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{
"alert":{
"antonyms":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"caution",
"forewarning",
"heads-up",
"notice",
"warning"
],
"definitions":{
": a state of careful watching and readiness especially for danger or opportunity":[
"on 24-hour alert"
],
": active , brisk":[
"elicited an alert response"
],
": an alarm or other signal of danger":[
"traffic alerts",
"They sounded the alert ."
],
": an urgent notice":[
"\u2026 an alert to parents \u2026 about new immunization requirements.",
"\u2014 Ann Schrader"
],
": looking for or expecting something (such as danger or an opportunity)":[
"Drivers need to be on the alert for icy condition.",
"always on the alert for a good bargain"
],
": quick to perceive and act":[
"mentally alert"
],
": the period during which an alert is in effect":[],
": to call (someone) to a state of readiness : warn":[
"alerted the school board of a possible teachers' strike",
"alert the authorities"
],
": to make (someone) aware of something":[
"alerted the public to the dangers of pesticides"
],
": watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency":[
"an alert guard",
"trying to stay alert to possible problems"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"An alert guard stopped the robbers.",
"He was tired and had trouble staying alert while he was driving.",
"She wasn't mentally alert enough to answer the questions.",
"An alert watchdog guarded the door.",
"Noun",
"They sounded an alert when enemy planes were approaching the city.",
"Medical officials have put out an alert to hospitals to look out for the virus.",
"The government has issued a terrorism alert .",
"Verb",
"Several neighbors alerted the authorities when they noticed strangers acting suspiciously.",
"The governor alerted island residents that a hurricane was coming.",
"The teacher alerted the students that tests would be given the next day.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"MindGeek was alert to the concerns of the credit-card companies. \u2014 Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"With Patch Tuesday still many days away, there's bad news for Windows users who need to be alert to two new zero-day exploits that have yet to be patched by Microsoft. \u2014 Davey Winder, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The authors of the new study urge parents and caregivers to be alert to the growing problem. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 1 June 2022",
"What are common weaknesses with threat assessment plans that schools can be alert to",
"However, healthcare providers should be alert to any rash that has features typical of monkeypox. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"However, health care providers should be alert to any rash that has features typical of monkeypox. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2022",
"However, healthcare providers should be alert to any rash that has features typical of monkeypox. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"However, healthcare providers should be alert to any rash that has features typical of monkeypox. \u2014 Nadia Kounang, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"So, with all signs pointing to Taylor dropping new music just in time for the height of summer, Swifties everywhere should be on high alert for the next Taylor\u2019s Version installment. \u2014 Seventeen , 22 June 2022",
"State authorities have been on high alert ever since, amid growing questions over how prepared Chinese cities are for extreme weather. \u2014 Kathleen Magramo, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Ahead of the Belarusian military exercises, the Ukrainian army forces in the region are being kept on high alert . \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Three days after Moscow invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin has kept Russia\u2019s nuclear deterrent on high alert . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"Police had been on high alert after being warned that a number of groups planned to interrupt the annual Pride in the Park event in Coeur d\u2019Alene, Idaho. \u2014 Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
"And the rest of the world, as Bob Woodward and I documented, were on high alert about the stability of the United States. \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2022",
"There were other points of friction that left the Pence team on high alert about the pressure campaign. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"When Russia placed its nuclear arsenal on high alert in February, the Kremlin blamed British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The tryout in the movie leads to an unsettling encounter with a Greek agent who threatened to alert authorities of their immigration status if Giannis didn't sign with his Greek program. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Strategically placed in elevated positions around campuses, the microphones are designed to alert authorities to the location of a shooting and number of shots fired, before a 911 call. \u2014 Sidney Fussell, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Working quickly, Ferrante marked the property\u2019s coordinates, took some pictures and, planning to alert the authorities, got back into the truck. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Reichel said his clients were in the El Dorado National Forest on the day the fire started and were the first to alert authorities about the blaze. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Chutkan pushed back Wednesday on Ralls' claim that Bauer posted to social media to alert the authorities, noting many other Jan. 6 defendants had posted photos and videos to Facebook. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The person makes a plea for Lassie to rush home and alert the authorities. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"But the choice of whether to pay or to alert federal authorities is up to the victim. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Betty Ann Ong, an American Airlines flight attendant, was the first person to alert authorities that tragedy was about to unfold on Sept. 11, 2001. \u2014 Maria Medina, CBS News , 10 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French alerte, going back to Middle French a l'herte \"on guard, on the watch,\" borrowed from Italian all'erta, originally in the collocation stare all'erta \"to be on the watch,\" literally, \"to be on the height\" (with erta \"height, hill, steep ascent,\" noun derivative from feminine of erto, past participle of ergere \"to raise, elevate,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *\u0113rgere, by syncope from Latin \u0113rigere ) \u2014 more at erect entry 1":"Adjective",
"noun derivative of alert entry 1 (or borrowed from French alerte, derivative of alerte, adjective)":"Noun",
"verbal derivative of alert entry 1 or alert entry 2":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8l\u0259rt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for alert Adjective watchful , vigilant , wide-awake , alert mean being on the lookout especially for danger or opportunity. watchful is the least explicit term. the watchful eye of the department supervisor vigilant suggests intense, unremitting, wary watchfulness. eternally vigilant in the safeguarding of democracy wide-awake applies to watchfulness for opportunities and developments more often than dangers. wide-awake companies latched onto the new technology alert stresses readiness or promptness in meeting danger or in seizing opportunity. alert traders anticipated the stock market's slide intelligent , clever , alert , quick-witted mean mentally keen or quick. intelligent stresses success in coping with new situations and solving problems. an intelligent person could assemble it fast clever implies native ability or aptness and sometimes suggests a lack of more substantial qualities. clever with words alert stresses quickness in perceiving and understanding. alert to new technology quick-witted implies promptness in finding answers in debate or in devising expedients in moments of danger or challenge. no match for his quick-witted opponent",
"synonyms":[
"Argus-eyed",
"attentive",
"awake",
"observant",
"open-eyed",
"tenty",
"tentie",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225041",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"alertness":{
"antonyms":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"caution",
"forewarning",
"heads-up",
"notice",
"warning"
],
"definitions":{
": a state of careful watching and readiness especially for danger or opportunity":[
"on 24-hour alert"
],
": active , brisk":[
"elicited an alert response"
],
": an alarm or other signal of danger":[
"traffic alerts",
"They sounded the alert ."
],
": an urgent notice":[
"\u2026 an alert to parents \u2026 about new immunization requirements.",
"\u2014 Ann Schrader"
],
": looking for or expecting something (such as danger or an opportunity)":[
"Drivers need to be on the alert for icy condition.",
"always on the alert for a good bargain"
],
": quick to perceive and act":[
"mentally alert"
],
": the period during which an alert is in effect":[],
": to call (someone) to a state of readiness : warn":[
"alerted the school board of a possible teachers' strike",
"alert the authorities"
],
": to make (someone) aware of something":[
"alerted the public to the dangers of pesticides"
],
": watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency":[
"an alert guard",
"trying to stay alert to possible problems"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"An alert guard stopped the robbers.",
"He was tired and had trouble staying alert while he was driving.",
"She wasn't mentally alert enough to answer the questions.",
"An alert watchdog guarded the door.",
"Noun",
"They sounded an alert when enemy planes were approaching the city.",
"Medical officials have put out an alert to hospitals to look out for the virus.",
"The government has issued a terrorism alert .",
"Verb",
"Several neighbors alerted the authorities when they noticed strangers acting suspiciously.",
"The governor alerted island residents that a hurricane was coming.",
"The teacher alerted the students that tests would be given the next day.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"MindGeek was alert to the concerns of the credit-card companies. \u2014 Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"With Patch Tuesday still many days away, there's bad news for Windows users who need to be alert to two new zero-day exploits that have yet to be patched by Microsoft. \u2014 Davey Winder, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The authors of the new study urge parents and caregivers to be alert to the growing problem. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 1 June 2022",
"What are common weaknesses with threat assessment plans that schools can be alert to",
"However, healthcare providers should be alert to any rash that has features typical of monkeypox. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"However, health care providers should be alert to any rash that has features typical of monkeypox. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2022",
"However, healthcare providers should be alert to any rash that has features typical of monkeypox. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"However, healthcare providers should be alert to any rash that has features typical of monkeypox. \u2014 Nadia Kounang, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"So, with all signs pointing to Taylor dropping new music just in time for the height of summer, Swifties everywhere should be on high alert for the next Taylor\u2019s Version installment. \u2014 Seventeen , 22 June 2022",
"State authorities have been on high alert ever since, amid growing questions over how prepared Chinese cities are for extreme weather. \u2014 Kathleen Magramo, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Ahead of the Belarusian military exercises, the Ukrainian army forces in the region are being kept on high alert . \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Three days after Moscow invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin has kept Russia\u2019s nuclear deterrent on high alert . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"Police had been on high alert after being warned that a number of groups planned to interrupt the annual Pride in the Park event in Coeur d\u2019Alene, Idaho. \u2014 Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
"And the rest of the world, as Bob Woodward and I documented, were on high alert about the stability of the United States. \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2022",
"There were other points of friction that left the Pence team on high alert about the pressure campaign. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"When Russia placed its nuclear arsenal on high alert in February, the Kremlin blamed British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The tryout in the movie leads to an unsettling encounter with a Greek agent who threatened to alert authorities of their immigration status if Giannis didn't sign with his Greek program. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Strategically placed in elevated positions around campuses, the microphones are designed to alert authorities to the location of a shooting and number of shots fired, before a 911 call. \u2014 Sidney Fussell, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Working quickly, Ferrante marked the property\u2019s coordinates, took some pictures and, planning to alert the authorities, got back into the truck. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Reichel said his clients were in the El Dorado National Forest on the day the fire started and were the first to alert authorities about the blaze. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Chutkan pushed back Wednesday on Ralls' claim that Bauer posted to social media to alert the authorities, noting many other Jan. 6 defendants had posted photos and videos to Facebook. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The person makes a plea for Lassie to rush home and alert the authorities. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"But the choice of whether to pay or to alert federal authorities is up to the victim. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Betty Ann Ong, an American Airlines flight attendant, was the first person to alert authorities that tragedy was about to unfold on Sept. 11, 2001. \u2014 Maria Medina, CBS News , 10 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French alerte, going back to Middle French a l'herte \"on guard, on the watch,\" borrowed from Italian all'erta, originally in the collocation stare all'erta \"to be on the watch,\" literally, \"to be on the height\" (with erta \"height, hill, steep ascent,\" noun derivative from feminine of erto, past participle of ergere \"to raise, elevate,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *\u0113rgere, by syncope from Latin \u0113rigere ) \u2014 more at erect entry 1":"Adjective",
"noun derivative of alert entry 1 (or borrowed from French alerte, derivative of alerte, adjective)":"Noun",
"verbal derivative of alert entry 1 or alert entry 2":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8l\u0259rt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for alert Adjective watchful , vigilant , wide-awake , alert mean being on the lookout especially for danger or opportunity. watchful is the least explicit term. the watchful eye of the department supervisor vigilant suggests intense, unremitting, wary watchfulness. eternally vigilant in the safeguarding of democracy wide-awake applies to watchfulness for opportunities and developments more often than dangers. wide-awake companies latched onto the new technology alert stresses readiness or promptness in meeting danger or in seizing opportunity. alert traders anticipated the stock market's slide intelligent , clever , alert , quick-witted mean mentally keen or quick. intelligent stresses success in coping with new situations and solving problems. an intelligent person could assemble it fast clever implies native ability or aptness and sometimes suggests a lack of more substantial qualities. clever with words alert stresses quickness in perceiving and understanding. alert to new technology quick-witted implies promptness in finding answers in debate or in devising expedients in moments of danger or challenge. no match for his quick-witted opponent",
"synonyms":[
"Argus-eyed",
"attentive",
"awake",
"observant",
"open-eyed",
"tenty",
"tentie",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055102",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"aleph":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet \u2014 see Alphabet Table":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4-\u02cclef",
"-l\u0259f"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At Mt. Sinai, God\u2019s voice, in midrash, was heard communally, but was so overwhelming that only the first letter, aleph , was sounded. \u2014 Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker , 9 Jan. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hebrew \u0101leph , probably from eleph ox":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154845"
},
"aleph-bet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the Hebrew alphabet":[
"In Hebrew each letter in the aleph-bet has a numerical value.",
"\u2014 Loris DeMarco , Sweeter Than Honey , 2008",
"But an acrostic composition, which presupposes not only the invention of the Hebrew alef-bet but also a literate milieu, was intended for appreciation in written form, whereby appeal is made to the eye.",
"\u2014 Dictionary of the Old Testament , 2008"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Modern Hebrew \u0101leph-b\u0113yth":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155250"
},
"Alen\u00e7on diamond":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a smoky quartz sometimes valued as a jewel":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from Alen\u00e7on , France":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183017"
},
"aleph-null":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the number of elements in the set of all integers which is the smallest transfinite cardinal number":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4-\u02cclef-\u02c8n\u0259l",
"-l\u0259f-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185231"
},
"Alen\u00e7on":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a delicate needlepoint lace":[],
"city in northwestern France north of Le Mans population 27,416":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8len-\u02ccs\u00e4n",
"\u02cca-\u02ccl\u00e4\u207f-\u02c8s\u014d\u207f",
"-\u02c8len(t)-s\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Alen\u00e7on , France":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194733"
},
"alegar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": sour ale : vinegar made of ale":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-li-g\u0259r",
"\u02c8\u0101-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"ale + vine gar":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1542, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204143"
},
"alen\u00e7on":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a delicate needlepoint lace":[],
"city in northwestern France north of Le Mans population 27,416":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8len-\u02ccs\u00e4n",
"\u02cca-\u02ccl\u00e4\u207f-\u02c8s\u014d\u207f",
"-\u02c8len(t)-s\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Alen\u00e7on , France":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204259"
},
"ale":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a beer that is brewed by fast fermentation with a quick-acting yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) at relatively high temperatures":[
"\u2026 ale can be produced more quickly because it is fermented at higher temperatures\u2014from 60 to 70 degrees.",
"\u2014 Frank J. Prial"
],
"\u2014 compare pale ale , porter , stout":[
"\u2026 ale can be produced more quickly because it is fermented at higher temperatures\u2014from 60 to 70 degrees.",
"\u2014 Frank J. Prial"
],
": an English country festival at which ale is the principal beverage":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The bar serves two very different ales .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fans can expect more House of the Dragon merch now through the fall including vino by Vintage Wine Estates and Treasury Wine Estates, ale from Mikkeller Beer and more products with other retailers. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"The Kolsch \u2013 a hybrid between an ale and lager \u2013 is a crispy, summer sipper at 5.2% alcohol. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"This award-wining wheat ale practically bursts with mango flavor. \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The business serves Kiito\u2019s gluten-free golden ale , as well as hard kombuchas, hard seltzers and some lower-alcohol ciders. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"The color of engine oil and very low in alcohol, this ale has notes of toast and is very smooth. \u2014 cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The tap list covers a broad spectrum of styles that recently included sour ales, a cream ale , oyster stout, Imperial oatmeal stouts, multiple IPAs and more. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Women were industry-making pioneers, brewing ale , fermenting fruit into wine and distilling at home before their right to do so was taken away from local legislators or colonizers. \u2014 CNN , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The beer also boasts hints of lemon drop and cascade hops, which accentuate the taste of its main ingredient and create a flavorful, citrusy ale . \u2014 Maria Aguilar, The Enquirer , 9 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English ealu ; akin to Old Norse \u01ebl ale, Lithuanian alus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211737"
},
"alembroth":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a double chloride of ammonium and mercury believed by the alchemists to be a universal solvent":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-l\u0259m-",
"\u0259-\u02c8lem-\u02ccbr\u022fth"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English alembroth, alembroke, albrot":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1726, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225649"
},
"alepidote":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": without scales":[],
": a fish without scales":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)\u0101-\u00a6le-p\u0259-\u02ccd\u014dt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek a- entry 2 a- + lepid\u014dtos covered with scales, from lepid-, lepis scale":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1869, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1832, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233143"
},
"alembication":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the action of alembicating or the state of being alembicated : distillation":[
"the alembication of a lifetime's thought and experience",
"\u2014 Olin Downes"
],
": overrefinement , preciosity":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02cclem-b\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001625"
},
"Alepisaurus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus (order Iniomi) of large slender scaleless active and predaceous deep-sea fishes comprising the handsaw fishes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0101-\u02ccle-p\u0259-\u02c8s\u022fr-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek alepis without scales (from a- entry 2 a- + lepis scale) + New Latin -saurus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1833, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001816"
},
"Aleppo":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city in northern Syria dating to ancient times population 1,445,000":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8le-(\u02cc)p\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002133"
},
"Aleppo boil":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": oriental sore":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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": aphasia marked by loss of ability to read":[]
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"definitions":{
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"first_known_use":{
"1699, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a grass-green chrysoberyl that shows a red color by transmitted or artificial light":[]
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"\u02cca-lig-\u02c8zan-\u02ccdr\u012bt",
"\u02cce-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Although it is still mined in Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, and Brazil and the color changes of alexandrite can be as dramatic as deep green to majestic purple, most June babies still will choose pearl or moonstone. \u2014 Beth Bernstein, Forbes , 1 June 2021"
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"borrowed from German Alexandrit, from Alexand e r Nicolajewitsch (Russian Aleksandr Nikolaevi\u010d, Romanov heir to the Russian throne, later the tsar Alexander II \u20201881) + -it -ite entry 1":""
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"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072835"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a gem made by cutting an agate so that it suggests an eye":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085208"
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"definitions":{
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"-\u02c8lek-s\u0113-\u0259n"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"St. Alexius , 5th century Roman Christian founder of the order + English -an":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1765, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095323"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": roof rat":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Alexandrine ; from its original habitat; translation of New Latin rattus alexandrinus":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1830, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin quotation from Julius Caesar"
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"definitions":{
": the die is cast : there is no turning back":[]
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"\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4-\u02ccy\u00e4k-t\u00e4-\u02c8est"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164122"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of certain herbs of the genus Amaranthus the red juice of which is sometimes used locally as a cosmetic":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Mexican Spanish alegr\u00eda , from Spanish, happiness, gaiety, from alegre happy, gay, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin alecrus":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192845"
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"definitions":{
": a solo flamenco dance performed by a woman and marked by many intricate heelwork variations":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4-",
"\u02cca-l\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0113-\u0259s"
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"Spanish alegr\u00edas , plural of alegr\u00eda , literally, gaiety, happiness":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
": a pine ( Pinus halepensis ) of southern Europe and the Levant that is of graceful habit, has usually two leaves in each persistent sheath, and yields a wood that is much used for shipbuilding":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1754, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230124"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": leaking":[
"hills aleak with thousands of cascades",
"\u2014 Stephen Graham"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113k"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"a- entry 1 + leak (verb)":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1783, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000530"
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"definitions":{
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"1876\u20131903 king of Serbia (1889\u20131903)":[],
"1888\u20131934 king of Yugoslavia (1929\u201334)":[],
"Harold Rupert Leofric George 1891\u20131969 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis British field marshal; governor-general of Canada (1946\u201352)":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4-lik-\u02c8s\u00e4n-d\u0259r-\u014d-\u02c8bre-n\u0259-\u02ccvich",
"\u02cca-lig-\u02c8zan-d\u0259r",
"\u02cce-",
"\u02cc\u00e4-lik-\u02c8s\u00e4n-d\u0259r"
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"first_known_use":{
"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002021"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a place where ale is sold to be drunk on the premises":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101l-\u02cchau\u0307s"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the late seventies, the bar came under the ownership of the proprietor of a now defunct Bronx alehouse called the Liffy, like the river. \u2014 David Kortava, The New Yorker , 9 July 2017",
"The alehouse at 9501 W. 171st St. in Tinley Park (708-966-2051) hosts a music series on the patio beginning May 27. \u2014 Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown , 8 May 2018",
"Whether your travels take you to fine-dining restaurants, low-key alehouses or even rustic cabins in the woods, make like an Alaskan and fuel your adventures with one of our beloved, home-grown brews. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2018",
"On a Brooklyn Heights block, near a wine bar and an alehouse , the Binc is inconspicuous, its presence marked most boldly by a sandwich board. \u2014 Talia Lavin, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-093439"
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"definitions":{
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"\u2014 B. T. Shropshire"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8lem-bik"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tucked out of site is a magnificent alembic pot still, brought here from Cognac, France in the early 1900s. \u2014 Sara Schneider, SFChronicle.com , 10 Aug. 2020",
"The copper pot still, or alembic , sits behind the spacious bar like a shiny visitor from outer space. \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 21 May 2018"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French alambic & Medieval Latin alembicum , from Arabic al-anb\u012bq , from al the + anb\u012bq still, from Late Greek ambik-, ambix alembic, from Greek, cap of a still":""
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"type":[
"biographical name"
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"definitions":{
"Svetlana 1948\u2013 Belarusian (Ukrainian-born) writer":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4-lik-\u02c8sy\u0101-vich"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-072342"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": alexipharmic":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1671, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-073137"
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"356\u2013323 b.c. the Great king (336\u2013323)":[],
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"1876\u20131903 king of Serbia (1889\u20131903)":[],
"1888\u20131934 king of Yugoslavia (1929\u201334)":[],
"Harold Rupert Leofric George 1891\u20131969 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis British field marshal; governor-general of Canada (1946\u201352)":[]
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"\u02cce-",
"\u02cc\u00e4-lik-\u02c8s\u00e4n-d\u0259r",
"\u02cc\u00e4-lik-\u02c8s\u00e4n-d\u0259r-\u014d-\u02c8bre-n\u0259-\u02ccvich",
"\u02cca-lig-\u02c8zan-d\u0259r"
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"first_known_use":{
"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-082737"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": characterized by chance or indeterminate elements":[
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"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8t\u00e4r-",
"\u02cc\u0101-l\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8t\u022fr-ik"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When the sun shines through and paints floors, walls, and people with moving color, the effect is aleatoric , agnostic, and otherworldly. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books , 25 Apr. 2020"
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"Latin aleatorius":""
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"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-090742"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a line of verse of 12 syllables consisting regularly of 6 iambs with a caesura after the third iamb":[]
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"\u02cce-",
"-\u02ccdr\u012bn",
"-dr\u0259n",
"\u02cca-lig-\u02c8zan-\u02ccdr\u0113n"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The score is Michel Legrand's finest, with various jazz elements, lyrics in alexandrines by Demy, and intricately structured reprises that match the poetic, crisscrossing plot. \u2014 Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader , 16 Feb. 2018"
],
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"French alexandrin , adjective, from Alexandre Alexander the Great; from its use in a poem on Alexander":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1589, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095924"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an old English unit of liquid capacity equal to 282 cubic inches or 4.62 liters":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1677, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-124839"
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":{
": to or on the left":[]
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"\u0259-\u02c8left"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from a- entry 1 + left":""
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-160407"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the school of literature, science, and philosophy that flourished at Alexandria while that city was ruled by the Greeks and the Romans":[],
": an ante-Nicene school of patristic philosophy developed slightly later than the African school, taking its rise from Pantaenus, including Clement and Origen, and centered in Alexandria":[],
": a succession of Alexandrine Christian theologians who, in the 5th century and later, in the Christological debates against the theologians of Antioch, stressed the divinity and unity of Jesus Christ":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Alexandrian entry 1":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-164034"
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"biographical name"
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"Sho*lem \\ \u02ccsh\u022f-\u200bl\u0259m-\u200b\u0259-\u200b\u02c8l\u0101-\u200bk\u0259m , \u02ccsh\u014d-\u200b \\",
"Sholem Rabinowitz \\ r\u0259-\u200b\u02c8bi-\u200bn\u0259-\u200b\u02ccwits \\"
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"Russian-American writer in Yiddish":[
"Sho*lem \\ \u02ccsh\u022f-\u200bl\u0259m-\u200b\u0259-\u200b\u02c8l\u0101-\u200bk\u0259m , \u02ccsh\u014d-\u200b \\",
"Sholem Rabinowitz \\ r\u0259-\u200b\u02c8bi-\u200bn\u0259-\u200b\u02ccwits \\"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-172601"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or characteristic of Alexandria and especially Alexandria, Egypt":[],
": hellenistic":[],
": of or relating to Alexander the Great":[],
": a native or inhabitant of Alexandria":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-",
"\u02cca-lig-\u02c8zan-dr\u0113-\u0259n"
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"first_known_use":{
"1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1539, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-203805"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Alexandrian entry 1 + clover":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-002551"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the philosophy that flourished at Alexandria in the early centuries of the Christian era and that was chiefly concerned with attempts to interpret different and especially Hebrew religious beliefs in the light of Greek philosophy \u2014 compare neoplatonism , neo-pythagoreanism":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Alexandrian entry 1":""
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"1801, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-025005"
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"geographical name"
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"city in northern Virginia on the Potomac River south of Washington, D.C. population 139,966":[],
"city and port between Lake Mareotis and the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt population 3,170,000":[]
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"\u02cca-lig-\u02c8zan-dr\u0113-\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-042628"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"an aleatory contract"
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": relating to luck and especially to bad luck":[],
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101-l\u0113-\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113",
"\u02c8\u0101-l\u0113-\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Dupieux\u2019s absurdity, human behavior is not aleatory but reflects specific social and psychological realities. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 July 2021",
"Instead, arriving guests may take an aleatory breath test. \u2014 Geoff Whitmore, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Drawing so much from the streets, the show is almost like aleatory music in its dependence on chance; nearly every shot has the feeling of a happy accident, of something that nearly went unseen. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 25 Nov. 2020",
"The team is now researching perceptions of aleatory uncertainty \u2014 unknowns about the future due to randomness, indeterminacy, chance or luck. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2020",
"Most uncertainty is a mix of epistemic and aleatory elements. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2020"
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"Latin aleatorius of a gambler, from aleator gambler, from alea a dice game":""
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"1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-065340"
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": the teachings or tenets of the Alexandrian culture or theology \u2014 compare alexandrian school , patristic philosophy":[]
},
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"\u02cca-lig-\u02c8zan-dr\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m",
"\u02cce-"
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"Alexandrian entry 1 + -ism":""
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"1828, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093016"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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": a family of minute homopterous insects winged as adults with the body and wings covered with a white powdery wax, the larvae being initially motile but after the first molt resembling unarmored scales and, like these, feeding on plant juices \u2014 compare citrus whitefly , greenhouse whitefly":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-l\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-d\u0259-\u02ccd\u0113"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Aleyrodes , type genus + -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093431"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an antidote against poison or infection":[],
": expelling or counteracting poison : antidotal":[]
},
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"\u0259-\u02cclek-si-\u02c8f\u00e4r-mik"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of earlier alexipharmac , from Greek alexipharmakos , from alexein + pharmakon poison, drug, remedy":"Noun"
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"1661, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1671, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103438"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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},
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"\u0259-\u02c8ler-\u0259-d\u0259d",
"-\u02ccdid"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Aleyrodidae":"Noun"
},
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1903, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113448"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the type genus of Aleyrodidae including several pests of cultivated plants":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-l\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-(\u02cc)d\u0113z"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, irregular from Greek aleur\u014dd\u0113s like flour, from aleuron flour":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1819, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121729"
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"noun"
],
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": a bench in or before an alehouse":[]
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"\u02c8\u0101l-\u02ccbench"
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"first_known_use":{
"1547, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133454"
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],
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": a light brown that is less strong and slightly yellower and lighter than blush, paler and slightly redder than French beige, and redder and paler than cork":[]
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"\u02c8a-l\u0259-\u02ccsan"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French alezan , from Spanish alaz\u00e1n":""
},
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"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140102"
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"Alexis I Mikhaylovich":{
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"biographical name"
],
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"1629\u20131676 father of Peter the Great czar of Russia (1645\u201376)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02cclek-s\u0259s-mi-\u02c8\u1e35\u012b-l\u0259-\u02ccvich"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-161825"
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"noun"
],
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": a leafless shrub ( Dana\u00eb racemosa ) of the Levant":[],
": poon entry 1":[]
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"Alexandrian entry 1 + laurel":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162853"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": an English town official formerly charged with tasting and testing ale and beer and still a titular official in some communities":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101l-\u02cck\u00e4-n\u0259r"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"ale + conner":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170321"
},
"alecost":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": costmary sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101l-\u02cck\u00e4st"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"ale + obsolete English cost costmary":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1589, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174917"
},
"ale yard":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tall slender flaring drinking glass used also as a measure for liquids \u2014 compare yard of ale":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1853, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182754"
},
"Alexandra palm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a lofty Australian pinnate-leaved palm ( Archontophoenix alexandrae )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6a-lig-\u00a6zan-dr\u0259-",
"\u00a6e-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Alexandra \u20201925 Danish princess, queen of England":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-213558"
},
"Alexander Severus":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"a.d. 208\u2013235 Roman emperor (222\u2013235)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-\u02c8vir-\u0259s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-000530"
},
"alewife":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a woman who keeps an alehouse":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101l-\u02ccw\u012bf"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps alteration of obsolete allowes , a kind of shad, from French alose shad, from Old French, from Late Latin alausa":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1633, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010333"
},
"Alexius I Comnenus":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"1048\u20131118 Byzantine emperor (1081\u20131118)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8lek-s\u0113-\u0259s-\u02cck\u00e4m-\u02c8n\u0113-n\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-033054"
},
"Aleutian Islands":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"islands of southwestern Alaska extending in an arc 1700 miles (2735 kilometers) southwest and west from Alaska Peninsula to a point beyond the 180th meridian \u2014 see andreanof islands , fox islands , near islands , rat islands":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040016"
},
"alectoria":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a talismanic stone that is supposedly found in the crop of a cock and is believed to be magical":[],
": a genus of lichens (family Usneaceae) characterized by a dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched thallus of cylindrical form":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-l\u0259k-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"alectoria, allectory from Medieval Latin alectoria , short for Latin alectoria gemma , literally, cock's gem, from alectoria (feminine of alectorius of a cock, from Greek alekt\u014dr cock) + gemma gem; alectorian from Latin alectori us + English -an; alectorius from Latin, adjective":"Noun",
"New Latin, from Greek alekt\u014dr cock (probably from Alekt\u014dr , a name) + New Latin -ia":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1821, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044226"
},
"Aleutian Range":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"mountain range of southwestern Alaska, the southwestern extension of the Alaska Range running along the northwestern shore of Cook Inlet to the southwestern tip of the Alaska Peninsula with mountains of the Aleutian Islands forming its southwestern extension \u2014 see shishaldin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060016"
},
"Aleutian Canada goose":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a variety ( Branta canadensis leucopareia ) of the Canada goose that primarily breeds in the Aleutian islands and winters in the Central Valley of California and is distinguished from the typical form by its smaller size and by a white neck ring at the base of its black neck":[
"The Aleutian Canada goose , near extinction 30 years ago, is doing well enough to be taken off the endangered species list, federal officials announced this week.",
"\u2014 Bettina Boxall , Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2001",
"\u2026 witness the great spectacle of 40,000 Aleutian cackling geese rising from their roost at the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge.",
"\u2014 John Driscoll , Eureka (California) Times-Standard , 7 Mar. 2010"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060835"
},
"Alexander polynomial":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mathematical expression that describes certain characteristics of knots in topology":[
"a figure eight knot has the Alexander polynomial t 2 \u2013 3t + 1"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"after James Waddell Alexander \u20201971 American mathematician":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060945"
},
"Aleixandre":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Vicente 1898\u20131984 Spanish poet":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4-lek-\u02c8s\u00e4n-dre"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-070017"
},
"Alembert, d'":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Jean Le Rond 1717\u20131783 French mathematician and philosopher":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccda-l\u0259m-\u02c8ber"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091718"
},
"aleknight":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": tippler":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"ale + knight":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1575, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-092158"
},
"Alem\u00e1n Vald\u00e9s":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Miguel 1902\u20131983 Mexican lawyer; president of Mexico (1946\u201352)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"v\u00e4l-\u02c8des"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-094502"
},
"Alem\u00e1n":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Mateo 1547\u2013 circa 1614 Spanish novelist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4-l\u0101-\u02c8m\u00e4n"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-103250"
},
"Alemannic":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the group of dialects of German spoken in Alsace, Switzerland, and southwestern Germany":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-l\u0259-\u02c8ma-nik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"ultimately from Late Latin Alemanni, Alamanni a confederation of Germanic tribes, from Germanic *ala- all + *mann- man \u2014 more at all , man":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1797, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105347"
},
"Aleutian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to the Aleutian islands":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1814, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111316"
},
"Alexander Nevsky":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"circa 1220\u20131263 Russian saint and military hero":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8nev-sk\u0113",
"\u02c8nef-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-124826"
},
"Alemanni":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a predominantly Suevian coalition of Germanic peoples first mentioned in the 3d century a.d. that settled in the area between the Main and Danube rivers and whose descendants are German-speaking inhabitants of Alsace, Switzerland, and southwestern Germany":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin, of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic alamans totality of people":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1707, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-131700"
},
"Aleut":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of a people of the Aleutian and Shumagin islands and the western part of Alaska Peninsula":[],
": the language of the Aleuts":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fct",
"\u02c8a-l\u0113-\u02cc\u00fct",
"\u02cca-l\u0113-\u02c8\u00fct"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from German Aleute, borrowed from Russian ale\u00fat, of uncertain origin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142005"
},
"Alessandria":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"commune east-southeast of Turin in northwestern Italy population 92,230":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4-le-\u02c8s\u00e4n-dr\u0113-\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145047"
},
"alevin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-l\u0259-v\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pictures range from aerial landscape shots to extreme closeups of things like the jaws and eyes of salmon, freshly hatched alevin , and roe. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Old French, from alever to lift up, rear (offspring), from Latin allevare , from ad- + levare to raise \u2014 more at lever":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-150518"
},
"aleurone":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": protein matter in the form of minute granules or grains occurring in seeds in endosperm or in a special peripheral layer":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8al-y\u0259-\u02ccr\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German Aleuron , from Greek, flour; akin to Armenian a\u0142am I grind":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1858, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-165244"
},
"alethic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to truth":[
"alethic mode"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8l\u0113-",
"\u0259-\u02c8le-thik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek al\u0113thikos , from al\u0113theia truth (from al\u0113th\u0113s true, from a- a- entry 2 + -l\u0113th\u0113s , from l\u0113th\u0113 forgetfulness) + -ikos -ic":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184421"
},
"aleichem":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"1859\u20131916 pseudonym of":[
"Sho*lem \\ \u02ccsh\u022f-\u200bl\u0259m-\u200b\u0259-\u200b\u02c8l\u0101-\u200bk\u0259m , \u02ccsh\u014d-\u200b \\",
"Sholem Rabinowitz \\ r\u0259-\u200b\u02c8bi-\u200bn\u0259-\u200b\u02ccwits \\"
],
"Russian-American writer in Yiddish":[
"Sho*lem \\ \u02ccsh\u022f-\u200bl\u0259m-\u200b\u0259-\u200b\u02c8l\u0101-\u200bk\u0259m , \u02ccsh\u014d-\u200b \\",
"Sholem Rabinowitz \\ r\u0259-\u200b\u02c8bi-\u200bn\u0259-\u200b\u02ccwits \\"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184758"
},
"aleuronat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a flour with a high gluten content":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8lu\u0307r-\u0259-\u02ccnat"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German aleuronat , from aleuron aleurone + -at -ate":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-185848"
},
"Aleuts":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of a people of the Aleutian and Shumagin islands and the western part of Alaska Peninsula":[],
": the language of the Aleuts":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fct",
"\u02c8a-l\u0113-\u02cc\u00fct",
"\u02cca-l\u0113-\u02c8\u00fct"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from German Aleute, borrowed from Russian ale\u00fat, of uncertain origin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190713"
},
"aleurometer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an instrument for determining the expansive properties or the quality of gluten in flour":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccal-y\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"aleuro- + -meter":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201623"
},
"Alethopteris":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of large fossil seed ferns represented by abundant remains in Carboniferous coal measures and having large bipinnate to tripinnate fronds with the thick pinnules being inserted on the rachis by a broad decurrent base":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-l\u0259-\u02c8th\u00e4p-t\u0259-r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek al\u0113tho- (from al\u0113th\u0113s true) + New Latin -pteris":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1847, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-204521"
},
"aleuromancy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": divination by means of flour":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8lu\u0307r-\u0259-\u02ccman(t)-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French aleuromancie , from Greek aleuromanteion , from aleuro- + manteion divination, oracle":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212622"
},
"alette":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the pilasterlike abutment of an arch that is seen on either side of the large engaged column and that carries the entablature":[],
": a wing of a building":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French alette , from Old French alette, elette small wing, diminutive of ele wing":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-223103"
},
"Alexander I Island":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"island of Antarctica west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225537"
},
"aleuriospore":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an asexual spore in certain fungi produced terminally by septation but remaining attached until disintegration of the mycelium : a nondeciduous chlamydospore":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8lu\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccsp\u022fr"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"aleurio- or aleuro- (from Greek aleuron ) + spore":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1917, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-230306"
},
"Alexander Archipelago":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"archipelago of about 1100 islands in southeastern Alaska \u2014 see admiralty island , baranof , chichagof , kupreanof , prince of wales island sense 1 , revillagigedo island":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-lig-\u02c8zan-d\u0259r",
"\u02cce-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233459"
},
"Aleurites":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of Asian trees (family Euphorbiaceae) having a milky juice, small white flowers, and rich oily seeds in drupes \u2014 see candlenut":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccal-y\u0259-\u02c8r\u012b-(\u02cc)t\u0113z"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek aleurit\u0113s of flour, from aleuron flour + -it\u0113s -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1800, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012804"
},
"aleuritic acid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a crystalline acid C 15 H 28 (OH) 3 COOH occurring in shellac; 9,10,16-trihydroxy-palmitic acid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6al-y\u0259-\u00a6ri-tik-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Aleurites + English -ic":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-020943"
},
"aleuro-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": flour":[
"aleuro meter"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Greek, from aleuron wheat flour, flour; akin to Armenian alam I grind":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-022239"
},
"Aleurobius":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of mites (family Tyroglyphidae) including a species ( A. farinae ) common in flour and stored cereals and implicated as a cause of enteritis and dysentery in animals feeding on such contaminated grain products":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccal-y\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-b\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from aleuro- + -bius":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1902, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-023011"
},
"aleurodid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": aleyrodid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8lu\u0307r-\u0259-d\u0259d",
"-\u02ccdid"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Aleurodidae":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-034153"
}
}
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