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{
"symbol":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an authoritative summary of faith or doctrine : creed",
": something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance",
": a visible sign of something invisible",
": an arbitrary or conventional sign used in writing or printing relating to a particular field to represent operations, quantities, elements, relations, or qualities",
": an object or act representing something in the unconscious mind that has been repressed",
": an act, sound, or object having cultural significance and the capacity to excite or objectify a response",
": symbolize",
": something that stands for something else : emblem",
": a letter, character, or sign used instead of a word to represent a quantity, position, relationship, direction, or something to be done",
": something that stands for or suggests something else: as",
": an arbitrary or conventional sign used in writing or printing relating to a particular field to represent operations, quantities, elements, relations, or qualities",
": an object or act representing something in the unconscious mind that has been repressed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sim-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8sim-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8sim-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"emblem",
"ensign",
"hallmark",
"impresa",
"logo",
"totem",
"trademark"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the traditional physician's symbol of a staff entwined with a snake",
"the symbol \u00b6 indicates where a new paragraph should begin",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Hispanic-Serving Institution recognition follows years of ASU working with Hispanic communities across Arizona and provides a symbol to students and families, said Maria Anguiano, executive vice president of the Learning Enterprise. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
"The other is a woman who holds a torch and resembles the Goddess of Democracy, a protest symbol that was removed from a Hong Kong university campus last year. \u2014 Mike Ives, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"My subconscious was grasping for an orienting metaphor, the fading light a symbol for a death that was symbolic, too. \u2014 Lauren Mcbrayer, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
"Their traditions include dancing around a maypole -- a symbol which some view as phallic. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Walmart caught the most flack recently for stocking a Juneteenth Great Value brand ice cream flavor, the label touting a trademark symbol . \u2014 Michelle Garcia, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"Starting in the 1980s in Ocean City, that symbol \u2014 whether it was printed on a flyer or in the newspaper \u2014 meant that DJ Batman would be playing a set. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"The European Commission's endorsement, while only a tentative step on a path that could take decades to complete, would send a strong symbol of solidarity with Ukraine. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Railway company Ukrzaliznytsia, a hardened symbol of inefficiency during peacetime, quickly mobilized into an effective wartime machine\u2014evacuating up to 200,000 civilians per day, delivering humanitarian aid and transporting wounded soldiers. \u2014 Katherine Love, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Press and hold the app icon, tap App Info (the i symbol ), and tap Permissions. \u2014 Julian Chokkattu, Wired , 8 Sep. 2020",
"The Unicode Consortium\u2014the organization in charge of determining which symbols our devices are supposed to recognize\u2014has more and more been measuring the wrong thing in the process of approving new emoji. \u2014 Wired , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Drawing route cards and placing trains remains the same, but most tracks on the board that connect two cities also have one or more railroad company symbols next to them. \u2014 Keith Law, Ars Technica , 12 Oct. 2019",
"To me that demonstrated the central role that symbols play in the culture. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 16 Mar. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1832, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184544"
},
"sympathetic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": existing or operating through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association",
": appropriate to one's mood, inclinations, or disposition",
": marked by kindly or pleased appreciation",
": given to, marked by, or arising from sympathy , compassion, friendliness, and sensitivity to others' emotions",
": favorably inclined : approving",
": showing empathy",
": arousing sympathy or compassion",
": of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system",
": mediated by or acting on the sympathetic nerves",
": relating to musical tones produced by sympathetic vibration or to strings so tuned as to sound by sympathetic vibration",
": a sympathetic structure",
": sympathetic nervous system",
": feeling or showing care or understanding",
": feeling favorable",
": of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system",
": mediated by or acting on the sympathetic nerves",
": a sympathetic structure",
": sympathetic nervous system"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsim-p\u0259-\u02c8the-tik",
"\u02ccsim-p\u0259-\u02c8the-tik",
"\u02ccsim-p\u0259-\u02c8thet-ik"
],
"synonyms":[
"commiserative",
"compassionate",
"empathetic",
"empathic",
"humane",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"coldhearted",
"hard",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"obdurate",
"unfeeling",
"unsympathetic"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He received much help from sympathetic friends.",
"I didn't find the hero in the movie very sympathetic .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Yuga Labs was not sympathetic to the plaintiff\u2019s claims. \u2014 Matt Pearcestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"Luckily, the passenger was not sympathetic to the Nazis. \u2014 Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"Luckily, the passenger was not sympathetic to the Nazis. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"For Dorn, the gigs are a chance to play for Ukrainian fans currently living in the United States, as well as for liberal Russian expatriates and curious Americans who are sympathetic to Ukraine\u2019s current predicament. \u2014 Charlie Amter, Variety , 7 June 2022",
"But that doesn\u2019t mean the Big West isn\u2019t sympathetic to Selstad\u2019s plight. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"In December, after Rose spoke at an event at the Hollow 2A, Schurr and three other founders of Support Our Schools published an op-ed in the Sarasota Herald Tribune accusing the school board member of being sympathetic to the Proud Boys. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"In Marion, the health department's vector borne disease prevention coordinator Sinsko said the program is sympathetic to pollinators and will take measures to avoid spraying gin areas where there may be concerns. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
"That\u2019s not to say that Baggett was sympathetic to Falwell. \u2014 Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In 1936, King Edward VIII\u2014a monarch sympathetic to the Nazis\u2014was forced to abdicate in order to marry the divorc\u00e9e Wallis Simpson. \u2014 Priya Satia, The New Republic , 20 May 2022",
"Tired of Haitian resistance, the Americans installed Louis Borno, a savvy politician sympathetic to the occupation, as president. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"But deans and chairs must appoint a faculty hiring committee sympathetic to the aims of the benefactor. \u2014 Michael Poliakoff, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But the show never really conveys her beliefs \u2014 one of many soft-pedalings from creator Robbie Pickering to render his protagonist sympathetic . \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The Turbins belong to a milieu sympathetic to monarchy\u2014Elena\u2019s husband is a Baltic German and an anti-Bolshevik officer. \u2014 Marci Shore, The Atlantic , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Hollingsworth said in the video her financial setbacks make her sympathetic to Marylanders facing the same challenges. \u2014 Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Russian yachts being seized across Europe as nations sympathetic to Ukraine's plight press sanctions that include impounding assets of Russia's wealthy class. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 13 Mar. 2022",
"In late December, Jeffrey Clark, a Justice Department official sympathetic to Trump, drafted a letter urging Georgia officials to call a special session of the legislature to reconsider Biden\u2019s win. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 21 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1808, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185158"
},
"sympathy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other",
": mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it",
": unity or harmony in action or effect",
": inclination to think or feel alike : emotional or intellectual accord",
": feeling of loyalty : tendency to favor or support",
": the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another",
": the feeling or mental state brought about by such sensitivity",
": the correlation existing between bodies capable of communicating their vibrational energy to one another through some medium",
": sorrow or pity for another",
": readiness to favor or support",
": a relationship between people or things in which whatever affects one similarly affects the other",
": an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other",
": mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it",
": the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another",
": the feeling or mental state brought about by such sensitivity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sim-p\u0259-th\u0113",
"\u02c8sim-p\u0259-th\u0113",
"\u02c8sim-p\u0259-th\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"feeling"
],
"antonyms":[
"callousness",
"coldheartedness",
"hard-heartedness",
"heartlessness"
],
"examples":[
"She went to her best friend for sympathy .",
"Letters of sympathy were sent to the families of the victims.",
"My deepest sympathies go out to the families of the victims.",
"Our sympathies are with them.",
"There was no sympathy between them.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is much sympathy for Ukraine from Wales captain Gareth Bales, but also a ruthless sporting determination to qualify. \u2014 Rob Harris, ajc , 4 June 2022",
"Even that scene\u2019s unexpectedly touchy-feely sympathy isn\u2019t entirely that \u2014 Shiv\u2019s checking her phone with her other hand. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Herzog\u2019s sympathy for his errant heroes is always evident, but so is the detachment required to represent them honestly, to find the truth that they themselves might be too absorbed in their own circumstances to see. \u2014 A. O. Scott, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"Unsurprisingly, there is little sympathy out there for crypto\u2019s richest. \u2014 John Hyatt, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"Two, why is there any sympathy for Russia or Russians right now? \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Here, Bay is especially good at playing with the audience\u2019s sympathy . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"There was sympathy , too, for Smith standing up for his wife, even if his timing and choice of response were flawed. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 28 Mar. 2022",
"No such sympathy is forthcoming now -- even with the S&P 500 stuck in correction territory days before the central bank\u2019s rates liftoff. \u2014 Katherine Greifeld, Bloomberg.com , 12 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin sympathia , from Greek sympatheia , from sympath\u0113s having common feelings, sympathetic, from syn- + pathos feelings, emotion, experience \u2014 more at pathos ",
"first_known_use":[
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174411"
},
"synchronic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": synchronous",
": descriptive sense 4",
": concerned with events existing in a limited time period and ignoring historical antecedents"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sin-\u02c8kr\u00e4-nik",
"si\u014b-"
],
"synonyms":[
"coetaneous",
"coeval",
"coexistent",
"coexisting",
"coextensive",
"coincident",
"coincidental",
"concurrent",
"contemporaneous",
"contemporary",
"coterminous",
"simultaneous",
"synchronous"
],
"antonyms":[
"asynchronous",
"noncontemporary",
"nonsimultaneous",
"nonsynchronous"
],
"examples":[
"to musical accompaniment, the swimmers' synchronic movements form a kaleidoscope of artistic patterns"
],
"history_and_etymology":" synchron(ous) + -ic entry 1 ; (sense 2a) borrowed from French synchronique, from synchronie synchrony + -ique -ic entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194256"
},
"synchronize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to happen at the same time",
": to represent or arrange (events) to indicate coincidence or coexistence",
": to make synchronous in operation",
": to make (motion-picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si\u014b-kr\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz",
"\u02c8sin-"
],
"synonyms":[
"accompany",
"attend",
"co-occur",
"coexist",
"coincide",
"concur"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The dancers practiced until they synchronized their movements.",
"The sound and picture have to synchronize perfectly.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Also on Google Meet, in the coming months, users will be able to synchronize and play video or audio so that all participants see or hear it at the same time. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"In particular, the Russian military was not able to synchronize and coordinate their attacks. \u2014 Vikram Mittal, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"While it wasn\u2019t supposed to synchronize with Europe until next year, Ukraine, along with neighboring Moldova, requested that Europe\u2019s main electricity operator, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, expedite matters. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The researchers also found that spiders needed to synchronize to sense smaller prey items in the web. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022",
"In the March issue, Vanessa Gregory writes about a group of physicists investigating a similar mystery: how certain species of fireflies synchronize their flashing as part of an elaborate mating ritual. \u2014 Vanessa Gregory, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Los Angeles County Deputy Public Defender Nick Stewart-Oaten said the courts, the DOJ and police have yet to fully synchronize information. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Each day, harbors and observatories would raise and lower a metal ball at the same time to allow sailors to synchronize their instruments. \u2014 Jacqui Palumbo, CNN , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Further, without these command posts, the Russian military cannot synchronize their efforts, hence further stalling the offensive. \u2014 Vikram Mittal, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1624, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200949"
},
"synchronous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time",
": recurring or operating at exactly the same periods",
": involving or indicating synchronism",
": having the same period",
": having the same period and phase",
": geostationary",
": of, used in, or being digital communication (as between computers) in which a common timing signal is established that dictates when individual bits can be transmitted and which allows for very high rates of data transfer",
": happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time",
": recurring or operating at exactly the same periods",
": having the same period",
": having the same period and phase"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si\u014b-kr\u0259-n\u0259s",
"\u02c8sin-",
"\u02c8si\u014b-kr\u0259-n\u0259s, \u02c8sin-"
],
"synonyms":[
"coetaneous",
"coeval",
"coexistent",
"coexisting",
"coextensive",
"coincident",
"coincidental",
"concurrent",
"contemporaneous",
"contemporary",
"coterminous",
"simultaneous",
"synchronic"
],
"antonyms":[
"asynchronous",
"noncontemporary",
"nonsimultaneous",
"nonsynchronous"
],
"examples":[
"the synchronous arrival of a baby sister and loss of a beloved grandmother strongly affected the child",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The performance/price ratio of the Tesla Model 3 and its permanent magnet synchronous reluctance motor contributed to its high unit sales \u2013 about three times that of the second bestselling EV in 2019. \u2014 Peter Cohan, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The satellites would then be boosted to low Earth orbit or Sun- synchronous orbit by an expendable upper stage. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 28 Jan. 2022",
"If students continue with remote learning, there will be special synchronous sessions and more independent learning since teachers will be doing in-person instruction, officials explained. \u2014 Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com , 29 Sep. 2020",
"Are meetings a good use of everyone's synchronous time together? \u2014 Anne Jacoby, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Monday\u2019s Wordle answer, however, felt a little too synchronous with the news \u2014 and left the New York Times scrambling to change it in real time. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"The same could be said of the 1.6-liter turbo engine in the hybrid model, which provides a total of 227 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque with its synchronous electric motor lending a hand. \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"America's most popular national park will host the annual synchronous firefly viewing June 3-10 at Elkmont. \u2014 Karen Ch\u00e1vez, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"On the other hand, livestream shopping allows for synchronous , interactive communication. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Late Latin synchronos \"contemporary,\" borrowed from Greek s\u00fdnchronos \"existing at the same time,\" from syn- syn- + -chronos, adjective derivative of chr\u00f3nos \"time, duration,\" of obscure origin",
"first_known_use":[
"1669, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212157"
},
"syncopate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to shorten or produce by syncope",
": to cut short : clip , abbreviate",
": to modify or affect (musical rhythm) by syncopation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si\u014b-k\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101t",
"\u02c8sin-"
],
"synonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"dock",
"elide",
"shorten",
"truncate"
],
"antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"examples":[
"she tried to syncopate her gasp of shock"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211729"
},
"syncope":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain : faint",
": the loss of one or more sounds or letters in the interior of a word (as in fo'c'sle for forecastle )",
": loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain : faint"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si\u014b-k\u0259-(\u02cc)p\u0113",
"\u02c8sin-",
"\u02c8si\u014b-k\u0259-p\u0113, \u02c8sin-"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackout",
"faint",
"insensibility",
"knockout",
"swim",
"swoon"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"syncope has been reported in a small percentage of patients taking the drug",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the hospital after the attack on the school bus, a doctor diagnosed Alex with syncope (or passing out), a headache, very strong stomach pains and nausea, according to a medical document shared with The New York Times. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
"There are many possible underlying causes, but the most common is a condition called vasovagal syncope , also known as a common faint. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Losing consciousness while straining to poop is called defecation syncope , which is a kind of fainting that happens when your body overreacts to certain stimuli, according to the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF , 10 Mar. 2022",
"With reflex syncope , her body is unable to appropriately regulate her heart rate and blood pressure, leading to dizziness, nausea, and a loss of consciousness. \u2014 Jene\u00e9 Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Increasing intravascular volume by hydrating can help prevent a vasovagal syncope event that can lead to fainting. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Treatment: Follow instructions for heat syncope , and also remove excess clothing or equipment. \u2014 Genaro Molina, Los Angeles Times , 7 Oct. 2021",
"My wife has syncope (a temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure). \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Sep. 2021",
"Heat illness can take a variety of forms, according to the Harford County Health Department, including heat fatigue, heat syncope (sudden dizziness after exercising in the heat), heat cramps, heat exhaustion or the most serious, heat stroke. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 10 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin, from Greek synkop\u0113 , literally, cutting short, from synkoptein to cut short, from syn- + koptein to cut \u2014 more at capon ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204644"
},
"synopsis":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a condensed statement or outline (as of a narrative or treatise) abstract",
"the abbreviated conjugation of a verb in one person only"
],
"pronounciation":"s\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4p-s\u0259s",
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"epitome",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"sum-up",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
"wrap-up"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I don't need to know every little plot twist; just give me a synopsis of the movie.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Amazon marketed Dawn of the 7 like a real movie, setting up an official website and releasing a plot synopsis . \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
"Per the official synopsis , the third season will focus on the race to Mars, and will introduce a third player in the space race. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"Looking ahead, Haj will begin writing a third project, which already has a synopsis and producer attached, immediately after Cannes. \u2014 Caitlin Quinlan, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Deadline, who announced that the award-winning singer will be assuming the lead role in the film, provided a brief synopsis of the film. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 11 May 2022",
"If the wink-wink wordplay in the official plot synopsis doesn\u2019t give it away, Kahn\u2019s script and Cave\u2019s visual approach drop plenty of hints long before Steve comes out with it. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
"That's an accurate synopsis of what happened to No. \u2014 Adam Baum, The Enquirer , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Highlight major wins with a homepage callout, including the logo of marquee publications, and post direct links or links within a synopsis of the story to help boost SEO. \u2014 Heather Kelly, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"The program includes a note about the minimalist approach, a plot synopsis and an infographic explaining the various groupings of the characters. \u2014 Christian Lewis, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin, from Greek, literally, comprehensive view, from synopsesthai to be going to see together, from syn- + opsesthai to be going to see \u2014 more at optic ",
"first_known_use":[
"1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"synopsize":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": epitomize",
": to make a synopsis of (something, such as a novel)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4p-\u02ccs\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"wrap up"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"before I agree to read the novel, could you at least synopsize its plot?"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190159"
},
"synthesis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole",
": the production of a substance by the union of chemical elements, groups, or simpler compounds or by the degradation of a complex compound",
": the combining of often diverse conceptions into a coherent whole",
": the complex so formed",
": deductive reasoning",
": the dialectic combination of thesis and antithesis into a higher stage of truth",
": the frequent and systematic use of inflected forms as a characteristic device of a language",
": the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole",
": the production of a substance by the union of chemical elements, groups, or simpler compounds or by the degradation of a complex compound"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sin(t)-th\u0259-s\u0259s",
"\u02c8sin(t)-th\u0259-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"cocktail",
"combination",
"composite",
"compound",
"conflation",
"emulsion",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"meld",
"mix",
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"Adami sees the new research as an elegant synthesis of several different disciplines, including classical physics, atomic physics and quantum field theory. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 20 May 2022",
"Edith Head produces another of her masterpieces of costume characterization and film editor George Tomasini has used his splicer and movieola to achieve an orderly synthesis of three photographic styles. \u2014 Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"To replicate, viruses need to suppress the genes of the host cell and instead favor synthesis of their own. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Her response to provincialism and ethnic nationalism in Israel was to formulate an embodied synthesis of cultures. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The space has a sparse, futuristic feel; there\u2019s a 3D print facsimile of a boulder from the Alps that is supposed to symbolize the synthesis of technological innovation, appreciation for the natural world, and Swiss charisma. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 6 Oct. 2021",
"And then also there's the synthesis of working with my fellow Aries, Miss Mandy Moore, who is a joy in and of herself. \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"DoNotPay sublates the divisive relationship between industry and consumers to produce their synthesis : a society where the two are united in harmony. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
"The ease of lingo, the casual, unselfconscious rock \u2019n\u2019 roll swagger in time with hip-hop\u2019s lean: a brilliant ploy of joshing synthesis , perhaps. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
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"The players like the coach's system .",
"Under the new system , students will have to pass an exam to graduate.",
"She devised a new filing system .",
"We need a better system for handling incoming e-mail.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Miss Gay Western States America recently won the regional preliminary of the year award, and a number of national titleholders have started out in this system . \u2014 Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Lujan Grisham told Mayorkas that border issues and flaws in the immigration system need to be addressed and that public safety and health are paramount. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan, ajc , 15 June 2022",
"In Pilot Station, about half of the town was without water this week due to a leak in the aging system , as reported by KYUK. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"Switzerland\u2019s airspace shut down for at least two hours Wednesday when a computer malfunction in the air traffic control system grounded flights at the country\u2019s busiest airports. \u2014 Ellen Francis, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"If water globules escape, use your cupped hands to gently scoop them back to your head (the rest will get caught in the air-conditioning system and be recycled as drinking water). \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Those security measures were often minimal or non-existent throughout the Supreme Court\u2019s history until very recently\u2014a strange juxtaposition given their supreme role in the American political system . \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Fox News also invested heavily in a system to improve its ability to analyze voting data. \u2014 Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"More:Coronavirus exposed huge flaws in the Wisconsin unemployment system . \u2014 Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022"
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"She made a systematic study of the evidence.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The masks have come off, the restrictions have eased, systematic testing and reporting regimes are increasingly a thing of the past, and most of the world has turned its attention to the next thing. \u2014 Gayle Smith, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Other players, including Ortiz, tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs when the league began to impose systematic testing in the early 2000s. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The agency also was criticized for being too slow to recommend people wear masks, to recognize that the virus can spread through the air and to ramp up systematic testing to detect new variants. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, ajc , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Deportees, however, said no systematic coronavirus testing has been conducted, and several reported testing positive for the virus upon arrival in Haiti. \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2021",
"One way a manager can avoid this is to go around the room and with remote participants in a systematic way, as well as monitor chat, Q&A and raise-hand functions. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"To poke at the theories, the team needed a more systematic way of analyzing the data. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 7 Feb. 2022",
"International experience from other eruptions shows that tackling ash in a systematic , coordinated way has benefits. \u2014 Stephen Wright, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"No one tracks and reports the number of nonrefundable hotel rooms in a systematic way. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 15 Jan. 2022"
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"The masks have come off, the restrictions have eased, systematic testing and reporting regimes are increasingly a thing of the past, and most of the world has turned its attention to the next thing. \u2014 Gayle Smith, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Other players, including Ortiz, tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs when the league began to impose systematic testing in the early 2000s. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The agency also was criticized for being too slow to recommend people wear masks, to recognize that the virus can spread through the air and to ramp up systematic testing to detect new variants. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, ajc , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Deportees, however, said no systematic coronavirus testing has been conducted, and several reported testing positive for the virus upon arrival in Haiti. \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2021",
"One way a manager can avoid this is to go around the room and with remote participants in a systematic way, as well as monitor chat, Q&A and raise-hand functions. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"To poke at the theories, the team needed a more systematic way of analyzing the data. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 7 Feb. 2022",
"International experience from other eruptions shows that tackling ash in a systematic , coordinated way has benefits. \u2014 Stephen Wright, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"No one tracks and reports the number of nonrefundable hotel rooms in a systematic way. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 15 Jan. 2022"
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"The country is systematizing yearly exams for high-school students.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Time\u2019s Up will hire an outside consultant, one that hasn\u2019t been chosen yet, to help work through its problems and systematize the conflicts of interest that have caused the current uproar. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 23 Aug. 2021",
"The nineteenth-century idea of domestic science was an attempt to systematize the tasks and duties of the housewife. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Johann Joachim Winckelmann, scholar of the German Enlightenment, who in the late 18th century was the first to systematize the art of the past. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Because innovation can resemble an evolutionary process, attempts by both economists and policy-makers to systematize it are unlikely to succeed anytime soon. \u2014 Philip Cross, National Review , 30 Dec. 2020",
"What at first feels artificial to us gradually proves its function as Majella\u2019s effort to systematize the chaos swirling around her. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
"As the field has become increasingly specialized and systematized in the modern era, these figures have stood out more conspicuously, coming to represent a tradition of their own. \u2014 Christopher Beha, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Big employers like Google and Unilever are trying to systematize the process as much as possible, to eliminate hiring bias and to ensure prospects are evaluated only on the background and attributes relevant for the job. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz at Work , 24 Oct. 2019",
"European migration policies have turned slavery, extortion, monetized torture\u2014and for women, systematized rape\u2014into a thriving economy valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. \u2014 Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic , 17 Oct. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Time\u2019s Up will hire an outside consultant, one that hasn\u2019t been chosen yet, to help work through its problems and systematize the conflicts of interest that have caused the current uproar. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 23 Aug. 2021",
"The nineteenth-century idea of domestic science was an attempt to systematize the tasks and duties of the housewife. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Johann Joachim Winckelmann, scholar of the German Enlightenment, who in the late 18th century was the first to systematize the art of the past. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Because innovation can resemble an evolutionary process, attempts by both economists and policy-makers to systematize it are unlikely to succeed anytime soon. \u2014 Philip Cross, National Review , 30 Dec. 2020",
"What at first feels artificial to us gradually proves its function as Majella\u2019s effort to systematize the chaos swirling around her. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
"As the field has become increasingly specialized and systematized in the modern era, these figures have stood out more conspicuously, coming to represent a tradition of their own. \u2014 Christopher Beha, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Big employers like Google and Unilever are trying to systematize the process as much as possible, to eliminate hiring bias and to ensure prospects are evaluated only on the background and attributes relevant for the job. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz at Work , 24 Oct. 2019",
"European migration policies have turned slavery, extortion, monetized torture\u2014and for women, systematized rape\u2014into a thriving economy valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. \u2014 Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic , 17 Oct. 2019"
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"The players like the coach's system .",
"Under the new system , students will have to pass an exam to graduate.",
"She devised a new filing system .",
"We need a better system for handling incoming e-mail.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Miss Gay Western States America recently won the regional preliminary of the year award, and a number of national titleholders have started out in this system . \u2014 Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Lujan Grisham told Mayorkas that border issues and flaws in the immigration system need to be addressed and that public safety and health are paramount. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan, ajc , 15 June 2022",
"In Pilot Station, about half of the town was without water this week due to a leak in the aging system , as reported by KYUK. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
"Switzerland\u2019s airspace shut down for at least two hours Wednesday when a computer malfunction in the air traffic control system grounded flights at the country\u2019s busiest airports. \u2014 Ellen Francis, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"If water globules escape, use your cupped hands to gently scoop them back to your head (the rest will get caught in the air-conditioning system and be recycled as drinking water). \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Those security measures were often minimal or non-existent throughout the Supreme Court\u2019s history until very recently\u2014a strange juxtaposition given their supreme role in the American political system . \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Fox News also invested heavily in a system to improve its ability to analyze voting data. \u2014 Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"More:Coronavirus exposed huge flaws in the Wisconsin unemployment system . \u2014 Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022"
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"Noun",
"The drug is a synthetic .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"For synthetic drugs, a trafficker would just need a small lab, which can be set up in a private residence or warehouse with just a few chemists. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 28 May 2022",
"And as drug production has shifted toward synthetic drugs, chemists can more readily produce new ones. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
"Deaths involving natural or semi- synthetic drugs, such as prescription drugs, fell slightly from the year prior. \u2014 Deidre Mcphillips, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"According to Europol, the EU agency for law enforcement, European manufacturers of synthetic drugs are working in cahoots with Mexican cartels to increase production. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 7 May 2022",
"Protease inhibitors are synthetic drugs that block enzymes that viruses need to replicate. \u2014 Patrick Jackson, The Conversation , 28 Apr. 2022",
"More than 70 percent of those deaths were from illicit fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"About two-thirds of the deaths were linked to fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. \u2014 Freida Frisaro, orlandosentinel.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"About two-thirds of the deaths were linked to fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. \u2014 Freida Frisaro, ajc , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And there\u2019s no downside really to using a synthetic ? \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 23 May 2022",
"And it\u2019s one of the first perfumes that really leaned in hard on a synthetic called an aldehyde. \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 23 May 2022",
"Ghesqui\u00e8re loves these time-traveling mishmashes, but there was a spectacular new tension between the organic and the synthetic here. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
"Brown polarized lenses, crafted from a proprietary synthetic , deliver optics as sharp as ground glass: colors throb, and details jump out. \u2014 Mike Steere, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
"With backgrounds in the medical-device and automotive industries, respectively, the men knew that neither petroleum nor limestone were necessary to make the rubber for a wetsuit, if one used natural rubber instead of a synthetic . \u2014 Gabriela Aoun, Outside Online , 23 July 2021",
"Most of the forces of modern life tend toward the synthetic , the presentational\u2014virtual feelings and enactments. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
"In place of leather, ACH used Ultraleather, a synthetic that aims to mimic the feel and durability of the original. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Besides the seats, the design team used the synthetic on storage areas, partitions and control cuffs. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 17 Nov. 2021"
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"Noun",
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"a powerful banking syndicate that controls loans in the small country",
"Verb",
"The company syndicates her work.",
"The company syndicated the show to local stations.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The leader of Birmingham\u2019s Jewish crime syndicate , Alfie has been Tommy\u2019s frenemy for every season, coming back from the dead for Season 5. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"As Billy gains the mobster's trust, a career criminal named Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) infiltrates the police department and reports on its activities to his syndicate bosses. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Wildlife criminals operate like independent cells, which makes arresting disparate elements of the syndicate tougher. \u2014 Dean Paton, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Apr. 2022",
"This part of historic Espa\u00f1ola Way has its own mystique, having been the base for Al Capone's gambling syndicate in the late 1920s. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Taddeo's crimes included the killings of three men for a mob syndicate from the area of Rochester, New York, the Marshals Service said. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Law enforcement would eventually trace the operation to a syndicate called Scattered Canary, a notorious Nigerian crime ring associated with romance scams and other nefarious online activity. \u2014 Tony Romm And Yeganeh Torbati, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"The crime syndicate expanded in the 1970s under the leadership of Juan Garcia-Abrego, who was the first drug trafficker to be named to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 19 May 2022",
"In the 1990s, however, the syndicate was an omnipresent force across Tokyo. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That is in part because of the proliferation in recent years of private-credit funds, which don\u2019t have to syndicate out the debt and can provide capital from dedicated vehicles backed by investors keen on doing so. \u2014 Laura Cooper, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Snap announced a revenue-sharing component for creators who syndicate shows on Discover that are monetized with Snap Ads and Commercials. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The media company has effectively been forced to broadcast its shows through internet channels, build its digital presence and syndicate some its content with rival network Channel 5, which is owned by businessman Manuel Pangilinan. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Berwick got her start in the U.K. working for Channel 4, which was just beginning to syndicate internationally. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 17 Mar. 2022",
"This prompted the country\u2019s actors syndicate to denounce attacks against the star. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Jellysmack will optimize and syndicate Like Nastya\u2019s content to reach new audiences on Facebook, where her official page currently has just 18,000 followers. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Event teams need to find ways to integrate and syndicate a hybrid mix of onsite and virtual programming. \u2014 Jeff Pedowitz, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"Staying connected to the right touchpoints enables instant access to deal fundings in progress, the ability to syndicate and support M&A., and of course to help with access to commercial deal opportunities. \u2014 Deena Shakir, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021"
],
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"Noun",
"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1882, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a unit of spoken language that is next bigger than a speech sound and consists of one or more vowel sounds alone or of a syllabic consonant alone or of either with one or more consonant sounds preceding or following",
": one or more letters (such as syl, la , and ble ) in a word (such as syl*la*ble ) usually set off from the rest of the word by a centered dot or a hyphen and roughly corresponding to the syllables of spoken language and treated as helps to pronunciation or as guides to placing hyphens at the end of a line",
": the smallest conceivable expression or unit of something : jot",
": sol-fa syllables",
": to give a number or arrangement of syllables to (a word or verse)",
": to express or utter in or as if in syllables",
": a unit of spoken language that consists of one or more vowel sounds alone or with one or more consonant sounds coming before or following",
": one or more letters (as syl, la, and ble ) in a written word (as syl*la*ble ) usually separated from the rest of the word by a centered dot or a hyphen and used as guides to the division of the word at the end of a line"
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"\u02c8si-l\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8si-l\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"darn",
"durn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
"fig",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The word \u201cdoctor\u201d has two syllables .",
"\u201cDoctor\u201d is a two- syllable word.",
"The first syllable of the word \u201cdoctor\u201d is given stress.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But zooming in on the waveform of an individual song syllable can reveal these fine acoustic details. \u2014 Adam Fishbein, Scientific American , 1 May 2022",
"Some immigrant languages, like Polish, also prefer initial stress on words of more than one syllable . \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Kyle Kuzma walked onto the court in Los Angeles, the crowd already having serenaded him by yelling the first syllable of his last name. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Second syllable , like a country lane and slightly emphasized. Is the Ghislaine Maxwell trial airing on television or streaming? \u2014 Mallika Sen, USA TODAY , 21 Dec. 2021",
"With hindsight, the engagement was merely the opening skirmish of a much more consequential and, from the Spanish point of view, catastrophic battle a month later in and around the nearby village of Annual (emphasis accented on the last syllable ). \u2014 Frederic Wehrey, The New York Review of Books , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n was one of those artists who worried over every syllable . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Her voice, able to wring an entire diary's worth of highs and lows from a single syllable , remains the focal point, but it's framed in new ways. \u2014 Maura Johnston, EW.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"But more often than not, Lamr rapped with his typically bewildering dexterity, demonstrating a syllable -slinging flair that was mostly absent during other performances from the first day of Day N Vegas. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 13 Nov. 2021"
],
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-211853"
},
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"type":[
"adverb",
"conjunction or preposition"
],
"definitions":[
": since then : ago",
": since"
],
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"\u02c8s\u012bn"
],
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"ago",
"agone",
"back",
"since"
],
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"hence"
],
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson that begins with \u201cFrom the bonny bells of heather / They brewed a drink long syne \u201d"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Conjunction or preposition",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-020726"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a convivial party (as after a banquet in ancient Greece) with music and conversation",
": a social gathering at which there is free interchange of ideas",
": a formal meeting at which several specialists deliver short addresses on a topic or on related topics \u2014 compare colloquium",
": a collection of opinions on a subject",
": one published by a periodical",
": discussion"
],
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"sim-\u02c8p\u014d-z\u0113-\u0259m",
"also"
],
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"colloquy",
"conference",
"council",
"forum",
"panel",
"panel discussion",
"parley",
"round-robin",
"roundtable",
"seminar"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Professors and graduate students attended the symposium .",
"recently attended a daylong symposium on new methods of chromatography",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An academic symposium launches this inaugural festival, but the emphasis quickly turns to performance with a Friday evening concert under the main stage Connecticut River Museum tent. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"In mid-December, France\u2019s finance ministry hosted, for the first time, an international symposium on the economics of slavery, with conferences focusing specifically on the history of Haiti\u2019s payments to France. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"An energy symposium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last month. \u2014 Timothy Puko, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"According to the Silicon Valley Historical Association, SRI hosted the country\u2019s first symposium on air pollution in 1949. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"In November, the UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging hosted a daylong symposium focused on healthy aging in the era of pandemics. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The night before Biden\u2019s speech, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, completing a round of speeches, addressed a symposium for student journalists to defend press freedoms. \u2014 David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"Why: Prada is highlighting the inherent contrast between the nature and design worlds with a three-day symposium running concurrently with Salone. \u2014 Kevin Leblanc, ELLE , 8 June 2022",
"The program also includes works by Elisabet Torras Aguilera and Ensemble Espa\u00f1ol artistic director Irma Su\u00e1rez Ruiz, plus special performances by several symposium speakers, La Lupi among them. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, from Greek symposion , from sympinein to drink together, from syn- + pinein to drink \u2014 more at potable ",
"first_known_use":[
"1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-214907"
},
"symphonic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": harmonious , symphonious",
": relating to or having the form or character of a symphony",
": suggestive of a symphony especially in form, interweaving of themes, or harmonious arrangement",
": relating to a symphony"
],
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"sim-\u02c8f\u00e4-nik",
"sim-\u02c8f\u00e4-nik"
],
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"canorous",
"euphonic",
"euphonious",
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"melodious",
"musical",
"symphonious",
"tuneful"
],
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"discordant",
"disharmonious",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"tuneless",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"examples":[
"the symphonic chorus of frogs in the spring",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green, The Lost Colony is America\u2019s longest running outdoor symphonic drama. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 22 May 2022",
"In perhaps her most obvious nod to symphonic convention, Price concludes with a brilliant, almost march-like fourth movement. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 6 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a freshness, a lightness and vitality to his symphonic music, a grandeur that manages to be approachable and familiar \u2014 folksy, even. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Italian prog is a genre unto itself, often adding a more Romantic spin on the symphonic style popularized by Yes and Genesis. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Maury Yeston's music underlines this feeling with symphonic moments that nod to Elgar and British music circa 1912, the year the Titanic foundered. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Apr. 2022",
"But that being beside the point, the Brahms themes are really from the core symphonic repertoire. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Considered a monumental work in the symphonic repertoire, Mahler\u2019s Ninth Symphony typically spans 90 minutes and covers a huge range of emotions. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Mar. 2022",
"No guitar or drums, just all the movement coming from the symphonic writing. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-131723"
},
"sycophant":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a servile self-seeking flatterer"
],
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"\u02c8si-k\u0259-f\u0259nt",
"also",
"-\u02ccfant"
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"apple-polisher",
"bootlicker",
"brownnoser",
"fawner",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"lickspittle",
"suck-up",
"toady"
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"examples":[
"His press conference on January 11 was all aimed toward a single moment. The President was at his rostrum at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e, with a crowd of courtiers, journalists, and sycophants herded behind a velvet rope. One reporter was allowed across the rope to put the same question, in exactly the same words, as he had put when Chirac had been nearing the end of his first term: Would he perhaps consider standing for a further five years? \u2014 Julian Barnes , New York Review , 29 Mar. 2007",
"And swirling all around were coteries of agents, managers, execs, and moneymen; publicists and journalists, gawkers and sycophants . \u2014 Daniel Fierman et al. , Entertainment Weekly , 9 June 2006",
"Where his father liked to have sycophants , he likes to be with intellectuals. He likes confrontation. \u2014 Franklin Foer , New Republic , 14 Jan. 2002",
"when her career was riding high, the self-deluded actress often mistook sycophants for true friends",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pence had been among the most loyal soldiers of Trump\u2019s presidency, defending him against multiple ethics charges and praising him so effusively that many ridiculed him as a sycophant . \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Thanks but no thanks for your sycophant service, Big Luther Strange, Ol\u2019 Roy Moore and \u2018Woke\u2019 Mo Brooks. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Natalie tells Love that Sherry runs this town, so the only way to deal with her is to earn her respect or be a sycophant . \u2014 Jessica Goldstein, Vulture , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Political foes view him as a Trump sycophant with authoritarian tendencies who bungled the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Author: Skyler Swisher, Anchorage Daily News , 11 July 2021",
"Political foes view him as a Trump sycophant with authoritarian tendencies who bungled the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Author: Skyler Swisher, Anchorage Daily News , 11 July 2021",
"Political foes view him as a Trump sycophant with authoritarian tendencies who bungled the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Author: Skyler Swisher, Anchorage Daily News , 11 July 2021",
"Political foes view him as a Trump sycophant with authoritarian tendencies who bungled the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Author: Skyler Swisher, Anchorage Daily News , 11 July 2021",
"Political foes view him as a Trump sycophant with authoritarian tendencies who bungled the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Author: Skyler Swisher, Anchorage Daily News , 11 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin s\u0233cophanta, borrowed from Greek s\u0233koph\u00e1nt\u0113s, literally, \"one who shows the fig,\" from s\u0177kon \"fig\" (perhaps in reference to an apotropaic gesture made by inserting the thumb between the index and second fingers) + -phant\u0113s, agentive derivative of pha\u00ednein \"to reveal, show, make known\"; perhaps from the use of such a gesture in denouncing a culprit \u2014 more at fig entry 1 , fantasy entry 1 ",
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"1575, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-171152"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": a device used to inject fluids into or withdraw them from something (such as the body or its cavities): such as",
": a device that consists of a nozzle of varying length and a compressible rubber bulb and is used for injection or irrigation",
": an instrument (as for the injection of medicine or the withdrawal of bodily fluids) that consists of a hollow barrel fitted with a plunger and a hollow needle",
": a gravity device consisting of a reservoir fitted with a long rubber tube ending with an exchangeable nozzle that is used for irrigation of the vagina or bowel",
": to irrigate or spray with or as if with a syringe",
": a device used to force fluid into or withdraw it from the body or its cavities",
": a device used to inject fluids into or withdraw them from something (as the body or its cavities): as",
": a device that consists of a nozzle of varying length and a compressible rubber bulb and is used for injection or irrigation",
": an instrument (as for the injection of medicine or the withdrawal of bodily fluids) that consists of a hollow barrel fitted with a plunger and a hollow needle",
": a gravity device consisting of a reservoir fitted with a long rubber tube ending with an exchangeable nozzle that is used for irrigation of the vagina or bowel"
],
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"s\u0259-\u02c8rinj",
"also",
"s\u0259-\u02c8rinj",
"s\u0259-\u02c8rinj"
],
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"hype",
"hypodermic",
"hypodermic needle",
"hypodermic syringe",
"needle"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"the syringe the nurse was leveling at my arm looked to me to be at least 10 inches long",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the truck, police found a syringe , smoking pipe, and a small marijuana cigarette. \u2014 cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"Her customers have donated everything from beekeeping equipment and tortilla steamers to a mushroom spore inoculating syringe used by home gardeners. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Drug users might take a smaller amount of the drug, inject a tester shot or snort the drug instead of using a syringe . \u2014 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Epinephrine shots are generally used to treat anaphylaxis and can be administered using a self-injecting syringe and needle8. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Katie uses a syringe to extract a dose of the Heparin blood thinner, then injects it through a valve into the solution bag. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Delcher, of the University of Kentucky, said operating a successful syringe services center is challenging even when states allow such programs. \u2014 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
"While the Kaiser Family Foundation includes Delaware in its report, additional research shows Brandywine Counseling and Community Services are offering syringe exchange services as of 2021. \u2014 Stacker.com, al , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Kielland approaches the trap with his syringe attached to the 4-foot metal rod. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This includes homeless service providers, syringe exchange and other harm reduction programs, drug treatment programs, public health departments and pharmacies. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"The report also supports increasing access to syringe service programs, naloxone, and fentanyl test strips. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"Beer cans, needle caps, syringe plungers and other trash lay scattered on the ground out back. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 16 May 2022",
"According to one study, first-time participants in Seattle needle or syringe exchange programs were up to five times more likely to enter treatment for substance use disorder than people who did not utilize these resources. \u2014 Stacker.com, al , 26 Apr. 2022",
"But syringe exchange programs, which are often sites where naloxone is distributed, are controversial. \u2014 Kirsi Goldynia, CNN , 19 Nov. 2021",
"The second is harm reduction, speaking of that broadly, such as naloxone, fentanyl strips and syringe service programs. \u2014 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY , 20 Oct. 2021",
"As with Covid-19 vaccines, syringe shortage in India and the curb on their export can have huge ramifications for global immunisation programmes, both pandemic-related and others. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Eight other counties have syringe exchange programs. \u2014 Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Oct. 2021"
],
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1610, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-210511"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": being a symptom of a disease",
": having the characteristics of a particular disease but arising from another cause",
": concerned with, affecting, or having symptoms",
": characteristic , indicative",
": being a symptom of a disease",
": having the characteristics of a particular disease but arising from another cause",
": concerned with or affecting symptoms",
": having symptoms"
],
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"\u02ccsim(p)-t\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik",
"\u02ccsim(p)-t\u0259-\u02c8mat-ik"
],
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"characteristic",
"classic",
"diagnostic",
"diagnostical",
"discriminating",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishing",
"identifying",
"individual",
"peculiar",
"proper",
"typical"
],
"antonyms":[
"atypical",
"nontypical",
"uncharacteristic",
"untypical"
],
"examples":[
"a fever's refusal to respond to antibiotics is symptomatic of a viral infection",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This provides approximately six months of protection against COVID infection, reducing symptomatic infection rates by almost 80%. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
"In the winter 2021 semester, the school ramped up testing, administering 18,360 asymptomatic tests and 170 symptomatic tests, with 103 positives. \u2014 Freep.com , 10 June 2022",
"But people who are symptomatic and recently exposed might have good reason to be skeptical of negatives. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
"The samples were collected at community centers in Paris from a mix of symptomatic and asymptomatic cases, as well as healthy people without Covid. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"On average, more than 3,500 symptomatic , virus-positive Americans are being admitted to the hospital each day. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 1 June 2022",
"There was no evidence of symptomatic outbreaks on either farm, which had supplied samples from healthy animals for research, Weger said in an email. \u2014 Emily Anthes, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"These antics were seen by some as symptomatic of a new energy sweeping the country, a nostalgia for the sanitized national culture of the Stalin era. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Among the five Americans believed to be infected, all traveled internationally around the end of April and became symptomatic in early May. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-002716"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to be in keeping, accord, or harmony",
": to react or respond in sympathy",
": to share in suffering or grief : commiserate",
": to express such sympathy",
": to be in sympathy intellectually",
": to feel or show pity or care and understanding for",
": to be in favor of something"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sim-p\u0259-\u02ccth\u012bz",
"\u02c8sim-p\u0259-\u02ccth\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I sympathize but how can I help?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But both artists are looking forward to getting back in the clubs too and sympathize with their plight. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Yusuke learns to accept and sympathize with their idiosyncrasies because this really is a restaging of Uncle Vanya. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The Queen wrote that Danes sympathize with the people of Ukraine. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 14 Mar. 2022",
"As in many countries, a subset of Indians sympathize with Mr. Putin\u2019s irredentist claims to Ukrainian territory. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But after he is abandoned by his scammer controllers following a sting, Roger ends up homeless and desperate, and Meg starts to sympathize with him. \u2014 Nate Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The muted colors in the background\u2014the pewter sky, the drab pastel walls, the dead white of the bus\u2014seem to sympathize . \u2014 Rafa\u0142 Milach, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
"During a news conference Wednesday, reporters raised Zelensky\u2019s remarks about the fighters with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who attempted to sympathize with the Ukrainian president\u2019s position and explain Washington\u2019s concerns. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The events of the past two years\u2014political, cultural, epidemiological\u2014have eroded my ability to sympathize with people who should damn well know better. \u2014 Richard Russo, The Atlantic , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-133545"
},
"syrupy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a thick sticky solution of sugar and water often flavored or medicated",
": the concentrated juice of a fruit or plant",
": cloying sweetness or sentimentality",
": a thick sticky solution of sugar and water often containing flavoring or a medicine",
": the juice of a fruit or plant with some of the water removed",
": a thick sticky liquid consisting of a concentrated solution of sugar and water with or without the addition of a flavoring agent or medicinal substance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259r-\u0259p",
"\u02c8sir-\u0259p",
"\u02c8s\u0259-r\u0259p",
"\u02c8s\u0259r-\u0259p",
"\u02c8sir-"
],
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"bathos",
"gooeyness",
"lovey-doveyness",
"mawkishness",
"mush",
"mushiness",
"saccharinity",
"sappiness",
"sentimentalism",
"sentimentality",
"sloppiness",
"soppiness"
],
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"examples":[
"ice cream and chocolate syrup",
"She poured syrup all over her pancakes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Final formula: 10 ounces of ice, 2 ounces Coconut Cartel rum, 2 ounces Koloa Coconut Rum, 1 ounce of Aperol, 2 ounces of lime, 2 ounces of passion fruit syrup . \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Make the spritz: In a cocktail mixing glass or shaker filled with ice, combine 4 ounces of Aperitivo Cappelletti, 1 1/2 ounces of vodka and 1 ounce of sweet potato syrup . \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"Estefan's edition uses four local limes, a sprig of mint and homemade sugar syrup . \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Consider dressing them up as a bottle of syrup for more fun. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
"However, these drinks remain sugar and caffeine bombs as they are made with four pumps of flavor syrup and three shots of espresso each. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Other Ingredients: Some recipes call for a bit of gin spliced in or a bit of simple syrup or some orange bitters or absinthe. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Chef-owner Naomi Peteu (n\u00e9e Shim) bakes artful, hyper-seasonal tarts, cookies and croissants in addition to a globetrotting lineup of dishes that complement espressos featuring the likes of syrup steeped with fresh fig leaves. \u2014 Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Craft a mezcal margarita with one ounce each of mezcal and Ortolan and three-quarters of an ounce of lime juice\u2014 plus a bar spoon of agave syrup , if that\u2019s your thing. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 3 Dec. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-161317"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to have sympathy for don't expect me to sympathize with you\u2014each month you should have paid off your credit card in full"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-143548"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a tube bent to form two legs of unequal length by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level over an intermediate elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the tube immersed in it while the excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch when once filled causes a continuous flow",
": a bottle for holding aerated water that is driven out through a bent tube in its neck by the pressure of the gas when a valve in the tube is opened",
": any of various tubular organs in animals and especially mollusks or arthropods that are used for drawing in or ejecting fluids"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151940"
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"symmetry":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": balanced proportions",
": beauty of form arising from balanced proportions",
": the property of being symmetrical",
": correspondence in size, shape, and relative position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or median plane or about a center or axis \u2014 compare bilateral symmetry , radial symmetry",
": a rigid motion of a geometric figure that determines a one-to-one mapping onto itself",
": the property of remaining invariant under certain changes (as of orientation in space, of the sign of the electric charge, of parity, or of the direction of time flow)",
": close agreement in size, shape, and position of parts that are on opposite sides of a dividing line or center : an arrangement involving regular and balanced proportions",
": correspondence in size, shape, and relative position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or median plane or about a center or axis \u2014 see bilateral symmetry , radial symmetry",
": the property of remaining invariant under certain changes (as of orientation in space, of the sign of the electric charge, of parity, or of the direction of time flow)"
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"\u02c8si-m\u0259-tr\u0113",
"\u02c8si-m\u0259-tr\u0113",
"\u02c8sim-\u0259-tr\u0113"
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"balance",
"coherence",
"concinnity",
"consonance",
"consonancy",
"harmony",
"orchestration",
"proportion",
"symphony",
"unity"
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"asymmetry",
"discordance",
"disproportion",
"disunity",
"imbalance",
"incoherence",
"violence"
],
"examples":[
"the symmetry of the human body",
"The building has perfect symmetry .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The design follows guidelines of symmetry and unity with genuine, high-quality materials. \u2014 Laura Parker, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"But for something like light in a box, physicists agree: Time-translation symmetry (and thus energy conservation) should hold. \u2014 Katie Mccormick, Quanta Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"As for looks, the Vayanne is based on symmetry and infinity, according to the marque. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 10 May 2022",
"It\u2019s timeless yet trendy, demure but also a bit daring\u2014the square neckline is a study in symmetry and balance. \u2014 Nicole Kliest, Vogue , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Those colors are featured prominently in both the French and American flags, in a fitting piece of symmetry . \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Sinister Strange\u2019s line was just there as a bit of symmetry . \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"Another fun twist is using pendants of shapes and sizes to play up that variation even further, but the goal is to create balance without relying on the standardized concept of symmetry as binary. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 14 Apr. 2022",
"And that downtime has allowed for a strange kind of symmetry : Each of the band\u2019s five studio albums has now received a supersize reissue. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin symmetria , from Greek, from symmetros symmetrical, from syn- + metron measure \u2014 more at measure ",
"first_known_use":[
"1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-215338"
},
"symphony":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": consonance of sounds",
": ritornello sense 1",
": sinfonia sense 1",
": a usually long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra",
": a musical composition (as for organ) resembling such a symphony in complexity or variety",
": consonance or harmony of color (as in a painting)",
": symphony orchestra",
": a symphony orchestra concert",
": something that in its harmonious complexity or variety suggests a symphonic composition",
": a usually long musical composition for a full orchestra",
": a large orchestra of wind, string, and percussion instruments",
": harmonious arrangement (as of sound or color)"
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"\u02c8sim(p)-f\u0259-n\u0113",
"\u02c8sim-f\u0259-n\u0113"
],
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"balance",
"coherence",
"concinnity",
"consonance",
"consonancy",
"harmony",
"orchestration",
"proportion",
"symmetry",
"unity"
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"asymmetry",
"discordance",
"disproportion",
"disunity",
"imbalance",
"incoherence",
"violence"
],
"examples":[
"the satisfying symphony of color in Renoir's canvases",
"a performance of a Bach concerto by the San Antonio Symphony",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Perrotta wrings pathos from needs met and passed over, conducting a symphony of unruly yearnings, delusions, and dramatic ironies. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The wind, the river, and the creatures fill the otherwise quiet air\u2014 a symphony of murmurs, not far from the city. \u2014 Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
"Watch how Curry\u2019s teammates move in reaction to his movement, how the Warriors, at their best, are a symphony of action off the ball. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"Jonze\u2019s touching script bypasses the easy, cheap jokes for a penetrating exploration of loneliness and companionship, and Phoenix\u2019s performance is an astonishing symphony of vulnerability and pain. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"The palm fronds danced in the wind, rubbing and clapping a symphony of percussive music. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"Campgrounds dot the route, each providing access to Oregon\u2019s rocky beaches that yield to intoxicating evergreen forests, wildflowers, and a symphony of birdsong. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"Patel and the orchestra gave it their best effort, but this symphony needs an interpretive finesse beyond the reach of these valiant musicians. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The dish is a symphony of meat -- beef ribs, cuts of pork, sausages and thinly cut slices of steak. \u2014 Janelle Davis, CNN , 22 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English symphonie , from Middle French, from Latin symphonia , from Greek symph\u014dnia , from symph\u014dnos concordant in sound, from syn- + ph\u014dn\u0113 voice, sound \u2014 more at ban entry 1 ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-221131"
},
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"adjective",
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": a thick sticky solution of sugar and water often flavored or medicated",
": the concentrated juice of a fruit or plant",
": cloying sweetness or sentimentality",
": a thick sticky solution of sugar and water often containing flavoring or a medicine",
": the juice of a fruit or plant with some of the water removed",
": a thick sticky liquid consisting of a concentrated solution of sugar and water with or without the addition of a flavoring agent or medicinal substance"
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"\u02c8s\u0259r-\u0259p",
"\u02c8sir-\u0259p",
"\u02c8s\u0259-r\u0259p",
"\u02c8s\u0259r-\u0259p",
"\u02c8sir-"
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"bathos",
"gooeyness",
"lovey-doveyness",
"mawkishness",
"mush",
"mushiness",
"saccharinity",
"sappiness",
"sentimentalism",
"sentimentality",
"sloppiness",
"soppiness"
],
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"examples":[
"ice cream and chocolate syrup",
"She poured syrup all over her pancakes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Final formula: 10 ounces of ice, 2 ounces Coconut Cartel rum, 2 ounces Koloa Coconut Rum, 1 ounce of Aperol, 2 ounces of lime, 2 ounces of passion fruit syrup . \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Make the spritz: In a cocktail mixing glass or shaker filled with ice, combine 4 ounces of Aperitivo Cappelletti, 1 1/2 ounces of vodka and 1 ounce of sweet potato syrup . \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"Estefan's edition uses four local limes, a sprig of mint and homemade sugar syrup . \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Consider dressing them up as a bottle of syrup for more fun. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
"However, these drinks remain sugar and caffeine bombs as they are made with four pumps of flavor syrup and three shots of espresso each. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Other Ingredients: Some recipes call for a bit of gin spliced in or a bit of simple syrup or some orange bitters or absinthe. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Chef-owner Naomi Peteu (n\u00e9e Shim) bakes artful, hyper-seasonal tarts, cookies and croissants in addition to a globetrotting lineup of dishes that complement espressos featuring the likes of syrup steeped with fresh fig leaves. \u2014 Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Craft a mezcal margarita with one ounce each of mezcal and Ortolan and three-quarters of an ounce of lime juice\u2014 plus a bar spoon of agave syrup , if that\u2019s your thing. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 3 Dec. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"verb, transitive + intransitive"
],
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": accord , agree , harmonize",
": to harmonize with other musicians",
": to arrange (music) for orchestra"
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"\u02c8sim(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-234149"
},
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": concert band"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-031527"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": composed of material that has not been segregated into separate layers of fine and coarse particles"
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"\u02c8simi\u014bkt"
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"history_and_etymology":"modification of Greek symmeiktos, symmiktos mixed together, from symmeignynai, symmignynai to mix together, from syn- + meignynai, mignynai to mix",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-053945"
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":[
"\u2014 see gab\u00e8s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-070857"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a large orchestra of winds, strings, and percussion that plays symphonic works"
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"band",
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"philharmonic",
"symphony"
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"examples":[
"She's a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra .",
"plays oboe in the local symphony orchestra",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Produced by Live Nation Urban and Jesse Collins Entertainment, the musical celebration will also have an all-Black symphony orchestra , the Re-Collective Orchestra, performing for the first time at the iconic L.A. venue. \u2014 Safire R. Sostre, Essence , 16 June 2022",
"In addition to public art projects like murals, the money goes to the local symphony orchestra , two theater companies, a children\u2019s museum and a botanical garden, among other arts entities. \u2014 Regina Cole, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"But for an artist who is as comfortable leading a symphony orchestra as he is seated bare-chested on a concert stage and using his body as a percussion instrument, anything seems within reach for Steven Schick. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"It\u2019s a center of jazz going back 100 years, and it's known for having a great symphony orchestra . \u2014 Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer , 7 June 2022",
"In the 1930s, he was heard by millions of radio listeners as the musical director and a frequent soloist with CBS\u2019s symphony orchestra . \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"Alongside a symphony orchestra , the band will play four nights in July at the Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas. \u2014 Marisa Whitaker, SPIN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"During one musical sketch, cast member Mikey Day played a stuffy conductor of a symphony orchestra in need of a flutist. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Creators with wide-ranging experiences and training are encouraged, but applicants must have the ability to compose for a symphony orchestra or be willing to partner with other creators with those skills. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"circa 1881, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-073904"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of a symphony orchestra",
": a composer of symphonies"
],
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"\u02c8sim(p)-f\u0259-nist"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Before that, a preconcert panel of Price scholars and current CSO composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery discussed the symphonist \u2019s remarkable life and even more remarkable music. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 6 May 2022",
"A decade after basing a whole festival on Bruckner and minimalist master John Adams, Franz Welser-Most Thursday night at Severance Music Center juxtaposed the grand Austrian symphonist with Arnold Schoenberg, the father of serialism. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 25 Feb. 2022",
"He was viewed as the greatest symphonist since Brahms, but at a certain point\u2014mysteriously\u2014no new works appeared. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
"During much of his lifetime, he was generally considered the greatest symphonist after Brahms. \u2014 Tim Page, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021",
"But for essentially all of the '90s and '00s, Reznor was the driving force between one of the most consistently successful acts in alternative, industrial rock symphonists Nine Inch Nails. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 11 Apr. 2019",
"The masterstroke is Zimmer\u2019s introduction of a quotation from the Enigma Variations of Edward Elgar \u2014 the symphonist whose music most fully embodies the British soul \u2014 with a slow burn that still amounted to playing with fire. \u2014 David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com , 17 July 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-104517"
},
"symbolic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": using, employing, or exhibiting a symbol",
": consisting of or proceeding by means of symbols",
": of, relating to, or constituting a symbol",
": characterized by or terminating in symbols",
": characterized by symbolism",
": of, relating to, or using symbols or symbolism"
],
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"sim-\u02c8b\u00e4-lik",
"sim-\u02c8b\u00e4-lik"
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"emblematic",
"emblematical",
"representational",
"representative"
],
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"nonsymbolic"
],
"examples":[
"The lighting of the candles is symbolic .",
"The sharing of the wine has symbolic meaning.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The change is mostly symbolic , said Elina Ribakova, deputy chief economist at the Institute of International Finance in Washington. \u2014 Matthew Dalton, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"The Russian victory, though, is mostly symbolic , said Phillips O\u2019Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"The Russian victory, though, is mostly symbolic , said Phillips O\u2019Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi And Ciaran Mcquillan, Chicago Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"Lorenzo Vidino, the director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, said the prosecution of Elsheikh had particular resonance because of his group\u2019s symbolic importance. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"In the end, boycotts of big oil companies are mostly symbolic . \u2014 Kunyi Yang, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
"But, until now, Dick\u2019s experience and symbolic importance protected her. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Kaepernick & America frequently feels like a hagiography of a man whose name and likeness have become symbolic with protesting anti-Black violence \u2014 the kind of film Americans use to soothe their racial anxieties. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"The men settled with the city of Philadelphia, agreeing to a symbolic payment of $1 each and a commitment from the city to fund $200,000 for a grant program for high school students aspiring to become entrepreneurs. \u2014 Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-124711"
},
"Symonds":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"John Addington 1840\u20131893 English scholar"
],
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"\u02c8si-m\u0259n(d)z",
"\u02c8s\u012b-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-130243"
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"symphoricarpos":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small genus of North American shrubs (family Caprifoliaceae) having bell-shaped flowers in axillary racemes succeeded by fleshy white or red 2-seeded berries \u2014 see coralberry , snowberry",
": any plant of the genus Symphoricarpos"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsim(p)f\u0259r\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4r\u02ccp\u00e4s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Greek symphora act of gathering or collecting (from sympherein to bring together, from syn- + pherein to bear, carry) + New Latin -i- + Greek karpos fruit; from the clustering of the fruit"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-190704"
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"syphilopsychosis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a mental disorder resulting from syphilis of the brain"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from syphil- + psychosis"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-191344"
},
"Symons":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Arthur William 1865\u20131945 British poet and critic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si-m\u0259nz",
"\u02c8s\u012b-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-212343"
},
"sympath-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":[
": sympathetic nerve"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from sympathetic"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222152"
},
"symphonism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": musical composition in a symphonic style",
": musical composition of complexity and seriousness of purpose regarded as appropriate to the symphony",
": the writing of symphonies"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sim(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"symphony + -ism , after Russian simfonizm",
"Note: The word simfonizm as a musicological term in this sense was introduced by the Russian composer and critic Boris Vladimirovi\u010d Asaf'ev (1884-1949; pseudonym, \"Igor' Glebov\") in an article \"Puti v budu\u0161\u010dee\" (\"Paths to the future\"), Melos , vypusk 2, St. Petersburg, 1918."
],
"first_known_use":[
"1916, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222400"
},
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"type":[
"abbreviation"
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"definitions":[
"syrup"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-002535"
},
"syphilophobe":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one afflicted with syphilophobia"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sif\u0259l\u014d\u02ccf\u014db"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from syphil- + -phobe"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-013518"
},
"Symphyla":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small class of minute progoneate arthropods that with the exception of the garden centipede are rarely seen and of no economic importance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sim(p)f\u0259l\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from syn- + Greek phyl\u0113 kind, species, tribe; from their combining characteristics of both insects and myriopods"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-020545"
},
"syphilography":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the scientific description of syphilis"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-f\u0113"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"syphil- + -graphy"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-022427"
},
"symmetrophobia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a characteristic asymmetry (as in ancient Egyptian architecture and in Japanese design) implying an aversion to symmetry"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsim\u0259\u2027tr\u0259\u02c8f\u014db\u0113\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from English symmetry + New Latin -o- + phobia"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-024444"
},
"syruper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that bottles syrup or that places a fixed amount of syrup in a bottle prior to the addition of plain or carbonated water",
": one that fills containers of canned goods with syrup"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-071351"
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"symbolgram":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an artistic combination of symbols usually of American Indian origin that expresses the ambitions and desires of its designer",
": a personally symbolic design (as of a camp fire girl)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u02ccgram"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"symbol entry 1 + -gram"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-113304"
},
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"type":[
"adjective or noun"
],
"definitions":[
": symphilid"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin Symphyla + English -an"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-151652"
},
"sympathectomize":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to perform a sympathectomy on"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsimp\u0259\u02c8thekt\u0259\u02ccm\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-170856"
},
"symbolical":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": using, employing, or exhibiting a symbol",
": consisting of or proceeding by means of symbols",
": of, relating to, or constituting a symbol",
": characterized by or terminating in symbols",
": characterized by symbolism",
": of, relating to, or using symbols or symbolism"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sim-\u02c8b\u00e4-lik",
"sim-\u02c8b\u00e4-lik"
],
"synonyms":[
"emblematic",
"emblematical",
"representational",
"representative"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonsymbolic"
],
"examples":[
"The lighting of the candles is symbolic .",
"The sharing of the wine has symbolic meaning.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The change is mostly symbolic , said Elina Ribakova, deputy chief economist at the Institute of International Finance in Washington. \u2014 Matthew Dalton, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"The Russian victory, though, is mostly symbolic , said Phillips O\u2019Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"The Russian victory, though, is mostly symbolic , said Phillips O\u2019Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi And Ciaran Mcquillan, Chicago Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"Lorenzo Vidino, the director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, said the prosecution of Elsheikh had particular resonance because of his group\u2019s symbolic importance. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"In the end, boycotts of big oil companies are mostly symbolic . \u2014 Kunyi Yang, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
"But, until now, Dick\u2019s experience and symbolic importance protected her. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Kaepernick & America frequently feels like a hagiography of a man whose name and likeness have become symbolic with protesting anti-Black violence \u2014 the kind of film Americans use to soothe their racial anxieties. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"The men settled with the city of Philadelphia, agreeing to a symbolic payment of $1 each and a commitment from the city to fund $200,000 for a grant program for high school students aspiring to become entrepreneurs. \u2014 Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-180747"
},
"sympathectomy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": surgical interruption of sympathetic nerve pathways",
": surgical interruption of sympathetic nerve pathways"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsim-p\u0259-\u02c8thek-t\u0259-m\u0113",
"\u02ccsim-p\u0259-\u02c8thek-t\u0259-m\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"International Scientific Vocabulary"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1900, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-195647"
},
"symmetrize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make symmetrical"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8si-m\u0259-\u02cctr\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1796, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-200708"
},
"symphonious":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": agreeing especially in sound : harmonious"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sim-\u02c8f\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"canorous",
"euphonic",
"euphonious",
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"melodious",
"musical",
"symphonic",
"tuneful"
],
"antonyms":[
"discordant",
"disharmonious",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"tuneless",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"examples":[
"the composer is known for his symphonious orchestrations of instruments from diverse musical traditions"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1652, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-091412"
},
"Syrtis Major":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"\u2014 see sidra, gulf of"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-110620"
},
"Syracuse":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city in central New York near Oneida Lake population 145,170",
"city and port on the Ionian Sea in southeastern Sicily, Italy population 118,385"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sir-\u0259-\u02ccky\u00fcs",
"-\u02ccky\u00fcz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-200555"
},
"symphylid":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of symphylid variant spelling of symphilid"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-221029"
},
"symmetric matrix":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a matrix that is its own transpose"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1949, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184016"
},
"symbolicalness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being symbolic"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"symbolical + -ness"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-194254"
},
"Syrah":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a grape whose skin has a dark blue to bluish-black color that was originally grown in the northern valley of the Rhone and is now widely grown elsewhere (as in California and Australia)",
": a vine producing Syrah grapes",
": a red wine made from Syrah grapes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0113-\u02c8r\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French syrah, syrac"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1974, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-201202"
},
"syrtis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": quicksand , bog"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259rt\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin Syrtis (from Greek), either of two inlets of the Mediterranean sea on the coast of northern Africa (Gulf of Gab\u00e8s and Gulf of Sidra), known in classical times for their quicksands"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-145926"
},
"Syr Dar'ya":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"river about 1370 miles (2204 kilometers) long in Tajikistan and southern Kazakhstan flowing from the Tian Shan west and northwest into the Aral Sea"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sir-\u02c8d\u00e4r-y\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-150353"
},
"symmetric group":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a permutation group that is composed of all of the permutations of n things"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1897, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-152337"
},
"syphilographer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who writes scientifically about syphilis"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsif\u0259\u02c8l\u00e4gr\u0259f\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"syphilography + -er"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153447"
},
"symphonic poem":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an extended programmatic composition for symphony orchestra usually freer in form than a symphony"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1873, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-174750"
},
"symbolic books":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": books containing creeds or confessions of faith of a church"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-231437"
},
"symmetrical lens":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a simple or compound lens whose optical properties are unaltered when the axis is rotated through 180 degrees"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113715"
},
"syrup pan":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a large evaporating pan usually containing a series of alternating baffles in which the juice of sugar cane or sorghum is boiled into syrup"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123551"
},
"symphynote":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having the valves cemented together at the back"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sim(p)f\u0259\u02ccn\u014dt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Greek symphy\u0113s grown together (from symphyesthai to grow together) + n\u014dton back"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-131035"
},
"syphilize":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to inoculate with syphilis":[],
": to introduce syphilis among":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sif\u0259\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French syphiliser , from syphil- + -iser -ize":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-110007"
}
}
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