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4313 lines
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{
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"virago":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a loud overbearing woman : termagant":[],
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": a woman of great stature, strength, and courage":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"fairy tales that typically portray stepmothers as viragoes",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Despite the work\u2019s title, Dejanira is the one who dominates the action, evolving through seven arias from impatient wife to imperious virago to despairing murderer. \u2014 Christopher Corwin, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2020",
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"Their mother, Lucy, who had abandoned the family for a freer life and left the children with her husband, is a raging virago crushed by guilt (Mamie Gummer in an impressive performance). \u2014 Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ , 10 Jan. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Latin viragin-, virago , from vir man \u2014 more at virile":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
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"\u02c8vir-\u0259-\u02ccg\u014d",
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"-\u02c8r\u0101-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"battle-ax",
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"battle-axe",
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"dragon lady",
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"fury",
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"harpy",
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"harridan",
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"shrew",
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"termagant",
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"vixen"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112118",
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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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"virgin":{
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"antonyms":[
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"maiden",
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"virginal"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a female animal that has never copulated":[],
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": a person who has not had sexual intercourse":[],
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": a person who is inexperienced in a usually specified sphere of activity":[],
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": an absolutely chaste young woman":[],
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": an unmarried girl or woman":[],
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": an unmarried woman devoted to religion":[],
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": being used or worked for the first time":[
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"virgin lumber"
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],
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": characteristic of or befitting a virgin : modest":[],
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": chaste":[],
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": containing no alcohol":[
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"a virgin daiquiri"
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],
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": free of impurity or stain : unsullied":[],
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": initial , first":[],
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": obtained from the first light pressing and without heating":[],
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": produced directly from ore by primary smelting":[],
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": virgin mary":[],
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": virgo":[],
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"river 200 miles (322 kilometers) long in southwestern Utah and southeastern Nevada flowing to Lake Mead":[],
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"\u2014 see also virgin wool":[
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"virgin lumber"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"a virgin in the world of comedy clubs, he's still learning to deal with hecklers",
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"Adjective",
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"virgin boys are sometimes unfairly teased",
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"the state's only remaining virgin forest",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"On All Hallow\u2019s Eve, when the moon is round, a virgin will summon us from under the ground. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
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"The baby, which was supposed to have been a miracle from the virgin (a prayer answered!) feels instead like a curse. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 15 June 2022",
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"Use the extra virgin avocado oil for drizzling over crunchy salads, roasted veggies, or yogurt parfaits. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 May 2022",
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"And Bonus says that report suggests that Sharon was still a virgin \u2014the doctor wrote that her hymen was intact. \u2014 CBS News , 21 May 2022",
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"Who wants to be with the 29-year-old virgin who lacks self-confidence who has never been in a serious relationship",
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"The best way to watch this film is with a Romy and Michele virgin who doesn\u2019t know the first reunion is a dream sequence conjured by Michele en route to the real reunion. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"In the legend of Tales from the Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade is a beautiful virgin who escapes being murdered by the king by telling him stories at night. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"The series follows a 23-year-old virgin who becomes pregnant after an accidental artificial insemination. \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"There are visions of a creepy priest involved in some arcane ritual, as well as a chorus of young girls dressed in virgin -sacrifice white. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 26 May 2022",
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"What Zo\u00eb loves is that it can be applied on any base color, regardless of whether the hair is virgin or pre-colored. \u2014 Photo: Christian Vierig/getty Images., refinery29.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"Unlike the greenish hue and peppery flavor of pricey extra- virgin olive oil, regular olive oil (often labeled 'light') has a lighter color, more mild flavor and higher smoke point \u2014 just like vegetable oil. \u2014 Samantha Macavoy, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
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"While on vacation, Michelle the penny-pincher, who is concerned about every dollar spent, puts away her money worries and relaxes poolside with a virgin pi\u00f1a colada. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
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"Quite the multitasker, this beauty oil can be used on the hair, face and body, leaving all three glowing thanks to 23 karat gold and extra virgin Japanese camellia oil. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"The inclusive line also features two virgin options in ginger mule and colada, which also serve as the perfect mixers. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
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"But Ukraine, in an ecological transition zone, is also home to vibrant wetlands and forests and a large swath of virgin steppe. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"But unfortunately, Ver Beck\u2019s virgin flight didn\u2019t go well. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French virgine , from Latin virgin-, virgo young woman, virgin":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"abecedarian",
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"apprentice",
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"babe",
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"beginner",
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"colt",
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"cub",
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"fledgling",
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"freshman",
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"greenhorn",
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"neophyte",
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"newbie",
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"newcomer",
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"novice",
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"novitiate",
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"punk",
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"recruit",
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"rook",
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"rookie",
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"tenderfoot",
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"tyro"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011614",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"geographical name",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"virginal":{
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"antonyms":[
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"stale"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small rectangular spinet having no legs and only one wire to a note and popular in the 16th and 17th centuries":[
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"\u2014 often used in plural"
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],
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": pristine , unsullied":[
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"a virginal snowfall"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"The land is still in its virginal state.",
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"one of the state's few remaining tracts of virginal prairie",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Historically, clinicians have defended medical involvement as a means of protecting women against violence if their virginal status is in question. \u2014 Neda Taghinejadi, Wired , 13 Feb. 2022",
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"Men are gang members, and women are either virginal or spitfires. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"And because the queen, who had endured omnipresent chaperonage by her mother, was presumed to be virginal , the color came to be considered symbolic of bodily purity. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"This became a clear trend and message over the course of a decade, fueled by pop culture stars: young women and girls needed to stay virginal to succeed. \u2014 Danielle Campoamor, refinery29.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
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"Gus, one of the liberated enslaved, in the uniform of the Union Army, loiters outside the house of the virginal southern belle Flora and follows her to the woods. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"That went double for the moon, whose virginal glow is nicely sanitizing in this context. \u2014 James Marcus, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"From there one, the idea of pure evil and the most ubiquitous representation of good, a virginal babysitter, a young girl with dreams of romance and goodness in her heart. \u2014 Jenelle Riley, Variety , 28 Aug. 2021",
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"The character, in Zegler\u2019s view, shouldn\u2019t be so virginal and pure and, well, flat and one-note. \u2014 Hunter Harris, Town & Country , 25 Aug. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Many of the clinics that provide hymenoplasty also offer virginity testing, an examination of the genitalia that claims to determine the virginal (or otherwise) status of a woman. \u2014 Neda Taghinejadi, Wired , 13 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from Latin virginalis of a virgin, from virgin-, virgo":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0259rj-n\u0259l",
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"\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259n-\u1d4al, \u02c8v\u0259rj-n\u0259l",
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"\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259-n\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"brand-new",
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"fresh",
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"mint",
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"pristine",
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"span-new",
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"virgin"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011604",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"viridescent":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": slightly green : greenish":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Plant ownership is a commitment that requires regular watering, plenty of sunlight, and based on some schools of thought, even talking to our viridescent friends. \u2014 refinery29.com , 1 May 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1847, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin viridis green":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccvir-\u0259-\u02c8de-s\u1d4ant"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113123",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"viridian":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a chrome green pigment that is a hydrated oxide of chromium":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In 2010, scientists analyzed the composition of the 1893 and 1910 versions of The Scream and found the pigments used included cadmium yellow, vermillion, ultramarine, and viridian , all common in the 19th century. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 May 2020",
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"Frostbitten weeds poked from the hardpack, all granularity leeched from the countryside, the icy, angular topography distilled to surfaces shaded cobalt, steel and viridian set against a saffron sky. \u2014 Matt Peckham, WIRED , 3 Oct. 2014"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin viridis":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0259-\u02c8ri-d\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213314",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"viridigenous":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": producing greenness":[]
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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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"Latin viridi s green + English -genous":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6vir\u0259\u00a6dij\u0259n\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224007",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"viridine green":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a light yellow green that is greener and stronger than glass green and greener and lighter than sky green":[]
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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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"obsolete viridine chlorophyll, a green dye, from Latin virid is green":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-d\u0259\u0307n-",
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"\u02c8vir\u0259\u02ccd\u0113n-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215755",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"viridine yellow":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a strong yellow green that is greener, lighter, and stronger than parrot green and greener than lovebird":[]
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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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"obsolete viridine":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171521",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"viridity":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artfulness",
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"cynicism",
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"knowingness",
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"sophistication",
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"worldliness"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": naive innocence":[],
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": the color of grass or foliage":[],
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": the quality or state of being green":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a heroine beset by the vacuous viridity that is so typical of romance novels"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English viridite , from Latin viriditat-, viriditas , from viridis":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0259-\u02c8ri-d\u0259-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"greenness",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"innocence",
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"naiveness",
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"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
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"naivete",
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"naivet\u00e9",
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"naivety",
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"na\u00efvety",
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"naturalness",
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"simplemindedness",
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"simpleness",
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"simplicity",
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"unsophistication",
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"unworldliness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002810",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"virile":{
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"antonyms":[
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"unmanly",
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"unmasculine"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": characteristic of or associated with men : masculine":[],
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": energetic , vigorous":[],
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": having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree":[],
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": masterful , forceful":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"men were once expected to be interested only in such virile activities as hunting",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"As such, the Second Symphony, completed in 1875 and premiered in 1877, is crackling with heroic swagger and brimming with virile rhythmic gusto. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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"In every case, a strong body is the goal, and most often, that means a virile male body. \u2014 Derek Beres, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Rap battles take the place of duels in this virile production, performed on a set as blank as the pages of a drama that might yet be written. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"But only Cooper was nominated Wednesday for his comedic turn as a virile hotshot producer, and the film was passed over completely in the best cast category. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"Notables from John Cusack to Dennis Rodman to Rihanna have worn the brand\u2019s virile leather jackets, weighty necklaces and sweatshirts bearing its iconic cross logo. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 1 Nov. 2021",
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"This allegorical spectrum supports a handsome, virile framework intended to lift up and destigmatize. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013 virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Images of these men on horseback or in classical profile began appearing on posters and handkerchiefs and even crockery, the pinup boys of the revolutionary age\u2013 virile and virtuous and handsome. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French or Latin; Middle French viril , from Latin virilis , from vir man, male; akin to Old English & Old High German wer man, Sanskrit v\u012bra":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"British also \u02c8v\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u02cc\u012b(-\u0259)l",
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"\u02c8vir-\u02cc\u012bl",
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"\u02c8vir-\u0259l",
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"\u02c8vir-\u0259l, \u02c8vi(\u0259)r-\u02cc\u012bl, British also \u02c8v\u012b(\u0259)r-\u02cc\u012bl",
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"\u02c8vir-\u02cc\u012b(-\u0259)l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"male",
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"man-size",
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"man-sized",
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"manlike",
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"manly",
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"mannish",
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"masculine"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103019",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"virility":{
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"antonyms":[
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"femininity",
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"muliebrity",
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"womanhood",
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"womanliness"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": manhood sense 3":[],
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": manly vigor : masculinity":[],
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": the quality or state of being virile :":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"many cultures value virility as a sign of power",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For men, success in business is instinctively taken to reinforce their manhood, their virility . \u2014 Liz Elting, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
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"Those same mice returned to normal levels of virility four to six weeks after treatments ended. \u2014 Andrew Marquardt, Fortune , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"The new pill created by a team at the University of Minnesota blocks proteins from binding to vitamin A, which is known to be crucial to fertility and virility in mammals, per Gizmodo\u2019s Ed Cara. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"When the treatments were stopped, the mice returned to normal levels of virility within four to six weeks. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Savagery was just a nuance away from virility , after all. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"There is much theater to this trade, as reflected in Putin's fiery speeches and the public portrayal of his virility , the absolute subordination of Russia's most senior officials and the country's feeding a mystique of overwhelming military power. \u2014 Douglas London, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Older, conservative men believe that walking beneath women\u2019s underwear [on a washing line, for example] robs you of your virility . \u2014 Nick Holdsworth, Variety , 14 Feb. 2022",
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"Does this, perhaps, come down to gender stereotypes and the fetishisation of virility within masculinity"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1586, 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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"British also v\u012b-",
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"v\u0259-\u02c8ri-l\u0259-t\u0113",
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"v\u0259-\u02c8ril-\u0259t-\u0113, British also v\u012b-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"machismo",
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"macho",
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"manhood",
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"manliness",
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"masculinity"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114023",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"virtually":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": almost entirely : nearly":[
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"The project is virtually complete.",
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"Virtually every applicant was overqualified for the job."
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],
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": by means of a computer or computer network : in a virtual location":[
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"The meeting is being held virtually .",
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"They did all their shopping virtually ."
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],
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": for all practical purposes":[
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"She was virtually unknown prior to starring in the film.",
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"It is virtually impossible to know the truth of the matter."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"We spent virtually all day shopping.",
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"The stadium was virtually empty by the time the game ended.",
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"I remember virtually everything he said.",
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"That illness is virtually unknown in this area.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some of the cars Hi-Tech supplies as rollers to Superformance and Shelby Legendary Cars are virtually impossible to own as originals. \u2014 Thomas Page, CNN , 8 June 2022",
|
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"Stopping someone from lying about their birthday is virtually impossible, and other safeguards appear to be minimal at best. \u2014 Moises Mendez Ii, The Atlantic , 6 June 2022",
|
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"As Zillow\u2019s algorithmic meltdown illustrated, predicting the future of U.S. real estate is a virtually impossible task. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
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"Users are trying to police the community groups, posting screenshots of interactions that went awry and warning each other about which users to avoid using the hashtag #ScammerAlert, but the scammers appear virtually impossible to weed out. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
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"And, as Judge Mizelle\u2019s ruling in Florida shows, crafting legislation that overcomes conservatives\u2019 determined misreading of it is virtually impossible. \u2014 Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker , 13 May 2022",
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"Again, that border-shuttering, coupled with a suspension of visa services, made that system virtually impossible. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 8 May 2022",
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"This sort of bombing mission would be virtually impossible for Ukraine. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
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"Playing on the go has been virtually impossible for the past two years. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 5 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0259r-ch\u0259-w\u0259-l\u0113",
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"\u02c8v\u0259rch-w\u0259-l\u0113",
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"-ch\u0259-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"about",
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"all but",
|
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"almost",
|
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"borderline",
|
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"fair",
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"fairly",
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"feckly",
|
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"more or less",
|
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"most",
|
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"much",
|
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"near",
|
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"nearly",
|
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"next to",
|
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"nigh",
|
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"practically",
|
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"somewhere",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104935",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"disvalue"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a beneficial quality or power of a thing":[],
|
|
": a capacity to act : potency":[],
|
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": a commendable quality or trait : merit":[],
|
|
": a particular moral excellence":[],
|
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": an order of angels \u2014 see celestial hierarchy":[],
|
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": chastity especially in a woman":[],
|
|
": conformity to a standard of right : morality":[],
|
|
": manly strength or courage : valor":[],
|
|
": through the force of : by authority of":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He led me across the concrete floor, through a concrete warehouse, and to the concrete screening room, where he began to extol the virtue and beauty of his eleven-mile-long sewage interceptor. \u2014 Frederick Kaufman , Harper's , February 2008",
|
|
"Disinterestedness was the most common term the founders used as a synonym for the classical conception of virtue or self-sacrifice; it better conveyed the threats from interests that virtue seemed increasingly to face in the rapidly commercializing eighteenth century. \u2014 Gordon S. Wood , Revolutionary Characters , 2006",
|
|
"It was not only his title that made Poor Richard\u2014and by extension [Benjamin] Franklin\u2014an honorary Frenchman. He may well have devoted a great amount of ink to virtue and order, but he checked those concepts at the door of the beau monde; he made it clear that he was not too good for that world \u2026 \u2014 Stacy Schiff , A Great Improvisation , 2005",
|
|
"Nerviness is considered a virtue , a good machine, an energy that builds nations, businesses and dynasties. Handed down from generation to generation, like a caustic strand of DNA, it infects the unhappy, the unfortunate and the unlucky, and turns them into desperate strivers, prepared to do anything to realize their ridiculous ambitions. \u2014 David Byrne , The New Sins/Los Nuevos Pecados , 2001",
|
|
"Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall \u2026 \u2014 William Shakespeare , Measure for Measure , 1605",
|
|
"the virtue of wool as a clothing material is that it can provide insulation from the cold even when wet",
|
|
"a lady of honor and virtue",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"White artists, regardless of their intentions, enjoyed greater access to fame and profit than Black artists by virtue of the color of their skin. \u2014 Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The Diamondbacks finished last year with the same 52-110 record as the Orioles, who were awarded the top pick by virtue of a tiebreaker. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The Washington Post\u2019s Terence McArdle and Lisa M. Bolton spoke via email with four Washington-area leaders ranked best, by virtue of their employees\u2019 votes, in organizations in largest, large, midsize and small categories. \u2014 Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Steph Curry and the Dubs won their fourth NBA championship \u2014 and the franchise\u2019s seventh overall \u2014 by virtue of their 103-90 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 6 Thursday night at TD Garden. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"On the one hand, IE\u2019s market share shot upward dramatically in 1996 and 1997, taking a huge bite out of Netscape\u2019s share simply by virtue of being available by default on most Windows 95-era PCs. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"That is not to diminish their moments of power; the sentences accrue a confidence and clarity by virtue of never having to cast around for what else these characters or their stories might contain. \u2014 Lynn Steger Strong, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Burton is the clear star of Butterfly in the Sky, but by virtue of having premiered over a decade after Mister Rogers and Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow also features more key behind-the-scenes talent than those shows\u2019 respective documentaries. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"San Diego, by virtue of its agreement with IID, will likely stave off any restrictions on Colorado River water until after Los Angeles and surrounding regions are hard hit. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English vertu, virtu , from Anglo-French, from Latin virtut-, virtus strength, manliness, virtue, from vir man \u2014 more at virile":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0259r-(\u02cc)ch\u00fc",
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0259r-ch\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cardinal virtue",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"excellency",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"merit",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210453",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuosic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being, relating to, or characteristic of a virtuoso":[
|
|
"virtuosic violin playing",
|
|
"Generally speaking, the banjo and jazz parted ways many decades back, but virtuosic banjoist Bela Fleck is almost single-handedly lobbying for reconciliation.",
|
|
"\u2014 Gina Arnold",
|
|
"Yet it was from his craftsman father that he learned everything that there was to know about brick, and his use of that humble but infinitely versatile material was virtuosic .",
|
|
"\u2014 Martin Filler"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"virtuoso + -ic entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-zik",
|
|
"\u02ccv\u0259r-ch\u00fc-\u02c8\u00e4-sik",
|
|
"-\u02c8\u014d-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103834",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuoso":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person interested in or having a taste for the fine arts":[
|
|
"In the eighteenth century, rich \" virtuosos \" like Richard Payne Knight and his friend Charles Townley assembled vast collections of everything from Roman sculpture to skewered beetles \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Walter Kendrick"
|
|
],
|
|
": a person interested in the pursuit of knowledge in some specialized field and especially in the arts and sciences":[
|
|
"[Samuel] Pepys was a characteristic product of his day, a virtuoso , a man sympathetic to every new trend in science and scholarship.",
|
|
"\u2014 William Matthews"
|
|
],
|
|
": a person who has exceptional skill, expertise, or talent at some endeavor":[
|
|
"\u2026 instances in which young computer virtuosos occasionally cross the legal boundaries of remote computer systems.",
|
|
"\u2014 Scott Mace",
|
|
"Although hockey has been more team-oriented than any other major sport, through the years there have been virtuosos who packed the houses.",
|
|
"\u2014 Stan Fischler"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He's a real virtuoso in the kitchen.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The voice cast includes Jeff Goldblum who plays a New York music journalist investigating the tragic disappearance of young Brazilian piano virtuoso . \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"They were joined by the Mercury\u2019s 39-year-old virtuoso , Diana Taurasi, who was in street clothes for the preseason game but who plans to be ready when the regular season begins Friday. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"On Wednesday, June 15, nail virtuoso Tom Bachik, who's responsible for countless JLo manis, shared what may be the best \u2014 though perhaps not the clearest \u2014 celebrity nailfie of all time. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Stasium\u2019s devotion, attention to detail and eclecticism immediately impressed Living Colour\u2019s virtuoso guitarist, Vernon Reid. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"Website listings for May 2022 events included a ukulele virtuoso from Hawaii, a forum on Laotian and Hmong authors and a Chinese American chef\u2019s demonstration of her nation\u2019s culinary traditions. \u2014 Joan Oleck, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Lafleur was the stylish virtuoso who spoiled the Stanley Cup dreams of kids all over New England in the late 1970s. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In this intimate show, the audience will find out how an extraordinary 13-year-old boy became the reigning virtuoso of the violin. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Chris Thile, singer-songwriter and virtuoso mandolinist and member of Nickel Creek and the Punch Brothers, will perform a concert to benefit pediatric cancer research at New York\u2019s City Winery on June 1. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 3 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Italian, from virtuoso , adjective, virtuous, skilled, from Late Latin virtuosus virtuous, from Latin virtus":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-z\u014d",
|
|
"\u02ccv\u0259r-ch\u00fc-\u02c8\u014d-(\u02cc)s\u014d",
|
|
"\u02ccv\u0259r-ch\u0259-\u02c8w\u014d-s\u014d",
|
|
"-(\u02cc)z\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165618",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chaste":[],
|
|
": having or exhibiting virtue":[],
|
|
": morally excellent : righteous":[
|
|
"a virtuous decision"
|
|
],
|
|
": potent , efficacious":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"In a kind of virtuous circle, the \"second tier\" schools got better as applications rose and they could become choosier in assembling a class\u2014which in turn raised the quality of the whole experience on campus and made the school more attractive to both topflight professors and the next wave of applicants. \u2014 Nancy Gibbs et al. , Time , 21 Aug. 2006",
|
|
"In its quest to create ice cream as voluptuous as butter and as virtuous as broccoli, the ice cream industry has probed the depths of the Arctic Ocean, studied the intimate structures of algae and foisted numerous failures on the American public. \u2014 Julia Moskin , New York Times , 26 July 2006",
|
|
"Children born into high-income households become part of a virtuous circle of success. Parents with university degrees tend to earn more, set higher educational goals for their children, and invest more time in the children's schooling than parents who have a high-school education or less. \u2014 Laura D'Andrea Tyson , BusinessWeek , 7 July 2003",
|
|
"We redefined virtue as health. And considering the probable state of our souls, this was not a bad move. By relocating the seat of virtue from the soul to the pecs, the abs and the coronary arteries, we may not have become the most virtuous people on earth, but we surely became the most desperate for grace. We spend $5 billion a year on our health-club memberships, $2 billion on vitamins, nearly $1 billion on home exercise equipment, and $6 billion on sneakers to wear out on our treadmills and StairMasters. \u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich , Utne Reader , May/June 1992",
|
|
"She felt that she had made a virtuous decision by donating the money to charity.",
|
|
"virtuous behavior is its own reward",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Andrew\u2019s goofiness is too virtuous , too useful, to be annoying; his cantankerousness is too transparently toothless to be offensive. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Mamoudou Athie and DeWanda Wise make for appealing additions \u2014 as Biosyn\u2019s shadowy head of communications and a virtuous cargo pilot, respectively \u2014 but still get lost in the shuffle. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Willingham-Jagger said young people being able to participate in school has all kinds of virtuous effects on their friendships, social development, mental health, emotional well-being as well as physiological and psychological development. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Just as doing shallow and superficial activities can create a vicious cycle, doing deep and meaningful activities can create a virtuous one. \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Decisions are tested against often-competing philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill: Is this what a virtuous person would do",
|
|
"In keeping with the mores of Victorian womanhood, white women were considered frail, virtuous , and in constant need of protection. \u2014 Allure , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Wherever humans gather, drama inevitably arises \u2013 some virtuous , some innocuous. \u2014 John Rex, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
|
|
"The new practice felt environmentally virtuous , practical and freeing. \u2014 Maria Cramer, New York Times , 6 May 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"see virtue":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0259rch-w\u0259s",
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0259r-ch\u0259-w\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for virtuous moral , ethical , virtuous , righteous , noble mean conforming to a standard of what is right and good. moral implies conformity to established sanctioned codes or accepted notions of right and wrong. the basic moral values of a community ethical may suggest the involvement of more difficult or subtle questions of rightness, fairness, or equity. committed to the highest ethical principles virtuous implies moral excellence in character. not a religious person, but virtuous nevertheless righteous stresses guiltlessness or blamelessness and often suggests the sanctimonious. wished to be righteous before God and the world noble implies moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean, or dubious in conduct and character. had the noblest of reasons for seeking office",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"upright"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193602",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chaste":[],
|
|
": having or exhibiting virtue":[],
|
|
": morally excellent : righteous":[
|
|
"a virtuous decision"
|
|
],
|
|
": potent , efficacious":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"In a kind of virtuous circle, the \"second tier\" schools got better as applications rose and they could become choosier in assembling a class\u2014which in turn raised the quality of the whole experience on campus and made the school more attractive to both topflight professors and the next wave of applicants. \u2014 Nancy Gibbs et al. , Time , 21 Aug. 2006",
|
|
"In its quest to create ice cream as voluptuous as butter and as virtuous as broccoli, the ice cream industry has probed the depths of the Arctic Ocean, studied the intimate structures of algae and foisted numerous failures on the American public. \u2014 Julia Moskin , New York Times , 26 July 2006",
|
|
"Children born into high-income households become part of a virtuous circle of success. Parents with university degrees tend to earn more, set higher educational goals for their children, and invest more time in the children's schooling than parents who have a high-school education or less. \u2014 Laura D'Andrea Tyson , BusinessWeek , 7 July 2003",
|
|
"We redefined virtue as health. And considering the probable state of our souls, this was not a bad move. By relocating the seat of virtue from the soul to the pecs, the abs and the coronary arteries, we may not have become the most virtuous people on earth, but we surely became the most desperate for grace. We spend $5 billion a year on our health-club memberships, $2 billion on vitamins, nearly $1 billion on home exercise equipment, and $6 billion on sneakers to wear out on our treadmills and StairMasters. \u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich , Utne Reader , May/June 1992",
|
|
"She felt that she had made a virtuous decision by donating the money to charity.",
|
|
"virtuous behavior is its own reward",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Andrew\u2019s goofiness is too virtuous , too useful, to be annoying; his cantankerousness is too transparently toothless to be offensive. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
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"Mamoudou Athie and DeWanda Wise make for appealing additions \u2014 as Biosyn\u2019s shadowy head of communications and a virtuous cargo pilot, respectively \u2014 but still get lost in the shuffle. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
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"Willingham-Jagger said young people being able to participate in school has all kinds of virtuous effects on their friendships, social development, mental health, emotional well-being as well as physiological and psychological development. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
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"Just as doing shallow and superficial activities can create a vicious cycle, doing deep and meaningful activities can create a virtuous one. \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 24 May 2022",
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"Decisions are tested against often-competing philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill: Is this what a virtuous person would do",
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"In keeping with the mores of Victorian womanhood, white women were considered frail, virtuous , and in constant need of protection. \u2014 Allure , 13 May 2022",
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"Wherever humans gather, drama inevitably arises \u2013 some virtuous , some innocuous. \u2014 John Rex, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
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"The new practice felt environmentally virtuous , practical and freeing. \u2014 Maria Cramer, New York Times , 6 May 2021"
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"In a kind of virtuous circle, the \"second tier\" schools got better as applications rose and they could become choosier in assembling a class\u2014which in turn raised the quality of the whole experience on campus and made the school more attractive to both topflight professors and the next wave of applicants. \u2014 Nancy Gibbs et al. , Time , 21 Aug. 2006",
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"In its quest to create ice cream as voluptuous as butter and as virtuous as broccoli, the ice cream industry has probed the depths of the Arctic Ocean, studied the intimate structures of algae and foisted numerous failures on the American public. \u2014 Julia Moskin , New York Times , 26 July 2006",
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"Children born into high-income households become part of a virtuous circle of success. Parents with university degrees tend to earn more, set higher educational goals for their children, and invest more time in the children's schooling than parents who have a high-school education or less. \u2014 Laura D'Andrea Tyson , BusinessWeek , 7 July 2003",
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"We redefined virtue as health. And considering the probable state of our souls, this was not a bad move. By relocating the seat of virtue from the soul to the pecs, the abs and the coronary arteries, we may not have become the most virtuous people on earth, but we surely became the most desperate for grace. We spend $5 billion a year on our health-club memberships, $2 billion on vitamins, nearly $1 billion on home exercise equipment, and $6 billion on sneakers to wear out on our treadmills and StairMasters. \u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich , Utne Reader , May/June 1992",
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"She felt that she had made a virtuous decision by donating the money to charity.",
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"virtuous behavior is its own reward",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Andrew\u2019s goofiness is too virtuous , too useful, to be annoying; his cantankerousness is too transparently toothless to be offensive. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
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"Mamoudou Athie and DeWanda Wise make for appealing additions \u2014 as Biosyn\u2019s shadowy head of communications and a virtuous cargo pilot, respectively \u2014 but still get lost in the shuffle. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
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"Willingham-Jagger said young people being able to participate in school has all kinds of virtuous effects on their friendships, social development, mental health, emotional well-being as well as physiological and psychological development. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
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"Just as doing shallow and superficial activities can create a vicious cycle, doing deep and meaningful activities can create a virtuous one. \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 24 May 2022",
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"Decisions are tested against often-competing philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill: Is this what a virtuous person would do",
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"In keeping with the mores of Victorian womanhood, white women were considered frail, virtuous , and in constant need of protection. \u2014 Allure , 13 May 2022",
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"Wherever humans gather, drama inevitably arises \u2013 some virtuous , some innocuous. \u2014 John Rex, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
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"The new practice felt environmentally virtuous , practical and freeing. \u2014 Maria Cramer, New York Times , 6 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Soft furnishings, according to the guidelines, should be cleaned with hot water and detergent, followed by steam cleaning that reaches at least 158 degrees or a virucidal disinfectant. \u2014 Hannah Sampson, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Feb. 2020"
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"the virulence of their hatred",
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"She said the rising virulence of the rhetoric against Muslims has flooded her with sadness, grief, alienation and fear.",
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"\u2014 Laura DaSilva",
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"But the virulence of the campaign, on both sides \u2026 provides a clue to the deeper forces at work: the polarizing of politics in a traditionally moderate place.",
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"\u2014 The Economist"
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"Breast cancer is as diverse as the breast itself, appearing in many different guises. Some cancers seem to erupt out of ordinary breast issue with an awesome virulence , spreading rapidly throughout the body.",
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"examples":[
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"I was surprised by the virulence of the criticism.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Strongly held French feelings about the equality of men and women, about secularism, and about its supposedly colorblind society lie behind the virulence of the discussion of these issues. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
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"This recombinant virus expresses several new genes, in addition to M159, that may have enhanced the virulence of rabbitpox in hares. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"Eve events amid unresolved questions about the transmissibility and virulence of the new variant. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"The virulence of any pathogen depends not just on its own qualities but on the preparedness of the human immune system. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"But greater virulence does not necessarily mean stealth Omicron is more dangerous that Omicron. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"If Omicron is twice as transmissible as Delta, even a 50% reduction in virulence will be a wash. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
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"That could be any of the Big Three, but consider two examples: a juice-up in immune evasion, or a surge in virulence . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"Several doctors told Fortune in March that the necessity of a fourth shot will depend on the virulence of any new coronavirus variants that spread. \u2014 Ian Mount, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"borrowed from French & Latin; borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin v\u012brulentia \"poisonous odor, infection,\" from Latin v\u012brulentus \"full of poison, venomous\" + -ia -ia entry 1 \u2014 more at virulent":""
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"the virulency of his critical judgments became the stuff of Broadway legend"
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": objectionably harsh or strong":[
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"examples":[
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"The country seemed to be returning to the virulent nationalism of its past.",
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"the virulent look on her face warned me that she was about to say something unkind",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Inflation has become more virulent and obnoxious than most had imagined. \u2014 Ivan Illan, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
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"When Juwon Park, a journalist with the Associated Press in Seoul and a onetime dancer for K-pop singer PSY, raised the question on Twitter, global ARMYs bombarded her with virulent responses. \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
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"If more virulent and contagious variants appear, epidemiology models will have to change fast. \u2014 Dr. Genevieve Yang, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
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"People infected with less virulent variants would be less likely to land in the hospital, and if hospitalized, would likely spend less time there and be less likely to die. \u2014 C\u00e9line Gounder, STAT , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"Scientists are still trying to figure out how virulent these new mutants are. \u2014 Laura Ungar, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
|
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"Topol fears that a future variant will be more virulent . \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
|
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"Omicron evolved to be less virulent than Delta, explained John Swartzberg, a professor emeritus of infectious diseases and vaccinology at the University of California-Berkeley\u2019s School of Public Health. \u2014 David Axe, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
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"And the next coronavirus variant could also very well be more virulent and potentially more deadly than the Omicron variant that is still infecting more than 100,000 Americans each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \u2014 Andrew Marquardt, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English, \"discharging watery pus, purulent,\" borrowed from Latin v\u012brulentus \"full of poison, venomous,\" from v\u012brus \"venom, poisonous fluid\" + -ulentus \"having in quantity, full of\" \u2014 more at virus":""
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": a chain of events in which one desirable occurrence leads to another which further promotes the first occurrence and so on resulting in a continuous process of improvement":[
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"But the economy is depressed, in large part, because of the housing bust, which immediately suggests the possibility of a virtuous circle : an improving economy leads to a surge in home purchases, which leads to more construction, which strengthens the economy further, and so on.",
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"\u2014 Paul Krugman"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Generosity brings out more generosity, a virtuous circle . \u2014 Gr\u00e9goire Vigroux, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"Scolding and other forms of negative health messaging can backfire, whereas rewarding healthy behaviors can beget more healthy behaviors, thus creating a virtuous circle . \u2014 Sammy Rubin, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
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"This creates a virtuous circle : the more employees feel taken care of, connected to each other, and love their jobs, the more the company benefits through high workplace engagement, performance, and retention. \u2014 Jim Purcell, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"Reuse is much greener than recycling, and shopping secondhand is a great way to afford higher-quality clothes that last longer and have higher resale value, creating a virtuous circle of sustainability. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"With more laptops running ARM, there\u2019s a virtuous circle for developers to code to more users, which means more users will see their apps on the latest hardware. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 7 June 2021",
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"And that becomes a virtuous circle of input received and output delivered. \u2014 Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Proof of work creates the vicious/ virtuous circle of a cost/price arms race, but \u2018proof of stake\u2019 not so much. \u2014 Clem Chambers, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
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"The company\u2019s mission creates a virtuous circle that engages not just its customers but its employees and partners. \u2014 Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021"
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"1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192926"
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"virgin birth":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": birth from a virgin":[],
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": the theological doctrine that Jesus was miraculously begotten of God and born of a virgin mother":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The mythology of ancient Greece also offers an example of virgin birth . \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
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"When thinking about parthenogenesis, many people wonder if the virgin birth of Jesus Christ was an example. \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
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"Parthenogenesis\u2014also known as virgin birth \u2014is a type of asexual reproduction in which a female's egg can develop into an embryo without sperm. \u2014 Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Nov. 2021",
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"As a theologian, he was known for questioning some of Christianity\u2019s fundamental doctrines, including the virgin birth , the resurrection of Jesus and the existence of miracles. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Sep. 2021",
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"On Sunday morning, two days after Christmas, the Rev. Calvin Brooks gave his holiday sermon, the folksy drawl of a lifelong Alabamian retelling the story of Jesus\u2019 virgin birth . \u2014 al , 31 Dec. 2020",
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"The virgin birth tells it all, His light shines through the darkness, bringing our lives and our hearts great peace and blessed calmness. \u2014 cleveland , 13 Dec. 2019",
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"An interesting thing to tell a young man conceived of virgin birth ! \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2019",
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"Former librarian Charlene dedicates her hours to researching medical journal articles about posthumous sperm collection and virgin births , while confronting her ex-husband Richard (Greg Kinnear) about his involvement. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 5 Sep. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215809"
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"virgin-born":{
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"definitions":{
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": parthenogenetic":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232501"
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},
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"virgin's bower":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": any of several usually small-flowered and climbing clematises (especially Clematis virginiana )":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1597, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233139"
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},
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"virtual image":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an image (such as one seen in a plane mirror) formed of points from which divergent rays (as of light) seem to emanate without actually doing so":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Kids can use play areas, stand behind center field and watch the Dodgers take batting practice, step into a cage for some batting practice of their own, and pose with a virtual image of their favorite player for a picture. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2021",
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"By 8:25, her virtual image was projected onto a whiteboard in Room 332. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Jan. 2021",
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"This teardown includes an unusually lengthy explanation of how Magic Leap's first commercially available headset renders virtual images , \u00e0 la Microsoft's Hololens. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 23 Aug. 2018",
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"Before free agency revved up, the company had virtual images for several teams ready to go and increased the number of blanks on-hand for every one of James\u2019 possible destinations, based on Vegas odds. \u2014 Cam Wolf, GQ , 2 July 2018",
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"The system was used to create a life-sized 3-D virtual image of the documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock that appeared in a television broadcast. \u2014 NBC News , 4 May 2018",
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"Also available is the Heads-Up Display, which projects an 8.5-inch virtual image onto the windshield, to assist the driver in keeping eyes on the road. \u2014 William Thornton, AL.com , 4 Apr. 2018",
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"But the augmented reality system helped surgeons find those blood vessels directly, by highlighting them in the three-dimensional virtual image displayed in an AR headset. \u2014 Tom Metcalfe /, NBC News , 14 Feb. 2018",
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"Augmented reality involves superimposing virtual images over the real world, as opposed to virtual reality, which is entirely artificial. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 18 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000929"
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},
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"virtualism":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the theological doctrine attributed to John Calvin and other Reformers that though the eucharistic elements remain unchanged in the Lord's Supper the spiritual body, blood, and benefits of Jesus Christ are conveyed through them":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccliz\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012025"
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},
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"virtual height":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the effective height of a layer of ionized gas in the atmosphere by which radio waves are reflected around the earth's curvature":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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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":"20220709-021850"
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},
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"virus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a disease or illness caused by a virus":[],
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": the causative agent of an infectious disease":[],
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": something that poisons the mind or soul":[
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"the force of this virus of prejudice",
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"\u2014 V. S. Waters"
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],
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": a computer program that is usually disguised as an innocuous program or file, that often produces copies of itself and inserts them into other programs, and that when run usually performs a malicious action (such as destroying data or damaging software)":[],
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": venom sense 1":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Is the illness caused by bacteria or a virus ",
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"I think I have the virus that's going around this winter.",
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"The software checks your hard drive for viruses .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The virus is also transmitted by contact with clothes or linens that have touched infected rashes or pox, the CDC said. \u2014 Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
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"Previous waves have come to a close because the coronavirus hit a wall, stalling when enough people were vaccinated, had been infected or were altering their behavior to an extent that the virus was deprived of vulnerable hosts. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
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"The virus is related to smallpox, though usually less dire, which means antiviral medication for smallpox can be used for those with severe cases of monkeypox. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 July 2022",
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"The virus is marked by a rash that looks like pimples or blisters, along with symptoms like fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and chills. \u2014 Benjamin Ryan, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
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"This change was based on the authorities\u2019 assessment that the average incubation period of the omicron variant is around two to four days, meaning the virus can be detected within seven days. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 29 June 2022",
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"The virus is spread through close contact, mainly through respiratory droplets or direct exposure to lesions or to contaminated clothing or linens. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 28 June 2022",
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"The virus was confirmed to be the cause of illnesses among at least eight rafting trips. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
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"Because the virus is killed, there is no chance of mutation causing a reversion to the original pathogenic form and causing disease. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 28 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, \"pus, discharge from a sore, semen,\" borrowed from Latin v\u012brus (neuter) \"venom, poisonous fluid, acrid element in a substance, secretion with medical or magical properties,\" going back to an Indo-European base *u\u032fis-/*u\u032f\u012bs- \"poison, venom,\" whence also Middle Irish f\u00ed \"venom, poison, evil,\" Greek \u012b\u00f3s \"poison,\" Tocharian A w\u00e4s and Tocharian B wase, Sanskrit vi\u1e63\u00e1\u1e43, Avestan vi\u0161, vi\u0161a- (also v\u012b\u0161 ":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042224"
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},
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"virgin bower":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": virgin's bower":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050248"
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},
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"Virgil":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"70\u201319 b.c. Publius Vergilius Maro Roman poet":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060221"
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},
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"virgin's milk":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a former cosmetic consisting either of the tincture of benzoin or some balsam or of lead subacetate precipitated by addition of water":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082409"
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},
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"Virunga":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"volcanic mountain range in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in southwestern Uganda, and in northwestern Rwanda north of Lake Kivu":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0113-\u02c8ru\u0307\u014b-g\u00e4"
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],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082828"
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},
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"virgation":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a branching arrangement of fault lines":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccv\u0259r\u02c8g\u0101sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"Latin virga branch + English -ation":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083009"
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},
|
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"virtute et armis":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"Latin phrase"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": by valor and arms":[
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"\u2014 a motto on the Mississippi coat of arms"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"wir-\u02c8t\u00fc-te-\u02ccet-\u02c8\u00e4r-m\u0113s"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083157"
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},
|
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"virgater":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a holder of a virgate":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8v\u0259r\u02ccg\u0101t\u0259r"
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],
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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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"virgate entry 1 + -er":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090302"
|
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},
|
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"virgate":{
|
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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 old English unit of land area usually understood as equaling one quarter of a hide (thirty acres)":[],
|
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": shaped like a rod or wand":[
|
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"a virgate one-flowered branch"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8v\u0259r-\u02ccg\u0101t"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Medieval Latin virgata , from virga , a land measure, from Latin, rod":"Noun",
|
|
"New Latin virgatus , from Latin, made of twigs, from virga":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1655, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1821, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111031"
|
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},
|
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"viral marketing":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": marketing designed to disseminate information (as about a new product) very rapidly by making it likely to be passed from person to person especially via electronic means":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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",
|
|
"Companies like Primary Wave hope to boost earnings from the catalogs by getting songs placed in movies and TV shows, and by introducing old hits to new audiences through viral marketing on social media like TikTok. \u2014 Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"ARGs occasionally have served as viral marketing campaigns for big-budget releases, such as J.J. Abrams\u2019 Cloverfield, which Blanton cites as an inspiration. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Fanned by viral marketing , hubris and perhaps some pandemic ennui, interest in the NFT market has exploded, driving up the price of digital artworks to fantastical levels. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The history academy is run by Gao Xiang, a 57-year-old historian turned propaganda official who has mixed traditional scholarship with viral marketing techniques to repackage the past in support of Mr. Xi\u2019s vision for a resurgent China. \u2014 Keith Zhai, WSJ , 15 June 2021",
|
|
"Giving launch-party guests the chance to pose for a professional photographer, and potentially appear on a Times Square billboard, was a brilliant viral marketing move. \u2014 Jamie Ducharme, Time , 17 May 2021",
|
|
"At the start of last week, Dogecoin was valued at about 9-cents but exploded in worth by the weekend to 40 cents due to viral marketing trends. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"His first project was creating a viral marketing campaign for award winning series Breaking Bad where users would get personalised life advice from the leading actor Walter White. \u2014 Tommy Williams, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"Their spread so captivated social media that many wondered whether the world was falling for a viral marketing campaign. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1989, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113517"
|
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},
|
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"virga":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": wisps of precipitation evaporating before reaching the ground":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8v\u0259r-g\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Dry air below causes the rain to evaporate before reaching the ground in a phenomenon known as virga . \u2014 USA Today , 22 Aug. 2020"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Latin, branch, rod, streak in the sky suggesting rain":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125744"
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},
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"viruliferous":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": containing, producing, or conveying an agent of infection and especially a virus":[
|
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"viruliferous insects"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccvir-y\u0259-",
|
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"\u02ccvir-\u0259-\u02c8li-f(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
|
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"\u02ccvir-(y)\u0259-\u02c8lif-(\u0259-)r\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"virul(ence) + -iferous":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1899, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131022"
|
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},
|
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"virus abortion":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": abortion in mares caused by a virus possibly identical with that of equine influenza":[]
|
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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":"20220709-133549"
|
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},
|
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"virtual displacement":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an infinitesimal displacement of any point of a mechanical system that may or may not take place but that is compatible with the constraints of the system":[]
|
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135202"
|
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},
|
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"virgin cork":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": cork that is taken from young cork oaks and consists of epidermis, cortical tissue, and periderm":[]
|
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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":"20220709-143127"
|
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},
|
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"viremia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the presence of viruses in the blood \u2014 compare bacteremia , septicemia":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"v\u012b-\u02c8r\u0113-m\u0113-\u0259"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"vir(us) + -emia":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153431"
|
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},
|
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"Virgin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
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"geographical name",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a person who has not had sexual intercourse":[],
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": an unmarried woman devoted to religion":[],
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": virgo":[],
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": an absolutely chaste young woman":[],
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": an unmarried girl or woman":[],
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": virgin mary":[],
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": a female animal that has never copulated":[],
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"river 200 miles (322 kilometers) long in southwestern Utah and southeastern Nevada flowing to Lake Mead":[],
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": chaste":[],
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": obtained from the first light pressing and without heating":[],
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": being used or worked for the first time":[
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"virgin lumber"
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],
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"\u2014 see also virgin wool":[
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"virgin lumber"
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],
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": produced directly from ore by primary smelting":[],
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": initial , first":[],
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": containing no alcohol":[
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"a virgin daiquiri"
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],
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": free of impurity or stain : unsullied":[],
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": characteristic of or befitting a virgin : modest":[]
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"\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abecedarian",
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"apprentice",
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"babe",
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"beginner",
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"colt",
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"cub",
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"fledgling",
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"freshman",
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"greenhorn",
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"neophyte",
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"newbie",
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"newcomer",
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"novice",
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"novitiate",
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"punk",
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"recruit",
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"rook",
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"rookie",
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"tenderfoot",
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"tyro"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"maiden",
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"virginal"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"a virgin in the world of comedy clubs, he's still learning to deal with hecklers",
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"Adjective",
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"virgin boys are sometimes unfairly teased",
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"the state's only remaining virgin forest",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"On All Hallow\u2019s Eve, when the moon is round, a virgin will summon us from under the ground. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
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"The baby, which was supposed to have been a miracle from the virgin (a prayer answered!) feels instead like a curse. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 15 June 2022",
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"Use the extra virgin avocado oil for drizzling over crunchy salads, roasted veggies, or yogurt parfaits. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 May 2022",
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"And Bonus says that report suggests that Sharon was still a virgin \u2014the doctor wrote that her hymen was intact. \u2014 CBS News , 21 May 2022",
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"Who wants to be with the 29-year-old virgin who lacks self-confidence who has never been in a serious relationship",
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"The best way to watch this film is with a Romy and Michele virgin who doesn\u2019t know the first reunion is a dream sequence conjured by Michele en route to the real reunion. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"In the legend of Tales from the Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade is a beautiful virgin who escapes being murdered by the king by telling him stories at night. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"The series follows a 23-year-old virgin who becomes pregnant after an accidental artificial insemination. \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"There are visions of a creepy priest involved in some arcane ritual, as well as a chorus of young girls dressed in virgin -sacrifice white. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 26 May 2022",
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"What Zo\u00eb loves is that it can be applied on any base color, regardless of whether the hair is virgin or pre-colored. \u2014 Photo: Christian Vierig/getty Images., refinery29.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"Unlike the greenish hue and peppery flavor of pricey extra- virgin olive oil, regular olive oil (often labeled 'light') has a lighter color, more mild flavor and higher smoke point \u2014 just like vegetable oil. \u2014 Samantha Macavoy, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
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"While on vacation, Michelle the penny-pincher, who is concerned about every dollar spent, puts away her money worries and relaxes poolside with a virgin pi\u00f1a colada. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
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"Quite the multitasker, this beauty oil can be used on the hair, face and body, leaving all three glowing thanks to 23 karat gold and extra virgin Japanese camellia oil. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"The inclusive line also features two virgin options in ginger mule and colada, which also serve as the perfect mixers. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
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"But Ukraine, in an ecological transition zone, is also home to vibrant wetlands and forests and a large swath of virgin steppe. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"But unfortunately, Ver Beck\u2019s virgin flight didn\u2019t go well. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French virgine , from Latin virgin-, virgo young woman, virgin":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160358"
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},
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"virginity":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": the unmarried life : celibacy":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02cc)v\u0259r-\u02c8ji-n\u0259-t\u0113",
|
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"(\u02cc)v\u0259r-\u02c8jin-\u0259t-\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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For his new interview with Bustle published on Tuesday (May 31), Charlie Puth was an open book, sharing his journey to finding his musical sound, the photos on his Raya dating profile and the story behind losing his virginity . \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
|
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"Zainab Husain, who works at the digital news organisation Soch, is one of the activists who has recently successfully petitioned the Lahore High Court to outlaw these virginity tests in rape examinations there. \u2014 Sophia Smith Galer, refinery29.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Hymen surgery and virginity testing have been available in the US for years. \u2014 Neda Taghinejadi, Wired , 13 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The book argues that American society\u2019s obsession with virginity hurts young women. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Conversely, Shoshanna initially seemed the most obviously TV-ish, because any young adult character who announces their virginity is also inevitably announcing their first big character arc. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
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"As well as the myths propagated around the hymen, tightness too has been associated with virginity since time immemorial. \u2014 Sophia Smith Galer, refinery29.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Oftentimes, the discussion starts and ends with something about virginity . \u2014 SELF , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
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"One more time for the people in the back: The hymen does not equate to virginity ! \u2014 SELF , 25 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161442"
|
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},
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"viruses":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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|
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": the causative agent of an infectious disease":[],
|
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": something that poisons the mind or soul":[
|
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"the force of this virus of prejudice",
|
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"\u2014 V. S. Waters"
|
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],
|
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": a computer program that is usually disguised as an innocuous program or file, that often produces copies of itself and inserts them into other programs, and that when run usually performs a malicious action (such as destroying data or damaging software)":[],
|
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": venom sense 1":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Is the illness caused by bacteria or a virus ",
|
|
"I think I have the virus that's going around this winter.",
|
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"The software checks your hard drive for viruses .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The virus is also transmitted by contact with clothes or linens that have touched infected rashes or pox, the CDC said. \u2014 Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
|
|
"Previous waves have come to a close because the coronavirus hit a wall, stalling when enough people were vaccinated, had been infected or were altering their behavior to an extent that the virus was deprived of vulnerable hosts. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"The virus is related to smallpox, though usually less dire, which means antiviral medication for smallpox can be used for those with severe cases of monkeypox. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"The virus is marked by a rash that looks like pimples or blisters, along with symptoms like fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and chills. \u2014 Benjamin Ryan, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"This change was based on the authorities\u2019 assessment that the average incubation period of the omicron variant is around two to four days, meaning the virus can be detected within seven days. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"The virus is spread through close contact, mainly through respiratory droplets or direct exposure to lesions or to contaminated clothing or linens. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The virus was confirmed to be the cause of illnesses among at least eight rafting trips. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Because the virus is killed, there is no chance of mutation causing a reversion to the original pathogenic form and causing disease. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 28 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, \"pus, discharge from a sore, semen,\" borrowed from Latin v\u012brus (neuter) \"venom, poisonous fluid, acrid element in a substance, secretion with medical or magical properties,\" going back to an Indo-European base *u\u032fis-/*u\u032f\u012bs- \"poison, venom,\" whence also Middle Irish f\u00ed \"venom, poison, evil,\" Greek \u012b\u00f3s \"poison,\" Tocharian A w\u00e4s and Tocharian B wase, Sanskrit vi\u1e63\u00e1\u1e43, Avestan vi\u0161, vi\u0161a- (also v\u012b\u0161 ":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161942"
|
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},
|
|
"Virgin Islands of the United States":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"the western islands of the Virgin Islands group including Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas area 132 square miles (343 square kilometers), population 106,405 \u2014 see danish west indies":[]
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162610"
|
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},
|
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"virtuality":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": essence":[],
|
|
": potential existence : potentiality":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccv\u0259r-ch\u0259-\u02c8wa-l\u0259-t\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Millennial values shifted community focus on wellness, virtuality , and intercultural experiences. \u2014 Stephan Rabimov, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There is some hope among experts that virtuality will address the issue, requiring or eliciting a more concrete event than, say, a two-sentence conspiracist tweet. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"In Anderson\u2019s early alter ego lurks an uneasy prediction about virtuality and the ways technology would convince us to remake ourselves. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"There is a maddening abstraction to our reality, a virtuality to all life. \u2014 Greg Jackson, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
|
|
"Long days, long nights; afternoons of solitude, unbuffered by virtuality , admitted the wonder and dread that sculpt the young soul on its way. \u2014 Tim Kelleher, National Review , 28 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"Nonetheless, with no alternative in view, performing-arts institutions have decamped to virtuality . \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 30 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170542"
|
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},
|
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"virgin mary":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the mother of Jesus":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174812"
|
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},
|
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"virginium":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": chemical element 87":[
|
|
"\u2014 superseded by francium"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"v\u0259(r)\u02c8jin\u0113\u0259m"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Virginia , state of the U.S. + New Latin -ium":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180307"
|
|
},
|
|
"virama":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mark added to a consonant sign in Devanagari and related alphabets to indicate that the consonant sign stands only for a consonant and not for a combination of consonant plus following vowel":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"v\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u00e4m\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Sanskrit vir\u0101ma , literally, cessation, stop, from viramati he ceases, pauses, from vi- apart, asunder + ramate he stands still, rests":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182257"
|
|
},
|
|
"virtual colonoscopy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": colonography":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0259rch-(\u0259-)w\u0259l-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Other tests include Cologuard, another type of stool test, which detects abnormal DNA, and virtual colonoscopy , which is performed with a CAT scan. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 31 Aug. 2020"
|
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],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1994, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191459"
|
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},
|
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"virent":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": not withered : fresh":[],
|
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": green in color":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8vir\u0259nt"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin, from virent-, virens present participle of vir\u0113re to be green":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193318"
|
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},
|
|
"viruscide":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": virucide":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
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|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin virus + English -cide":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193709"
|
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},
|
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"virgin dip":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the resin obtained during the first year a tree is tapped for turpentine":[]
|
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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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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200158"
|
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},
|
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"virus x":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various viruses that are imperfectly identified":[],
|
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": a disease caused by a virus X":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200433"
|
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},
|
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"Virginia mountain mint":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a perennial mountain mint ( Pycnanthemum virginianum ) of eastern North America with narrow leaves and clusters of very small white flowers":[
|
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"Virginia mountain mint produces frothy mounds of small white flowers spotted with purple in broad, flattened inflorescences.",
|
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"\u2014 C. Colston Burrell, in Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants , 2006"
|
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]
|
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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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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202005"
|
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},
|
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"virgo":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a zodiacal constellation on the celestial equator that lies due south of the handle of the Big Dipper and is pictured as a woman holding a spike of grain":[],
|
|
": the sixth sign of the zodiac in astrology \u2014 see Signs of the Zodiac Table":[],
|
|
": one born under the sign of Virgo":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8vir-",
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0259r-g\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0259r-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Are you a Virgo or a Libra"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin (genitive Virginis ), literally, virgin":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203455"
|
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},
|
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"Virgin Mary":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the mother of Jesus":[]
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211541"
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Rudolf 1821\u20131902 German pathologist":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fir-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
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"\u02c8vir-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213709"
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"virgo intacta":{
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"type":[
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"Latin phrase"
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"definitions":{
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": untouched virgin":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vir-\u02ccg\u014d-in-\u02c8t\u00e4k-t\u00e4"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233810"
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"virement":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an administrative transfer of budgetary funds":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8virm\u00e4\u207f"
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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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"French, from Middle French, act of turning, from virer to turn + -ment":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234449"
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"Virgo":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a zodiacal constellation on the celestial equator that lies due south of the handle of the Big Dipper and is pictured as a woman holding a spike of grain":[],
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": the sixth sign of the zodiac in astrology \u2014 see Signs of the Zodiac Table":[],
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": one born under the sign of Virgo":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0259r-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
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"\u02c8vir-",
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"\u02c8v\u0259r-g\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Are you a Virgo or a Libra"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin (genitive Virginis ), literally, virgin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004454"
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},
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"virgin territory":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an experience or situation that is new for someone":[
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"We're headed into virgin territory with these new regulations."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012253"
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},
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"virginal membrane":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": hymen":[]
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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":"20220710-014314"
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},
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"Virales":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an order of parasitic plants consisting of the viruses and comprising three suborders \u2014 see phagineae , phytophagineae , zoophagineae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u012b\u02c8r\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113z"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from vir us + -ales":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024444"
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},
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"virg":{
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"virgin":[]
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},
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin virgo":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024814"
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},
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"virgin forest":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an old-growth forest":[]
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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":"20220710-025726"
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},
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"vireo":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various small insectivorous American oscine birds (family Vireonidae, especially genus Vireo ) that are chiefly olivaceous and grayish in color":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vir-\u0113-\u02cc\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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Other species to watch for include Arizona woodpecker, whiskered screech owl and Hutton\u2019s vireo . \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Berkshire County: Among observations were a Baird\u2019s sandpiper in Sheffield and a yellow-throated vireo in Great Barrington. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Oct. 2021",
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"Other reports included a Philadelphia vireo and a mourning warbler at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, a common redpoll at North Beach, and a cattle egret at South Monomoy Island. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"Plymouth County: There were seven sandhill cranes at Burrage Pond Wildlife Area in Hanson and a white-eyed vireo at Tidmarsh Sanctuary in Plymouth. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Nov. 2021",
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"Near the Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Chestnut Hill, a Philadelphia vireo was sighted. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Martha\u2019s Vineyard: A piping plover, a common raven, and a white-eyed vireo were seen at Gay Head. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Sep. 2021",
|
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"North of Boston, on Plum Island highlights included six blue-winged teal, four Hudsonian godwits, a warbling vireo , an early snow bunting, and a sedge wren. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Observers also saw a white-eyed vireo at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, and two ruddy ducks at the Arlington Reservoir. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, a small bird, from vir\u0113re to be green":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-043707"
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},
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"virgin wool":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": wool not used before in manufacture":[]
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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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"Hugo Boss' virgin wool two-piece checks both boxes easily, with a respectable micro-pattern that adds an interesting texture without drawing too much attention. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 16 May 2022",
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"Classic virgin wool , cashmere and silk rib knit inserts on the collar, cuffs and bottom band complete the item, which stands out for its enveloping and alluring sensations of comfort. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 6 Nov. 2021",
|
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"The prestige of artisan workmanship and the virgin wool and cashmere fibers ensure a smooth and soft fabric that is ideal for chilly autumnal weather. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 6 Nov. 2021",
|
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"The sequin-embellished virgin wool gown worn by Zendaya summed up those objectives aptly, while channeling the high-fantasy sci-fi vibe of her film. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 25 Oct. 2021",
|
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"This special edition in 150's virgin wool is a timeless and elegant addition to your formal wardrobe. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
|
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"Uma Wang Chinese designer Uma Wang\u2019s oversize black and beige striped virgin wool scarf is fringed at the edges. \u2014 Janet Kinosian, Los Angeles Times , 19 Sep. 2019",
|
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"At his business, a proper cleaning of a 10-by-75-foot virgin wool carpet would cost up to $525, Hadeed said. \u2014 Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2018",
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"Stay away from heavy tweed wool winter suits and linen summer ensembles, opting instead for virgin wool or cashmere. \u2014 Esquire , 25 Aug. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044859"
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},
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"virgo lactans":{
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"type":[
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"Latin noun phrase"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": nursing virgin":[
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"\u2014 used for depictions of the Virgin Mary nursing the infant Jesus"
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8vir-\u02ccg\u014d-\u02c8l\u00e4k-t\u00e4ns"
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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":"20220710-051533"
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},
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"viral":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or caused by a virus":[
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"a viral infection"
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],
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": quickly and widely spread or popularized especially by means of social media":[
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"a viral video"
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259l"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The original tweet garnered 11,000 retweets, 90,000 likes, plus viral TikTok videos about the account. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Still, some politicians have seized on viral videos of brazen shoplifting to portray left-leaning city leaders as soft on crime. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
|
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"But there are thousands and thousands of viral videos where Kashmiri Pandit women are hugging me and crying on my shoulders. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"But it is also stuffed with GIFs, viral videos and stories about Black people that are clever, funny, inspiring and sometimes strange. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 19 June 2022",
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|
"If Facebook becomes more of a haven for viral videos, that\u2019s great. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"All across YouTube, viral videos abound of great whites and other sharks attacking boats with a ferocity and anger that has never been seen before. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 16 June 2022",
|
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"Kwon, best known for some of her viral TikTok videos about past experiences as an Emirates flight attendant, now has more than 8.4 million followers and posts comedic videos about her life. \u2014 J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
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"He was seen in viral videos breaking a window with his hand to enter the building. \u2014 Beatrice Peterson, ABC News , 15 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"vir(us) + -al entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-054435"
|
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},
|
|
"Virginian creeper":{
|
|
"type":[
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"noun"
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|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": virginia creeper":[]
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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":"20220710-055448"
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},
|
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"virion":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a complete virus particle that consists of an RNA or DNA core with a protein coat sometimes with external envelopes and that is the extracellular infectious form of a virus":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4n",
|
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"\u02c8vir-\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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There are three segments, Small (S), Medium (M), and Large (L), each of which encodes different aspects of the virion . \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a monkeypox virion , obtained from a sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. \u2014 Maria Cheng, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Nonstructural proteins, on the other hand, are not a component of the virion particle itself. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Just last week, Anthony Fauci, director of the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disases at the National Institutes of Health, donated his personal 3-D model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion to the museum. \u2014 Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"There\u2019s a difference between a single virion and a vapor cloud containing virions. \u2014 Ann Norman, cleveland , 23 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"After all, the authorities have been telling us for weeks that the virions are everywhere. \u2014 Pooja Bhatia, SFChronicle.com , 22 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"For example, bacteria can prevent influenza virus infection by binding or trapping them directly or by producing metabolites that decrease the stability of influenza virions . \u2014 Michelle Sconce Massaquoi, The Conversation , 3 Mar. 2020",
|
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"One piece might be necessary for making essential viral enzymes, for instance, while the other would be needed to make the capsule in which the viral particles (or virions ) are packaged and transported to other cells. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 May 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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|
"French, from viri en viral (from virus virus) + -on -on entry 2":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-060641"
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},
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"virucide":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having the capacity to or tending to destroy or inactivate viruses":[
|
|
"virucidal agents",
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"virucidal activity"
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|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccv\u012b-r\u0259-\u02c8s\u012bd-\u1d4al",
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|
"\u02ccv\u012b-r\u0259-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u1d4al"
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],
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|
"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Soft furnishings, according to the guidelines, should be cleaned with hot water and detergent, followed by steam cleaning that reaches at least 158 degrees or a virucidal disinfectant. \u2014 Hannah Sampson, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Feb. 2020"
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|
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"viru(s) + -cide + -al entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-061643"
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},
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"Virginia mallow":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
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": a perennial herb ( Sida hermaphrodita ) that is native to the southeastern U.S. and has white flowers and leaves like those of the maple":[]
|
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-062606"
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},
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"virgula":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
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": the axial support of various graptolites":[],
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": a bilobate secretory reservoir in various cercariae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0259rgy\u0259l\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin, small rod":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-073540"
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},
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"virilocal":{
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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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|
": patrilocal":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6vir\u0259+"
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|
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin vir man + English -i- + local":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-080445"
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},
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"Virginia nightingale":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": cardinal sense 5":[]
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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":"20220710-083229"
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},
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"Virgin Islands National Park":{
|
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"scenic and historic area in the Virgin Islands of the U.S on and around Saint John Island":[]
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},
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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":"20220710-092529"
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},
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"virelay":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a chiefly French verse form having stanzas of indeterminate length and number, alternating long and short lines, and interlaced rhyme (such as abab bcbc cdcd dada )":[]
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"Middle English, from Middle French virelai":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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": an erect herb ( Polygonum virginiana ) of the family Polygonaceae of eastern North America with ovate pointed leaves and spikes of small greenish or rose-colored flowers":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-105418"
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"virl":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": ferrule sense 1":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0259r(-\u0259)l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English virole \u2014 more at ferrule":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-110845"
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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 make virile":[
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"You almost have to commend the writers for resisting the urge to virilize her even further, with a name like Sam or Hunter.",
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"\u2014 Ginia Bellafante"
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],
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": to cause or produce virilization in":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vir-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{
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"1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-121100"
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},
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"virgin spawn":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": mushroom spawn made by mixing the fresh spores directly with the nutritive material making up the bricks":[]
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-122720"
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},
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"virgin soil":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": soil that has never been cultivated":[]
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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":"20220710-125240"
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},
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"Virginia rail":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": an American long-billed rail ( Rallus limicola ) that has gray cheeks":[]
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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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"1813, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-125522"
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},
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"virginia creeper":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a common North American tendril-climbing vine ( Parthenocissus quinquefolia ) of the grape family with palmately compound leaves and bluish-black berries":[]
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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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"1704, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-134431"
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},
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"viroid":{
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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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": any of two families ( Pospiviroidae and Avsunviroidae ) of subviral particles that consist of a small single-stranded RNA arranged in a closed loop without a protein shell and that replicate in their host plants where they may or may not be pathogenic":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8v\u012b-\u02ccr\u022fid"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The agency has also found diseases known to occur in China, called pospiviroid and spindle tuber viroid , in seeds, as well as a few pests of significance: an immature wasp and a larval seed beetle. \u2014 Jon Emont And Jesse Newman, WSJ , 5 Sep. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"vir(us) + -oid entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-141522"
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},
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"Virginia creeper":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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|
],
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a common North American tendril-climbing vine ( Parthenocissus quinquefolia ) of the grape family with palmately compound leaves and bluish-black berries":[]
|
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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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"1704, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-155018"
|
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},
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"Virginia reel":{
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
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|
],
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"definitions":{
|
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": an American dance in which two lines of couples face each other and all couples in turn dance in a series of figures":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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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"1817, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-155645"
|
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},
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|
"virilization":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
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|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccvir-\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-174342"
|
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},
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"Virola":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of chiefly South American forest trees (family Myristicaceae) which yield pale to reddish brown wood \u2014 see banak , ucuuba":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8vir\u0259l\u0259"
|
|
],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-181516"
|
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},
|
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"Virginia ham":{
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|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dry-cured, smoked, and aged ham especially from a peanut-fed hog":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1795, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-182942"
|
|
},
|
|
"Virginia quail":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bobwhite":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183517"
|
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},
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"Virginia poke":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pokeweed ( Phytolacca americana )":[],
|
|
": american hellebore":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-185351"
|
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},
|
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"virgin moth":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": white miller sense 1b":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-194245"
|
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},
|
|
"Virginia sarsaparilla":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": wild sarsaparilla sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-200105"
|
|
},
|
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"virgin rosin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pale yellow rosin made from the first turpentine that exudes after a tree is boxed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-202457"
|
|
},
|
|
"Virginia silk":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a common milkweed ( Asclepias syriaca ) of eastern North America":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-203008"
|
|
},
|
|
"Virginia grape fern":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a rattlesnake fern ( Botrychium virginianum )":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-215418"
|
|
},
|
|
"virgilia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of southern African trees (family Leguminosae) having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers succeeded by a coriaceous 2-valved pod":[],
|
|
": any of several trees related to or formerly included in the genus Virgilia : such as":[],
|
|
": yellowwood sense 1a":[],
|
|
": kentucky coffee tree":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)v\u0259r\u02c8jil\u0113\u0259",
|
|
"v\u0259\u02c8-",
|
|
"v\u0259\u0304\u02c8-",
|
|
"v\u0259i\u02c8-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Late Latin Virgilius (alteration of Vergilius \u2014Publius Vergilius Maro \u202019 b.c. Roman poet) + New Latin -ia":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221303"
|
|
},
|
|
"virgin widow":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one widowed before the consummation of her marriage":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-233247"
|
|
},
|
|
"virology":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a branch of science that deals with viruses and viral diseases":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"v\u012b-\u02c8r\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
|
|
"v\u012b-\u02c8r\u00e4l-\u0259-j\u0113"
|
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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",
|
|
"Robert Siegel, a professor of virology and immunology at Stanford University, said the rate puts California in a good place right now. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 May 2021",
|
|
"That\u2019s why many aspects of cutting-edge cancer research hinge on advances in immunology and virology . \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"That\u2019s why many aspects of cutting-edge cancer research hinge on advances in immunology and virology . \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Will Irving, a professor of virology at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, suggested that a relaxation of mitigation measures as the Covid pandemic winds down may be behind the apparent uptick. \u2014 Erika Edwards, NBC News , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"That's called a case-control study, and Will Irving, a professor of virology at the University of Nottingham, in the UK, said that data may be coming shortly. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Once the initial assessment was finished, Lossie would dissect the bird and send samples to different labs with the ADDL: The histology lab to make microscopic slides, the bacteriology lab, the virology lab and the molecular diagnostic lab. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The UW Medicine virology lab has been screening samples of the virus from across the state, looking for a single mutation that indicates Omicron\u2019s presence \u2014 a technique that Dr. Roychoudhury said helps provide rapid warning of the variant\u2019s spread. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
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"All of those cases were documented before Chinese officials first pointed their fingers at the market, which means the 53% figure could not have been biased by a government trying to deflect attention from the virology lab. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 19 Nov. 2021"
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"vir(us) + -o- + -logy":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1935, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-014915"
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},
|
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"virginogenia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": virginopara":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccv\u0259rj\u0259\u0307n\u014d\u02c8j\u0113n\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Latin virgin-, virgo maiden + New Latin -o- + -genia (from Greek -gen\u0113s -gen)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-025842"
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},
|
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"Virginian stock":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an erect branching annual cruciferous herb ( Malcolmia maritima ) sometimes cultivated for its loose racemes of white, pink, red, or lilac flowers":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-085419"
|
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},
|
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"virose":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": having or suggestive of a poisonous quality":[],
|
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": fetid , malodorous":[],
|
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": virosis":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8v\u012b\u02ccr\u014ds",
|
|
"\""
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin virosus poisonous, from virus poison + -osus -ous":"Adjective",
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"French or German, from New Latin virosis":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-085537"
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},
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"virgin parchment":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": fine parchment made from the skins of newborn lambs and kids":[]
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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":"20220711-092722"
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},
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"virosis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": infection with or disease caused by a virus":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u012b\u02c8r\u014ds\u0259\u0307s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from virus + -osis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103418"
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},
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"virous":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": caused by a virus":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u012br\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 vir us + English -ous":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-110517"
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},
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"Virginia cowslip":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a smooth erect herb ( Mertensia virginica ) of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in bud":[]
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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":"20220711-111157"
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},
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"Virgularia":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus (the type of the family Virgulariidae) of pennatulaceans having a long rodlike rachis enclosing a slender round or square calcareous axis and having polyps that are arranged in transverse rows or clusters on short fleshy transverse processes borne on each side of the rachis for nearly its whole length":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccv\u0259rgy\u0259\u02c8la(a)r\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Latin virgula small rod + New Latin -aria ; from the rodlike rachis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-115555"
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},
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"virgularian":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to the genus Virgularia or family Virgulariidae":[],
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": a virgularian pennatulacean":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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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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"New Latin Virgularia + English -an":"Adjective"
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-120320"
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},
|
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"virginopara":{
|
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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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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccv\u0259j\u0259\u0307\u02c8n\u00e4p\u0259r\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Latin virgin-, virgo virgin + New Latin -o- + -para":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124853"
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},
|
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"Virginia opossum":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the common opossum ( Didelphis virginiana ) of North America":[]
|
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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":"20220711-125545"
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},
|
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"Virginia snakeroot":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a birthwort ( Aristolochia serpentaria ) of the eastern U.S. with oblong leaves usually cordate at the base and pointed at the tip and a solitary basal brownish-purple flower":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"v\u0259r-\u02ccjin-y\u0259-, -\u02ccjin-\u0113-\u0259-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1694, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-130741"
|
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},
|
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"Vireonidae":{
|
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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 of small insectivorous American passerine birds that are plainly but delicately colored chiefly in olivaceous and grayish shades, that are sweet singers, and that usually build pensile nests":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccvir\u0113\u02c8\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
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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 Vireon-, Vireo , type genus + -idae":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135725"
|
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},
|
|
"vireonine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": of or relating to the vireos":[],
|
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": vireo sense 1":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8vir\u0113\u0259\u02ccn\u012bn",
|
|
"\"",
|
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"-n\u0259\u0307n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin vireon-, vireo vireo + English -ine":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145742"
|
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},
|
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"virtual":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted":[
|
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"a virtual dictator"
|
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],
|
|
": being on or simulated on a computer or computer network":[
|
|
"print or virtual books",
|
|
"a virtual keyboard"
|
|
],
|
|
": such as":[
|
|
"print or virtual books",
|
|
"a virtual keyboard"
|
|
],
|
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": occurring or existing primarily online":[
|
|
"virtual shopping"
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or existing within a virtual reality":[
|
|
"a virtual tour"
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or using virtual memory":[],
|
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": of, relating to, or being a hypothetical particle whose existence is inferred from indirect evidence":[
|
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"virtual photons"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 compare real sense 3":[
|
|
"virtual photons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0259r-ch\u0259-w\u0259l",
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0259rch-w\u0259l",
|
|
"-ch\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"The website provides a virtual tour of the stadium.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For a business to be truly purpose-driven, however, every employee must be focused on the higher cause\u2014and for leaders of fully remote companies, gaining this support in a virtual work environment can be a serious challenge. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Even Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, fresh off a virtual meeting with airline executives the previous day to press for more accountability, was not spared. \u2014 Lori Aratani, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Reuters reports that Amazon\u2019s benefit applies if an operation is not available within 100 miles of an employee\u2019s home and virtual care is not possible A cleveland.com reporter has reached out to Kroger and Amazon for this story. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Another virtual meeting was held this week, featuring Vice President Kamala Harris. \u2014 Chris Megerian And Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"According to the university, which purchased the property in 1998, more information on the project will be revealed during a virtual community meeting on Tuesday, June 28, at 6:30 p.m. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"Another virtual meeting was held this week, featuring Vice President Kamala Harris. \u2014 Chris Megerian, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"For all the time and money health tech companies have poured into developing virtual care for type 2 diabetes, the field doesn\u2019t have much of a track record just yet. \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"While some students did do well in the virtual environment, many others struggled to adjust. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, efficacious, potential, from Medieval Latin virtualis , from Latin virtus strength, virtue":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-160944"
|
|
},
|
|
"Virginia oyster":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-161330"
|
|
},
|
|
"virtual private network":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a private computer network that functions over a public network (such as the Internet) and usually utilizes data encryption to provide secure access to something (such as an internal business server or private network)":[
|
|
"He persuaded its users to communicate through a virtual private network , or VPN, a secure channel that sends encrypted messages between computers \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 James Verini",
|
|
"Tony, like all savvy Internet thieves, uses a virtual private network that masks his computer's true Internet Protocol address every time he logs on.",
|
|
"\u2014 Joe Light"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1983, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171655"
|
|
},
|
|
"Virginia plantain":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": dwarf plantain sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171659"
|
|
},
|
|
"vireos":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various small insectivorous American oscine birds (family Vireonidae, especially genus Vireo ) that are chiefly olivaceous and grayish in color":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8vir-\u0113-\u02cc\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Other species to watch for include Arizona woodpecker, whiskered screech owl and Hutton\u2019s vireo . \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Berkshire County: Among observations were a Baird\u2019s sandpiper in Sheffield and a yellow-throated vireo in Great Barrington. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Other reports included a Philadelphia vireo and a mourning warbler at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, a common redpoll at North Beach, and a cattle egret at South Monomoy Island. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Plymouth County: There were seven sandhill cranes at Burrage Pond Wildlife Area in Hanson and a white-eyed vireo at Tidmarsh Sanctuary in Plymouth. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Near the Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Chestnut Hill, a Philadelphia vireo was sighted. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Martha\u2019s Vineyard: A piping plover, a common raven, and a white-eyed vireo were seen at Gay Head. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"North of Boston, on Plum Island highlights included six blue-winged teal, four Hudsonian godwits, a warbling vireo , an early snow bunting, and a sedge wren. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Observers also saw a white-eyed vireo at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, and two ruddy ducks at the Arlington Reservoir. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin, a small bird, from vir\u0113re to be green":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-181941"
|
|
},
|
|
"Virginia goatsbeard":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small pale green herb ( Cynthia virginica ) of the family Compositae with yellow flower heads":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-193519"
|
|
},
|
|
"Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"protected area in the U.S. Virgin Islands in waters surrounding Saint John Island":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200221"
|
|
},
|
|
"Virginia stickseed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a biennial herb ( Hackelia virginiana synonym Lappula virginiana ) of eastern North America with broad oval leaves and prickly-barbed fruit":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211126"
|
|
},
|
|
"virgulate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a shape resembling a rod":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-y\u0259\u02ccl\u0101t",
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0259rgy\u0259l\u0259\u0307t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin virgulatus striped, from virgula small rod, small stripe + -atus -ate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-222943"
|
|
},
|
|
"Virginia goat's rue":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": catgut sense 3a":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231028"
|
|
},
|
|
"Virgin Islands":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"group of islands in the West Indies east of Puerto Rico \u2014 see british virgin islands , virgin islands of the united states":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-001032"
|
|
},
|
|
"Virginia City":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"town in southwestern Montana population 190":[],
|
|
"unincorporated settlement 16 miles (26 kilometers) south-southeast of Reno in western Nevada that was settled in 1859 following discovery of the Comstock Lode population 855":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-003231"
|
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},
|
|
"Virginia cedar":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": red cedar sense 1a":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"Some of the advanced features Apple bragged about, including virtual memory -swapping, require an iPad Pro or sixth-gen iPad Air with an Apple M1 chip. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
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"Apps can use the free storage as extra virtual memory for demanding functions and workflows. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 8 June 2022",
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"Memory doesn\u2019t actually go up to 18GB, but Nubia says in the press release the phones feature a RAM Boost memory compression technology that expands virtual memory so that 12GB of RAM is used like 18GB of RAM. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 4 Mar. 2021",
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"In the meantime, the Playwrights' Center is honoring her with a virtual memory page. \u2014 Rohan Preston, Star Tribune , 23 Feb. 2021",
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"Osment appeared on Cyrus' Instagram Live show, BRIGHT MINDED: Live With Miley, and the pair took a trip down virtual memory lane. \u2014 Emily Dixon, Marie Claire , 24 Mar. 2020",
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"In short, the mitigation worked by isolating virtual memory page tables of user-mode threads from kernel memory. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 11 Nov. 2019",
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"Petabytes of RAM Sunny Cove also makes the first major change to x64 virtual memory support since AMD introduced its x86-64 64-bit extension to x86 in 2003. \u2014 Peter Bright, Ars Technica , 12 Dec. 2018",
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"This was because Apple wanted to give 32-bit applications access to the full 4GB of virtual memory , rather than splitting that 4GB between the program and the kernel. \u2014 Peter Bright, Ars Technica , 5 Jan. 2018"
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"But the notion is outdated, as artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous, virtual reality and metaverse use cases require higher-bandwidth, lower-latency networks for the real-time processing of large data payloads at the edge. \u2014 Michael Johnston, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
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"Social media giant Meta has added new tools and resources for parents to monitor their children\u2019s online experience using virtual reality and Instagram, according to a company news release. \u2014 Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
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"Going forward, however, the research hub itself will operate as part of Meta\u2019s Reality Labs Research group, a division that oversees work on virtual reality , augmented reality and other key components of the metaverse, the company said. \u2014 Angus Loten, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
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"Separately, the 2022 Tribeca Festival, which runs June 8-19, will include a lineup of virtual reality , augmented reality, mixed reality and participatory experiences from artists around the world. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 6 June 2022",
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"Laser tag, virtual reality and tabletop games, dozens of vendors and an escape room will also be available. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
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"To spice up the grueling repetitions, RHOM partnered with tech companies Penumbra and BIONIK Labs to integrate virtual reality and artificial intelligence to patient care, The Billings Gazette reports. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
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"In addition to the Broad exhibition\u2019s AR elements, there\u2019s also a Gagosian Gallery show that debuted in New York last week that includes AR, virtual reality and NFT influences. \u2014 Michelle Groskopf, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022"
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": a fragrant perennial herb ( Pycnanthemum virginianum ) of eastern North America with opposite linear lanceolate leaves and tiny close heads of flowers in a terminal cluster":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8ji-n\u0113-\u0259-",
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"v\u0259r-\u02c8ji-ny\u0259-"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104639"
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"Virginia crownbeard":{
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"definitions":{
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": a tall perennial herb ( Verbesina virginica ) of the eastern U.S. with alternate leaves and paniculate heads of white flowers":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111312"
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"virial coefficient":{
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|
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"definitions":{
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": one of the coefficients in a series of terms involving inverse powers of specific volume whose sum represents the product of specific volume by pressure for a pure gas":[
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"useful form of the equation of state of a real gas is pv = A + B/ v + C/ v 2 + \u2026, where A, B, C, etc. are functions of the temperature and are called the virial coefficients",
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"\u2014 F. W. Sears"
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|
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"definitions":{
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": shortleaf pine sense 1":[]
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|
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"definitions":{
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": the distance a propeller would have to advance in one revolution so that there might be no thrust":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-124416"
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"Virginia deer":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"\u2014 used especially of forms found in the eastern U.S."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-135311"
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"Virginia false gromwell":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a false gromwell ( Onosmodium virginianum )":[]
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"definitions":{
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"pronounciation":[
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"type":[
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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