Ages":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8sa-t\u1d4an"
],
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"buffed",
"burnished",
"glistening",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"satiny",
"sleek"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002155",
"type":[
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"noun"
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},
"satiny":{
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"dim",
"dull",
"flat",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt"
],
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": having or resembling the soft usually lustrous smoothness of satin":[
"a satiny finish"
]
},
"examples":[
"There's a satiny feel to the material.",
"the satiny short coat of an Arabian horse",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This bottling is a unique single vineyard expression with satiny black cherry fruit, structure and seamless tannins that together deliver purity and complexity. \u2014 Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Crisp romaine, toasted croutons and a satiny , garlicky dressing are the key elements of a perfect Caesar salad. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Reach for Merit\u2019s satiny lipstick for sheer, buildable color no matter the occasion. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
"Crisp romaine, toasted croutons and a satiny , garlicky dressing are the key elements of a perfect Caesar salad. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Crisp romaine, toasted croutons and a satiny , garlicky dressing are the key elements of a perfect Caesar salad. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"Giorgio Armani's luxurious foundation balm glides over skin to give full satiny coverage that blurs pores, redness, spots and uneven texture. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"Sophie wore a green bomber jacket and paired it with a black tee, jeans, and sneakers; Joe has worn this style countless times over the years, including a classic khaki-green style and even a satiny -pink style, too. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
"Child used Chocolate ColorStay Lip Liner, a lovely satiny brown. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 3 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1693, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa-t\u1d4an-\u0113",
"\u02c8sat-n\u0113"
],
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"buffed",
"burnished",
"glistening",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"satin",
"sleek"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173210",
"type":[
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},
"satire":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn":[],
": trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly":[]
},
"examples":[
"By contrast, Martial's friend, Juvenal, learned to transmute Martial's epigrammatic wit into savage satire . Juvenal's fierce, if occasionally obscene, tirades against immorality fit easily into the propaganda of the new era. \u2014 G. W. Bowersock , New York Review of Books , 26 Feb. 2009",
"Unlike late-night talk shows that traffic in Hollywood interviews and stupid pet tricks, \"The Daily Show\" is a fearless social satire . Not many comedy shows would dare do five minutes on the intricacies of medicare or a relentlessly cheeky piece on President George W. Bush's Thanksgiving trip to Iraq \u2026 \u2014 Marc Peyser , Newsweek , 29 Dec. 2003 - 5 Jan. 2004",
"Saturday Night Live alum Bill Murray stars in this film about Army basic training, and it features Second City TV veterans John Candy and Harold Ramis. Director Ivan Reitman co-produced Animal House. Do not, however, expect a devastating satire on the military; this film is so innocuous that the Defense Department let Reitman use Fort Knox, Ky. to make it. \u2014 People , 27 July 1981",
"His movies are known for their use of satire .",
"The movie is a political satire .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s no place like home in a second season of this small-town satire starring Ed Helms. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"There\u2019s no place like home in a second season of this small-town satire starring Ed Helms. \u2014 Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"That\u2019s why Hollywood has not produced a media satire that stings. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 June 2022",
"Long far too nervous in this arena, Second City finally is coming (again) to the realization that satire has to go after cultural power and the left now has plenty of that power, at least in certain institutions and locations. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Five years after snatching the 2017 Palme d\u2019Or for The Square, Ruben \u00d6stlund is back in Cannes with another biting satire on the human condition. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 May 2022",
"Set in the world of fashion, this satire follows a pair of models, Carl and Yaya, as they become stranded on a desert island with a group of billionaires and a cleaning lady. \u2014 Sheena Scott, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"The Cannes Film Festival celebrated its 75th anniversary this year and its big prize, the Palme d\u2019Or, was awarded to Ruben Ostlund\u2019s , a satire of modern capitalism. \u2014 Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone , 28 May 2022",
"After comedian Michelle Wolf\u2019s sharp satire sparked controversy in 2018, the event the following year featured historian Ron Chernow. \u2014 Farnoush Amiri And Will Weissert, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin satura, satira , perhaps from ( lanx ) satura dish of mixed ingredients, from feminine of satur well-fed; akin to Latin satis enough \u2014 more at sad":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa-\u02cct\u012br",
"\u02c8sa-\u02cct\u012b(-\u0259)r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for satire wit , humor , irony , sarcasm , satire , repartee mean a mode of expression intended to arouse amusement. wit suggests the power to evoke laughter by remarks showing verbal felicity or ingenuity and swift perception especially of the incongruous. a playful wit humor implies an ability to perceive the ludicrous, the comical, and the absurd in human life and to express these usually without bitterness. a sense of humor irony applies to a manner of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is seemingly expressed. the irony of the title sarcasm applies to expression frequently in the form of irony that is intended to cut or wound. given to heartless sarcasm satire applies to writing that exposes or ridicules conduct, doctrines, or institutions either by direct criticism or more often through irony, parody, or caricature. a satire on the Congress repartee implies the power of answering quickly, pointedly, or wittily. a dinner guest noted for repartee",
"synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"pasquinade"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055823",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"satiric":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": manifesting or given to satire":[],
": of, relating to, or constituting satire":[
"satiric writers"
]
},
"examples":[
"a satiric story about the movie business",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The musical score by Max Avery Lichtenstein goes into faintly satiric heist-movie mode at some awkward junctures. \u2014 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The creative team has produced a series that, based on the first seven episodes, begins with almost satiric tones of dark humor and evolves into something darker and more intense. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The music is jubilant but the lyrics are satiric poison. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"His company, Citizen Brick, founded a dozen years ago, makes largely underground, nearly clandestine, often satiric , very limited edition quasi-Lego minifigures and playsets. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Now, with 13 albums under its belt, Destroyer is a legacy act, and Bejar has largely stuck to his formula of satiric lyrics and new-wave sonics that fans are well familiar with at this point. \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Despite its bawdy- satiric tone\u2014and an outrageous scene in which Tommy has a conversation with his love appendage\u2014the show is firmly on the lovers' side. \u2014 Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Fellowes and his collaborators instead seem focused on maintaining a light, satiric touch. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Jan. 2022",
"This darkly satiric novel examines how a nation exploits its own trauma. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"s\u0259-\u02c8tir-ik"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for satiric sarcastic , satiric , ironic , sardonic mean marked by bitterness and a power or will to cut or sting. sarcastic implies an intentional inflicting of pain by deriding, taunting, or ridiculing. a critic known for his sarcastic remarks satiric implies that the intent of the ridiculing is censure and reprobation. a satiric look at contemporary society ironic implies an attempt to be amusing or provocative by saying usually the opposite of what is meant. made the ironic observation that the government could always be trusted sardonic implies scorn, mockery, or derision that is manifested by either verbal or facial expression. surveyed the scene with a sardonic smile",
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"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204530",
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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": of, relating to, or constituting satire":[
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]
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"a satiric story about the movie business",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The musical score by Max Avery Lichtenstein goes into faintly satiric heist-movie mode at some awkward junctures. \u2014 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The creative team has produced a series that, based on the first seven episodes, begins with almost satiric tones of dark humor and evolves into something darker and more intense. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The music is jubilant but the lyrics are satiric poison. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"His company, Citizen Brick, founded a dozen years ago, makes largely underground, nearly clandestine, often satiric , very limited edition quasi-Lego minifigures and playsets. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Now, with 13 albums under its belt, Destroyer is a legacy act, and Bejar has largely stuck to his formula of satiric lyrics and new-wave sonics that fans are well familiar with at this point. \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Despite its bawdy- satiric tone\u2014and an outrageous scene in which Tommy has a conversation with his love appendage\u2014the show is firmly on the lovers' side. \u2014 Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Fellowes and his collaborators instead seem focused on maintaining a light, satiric touch. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Jan. 2022",
"This darkly satiric novel examines how a nation exploits its own trauma. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"s\u0259-\u02c8tir-ik"
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"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
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"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052522",
"type":[
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"adverb"
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"antonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181859",
"type":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-150416",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-142413",
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"examples":[
"social satirists of the American Dream",
"the great British satirist , Jonathan Swift",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Harrison hitches his bespoke wagon to that star, and the resulting scandal shows how deftly Korelitz moves as a satirist , feinting in one direction and then delivering a knockout blow in the other. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"The Square won the Palme d\u2019Or, the Swedish satirist is back with an ambitious dramedy skewering the world of high fashion and global capitalism. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"The sharp-toothed satirist \u2019s conservatism wasn\u2019t doctrinaire, our critic writes. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Because her humor has plenty of bite to it, Lebowitz is often compared to Dorothy Parker, the early 20th Century satirist and a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. \u2014 David Lyman, The Enquirer , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Robinson was an only-in-San-Francisco character who made a pile by being the first man to harvest eggs on the Farallon Islands, then became the town\u2019s first theater impresario and its first topical satirist . \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The conservative satirist kept his sharp wit at the ready to puncture political folly\u2014but his generous vision of his fellow Americans betrayed a big heart. \u2014 Dave Shiflett, WSJ , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Well, Ishmael, in making that statement, fulfills his obligation as a satirist , as a gadfly, as the court jester. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Saul, an architect and after-hours satirist , was pragmatic and wisecracking about the whole thing. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1566, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105810",
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": to utter or write satire":[]
},
"examples":[
"The book satirizes contemporary life.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jodie will satirize workplace culture, social media, the difficulties that members of Generation Z face on a constant basis, and so much more. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 16 May 2022",
"More often than not, the show strives to satirize several different marks rather than home in on a single point. \u2014 Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic , 8 May 2022",
"The movie is one big homage to Cage in which the actor somehow manages to both satirize perceptions of himself and act out those personas sincerely. \u2014 cleveland , 22 Apr. 2022",
"As long as the next Twitter can mercilessly satirize twits and embolden subcultures, Musk can\u2019t kill it. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Mainstream Hollywood still can\u2019t satirize Obama, so Joel Coen goes against his own artistic instincts. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Called Dogecoin, it was intended to satirize the cryptocurrency market. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"If the idea is to satirize Guy-Claude\u2019s interest in Aline, the movie is onto something \u2014 maybe. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Here Duncan summarizes several literary skirmishes that took place in the late 1600s and early 1700s in which a writer created an index to a rival\u2019s work in order to satirize or ridicule it. \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1616, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224850",
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"verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181000",
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"definitions":{
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081848",
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"noun"
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"discontentment",
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"dissatisfaction",
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": reparation for sin that meets the demands of divine justice":[],
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": vindication":[]
},
"examples":[
"He gets great satisfaction from volunteering.",
"the satisfaction of a job well done",
"There is some satisfaction in knowing I was right.",
"She finds a certain satisfaction in helping others.",
"the satisfaction of his deep craving for love",
"I complained to the manager about the poor service but did not get any satisfaction .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"HBO Max leads in satisfaction for the quality of original content and variety of original content. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 28 June 2022",
"That often translates into decreases in patient satisfaction and clinical outcome metrics. \u2014 Jacob Kupietzky, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Unemployment during the pandemic is associated with a 12% decline in life satisfaction and a 9% increase in negative effect globally. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
"Metro\u2019s reduced service levels have led to decreases in customer satisfaction , according to the agency\u2019s latest performance report released this week. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"But this year, every category in the index saw a decrease in satisfaction , with eight of the nine categories reaching all-time lows. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Barbra Rabson, president of Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, a nonprofit that conducts the annual survey, said the increase in satisfaction was remarkable for a year when the pandemic disrupted lives and hampered access to health care. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The ranking, developed by the Drucker Institute, measures corporate effectiveness by examining performance in customer satisfaction , employee engagement and development, innovation, social responsibility and financial strength. \u2014 WSJ , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Park district officials said a focus on competitive compensation and providing staff with the resources needed to assist residents and patrons has play a big role in employee satisfaction , the release said. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 3 Feb. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin satisfaction-, satisfactio , from Latin, reparation, amends, from satisfacere to satisfy":""
},
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"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"gladness",
"gratification",
"happiness",
"pleasure",
"relish"
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"a satisfactory performance"
]
},
"examples":[
"The job requires a satisfactory level of performance.",
"Results are less satisfactory than had been anticipated.",
"He gave a satisfactory account of how the accident had happened.",
"The movie was brought to a satisfactory close.",
"His work has been satisfactory , but not outstanding.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Non-mask wearers can book specific times, but that isn\u2019t satisfactory to some. \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2022",
"How will all this lead to an end-state that is satisfactory to both sides",
"Investors are nervous about whether the rate curve will be satisfactory . \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"That would be considered satisfactory condition on the National Bridge Inventory\u2019s rating scale. \u2014 Scott Calvert, WSJ , 17 June 2021",
"San Diego is launching a $10 million effort to complete risk assessments of all nine of the city\u2019s aging dams \u2014 only three of which are considered in satisfactory condition. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2021",
"Explanations of the discrepancy are varied, but none is very satisfactory . \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 14 May 2022",
"But compromises can be less satisfactory than more consistent alternatives. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Bridges considered in what the federal program deems fair or satisfactory condition \u2014 some signs of deterioration or minor loss or cracking \u2014 are rated 5 or 6. \u2014 Claudia Lauer, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Jan. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccsa-t\u0259s-\u02c8fak-t\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02ccsa-t\u0259s-\u02c8fak-t(\u0259-)r\u0113"
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"good",
"hunky-dory",
"jake",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatable"
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"unsatisfactory"
],
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"a satisfactory performance"
]
},
"examples":[
"The job requires a satisfactory level of performance.",
"Results are less satisfactory than had been anticipated.",
"He gave a satisfactory account of how the accident had happened.",
"The movie was brought to a satisfactory close.",
"His work has been satisfactory , but not outstanding.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Non-mask wearers can book specific times, but that isn\u2019t satisfactory to some. \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2022",
"How will all this lead to an end-state that is satisfactory to both sides",
"Investors are nervous about whether the rate curve will be satisfactory . \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"That would be considered satisfactory condition on the National Bridge Inventory\u2019s rating scale. \u2014 Scott Calvert, WSJ , 17 June 2021",
"San Diego is launching a $10 million effort to complete risk assessments of all nine of the city\u2019s aging dams \u2014 only three of which are considered in satisfactory condition. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2021",
"Explanations of the discrepancy are varied, but none is very satisfactory . \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 14 May 2022",
"But compromises can be less satisfactory than more consistent alternatives. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Bridges considered in what the federal program deems fair or satisfactory condition \u2014 some signs of deterioration or minor loss or cracking \u2014 are rated 5 or 6. \u2014 Claudia Lauer, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Jan. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02ccsa-t\u0259s-\u02c8fak-t\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02ccsa-t\u0259s-\u02c8fak-t(\u0259-)r\u0113"
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"all right",
"alright",
"copacetic",
"copasetic",
"copesetic",
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"fine",
"good",
"hunky-dory",
"jake",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatable"
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"disagreeable",
"unsatisfactory"
],
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"a satisfactory performance"
]
},
"examples":[
"The job requires a satisfactory level of performance.",
"Results are less satisfactory than had been anticipated.",
"He gave a satisfactory account of how the accident had happened.",
"The movie was brought to a satisfactory close.",
"His work has been satisfactory , but not outstanding.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Non-mask wearers can book specific times, but that isn\u2019t satisfactory to some. \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2022",
"How will all this lead to an end-state that is satisfactory to both sides",
"Investors are nervous about whether the rate curve will be satisfactory . \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"That would be considered satisfactory condition on the National Bridge Inventory\u2019s rating scale. \u2014 Scott Calvert, WSJ , 17 June 2021",
"San Diego is launching a $10 million effort to complete risk assessments of all nine of the city\u2019s aging dams \u2014 only three of which are considered in satisfactory condition. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2021",
"Explanations of the discrepancy are varied, but none is very satisfactory . \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 14 May 2022",
"But compromises can be less satisfactory than more consistent alternatives. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Bridges considered in what the federal program deems fair or satisfactory condition \u2014 some signs of deterioration or minor loss or cracking \u2014 are rated 5 or 6. \u2014 Claudia Lauer, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Jan. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02ccsa-t\u0259s-\u02c8fak-t\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02ccsa-t\u0259s-\u02c8fak-t(\u0259-)r\u0113"
],
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"agreeable",
"all right",
"alright",
"copacetic",
"copasetic",
"copesetic",
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"fine",
"good",
"hunky-dory",
"jake",
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1638, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8sa-t\u0259s-\u02ccf\u012b-\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042555",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"satisfied":{
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": paid in full":[
"\u2026 on repayment the term becomes a satisfied term and automatically ceases.",
"\u2014 Robert Megarry et al."
],
": persuaded by argument or evidence":[
"But he was not rude, for as soon as he was satisfied that the papers would remain with him he became almost subservient \u2026",
"\u2014 James A. Michener"
],
": pleased or content with what has been experienced or received":[
"satisfied customers",
"a satisfied smile",
"It attracted a capacity audience of art world luminaries and suburban bankers or whoever they were in their tuxedos and jewels and wild satisfied looks of feeling they were at just the right place that opening evening in Manhattan.",
"\u2014 Jill Johnston"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1772, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
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"\u02c8sa-t\u0259s-\u02ccf\u012bd"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001049",
"type":[
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]
},
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": to gratify to the full : appease":[],
": to make happy : please":[],
": to make reparation to (an injured party) : indemnify":[],
": to make true by fulfilling a condition":[
"values that satisfy an equation",
"satisfy a hypothesis"
],
": to meet a financial obligation to":[],
": to put an end to (doubt or uncertainty) : dispel":[]
},
"examples":[
"Nothing satisfies her so much as doing a good job.",
"The movie's ending failed to satisfy audiences.",
"His curiosity was satisfied by their explanation.",
"They have satisfied themselves that the story is only a rumor.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then the number of CFP teams will remain at four, jump to 12, or CFP officials could satisfy the eternal wishes of Mississippi State Mike Leach by exploding the field t0 64. \u2014 Terence Moore, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Here are a handful of road trip and vacation ideas in Kentucky that won't break the bank but will still satisfy a bit of your summer wanderlust. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
"Interviewed by National Defense magazine in an article published Wednesday, Sharapov said no single supplier could satisfy Ukraine\u2019s needs alone. \u2014 Andrea Rosa And Jamey Keaten, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
"From the outdoorsman to the man who works in the office, there is a cologne that will satisfy your favorite guy\u2019s scent palette. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 15 June 2022",
"But as employers like Apple, Tesla, and Google push for more in-person office days\u2014as the letter suggests\u2014there\u2019s a compromise that could satisfy both groups. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 9 June 2022",
"But Novavax, which has never brought a vaccine through the licensure process before and which didn\u2019t own a production plant when the pandemic began, has struggled mightily to manufacture its product with a consistency that would satisfy the FDA. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 8 June 2022",
"Coach, Gucci, Jimmy Choo and Rolex stores are among the highlights, while restaurants like Nobu and Ocean 44 satisfy fine diners. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
"Play and social connection are universal needs which video games satisfy in unique ways. \u2014 Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes , 1 June 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English satisfien , from Anglo-French satisfier , modification of Latin satisfacere , from satis enough + facere to do, make \u2014 more at sad , do":""
},
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"\u02c8sa-t\u0259s-\u02ccf\u012b"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for satisfy pay , compensate , remunerate , satisfy , reimburse , indemnify , repay , recompense mean to give money or its equivalent in return for something. pay implies the discharge of an obligation incurred. paid their bills compensate implies a making up for services rendered. an attorney well compensated for her services remunerate clearly suggests paying for services rendered and may extend to payment that is generous or not contracted for. promised to remunerate the searchers handsomely satisfy implies paying a person what is required by law. all creditors will be satisfied in full reimburse implies a return of money that has been spent for another's benefit. reimbursed employees for expenses indemnify implies making good a loss suffered through accident, disaster, warfare. indemnified the families of the dead miners repay stresses paying back an equivalent in kind or amount. repay a favor with a favor recompense suggests due return in amends, friendly repayment, or reward. passengers were recompensed for the delay",
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"sate",
"satiate",
"slake"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010617",
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"a highly satisfying result/experience",
"a satisfying meal",
"No pig ever had truer friends, and he realized that friendship is one of the most satisfying things in the world.",
"\u2014 E. B. White"
]
},
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"circa 1616, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8sa-t\u0259s-\u02ccf\u012b-i\u014b"
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"adjective",
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"a highly satisfying result/experience",
"a satisfying meal",
"No pig ever had truer friends, and he realized that friendship is one of the most satisfying things in the world.",
"\u2014 E. B. White"
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"circa 1616, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174045",
"type":[
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"saturate":{
"antonyms":[
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"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
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"dripping",
"logged",
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"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
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"washed",
"water-soaked",
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"waterlogged",
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"\u2014 Newgate Callendar"
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"water saturated with salt"
]
},
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"Verb",
"Saturate the sponge with water.",
"Images of the war saturated the news.",
"Their new products are saturating the market.",
"Adjective",
"the test will only work if the sample cloth is saturate with solution",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For many, the emotional and financial stress grew exponentially as their ability to buffer dropped, enabling stressors to saturate their babies\u2019 spongey brains. \u2014 USA Today , 9 June 2022",
"Just saturate your hair, leave it in for three minutes, and discover your new \u2019do. \u2014 ELLE , 17 May 2022",
"This simple formula mixes bergamot, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, fatty acids, and vitamin B5 to saturate the skin and draw in moisture. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"The current Russian army is a replica of Joseph Stalin\u2019s Red Army, designed to saturate minefields with bodies. \u2014 Yulia Latynina, WSJ , 1 May 2022",
"Leftover explosives still saturate the Lao countryside, posing a threat to farmers and children. \u2014 Saqib Rahim, NBC News , 16 May 2022",
"That this therapeutic relationship\u2014so awesomely abnormal, as Malcolm put it\u2014has become relatively common speaks to how deeply Sigmund Freud\u2019s ideas about analyzing the psyche saturate our world. \u2014 Ana Cecilia Alvarez, The Atlantic , 1 May 2022",
"Easter weekend will get off to a wet and soggy start with cloudy skies and spot showers expected to saturate the metro area over the next three days. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Those actions saturate the moral bones of that society. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1782, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
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"Latin saturatus , past participle of saturare , from satur well-fed \u2014 more at satire":"Verb"
},
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"-r\u0259t",
"\u02c8sa-ch\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"\u02c8sach-r\u0259t",
"\u02c8sach-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"\u02c8sa-ch\u0259-"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for saturate Verb soak , saturate , drench , steep , impregnate mean to permeate or be permeated with a liquid. soak implies usually prolonged immersion as for softening or cleansing. soak the garment in soapy water saturate implies a resulting effect of complete absorption until no more liquid can be held. a saturated sponge drench implies a thorough wetting by something that pours down or is poured. clothes drenched by a cloudburst steep suggests either the extraction of an essence (as of tea leaves) by the liquid or the imparting of a quality (such as a color) to the thing immersed. steep the tea for five minutes impregnate implies a thorough interpenetration of one thing by another. a cake strongly impregnated with brandy",
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"impregnate",
"macerate",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024914",
"type":[
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"verb"
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},
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"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
],
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": being an organic compound having no double or triple bonds between carbon atoms":[
"saturated fats"
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": full of moisture : made thoroughly wet":[],
": having high saturation : pure":[]
},
"examples":[
"His shirt was saturated with sweat.",
"the area's already saturated freeways",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to Yeti\u2019s website, Nordic Purple is described to be deep and rich, while still saturated and vibrant. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
"Here, designer Andy Beers of Ore Studios used less saturated versions of the colors used in the common rooms for a calming but continuous design in the primary bedroom. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
"Across town at Alcova, designer Leo Rydell Jost unveiled similarly exuberant carpets in super- saturated swirls of gold, violet, and crimson. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 14 June 2022",
"While avocados were found to be a healthier substitute for margarine, butter and other foods with more saturated fat, they were not found to provide an associated health benefit when subbing in for olive oil, nuts or other plant oils. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
"In a saturated and turbulent music industry, what the modern artist goes through to reach relevant, convertible listeners is beyond the difficulty of an uphill battle. \u2014 Anto Dotcom, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Hart and cinematographer Bryce Fortner complement our heroine\u2019s innate vibrancy with a fresh, saturated palette, while handheld shots aid the immediacy and intimacy of introspective moments. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"Contrasting the coral with blue Orange Grove wallpaper from Anthropologie makes each color look more saturated . \u2014 Mallory Abreu, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 May 2022",
"It\u2019s saturated and rich color without being energetic or pushy. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa-ch\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101-t\u0259d",
"\u02c8sach-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t-\u0259d"
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"bedraggled",
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"logged",
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"soaking",
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"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
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"washed",
"water-soaked",
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"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181320",
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"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
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"washed",
"water-soaked",
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"\u2014 Newgate Callendar"
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": to satisfy fully : satiate":[],
": to treat, furnish, or charge with something to the point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved, or retained":[
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},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Saturate the sponge with water.",
"Images of the war saturated the news.",
"Their new products are saturating the market.",
"Adjective",
"the test will only work if the sample cloth is saturate with solution",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For many, the emotional and financial stress grew exponentially as their ability to buffer dropped, enabling stressors to saturate their babies\u2019 spongey brains. \u2014 USA Today , 9 June 2022",
"Just saturate your hair, leave it in for three minutes, and discover your new \u2019do. \u2014 ELLE , 17 May 2022",
"This simple formula mixes bergamot, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, fatty acids, and vitamin B5 to saturate the skin and draw in moisture. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"The current Russian army is a replica of Joseph Stalin\u2019s Red Army, designed to saturate minefields with bodies. \u2014 Yulia Latynina, WSJ , 1 May 2022",
"Leftover explosives still saturate the Lao countryside, posing a threat to farmers and children. \u2014 Saqib Rahim, NBC News , 16 May 2022",
"That this therapeutic relationship\u2014so awesomely abnormal, as Malcolm put it\u2014has become relatively common speaks to how deeply Sigmund Freud\u2019s ideas about analyzing the psyche saturate our world. \u2014 Ana Cecilia Alvarez, The Atlantic , 1 May 2022",
"Easter weekend will get off to a wet and soggy start with cloudy skies and spot showers expected to saturate the metro area over the next three days. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Those actions saturate the moral bones of that society. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1782, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
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"Latin saturatus , past participle of saturare , from satur well-fed \u2014 more at satire":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8sa-ch\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"-r\u0259t",
"\u02c8sach-r\u0259t",
"\u02c8sach-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"\u02c8sa-ch\u0259-"
],
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"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep"
],
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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": a felt paper for impregnation with asphalt or other waterproofing compound":[]
},
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": an overwhelming concentration of military forces or firepower":[],
": chromatic purity : freedom from dilution with white":[],
": complete infiltration : permeation":[],
": conversion of an unsaturated to a saturated chemical compound (as by hydrogenation)":[],
": degree of difference from the achromatic light-source color of the same brightness":[
"\u2014 used of a light-source color"
],
": degree of difference from the gray having the same lightness":[
"\u2014 used of an object color"
],
": magnetization to the point beyond which a further increase in the intensity of the magnetizing force will produce no further magnetization":[],
": satiety , surfeit":[],
": the act of saturating : the state of being saturated":[],
": the presence in air of the most water possible under existent pressure and temperature":[],
": the supplying of a market with as much of a product as it will absorb":[],
"\u2014 compare hue sense 2c":[
"\u2014 used of a light-source color"
]
},
"examples":[
"Heavy rains resulted in the saturation of the soil.",
"the saturation of advertising on television",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vince McMahon \u2014 competition for ratings, global dominance, social media saturation , prestige, alpha-male pride and the adoration of millions. \u2014 Kenny Herzog, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"Nor is there the rare colored stone saturation or specificity of 2019\u2019s Treasure of Rubies or 2016\u2019s ode to emeralds. \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
"It can be used for monitoring weight, lung capacity, pulse, oxygen saturation in blood, blood pressure, blood glucose, temperature, blood test, pain management, pill tracker, mental health and so much more. \u2014 Prabhat Sharma, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"If topicality isn\u2019t a draw for you, P-Valley continues to boast a soundtrack of wall-to-wall bangers and an atmosphere of sweltering saturation so pervasive the show could premiere in December and make air-conditioning necessary. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"While Netflix struggles with questions about market saturation , several streaming competitors with lower monthly fees continue to add subscribers. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
"There's also a healing time of 10 to 14 days in between each one to prevent ink migration and over saturation , says Jara. \u2014 Fiona Embleton, Allure , 30 Apr. 2022",
"And the password crackdown led some analysts to wonder whether Netflix has already reached market saturation in the United States. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Despite a prolific output, Houston\u2019s fruited sour scene shows little sign of reaching market saturation , and demand appears to be going strong. \u2014 Ruvani De Silva, Chron , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"circa 1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsa-ch\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccsach-\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105400",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": bombing in which a very large number of bombs are dropped to cover an entire area instead of being aimed at a specific target":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112916",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"saturation point":{
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"definitions":{
": the point at which there are so many of a thing that no more can be added successfully":[
"The number of game shows on TV may have reached the saturation point ."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120851",
"type":[
"noun"
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"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
],
"definitions":{
": born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn":[],
": cold and steady in mood : slow to act or change":[],
": having a sardonic aspect":[
"a saturnine smile"
],
": of a gloomy or surly disposition":[]
},
"examples":[
"He is saturnine in temperament.",
"the men awaiting interrogation by the police shared a saturnine silence",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The mood is too saturnine , the occasional nods to social criticism too stilted. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 27 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa-t\u0259r-\u02ccn\u012bn",
"\u02c8sat-\u0259r-\u02ccn\u012bn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for saturnine sullen , glum , morose , surly , sulky , crabbed , saturnine , gloomy mean showing a forbidding or disagreeable mood. sullen implies a silent ill humor and a refusal to be sociable. remained sullen amid the festivities glum suggests a silent dispiritedness. a glum candidate left to ponder a stunning defeat morose adds to glum an element of bitterness or misanthropy. morose job seekers who are inured to rejection surly implies gruffness and sullenness of speech or manner. a typical surly teenager sulky suggests childish resentment expressed in peevish sullenness. grew sulky after every spat crabbed applies to a forbidding morose harshness of manner. the school's notoriously crabbed headmaster saturnine describes a heavy forbidding aspect or suggests a bitter disposition. a saturnine cynic always finding fault gloomy implies a depression in mood making for seeming sullenness or glumness. a gloomy mood ushered in by bad news",
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"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022216",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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": a lecherous man":[],
": a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry":[],
": any of various satyrid butterflies":[],
": one having satyriasis":[]
},
"examples":[
"the legendary conquests of a suburban satyr",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Disney+ series will feature Walker Scobell in the title role of 12-year-old Percy, a teen demigod; Aryan Simhadri as Grover, a satyr who is half-boy and half-goat; and Jeffries as Annabeth, a daughter of the goddess Athena. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 13 May 2022",
"Grover is a cautious satyr who embarks on daring mythological journeys alongside Percy and Annabeth. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"He is also remembered, among Brits with a taste for evergreen gossip, as perhaps the most erotically adventurous man of his generation, the satyr of the socialists. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Depending on the mythology, a satyr can be a man with a horse\u2019s ears and tail, or a being with a boat\u2019s ears, horns, tail and legs. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Like the decking of the satyr \u2019s ship, the wool then rotted away, leaving a cast of its fibres on the coin. \u2014 The Economist , 4 July 2019",
"Once the plot requires Percy to go on a picaresque quest to retrieve the titular lightning bolt, with Annabeth and a satyr named Grover (Jorrel Javier) in tow, the storytelling and songwriting become hectic and monotonous. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 16 Oct. 2019",
"The painting, completed in the 1960s, is of a long-necked satyr -like woman, with spiral breasts and an aristocratic arm draped elegantly on a ledge, her fingers long and slim, like those of Carrington herself. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Dec. 2019",
"Made of amethyst, bone, faience, glass, turquoise, and umber, and including phallic amulets, scarabs, a woman, a dancing satyr , and a head of Dionysus, they are thought to be the treasure box of a sorceress. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin satyrus , from Greek satyros":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"chiefly British \u02c8sa-",
"\u02c8s\u0101-t\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"Casanova",
"Don Juan",
"lecher",
"lothario",
"lounge lizard",
"masher",
"philanderer",
"wolf",
"womanizer"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185058",
"type":[
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"noun"
]
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"satyric":{
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": a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry":[],
": any of various satyrid butterflies":[],
": one having satyriasis":[]
},
"examples":[
"the legendary conquests of a suburban satyr",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Disney+ series will feature Walker Scobell in the title role of 12-year-old Percy, a teen demigod; Aryan Simhadri as Grover, a satyr who is half-boy and half-goat; and Jeffries as Annabeth, a daughter of the goddess Athena. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 13 May 2022",
"Grover is a cautious satyr who embarks on daring mythological journeys alongside Percy and Annabeth. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"He is also remembered, among Brits with a taste for evergreen gossip, as perhaps the most erotically adventurous man of his generation, the satyr of the socialists. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Depending on the mythology, a satyr can be a man with a horse\u2019s ears and tail, or a being with a boat\u2019s ears, horns, tail and legs. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Like the decking of the satyr \u2019s ship, the wool then rotted away, leaving a cast of its fibres on the coin. \u2014 The Economist , 4 July 2019",
"Once the plot requires Percy to go on a picaresque quest to retrieve the titular lightning bolt, with Annabeth and a satyr named Grover (Jorrel Javier) in tow, the storytelling and songwriting become hectic and monotonous. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 16 Oct. 2019",
"The painting, completed in the 1960s, is of a long-necked satyr -like woman, with spiral breasts and an aristocratic arm draped elegantly on a ledge, her fingers long and slim, like those of Carrington herself. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Dec. 2019",
"Made of amethyst, bone, faience, glass, turquoise, and umber, and including phallic amulets, scarabs, a woman, a dancing satyr , and a head of Dionysus, they are thought to be the treasure box of a sorceress. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin satyrus , from Greek satyros":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"chiefly British \u02c8sa-",
"\u02c8s\u0101-t\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"Don Juan",
"lecher",
"lothario",
"lounge lizard",
"masher",
"philanderer",
"wolf",
"womanizer"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233002",
"type":[
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"noun"
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},
"Satilla":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"river 220 miles (354 kilometers) long in southeastern Georgia flowing east into the Atlantic Ocean":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8ti-l\u0259"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142715"
},
"saturation pressure":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145049"
},
"saturation current":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the limiting current through an ionized gas or an electron tube such that further increase of voltage produces no further increase in current":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153937"
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"saturant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": something that saturates":[]
},
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"\u02c8sa-ch\u0259-r\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1775, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163708"
},
"saturated vapor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": vapor at the temperature of the boiling point corresponding to its pressure and so incapable of being compressed or cooled without condensing \u2014 compare equilibrium sense 1c":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170328"
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"saturable reactor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an AC reactor coil of variable but limited impedance because of magnetic core saturation by means of an auxiliary DC excitation coil":[
"\u2014 abbreviation SR"
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},
"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182606"
},
"saturated steam":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": water vapor in equilibrium with liquid water at or above the normal boiling point":[],
": wet steam":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195323"
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"saturates":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to satisfy fully : satiate":[],
": to treat, furnish, or charge with something to the point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved, or retained":[
"water saturated with salt"
],
": to fill completely with something that permeates or pervades":[
"book is saturated with Hollywood",
"\u2014 Newgate Callendar"
],
": to load to capacity":[],
": to cause to combine until there is no further tendency to combine":[],
": saturated":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sa-ch\u0259-",
"\u02c8sa-ch\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"\u02c8sach-r\u0259t",
"\u02c8sach-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"-r\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep"
],
"antonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for saturate Verb soak , saturate , drench , steep , impregnate mean to permeate or be permeated with a liquid. soak implies usually prolonged immersion as for softening or cleansing. soak the garment in soapy water saturate implies a resulting effect of complete absorption until no more liquid can be held. a saturated sponge drench implies a thorough wetting by something that pours down or is poured. clothes drenched by a cloudburst steep suggests either the extraction of an essence (as of tea leaves) by the liquid or the imparting of a quality (such as a color) to the thing immersed. steep the tea for five minutes impregnate implies a thorough interpenetration of one thing by another. a cake strongly impregnated with brandy",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Saturate the sponge with water.",
"Images of the war saturated the news.",
"Their new products are saturating the market.",
"Adjective",
"the test will only work if the sample cloth is saturate with solution",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For many, the emotional and financial stress grew exponentially as their ability to buffer dropped, enabling stressors to saturate their babies\u2019 spongey brains. \u2014 USA Today , 9 June 2022",
"Just saturate your hair, leave it in for three minutes, and discover your new \u2019do. \u2014 ELLE , 17 May 2022",
"This simple formula mixes bergamot, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, fatty acids, and vitamin B5 to saturate the skin and draw in moisture. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"The current Russian army is a replica of Joseph Stalin\u2019s Red Army, designed to saturate minefields with bodies. \u2014 Yulia Latynina, WSJ , 1 May 2022",
"Leftover explosives still saturate the Lao countryside, posing a threat to farmers and children. \u2014 Saqib Rahim, NBC News , 16 May 2022",
"That this therapeutic relationship\u2014so awesomely abnormal, as Malcolm put it\u2014has become relatively common speaks to how deeply Sigmund Freud\u2019s ideas about analyzing the psyche saturate our world. \u2014 Ana Cecilia Alvarez, The Atlantic , 1 May 2022",
"Easter weekend will get off to a wet and soggy start with cloudy skies and spot showers expected to saturate the metro area over the next three days. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Those actions saturate the moral bones of that society. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin saturatus , past participle of saturare , from satur well-fed \u2014 more at satire":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1782, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210331"
},
"Satie":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Erik (-Alfred-Leslie) 1866\u20131925 French composer":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u00e4-",
"sa-\u02c8t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231445"
},
"saturated diving":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": saturation diving":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235522"
},
"satellite DNA":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a fraction of a eukaryotic organism's DNA that differs in density from most of its DNA as determined by centrifugation, that consists of short repetitive nucleotide sequences, that does not undergo transcription, and that is often found in centromeric regions":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013156"
},
"saturation factor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a measure of the saturation of a magnetizable body that is the ratio of a small percentage increase in excitation to the percentage increase in magnetic flux produced thereby and that is usually applied to the magnetic excitation of dynamoelectric machines at rated speed and voltage":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015538"
},
"satin stitch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an embroidery stitch worked in parallel lines so closely and evenly as to resemble satin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chain stitch, satin stitch , back stitch, French knots. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Chain stitch, satin stitch , back stitch, French knots. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Chain stitch, satin stitch , back stitch, French knots. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Chain stitch, satin stitch , back stitch, French knots. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Chain stitch, satin stitch , back stitch, French knots. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Chain stitch, satin stitch , back stitch, French knots. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Chain stitch, satin stitch , back stitch, French knots. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Chain stitch, satin stitch , back stitch, French knots. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1664, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021830"
},
"saturable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": capable of being saturated":[]
},
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"\u02c8sach-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"Sateen is a cotton fabric with a satin weave that feels smooth and silky. \u2014 Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The collection relies on neutrals such as black and beige in sheer georgette and satin weave charmeuse and features many of the house's signature motifs, including lush lace and vibrant florals. \u2014 Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 Jan. 2016"
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"For years, watching the Eurovision Song Contest from the United States involved climbing on a rooftop to adjust the direction of a satellite dish and subscribing to a Portuguese channel. \u2014 Fred Bronson, Billboard , 11 May 2022",
"Enlarge / A Viasat Internet satellite dish in the yard of a house in Madison, Virginia. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Starlink customers use a compact satellite dish to communicate with those satellites. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 2 Apr. 2022",
"An owl\u2019s head features a round face, ringed with feathers, that has evolved to function a bit like a satellite dish \u2014collecting sound and channeling it to ears hidden on the side of the face. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Occasionally snow blocks the satellite dish that the station relies on for its internet connection, but most of the time the researchers are able to follow news of the invasion through official sources and messaging apps. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Starlink provides an internet service by transmitting signals from ground towers into space, bouncing them off of the satellites, and intercepting the returning signal via satellite dish . \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022",
"SpaceX's Starlink division is planning a new ruggedized satellite dish that can operate in hotter and colder temperatures. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 25 Jan. 2022",
"But even when temperatures reached minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit, the kitties still used the satellite dish as a $500 cat bed. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Jan. 2022"
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"Lazy Trout's dog-friendly cabins come in different sizes and all have full kitchens, satellite television and Wi-Fi. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Russian satellite television menus were hacked on Monday, leaving viewers faced with program schedules that told them Putin's war on Ukraine left them with blood on their hands. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
"The core satellite television unit will almost certainly shed more revenue and subscribers this year. \u2014 Roger Conrad, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
"News broke last week that One America News, the hyper-conservative cable channel, would lose its distribution via DirecTV, the country\u2019s largest satellite television provider. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
"DirecTV and One America News Network are parting ways, the satellite television company confirmed to CBS News on Friday. \u2014 Sophie Reardon, CBS News , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The Pew Research Center estimates that the number of US households with cable or satellite television fell from 76% in 2015 to only 56% in 2021, and that drop is expected to continue. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Comcast succeeded in plucking one property, the European satellite television operation Sky. \u2014 Meg James, Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Five members of Congress are calling on cable and satellite television providers to increase access to Jewish-themed programming as a way of fighting against antisemitism. \u2014 Shira Hanau, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Nov. 2021"
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"Satellites help meteorologists predict the weather.",
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"News channels carried satellite images of a vast column of Russian troops descending from the north. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Stranger noticed the aftermath of the explosion in commercial satellite images captured by Airbus and CNES. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 17 June 2022",
"In some cases, leaky platforms and ships could even be spotted in the satellite images. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 16 June 2022",
"New satellite images from Maxar Technologies show the extent of the damage the torrent of water wrought. \u2014 Judson Jones And Paul Murphy, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"China has also started a substantial expansion of its nuclear weapon arsenal, with satellite images revealing the construction of over 300 new missile silos. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"Agronomist Tamires Casagrande uses InCeres software to monitor satellite images of a corn field in Mato Grosso state from a cafe in S\u00e3o Paulo, hundreds of miles away. \u2014 Vinod Sreeharsha, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"Melzer also allegedly shared satellite images of the outpost\u2019s layout. \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"Researchers who have analyzed satellite images going back to 1979 have found that climate change is making hurricanes stronger, The New York Times reported last summer. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 1 June 2022"
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"definitions":{
"city on the Somes River in Transylvania, northwestern Romania population 102,411":[]
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"He will arrive next Saturday .",
"His birthday falls on a Saturday this year."
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": a tussock moth ( Stilpnotia salicis ) that is native to Europe but has become established in several parts of the U.S. and Canada whose adults have white satiny wings and whose blackish white-marked larvae feed on the foliage of the poplar and willow":[]
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"definitions":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the risk of annoying T.J. Clark by seeming to concentrate on the regions below the belt, one is obliged to observe that Picasso suffered from, or exulted in, a bad case of satyriasis that continued well into old age. \u2014 John Banville, The New Republic , 16 Nov. 2021"
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"1629, in the meaning defined above":""
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"s\u0259\u02c8tir\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Owners\u2019 closets Carved, rare Honduran mahogany frames the walk-in closets with beautiful veneer inlays of satinwood , ebony and carpathian elm burl. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 11 Apr. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This summer\u2019s Matterhorn spike is enhanced by COVID cabin fever and protest saturnalia . \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Palm Springs is a playground of shape and color, a mid-century marvel of manicured lawns, modernist homes (glass, stone, terrazzo, and Formica), and poolside saturnalia set within an arid ecosystem that can seem like the surface of Mars. \u2014 Jennifer Emerling, National Geographic , 6 Aug. 2019"
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"Latin, from neuter plural of saturnalis of Saturn, from Saturnus":""
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"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": any of a family (Satyridae) of usually brown or gray butterflies that feed on grasses as larvae, typically have eyespots on the wings, and have one or more forewing veins swollen basally":[]
},
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"New Latin Satyridae , ultimately from Greek satyros":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150358"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
"satin entry 2 + leaf":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164354"
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"transitive verb"
],
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": to give a satiny finish to":[
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"\u2014 C. W. Drepperd"
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},
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"\u02c8sat\u1d4an\u02cc\u012bz"
],
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"satin entry 1 + -ize":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-191807"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several American grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia (as M. mexicana and M. racemosa )":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200040"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a thin silk satin or imitation satin":[],
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},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsa-t\u0259-\u02c8net"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-213346"
},
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"noun"
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": a genus of aromatic herbs or shrubs (family Labiatae) that are nearly all native to southern Europe and that have small entire leaves, bracted purple flowers in axillary or terminal clusters, and oblong or oval nutlets \u2014 see savory , wild basil , yerba buena":[]
},
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"\u02ccsat\u0259\u02c8-",
"\u02ccsach\u0259\u02c8r\u0113(y)\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, savory (mint)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235436"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a timber tree ( Brosimum paraense ) of Brazil and the Guianas":[],
": the heavy hard lustrous red wood of satin \u00e9 used for cabinetwork, veneers and furniture because of its golden sheen":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
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],
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"French, satiny, from past participle of satiner to satinize, from satin , noun, from Middle French":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-005632"
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"noun"
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": pressure for social and political reform through friendly passive resistance practiced by M. K. Gandhi and his followers in India":[]
},
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"(\u02cc)s\u0259-\u02c8ty\u00e4-gr\u0259-h\u0259",
"\u02c8s\u0259-ty\u0259-"
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"New Sanskrit saty\u0101graha , from Sanskrit satya truth + \u0101graha persistence":""
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"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-181057"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-200755"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212309"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"\u02c8sa-t\u0259r-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
],
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"saturn lead":""
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"circa 1848, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-213258"
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"definitions":{
": one that practices satyagraha":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"Sanskrit saty\u0101grahin , from saty\u0101graha":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214149"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the quality or state of being saturnine":[]
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"-i",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214215"
},
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"definitions":{
"Kailash 1954\u2013 Indian human-rights activist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-231518"
}
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