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3459 lines
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"John Addington 1840\u20131893 English scholar":[]
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"\u02c8si-m\u0259n(d)z",
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"Arthur William 1865\u20131945 British poet and critic":[]
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"definitions":{
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": a small class of minute progoneate arthropods that with the exception of the garden centipede are rarely seen and of no economic importance":[]
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"\u02c8sim(p)f\u0259l\u0259"
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": a suborder of Collembola comprising springtails with a nearly spherical body in which the segmentation is obscure or lacking \u2014 compare arthropleona":[]
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"New Latin symphy- (from Greek symphy\u0113s grown together) + -pleona (from Greek plein to swim)":""
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"\u02ccsim(p)f\u0259\u02c8pl\u0113\u0259n\u0259"
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"symbol":{
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": an arbitrary or conventional sign used in writing or printing relating to a particular field to represent operations, quantities, elements, relations, or qualities":[],
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": an authoritative summary of faith or doctrine : creed":[],
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": an object or act representing something in the unconscious mind that has been repressed":[
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"phallic symbols"
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": symbolize":[]
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"the traditional physician's symbol of a staff entwined with a snake",
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"the symbol \u00b6 indicates where a new paragraph should begin",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Through hatred, Richard becomes a symbol of the oppressed and the oppressor. \u2014 Michael Appler, Variety , 2 July 2022",
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"As of June 25, 2022, Lindsay had approximately 11.0 million shares outstanding, which are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LNN. \u2014 Dividend Channel, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"At first a symbol of the city\u2019s efforts to assist the families, the luxury hotel has more recently come to symbolize forestalled progress \u2014 and the failure to connect those ripped from their homes with new ones. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
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"The expletive became a rallying cry for Ukrainians and their international allies \u2014 a symbol of the willingness of Ukrainian fighters to face down Russian aggression. \u2014 Claire Parker, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
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"Today, Garland remains a symbol of vulnerability, emotionality, and authenticity. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 29 June 2022",
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"Lady Liberty has stood as a global symbol of American ideals and immigrant foundations since its dedication in 1886. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
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"Outside a home near the village entrance, someone had painted a stark white V, a symbol of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
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"In Mobile, the live oak tree is viewed as an unofficial symbol of the city. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The laser eyes symbol that Saylor incorporated into his profile picture started in online Bitcoin communities but has spread to the mainstream. \u2014 Fortune , 13 June 2022",
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"Press and hold the app icon, tap App Info (the i symbol ), and tap Permissions. \u2014 Julian Chokkattu, Wired , 8 Sep. 2020",
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"The Unicode Consortium\u2014the organization in charge of determining which symbols our devices are supposed to recognize\u2014has more and more been measuring the wrong thing in the process of approving new emoji. \u2014 Wired , 8 Nov. 2019",
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"Drawing route cards and placing trains remains the same, but most tracks on the board that connect two cities also have one or more railroad company symbols next to them. \u2014 Keith Law, Ars Technica , 12 Oct. 2019",
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"To me that demonstrated the central role that symbols play in the culture. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 16 Mar. 2017"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1832, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum , from Late Greek symbolon , from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon , literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw \u2014 more at devil":"Noun"
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},
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"\u02c8sim-b\u0259l"
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"emblem",
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"ensign",
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"hallmark",
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"impresa",
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"logo",
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"totem",
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"trademark"
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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},
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"symbolgram":{
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"definitions":{
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": a personally symbolic design (as of a camp fire girl)":[],
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": an artistic combination of symbols usually of American Indian origin that expresses the ambitions and desires of its designer":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"symbol entry 1 + -gram":""
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"-l\u02ccgram"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095643",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"symbolic":{
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": characterized by or terminating in symbols":[
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": consisting of or proceeding by means of symbols":[],
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": of, relating to, or constituting a symbol":[],
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"examples":[
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"The lighting of the candles is symbolic .",
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"The sharing of the wine has symbolic meaning.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The change is mostly symbolic , said Elina Ribakova, deputy chief economist at the Institute of International Finance in Washington. \u2014 Matthew Dalton, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
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"The Russian victory, though, is mostly symbolic , said Phillips O\u2019Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
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"The Russian victory, though, is mostly symbolic , said Phillips O\u2019Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi And Ciaran Mcquillan, Chicago Tribune , 17 May 2022",
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"Lorenzo Vidino, the director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, said the prosecution of Elsheikh had particular resonance because of his group\u2019s symbolic importance. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"In the end, boycotts of big oil companies are mostly symbolic . \u2014 Kunyi Yang, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"But, until now, Dick\u2019s experience and symbolic importance protected her. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Kaepernick & America frequently feels like a hagiography of a man whose name and likeness have become symbolic with protesting anti-Black violence \u2014 the kind of film Americans use to soothe their racial anxieties. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
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"The men settled with the city of Philadelphia, agreeing to a symbolic payment of $1 each and a commitment from the city to fund $200,000 for a grant program for high school students aspiring to become entrepreneurs. \u2014 Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
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"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"sim-\u02c8b\u00e4-lik"
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"synonyms":[
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"representational",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172244",
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"symbolic books":{
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"definitions":{
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": books containing creeds or confessions of faith of a church":[
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"the Symbolic Books of Orthodoxy"
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"symbolic equation":{
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"The lighting of the candles is symbolic .",
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"The sharing of the wine has symbolic meaning.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The change is mostly symbolic , said Elina Ribakova, deputy chief economist at the Institute of International Finance in Washington. \u2014 Matthew Dalton, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
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"The Russian victory, though, is mostly symbolic , said Phillips O\u2019Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
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"The Russian victory, though, is mostly symbolic , said Phillips O\u2019Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi And Ciaran Mcquillan, Chicago Tribune , 17 May 2022",
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"Lorenzo Vidino, the director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, said the prosecution of Elsheikh had particular resonance because of his group\u2019s symbolic importance. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"In the end, boycotts of big oil companies are mostly symbolic . \u2014 Kunyi Yang, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"But, until now, Dick\u2019s experience and symbolic importance protected her. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Kaepernick & America frequently feels like a hagiography of a man whose name and likeness have become symbolic with protesting anti-Black violence \u2014 the kind of film Americans use to soothe their racial anxieties. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
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"The men settled with the city of Philadelphia, agreeing to a symbolic payment of $1 each and a commitment from the city to fund $200,000 for a grant program for high school students aspiring to become entrepreneurs. \u2014 Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
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"definitions":{
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": a permutation group that is composed of all of the permutations of n things":[]
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"circa 1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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"The human body is symmetrical .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Kolkata dream pop duo whose vintage and symmetrical aesthetic will remind you of Wes Anderson stills. \u2014 Tara Aquino, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
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"The daily chart shows the crypto market cap has formed a symmetrical triangle over the past three weeks, marking a consolidation between converging trendlines. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
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"The architectural firm of Frank L. Hope and Associates was commissioned to design the building, but the firm\u2019s vision of a simple, symmetrical , ultra-modern building that would embrace Balboa Park from within wasn\u2019t what city leaders had in mind. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
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"The prowar figure, since the start of the week, is slightly but constantly increasing, while that of the antiwar is in symmetrical decline. \u2014 Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"As with the other scenarios, my colleagues and I have studied\u2014whether in writing, scheduling, building with Legos or creating symmetrical patterns from random grids on a computer screen\u2014few participants chose subtraction as a solution. \u2014 Leidy Klotz, Scientific American , 12 May 2022",
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"Think of a symmetrical setup as the furniture equivalent to ASMR; one that could look good in all spaces and sizes. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor , 10 May 2022",
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"Keep your small deck comfortable with symmetrical seating. \u2014 Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 May 2022",
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"Unlike the symmetrical rays of fish fins, Tiktaalik\u2019s fin bones were noticeably asymmetrical, which allowed the joints to bend in one direction. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"The Kolkata dream pop duo whose vintage and symmetrical aesthetic will remind you of Wes Anderson stills. \u2014 Tara Aquino, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
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"The daily chart shows the crypto market cap has formed a symmetrical triangle over the past three weeks, marking a consolidation between converging trendlines. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
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"The architectural firm of Frank L. Hope and Associates was commissioned to design the building, but the firm\u2019s vision of a simple, symmetrical , ultra-modern building that would embrace Balboa Park from within wasn\u2019t what city leaders had in mind. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
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"The prowar figure, since the start of the week, is slightly but constantly increasing, while that of the antiwar is in symmetrical decline. \u2014 Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"As with the other scenarios, my colleagues and I have studied\u2014whether in writing, scheduling, building with Legos or creating symmetrical patterns from random grids on a computer screen\u2014few participants chose subtraction as a solution. \u2014 Leidy Klotz, Scientific American , 12 May 2022",
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"Think of a symmetrical setup as the furniture equivalent to ASMR; one that could look good in all spaces and sizes. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor , 10 May 2022",
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"Keep your small deck comfortable with symmetrical seating. \u2014 Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 May 2022",
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"Unlike the symmetrical rays of fish fins, Tiktaalik\u2019s fin bones were noticeably asymmetrical, which allowed the joints to bend in one direction. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"incoherence",
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"examples":[
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"the symmetry of the human body",
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"The building has perfect symmetry .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The design follows guidelines of symmetry and unity with genuine, high-quality materials. \u2014 Laura Parker, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
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"But for something like light in a box, physicists agree: Time-translation symmetry (and thus energy conservation) should hold. \u2014 Katie Mccormick, Quanta Magazine , 16 May 2022",
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"As for looks, the Vayanne is based on symmetry and infinity, according to the marque. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 10 May 2022",
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"It\u2019s timeless yet trendy, demure but also a bit daring\u2014the square neckline is a study in symmetry and balance. \u2014 Nicole Kliest, Vogue , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"Those colors are featured prominently in both the French and American flags, in a fitting piece of symmetry . \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 18 May 2022",
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"Sinister Strange\u2019s line was just there as a bit of symmetry . \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
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"Another fun twist is using pendants of shapes and sizes to play up that variation even further, but the goal is to create balance without relying on the standardized concept of symmetry as binary. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"And that downtime has allowed for a strange kind of symmetry : Each of the band\u2019s five studio albums has now received a supersize reissue. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin symmetria , from Greek, from symmetros symmetrical, from syn- + metron measure \u2014 more at measure":""
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},
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"\u02c8si-m\u0259-tr\u0113",
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"\u02c8sim-\u0259-tr\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"balance",
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"consonance",
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"consonancy",
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"harmony",
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"orchestration",
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"proportion",
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"symphony",
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"unity"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112430",
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"type":[
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]
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},
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"symminct":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": composed of material that has not been segregated into separate layers of fine and coarse particles":[
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"symminct clay",
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"symminct varve"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"modification of Greek symmeiktos, symmiktos mixed together, from symmeignynai, symmignynai to mix together, from syn- + meignynai, mignynai to mix":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8simi\u014bkt"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094820",
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},
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from sympathetic":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161553",
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"type":[
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|
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},
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"definitions":{
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccsimp\u0259\u02c8thekt\u0259\u02ccm\u012bz"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094403",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
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]
|
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},
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"sympathectomy":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": surgical interruption of sympathetic nerve pathways":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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},
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|
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"\u02ccsim-p\u0259-\u02c8thek-t\u0259-m\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195032",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"sympathetic":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"coldhearted",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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|
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": arousing sympathy or compassion":[
|
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"a sympathetic role in the play"
|
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],
|
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": existing or operating through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association":[],
|
|
": favorably inclined : approving":[
|
|
"not sympathetic to the idea"
|
|
],
|
|
": given to, marked by, or arising from sympathy , compassion, friendliness, and sensitivity to others' emotions":[
|
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"a sympathetic gesture"
|
|
],
|
|
": marked by kindly or pleased appreciation":[
|
|
"the biographer's approach was sympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
": mediated by or acting on the sympathetic nerves":[],
|
|
": of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system":[],
|
|
": relating to musical tones produced by sympathetic vibration or to strings so tuned as to sound by sympathetic vibration":[],
|
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": showing empathy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"He received much help from sympathetic friends.",
|
|
"I didn't find the hero in the movie very sympathetic .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Yuga Labs was not sympathetic to the plaintiff\u2019s claims. \u2014 Matt Pearcestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Luckily, the passenger was not sympathetic to the Nazis. \u2014 Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Luckily, the passenger was not sympathetic to the Nazis. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"For Dorn, the gigs are a chance to play for Ukrainian fans currently living in the United States, as well as for liberal Russian expatriates and curious Americans who are sympathetic to Ukraine\u2019s current predicament. \u2014 Charlie Amter, Variety , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"But that doesn\u2019t mean the Big West isn\u2019t sympathetic to Selstad\u2019s plight. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"In December, after Rose spoke at an event at the Hollow 2A, Schurr and three other founders of Support Our Schools published an op-ed in the Sarasota Herald Tribune accusing the school board member of being sympathetic to the Proud Boys. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"In Marion, the health department's vector borne disease prevention coordinator Sinsko said the program is sympathetic to pollinators and will take measures to avoid spraying gin areas where there may be concerns. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"That\u2019s not to say that Baggett was sympathetic to Falwell. \u2014 Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"In 1936, King Edward VIII\u2014a monarch sympathetic to the Nazis\u2014was forced to abdicate in order to marry the divorc\u00e9e Wallis Simpson. \u2014 Priya Satia, The New Republic , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Tired of Haitian resistance, the Americans installed Louis Borno, a savvy politician sympathetic to the occupation, as president. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"But deans and chairs must appoint a faculty hiring committee sympathetic to the aims of the benefactor. \u2014 Michael Poliakoff, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But the show never really conveys her beliefs \u2014 one of many soft-pedalings from creator Robbie Pickering to render his protagonist sympathetic . \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Turbins belong to a milieu sympathetic to monarchy\u2014Elena\u2019s husband is a Baltic German and an anti-Bolshevik officer. \u2014 Marci Shore, The Atlantic , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Hollingsworth said in the video her financial setbacks make her sympathetic to Marylanders facing the same challenges. \u2014 Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Russian yachts being seized across Europe as nations sympathetic to Ukraine's plight press sanctions that include impounding assets of Russia's wealthy class. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In late December, Jeffrey Clark, a Justice Department official sympathetic to Trump, drafted a letter urging Georgia officials to call a special session of the legislature to reconsider Biden\u2019s win. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 21 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1808, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin sympatheticus , from Latin sympathia sympathy":"Adjective"
|
|
},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccsim-p\u0259-\u02c8the-tik",
|
|
"\u02ccsim-p\u0259-\u02c8thet-ik"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserative",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"empathetic",
|
|
"empathic",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020627",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sympathetic magic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": magic based on the assumption that a person or thing can be supernaturally affected through its name or an object representing it":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Until this point, sympathetic magic had been a term psychologists used to account for magical belief systems in traditional cultures, such as hunter-gatherer societies. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"There is a kind of sympathetic magic at work\u2014because Biden transcends the darkness of grief, America can, through him, transcend the darkness of the history that has produced Trump. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 26 Aug. 2020"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130104",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
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|
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|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to be in keeping, accord, or harmony":[],
|
|
": to be in sympathy intellectually":[
|
|
"sympathize with a proposal"
|
|
],
|
|
": to react or respond in sympathy":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I sympathize but how can I help",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Analysts who sympathize with DeSantis\u2019s libertarian views maintain that the stringent and sometimes coercive measures taken by many of the country\u2019s largest states did not necessarily save many lives. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Still others sympathize with the Russian government. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"But both artists are looking forward to getting back in the clubs too and sympathize with their plight. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Yusuke learns to accept and sympathize with their idiosyncrasies because this really is a restaging of Uncle Vanya. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The Queen wrote that Danes sympathize with the people of Ukraine. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"As in many countries, a subset of Indians sympathize with Mr. Putin\u2019s irredentist claims to Ukrainian territory. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But after he is abandoned by his scammer controllers following a sting, Roger ends up homeless and desperate, and Meg starts to sympathize with him. \u2014 Nate Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The muted colors in the background\u2014the pewter sky, the drab pastel walls, the dead white of the bus\u2014seem to sympathize . \u2014 Rafa\u0142 Milach, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022"
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"examples":[
|
|
"I sympathize but how can I help",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Analysts who sympathize with DeSantis\u2019s libertarian views maintain that the stringent and sometimes coercive measures taken by many of the country\u2019s largest states did not necessarily save many lives. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Still others sympathize with the Russian government. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"But both artists are looking forward to getting back in the clubs too and sympathize with their plight. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Yusuke learns to accept and sympathize with their idiosyncrasies because this really is a restaging of Uncle Vanya. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The Queen wrote that Danes sympathize with the people of Ukraine. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"As in many countries, a subset of Indians sympathize with Mr. Putin\u2019s irredentist claims to Ukrainian territory. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But after he is abandoned by his scammer controllers following a sting, Roger ends up homeless and desperate, and Meg starts to sympathize with him. \u2014 Nate Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The muted colors in the background\u2014the pewter sky, the drab pastel walls, the dead white of the bus\u2014seem to sympathize . \u2014 Rafa\u0142 Milach, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022"
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"sympathy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldheartedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"heartlessness"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other":[],
|
|
": feeling of loyalty : tendency to favor or support":[
|
|
"republican sympathies"
|
|
],
|
|
": inclination to think or feel alike : emotional or intellectual accord":[
|
|
"in sympathy with their goals"
|
|
],
|
|
": mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it":[],
|
|
": the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another":[],
|
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": the correlation existing between bodies capable of communicating their vibrational energy to one another through some medium":[],
|
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": the feeling or mental state brought about by such sensitivity":[
|
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"have sympathy for the poor"
|
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],
|
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": unity or harmony in action or effect":[
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"every part is in complete sympathy with the scheme as a whole",
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"\u2014 Edwin Benson"
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"examples":[
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"She went to her best friend for sympathy .",
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"Letters of sympathy were sent to the families of the victims.",
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"My deepest sympathies go out to the families of the victims.",
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"Our sympathies are with them.",
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"There was no sympathy between them.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The words empathy and compassion, as well as sympathy , are sometimes used interchangeably. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
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"Those who have spoken out about their new situation have struggled to inspire sympathy . \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
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"With any luck, though, this latest iteration of money-and-power programming will show some sympathy for those who aren\u2019t getting much of either. \u2014 Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
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"With that said, Mr. Gardner\u2019s sympathy lies clearly with his indigenous characters, and for good reason. \u2014 Andrew R. Graybill, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
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"Extending warmth and sympathy , as well as spreading wealth to those who may not have a home or stable income, are all acts of generosity which these Bible verses highlight. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 10 June 2022",
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"But sympathy seems like an inadequate achievement in a project like this, which takes as its subject the worst consequences of white Americans\u2019 failure to recognize the full humanity of Black people. \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
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"In Taiwan \u2014 where student protests broke out a year after the Tiananmen crackdown and marked a key turning point in Taiwan\u2019s democratization \u2014 June 4 has traditionally not aroused as much public sympathy as in Hong Kong. \u2014 Vic Chiang, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
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"In Taiwan - where student protests broke out a year after the Tiananmen crackdown and marked a key turning point in Taiwan's democratization - June 4 has traditionally not aroused as much public sympathy as in Hong Kong. \u2014 Vic Chiang, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022"
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"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin sympathia , from Greek sympatheia , from sympath\u0113s having common feelings, sympathetic, from syn- + pathos feelings, emotion, experience \u2014 more at pathos":""
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sim-p\u0259-th\u0113"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sympathy attraction , affinity , sympathy mean the relationship existing between things or persons that are naturally or involuntarily drawn together. attraction implies the possession by one thing of a quality that pulls another to it. felt an attraction to danger affinity implies a susceptibility or predisposition on the part of the one drawn. an affinity for mathematics sympathy implies a reciprocal or natural relation between two things that are both susceptible to the same influence. two minds in sympathy pity , compassion , commiseration , condolence , sympathy mean the act or capacity for sharing the painful feelings of another. pity implies tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow for one in misery or distress. felt pity for the captives compassion implies pity coupled with an urgent desire to aid or to spare. treats the homeless with great compassion commiseration suggests pity expressed outwardly in exclamations, tears, or words of comfort. murmurs of commiseration filled the loser's headquarters condolence applies chiefly to formal expression of grief to one who has suffered loss. expressed their condolences to the widow sympathy often suggests a tender concern but can also imply a power to enter into another's emotional experience of any sort. went to my best friend for sympathy in sympathy with her desire to locate her natural parents",
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"commiseration",
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"compassion",
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"feeling"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191536",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"symphonic":{
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"antonyms":[
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"discordant",
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"disharmonious",
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"dissonant",
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"inharmonious",
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"tuneless",
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"unmelodious",
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"unmusical"
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": harmonious , symphonious":[],
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": relating to or having the form or character of a symphony":[
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"symphonic music"
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],
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": suggestive of a symphony especially in form, interweaving of themes, or harmonious arrangement":[
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"a symphonic drama"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the symphonic chorus of frogs in the spring",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Bush had already been an unusual star, famous in the U.K. for her sweeping, symphonic piano rock that entwined her interests in glam, folk, new wave, classical and prog. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
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"While the regal space is typically reserved for symphonic performances, on that day \u2014 Jan. 24, 2022 \u2014 the elegant hall was filled with the Ukrainian artist\u2019s booming progressive house. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
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"Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green, The Lost Colony is America\u2019s longest running outdoor symphonic drama. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 22 May 2022",
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"In perhaps her most obvious nod to symphonic convention, Price concludes with a brilliant, almost march-like fourth movement. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 6 May 2022",
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"There\u2019s a freshness, a lightness and vitality to his symphonic music, a grandeur that manages to be approachable and familiar \u2014 folksy, even. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Italian prog is a genre unto itself, often adding a more Romantic spin on the symphonic style popularized by Yes and Genesis. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Maury Yeston's music underlines this feeling with symphonic moments that nod to Elgar and British music circa 1912, the year the Titanic foundered. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"But that being beside the point, the Brahms themes are really from the core symphonic repertoire. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sim-\u02c8f\u00e4-nik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"canorous",
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"euphonic",
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"euphonious",
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"harmonious",
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"harmonizing",
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"melodious",
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"musical",
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"symphonious",
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"tuneful"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234130",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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},
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"symphonic ballet":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": ballet emphasizing patterns rather than story":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133822",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"symphonic poem":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an extended programmatic composition for symphony orchestra usually freer in form than a symphony":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Perhaps the most notable version of the Paolo and Francesca story is Tchaikovsky\u2019s 1876 symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini, in which the composer uses the tragedy of the lovers to reflect on the tragedy of his own life. \u2014 John-paul Heil, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Nov. 2021",
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"Classical music has even been composed to celebrate the pines, with the most famous being the symphonic poem for orchestra that Ottorino Respighi completed in 1924. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Aug. 2021",
|
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"Under Slobodeniouk, music director of Spain\u2019s Orquestra Sinfonica de Galicia, the symphonic poem from 1909 readily conjured the image that inspired it. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 25 Oct. 2019",
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"Inspired by a poem by Stephane Mallarme, Debussy\u2019s \u2018Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun\u2019 is a 1894 symphonic poem . \u2014 Mike Giuliano, Howard County Times , 18 May 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162831",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"symphonious":{
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"antonyms":[
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"discordant",
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"disharmonious",
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"dissonant",
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"inharmonious",
|
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"tuneless",
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"unmelodious",
|
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"unmusical"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": agreeing especially in sound : harmonious":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the composer is known for his symphonious orchestrations of instruments from diverse musical traditions"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1652, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"sim-\u02c8f\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"canorous",
|
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"euphonic",
|
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"euphonious",
|
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"harmonious",
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"harmonizing",
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"melodious",
|
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"musical",
|
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"symphonic",
|
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"tuneful"
|
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],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044600",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"symphonism":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": the writing of symphonies":[
|
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"So Debussy and Satie began to seek a way out of the hulking fortresses of Beethovenian symphonism and Wagnerian opera.",
|
|
"\u2014 Alex Ross , The Rest Is Noise , 2007"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"symphony + -ism , after Russian simfonizm":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sim(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075847",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"symphonist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a composer of symphonies":[],
|
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": a member of a symphony orchestra":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Before that, a preconcert panel of Price scholars and current CSO composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery discussed the symphonist \u2019s remarkable life and even more remarkable music. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 6 May 2022",
|
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"A decade after basing a whole festival on Bruckner and minimalist master John Adams, Franz Welser-Most Thursday night at Severance Music Center juxtaposed the grand Austrian symphonist with Arnold Schoenberg, the father of serialism. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"He was viewed as the greatest symphonist since Brahms, but at a certain point\u2014mysteriously\u2014no new works appeared. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"During much of his lifetime, he was generally considered the greatest symphonist after Brahms. \u2014 Tim Page, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"But for essentially all of the '90s and '00s, Reznor was the driving force between one of the most consistently successful acts in alternative, industrial rock symphonists Nine Inch Nails. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 11 Apr. 2019",
|
|
"The masterstroke is Zimmer\u2019s introduction of a quotation from the Enigma Variations of Edward Elgar \u2014 the symphonist whose music most fully embodies the British soul \u2014 with a slow burn that still amounted to playing with fire. \u2014 David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com , 17 July 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sim(p)-f\u0259-nist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021333",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"symphonize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": accord , agree , harmonize":[],
|
|
": to arrange (music) for orchestra":[
|
|
"several attempts to symphonize this jazz standard"
|
|
],
|
|
": to harmonize with other musicians":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"symphony + -ize":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sim(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093331",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb, transitive + intransitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"symphony":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asymmetry",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"disproportion",
|
|
"disunity",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"incoherence",
|
|
"violence"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a musical composition (as for organ) resembling such a symphony in complexity or variety":[],
|
|
": a symphony orchestra concert":[],
|
|
": a usually long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra":[],
|
|
": consonance of sounds":[],
|
|
": consonance or harmony of color (as in a painting)":[],
|
|
": ritornello sense 1":[],
|
|
": sinfonia sense 1":[],
|
|
": something that in its harmonious complexity or variety suggests a symphonic composition":[
|
|
"a symphony of flavors"
|
|
],
|
|
": symphony orchestra":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the satisfying symphony of color in Renoir's canvases",
|
|
"a performance of a Bach concerto by the San Antonio Symphony",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"All of which brought members of the neighborhood and the church together \u2014 about a dozen workers in all \u2014 on a witheringly hot Saturday to the unmistakable symphony of power tools, hammers and scrapers that go along with home renovations. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 22 May 2022",
|
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"The beautiful beast and its VIP rider, in a black Chanel tweed sequined jacket of course, began the show to a symphony of gasps and clopping hooves around the Grand Palais Ephemere's auditorium as celebrity guests snapped pictures. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Perrotta wrings pathos from needs met and passed over, conducting a symphony of unruly yearnings, delusions, and dramatic ironies. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The wind, the river, and the creatures fill the otherwise quiet air\u2014 a symphony of murmurs, not far from the city. \u2014 Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Watch how Curry\u2019s teammates move in reaction to his movement, how the Warriors, at their best, are a symphony of action off the ball. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Jonze\u2019s touching script bypasses the easy, cheap jokes for a penetrating exploration of loneliness and companionship, and Phoenix\u2019s performance is an astonishing symphony of vulnerability and pain. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The palm fronds danced in the wind, rubbing and clapping a symphony of percussive music. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Campgrounds dot the route, each providing access to Oregon\u2019s rocky beaches that yield to intoxicating evergreen forests, wildflowers, and a symphony of birdsong. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 23 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English symphonie , from Middle French, from Latin symphonia , from Greek symph\u014dnia , from symph\u014dnos concordant in sound, from syn- + ph\u014dn\u0113 voice, sound \u2014 more at ban entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sim(p)-f\u0259-n\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8sim-f\u0259-n\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"coherence",
|
|
"concinnity",
|
|
"consonance",
|
|
"consonancy",
|
|
"harmony",
|
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"orchestration",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"symmetry",
|
|
"unity"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052419",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"symphony band":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": concert band":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015019",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"symphony orchestra":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a large orchestra of winds, strings, and percussion that plays symphonic works":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She's a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra .",
|
|
"plays oboe in the local symphony orchestra",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The Re-Collective Orchestra, a 68-piece all-Black symphony orchestra , will also perform. \u2014 Chloe Melas, CNN , 19 June 2022",
|
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"The series will feature the The Re-Collective Orchestra, the first all-Black symphony orchestra to perform onstage in the Hollywood Bowl\u2019s 100-year history. \u2014 Dave Brooks, Billboard , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Produced by Live Nation Urban and Jesse Collins Entertainment, the musical celebration will also have an all-Black symphony orchestra , the Re-Collective Orchestra, performing for the first time at the iconic L.A. venue. \u2014 Safire R. Sostre, Essence , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"In addition to public art projects like murals, the money goes to the local symphony orchestra , two theater companies, a children\u2019s museum and a botanical garden, among other arts entities. \u2014 Regina Cole, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
|
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"But for an artist who is as comfortable leading a symphony orchestra as he is seated bare-chested on a concert stage and using his body as a percussion instrument, anything seems within reach for Steven Schick. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s a center of jazz going back 100 years, and it's known for having a great symphony orchestra . \u2014 Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"In the 1930s, he was heard by millions of radio listeners as the musical director and a frequent soloist with CBS\u2019s symphony orchestra . \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Alongside a symphony orchestra , the band will play four nights in July at the Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas. \u2014 Marisa Whitaker, SPIN , 26 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1881, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"band",
|
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"orchestra",
|
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"philharmonic",
|
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"symphony"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002727",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"symphoricarpos":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small genus of North American shrubs (family Caprifoliaceae) having bell-shaped flowers in axillary racemes succeeded by fleshy white or red 2-seeded berries \u2014 see coralberry , snowberry":[],
|
|
": any plant of the genus Symphoricarpos":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Greek symphora act of gathering or collecting (from sympherein to bring together, from syn- + pherein to bear, carry) + New Latin -i- + Greek karpos fruit; from the clustering of the fruit":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccsim(p)f\u0259r\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4r\u02ccp\u00e4s"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014537",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"symphylan":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": symphilid":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Symphyla + English -an":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-l\u0259n"
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"type":[]
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"symphynote":{
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"definitions":{
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": having the valves cemented together at the back":[
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"the symphynote shells of some freshwater mussels"
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek symphy\u0113s grown together (from symphyesthai to grow together) + n\u014dton back":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sim(p)f\u0259\u02ccn\u014dt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180253",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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"symposium":{
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"definitions":{
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": a convivial party (as after a banquet in ancient Greece) with music and conversation":[],
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": a formal meeting at which several specialists deliver short addresses on a topic or on related topics \u2014 compare colloquium":[],
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": a social gathering at which there is free interchange of ideas":[],
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": discussion":[]
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"examples":[
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"Professors and graduate students attended the symposium .",
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"recently attended a daylong symposium on new methods of chromatography",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"An academic symposium launches this inaugural festival, but the emphasis quickly turns to performance with a Friday evening concert under the main stage Connecticut River Museum tent. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
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"In mid-December, France\u2019s finance ministry hosted, for the first time, an international symposium on the economics of slavery, with conferences focusing specifically on the history of Haiti\u2019s payments to France. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
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"An energy symposium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last month. \u2014 Timothy Puko, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"According to the Silicon Valley Historical Association, SRI hosted the country\u2019s first symposium on air pollution in 1949. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"In November, the UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging hosted a daylong symposium focused on healthy aging in the era of pandemics. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"The night before Biden\u2019s speech, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, completing a round of speeches, addressed a symposium for student journalists to defend press freedoms. \u2014 David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
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"Why: Prada is highlighting the inherent contrast between the nature and design worlds with a three-day symposium running concurrently with Salone. \u2014 Kevin Leblanc, ELLE , 8 June 2022",
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"The program also includes works by Elisabet Torras Aguilera and Ensemble Espa\u00f1ol artistic director Irma Su\u00e1rez Ruiz, plus special performances by several symposium speakers, La Lupi among them. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, from Greek symposion , from sympinein to drink together, from syn- + pinein to drink \u2014 more at potable":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"also -zh(\u0113-)\u0259m",
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"sim-\u02c8p\u014d-z\u0113-\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"colloquy",
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"conference",
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"council",
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"forum",
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"panel",
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"panel discussion",
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"parley",
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"round-robin",
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"roundtable",
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"seminar"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015534",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"symptom":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a slight indication : trace":[],
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": an evident reaction by a plant to a pathogen":[],
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": something that indicates the existence of something else":[
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"symptoms of an inner turmoil"
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]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The study also revealed that a third of children who had tested positive for Covid experienced at least one long-term symptom that was not present before testing positive. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 23 June 2022",
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"And in 12\u201314 year olds, more girls than boys had at least one symptom lasting more than two months. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
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"To keep the many from feeling like part of the growing victim cloud, gullibility is treated as syndrome rather than symptom . \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"Flo, the most downloaded app in the category, is free to use for period and ovulation predictions and symptom tracking. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
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"Pediatric palliative care is specialized care that supports young patients and their families, providing symptom relief, counseling and referrals to services. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
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"This is a signal, a symptom of the sickness, the sick policy of blockade that the U.S. maintains against Cuba and that has been rejected the world over \u2014 and also rejected by a majority of U.S. citizens and Cubans living in the U.S. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
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"If a person with Ramsay Hunt experiences dizziness, their provider may suggest certain medications to treat that symptom specifically, and painkillers may also be needed to manage the condition. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 13 June 2022",
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"His right hand had a visible tremor, a symptom of Parkinson\u2019s disease. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 12 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin symptomat-, symptoma , from Greek sympt\u014dmat-, sympt\u014dma happening, attribute, symptom, from sympiptein to happen, from syn- + piptein to fall \u2014 more at feather":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8simp-t\u0259m",
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"\u02c8sim(p)-t\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for symptom sign , mark , token , note , symptom mean a discernible indication of what is not itself directly perceptible. sign applies to any indication to be perceived by the senses or the reason. encouraging signs for the economy mark suggests something impressed on or inherently characteristic of a thing often in contrast to general outward appearance. a mark of a good upbringing token applies to something that serves as a proof of something intangible. this gift is a token of our esteem note suggests a distinguishing mark or characteristic. a note of irony in her writing symptom suggests an outward indication of an internal change or condition. rampant crime is a symptom of that city's decay",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103039",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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"definitions":{
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": being a symptom of a disease":[],
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": having the characteristics of a particular disease but arising from another cause":[
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"symptomatic epilepsy resulting from brain damage"
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],
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": concerned with, affecting, or having symptoms":[
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"symptomatic treatment",
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"a symptomatic patient"
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],
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": characteristic , indicative":[
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"his behavior was symptomatic of his character"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccsim(p)-t\u0259-\u02c8mat-ik",
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"\u02ccsim(p)-t\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"characteristic",
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"classic",
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"diagnostic",
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"diagnostical",
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"discriminating",
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"distinct",
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"distinctive",
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"distinguishing",
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"identifying",
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"individual",
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"peculiar",
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"proper",
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"typical"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"atypical",
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"nontypical",
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"uncharacteristic",
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"untypical"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"a fever's refusal to respond to antibiotics is symptomatic of a viral infection",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In addition, the vaccine appeared 80% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"The Associated PressBBC News Food and Drug Administration staff said Sunday that the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children under age 5 is safe and 80.4 percent effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"False negatives in symptomatic people were especially likely during Omicron\u2019s peak, not only with the high case counts but also because of the particular disease dynamics of Omicron, which seems to take longer to deliver a positive result. \u2014 Tara Haelle, Wired , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"There was an uproar last month after a report in the Times that free tests would be limited to symptomatic people and people in high-risk communal settings. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Public health experts are cautiously optimistic the unusual guidance for symptomatic people to isolate without test results should help slow the explosive growth of cases -- as long as residents follow it. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"State officials have encouraged symptomatic people to assume they are infected and not get tested to preserve testing capacity. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"One review last year estimated rapid antigen tests might only detect on average 75% of cases that PCR tests can spot, with antigen tests performing best in symptomatic people within the first week of their disease. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"For symptomatic people, Day 1 is the first full day after symptoms developed. \u2014 Rhea Mogul And Adam Renton, CNN , 29 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165744"
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},
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"sympathism":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the presence of like sensations or emotions in two or more persons":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8simp\u0259\u02ccthiz\u0259m"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"sympathy + -ism":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151106"
|
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},
|
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"sympathizingly":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"sympathizing (present participle of sympathize ) + -ly":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151707"
|
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},
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"sympathizing":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to be in keeping, accord, or harmony":[],
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": to react or respond in sympathy":[],
|
|
": to be in sympathy intellectually":[
|
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"sympathize with a proposal"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sim-p\u0259-\u02ccth\u012bz"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"I sympathize but how can I help",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Analysts who sympathize with DeSantis\u2019s libertarian views maintain that the stringent and sometimes coercive measures taken by many of the country\u2019s largest states did not necessarily save many lives. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
|
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"Still others sympathize with the Russian government. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"But both artists are looking forward to getting back in the clubs too and sympathize with their plight. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Yusuke learns to accept and sympathize with their idiosyncrasies because this really is a restaging of Uncle Vanya. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The Queen wrote that Danes sympathize with the people of Ukraine. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"As in many countries, a subset of Indians sympathize with Mr. Putin\u2019s irredentist claims to Ukrainian territory. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But after he is abandoned by his scammer controllers following a sting, Roger ends up homeless and desperate, and Meg starts to sympathize with him. \u2014 Nate Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The muted colors in the background\u2014the pewter sky, the drab pastel walls, the dead white of the bus\u2014seem to sympathize . \u2014 Rafa\u0142 Milach, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152031"
|
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},
|
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"sympathetic vibration":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a vibration produced in one body by the vibrations of exactly the same period in a neighboring body":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161610"
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},
|
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"sympathetic nervous system":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the part of the autonomic nervous system that contains chiefly adrenergic fibers and tends to depress secretion, decrease the tone and contractility of smooth muscle, and increase heart rate \u2014 compare parasympathetic nervous system":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Deep breathing also calms the sympathetic nervous system and relieves stress. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
|
|
"According to the Cleveland Clinic, stellate ganglion block (SGB) is an injection of medication into the stellate ganglion, a part of the sympathetic nervous system that is located in the neck, on either side of the voice box. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"During the day, the sympathetic nervous system regulates different functions that help the body prepare for activity and governs our body\u2019s response to stress. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 28 Mar. 2022",
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|
"The autonomic nervous system, which regulates things like heart rate, pupil dilation, body temperature, and digestion, can be split into two categories: the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 28 Mar. 2022",
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|
"Every time a person stops breathing for a few seconds, the body's sympathetic nervous system goes into action and raises blood pressure. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Every time a person stops breathing for a few seconds, the body's sympathetic nervous system goes into action and raises blood pressure. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Moodiness Overtraining can lead to a decrease in hormone production, specifically the hormone catecholamine, which can influence the sympathetic nervous system . \u2014 Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online , 21 Jan. 2019",
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"Every time a person stops breathing for a few seconds, the body's sympathetic nervous system goes into action and raises blood pressure. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163447"
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},
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"sympathetic strike":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sympathy strike":[]
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"synonyms":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163612"
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},
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"sympathetoblast":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a cell destined to become a sympathetic neuron":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccsimp\u0259\u02c8thet\u0259\u02ccblast"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"sympathet ic + -o- + -blast":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171311"
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},
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"symphogenous":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": arising through the interweaving and compacting of hyphal branches (as in the development of some pycnidia) \u2014 compare meristogenous":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)sim\u00a6f\u00e4j\u0259n\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek symph yesthai to grow together + English -o- + -genous":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183528"
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},
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"symphily":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": commensalism with mutual benefit or attraction (as between some ants or termites and various guest insects that live in their nests) \u2014 compare synechthry , synoecy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German symphilie , from Greek symphilia mutual friendship, from syn- + philia friendship":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184757"
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},
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"symptomatize":{
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to be symptomatic of":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek sympt\u014dmat-, sympt\u014dma symptom + English -ize":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184854"
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},
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"symptomatology":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the symptom complex of a disease":[],
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": a branch of medical science concerned with symptoms of diseases":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccsim(p)-t\u0259-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
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"\u02ccsim(p)-t\u0259-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4l-\u0259-j\u0113"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There seems to be less durability of symptomatology , less requirement for oxygen. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Dec. 2021",
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"But in fact, the varying symptomatology of long Covid is a big problem in itself. \u2014 Grace Browne, Wired , 4 Aug. 2021",
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"Early on in the pandemic, medical professionals didn\u2019t know what to make of the symptomatology of these Covid survivors and had no name for it. \u2014 Ben Zimmer, WSJ , 1 Jan. 2021",
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"But this is something that can be implemented during the lifespan and can really change the landscape of Alzheimer\u2019s symptomatology . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Aug. 2019"
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": an amateur symphony orchestra":[],
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": sinfonietta sense 1":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223434"
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"sympathetic clock":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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": a clock synchronized from a master clock":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223913"
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"sympatheticness":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality of being sympathetic":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225744"
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},
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"sympathy strike":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a strike in which the strikers have no direct grievance against their own employer but attempt to support or aid usually another group of workers on strike":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Nonetheless, the maritime strike escalated into an enormous citywide sympathy strike , shutting down San Francisco for several days. \u2014 Jim Millercommunity Voices Contributor, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
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"If the the strike had gone forward and continued to Thursday, when thousands of additional workers planned to join in a 24-hour sympathy strike , more than half of its total workforce would have been out on strike. \u2014 Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times , 13 Nov. 2021",
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"If the the strike had gone forward and continued to Thursday, when thousands of additional workers planned to join in a 24-hour sympathy strike , more than half of its total workforce would have been out on strike. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Nov. 2021",
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"The strike led to a one-day sympathy strike by the Nordic country\u2019s transport sector, including Finnair, which had to cancel almost 300 flights. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Dec. 2019",
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"Two other unions have approved sympathy strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday. \u2014 Teresa Watanabe, latimes.com , 7 May 2018",
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"The walkout is expected to widen Tuesday, when two other unions will join sympathy strikes . \u2014 Joy Resmovits, latimes.com , 8 May 2018",
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"The California Nurses Association and the University Professional and Technical Employees unions staged sympathy strikes Tuesday and Wednesday. \u2014 Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com , 10 May 2018",
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"By Tuesday, two more unions joined in sympathy strikes . \u2014 Joy Resmovits, latimes.com , 9 May 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230223"
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},
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"sympus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sirenomelus":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8simp\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek sympous with feet together, from syn- + pous foot":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230447"
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},
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"symphilic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or characterized by symphily":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)sim\u00a6filik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"symphily + -ic":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003749"
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},
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"symphonia":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": consonance sense 2b":[],
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": any of various medieval musical instruments (such as the bagpipe or hurdy-gurdy)":[],
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": sinfonia sense 3":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sim-\u02c8f\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1776, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012712"
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},
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"symptoms":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an evident reaction by a plant to a pathogen":[],
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": something that indicates the existence of something else":[
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"symptoms of an inner turmoil"
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],
|
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": a slight indication : trace":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sim(p)-t\u0259m",
|
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"\u02c8simp-t\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for symptom sign , mark , token , note , symptom mean a discernible indication of what is not itself directly perceptible. sign applies to any indication to be perceived by the senses or the reason. encouraging signs for the economy mark suggests something impressed on or inherently characteristic of a thing often in contrast to general outward appearance. a mark of a good upbringing token applies to something that serves as a proof of something intangible. this gift is a token of our esteem note suggests a distinguishing mark or characteristic. a note of irony in her writing symptom suggests an outward indication of an internal change or condition. rampant crime is a symptom of that city's decay",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The study also revealed that a third of children who had tested positive for Covid experienced at least one long-term symptom that was not present before testing positive. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 23 June 2022",
|
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"And in 12\u201314 year olds, more girls than boys had at least one symptom lasting more than two months. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
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"To keep the many from feeling like part of the growing victim cloud, gullibility is treated as syndrome rather than symptom . \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"Flo, the most downloaded app in the category, is free to use for period and ovulation predictions and symptom tracking. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
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"Pediatric palliative care is specialized care that supports young patients and their families, providing symptom relief, counseling and referrals to services. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
|
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"This is a signal, a symptom of the sickness, the sick policy of blockade that the U.S. maintains against Cuba and that has been rejected the world over \u2014 and also rejected by a majority of U.S. citizens and Cubans living in the U.S. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
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"If a person with Ramsay Hunt experiences dizziness, their provider may suggest certain medications to treat that symptom specifically, and painkillers may also be needed to manage the condition. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 13 June 2022",
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"His right hand had a visible tremor, a symptom of Parkinson\u2019s disease. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 12 June 2022"
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],
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"Late Latin symptomat-, symptoma , from Greek sympt\u014dmat-, sympt\u014dma happening, attribute, symptom, from sympiptein to happen, from syn- + piptein to fall \u2014 more at feather":""
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},
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"1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": occurring in the same area":[]
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"sim-\u02c8pa-trik"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But other researchers say the research appears to show how sympatric speciation happens\u2014and in this case, happened so quickly. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 25 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"sym- + Greek p\u00e1tra \"native country, homeland\" (derivative from the stem of pat\u1e17r \"father\") + -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at father entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an insect (such as any of various beetles) living as a guest in the nest of a social insect (such as an ant or termite) by which it is fed and guarded for its secretions which are used as food":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sim\u02ccf\u012bl"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably back-formation from symphily":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022741"
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},
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|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": sympathetic":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"|\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin sympatheticus + English -al":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062658"
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},
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"Symphalangus":{
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"type":[
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|
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of gibbons comprising the siamang":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccsim(p)f\u0259\u02c8la\u014bg\u0259s"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from syn- + phalang-, phalanx":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065523"
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": tending to oppose the physiological results of sympathetic nervous activity or of sympathomimetic drugs":[
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"a sympatholytic agent"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccsim-p\u0259-th\u014d-\u02c8li-tik",
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"\u02ccsim-p\u0259-th\u014d-\u02c8lit-ik"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072724"
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},
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"symphilid":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to the Symphyla":[],
|
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": an arthropod of the class Symphyla and especially of the genus Scutigerella \u2014 see garden centipede":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Symphyla + English -id":"Adjective"
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095818"
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},
|
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"sympathetico-":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"combining form"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": sympathetic":[
|
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"sympathetico mimetic"
|
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],
|
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": sympathetic and":[
|
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"sympathetico adrenal"
|
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"sympathetic (nervous system)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104549"
|
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},
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"sympetalous":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun,"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": gamopetalous":[],
|
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": characteristic of the Metachlamydeae":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02c8)sim\u00a6pet\u1d4al\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"syn- + -petalous":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105240"
|
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},
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"sympathetic powder":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a powder held by alchemists to be a sovereign cure for a wound even if applied merely to blood from it or to the weapon inflicting it":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154350"
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},
|
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"symplastic growth":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": growth in a group of cells without either movement of the cells or new contacts between them and accompanied by mutual adjustment between all the cells \u2014 compare gliding growth , intrusive growth":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204717"
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},
|
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"symbolize":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to serve as a symbol of":[],
|
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": to represent, express, or identify by a symbol":[],
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": to use symbols or symbolism":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sim-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
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"emblematize",
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"represent"
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"examples":[
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"She came to symbolize the women's movement in America.",
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"the flag symbolizes our country",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The whimsical, yet still minimalist, bottles celebrate the fifth anniversary of Yes Way Ros\u00e9, but also symbolize how Blumenthal and Huganir continue to bridge the worlds of wine, art, design and home decor. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
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"Then, the couple attended the unveiling of the National Windrush Monument at Waterloo Station, which is designed to symbolize the courage, commitment and resilience of the generation of British-Caribbean people. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
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"Lee traveled two and a half miles each day in 2016 to symbolize the two and a half years between the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation and June 19, 1865, when that message reached Galveston, where Black Texans were still enslaved. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
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"Juneteenth may be the country\u2019s newest federal holiday, but for many Black Americans, June 19 has long been associated with homegrown community celebrations, if not at least understood as a day to symbolize freedom. \u2014 Michelle Garcia, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
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"Rachael and Anthony were married via a pagan handfasting ceremony, a Celtic tradition where the couple's hands are tied together to symbolize their union. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 31 May 2022",
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"Amid a heavy police presence, many wore black and some carried mock corpses to symbolize the country's growing death toll. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 July 2021",
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"Amid a heavy police presence, many wore black and some carried mock corpses to symbolize the country\u2019s growing death toll. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 July 2021",
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"Juneteenth gatherings customarily feature red foods, which are used to symbolize resilience and joy. \u2014 Sunyatta Amen, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
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"symbolism":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations: such as":[],
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": artistic imitation or invention that is a method of revealing or suggesting immaterial, ideal, or otherwise intangible truth or states":[],
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": the use of conventional or traditional signs in the representation of divine beings and spirits":[],
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": a system of symbols or representations":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sim-b\u0259-\u02ccliz-\u0259m",
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"\u02c8sim-b\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
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],
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"examples":[
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"The story was filled with religious symbolism .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"After all, the symbolism of destroying that palace would be far greater. \u2014 Paul Iddon, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
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"The symbolism is not great, with Galileo satellites launching on a Russian rocket from a NATO country. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"The judging panel ruled this one technically under-rotated, a few degrees short of what was needed for it to be ratified, but the symbolism of the moment was unmistakable. \u2014 Ben Cohen, WSJ , 5 Feb. 2022",
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"For a country that has been condemned for its treatment of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, the symbolism was impossible to miss. \u2014 Saphora Smith, NBC News , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"The designer left him with the three elements that inspired him the most as a designer: religion, symbolism , and pornography. \u2014 Lee Escobedo, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
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"In 1885, a school teacher by the name of Bernard J. Cigrand encouraged his students to reflect on the symbolism behind the American flag. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
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"In 1885, a school teacher by the name of Bernard J. Cigrand encouraged his students to reflect on the symbolism behind the American flag. \u2014 Leada Gore, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
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"While allies have rallied around Ukraine, Biden\u2019s broader foreign policy mission has delivered symbolism and summitry but little progress. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1654, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220937"
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},
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"symplast":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": coenocyte":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sim\u02ccplast"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary syn- + -plast":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003746"
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},
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"symplectic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": relating to or being an intergrowth of two different minerals (as in ophicalcite, myrmekite, or micropegmatite)":[],
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": relating to or being a bone between the hyomandibular and the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes that unites the other bones of the suspensorium":[],
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": the symplectic bone":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)sim\u00a6plektik",
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"\""
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek symplektikos of intertwining, from symplektos (verbal of symplekein to plait together, intertwine, from syn- + plekein to plait) + -ikos -ic":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050228"
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},
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"symbolic logic":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a science of developing and representing logical principles by means of a formalized system consisting of primitive symbols, combinations of these symbols, axioms, and rules of inference":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"NooK incorporates symbolic logic and explicit probabilistic reasoning allows for clear explanations of the A.I.\u2019s decisions. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"To this end, the Vienna Circle drew on the symbolic logic developed by the English philosopher Bertrand Russell, which offered a way to reduce any sentence to a series of symbols and formulas. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-052121"
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},
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"symplesite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mineral Fe 2 (AsO 4 ) 3 .8H 2 O consisting of a hydrous iron arsenate and occurring in small blue to bluish-green monoclinic crystals and in radiated aggregates (hardness 2.5, specific gravity 3)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8simpl\u0259\u02ccs\u012bt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German symplesit , from Greek syn- + pl\u0113siazein to bring near, come near, associate with (from pl\u0113sios near) + German -it -ite; from its being found in association with other minerals":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-055407"
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},
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"symbolo-":{
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sign : symbol":[
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"symbolo latry"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek symbolon":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-062842"
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},
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"Symplocaceae":{
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a family coextensive with the genus Symplocos":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccsimpl\u0259\u02c8k\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Symplocos , type genus + -aceae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-083346"
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},
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"symbological":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of symbology":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6simb\u0259\u00a6l\u00e4j\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-110328"
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},
|
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"symbologist":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a specialist in symbology":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"sim\u02c8b\u00e4l\u0259j\u0259\u0307st"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-122940"
|
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},
|
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"symplocos":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a large genus of trees and shrubs (family Styracaceae) having flowers with the calyx tube adnate to the 5-celled ovary which becomes a fleshy indehiscent fruit and numerous stamens inserted on the corolla and being widely distributed in all continents except Europe and Africa \u2014 see sweetleaf ; symplocaceae":[],
|
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": any plant of the genus Symplocos":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8simpl\u0259\u02cck\u00e4s"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Late Greek symplokos entwined, from symplekein to plait together":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-132932"
|
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},
|
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"symbolicly":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": symbolically":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"symbolic entry 1 + -ly":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163427"
|
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},
|
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"symbolization":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an act or instance of symbolizing":[],
|
|
": the human capacity to develop a system of meaningful symbols":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccsim-b\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-182342"
|
|
},
|
|
"symbolizing":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to serve as a symbol of":[],
|
|
": to represent, express, or identify by a symbol":[],
|
|
": to use symbols or symbolism":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sim-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emblematize",
|
|
"represent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She came to symbolize the women's movement in America.",
|
|
"the flag symbolizes our country",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The whimsical, yet still minimalist, bottles celebrate the fifth anniversary of Yes Way Ros\u00e9, but also symbolize how Blumenthal and Huganir continue to bridge the worlds of wine, art, design and home decor. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Then, the couple attended the unveiling of the National Windrush Monument at Waterloo Station, which is designed to symbolize the courage, commitment and resilience of the generation of British-Caribbean people. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Lee traveled two and a half miles each day in 2016 to symbolize the two and a half years between the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation and June 19, 1865, when that message reached Galveston, where Black Texans were still enslaved. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Juneteenth may be the country\u2019s newest federal holiday, but for many Black Americans, June 19 has long been associated with homegrown community celebrations, if not at least understood as a day to symbolize freedom. \u2014 Michelle Garcia, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Rachael and Anthony were married via a pagan handfasting ceremony, a Celtic tradition where the couple's hands are tied together to symbolize their union. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Amid a heavy police presence, many wore black and some carried mock corpses to symbolize the country's growing death toll. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 July 2021",
|
|
"Amid a heavy police presence, many wore black and some carried mock corpses to symbolize the country\u2019s growing death toll. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 July 2021",
|
|
"Juneteenth gatherings customarily feature red foods, which are used to symbolize resilience and joy. \u2014 Sunyatta Amen, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1603, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-190105"
|
|
},
|
|
"symbolics":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun plural but singular in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": historical theology dealing with Christian creeds and confessions of faith : symbolism":[],
|
|
": the study of ancient symbols and ceremonies":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"sim\u02c8b\u00e4liks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"symbol entry 1 + -ics":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-192726"
|
|
},
|
|
"symbolically":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": using, employing, or exhibiting a symbol":[],
|
|
": consisting of or proceeding by means of symbols":[],
|
|
": of, relating to, or constituting a symbol":[],
|
|
": characterized by or terminating in symbols":[
|
|
"symbolic thinking"
|
|
],
|
|
": characterized by symbolism":[
|
|
"a symbolic dance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"sim-\u02c8b\u00e4-lik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emblematic",
|
|
"emblematical",
|
|
"representational",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonsymbolic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The lighting of the candles is symbolic .",
|
|
"The sharing of the wine has symbolic meaning.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"At what point in your work did that hit you that this anecdote is so symbolic of his life? \u2014 Brendan O'meara, Longreads , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The time and firepower needed to gain control of Mariupol, a heavily Russian-speaking city in eastern Ukraine, is symbolic of Russia\u2019s short-term struggles and long-term problems. \u2014 Lowell Barrington, The Conversation , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The transition comes at a critical time during the 2022 election cycle and is also symbolic of the transition Cuyahoga County is undergoing with a new generation of politicians that could reshape the future. \u2014 cleveland , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Now, the company\u2019s exit is proving symbolic of a new era, analysts say. \u2014 David Koenig, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"The vessel\u2019s sinking has symbolic , diplomatic and military importance. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Being a wife and being a parent are presented as life-grueling personal journeys that can cause symbolic \u2014and physical\u2014death. \u2014 Farah Abdessamad, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"All presidential political travel is symbolic \u2014far more about media imagery than personally connecting with individual voters. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Taking a city has symbolic as well as strategic value. \u2014 Lionel Beehner And John Spencer, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-210830"
|
|
},
|
|
"sympodial":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having or involving the formation of an apparent main axis from successive secondary axes":[
|
|
"sympodial branching of a cyme"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"sim-\u02c8p\u014d-d\u0113-\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin sympodium apparent main axis formed from secondary axes, from Greek syn- + podion base \u2014 more at -podium":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-211954"
|
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},
|
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"sympodite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": protopodite":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8simp\u0259\u02ccd\u012bt"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"syn- + -podite ; from its more or less consolidated segments":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-212139"
|
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},
|
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"Symphytum":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a genus of Old World perennial herbs (family Boraginaceae) having coarse hairy entire leaves, yellow, blue, or purple flowers in one-sided racemes, and four obliquely ovoid nutlets \u2014 see comfrey":[]
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},
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"\u02c8sim(p)f\u0259t\u0259m"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek symphyton , neuter of symphytos grown together":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-214817"
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},
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"symbolic theology":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a branch of theology that deals with the doctrinal differences of churches as found in creeds":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"symbolics":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221923"
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},
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"symbology":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the art of expression by symbols":[],
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": the study or interpretation of symbols":[],
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": a system of symbols":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sim-\u02c8b\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The films, in which Hanks portrays Robert Langdon, a professor of art history and symbology , were panned by critics \u2014 earning Hanks some of the worst reviews of his career. \u2014 Justine Browning, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
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"The Equiano exhibit brings to life his Igbo village life and customs, from symbology to recipes to folklore. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"The snakes may have some personal significance, molting and rebirth and all that; the symbology may also, more than anything, just suggest being a dude. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
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"After Tom Hanks and his misguided hair choices played Brown\u2019s hero in the Da Vinci Code and its subsequent movies, this show casts Ashley Zukerman, a.k.a. Shiv\u2019s sidepiece from Succession, as a younger, jockier version of the symbology professor. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 7 Oct. 2021",
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"That gives us the platform to be able to communicate these ideas through symbology and talk in metaphors and analogies, cover all these archetypes and human themes. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2021",
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"Trump\u2019s campaign has had to disavow Nazi symbology in the past. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2021",
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"The Gettysburg gambit is just his latest attempt to appropriate American history and symbology and pervert it to suit his ends. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2020",
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"However, though the Mississippi flag was the last to bear the obvious image of the Confederate battle flag, there are other state flags that contain Confederate symbology that may be a little harder to spot. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 1 July 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"symbo l + -logy":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221942"
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},
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"symphytic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": formed by fusion : being a symphysis":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)sim\u00a6fitik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek symphyt os grown together (from symphyein to make grow together) + English -ic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-225352"
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},
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"symbolic language":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-001107"
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},
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"symbiosis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a cooperative relationship (as between two persons or groups)":[
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"the symbiosis \u2026 between the resident population and the immigrants",
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"\u2014 John Geipel"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-b\u0113-",
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"\u02ccsim-b\u0113-\u02c8\u014d-s\u0259s",
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"\u02ccsim-\u02ccb\u012b-\u02c8\u014d-s\u0259s",
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"-\u02ccb\u012b-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"The bird lives in symbiosis with the hippopotamus.",
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"Their professional association was one of symbiosis .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There's a strange symbiosis growing between Hollywood and a small town in the Mississippi Delta, and director Tate Taylor is one of the engineers behind it. \u2014 CNN , 1 June 2022",
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"But the song also excels on a deeper conceptual level, achieving a unique symbiosis between saxophone (Binker Golding), drums (Moses Boyd), and electronics (Max Luthert). \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 3 June 2022",
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"Walker and Zimmer have a certain symbiosis between them professionally and personally, which dates back decades. \u2014 Daron James, Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"The twin-flame combo may be one of nature\u2019s purest forms of culinary symbiosis . \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
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"Then, around 2006 or so, with Mr. Putin\u2019s men now controlling Russia\u2019s companies, the symbiosis with Mr. Browder turned sour. \u2014 Bartle Bull, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
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"It\u2019s that symbiosis that inspired Talisker, a sustainably focused spirits brand, to expand its conservation efforts to New York Harbor. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 Apr. 2020",
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"Basquiat maintained a creative symbiosis with Warhol, as Robert Rauschenberg did with Jasper Johns. \u2014 Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
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"When the locals follow the rules, this relationship can reach a tense symbiosis . \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from German Symbiose, borrowed from Greek symb\u00ed\u014dsis \"living together, companionship,\" from symbi\u014d-, variant stem of symbio\u00fbn \"to live with, live together\" (from sym- sym- + bio\u00fbn \"to live, pass one's life,\" derivative of b\u00edos \"life\") + -sis -sis \u2014 more at quick entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-053639"
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},
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"symbols":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an authoritative summary of faith or doctrine : creed":[],
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": an arbitrary or conventional sign used in writing or printing relating to a particular field to represent operations, quantities, elements, relations, or qualities":[],
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": an object or act representing something in the unconscious mind that has been repressed":[
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"phallic symbols"
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],
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": an act, sound, or object having cultural significance and the capacity to excite or objectify a response":[],
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": symbolize":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sim-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"emblem",
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"ensign",
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"hallmark",
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"impresa",
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"logo",
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"totem",
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"trademark"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"the traditional physician's symbol of a staff entwined with a snake",
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"the symbol \u00b6 indicates where a new paragraph should begin",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Through hatred, Richard becomes a symbol of the oppressed and the oppressor. \u2014 Michael Appler, Variety , 2 July 2022",
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"As of June 25, 2022, Lindsay had approximately 11.0 million shares outstanding, which are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LNN. \u2014 Dividend Channel, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"At first a symbol of the city\u2019s efforts to assist the families, the luxury hotel has more recently come to symbolize forestalled progress \u2014 and the failure to connect those ripped from their homes with new ones. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
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"The expletive became a rallying cry for Ukrainians and their international allies \u2014 a symbol of the willingness of Ukrainian fighters to face down Russian aggression. \u2014 Claire Parker, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
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"Today, Garland remains a symbol of vulnerability, emotionality, and authenticity. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 29 June 2022",
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"Lady Liberty has stood as a global symbol of American ideals and immigrant foundations since its dedication in 1886. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
|
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"Outside a home near the village entrance, someone had painted a stark white V, a symbol of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
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"In Mobile, the live oak tree is viewed as an unofficial symbol of the city. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"The laser eyes symbol that Saylor incorporated into his profile picture started in online Bitcoin communities but has spread to the mainstream. \u2014 Fortune , 13 June 2022",
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"Press and hold the app icon, tap App Info (the i symbol ), and tap Permissions. \u2014 Julian Chokkattu, Wired , 8 Sep. 2020",
|
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"The Unicode Consortium\u2014the organization in charge of determining which symbols our devices are supposed to recognize\u2014has more and more been measuring the wrong thing in the process of approving new emoji. \u2014 Wired , 8 Nov. 2019",
|
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"Drawing route cards and placing trains remains the same, but most tracks on the board that connect two cities also have one or more railroad company symbols next to them. \u2014 Keith Law, Ars Technica , 12 Oct. 2019",
|
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"To me that demonstrated the central role that symbols play in the culture. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 16 Mar. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum , from Late Greek symbolon , from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon , literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw \u2014 more at devil":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1832, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-083824"
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},
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"symbiotism":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": symbiosis":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-b\u0113\u0259\u02cc-",
|
|
"\u02c8simb\u012b\u0259\u02cctiz\u0259m"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"symbiot ic + -ism":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-094529"
|
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},
|
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"symbiote":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an organism living in symbiosis : symbiont":[
|
|
"The thing in the crevice was some sort of vegetative symbiote , I conjectured. It fed its companions foods that it manufactured from air, water, subterranean temperature variances (if it had deep roots), and probably other lichens as well as minerals leached from the rock.",
|
|
"\u2014 Matthew Hughes"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sim-\u02ccb\u012b-\u02cc\u014dt",
|
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"-\u02ccb\u012b-",
|
|
"\u02c8sim-b\u0113-\u02cc\u014dt",
|
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"-b\u0113-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Thanks to No Way Home, Tobey Maguire\u2019s fight with the symbiote is now MCU canon. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"But the characters that Sony licenses from Marvel extend beyond Peter Parker and the symbiote . \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s the spell that brought Venom (Tom Hardy) back to his own timeline while leaving a part of the symbiote in the MCU. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"And No Way Home does give us a taste of Tom Hardy\u2019s Venom, as the symbiote was magically transported to the MCU. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In the eighth installment of the limited series, published in 1984, Spidey encounters an alien symbiote -- sound familiar? \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"By far the most common request was for the black symbiote suit, which the game doesn\u2019t have. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"After all, Venom is an alien symbiote who wants to eat brains while living in Eddie's body. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"At the end of Spider-Man 3, both Eddie and the symbiote Venom meet a fiery end, but as is the case for so many superhero franchises, there were allegedly plans to bring him back for a spinoff movie anyway. \u2014 Joe Reid, Vulture , 29 Dec. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"perhaps borrowed from French, borrowed from Greek symbi\u014dt\u1e17s \"companion, partner,\" from symbi\u014d-, variant stem of symbio\u00fbn \"to live together\" + -t\u0113s, agent suffix \u2014 more at symbiosis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-094613"
|
|
},
|
|
"symphilism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": symphily":[]
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|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sim(p)f\u0259\u02ccliz\u0259m"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"symphily + -ism":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095731"
|
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},
|
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"symphysis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": an immovable or more or less movable articulation of various bones in the median plane of the body":[],
|
|
": an articulation in which the bony surfaces are connected by pads of fibrous cartilage without a synovial membrane":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sim(p)-f\u0259-s\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"This injury meant that Listenbee was experiencing serious inflammation in the pubic symphysis (which refers to the cartilage uniting the two pubic bones) and surrounding muscles. \u2014 Michael Mccann, SI.com , 1 Feb. 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Greek, state of growing together, from symphyesthai to grow together, from syn- + phyein to make grow, bring forth \u2014 more at be":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121701"
|
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},
|
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"symbolistic":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": symbolic":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccsim-b\u0259-\u02c8li-stik"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Williams was the group\u2019s poet but also its madcap, blending a symbolistic worldview with a devilish sense of humor. \u2014 Ethan Mordden, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"The symbolistic use of the color red, worn by the accusing girls, is contrasted with the more subdued colors of the accused. \u2014 Orange County Register , 27 Jan. 2017"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1864, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-122819"
|
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},
|
|
"symbiose":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"intransitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to associate symbiotically":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8simb\u012b\u02cc\u014ds",
|
|
"-b\u0113\u02cc-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back-formation from New Latin symbiosis":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-130350"
|
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},
|
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"sympodium":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": an apparent main axis (as in the grapevine) not developed from a terminal bud but made up of successive secondary axes each of which represents one fork of a dichotomy the other fork of which is of weaker growth or suppressed entirely \u2014 compare monopodium":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"sim\u02c8p\u014dd\u0113\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from syn- + Greek podion small foot, base":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135138"
|
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},
|
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"symphysodactylia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": fusion of two or more fingers or toes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccsim(p)f\u0259s\u014ddak\u02c8til\u0113\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from symphys is + -o- + -dactylia":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135216"
|
|
},
|
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"symbiont":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8sim-b\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4nt",
|
|
"-b\u0113-",
|
|
"\u02c8sim-\u02ccb\u012b-\u02cc\u00e4nt"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"When Shori takes on another male symbiont , Wright punches a hole in the wall. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Jenkins suspected that this stabilizing mechanism might involve the organisms\u2019 RNA because his colleagues had noticed many regions of strong similarity between host and symbiont transcripts floating around in the cytoplasm. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 June 2021",
|
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"Simon says the cicada is trapped in a 17-year cycle that has forced it to make unusual adaptations like living with this symbiont . \u2014 Eric Niiler, Wired , 21 May 2021",
|
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"Butler suggests that the Ina- symbiont relationship might be no worse than the forms of dependency that humans already take for granted. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2021",
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"One symbiont found in Costa Rica was hiding in plain sight: a beetle that clamps its mandibles around the ant\u2019s middle and rides along, looking like a double-vision version of the ant\u2019s backside. \u2014 National Geographic , 11 Aug. 2020",
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"Still, a team led by CSIRO\u2019s Patrick Buerger wondered if there might be a way to help, at least to some extent, by raising heat-tolerant strains of the corals\u2019 symbionts . \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 14 May 2020",
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"Certain algae species serve as symbionts for Cassiopea jellyfish, providing the animals with nutrients harvested from sunlight by way of photosynthesis. \u2014 Cheryl Ames, National Geographic , 13 Feb. 2020",
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"In other sap-sucking insects, symbionts serve additional functions, Moran and her colleagues discovered. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 14 Nov. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from German Symbiont, probably altered (after Greek ont-, stem of \u1e53n, present participle of e\u00eenai \"to be\") from symbiount-, stem of symbi\u00f4n, present participle of symbio\u00fbn \"to live together\" \u2014 more at symbiosis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135607"
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},
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"symbolic gesture":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an act that has no purpose or effect other than to show support, respect, etc.":[
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"The president's visit was mainly a symbolic gesture ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140315"
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},
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"sympathomimetic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": simulating sympathetic nervous action in physiological effect":[
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"sympathomimetic drugs"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccsim-p\u0259-th\u014d-m\u0259-\u02c8me-tik",
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"-(\u02cc)m\u012b-",
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"-m\u0259-\u02c8met-ik, -(\u02cc)m\u012b-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140319"
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},
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"symbiotically":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": relating to or marked by symbiosis :":[],
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": characterized by, living in, or being a close physical association (as in mutualism or commensalism ) between two or more dissimilar organisms":[
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"The truffle is a \u2026 fungus that forms a symbiotic relationship with its host tree.",
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"\u2014 Robb Walsh",
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"Termites harbor diverse symbiotic gut microorganisms, the majority of which are as yet uncultivable and their interrelationships unclear.",
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"\u2014 Yuichi Hongoh et al."
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],
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": characterized by or being a close, cooperative, or interdependent relationship":[
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"Today, art advisers are as diverse as the clients they help. They often work alone and form intimate, symbiotic relationships with the people they serve.",
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"\u2014 Deborah Gimelson",
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"Sigal's study \u2026 illustrates how reporters' constant need for news and how government officials' need for publicity and favorable coverage for their agencies combine into a symbiotic relationship between Washington reporters and officials.",
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"\u2014 Charles R. Wright"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccsim-\u02ccb\u012b-\u02c8\u00e4t-ik",
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"-b\u0113-",
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"\u02ccsim-b\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-tik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"symbi(osis) + -otic entry 1 , probably after German symbiotisch":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-141627"
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},
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"symbionticism":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": symbiosis":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"symbiontic + -ism":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163002"
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},
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"symbion":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": symbiont":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8simb\u012b\u02cc\u00e4n",
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"-b\u0113\u02cc-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek symbi\u014dn (present participle of symbioun ) or from Greek symbion , neuter of symbios living together":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184910"
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},
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"symphyseal":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or constituting a symphysis":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccsim(p)-f\u0259-\u02c8s\u0113-\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek symphyse-, symphysis symphysis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-201100"
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},
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"symposiac":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": symposium":[],
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": of, relating to, or similar to a symposium":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\"",
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"sim\u02c8p\u014dz\u0113\u02ccak"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"back-formation from obsolete symposiacs (plural) table conversation, from Latin Symposiaca (title given to the Symposium of Plutarch \u2020about 120 a.d. Greek writer), from neuter plural of symposiacus of a symposium":"Noun",
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"Latin symposiacus , from Greek symposiakos , from symposion symposium":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205824"
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},
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"symbolist":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": one who employs symbols or symbolism":[],
|
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": one skilled in the interpretation or explication of symbols":[],
|
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": one of a group of writers and artists in France after 1880 reacting against realism, concerning themselves with general truths instead of actualities, exalting the metaphysical and the mysterious, and aiming to unify and blend the arts and the functions of the senses":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sim-b\u0259-list"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"What distinguishes this tale, told in a comic vein, from the symbolist vein of the femme-fatale tale, is the carefree nature of the man\u2019s leap. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Among the artists included at both museums is Tyra Kleen, a symbolist painter of the same era. \u2014 Andrew Ferren, New York Times , 21 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Genteel Edwardian experimenters like Havelock Ellis and W.B. Yeats saw it as a pathway to the symbolist worlds of that period\u2019s art. \u2014 The Economist , 28 June 2019",
|
|
"In the 1890s, the women shared Gabriele d\u2019Annunzio, the soldier, rogue, hedonist and symbolist poet. \u2014 Rachel Shteir, WSJ , 23 Aug. 2018",
|
|
"Konstantin, Irina\u2019s son, is staging his first play, an ambitious symbolist work set unfathomably far in the future. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 24 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"The description is fitting: front man Dan Bejar\u2019s lyrics feel like symbolist poetry, with lines of varying lengths crammed with allusions to history, film, and\u2014especially\u2014pop music stacked on top of each other like records in a wobbling tower. \u2014 Tal Rosenberg, Chicago Reader , 12 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"Based on a fairy tale by Aleister Crowley, the colorful early 20th-century British poet and magician, the opera\u2019s story follows some of the same themes as Bluebeard\u2019s Castle, in the symbolist mode of Maeterlinck. \u2014 Peter Dobrin, Philly.com , 19 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"New York painter Packer will display recent work, contemporary portraiture and still lifes that convey the watery warmth of symbolist art. \u2014 Tal Rosenberg, Chicago Reader , 15 Sep. 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220408"
|
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},
|
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"symbiotics":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun plural but singular in construction"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a field of study dealing with symbiosis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"from symbiotic, after such pairs as E economic : economics":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-230023"
|
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},
|
|
"symbiotic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": relating to or marked by symbiosis :":[],
|
|
": characterized by, living in, or being a close physical association (as in mutualism or commensalism ) between two or more dissimilar organisms":[
|
|
"The truffle is a \u2026 fungus that forms a symbiotic relationship with its host tree.",
|
|
"\u2014 Robb Walsh",
|
|
"Termites harbor diverse symbiotic gut microorganisms, the majority of which are as yet uncultivable and their interrelationships unclear.",
|
|
"\u2014 Yuichi Hongoh et al."
|
|
],
|
|
": characterized by or being a close, cooperative, or interdependent relationship":[
|
|
"Today, art advisers are as diverse as the clients they help. They often work alone and form intimate, symbiotic relationships with the people they serve.",
|
|
"\u2014 Deborah Gimelson",
|
|
"Sigal's study \u2026 illustrates how reporters' constant need for news and how government officials' need for publicity and favorable coverage for their agencies combine into a symbiotic relationship between Washington reporters and officials.",
|
|
"\u2014 Charles R. Wright"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccsim-\u02ccb\u012b-\u02c8\u00e4t-ik",
|
|
"-b\u0113-",
|
|
"\u02ccsim-b\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-tik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"symbi(osis) + -otic entry 1 , probably after German symbiotisch":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-025938"
|
|
},
|
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"symposiarch":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one who presides over a symposium":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"sim\u02c8p\u014dz\u0113\u02cc\u00e4rk"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Greek symposiarchos , from symposion symposium + archos leader":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065655"
|
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},
|
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"symposiast":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a contributor to a symposium":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u0259st",
|
|
"sim-\u02c8p\u014d-z\u0113-\u02ccast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Greek symposiazein to take part in a symposium, from symposion":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080044"
|
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},
|
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"symbolophobia":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": fear that one's acts or speech may contain symbolic meanings":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6simb\u0259(\u02cc)l\u014d+"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from symbolo- + phobia":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-094228"
|
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},
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"symbatic":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": increasing or decreasing together though not necessarily in direct proportion":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02c8)sim\u00a6batik"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek symbatikos tending or leading to agreement, from symbat- (verbal stem of symbainein to come to an agreement, from syn- + bainein to walk, come) + -ikos -ic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142928"
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},
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"symbiotic saprophytism":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": the association of a saprophytic plant with a symbiotic fungus (such as a mycorrhiza)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-193251"
|
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},
|
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"symbol train":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": manifest sense 4":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201112"
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},
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"symbranch":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a fish of the order Symbranchii":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8sim\u02ccbra\u014bk"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Symbranchii":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235342"
|
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}
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