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3782 lines
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{
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"Augean":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": extremely formidable or difficult and occasionally distasteful"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u022f-\u02c8j\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arduous",
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"backbreaking",
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"challenging",
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"demanding",
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"difficult",
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"effortful",
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"exacting",
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"formidable",
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"grueling",
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"gruelling",
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"hard",
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"heavy",
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"hellacious",
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"herculean",
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"killer",
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"laborious",
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"moiling",
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"murderous",
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"pick-and-shovel",
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"rigorous",
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"rough",
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"rugged",
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"severe",
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"stiff",
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"strenuous",
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"sweaty",
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"tall",
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"testing",
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"toilsome",
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"tough",
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"uphill"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cheap",
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"easy",
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"effortless",
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"facile",
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"light",
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"mindless",
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"simple",
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"soft",
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"undemanding"
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],
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"examples":[
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"dreaded the Augean task of cleaning the bathroom after an overflow of the toilet"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Latin Augeas , king of Elis, from Greek Augeias ; from the legend that his stable, left neglected for 30 years, was finally cleaned by Hercules",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1676, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215549"
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},
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"Augean stable":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a condition or place marked by great accumulation of filth or corruption"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"cesspool",
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"Gomorrah",
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"sink"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"as a gubernatorial candidate he claimed that the state capitol was an Augean stable that desperately needed to be cleaned out"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1610, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-232304"
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},
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"au naturel":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": cooked or served plainly",
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": being in natural style or condition",
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": nude"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u014d-\u02ccna-t\u0259-\u02c8rel",
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"-\u02ccna-ch\u0259-"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bare",
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"bottomless",
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"disrobed",
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"mother-naked",
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"naked",
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"nude",
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"raw",
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"starkers",
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"stripped",
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"unclad",
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"unclothed",
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"undressed"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"appareled",
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"apparelled",
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"attired",
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"clad",
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"clothed",
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"dressed",
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"garbed",
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"invested",
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"robed",
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"suited"
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],
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"examples":[
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"She wears makeup for special occasions, but otherwise prefers an au naturel look.",
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"for vacationers who prefer to be au naturel , the tropical resort features a secluded, private beach",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But the chances of being photographed au naturel have grown considerably. \u2014 Matt Stevens, New York Times , 1 June 2022",
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"But for general use, dyed eggs work just as well as au naturel eggs in the following recipes and dishes. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"They\u2019ve all shared apparently au naturel images too, their faces stripped of Instagram\u2019s typical high gloss. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"The real reason for its existence isn\u2019t to be a forum for serious discussion, but to spring au naturel men and women on innocent people. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"Cooper isn\u2019t the only one appearing au naturel on the big-screen lately. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Jan. 2022",
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"That would be like saying, people who wear clothes in public are more likely to get infected than people who go au naturel . \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"Cruise\u2019s a blond wig, and Pitt\u2019s an au naturel golden mop \u2014 flapping in the breeze. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"She's known to slather on oils and keep it au naturel all day with just a touch of cheek or lip stain and mascara. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 13 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"French",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223334"
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},
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"audacious":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": intrepidly daring : adventurous",
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": recklessly bold : rash",
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": contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum : insolent",
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": marked by originality and verve",
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": very bold and daring : fearless",
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": disrespectful of authority : insolent"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u022f-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259s",
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"\u022f-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arch",
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"bold",
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"bold-faced",
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"brash",
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"brassbound",
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"brassy",
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"brazen",
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"brazen-faced",
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"cheeky",
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"cocksure",
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"cocky",
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"fresh",
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"impertinent",
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"impudent",
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"insolent",
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"nervy",
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"sassy",
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"saucy",
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"wise"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"meek",
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"mousy",
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"mousey",
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"retiring",
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"shy",
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"timid"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The couple\u2019s audacious plan, as laid out by federal authorities, as well as the brazen lifestyle that plan supposedly afforded, seemed tailored to these times, and these times alone. \u2014 Paulina Cachero, Bloomberg.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
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"Many fled the country without their families during the audacious move. \u2014 Oren Liebermann, CNN , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"Her audacious decision not only morally indicted the men responsible for Till\u2019s death\u2014that year, none were found guilty by a court\u2014but galvanized public opinion against segregation and Jim Crow. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
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"This ambiance may seem more akin to a gay tiki bar: audacious , lively and super fun. \u2014 Von Diaz, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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"Durant, the audacious and colorful original owner of the central Phoenix restaurant created a place that is still known for the vibe as much as for the martinis and steaks. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
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"Another name could be added to the list Tuesday evening when Salesforce, an audacious late-stage and IPO investor, releases its quarterly earnings. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
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"The plot to use alternate electors was one of the most expansive and audacious schemes in a dizzying array of efforts by Trump and his supporters to deny his election loss and keep him in the White House. \u2014 Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
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"For years, Zachary Horwitz lured people into what federal investigators describe as one of the most audacious Ponzi schemes in Hollywood history. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French audacieux, from audace \"daring, recklessness\" (borrowed from Latin aud\u0101cia, from aud\u0101c-, aud\u0101x \"daring, bold, excessively daring, reckless\" + -ia -ia entry 1 ) + -ieux -ious ; aud\u0101x from aud\u0113re \"to intend, dare, venture\" (verbal derivative of avidus \"ardent, eager, greedy\") + -\u0101c-,-\u0101x, deverbal suffix denoting habitual or successful performance (probably going back to Indo-European *-eh 2 , noun ending + *-k-, suffixal formative) \u2014 more at avid ",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175833"
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},
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"audacity":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": the quality or state of being audacious : such as",
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": intrepid boldness",
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": bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints",
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": an audacious act",
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": a bold and daring quality that is sometimes shocking or rude"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u022f-\u02c8da-s\u0259-t\u0113",
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"\u022f-\u02c8da-s\u0259-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"audaciousness",
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"brashness",
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"brass",
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"brassiness",
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"brazenness",
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"cheek",
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"cheekiness",
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"chutzpah",
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"chutzpa",
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"hutzpah",
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"hutzpa",
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"crust",
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"effrontery",
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"face",
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"gall",
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"nerve",
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"nerviness",
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"pertness",
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"presumption",
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"presumptuousness",
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"sauce",
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"sauciness",
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"temerity"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I could not believe their audacity .",
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"He had the audacity to suggest that it was all my fault.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"At the heart of the story is Rosa Rend\u00f3n, a woman whose intrepidity reminds me that women of the past often possessed remarkable audacity . \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"That snub felt all the more galling after winner Scott Frank, who directed The Queen\u2019s Gambit, delivered a rambling, dull acceptance speech while seeming peeved every time the music had the audacity to try to stop him from speaking. \u2014 Jen Chaney, Vulture , 20 Sep. 2021",
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"With breathtaking audacity Yanagihara rewrites America, the Civil War having produced, in this account, not a united country but a conglomeration of territories, including one called the Free States. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"Her spectral presence conjures the island\u2019s troubled history and his own family conflicts\u2014and Yogi films the metaphysical and the practical with the same lyrical audacity . \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 2 Dec. 2021",
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"The upside here is that Kardashian has ignited a passionate debate from all sides (some of the more rageful commentary is fueled by her audacity to wear Monroe\u2019s museum-worthy delicate dress in the first place, but that\u2019s another issue). \u2014 Michelle Konstantinovsky, Glamour , 3 May 2022",
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"The style itself is part of its political audacity . \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Even Morant\u2019s misses provide highlight-worthy clips because of his athleticism and the audacity of his imagination. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"West Coast IPA rose to prominence in the 1990s and captured craft beer\u2019s audacity , courage and fighting spirit in a glass. \u2014 Kevin Mcgee, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English audacite, borrowed from Medieval Latin aud\u0101cit\u0101t-, aud\u0101cit\u0101s, from Latin aud\u0101c-, aud\u0101x \"daring, bold, excessively daring, reckless\" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity \u2014 more at audacious ",
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"first_known_use":[
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194711"
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},
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"augment":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense",
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": supplement",
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": to add an augment to (a verb form) (see augment entry 2 )",
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": to become augmented",
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": a vowel prefixed or a lengthening of the initial vowel to mark past time especially in Greek and Sanskrit verbs",
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": to increase in size, amount, or degree",
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": to increase in size, amount, degree, or severity"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u022fg-\u02c8ment",
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"\u02c8\u022fg-\u02ccment",
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"\u022fg-\u02c8ment",
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"\u022fg-\u02c8ment",
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"\u02c8\u022fg-\u02ccment"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accelerate",
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"add (to)",
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"aggrandize",
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"amplify",
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"boost",
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"build up",
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"compound",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"extend",
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"hype",
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"increase",
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"multiply",
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"pump up",
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"raise",
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"stoke",
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"supersize",
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"swell",
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"up"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"abate",
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"decrease",
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"de-escalate",
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"diminish",
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"downsize",
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"dwindle",
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"lessen",
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"lower",
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"minify",
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"reduce",
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"subtract (from)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"\u2026 a former member of Brunet's team, Jean-Renaud Boisserie of Berkeley, is in the Middle Awash seeking to augment the animal fossil record\u2014particularly that of hippopotamuses. \u2014 Rex Dalton , Nature , 5 Jan. 2006",
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"These reserve units will soon be augmented by full-time Maritime Safety and Security Teams. The first of these teams was formed on July 3; a dozen more are supposed to be created within the next three years. \u2014 David Helvarg , Popular Science , September 2002",
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"The sale of its shares in such companies has helped augment its cash reserves from $1.7 billion to $2 billion. Call it a rainy-day fund\u2014something that other dot-coms never had. But the move also suggests that even Yahoo has lost faith in the once boundless promise of Internet companies. \u2014 Brad Stone , Newsweek , 19 Mar. 2001",
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"The money augmented his fortune.",
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"Heavy rains augmented the water supply.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Key investors and beneficial advisory committees, as examples, can be reached out to to augment the leadership tools and skills necessary to navigate volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) times. \u2014 Arthi Rabikrisson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"The Ritz brothers then planned to come to Baltimore and establish a color lab to augment their Philadelphia operation. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 23 May 2022",
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"Zoom has been looking for ways to augment its growth. \u2014 Denny Jacob, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
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"Individuals could quickly get results, and public health experts could use the data to augment surveillance of the virus. \u2014 Mario Aguilar, STAT , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"But just as neglect can augment burdens, investment can diminish them. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"The frigates are meant to augment \u2014and likely at some point replace\u2014a force of 32 littoral combat ships (LCS). \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"Allen said one of its main contractors, Jogan Health, had established a rapid relief pool of 200 clinicians and will augment that by another 300 in coming weeks. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"That was then, now this is the strategy most automakers use to augment onsite coverage and speak directly to consumers. \u2014 Ed Garsten, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Graphics power can also be important to creative professionals who are editing multimedia projects, using programs that benefit from GPU acceleration to augment CPU power. \u2014 Tom Brant, PCMAG , 7 June 2022",
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"Yeast is expected to help augment special teams and provide the Rams with depth at safety along with fellow draftee Quentin Lake. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Chambers is set to augment existing work at the Department of Justice, which last year created a special task force to investigate misuse in coronavirus funds. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"In all the tasks, the vast majority of study participants chose an augment versus a removal strategy to solve the problems presented to them. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2021",
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"Chambers is set to augment existing work at the DOJ, which last year created a special task force to investigate misuse in coronavirus funds. \u2014 Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Musk has previously claimed that Neuralink\u2019s technology could eventually be used to augment humans, potentially enabling people to store and replay their memories like watching videos on computers. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"The library foundation has raised more than $130 million in private funds to augment and support library programs, collections, expansion and services. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Feb. 2022",
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"Its current application suite focuses on tools to augment reading and writing. \u2014 Rob Toews, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
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"Noun",
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"1671, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170858"
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},
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"augmentation":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": the act or process of augmenting something",
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": the state of being augmented",
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": something that augments : addition",
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": the act, action, or process of augmenting",
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": something that augments"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u022fg-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"-\u02ccmen-",
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"\u02cc\u022fg-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n, -\u02ccmen-"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accretion",
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"accrual",
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"addendum",
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"addition",
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"boost",
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"expansion",
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"gain",
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"increase",
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"increment",
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"more",
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"plus",
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"proliferation",
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"raise",
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"rise",
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"step-up",
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"supplement",
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"uptick"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"abatement",
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"decline",
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"decrease",
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"decrement",
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"depletion",
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"diminishment",
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"diminution",
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"drop-off",
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"fall",
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"falloff",
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"lessening",
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"loss",
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"lowering",
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"reduction",
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"shrinkage",
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"step-down"
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],
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"examples":[
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"augmentations to the benefits package over the years have resulted in a total of 12 paid holidays for employees",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The minivan soon turns away from the city center; along the streets leading up to the hospital, there are numerous cosmetic clinics, their window displays advertising breast augmentation , liposuction, rhinoplasty, Botox, and fillers. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
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"In a 2017 commentary on neurotechnology, the Columbia University neurobiologist Rafael Yuste and 24 colleagues identified four main areas of concern: augmentation ; bias; privacy and consent; and agency and identity. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
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"That butt augmentation and liposuction surgery are more accessible and less costly than ever makes recovery homes a thriving cottage industry among these women. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
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"Previously one of the more prohibitive factors for widespread penetration of hearing augmentation devices, the financial cost associated with purchasing them is becoming lower with each passing year. \u2014 Brian Crannell, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"Over the past two years, Awnuh, 19, has undergone a variety of cosmetic procedures: cheek filler, lip filler, breast augmentation and rhinoplasty. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Nguyen had gone to Kim at Colorado Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery for a breast augmentation on Aug. 1, 2019. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"Grand Cherokee 4xe prices are generally higher than comparable SUVs without electric augmentation . \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Along with a drive towards physical wellness, the company has also developed a neural modulation headset that rewards members for treatment sessions, brain augmentation practice, and improving brain health. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204244"
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},
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"augur":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": an official diviner of ancient Rome",
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": one held to foretell events by omens",
|
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": to foretell especially from omens",
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": to give promise of : presage",
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": to predict the future especially from omens"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u022f-g\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"diviner",
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"forecaster",
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"foreseer",
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"foreteller",
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"fortune-teller",
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"futurist",
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"prognosticator",
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"prophesier",
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"prophet",
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"seer",
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"soothsayer",
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"visionary"
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],
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"antonyms":[
|
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"bode",
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"forebode",
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"forbode",
|
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"promise"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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|
"ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds",
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"Verb",
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"The decision doesn't augur well.",
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"the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"These all augur in favor of aggressive actions to flatten the curve of infections. \u2014 WSJ , 30 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"ByteDance\u2019s growth in emerging markets could be an augur of what\u2019s to come. \u2014 Chris Stokel-walker, Wired , 22 Nov. 2021",
|
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"The mission of the Dylanologist is to serve as codebreaker, or some augur of the divine. \u2014 John Semley, The New Republic , 26 May 2021",
|
|
"Phuket\u2019s largest mosque is in Bang Tao, and this year the first day of Ramadan coincided with the beginning of the Thai New Year festivities, an auspicious augur after a year of economic hardship. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Some worry these changes augur an increasingly isolationist future in China that may persist even as the pandemic eases. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
|
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"But should these anecdotal reports augur a flood of similar data, Paxlovid might offer a surprisingly straightforward fix to one of the pandemic\u2019s biggest puzzles. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
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|
"The mega-deal is expected to take effect in April, and may augur changes behind the scenes. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to counter inflation, and the bond-market yield curve is close to inverting, which can sometimes augur recession. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The ongoing vaccination programs and gradual opening up of economies has resulted in an increase in procedures volume in 2021, and this should augur well for Intuitive Surgical\u2019s top line growth, when compared to the prior year quarter. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
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"While not every trend identified here might seem to augur a bright future, there are good reasons for optimism. \u2014 Aparna Dhinakaran, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Because the festival\u2019s inaugural edition, in September 2015, didn\u2019t fully augur what was later to come. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"If the foldable mirror operates as planned, the mission could augur a new way to launch giant telescopes too big to fit on rockets. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Dec. 2021"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"Noun",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Verb",
|
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"1593, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210241"
|
|
},
|
|
"august":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": marked by majestic dignity or grandeur",
|
|
": the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar",
|
|
": being grand and noble",
|
|
": the eighth month of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8g\u0259st",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-(\u02cc)g\u0259st",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-g\u0259st",
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8g\u0259st",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-g\u0259st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distingu\u00e9",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"undignified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"We visited their august mansion and expansive grounds.",
|
|
"The family claims an august lineage.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"We are taking our vacation in August .",
|
|
"The last two Augusts have been very dry.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Rossi's background includes the hagiographic Page One: Inside The New York Times and the documentary's executive producers include CNN's Brian Stelter, its talking heads coming largely from the more august and austere hubs of the legacy media. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"In person, Barnett has rock-star charisma that belies her august pedigree and sets her apart from her besuited peers. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 13 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"At the moment, the Oscars reflect the Academy, but the Academy reflects nothing but its august name; plausible deniability and the shunning of responsibility are built into the current system. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 15 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"For its presiding officer, Chief Justice John Roberts, the trial ought to be imagined as an earnest weighing up of truth and lies by a most august assembly. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 30 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Tut-tutting about how the president and his minions have turned an august judicial process into an over-the-top spectacle is not going to get them anywhere, especially with their otherwise reliable media allies. \u2014 Matthew Walther, TheWeek , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The metropolitan elitism that looks down from the august heights of Ivy League self-esteem on the centrality of athletic programs to so many colleges is quite entrenched. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Most were faculty, august scholars and artists, but W, a singer with a staff job, was also part of the circle. \u2014 Longreads , 2 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Well, that\u2019s thanks to the august ladies who helm the San Francisco Cotillion Club Committee \u2014 and everyone minds their social p\u2019s and q\u2019s when these former debutantes are on the dais. \u2014 Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com , 31 Dec. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"1581, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222505"
|
|
},
|
|
"aureate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of a golden color or brilliance",
|
|
": marked by grandiloquent and rhetorical style"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"purple",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the aureate speeches that are traditionally given at graduation ceremonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English aureat , from Medieval Latin aureatus decorated with gold, from Latin aureus ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192336"
|
|
},
|
|
"austere":{
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"stern and cold in appearance or manner",
|
|
"somber , grave",
|
|
"morally strict ascetic",
|
|
"markedly simple or unadorned",
|
|
"giving little or no scope for pleasure",
|
|
"having the flavor of acid or tannin predominant over fruit flavors usually indicating a capacity for aging",
|
|
"seeming or acting serious and unfriendly",
|
|
"plain entry 1 sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u022f-\u02c8stir",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Most networks stuck with a fairly austere presentation, adding few of the whiz-bang touches that decorate their election nights and other live events. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Her branch, in Washington Heights, is an austere brick building near a laundromat. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Those themes suggest a film of brooding portentousness, and this transfixing drama is certainly austere . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Maybe things are more austere this year, since a gift bag for top nominees in the past has been jam-packed and worth $205,000. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"And bolstered in part by the vast corruption and inefficiency of the Afghan government, the austere and harsh Taliban has made steady gains for years, setting up shadow governments around the country and signing up fighters. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Tim Kellner Filmmaker and composter Kellner chose the rugged, moody backdrop of Sweden\u2019s west coast, translating its austere winter landscape into a series of meditative self-portraits. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As a film, though, Golubovi\u0107 is less interested in what\u2019s conventionally stirring (or, consequently, morally enraging) about Nikola\u2019s quest and more fascinated by the austere , solitary, Bressonian perseverance of it all. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Minsk was austere , brutal and beautiful, as spotless as everyone had promised, but also empty and so cold that being outside burned my skin. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin austerus , from Greek aust\u0113ros harsh, severe; akin to Greek hauos dry \u2014 more at sere ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162357"
|
|
},
|
|
"austerely":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": stern and cold in appearance or manner",
|
|
": somber , grave",
|
|
": morally strict : ascetic",
|
|
": markedly simple or unadorned",
|
|
": giving little or no scope for pleasure",
|
|
": having the flavor of acid or tannin predominant over fruit flavors usually indicating a capacity for aging",
|
|
": seeming or acting serious and unfriendly",
|
|
": plain entry 1 sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8stir",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Most networks stuck with a fairly austere presentation, adding few of the whiz-bang touches that decorate their election nights and other live events. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Her branch, in Washington Heights, is an austere brick building near a laundromat. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Those themes suggest a film of brooding portentousness, and this transfixing drama is certainly austere . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Maybe things are more austere this year, since a gift bag for top nominees in the past has been jam-packed and worth $205,000. \u2014 Robert W. Wood, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"And bolstered in part by the vast corruption and inefficiency of the Afghan government, the austere and harsh Taliban has made steady gains for years, setting up shadow governments around the country and signing up fighters. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Tim Kellner Filmmaker and composter Kellner chose the rugged, moody backdrop of Sweden\u2019s west coast, translating its austere winter landscape into a series of meditative self-portraits. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As a film, though, Golubovi\u0107 is less interested in what\u2019s conventionally stirring (or, consequently, morally enraging) about Nikola\u2019s quest and more fascinated by the austere , solitary, Bressonian perseverance of it all. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Minsk was austere , brutal and beautiful, as spotless as everyone had promised, but also empty and so cold that being outside burned my skin. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin austerus , from Greek aust\u0113ros harsh, severe; akin to Greek hauos dry \u2014 more at sere ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215748"
|
|
},
|
|
"authentic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact",
|
|
": conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features",
|
|
": made or done the same way as an original",
|
|
": not false or imitation : real , actual",
|
|
": true to one's own personality, spirit, or character",
|
|
": ranging upward from the keynote \u2014 compare plagal sense 1",
|
|
": progressing from the dominant chord to the tonic \u2014 compare plagal sense 2",
|
|
": authoritative",
|
|
": being really what it seems to be : genuine"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8then-tik",
|
|
"\u022f-",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8then-tik",
|
|
"\u022f-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"dinkum",
|
|
"echt",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"pukka",
|
|
"pucka",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sure-enough",
|
|
"true"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"suppositious",
|
|
"supposititious",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"unreal"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Testing new platforms before they are oversaturated and overpriced allows DTC brands to engage with consumers globally in an organic and authentic way. \u2014 Patrick Bousquet-chavanne, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"As the Friendly Toast chain expands, Goodwin recognizes the importance of creating an environment that remains authentic . \u2014 Megan Johnson, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Craft's triumph doubtless sends a message to the hundreds of parents who signed the petition to have his book banned, but Craft isn't sure their outrage was ever authentic . \u2014 Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"The legendarily popular athlete is known for being personable and authentic . \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Incidentally, no artificial sounds are amplified within the cabin; the RS 3\u2019s exhaust note is pure and authentic . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Although Guzman\u2019s Andrew is more grounded and authentic than DeCarlo\u2019s wacky, ethereal Barrymore, the two actors match each other well in energy, wordplay and swordplay. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"The scenes where Hopper is seen in a jail cell are remarkably authentic in that they were filmed in Luki\u0161kes Prison, which is centuries old. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"If authentic , the Basquiat paintings would be worth about $100 million, according to Putnam Fine Art and Antique Appraisals, which assessed them for the owners. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English autentik , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin authenticus , from Greek authentikos , from authent\u0113s perpetrator, master, from aut- + -hent\u0113s (akin to Greek anyein to accomplish, Sanskrit sanoti he gains)",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191058"
|
|
},
|
|
"author":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the writer of a literary work (such as a book)",
|
|
": one that originates or creates something : source",
|
|
": god sense 1",
|
|
": to be the author of : write",
|
|
": a person who writes something (as a novel)"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-th\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-th\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener",
|
|
"writer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"write"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The author of the article didn't check his facts.",
|
|
"I enjoyed the book, but I can't remember the name of the author .",
|
|
"She is the author of a plan for reforming the school system.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Among the prominent boycott advocates is the author and chef J. Kenji L\u00f3pez-Alt. \u2014 Tim Carman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Carylynn Larson is an author and leadership coach who creates space for leaders, teams, and organizations to thrive. \u2014 Carylynn Larson, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"In addition to her deanship, Lewis was widely hailed as an accomplished legal scholar, attorney, author and mentor. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with great, family-friendly recipes worth making over and over again. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Daugherty also is an accomplished author and public speaker. \u2014 Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Greening can potentially cause a few positive consequences, but the negative consequences outweigh these effects, said Sabine Rumpf, the study\u2019s first author and a professor at the University of Basel in Switzerland. \u2014 Sarah Sloat, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Chanan Beizer, a first-time comics author and former Venice Beach resident, spent the last four years developing The Golem of Venice Beach, self-financing the drawing and editing. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Scientists confirmed that the meadow was a single organism by sampling and comparing the DNA of seagrass shoots across the bed, wrote Jane Edgeloe, a study co- author and marine biologist at the University of Western Australia. \u2014 Christina Larson, ajc , 1 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Thank you to author Paul Mozell for writing and photographing it. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
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"But Mickelson made comments last week to author Alan Shipnuck, who is writing a biography of Mickelson, and who published the remarks on his website, that have embroiled him in a firestorm of controversy. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"As for what the final report will reveal: The committee has promised to author the definitive narrative of the events leading up to and on January 6. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
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"In honor of the occasion, Anita Hill will author a series of op-eds for Fortune. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
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"While in custody, Exotic aimed to author a tell-all memoir that set the record straight, but said he was disappointed by the final product. \u2014 Jake Lefferman, ABC News , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
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"While no one is likely to author a book of Buckisms, every Showalter press conference offers the promise of a full notebook and the better sense of the game so often delivered by Yogi Berra. \u2014 Jerry Beach, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
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"Eventually, scribes graduated to pen and parchment, using feather quills to copy existing devotional texts or author their own. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"There\u2019s so many different ways in which we are being forced to exercise our own personal agency and author our ideology. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"1597, in the meaning defined above"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181605"
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},
|
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"authoritarian":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority",
|
|
": of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02ccth\u022fr-\u0259-\u02c8ter-\u0113-\u0259n",
|
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"\u0259-",
|
|
"-\u02ccth\u00e4r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"bossy",
|
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"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
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"peremptory",
|
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"tyrannical",
|
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"tyrannic",
|
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"tyrannous"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"grew up with an authoritarian older sister who thought she was queen of the world",
|
|
"an authoritarian coach who runs football practice like it's boot camp",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The resurgence of neo-fascist movements and authoritarian rule around the world has unsurprisingly coincided with a ramping-up of hostility against press freedom. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Cambodian courts are widely believed to be under the influence of Hun Sen, whose authoritarian rule has kept him in power for 37 years. \u2014 Sopheng Cheang, ajc , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Under the authoritarian rule of Chiang Kai-shek\u2019s Nationalists, who lost the civil war to the Communists, mainlander families received preference for civil servant jobs and government positions. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"Both Taiwan and Ukraine democratized in the 1990s, following years of brutal authoritarian rule. \u2014 Chris Horton, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"For the past 16 years, democracy has been losing ground to authoritarian rule around the world, according to the watchdog organization Freedom House. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Moi followed Kenyatta\u2019s pattern of increasingly authoritarian rule, self-enrichment and widespread corruption. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The rally took place as Russia has faced heavier-than-expected losses on the battlefield and increasingly authoritarian rule at home, where Russian police have detained thousands of antiwar protesters. \u2014 Cara Anna, chicagotribune.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The comments were the latest warning that Putin's authoritarian rule, which had already grown tighter since invading Ukraine, could get even more repressive. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see authority ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224220"
|
|
},
|
|
"authority":{
|
|
"type":"noun",
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behavior",
|
|
"freedom granted by one in authority right",
|
|
"persons in command",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"a governmental agency or corporation to administer a revenue-producing public enterprise",
|
|
"grounds , warrant",
|
|
"convincing force",
|
|
"a citation (as from a book or file) used in defense or support",
|
|
"the source from which the citation is drawn",
|
|
"a conclusive statement or set of statements (such as an official decision of a court)",
|
|
"a decision taken as a precedent",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"an individual cited or appealed to as an expert",
|
|
"power to exercise control",
|
|
"a person looked to as an expert",
|
|
"people having powers to make decisions and enforce rules and laws",
|
|
"a fact or statement used to support a position",
|
|
"an official decision of a court used especially as a precedent",
|
|
"a power to act especially over others that derives from status, position, or office",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"the power to act that is officially or formally granted (as by statute, corporate bylaw, or court order)",
|
|
"power and capacity to act granted by someone in a position of control",
|
|
"the power to act granted by a principal to his or her agent",
|
|
"the authority that a principal in reality has granted to an agent",
|
|
"the actual authority of an agent specifically stated or written by the principal",
|
|
"the actual authority of an agent that the principal has not specified but has purposely or through negligence allowed the agent to believe has been granted",
|
|
"the authority that a principal purposely or through negligence allows a third party to believe that the principal's agent has although such authority has not in reality been granted",
|
|
"authority that is explicitly granted to an agent by a principal",
|
|
"the authority to perform acts that are customary, necessary, and understood by an agent as authorized in performing acts for which the principal has given express authority",
|
|
"apparent authority in this entry",
|
|
"express authority in this entry",
|
|
"a person in a position of power and especially a public office",
|
|
"a government agency or corporation that administers a revenue-producing public enterprise",
|
|
"a government agency or public office responsible for an area of regulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u0259-\u02c8th\u022fr-\u0259-t\u0113",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The boss is not popular but his authority is unquestioned.",
|
|
"She has an air of authority .",
|
|
"Her southern accent lent authority to her performance.",
|
|
"We reported the incident to hospital authorities .",
|
|
"Local authorities are investigating the accident.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"From the article The administration\u2019s plans to limit monopolies and rein in Big Tech will run head-on into judges eager to curb the authority of the Federal Trade Commission and every other independent agency. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The show manages to blend the risk and rubbernecking thrill of reality TV with the emotional riches of narrative cinema, while aspiring to the moral authority of responsible documentary. \u2014 Lidija Haas, The New Republic , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Herrington joined the commission with the hope of not only establishing a board of police commissioners, but also changing the structure of government to reduce the authority of the mayor\u2019s office. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Since the first centuries of Christianity, communion has been accessible only to those believers living under the authority of their bishops and in obedience to Catholic doctrine. \u2014 J.d. Flynn, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"Any new loan, Haitians knew too well, would extend the authority of American financial advisers who determined the country\u2019s future from afar. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Restore the sense of respect for the authority of police officers. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"And the form, long a tool for shoring up the authority of the ruling class, has been reconfigured as a means to empower everyone else. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Two weeks later, eight other Soviet republics joined the alliance, effectively terminating the authority of Gorbachev, who stepped down on Dec. 25, 1991. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English auctorite , from Anglo-French auctorit\u00e9 , from Latin auctoritat-, auctoritas opinion, decision, power, from auctor \u2014 see author entry 1 ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
|
},
|
|
"authorization":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the act of authorizing",
|
|
": an instrument that authorizes : sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u022f-th(\u0259-)r\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"green light",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you will need the authorization of the council before you can act",
|
|
"his authorization to go ahead with the project was finally given",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The council also approved authorization to display an LGBTQ Progressive Pride flag at City Hall during June. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"The decision comes less than two days after a panel advising the FDA voted unanimously to recommend authorization , saying their benefits would outweigh any risks for young kids. \u2014 Matthew Herper, STAT , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"There are about 17 million children not yet eligible for vaccination, and FDA's authorization was a major hurdle to have crossed. \u2014 Katia Hetter, CNN , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"The agency's authorization brings the roughly 18 million children under age 5 in the United States one step closer to getting vaccinated. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to weigh in quickly, and authorization must still be granted by the CDC. \u2014 Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"That means the state won't have an already existing stockpile of the vaccines to push out to children's hospitals for use on Day 1 of authorization . \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"That number is expected to grow once authorization is finalized and based on patient demand, spokesperson Bobby Maldonado said. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Individuals can also use vaccines.gov to find a provider that will administer the shot for a specific age group if the CDC gives final authorization on Friday. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171901"
|
|
},
|
|
"authorize":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to endorse, empower, justify, or permit by or as if by some recognized or proper authority (such as custom, evidence, personal right, or regulating power)",
|
|
": to invest especially with legal authority : empower",
|
|
": justify sense 1a",
|
|
": to give power to : give authority to",
|
|
": to give legal or official approval to",
|
|
": to give permission to",
|
|
": to give authority to act to"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-th\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-th\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-th\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The city council authorized the sale of the land.",
|
|
"Who authorized the transfer of the funds?",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Pfizer and BioNTech have asked American regulators to authorize fourth doses in older people, and Moderna is seeking clearance for the additional shots for all adults. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Pfizer and BioNTech have asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize their shots for children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Pfizer and partner BioNTech SE on Wednesday asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize three doses of their vaccine for the young age group. \u2014 Francesca Fontana, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"San Diego County voters will be asked to authorize a tax system for marijuana businesses in the unincorporated areas on the November ballot, after the Board of Supervisors this week approved a marijuana tax ordinance. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"The Biden administration asked Congress to authorize $22.5 billion in additional pandemic assistance, including $5 billion for global effort, in March. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"The Biden administration asked Congress in March to authorize $22.5 billion in additional Covid-19 assistance, including $5 billion for the global pandemic, but the package has been repeatedly waylaid. \u2014 Eliza Mackintosh And Hafsa Khalil, CNN , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"On Thursday, Moderna asked the FDA to authorize a lower dose of its two-dose Covid vaccine for children ages 6 months to 5 years. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize giving their coronavirus booster shots to children ages 5 through 11. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 27 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see author entry 1 ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172802"
|
|
},
|
|
"autochthon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one (such as a person, plant, or animal) that is autochthonous"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8t\u00e4k-th\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboriginal",
|
|
"aborigine",
|
|
"indigene",
|
|
"indigen",
|
|
"native"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonnative"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"descendants of the island's earliest settlers regard themselves as a sort of aristocracy of autochthons , with all others being brash interlopers"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Greek autochth\u014dn , from aut- + chth\u014dn earth \u2014 more at humble ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"circa 1538, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194603"
|
|
},
|
|
"autocrat":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a person (such as a monarch) ruling with unlimited authority",
|
|
": one who has undisputed influence or power"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-t\u0259-\u02cckrat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monarch",
|
|
"potentate",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"European autocrats once commonly believed that they had received the right to rule directly from God.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"What follows is a morality tale concerning the perils of being an autocrat in a confused era. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine has made American and Taiwanese officials acutely aware that an autocrat can order an invasion of a neighboring territory at any moment. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Le Pen is also deeply tied to Putin, speaking warmly of the autocrat while her National Rally happily took Russian money. \u2014 Jason Fields, The Week , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Kadyrov has long used sports, particularly his combat sports businesses, to rub shoulders with fighters and present himself as a benevolent, sports-loving leader rather than an autocrat with a long record of human rights abuses. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In the following decade, Putin emerged as a full-fledged autocrat with his invasion of Crimea, intervention in Syria, brazen imprisonment of activists and journalists, and more. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Russia recovered from the chaos and poverty that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union as Mr. Putin amassed power, becoming something close to an autocrat , if not a dictator. \u2014 Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But having fought the American Revolution to free the colonies from Great Britain and its monarch, our founders feared the possibility of an overreaching executive who would seek to become a king or an autocrat . \u2014 Ira Shapiro, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Russia didn\u2019t dissuade the autocrat from his imperialism. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 5 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"French autocrate , from Greek autokrat\u0113s ruling by oneself, absolute, from aut- + -krat\u0113s ruling \u2014 more at -crat ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184447"
|
|
},
|
|
"automatic":{
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"largely or wholly involuntary",
|
|
"reflex sense 5",
|
|
"acting or done spontaneously or unconsciously",
|
|
"done or produced as if by machine mechanical",
|
|
"having a self-acting or self-regulating mechanism",
|
|
"firing repeatedly until the trigger is released",
|
|
"a machine or apparatus that operates automatically",
|
|
"an automatic firearm",
|
|
"an automatic transmission",
|
|
"an automobile with an automatic transmission",
|
|
"audible",
|
|
"involuntary sense 1",
|
|
"being a machine or device that allows something to work without being directly controlled by a person",
|
|
"happening or existing through the operation of a preexisting arrangement that is triggered by some event",
|
|
"happening or existing through the operation of law"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02cc\u022f-t\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"instinctual",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"mechanic",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"robotic",
|
|
"spontaneous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"Without thinking, he gave an automatic reply.",
|
|
"She always has an automatic smile for everyone.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"Will your next car be a manual or an automatic ?",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
|
|
"Schrader voted against provisions seeking to raise the minimum age for purchasing a semi- automatic weapon and banning the use of high-capacity magazines. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"The House is slated to vote soon on a package that would raise the minimum age to purchase a semi- automatic weapon from 18 to 21 and ban civilians from having high-capacity magazines of more than 10 rounds. \u2014 Fox News , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"And, if that rifle is a semi- automatic weapon, the weapon can be fired repeatedly, without manually reloading, simply by pulling the trigger. \u2014 Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Jesus Rodriguez told The New Yorker that officials ignored his complaints about a neighbor who went on nighttime shooting sprees with an automatic weapon. \u2014 Palabra, al , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"For instance, a large majority of Republicans oppose a law restricting the AR-15 semi- automatic weapon, and most Republican voters would be less likely to vote for a candidate who supported such restrictions. \u2014 Fred Backus, CBS News , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Zeneta Everhart, who says her 21-year-old son, Zaire Goodman, is still recovering from gunshot wounds, told ABC News the shooter should never have been able to purchase a semi- automatic weapon. \u2014 Miles Cohen, ABC News , 4 June 2022",
|
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"Last month, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos carried out a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, killing 19 students and two teachers using an AR-15 style semi- automatic weapon, the Associated Press reported. \u2014 Ashlee Banks, Essence , 2 June 2022",
|
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"Agents found the two with guns\u2014 including a handgun modified to fire like an automatic weapon\u2014 thousands of fake checks, computers to make the fake checks and keys to stolen high-end vehicles, according to court records. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
|
|
"Or how about a 1967 Bronco with a 5.0-liter Coyote V-8 and a six-speed automatic , which sold for $139,049? \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Engine output can also be sent to the front axle thanks to a clutch-pack coupling on the nine-speed automatic , and electric torque can be shifted forward by effectively reversing the torque flow within the driveline. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Powered by the highest output in Cadillac\u2019s history and with a standard six-speed manual transmission or option for an available 10-speed automatic , the customer is in control of that performance. \u2014 Marc Grasso, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022",
|
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"The transmission is a 10-speed automatic with unchanged gear ratios. \u2014 Carlos Lago, Car and Driver , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Both engines pair with an eight-speed automatic that now has a Sprint function that shifts the transmission into the lowest available gear and puts all the drive modes in the sportiest settings when the left paddle shifter is held for one second. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The only transmission with this engine is a conventional eight-speed automatic that feeds either the front wheels or an all-wheel-drive system. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 15 Apr. 2021",
|
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"The piece is outfitted with the manufacture automatic -wining 69385 caliber chronograph movement, visible through the caseback, which is equipped with the chronograph functions, date and day display and small hacking seconds. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The most significant powertrain change is the arrival of a new wet-clutch nine-speed transmission, which has planetary gears like a conventional automatic but uses a clutch pack instead of a torque converter to improve off-the-line response. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 14 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Adjective",
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"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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"Noun",
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"1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
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|
},
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|
"automobile":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": a usually four-wheeled automotive vehicle designed for passenger transportation",
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": automotive",
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": a usually four-wheeled vehicle that runs on its own power and is designed to carry passengers"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u022f-t\u0259-m\u014d-\u02c8b\u0113l",
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"\u02c8\u022f-t\u0259-m\u014d-\u02ccb\u0113l",
|
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"\u02cc\u022f-t\u0259-\u02c8m\u014d-\u02ccb\u0113l",
|
|
"\u02cc\u022f-t\u0259-m\u014d-\u02c8b\u0113l",
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"\u02c8\u022f-t\u0259-m\u014d-\u02ccb\u0113l"
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],
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|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auto",
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"bus",
|
|
"car",
|
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"horseless carriage",
|
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"machine",
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"motor",
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"motor vehicle",
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"motorcar",
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"wheels"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He drives an expensive automobile .",
|
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"browsed the classified ads for used automobiles for sale",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Wake Forest University roommate who was killed in an automobile accident. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
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"On May 26, the Downtown Farmers Market announced on Instagram that James and Jawn Golo of Golo Family farms had been in an automobile accident. \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 4 June 2022",
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"Even with autonomy, these aircraft will remain a more expensive form of transportation than an automobile . \u2014 Dean Donovan, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
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"Musk launched electric vehicles (EVs) amid the 2007-2010 recession when the U.S. automobile industry was bankrupt. \u2014 Nives Dolsak And Aseem Prakash, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
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"After the drivers arrived in Ottawa, similar protests erupted in other Canadian cities and on the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit, Mich., with Ontario, Canada, and serves as a vital junction for the automobile industry. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
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"Speaking inside the historic Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, once the heart of the automobile industry, the National Park Service announced a partnership with the state to improve accessibility to national parks. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"After World War II, Markus\u2019s grandfather Walter traveled to the US to look for engines and studied the famed assembly lines in Detroit\u2019s automobile industry. \u2014 Adam Graham, Robb Report , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The 49 mpg standard that the automobile industry will have to meet by 2026 is actually a testing figure. \u2014 Keith Laing, Bloomberg.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The Transportation Committee, chaired by Kerry McCormack, has expanded its purview to examine regional transportation policies, and focus more on non- automobile forms of transportation, like rail, bicycles, e-bikes, and scooters. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 4 Jan. 2022",
|
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"America should learn from their pro-cycling, anti- automobile ways, not drag them down to our level! \u2014 Jessica Goldstein, Vulture , 23 Dec. 2021"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"1881, in the meaning defined above",
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"Adjective",
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"1876, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203335"
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},
|
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"autonomous":{
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|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": having the right or power of self-government",
|
|
": undertaken or carried on without outside control : self-contained",
|
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": existing or capable of existing independently",
|
|
": responding, reacting, or developing independently of the whole",
|
|
": controlled by the autonomic nervous system",
|
|
": of, relating to, or marked by autonomy",
|
|
": of, relating to, or marked by autonomy",
|
|
": not forming a part (as does an embryo or seed) in the developmental sequence of an organism",
|
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": responding, reacting, or developing independently of the whole",
|
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": under control of the autonomic nervous system"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8t\u00e4-n\u0259-m\u0259s",
|
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"\u022f-\u02c8t\u00e4n-\u0259-m\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
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"freestanding",
|
|
"independent",
|
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"self-governed",
|
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"self-governing",
|
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"self-ruling",
|
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"separate",
|
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"sovereign",
|
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"sovran"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"dependent",
|
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"nonautonomous",
|
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"non-self-governing",
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"subject",
|
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"unfree"
|
|
],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Native American nations are regarded as autonomous in many respects and thus not subject to a number of state and local laws.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The government will soon release data on collisions involving vehicles with autonomous or partially automated driving systems that will likely single out Tesla for a disproportionately high number of such crashes. \u2014 Tom Krisher, ajc , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Producing an affordable autonomous tractor was not possible a decade ago. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Raja Sengupta, a transportation engineering professor at UC Berkeley who has worked with drones for nearly 30 years, said the technology in autonomous drones is advanced enough for Amazon Prime Air to work. \u2014 Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
|
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"Of course, humans are still a success factor in making your IT operations autonomous . \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Temporary autonomous zones have continued to flourish, and the term gained new currency in recent years. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Cura\u00e7ao, an autonomous country within the Royal Dutch Kingdom, has a European atmosphere along with its Caribbean style. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"The move comes a few weeks after Uber Eats launched two autonomous delivery pilots in Los Angeles with Serve Robotics and Motional. \u2014 Francisco Lahoz, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
|
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"Status seekers should be granted autonomous access to American territory only when their refugee or asylum claims are affirmatively resolved. \u2014 WSJ , 7 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Greek autonomos independent, from aut- + nomos law \u2014 more at nimble ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1799, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202302"
|
|
},
|
|
"autonomy":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the quality or state of being self-governing",
|
|
": the right of self-government",
|
|
": self-directing freedom and especially moral independence",
|
|
": a self-governing state",
|
|
": the quality or state of being independent, free, and self-directing",
|
|
": independence from the organism as a whole in the capacity of a part for growth, reactivity, or responsiveness",
|
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": the quality or state of being self-governing",
|
|
": the right of self-government"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8t\u00e4-n\u0259-m\u0113",
|
|
"-m\u0113",
|
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"\u022f-\u02c8t\u00e4-n\u0259-m\u0113"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"accord",
|
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"choice",
|
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"free will",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
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"volition",
|
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"will"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"That Black women in particular will be impacted if the high court proceeds by overturning the women\u2019s rights to have autonomy over their bodies. \u2014 The Opportunity Agenda, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Because of the settlement, tribes in Maine have less autonomy than tribes elsewhere across the country, and their reservations are treated like municipalities, subject to state law. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"While women today have more autonomy , clothing can still be used to police women's bodies. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Again, the solution comes down to building an environment where people are cross-trained and have some autonomy . \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The politicization and polarization has made work as a free speech researcher more difficult, Shiell said, adding the Menard Center is nonpartisan and has complete autonomy from the Menard family. \u2014 Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"For many, including foreign business groups in the city, the judiciary\u2019s independence is a barometer of how much autonomy the city has from Beijing. \u2014 Dan Strumpf, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Until the Uniform Time Act of 1966 standardized daylight saving time, local governments had autonomy to set the local time. \u2014 Erin Cox, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The pandemic has seen workers experience widespread burnout, and the desire to have more personal autonomy in job roles, according to a recent study from Current Psychology. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 18 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see autonomous ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172522"
|
|
},
|
|
"auxiliary":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": offering or providing help",
|
|
": functioning in a subsidiary capacity",
|
|
": accompanying another verb and typically expressing person, number, mood , or tense",
|
|
": supplementary",
|
|
": constituting a reserve",
|
|
": equipped with sails and a supplementary inboard engine",
|
|
": an auxiliary person, group, or device",
|
|
": a member of a foreign force serving a nation at war",
|
|
": a Roman Catholic titular bishop assisting a diocesan bishop and not having the right of succession",
|
|
": a sailing boat or ship equipped with a supplementary inboard engine",
|
|
": an auxiliary verb",
|
|
": available to provide something extra",
|
|
": a group that provides assistance",
|
|
": helping verb",
|
|
": serving to supplement or assist",
|
|
": one who assists or serves another person especially in dentistry",
|
|
": an organization that assists (as by donations or volunteer services) the work especially of a hospital"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022fg-\u02c8zil-y\u0259-r\u0113",
|
|
"-\u02c8zil-r\u0113",
|
|
"-\u02c8zi-l\u0259-",
|
|
"\u022fg-\u02c8zi-ly\u0259-r\u0113",
|
|
"-\u02c8zi-l\u0259-r\u0113",
|
|
"-\u02c8zil-r\u0113",
|
|
"\u022fg-\u02c8zil-y\u0259-r\u0113",
|
|
"-\u02c8zil-(\u0259-)r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorial",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"appurtenant",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"supplemental",
|
|
"supplementary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"principal"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Two years ago, his legislation to loosen zoning regulations for auxiliary dwelling units in parts of the county drew sharp rebuke from some owners of single-family homes. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 June 2021",
|
|
"Hydrogen fuel cells are also candidates for replacing fossil fuel-burning auxiliary power units on aircraft. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Calio was appointed chief operating officer, a new position that will oversee Pratt & Whitney\u2019s businesses that include commercial and military engines, airborne auxiliary power units and turbojet propulsion systems. \u2014 Stephen Singer, courant.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"On Saturday, Newsom issued another proclamation allowing the emergency use of auxiliary ship engines to relieve pressure on the electric grid. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 July 2021",
|
|
"On Saturday, Newsom issued another proclamation allowing the emergency use of auxiliary ship engines to relieve pressure on the electric grid. \u2014 CBS News , 11 July 2021",
|
|
"The order allows ships berthed at California ports to use auxiliary engines rather than shore power to relieve pressure on the electricity system. \u2014 NBC News , 10 July 2021",
|
|
"If your car has a 3.5mm jack, there would be an auxiliary cable for audio, too. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"So what does an auxiliary police officer actually do? \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Games will be played at six gyms in Shelbyville \u2014 Collins High School main, Collins High School auxiliary , Marnel Moorman School, West Middle School, Shelby Christian Church and First Baptist Church. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The Assisteens are an auxiliary of the Assistance League, and are open to teens in grades 9-12 who attend school in Carlsbad, Del Mar, Solana Beach and Encinitas. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"Scotland Yard only began employing a rudimentary fingerprint system in 1894, and only as an auxiliary to anthropometrics, which identified criminals by physical characteristics like skull width and foot length. \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"The march to Kyiv on the western bank of the Dnipro River began and ended in Chernobyl for the 31st and 36th Combined Arms Armies of the Russian military, which traveled with an auxiliary of special forces and ethnic Chechen combatants. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Past presidents of the auxiliary from 1996 to 2021 include Dixie Bales, Vikki Ramey, Alicia Sullivan, Marge Stogdill, Karen Gallagher, Angela Gothard, Helen Parsons, Debbie Knight, Vera Bayliss, Carol Sanford, Nita Rodriguez and Joyce Cerimele. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In such instances, whistle-blowers can occasionally function as an unofficial auxiliary , doing things that government investigators do not have the resources\u2014or the legal authority\u2014to do. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Monetary donations are also welcome and cards will be purchased by the auxiliary in your name. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Butler\u2019s time in the Marines coincided with its transformation from a Navy auxiliary to having its own identity and purpose as a colonial infantry. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 11 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202259"
|
|
},
|
|
"Author":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the writer of a literary work (such as a book)",
|
|
": one that originates or creates something : source",
|
|
": god sense 1",
|
|
": to be the author of : write",
|
|
": a person who writes something (as a novel)"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-th\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-th\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener",
|
|
"writer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"write"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The author of the article didn't check his facts.",
|
|
"I enjoyed the book, but I can't remember the name of the author .",
|
|
"She is the author of a plan for reforming the school system.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Among the prominent boycott advocates is the author and chef J. Kenji L\u00f3pez-Alt. \u2014 Tim Carman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Carylynn Larson is an author and leadership coach who creates space for leaders, teams, and organizations to thrive. \u2014 Carylynn Larson, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"In addition to her deanship, Lewis was widely hailed as an accomplished legal scholar, attorney, author and mentor. \u2014 Rayna Reid, Essence , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with great, family-friendly recipes worth making over and over again. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Daugherty also is an accomplished author and public speaker. \u2014 Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Greening can potentially cause a few positive consequences, but the negative consequences outweigh these effects, said Sabine Rumpf, the study\u2019s first author and a professor at the University of Basel in Switzerland. \u2014 Sarah Sloat, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Chanan Beizer, a first-time comics author and former Venice Beach resident, spent the last four years developing The Golem of Venice Beach, self-financing the drawing and editing. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Scientists confirmed that the meadow was a single organism by sampling and comparing the DNA of seagrass shoots across the bed, wrote Jane Edgeloe, a study co- author and marine biologist at the University of Western Australia. \u2014 Christina Larson, ajc , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Thank you to author Paul Mozell for writing and photographing it. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"But Mickelson made comments last week to author Alan Shipnuck, who is writing a biography of Mickelson, and who published the remarks on his website, that have embroiled him in a firestorm of controversy. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"As for what the final report will reveal: The committee has promised to author the definitive narrative of the events leading up to and on January 6. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In honor of the occasion, Anita Hill will author a series of op-eds for Fortune. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"While in custody, Exotic aimed to author a tell-all memoir that set the record straight, but said he was disappointed by the final product. \u2014 Jake Lefferman, ABC News , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"While no one is likely to author a book of Buckisms, every Showalter press conference offers the promise of a full notebook and the better sense of the game so often delivered by Yogi Berra. \u2014 Jerry Beach, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Eventually, scribes graduated to pen and parchment, using feather quills to copy existing devotional texts or author their own. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"There\u2019s so many different ways in which we are being forced to exercise our own personal agency and author our ideology. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1597, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-132148"
|
|
},
|
|
"aurora":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": dawn",
|
|
": the Roman goddess of dawn \u2014 compare eos",
|
|
": a luminous phenomenon that consists of streamers or arches of light appearing in the upper atmosphere of a planet's magnetic polar regions and is caused by the emission of light from atoms excited by electrons accelerated along the planet's magnetic field lines",
|
|
"city in north central Colorado east of Denver population 325,078",
|
|
"city west of Chicago in northeastern Illinois population 197,899",
|
|
"town north of Toronto in southeastern Ontario, Canada population 53,203"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8r\u022fr-\u0259",
|
|
"\u022f-",
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8r\u022fr-\u0259",
|
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"\u022f-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cockcrow",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daybreak",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"morn",
|
|
"morning",
|
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"sun",
|
|
"sunrise",
|
|
"sunup"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"nightfall",
|
|
"sundown",
|
|
"sunset"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"a gorgeous pink aurora aroused us out of our slumber",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The celestial event detailed in Advances in Space Research predates the previous reference of an aurora by three centuries. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Its heat-shield was reaching around 500\u00b0C\u2014and its images are giving scientists new insights into our star\u2019s magnetic behavior and how if affects the space weather that causes solar flares and aurora . \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"But that still leaves a window between sundown Wednesday evening and the incoming clouds early Thursday morning for potential aurora viewing. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Geomagnetic storms can deliver spectacular aurora on Earth. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 24 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Of course, this option has more to offer than good looks: The aurora plant is also known for its air-purifying qualities. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"The aurora \u2019s various colors may be more visible over the next few days, including deep reds above the green arc. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Thanks to a recent strong geomagnetic storm from the sun, the aurora might be visible in several northern states. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The particles interact with molecules of atmospheric gases to cause the characteristic glowing red and green colors of the aurora . \u2014 Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Latin \u2014 more at east ",
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-125047"
|
|
},
|
|
"authenticate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine",
|
|
": to prove or serve as proof that something is authentic",
|
|
": to prove or serve to prove that (something) is genuine",
|
|
": to prove that (an item of evidence) is genuine for the purpose of establishing admissibility",
|
|
": to make (a written instrument) valid and effective by marking especially with one's signature"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8then-ti-\u02cck\u0101t",
|
|
"\u022f-",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8then-ti-\u02cck\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"testify (to)",
|
|
"vouch (for)",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The signature has been authenticated .",
|
|
"a jeweler authenticated the diamond as real",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Step two is putting systems in place that continuously authenticate users who are accessing the system. \u2014 Evan Ramzipoor, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Fashion companies will be able to authenticate designer clothing using the blockchain, the real estate industry will be transformed because this will be a way to verify property ownership. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Fans who already have NESN through a participating TV provider will be able to authenticate into the NESN 360 app to access the same experience, including streaming live Red Sox and Bruins games and video-on-demand content. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"An Instagram account with the same handle also identifies Lee as associated with the moniker, but The Times was not able to authenticate either account. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Musk wants to make Twitter algorithms open source, defeat bots that spam user timelines, and authenticate all humans. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Lawmakers requested that the company report how many people completed the ID.me process to authenticate their identity to access government services, and how many were rejected. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Digital signatures are a specific type of electronic signature that leverages PKI to authenticate the identity of the signer and the integrity of the message or document. \u2014 Jason Soroko, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
|
|
"The former might offer quick screen unlocks, but the user would still use a fingerprint to authenticate payments and sensitive logins. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 12 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see authentic ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1613, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190543"
|
|
},
|
|
"autocratical":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute",
|
|
": characteristic of or resembling an autocrat : despotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u022f-t\u0259-\u02c8kra-tik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"czarist",
|
|
"tsarist",
|
|
"tzarist",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"monocratic",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"limited"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"democracy is supposed to protect the people against the rise of autocratic rulers",
|
|
"an autocratic Boy Scout leader who is under the delusion that he's still an army colonel",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The meeting took place at a time when the pandemic and the war in Ukraine are driving a deeper wedge between Western democracies and autocratic governments in Beijing and Moscow\u2014and are widening the gap between rich and poor nations. \u2014 Yuka Hayashi, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The Biden administration did not invite Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to the summit, citing those countries\u2019 autocratic governments. \u2014 Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Leaders of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were excluded from the meeting because of their autocratic governments and poor human rights records -- prompting leaders of several other countries to boycott the Summit in solidarity. \u2014 Stefano Pozzebon, CNN , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"But the flip side of growing transnational repression is that social media and online communications pose new threats to autocratic governments. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Unlike Washington, which considers the three autocratic governments as pariahs, Mexico\u2019s leftist leader maintains regular ties with them. \u2014 Matthew Lee, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Mothers in mourning have a history of banding together in Latin America, sparking more enduring challenges to autocratic governments. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan supported Islamists as the uprisings took hold, while Saudi Arabia and its ally the United Arab Emirates sought to suppress such movements for fear of facing challenges to their autocratic governments. \u2014 Suzan Fraser, ajc , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan supported Islamists as the uprisings took hold, while Saudi Arabia and its ally the United Arab Emirates sought to suppress such movements for fear of facing challenges to their autocratic governments. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see autocrat ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190757"
|
|
},
|
|
"authoritative":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": having, marked by, or proceeding from authority",
|
|
": possessing recognized or evident authority : clearly accurate or knowledgeable",
|
|
": having or coming from authority"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8th\u022fr-\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-tiv",
|
|
"\u022f-",
|
|
"-\u02c8th\u00e4r-",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8th\u022fr-\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-tiv"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"magisterial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The book is an authoritative guide to the city's restaurants.",
|
|
"His manner is polite but authoritative .",
|
|
"She addressed the group with an authoritative voice.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"This is especially pronounced if someone has related to their faith in a highly authoritative way, that their life has been really structured through an external authority. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Similar to OpenSea, Twitter\u2019s manual verification process is the only authoritative way to know which account belongs to the real person. \u2014 Eric Ravenscraft, Wired , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Around the episode's midpoint, Holmes reenacts a conversation with an insubordinate employee and lowers her voice in an attempt to sound more authoritative . \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Its authenticity has been called into question, with some alleging that the founder affected a lower tone to sound more authoritative while selling investors and the public on her company. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In one three-week experiment, the company ran a series of interventions that resulted in people seeing more authoritative health information, and less misinformation that had been debunked by the company\u2019s fact-checking partners. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Sites with low-quality links lost massive amounts of traffic, whereas those with more authoritative links, even if that meant lower quantities, experienced a drastic improvement in their search engine visibility. \u2014 Damon Burton, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"His universe has only grown stranger and more authoritative . \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 14 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Barrett also called for platforms to append a label to the video, identifying it as a simulation and directing users to authoritative sources of imagery and news about the Russian invasion. \u2014 Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see authority ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191841"
|
|
},
|
|
"auguring":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": an official diviner of ancient Rome",
|
|
": one held to foretell events by omens",
|
|
": to foretell especially from omens",
|
|
": to give promise of : presage",
|
|
": to predict the future especially from omens"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-g\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diviner",
|
|
"forecaster",
|
|
"foreseer",
|
|
"foreteller",
|
|
"fortune-teller",
|
|
"futurist",
|
|
"prognosticator",
|
|
"prophesier",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"seer",
|
|
"soothsayer",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"forebode",
|
|
"forbode",
|
|
"promise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The decision doesn't augur well.",
|
|
"the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"These all augur in favor of aggressive actions to flatten the curve of infections. \u2014 WSJ , 30 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"ByteDance\u2019s growth in emerging markets could be an augur of what\u2019s to come. \u2014 Chris Stokel-walker, Wired , 22 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The mission of the Dylanologist is to serve as codebreaker, or some augur of the divine. \u2014 John Semley, The New Republic , 26 May 2021",
|
|
"Phuket\u2019s largest mosque is in Bang Tao, and this year the first day of Ramadan coincided with the beginning of the Thai New Year festivities, an auspicious augur after a year of economic hardship. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Some worry these changes augur an increasingly isolationist future in China that may persist even as the pandemic eases. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"But should these anecdotal reports augur a flood of similar data, Paxlovid might offer a surprisingly straightforward fix to one of the pandemic\u2019s biggest puzzles. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"The mega-deal is expected to take effect in April, and may augur changes behind the scenes. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to counter inflation, and the bond-market yield curve is close to inverting, which can sometimes augur recession. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The ongoing vaccination programs and gradual opening up of economies has resulted in an increase in procedures volume in 2021, and this should augur well for Intuitive Surgical\u2019s top line growth, when compared to the prior year quarter. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"While not every trend identified here might seem to augur a bright future, there are good reasons for optimism. \u2014 Aparna Dhinakaran, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Because the festival\u2019s inaugural edition, in September 2015, didn\u2019t fully augur what was later to come. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 8 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"If the foldable mirror operates as planned, the mission could augur a new way to launch giant telescopes too big to fit on rockets. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1593, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192123"
|
|
},
|
|
"audit":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation",
|
|
": the final report of an audit",
|
|
": a methodical examination and review",
|
|
": to perform an audit of or for",
|
|
": to attend (a course) without working for or expecting to receive formal credit",
|
|
": a thorough check of business accounts",
|
|
": to thoroughly check the business records of",
|
|
": a formal examination of financial records often to uncover fraud or inaccurate tax returns",
|
|
": the final report of such an examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-d\u0259t",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-d\u0259t",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-d\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"going-over",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"look-see",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutiny",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"check (out)",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The Internal Revenue Service selected us for an audit .",
|
|
"You will need all your records if you are selected for audit by the IRS.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"They audit the company books every year.",
|
|
"The Internal Revenue Service audited him twice in 10 years.",
|
|
"I audited an English literature class last semester.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Gazprom and the company\u2019s Russian managers in Germany have so far refused to assist the government in its audit , several officials said. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Amazon ordered its audit after 44% of voters sought one last year. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"And while his audit flagged more than 1,600 potential noncitizens who tried to register over the last 25 years, none was successful. \u2014 Kate Brumback, ajc , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"The historical museum needed the accounting shift from the city\u2019s general fund to balance the settlement\u2019s budget and close out 2021 before the city goes through its annual formal audit . \u2014 Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Second, your audit should cover what data these solutions provide. \u2014 Edwin Huertas, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Its annual audit is based on reports from law enforcement, the media and community groups, and does not consider general anti-Israel sentiments the same as antisemitism. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The board reviewed its annual audit for 2020-21, and approved a 5 percent increase to the pay schedule for the associate superintendent and the assistant superintendent. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There is no evidence of significant fraud affecting the outcome of the 2020 election in Virginia or elsewhere, and the state performed its own audit last year affirming the results. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"That is the function Eric Holder performed for Barack Obama when the president was accused, credibly or not, of having used the IRS to audit his political enemies. \u2014 WSJ , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Mastriano positioned himself early on as a staunchly pro-Trump candidate fighting covid restrictions and promising to audit the 2020 election, stances that appeared to help him gain favor in a nine-person gubernatorial primary field. \u2014 Colby Itkowitz And Rosalind S. Helderman, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"The Ohio State Board of Education would have to annually audit each school district\u2019s compliance with the provisions in the bill. \u2014 cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The judge also ordered an e-discovery firm hired to audit Trump's compliance with the subpoena issued over two years ago to produce weekly reports identifying specific information about whose devices have been searched and what hasn't been searched. \u2014 Kara Scannell, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"To provide oversight, her legislation will require the city controller to to audit police crime lab practices and report to the Board of Supervisors any cases in which stored DNA evidence was used against victims in the past leading to conviction. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Business owners need to audit their digital subscriptions with regularity. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"According to the suit, the police agreed to audit the use of license plate readers for bias and effectiveness, but haven't produced any audits since 2018. \u2014 Sidney Fussell, Wired , 24 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"One resource when figuring out how to audit a home\u2019s risk is the National Fire Protection Association. \u2014 David Blunck, The Conversation , 9 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192446"
|
|
},
|
|
"augustness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": marked by majestic dignity or grandeur",
|
|
": the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar",
|
|
": being grand and noble",
|
|
": the eighth month of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8g\u0259st",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-(\u02cc)g\u0259st",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-g\u0259st",
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8g\u0259st",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-g\u0259st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distingu\u00e9",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"undignified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"We visited their august mansion and expansive grounds.",
|
|
"The family claims an august lineage.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"We are taking our vacation in August .",
|
|
"The last two Augusts have been very dry.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Rossi's background includes the hagiographic Page One: Inside The New York Times and the documentary's executive producers include CNN's Brian Stelter, its talking heads coming largely from the more august and austere hubs of the legacy media. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"In person, Barnett has rock-star charisma that belies her august pedigree and sets her apart from her besuited peers. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 13 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"At the moment, the Oscars reflect the Academy, but the Academy reflects nothing but its august name; plausible deniability and the shunning of responsibility are built into the current system. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 15 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"For its presiding officer, Chief Justice John Roberts, the trial ought to be imagined as an earnest weighing up of truth and lies by a most august assembly. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 30 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Tut-tutting about how the president and his minions have turned an august judicial process into an over-the-top spectacle is not going to get them anywhere, especially with their otherwise reliable media allies. \u2014 Matthew Walther, TheWeek , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
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"The metropolitan elitism that looks down from the august heights of Ivy League self-esteem on the centrality of athletic programs to so many colleges is quite entrenched. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"Most were faculty, august scholars and artists, but W, a singer with a staff job, was also part of the circle. \u2014 Longreads , 2 Jan. 2020",
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"Well, that\u2019s thanks to the august ladies who helm the San Francisco Cotillion Club Committee \u2014 and everyone minds their social p\u2019s and q\u2019s when these former debutantes are on the dais. \u2014 Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com , 31 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Adjective",
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"1581, in the meaning defined above",
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"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200234"
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},
|
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"aura":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source",
|
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": a subtle sensory stimulus (such as an aroma)",
|
|
": a subjective (see subjective entry 1 sense 4b ) sensation (as of voices, colored lights, or crawling and numbness) experienced at the onset of a neurological condition and especially a migraine or epileptic seizure",
|
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": an energy field that is held to emanate from a living being",
|
|
": a luminous radiation : nimbus",
|
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": a feeling that seems to be given off by a person or thing",
|
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": a subjective sensation (as of voices or colored lights or crawling and numbness) experienced at the onset of a neurological condition and especially a migraine or epileptic seizure"
|
|
],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022fr-\u0259",
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"\u02c8\u022fr-\u0259",
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"\u02c8\u022fr-\u0259"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"ambience",
|
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"ambiance",
|
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"aroma",
|
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"atmosphere",
|
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"climate",
|
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"flavor",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"karma",
|
|
"mood",
|
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"nimbus",
|
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"note",
|
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"odor",
|
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"patina",
|
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"smell",
|
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"temper",
|
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"vibration(s)"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
|
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"the monastery perched high on a mountaintop had an aura of unreality and mystery about it",
|
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"alternative medical treatments that rely on the practitioner's ability to detect a patient's aura",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"To her critics, the foreign secretary was purposefully mimicking her great heroine in the hope that some of the Iron Lady\u2019s aura might rub off on her. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Yet the most startling effect is how profoundly this thoughtful interpretation erases the opera\u2019s Romantic aura and accentuates its universal despair, upending the traditional balance of tragedy elevated through beautiful sounds. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But after the first phase of the primary season concluded on Tuesday, a month in which a quarter of America\u2019s states cast their ballots, the verdict has been clear: Mr. Trump\u2019s aura of untouchability in Republican politics has been punctured. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"France\u2019s fifty-three licensed thalassotherapy centers have done fine as private enterprises, retaining a medical aura while embracing a more luxurious, spa-like ambience. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Not all of us can be born with the tough aura that surrounds the likes of John Wayne or Kevin Costner\u2019s John Dutton of Yellowstone. \u2014 Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"In those careless years, there was still an enigmatic, Gatsby-like aura around Ignazio and Franca Florio. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The show is asking its audience to thrill to Giuliani\u2019s aura of scandal and intrigue. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Book an appointment for an aura portrait and find out at Auragami Studio in Chinatown. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin, puff of air, breeze, from Greek; probably akin to Greek a\u0113r air",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
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"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-211858"
|
|
},
|
|
"augury":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": divination from auspices (see auspice sense 3 ) or omens",
|
|
": an instance of this",
|
|
": omen , portent"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-gy\u0259-r\u0113",
|
|
"-g\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auguring",
|
|
"bodement",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"prediction",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosis",
|
|
"prognostic",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prognostication",
|
|
"prophecy",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"soothsaying",
|
|
"vaticination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a yearbook augury that of all the graduates, he would be the most likely to succeed",
|
|
"some people believe that a broken mirror is an augury of seven years' bad luck",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"During the past 14 years of drought, the Colorado River Delta has been a living augury of the Colorado River and the ever-expanding swell of Southwesterners who depend on it. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 23 Dec. 2014",
|
|
"As of Sunday, 55,000 of those ballots came from districts that Adams won \u2014 a far higher share than went to any other candidate, and a good augury for the current leader. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 29 June 2021",
|
|
"Tesla\u2019s trillion-plus valuation amounts to an augury by investors that EVs will turn out to be a bonanza for Tesla and Tesla alone. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Further, their closure should not necessarily be read as an augury of continuing franchise attrition. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 10 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"June served as an augury for the city, with the 21st hottest average June temperature on record. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 2 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"There are three strands to the 2020 augury this offers. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"This speculative novel depicts a society in which citizens live and die by the auguries of predictive algorithms developed by a mega-corporation called Beetle. \u2014 Evan Osnos, The New Yorker , 6 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Now science may have found an answer, in the form of molecular augury . \u2014 Michele Cohen Marill, Wired , 19 Dec. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see augur entry 1 ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-212454"
|
|
},
|
|
"autograph":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": something written or made with one's own hand:",
|
|
": an original manuscript or work of art",
|
|
": a person's handwritten signature",
|
|
": being in the writer's own handwriting : not copied or duplicated",
|
|
": to write with one's own hand",
|
|
": to write one's signature in or on",
|
|
": a person's signature written by hand",
|
|
": to write your own signature in or on"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-t\u0259-\u02ccgraf",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-t\u0259-\u02ccgraf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"John Hancock",
|
|
"signature"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"subscribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"We asked her for her autograph .",
|
|
"There were several autograph seekers outside the theater.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"asked the baseball player to autograph the bill of his cap",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Video posted to social media shows Jolie, an Academy Award winner who has been a U.N. special envoy for refugees since 2012, signing an autograph for a fan in the city, which has been a relatively safe haven during the Russian invasion. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Zein hung out by the tunnel and got an autograph from Calvin Johnson. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Campers will receive a Mikal Bridges/Nike Camp T-shirt, photo and an autograph with the Suns forward, daily raffle prizes and much more. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"Thousands of Breaking Bad fans lined up in downtown Orlando to meet the actor, who was in Orlando to autograph bottles of his Dos Hombres mezcal, created with co-star Bryan Cranston. \u2014 Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"The original autograph manuscript of the Olympic Manifesto from 1892 sold for $8.8 million in December 2019 by Sotheby\u2019s and a Babe Ruth Yankees road jersey sold for $5.64 million in June 2019 by Hunt Auctions. \u2014 Eduardo Gonzalezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"After two years in a pandemic, though, the autograph industry has been upended by the cancellation of red carpets and conventions. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Every few steps, Jasper came to a stop, obliging the handful of fans who asked for a picture or an autograph . \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Curry hugged her, gave her an autograph and posed for a picture. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Lamar Jackson is coming back to the Louisville area this weekend when the former University of Louisville quarterback holds two autograph signing events at Planet Fitness clubs. \u2014 Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal , 9 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"That attracted autograph seekers and fans waiting for Manning to arrive. \u2014 Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star , 5 Oct. 2017",
|
|
"Gates open at 5 p.m. with a free driver autograph session before fireworks at 9 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults; children younger than 13 get in free; tickets can be bought at www.charlottemotorspeedway.com or by calling 1-800-455-3267. \u2014 charlotteobserver , 26 June 2017",
|
|
"Autograph tickets will be sold at the door for $10 per autograph. \u2014 Pete Grathoff, kansascity.com , 27 Apr. 2017",
|
|
"Also featured will be an autograph appearance by NASCAR's Cody Lane, a kids area with bounce houses and face painting, and a beer and wine area. \u2014 Michele Miller, Tampa Bay Times , 21 Feb. 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Curry will autograph the shoes for auction on Wednesday on the NBA auction website with all proceeds going to the SagerStrong Foundation. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Mochrie chatted with with someone while preparing to autograph a VHS tape, until the person reached to touch his head. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 2 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Rose is expected to autograph the official Hard Rock Casino guitar, specially made for the casino\u2019s memorabilia collection. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 8 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Rose is expected to autograph the official Hard Rock Casino guitar, specially made for the casino's memorabilia collection. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Unable to crack the mystery without bringing the show to a complete and awkward standstill, Stapleton offered to autograph the woman's sign. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"During the heady rise, someone asked him to autograph their arm. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Pi\u00f1a stopped by to autograph the gloves (plus a baseball) after the game. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Still, the outrage that followed those fleeting glimpses of the assistant referee, Octavian Sobre, asking Erling Haaland to autograph his red and yellow cards felt a little overblown. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1605, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"circa 1676, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-222154"
|
|
},
|
|
"au courant":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": fully informed : up-to-date",
|
|
": fashionable , stylish",
|
|
": fully familiar : conversant"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u014d-ku\u0307-\u02c8r\u00e4\u207f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"def",
|
|
"downtown",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"hep",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"turned-on",
|
|
"with-it"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"out",
|
|
"uncool",
|
|
"unhip",
|
|
"untrendy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I try to stay au courant with the latest developments in the industry.",
|
|
"au courant filmgoers have dismissed Hollywood's latest effects-laden actioner as so last year",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Doing so might also land you an au courant name, since vintage names like Beatrice, Josephine, Margot, Edith, Cora and Willa are all increasing in popularity. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"With stucco and dark green shutters, terraced gardens and inky blue swimming pool surrounded by gardens, glorious sunsets and sun loungers, Villa Sainte-Anne is both last century perfect and completely au courant . \u2014 Sarah Turner, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Our creative space will be au courant with this all-natural, cotton rope weaving hanging above the desk. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"For those not quite ready to rock blinged out nails, delicate shapes and designs are just as au courant . \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The duck, for example, changes out only its jacket of side dishes to stay au courant with the season and currently sports pureed butternut squash. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"For an au courant look, seek out modern touches, like a fitted bodice with sweet bow-tie straps, a drop or peplum waist, or perhaps a vibrant kelly green hue. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 22 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Sometime around 2010, as bartenders morphed into mixologists and the Negroni became au courant , the silicone ice cube tray wormed its way into our freezers. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"French Montana has a knack for crafting au courant earworms that pay subtle homage to rap\u2019s illustrious history. \u2014 Will Dukes, Rolling Stone , 22 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"French, literally, in the current",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-025117"
|
|
},
|
|
"auto":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"combining form",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": automobile",
|
|
": automatic",
|
|
"\u2014 see aut-",
|
|
": automobile entry 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-(\u02cc)t\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8\u00e4-",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-t\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"car",
|
|
"horseless carriage",
|
|
"machine",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"motor vehicle",
|
|
"motorcar",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the auto gave people a level of mobility that they had never known before",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"But neither Ford nor Firestone, names synonymous with the American auto industry, had the foresight to put a home on wheels and hit the road. \u2014 Fox News , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"To gauge China\u2019s impact on the auto industry, Maryann contacted Walter Kissinger, the brother of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, for assistance. \u2014 Jeremy Alicandri, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Federal prosecutors had said Ebens blamed people of Asian descent for problems in the U.S. auto industry, and killed Chin because of his race. \u2014 Corey Williams, ajc , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Her husband, who works in the auto industry, hasn\u2019t had a wage increase since the start of the pandemic. \u2014 Borso Tall, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Cybertruck isn\u2019t expected to boost Tesla sales enormously, said Kevin Tynan, a North American auto industry analyst with Bloomberg. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"For perspective, that was 13% more emissions than the auto industry, even though the pharma market was 28% smaller and was 55% more polluting per $1 million of revenue. \u2014 David Introcaso, STAT , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Several top auto -industry executives are urging lawmakers to lift a cap on the number of electric vehicles a car company can sell before their models are no longer eligible for a $7,500 tax credit. \u2014 Ryan Felton, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"BofA said this may indicate the auto industry faced a new round of supply shortages last month. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"He also is suspected of firing a gun in New Britain \u2014 again, no one was hurt \u2014 and three times fleeing police who were on a special anti- auto theft detail in Newington. \u2014 Christine Dempsey, courant.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The man also described the gun that was pointed at him as a dull silver semi- auto , possibly a Sig-Sauer brand gun, documents say. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"On Derby day, about 170,000 spectators, who pay at least around $400 for a reserved seat, cram into the largest non- auto racing sports venue in the country. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"To fill that position, our semi- auto sniper rifle has been given some new upgrades. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 19 May 2021",
|
|
"Further coverage of the ex- auto executive, selected by WSJ editors. \u2014 Sean Mclain, WSJ , 19 July 2021",
|
|
"Their version of the 3\u00bd, all-load semi- auto uses a series of seven ports in the chamber. \u2014 Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream , 23 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Further coverage of the ex- auto executive, selected by WSJ editors. \u2014 Sean Mclain, WSJ , 19 July 2021",
|
|
"Further coverage of the ex- auto executive, selected by WSJ editors. \u2014 Sean Mclain, WSJ , 19 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1899, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"1876, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-061109"
|
|
},
|
|
"au revoir":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": an expression of good wishes when someone leaves : goodbye"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u022fr-\u0259-\u02c8vw\u00e4r",
|
|
"\u02cc\u014d-r\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adieu",
|
|
"ave",
|
|
"bon voyage",
|
|
"cong\u00e9",
|
|
"congee",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"Godspeed",
|
|
"good-bye",
|
|
"good-by"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hello"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the noise of the street was so loud that the quieter au revoirs of her friends went unheard",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Bid flat hair au revoir with this innovative shampoo from the French favorite brand. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"In 2010, James Murphy had ostensibly decided to go home, and This Is Happening was intended to be LCD Soundsystem's big au revoir . \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 26 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Say au revoir to the itty-bitty bag: 2020 will be the year of the schlep, the heavy lug, the big ole carryall. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 3 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The couple brought their whirlwind trip to a close yesterday, but not without one final fashion au revoir at the airport. \u2014 Vogue , 20 May 2019",
|
|
"Meals Included:Breakfast Optional Activities:Bayeux Cathedral, Bayeux Tapestry Admission Accommodations:Churchill Hotel Day 6: Loire Valley/Blois Say au revoir to Normandy and enter the lush green Loire Valley. \u2014 National Geographic , 17 June 2019",
|
|
"This formal parting is perfectly timed because the following day \u2014 Thursday, November 8 \u2014 lucky Jupiter finally says au revoir to Scorpio. \u2014 Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure , 28 Oct. 2018",
|
|
"Yet, even as the sun began to rise, the festivities were far from over, as guests gathered the next day at the historic 3-acre Barton Springs pool before bidding au revoir . \u2014 Andrew Bevan, Vogue , 14 Aug. 2018",
|
|
"On Sunday, August 23, the sun says au revoir to your sign and heads into Virgo, your planetary neighbor. \u2014 Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure , 30 July 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"French, literally, till seeing again",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1676, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105812"
|
|
},
|
|
"auditorium":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the part of a public building where an audience sits",
|
|
": a room, hall, or building used for public gatherings",
|
|
": the part of a building where an audience sits",
|
|
": a room or building for public gatherings"
|
|
],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u022f-d\u0259-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259m",
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"\u02cc\u022f-d\u0259-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259m"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"amphitheater",
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"arena",
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"garden",
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"hall",
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"theater",
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"theatre"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"will hold the town meeting in the high school auditorium",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In a theater or concert hall, the apron is a section of the stage floor which projects towards or into the auditorium . \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Several thousand people were inside the auditorium during the speeches, which appeared fewer than the number gathered outside. \u2014 Juan Lozano And Jill Colvin, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"In one scene, Mary Anne, played by Jessica Chastain, delivers a pointed speech inside a private school auditorium about self-reliance. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Protests about the exclusion of certain candidates from the stage preceded the event, and attendance had been closely monitored, with a small audience of 40 to 50 people allowed inside an auditorium that seats roughly 200. \u2014 Julia Wickstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"The invitation-only, 90-minute service Sunday inside a stately campus auditorium featured plentiful organ music. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"Scott's latest State of the City address -- his fourth as mayor -- was delivered to an audience inside Southwest High School's auditorium . \u2014 Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The committee will meet and take up the ordinance on Tuesday afternoon inside the Government Plaza auditorium . \u2014 al , 24 Jan. 2022",
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|
"At a recent visit to Lakeview Church, Mengsteab Aregay Gebremariam stood with his head bowed down and arms raised up, swaying to Christian pop music inside the auditorium . \u2014 Rashika Jaipuriar, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin aud\u012bt\u014drium \"lecture room, hall, body of listeners,\" from aud\u012bre \"to hear\" + -t\u014drium, suffix of places, from neuter of -t\u014drius, deverbal adjective suffix \u2014 more at audible entry 1 , auditory entry 2 ",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-120200"
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},
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"aught":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun",
|
|
"pronoun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": anything",
|
|
": all , everything",
|
|
": at all",
|
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": zero , cipher",
|
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": nonentity , nothing",
|
|
": the ten year period from 2000 through 2009",
|
|
": zero sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022ft",
|
|
"\u02c8\u00e4t",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022ft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"goose egg",
|
|
"naught",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"nil",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"o",
|
|
"oh",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"for dates, the year is automatically listed as a pair of aughts , so the user has to scroll down to the correct figure",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Align Technology\u2019s Invisalign shook up the orthodontics market in the early aughts by using a series of clear plastic aligners to shift patients\u2019 teeth. \u2014 Bailey Lipschultz, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2020",
|
|
"Jackman stars as Frank Tassone, the much loved and highly efficient superintendent of an affluent Long Island school district, Roslyn, in the early aughts . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Much like its successor, The Hills, Laguna Beach represents a very specific moment in time and culture: the early aughts , aka the golden age of flip phones, fedoras, and far too many Juicy sweatsuits. \u2014 Christopher Rosa, Glamour , 20 May 2020",
|
|
"Spanx has been providing the world with body-shaping undergarments since the early aughts and has since become a staple in women\u2019s closets the world over. \u2014 Melissa Lee, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"The women of The Hills reflect on the pre-social media bliss of coming of age on the aughts MTV show. \u2014 Sophie Kemp, Vogue , 30 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Indulge that nostalgia by watching this now nearly ten-year-old movie, about a pair of hip kids in mid- to late- aughts New York City chasing their favorite band\u2014and their crushes on one another\u2014around town on one crazy night. \u2014 Richard Lawson, HWD , 24 May 2018",
|
|
"McCormick traces the trend to her days as a Bookings Editor at the now-defunct (and once Cond\u00e9 Nast-owned) Lucky magazine, in the early aughts . \u2014 Leah Bourne, Glamour , 10 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"This wasn\u2019t uncommon for theaters in the early aughts , but after a decade of living in the 21st century, movie studios began transitioning to digital. \u2014 Morgan Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Feb. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Pronoun and Adverb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Pronoun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-134333"
|
|
},
|
|
"authentically":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact",
|
|
": conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features",
|
|
": made or done the same way as an original",
|
|
": not false or imitation : real , actual",
|
|
": true to one's own personality, spirit, or character",
|
|
": ranging upward from the keynote \u2014 compare plagal sense 1",
|
|
": progressing from the dominant chord to the tonic \u2014 compare plagal sense 2",
|
|
": authoritative",
|
|
": being really what it seems to be : genuine"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8then-tik",
|
|
"\u022f-",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8then-tik",
|
|
"\u022f-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"dinkum",
|
|
"echt",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"pukka",
|
|
"pucka",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sure-enough",
|
|
"true"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"suppositious",
|
|
"supposititious",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"unreal"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The State Department, however, has not yet told the family whether officials believe the videos are authentic . \u2014 Maham Javaid, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s something about being able to be your authentic self. \u2014 Julissa Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Growing out of the chrysalis into the unknown, blooming into your most authentic self. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Nor were the letters within ever conclusively proven to be authentic . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"For sponsors, the key is finding that relevant point of interaction that provides value to the fan while also being authentic to the brand. \u2014 Matt Miller, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Throughout his childhood, Marz hid from his authentic self. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Pride represents freedom and equality, which goes hand-in-hand with our commitment to creating an inclusive world where everyone is valued for being their authentic self. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Was that pin the tail on the donkey box made for the show, or authentic to the '80s? \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 24 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English autentik , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin authenticus , from Greek authentikos , from authent\u0113s perpetrator, master, from aut- + -hent\u0113s (akin to Greek anyein to accomplish, Sanskrit sanoti he gains)",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-160551"
|
|
},
|
|
"autarchy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun ()"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": autarky",
|
|
": absolute sovereignty : autocracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-\u02cct\u00e4r-k\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutism",
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"autocracy",
|
|
"Caesarism",
|
|
"czarism",
|
|
"tsarism",
|
|
"tzarism",
|
|
"despotism",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"totalism",
|
|
"totalitarianism",
|
|
"tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"1617, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
|
"1665, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-111223"
|
|
},
|
|
"autocracy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the authority or rule of an autocrat",
|
|
": government in which one person possesses unlimited power",
|
|
": a community or state governed by autocracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8t\u00e4-kr\u0259-s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutism",
|
|
"autarchy",
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"Caesarism",
|
|
"czarism",
|
|
"tsarism",
|
|
"tzarism",
|
|
"despotism",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"totalism",
|
|
"totalitarianism",
|
|
"tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Magna Carta is historically important because it signified the British rejection of autocracy and constituted the first formal restraining of the power of the monarch",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In other words, characterizing the present global political context as a confrontation between democracy and autocracy misses the point. \u2014 Wendell Wallach, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"In death as in life, Ms. Albright evoked the eternal struggle between democracy and autocracy that flared again in her final days in a land not far from her own native country. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"At the same time, Hungary will fall deeper into Orb\u00e1n\u2019s autocracy . \u2014 Zsuzsanna Szel\u00e9nyi, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The critical variable for Blattman is the efficiency of the system of checks and balances operating in a society, not necessarily its level of democracy or autocracy . \u2014 Michael S. Neiberg, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"What happens to a bipartisan democracy when one of the two parties turns toward autocracy ? \u2014 Ruth Ben-ghiat, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In a danger of having, uh, a dictatorship audit, cracks, autocracy . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"But the latest trade-off comes on the heels of Mr. Biden\u2019s insistence that the contest between democracy and autocracy is of central importance in today\u2019s world. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Opponents have warned that the alliance between the Marcoses and the Dutertes could usher in a new era of autocracy in the Philippines. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see autocrat ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-142730"
|
|
},
|
|
"audaciousness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": intrepidly daring : adventurous",
|
|
": recklessly bold : rash",
|
|
": contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum : insolent",
|
|
": marked by originality and verve",
|
|
": very bold and daring : fearless",
|
|
": disrespectful of authority : insolent"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259s",
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"brazen-faced",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The couple\u2019s audacious plan, as laid out by federal authorities, as well as the brazen lifestyle that plan supposedly afforded, seemed tailored to these times, and these times alone. \u2014 Paulina Cachero, Bloomberg.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Many fled the country without their families during the audacious move. \u2014 Oren Liebermann, CNN , 2 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Her audacious decision not only morally indicted the men responsible for Till\u2019s death\u2014that year, none were found guilty by a court\u2014but galvanized public opinion against segregation and Jim Crow. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"This ambiance may seem more akin to a gay tiki bar: audacious , lively and super fun. \u2014 Von Diaz, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Durant, the audacious and colorful original owner of the central Phoenix restaurant created a place that is still known for the vibe as much as for the martinis and steaks. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Another name could be added to the list Tuesday evening when Salesforce, an audacious late-stage and IPO investor, releases its quarterly earnings. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"The plot to use alternate electors was one of the most expansive and audacious schemes in a dizzying array of efforts by Trump and his supporters to deny his election loss and keep him in the White House. \u2014 Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"For years, Zachary Horwitz lured people into what federal investigators describe as one of the most audacious Ponzi schemes in Hollywood history. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French audacieux, from audace \"daring, recklessness\" (borrowed from Latin aud\u0101cia, from aud\u0101c-, aud\u0101x \"daring, bold, excessively daring, reckless\" + -ia -ia entry 1 ) + -ieux -ious ; aud\u0101x from aud\u0113re \"to intend, dare, venture\" (verbal derivative of avidus \"ardent, eager, greedy\") + -\u0101c-,-\u0101x, deverbal suffix denoting habitual or successful performance (probably going back to Indo-European *-eh 2 , noun ending + *-k-, suffixal formative) \u2014 more at avid ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172911"
|
|
},
|
|
"auspicious":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious",
|
|
": attended by good auspices : fortunate , prosperous",
|
|
": promising success"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8spi-sh\u0259s",
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8spi-sh\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"rose-colored",
|
|
"roseate",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"downbeat",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"unencouraging",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"unpropitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After his auspicious debut, Chambers became sought after by serious collectors of folk art; but given that the present show is now only the second he has had and is the first retrospective look at him, he is probably as obscure to the general museum going public today as he was in 1942. \u2014 Sanford Schwartz , New York Review of Books , 15 Jan. 2009",
|
|
"There is, first of all, Marconi himself, the 21-year-old prodigy who burst on London with his gizmo in 1896. This wasn't the most auspicious moment for a half-Irish, half-Italian unknown to announce that he had bested some of the empire's greatest scientific minds. \u2014 Kevin Baker , New York Times Book Review , 5 Nov. 2006",
|
|
"Indeed, it hardly seems like an auspicious time to introduce a brand of cigarettes, especially for tiny Star, which accounts for just over 1 percent of the U.S. market with its four brands of discount smokes. \u2014 David Noonan , Newsweek , 16 Oct. 2000",
|
|
"His acclaimed first novel was an auspicious debut.",
|
|
"told him she couldn't dance with him just then, but her auspicious smile encouraged him to ask again later",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Kairos refers to opportune, auspicious , precious time. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"Really, Lux had been cooling off for weeks, following his auspicious start to the season. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"Father and son got off to an auspicious start with birdies at the first two holes. \u2014 Adam Schupak, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This is called the shahi snan (or the royal dip), and marks the most auspicious \u2014and the most crowded\u2014days of the fair. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 5 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Those two, along with their fellow first-round picks K\u2019Andre Miller, Braden Schneider and goalie Igor Shesterkin, represent the long-term youthful core of an auspicious future. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"This will mark yet another auspicious milestone for the 25-year-old company that\u2019s carved a unique niche in the cruise industry. \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This made for an especially auspicious unveiling on the evening of October 7, 2019, when the airline (the world's oldest) commemorated its centennial with the release of house number 100. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Honor the heightened and auspicious energy in your own way! \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see auspice ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-121846"
|
|
},
|
|
"autocratic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute",
|
|
": characteristic of or resembling an autocrat : despotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u022f-t\u0259-\u02c8kra-tik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"czarist",
|
|
"tsarist",
|
|
"tzarist",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"monocratic",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"limited"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"democracy is supposed to protect the people against the rise of autocratic rulers",
|
|
"an autocratic Boy Scout leader who is under the delusion that he's still an army colonel",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The meeting took place at a time when the pandemic and the war in Ukraine are driving a deeper wedge between Western democracies and autocratic governments in Beijing and Moscow\u2014and are widening the gap between rich and poor nations. \u2014 Yuka Hayashi, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The Biden administration did not invite Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to the summit, citing those countries\u2019 autocratic governments. \u2014 Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Leaders of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were excluded from the meeting because of their autocratic governments and poor human rights records -- prompting leaders of several other countries to boycott the Summit in solidarity. \u2014 Stefano Pozzebon, CNN , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"But the flip side of growing transnational repression is that social media and online communications pose new threats to autocratic governments. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Unlike Washington, which considers the three autocratic governments as pariahs, Mexico\u2019s leftist leader maintains regular ties with them. \u2014 Matthew Lee, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Mothers in mourning have a history of banding together in Latin America, sparking more enduring challenges to autocratic governments. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan supported Islamists as the uprisings took hold, while Saudi Arabia and its ally the United Arab Emirates sought to suppress such movements for fear of facing challenges to their autocratic governments. \u2014 Suzan Fraser, ajc , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan supported Islamists as the uprisings took hold, while Saudi Arabia and its ally the United Arab Emirates sought to suppress such movements for fear of facing challenges to their autocratic governments. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Apr. 2022"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":"see autocrat ",
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150527"
|
|
},
|
|
"austerity":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the quality or state of being austere : such as",
|
|
": a stern and serious quality",
|
|
": a plain and simple quality",
|
|
": enforced or extreme economy especially on a national scale",
|
|
": an austere act, manner, or attitude",
|
|
": an ascetic (see ascetic sense 1 ) practice",
|
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": lack of all luxury"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u022f-\u02c8ster-\u0259-t\u0113",
|
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"-\u02c8ste-r\u0259-",
|
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"also",
|
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"\u022f-\u02c8ster-\u0259-t\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the austerity of the design",
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"The austerity of their lifestyle was surprising.",
|
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"They lived through years of austerity after the war.",
|
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"the austerities practiced by monks",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The latest economic news suggests those forecasts are coming to fruition, ensuring that the era of tech austerity is here to stay. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Yet amid all of this austerity , there's bit of a paradox in which consumers are willing to spend on one category that's decidedly non-essential: little pick-me-ups. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The hotel calmly and elegantly stages the fascinating juxtaposition of Prussian austerity and noble cosmopolitanism at the Gendarmenmarkt. \u2014 Laura Parker, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
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"Edwards\u2019s testimony was thus powerful precisely because of its austerity . \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"His most recent feature, Adults in the Room, which premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, looked at how the European Union forced a brutal austerity program on Greece after the financial collapse of 2008/2009. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Already the weakest and most indebted developing countries are in trouble, with Sri Lanka in crisis and Ghana imposing fierce austerity to keep finances in order. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"For Fukuyama, the big surprise of liberalism\u2019s trajectory after the Cold War has been the scope and impact of neoliberalism\u2014the free-market reforms of deregulation, privatization, and austerity that began in earnest in the nineteen-seventies. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"The piece works slowly, and culminates in a condemnation of French politicians, such as Nicolas Sarkozy and Emmanuel Macron, whose austerity measures helped to break \u00c9douard\u2019s father\u2019s body as well as his spirit. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022"
|
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see austere ",
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195344"
|
|
},
|
|
"audace":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": bold , spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"au\u0307\u02c8d\u00e4\u02ccch\u0101",
|
|
"-ch\u0113"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Italian, from Latin audac-, audax ",
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203403"
|
|
},
|
|
"auberge":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": inn sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u014d-\u02c8berzh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caravansary",
|
|
"caravanserai",
|
|
"hospice",
|
|
"hostel",
|
|
"hostelry",
|
|
"hotel",
|
|
"inn",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"tavern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they spent their honeymoon at a little French auberge that overflowed with charm"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"French, from Middle French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German heriberga military quarters \u2014 more at harbor ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1615, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-225758"
|
|
},
|
|
"automated":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": operated automatically"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101-t\u0259d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"laborsaving",
|
|
"robotic",
|
|
"self-acting",
|
|
"self-operating",
|
|
"self-regulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonautomated",
|
|
"nonautomatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"DataRobot specializes in automated machine learning for businesses, which eases the process of model development and upkeep within an app or platform. \u2014 Mark Minevich, Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Director Emma Schwartz opens the film with a look at the origins of Tesla and efforts to develop automated vehicles going back to a GM promotional film from 1956 featuring the Firebird II concept and the DAR AR +3.5%PA Grand Challenge. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"One way to spot a bot is if an account tweets round the clock or if the replies feel automated . \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"What is abundantly clear is that successful marketplaces tend to work on similar principles and use efficient, scalable and automated means to connect sellers with buyers. \u2014 Amit Basu, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"His patrol car had been equipped with an automated plate reader, which can scan passing vehicles for possible violations. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Tools like Hubspot and Salesforce allow webmasters to segment user cohorts based on actions taken on their site to send automated responses based on a user\u2019s behavior and level of interaction. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Google Photos, the company\u2019s storage service, has an option to make automated videos on demand. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The European Union next year could pass the Artificial Intelligence Act, a set of comprehensive requirements including that users be able to interpret automated predictions. \u2014 Paresh Dave, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1952, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000727"
|
|
},
|
|
"Auber":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Daniel-Fran\u00e7ois-Esprit 1782\u20131871 French composer"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u014d-\u02c8ber"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-003212"
|
|
},
|
|
"autocrator":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": autocrat"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f\u02c8t\u00e4kr\u0259t\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Russian & Late Latin; Russian avtokrator & Late Latin autocrator , from Greek autokrat\u014dr absolute ruler, absolute, from aut- + -krat\u014dr (from kratein to rule, from kratos power)",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1718, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-042033"
|
|
},
|
|
"automate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to operate by automation",
|
|
": to convert to largely automatic operation",
|
|
": to undergo automation",
|
|
": to run or operate something using machines instead of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The company recently automated its filing process.",
|
|
"a factory that has yet to be automated",
|
|
"a factory that has yet to automate",
|
|
"When companies automate , employees lose jobs.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"To win, SunPower had to do exactly what U.S. chip companies had to do with their cost-sensitive chip assembly factories in the 1970s\u2014first automate them, and then put them in low-cost countries. \u2014 T.j. Rodgers, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Companies like Uber or Lyft, for example, partly automate work by outsourcing supervision and oversight (both forms of unproductive labor) to an app. \u2014 Jane Hu, The New Yorker , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"But with help from Microsoft (MSFT), Kraft can automate more of those steps to speed up the process. \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"James Svetec, an owner of BNB Inner Circle, a host coaching service, suggests investing in software to automate reservations, like Hospitable or Hostaway. \u2014 Ronda Kaysen, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Pinterest will be using a new programming interface to help automate catalog updates and uploads. \u2014 Gene Marks, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"At the port city of Ningbo, the companies built a similar 5G network to help automate the tallying of freight containers and power unmanned container trucks, GSMA says. \u2014 Dan Strumpf, WSJ , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Niccol also said the company was using A.I. to help automate scheduling interviews for job applicants. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s growing interest in using AI to help automate more mundane work. \u2014 Will Knight, Wired , 20 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"back-formation from automation ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1952, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-064827"
|
|
},
|
|
"authoritarianism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority",
|
|
": of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02ccth\u022fr-\u0259-\u02c8ter-\u0113-\u0259n",
|
|
"\u0259-",
|
|
"-\u02ccth\u00e4r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grew up with an authoritarian older sister who thought she was queen of the world",
|
|
"an authoritarian coach who runs football practice like it's boot camp",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The resurgence of neo-fascist movements and authoritarian rule around the world has unsurprisingly coincided with a ramping-up of hostility against press freedom. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Cambodian courts are widely believed to be under the influence of Hun Sen, whose authoritarian rule has kept him in power for 37 years. \u2014 Sopheng Cheang, ajc , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Under the authoritarian rule of Chiang Kai-shek\u2019s Nationalists, who lost the civil war to the Communists, mainlander families received preference for civil servant jobs and government positions. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"Both Taiwan and Ukraine democratized in the 1990s, following years of brutal authoritarian rule. \u2014 Chris Horton, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"For the past 16 years, democracy has been losing ground to authoritarian rule around the world, according to the watchdog organization Freedom House. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Moi followed Kenyatta\u2019s pattern of increasingly authoritarian rule, self-enrichment and widespread corruption. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The rally took place as Russia has faced heavier-than-expected losses on the battlefield and increasingly authoritarian rule at home, where Russian police have detained thousands of antiwar protesters. \u2014 Cara Anna, chicagotribune.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The comments were the latest warning that Putin's authoritarian rule, which had already grown tighter since invading Ukraine, could get even more repressive. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see authority ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-071718"
|
|
},
|
|
"auspicium melioris aevi":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"Latin phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": augury of a better age"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"au\u0307-\u02c8spi-k\u0113-\u02ccu\u0307m-\u02ccme-l\u0113-\u02cc\u022fr-is-\u02c8\u012b-\u02ccw\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-081228"
|
|
},
|
|
"autocrine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of, relating to, promoted by, or being a substance secreted by a cell and acting on surface receptors of the same cell \u2014 compare paracrine",
|
|
": of, relating to, promoted by, or being a substance secreted by a cell and acting on surface receptors of the same cell",
|
|
"\u2014 compare paracrine"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-t\u014d-\u02cckrin",
|
|
"-krin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" aut- + -crine (as in endocrine )",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1980, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-083557"
|
|
},
|
|
"autumn":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the season between summer and winter comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of September, October, and November or as reckoned astronomically extending from the September equinox to the December solstice",
|
|
": a period of maturity or incipient decline",
|
|
": the season between summer and winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-t\u0259m",
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-t\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afterlife",
|
|
"afternoon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"evening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"springtime"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the autumn of last year",
|
|
"a magnificent New England autumn",
|
|
"She went off to college in the autumn of 1999.",
|
|
"When autumn came he planted grass.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For instance, her rendition of redfish blends Vietnamese influences with shrimp and roasted pork, fish sauce and miso aioli; her version of duck confit is an ode to autumn in Louisiana, with a sour orange pepper jelly and andouille jus. \u2014 Ian Mcnulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 12 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Sunday\u2019s high tides were the culmination of four days of rising ocean water pushed ashore by both winds from a strong autumn storm offshore and periodic King Tides when the moon\u2019s location causes the water level to increase. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 5 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"And the bounds of work fell away like autumn leaves and were swept away. \u2014 Jeff Bradford, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The 2019 Bourgogne shows burgundy characteristics of dark fruit, forest-floor (think autumn leaves and brush) and mushroom, with some floral aromas to give it extra lift. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Thursday, more than 100 residents had gathered in the facility\u2019s largest dining room, where autumn leaves decorated the walls, for the second celebration. \u2014 Brittny Mejia Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"In addition to the fast growth rate, Texas red oaks will often produce colorful autumn leaves. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"As the autumn leaves are still yet to fall across much of New England, gusty winds could easily topple trees and branches. \u2014 Derek Van Dam, CNN , 24 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Now, as colder weather settles in and autumn leaves begin to fall, a cozier, more rustic variation called cabincore is poised to take its place as this season's must-have style. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Middle English autumpne , from Latin autumnus"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163344"
|
|
},
|
|
"authorisation":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of authorisation British spellings of authorization , authorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-183834"
|
|
},
|
|
"autumn Adonis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": pheasant's-eye sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-192401"
|
|
},
|
|
"aussage test":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a test of reliability of testimony in which the subject is required to describe a situation or event familiar to the examiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8au\u0307s\u02ccz\u00e4g\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"German aussage deposition, declaration, from aussagen to depose, declare, from Middle High German \u016bzsagen , from \u016bz out (from Old High German) + sagen to say, from Old High German sag\u0113n"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-232156"
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},
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"autumnal":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of autumn",
|
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": of or relating to autumn"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u022f-\u02c8t\u0259m-n\u0259l",
|
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"\u022f-\u02c8t\u0259m-n\u0259l"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-013002"
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},
|
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"auspice":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
|
": kindly patronage and guidance",
|
|
": a prophetic sign",
|
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": a favorable sign",
|
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": observation by an augur especially of the flight and feeding of birds to discover omens"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8\u022f-sp\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"aegis",
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"egis",
|
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"backing",
|
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"patronage",
|
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"sponsorship"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a program for inner-city youths that is under the auspices of a national corporation",
|
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"interpreted the teacher's smile as an auspice that he would get an A on his presentation",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But the whole auspice here is not to pat ourselves on the back. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Star Tribune , 26 Feb. 2021",
|
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"However, there is no context that validates the use of this term in relation to progress without disregarding the brutal reality of what happened in this country\u2019s history under the auspice of Manifest Destiny. \u2014 Valerie Strauss, Washington Post , 9 Jan. 2018",
|
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"And also under the auspice of, so to speak, that good things are for sharing. \u2014 John S. Marshall, Houston Chronicle , 19 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"The funds were raised under the auspice of Tulane's $1.3 billion fundraising campaign. . . . . . . . \u2014 Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com , 16 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"Scientists have been fascinated by this work because this phenomenon was predicted a century ago under the auspice of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. \u2014 Diana Samuels, NOLA.com , 22 Dec. 2017",
|
|
"These concerns were raised during a panel discussion in an event presented by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy-Skylake Synagogue alliance with the auspice and collaboration of ATJC. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, Jewish Journal , 2 June 2017",
|
|
"Angell\u2019s under Bacquet\u2019s auspice introduced a new tapas menu that runs concurrent with the dinner menu. \u2014 James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman , 27 Apr. 2017",
|
|
"Dabdoub sought to place the incident at a New Orleans substation under the auspice of other incidents seen across the company's grid nationwide. \u2014 Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com , 29 June 2017"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"Latin auspicium , from auspic-, auspex diviner by birds, from avis bird + specere to look, look at \u2014 more at aviary , spy"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043547"
|
|
},
|
|
"autocritical":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of or relating to autocriticism : disposed to or marked by the exercise of autocriticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"aut- + critical"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1632, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-053320"
|
|
},
|
|
"Au":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abbreviation ()",
|
|
"symbol"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"angstrom unit",
|
|
"astronomical unit",
|
|
"both ears",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"angstrom unit",
|
|
"antitoxin unit",
|
|
"both ears",
|
|
"[Latin aures unitas ]",
|
|
"[Latin aures unitas ]"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Symbol",
|
|
"Latin aurum"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-065418"
|
|
},
|
|
"auspicate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to indicate in advance as though by an omen : portend , augur",
|
|
": to initiate or enter upon especially under circumstances or with a procedure (such as drinking a toast) calculated to ensure prosperity and good luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022fsp\u0259\u02cck\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Latin auspicatus , past participle of auspicari to take auspices, from auspic-, auspex"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-072101"
|
|
},
|
|
"aubergine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": eggplant sense 1",
|
|
": eggplant sense 2"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u014d-b\u0259r-\u02cczh\u0113n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Jemima Jones and Lucy Carr-Ellison are former models who run Wild by Tart and Tart London: a restaurant and catering company frequented by those in fashion and the arts as much as punters in love with their aubergine and cashew satay. \u2014 Clare Finney, Vogue , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Lunch was 170g chicken breast with 130g broccoli and lots of other vegetables like aubergine , courgette, peppers and cherry tomatoes. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"His paintings were everything but: His work is peopled with folks of every imaginable hue, from indigo to fuchsia to chartreuse and aubergine , a literal rainbow coalition. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"The first small gallery, its walls cloaked in dark aubergine , shimmers in low light with the bleak resonance of a disturbed tomb. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"What\u2019s not to like about an extraordinary platform bearing nine Alberto Giacometti bronze sculptures, luxuriously displayed before a wall painted luscious aubergine ? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2021",
|
|
"Lacquer in shades of aubergine ; bronzes of all sorts; copper, silver and gold accessories. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 4 June 2021",
|
|
"Queen Elizabeth, who turns 95 next week, followed the procession in her gleaming aubergine Bentley, not at the head of it, which would have been customary for a sovereign. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Queen Elizabeth, who turns 95 next week, followed the procession in her gleaming aubergine Bentley, not at the head of it, which would have been customary for a sovereign. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"French, from Catalan alberg\u00ednia , from Arabic al-b\u0101dhinj\u0101n the eggplant, ultimately from Middle Indo-Aryan *v\u0101ti\u00f1ja\u1e47a-, v\u0101ti\u1e45ga\u1e47a-"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-102034"
|
|
},
|
|
"aubergine purple":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": bishop's purple sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-105354"
|
|
},
|
|
"autumnal tea":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a black tea grown during the autumn in certain Indian tea districts (such as Assam, Darjeeling, and Duars)"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-124928"
|
|
},
|
|
"auspex":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": augur"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f\u02ccspeks",
|
|
"\u02c8au\u0307\u02cc-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Latin"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-130446"
|
|
},
|
|
"Ausonian":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": italian"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)\u022f\u00a6s\u014dny\u0259n",
|
|
"-ny\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Latin Ausonia southern Italy, Italy + English -an"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-170222"
|
|
},
|
|
"authorized":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": endowed with authority",
|
|
": sanctioned by authority : having or done with legal or official approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-th\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bzd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"official",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonofficial",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unofficial",
|
|
"unsanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The authorized participants buy the underlying securities that make up an index tracked by an ETF and trade those securities for new ETF shares as needed. \u2014 Michael Wursthorn, WSJ , 20 May 2021",
|
|
"Each advocated increasing the size of Portland\u2019s authorized police force and embraced stronger police oversight and other popular public safety reform efforts. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Bexar County Hospital District\u2019s board of managers, during a meeting in July, authorized staff to move forward with the deal, University Health spokeswoman Elizabeth Allen said. \u2014 Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"To start the year county council budgeted for 690 corrections officers, which was higher than Budish\u2019s proposed 650 officers but a significant drop from the previous authorized strength of 725. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Just in time for the annual event, too, was the publication of a new semi- authorized biography of Met Gala host, Vogue editor, and Cond\u00e9 Nast executive Anna Wintour. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"This semi- authorized biography offers unprecedented insight into the life of Princess Margaret's husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In a letter to lawmakers this month urging Congress to approve the aid package, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the remaining authorized aid funds would run out by May 19. \u2014 Eugene Scott, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"In December, the Food and Drug Administration made access to it significantly easier by lifting the requirement that patients obtain the first of the two pills, mifepristone, by visiting an authorized clinic or doctor in person. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-180613"
|
|
},
|
|
"audaciously":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": intrepidly daring : adventurous",
|
|
": recklessly bold : rash",
|
|
": contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum : insolent",
|
|
": marked by originality and verve",
|
|
": very bold and daring : fearless",
|
|
": disrespectful of authority : insolent"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259s",
|
|
"\u022f-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"brazen-faced",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The couple\u2019s audacious plan, as laid out by federal authorities, as well as the brazen lifestyle that plan supposedly afforded, seemed tailored to these times, and these times alone. \u2014 Paulina Cachero, Bloomberg.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Many fled the country without their families during the audacious move. \u2014 Oren Liebermann, CNN , 2 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Her audacious decision not only morally indicted the men responsible for Till\u2019s death\u2014that year, none were found guilty by a court\u2014but galvanized public opinion against segregation and Jim Crow. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"This ambiance may seem more akin to a gay tiki bar: audacious , lively and super fun. \u2014 Von Diaz, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Durant, the audacious and colorful original owner of the central Phoenix restaurant created a place that is still known for the vibe as much as for the martinis and steaks. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Another name could be added to the list Tuesday evening when Salesforce, an audacious late-stage and IPO investor, releases its quarterly earnings. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"The plot to use alternate electors was one of the most expansive and audacious schemes in a dizzying array of efforts by Trump and his supporters to deny his election loss and keep him in the White House. \u2014 Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"For years, Zachary Horwitz lured people into what federal investigators describe as one of the most audacious Ponzi schemes in Hollywood history. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"borrowed from Middle French audacieux, from audace \"daring, recklessness\" (borrowed from Latin aud\u0101cia, from aud\u0101c-, aud\u0101x \"daring, bold, excessively daring, reckless\" + -ia -ia entry 1 ) + -ieux -ious ; aud\u0101x from aud\u0113re \"to intend, dare, venture\" (verbal derivative of avidus \"ardent, eager, greedy\") + -\u0101c-,-\u0101x, deverbal suffix denoting habitual or successful performance (probably going back to Indo-European *-eh 2 , noun ending + *-k-, suffixal formative) \u2014 more at avid"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-183511"
|
|
},
|
|
"authorized capital":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the amount of capital stock that a corporation is authorized to issue under the terms of its charter"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1825, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-185043"
|
|
},
|
|
"Authorized Version":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a revision of the English Bishops' Bible carried out under James I, published in 1611, and widely used by Protestants : king james version"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1755, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-212252"
|
|
},
|
|
"AUD":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abbreviation ()"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"audit; auditor",
|
|
"alcohol use disorder ; alcohol-use disorder",
|
|
"alcohol use disorder ; alcohol-use disorder"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-225233"
|
|
},
|
|
"Aussie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a native or inhabitant of Australia"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-s\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8\u00e4-s\u0113",
|
|
"British and Australian usually"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Aus tralian + -ie"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"circa 1910, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-061017"
|
|
},
|
|
"Aubervilliers":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"commune and suburb of Paris in northern France population 76,280"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u014d-b\u0259r-\u02ccv\u0113l-\u02c8y\u0101"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182422"
|
|
},
|
|
"autocriticism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": criticism of oneself : searching self-examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\" +"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"aut- + criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1820, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-194232"
|
|
},
|
|
"authoress":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a woman or girl who is an author"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u022f-th(\u0259-)r\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-122648"
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},
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"Aussie rules":{
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"type":[
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"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": australian rules football"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1918, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-155059"
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},
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"auslaut":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": final sound in a word or syllable : end position of a sound in a word or syllable \u2014 compare anlaut , inlaut"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8au\u0307\u02ccslau\u0307t",
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""
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"German, from aus out (from Old High German \u016bz ) + laut sound, from Middle High German l\u016bt ; akin to Old English hl\u016bd loud"
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164526"
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},
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"autres temps, autres m\u0153urs":{
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"type":[
|
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"French phrase"
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": other times, other customs : in other eras people behaved differently"
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u014d-tr\u0259-t\u00e4\u207f \u014d-tr\u0259-m\u0153rs"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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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":"20220704-175211"
|
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},
|
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"autocross":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": an automobile gymkhana"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8\u022f-t\u014d-\u02cckr\u022fs",
|
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"\u02c8\u00e4-t\u014d-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"With fully defeatable stability control and the optional electronically locking differential, the 230i would be blast on an autocross course. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"So far, that's meant driving to Florida for an IMSA Endurance Cup race at Sebring and brushing against cones at an SCCA autocross event. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Whether on the autocross course or road course, BRZ inspires confidence. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 11 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Even though the ML55 AMG is bound to lose to a Lexus GS400 and a BMW 5-series if challenged at an autocross , the ML55 is still an excellent combination of performance. \u2014 Bradley Nevin, Car and Driver , 3 June 2020",
|
|
"Sure, the route from my backyard parking spot to the street is a sort of low-speed autocross course. \u2014 Daniel Pund, Car and Driver , 30 May 2020",
|
|
"Etherington has been racing for 25 years with the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), an auto club that sanctions road racing, rallies, and autocross . \u2014 Gwen Moran, Fortune , 22 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Subiefest Midwest Subaru might have the most loyal and rabid following, especially among young men, and Subiefest Midwest gathers them for a one-day car show and autocross with giveaways and all ages family fun. \u2014 Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com , 5 July 2018",
|
|
"The facilities on hand are at the highest level for race circuits, and with an endless list of extra activities such as autocross and karting for the whole family, Autobahn is certainly the go-to track for any speed-loving Chicagoan. \u2014 Michael Whiteley, chicagotribune.com , 20 July 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"auto + moto cross"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1956, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-185126"
|
|
},
|
|
"aubepine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": anisaldehyde"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022fb\u0259\u02ccp\u0113n",
|
|
"-b\u0101-",
|
|
"-p\u0259\u0307n",
|
|
"\u02cc\u014db\u0101\u02c8p\u0113n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"French aub\u00e9spine , from Old French aubespin , from (assumed) Vulgar Latin albispina , from (assumed) Latin alba spina (attested as spina alba ), from Latin alba white (feminine of albus ) + spina thorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-190819"
|
|
},
|
|
"autumn blond":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": fawn sense 3"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-194401"
|
|
},
|
|
"Aube":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"river 154 miles (248 kilometers) long in north central France flowing into the Seine River"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u014db"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-231921"
|
|
},
|
|
"aubaine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": droit d'aubaine"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"by shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-014717"
|
|
},
|
|
"au bleu":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective (or adverb)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": cooked by boiling in acidulated water immediately after being killed and cleaned but without being washed or scaled"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)\u014d\u02c8bl\u0153\u0305",
|
|
"-\u02c8bl\u0259\u0304",
|
|
"-\u02c8bl\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"French, literally, to the blue; from the fact that the skin of fish cooked in this manner turns blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1776, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-104615"
|
|
},
|
|
"author entry":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a catalog entry of a writing under its author's name usually with the surname placed first"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-130955"
|
|
},
|
|
"aussit\u00f4t dit, aussit\u00f4t fait":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"French phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": no sooner said than done":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u014d-s\u0113-t\u014d-d\u0113 \u014d-s\u0113-t\u014d-fe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105259"
|
|
}
|
|
} |