dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/tui_MW.json
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{
"tuition":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": custody , guardianship":[],
": the act or profession of teaching : instruction":[
"pursued his studies under private tuition"
],
": the price of or payment for instruction":[]
},
"examples":[
"Her uncle agreed to pay part of her tuition .",
"There's going to be a tuition increase next year.",
"Before the company transferred her to Mexico, they offered her private tuition in Spanish.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Recently, however, skyrocketing tuition costs have created several challenges and have the general public questioning the value and purpose of higher education. \u2014 Robert Reiss, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"In recent years, the federal government has made federal Pell Grants available to prisoners to cover tuition costs. \u2014 David Jesse, Detroit Free Press , 9 May 2022",
"Enrollment had already been declining before the pandemic as students faced soaring tuition costs. \u2014 Simon Romero, New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"According to Philly Voice, the donation will go toward covering tuition costs at private and parochial schools to allow lower-income students to enroll. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Currey last year co-sponsored a reform bill, Senate Bill 948, that would have included the removal of the tuition costs paid by districts to the regional education service centers that operate Open Choice programs. \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, courant.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"On Thursday, February 10, Dolly revealed that her amusement park, Dollywood Parks and Resorts, will pay 100% of tuition costs, fees, and books for any employee who wants to pursue a higher education. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Country Living , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Through the program, residents can receive up to $8,000 in tuition support each academic year and a possible stipend of $1,500 each year. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
"When the legislature established charter schools in 2001, Gary became fertile ground because of its high state tuition support per student and decreasing academic performance. \u2014 Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com , 31 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English tuicioun protection, from Anglo-French, from Latin tuition-, tuitio , from tueri to look at, look after":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"tu\u0307-\u02c8i-sh\u0259n",
"tyu\u0307-",
"t\u0259-\u02c8wi-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"education",
"instruction",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"training",
"tutelage",
"tutoring"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120152",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"tuism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t(y)\u00fc\u02cciz\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin tu thou + English -ism":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150318"
},
"tuinga":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a headdress of bleached human hair worn by Samoan men or women of very high rank in important ceremonies and dances":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u00fc\u02c8i\u014bg\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Samoan":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183255"
},
"tuilyie":{
"type":[
"noun or verb"
],
"definitions":{
": quarrel , struggle":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (Scots) tulze , from Middle French tooil, toeil battle, trouble, from Old French":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205916"
},
"tuillette":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small tuille for protecting the hip":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"tw\u0113\u02c8let"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French tuilette , diminutive of tuile tile, from Middle French tuille, teuille":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210638"
},
"tuille":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the hinged plates before the thigh in plate armor \u2014 see armor illustration":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tw\u0113l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English toile, toille, borrowed from Anglo-French toille, probably variant of tieule, teulle, tuille \"terra-cotta roofing tile\" (the piece of armor so called from its resemblance in shape), continental Old French tieule, tiule, going back to Latin t\u0113gula \u2014 more at tile entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125431"
},
"tuile":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a French wafer-like cookie made chiefly with flour, egg whites, sugar, and butter and shaped while warm into a curved or rolled form":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tw\u0113l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, \"roofing tile, cookie in the shape of such a tile,\" going back to Old French tieule, tiule \u2014 more at tuille":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-072120"
},
"tui":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a predominantly glossy iridescent black New Zealand honeyeater ( Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ) with white markings on throat, neck, and wings that is a notable mimic and often kept as a cage bird":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u00fc\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Maori":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-121229"
}
}