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1079 lines
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{
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"Augean":{
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"antonyms":[
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"cheap",
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"easy",
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"effortless",
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"facile",
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"light",
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"mindless",
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"simple",
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"soft",
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"undemanding"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": extremely formidable or difficult and occasionally distasteful":[
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"an Augean task"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"dreaded the Augean task of cleaning the bathroom after an overflow of the toilet"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1676, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin Augeas , king of Elis, from Greek Augeias ; from the legend that his stable, left neglected for 30 years, was finally cleaned by Hercules":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u022f-\u02c8j\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"arduous",
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"backbreaking",
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"challenging",
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"demanding",
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"difficult",
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"effortful",
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"exacting",
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"formidable",
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"grueling",
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"gruelling",
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"hard",
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"heavy",
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"hellacious",
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"herculean",
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"killer",
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"laborious",
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"moiling",
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"murderous",
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"pick-and-shovel",
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"rigorous",
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"rough",
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"rugged",
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"severe",
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"stiff",
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"strenuous",
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"sweaty",
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"tall",
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"testing",
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"toilsome",
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"tough",
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"uphill"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012141",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"Augean stable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a condition or place marked by great accumulation of filth or corruption":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"as a gubernatorial candidate he claimed that the state capitol was an Augean stable that desperately needed to be cleaned out"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1610, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cesspool",
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"Gomorrah",
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"sink"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164208",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Auger electron":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an electron emitted from an atom in the Auger effect":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1935, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122016",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Augsburg":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city on the Lech River in Bavaria, Germany population 256,877":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8au\u0307gz-\u02ccbu\u0307rk",
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"\u02c8\u022fgz-\u02ccb\u0259rg"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082758",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"aught":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": all , everything":[
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"for aught I care",
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"for aught we know"
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],
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": anything":[],
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": at all":[],
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": nonentity , nothing":[],
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": the ten year period from 2000 through 2009":[
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"By the middle of the aughts , \u2026 the percentage of 26-year-olds living with their parents reached 20 percent, nearly double what it was in 1970.",
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"\u2014 Don Peck"
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],
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": zero , cipher":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"for dates, the year is automatically listed as a pair of aughts , so the user has to scroll down to the correct figure",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Align Technology\u2019s Invisalign shook up the orthodontics market in the early aughts by using a series of clear plastic aligners to shift patients\u2019 teeth. \u2014 Bailey Lipschultz, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2020",
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"Jackman stars as Frank Tassone, the much loved and highly efficient superintendent of an affluent Long Island school district, Roslyn, in the early aughts . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 15 Apr. 2020",
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"Much like its successor, The Hills, Laguna Beach represents a very specific moment in time and culture: the early aughts , aka the golden age of flip phones, fedoras, and far too many Juicy sweatsuits. \u2014 Christopher Rosa, Glamour , 20 May 2020",
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"Spanx has been providing the world with body-shaping undergarments since the early aughts and has since become a staple in women\u2019s closets the world over. \u2014 Melissa Lee, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2020",
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"The women of The Hills reflect on the pre-social media bliss of coming of age on the aughts MTV show. \u2014 Sophie Kemp, Vogue , 30 Dec. 2019",
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"Indulge that nostalgia by watching this now nearly ten-year-old movie, about a pair of hip kids in mid- to late- aughts New York City chasing their favorite band\u2014and their crushes on one another\u2014around town on one crazy night. \u2014 Richard Lawson, HWD , 24 May 2018",
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"McCormick traces the trend to her days as a Bookings Editor at the now-defunct (and once Cond\u00e9 Nast-owned) Lucky magazine, in the early aughts . \u2014 Leah Bourne, Glamour , 10 Apr. 2018",
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"This wasn\u2019t uncommon for theaters in the early aughts , but after a decade of living in the 21st century, movie studios began transitioning to digital. \u2014 Morgan Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Pronoun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English \u0101wiht , from \u0101 ever + wiht creature, thing \u2014 more at aye , wight":"Pronoun and Adverb",
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"alteration (resulting from false division of a naught ) of naught":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u022ft",
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"\u02c8\u00e4t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cipher",
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"goose egg",
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"naught",
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"nought",
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"nil",
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"nothing",
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"o",
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"oh",
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"zero",
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"zilch",
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"zip"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070416",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"pronoun"
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]
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},
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"augment":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abate",
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"decrease",
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"de-escalate",
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"diminish",
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"downsize",
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"dwindle",
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"lessen",
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"lower",
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"minify",
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"reduce",
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"subtract (from)"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a vowel prefixed or a lengthening of the initial vowel to mark past time especially in Greek and Sanskrit verbs":[],
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": supplement":[
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"She took a second job to augment her income."
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],
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": to add an augment to (a verb form) (see augment entry 2 )":[],
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": to become augmented":[],
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": to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense":[
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"The impact of the report was augmented by its timing."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"\u2026 a former member of Brunet's team, Jean-Renaud Boisserie of Berkeley, is in the Middle Awash seeking to augment the animal fossil record\u2014particularly that of hippopotamuses. \u2014 Rex Dalton , Nature , 5 Jan. 2006",
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"These reserve units will soon be augmented by full-time Maritime Safety and Security Teams. The first of these teams was formed on July 3; a dozen more are supposed to be created within the next three years. \u2014 David Helvarg , Popular Science , September 2002",
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"The sale of its shares in such companies has helped augment its cash reserves from $1.7 billion to $2 billion. Call it a rainy-day fund\u2014something that other dot-coms never had. But the move also suggests that even Yahoo has lost faith in the once boundless promise of Internet companies. \u2014 Brad Stone , Newsweek , 19 Mar. 2001",
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"The money augmented his fortune.",
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"Heavy rains augmented the water supply.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The literacy grants range from $500 to $1,000 and will help augment or expand literacy projects that were judged to be creative, engaging, and would increase student achievement. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
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"Preliminary planning is under way at the Pentagon and the State Department for possibly dozens of special forces troops who could augment security at the embassy, or could stand by to deploy if needed. \u2014 Gordon Lubold, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
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"The 175th Wing has a dual mission \u2013 to augment active duty forces and assist state authorites during civil and natural disaster emergencies, according to Air National Guard\u2019s website. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
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"The following day, Newland announced nearly $10 million to augment or start six irrigation projects across Indian Country, including a $3.74 million project on the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington. \u2014 Chris Aadland, oregonlive , 11 May 2022",
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"And the automotive market continues to evolve with more sophisticated automation, such as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), which can augment or even replace the driver's involvement. \u2014 Ana Pinczuk, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Key investors and beneficial advisory committees, as examples, can be reached out to to augment the leadership tools and skills necessary to navigate volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) times. \u2014 Arthi Rabikrisson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"The Ritz brothers then planned to come to Baltimore and establish a color lab to augment their Philadelphia operation. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 23 May 2022",
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"Zoom has been looking for ways to augment its growth. \u2014 Denny Jacob, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Panic and duress buttons can be added to augment intrusion detection along with sirens and strobe lights. \u2014 Scott Thomas, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
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"Some systems replace your pedaling while some augment your pedaling. \u2014 Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022",
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"And so to make sure that it was grounded, and always working with production design and what was there practically in order to augment and otherwise help tell the story. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 10 June 2022",
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"Implementing automation to take on these menial tasks and complement or augment employee projects is beneficial for leaders and employees alike. \u2014 Nancy Xiao, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"Graphics power can also be important to creative professionals who are editing multimedia projects, using programs that benefit from GPU acceleration to augment CPU power. \u2014 Tom Brant, PCMAG , 7 June 2022",
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"Yeast is expected to help augment special teams and provide the Rams with depth at safety along with fellow draftee Quentin Lake. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Chambers is set to augment existing work at the Department of Justice, which last year created a special task force to investigate misuse in coronavirus funds. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"In all the tasks, the vast majority of study participants chose an augment versus a removal strategy to solve the problems presented to them. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1671, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French augmenter , from Late Latin augmentare , from Latin augmentum increase, from aug\u0113re to increase \u2014 more at eke":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u022fg-\u02ccment",
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"\u022fg-\u02c8ment"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for augment Verb increase , enlarge , augment , multiply mean to make or become greater. increase used intransitively implies progressive growth in size, amount, or intensity his waistline increased with age ; used transitively it may imply simple not necessarily progressive addition. increased her landholdings enlarge implies expansion or extension that makes greater in size or capacity. enlarged the kitchen augment implies addition to what is already well grown or well developed. the inheritance augmented his fortune multiply implies increase in number by natural generation or by indefinite repetition of a process. with each attempt the problems multiplied",
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"synonyms":[
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"accelerate",
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"add (to)",
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"aggrandize",
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"amplify",
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"boost",
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"build up",
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"compound",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"extend",
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"hype",
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"increase",
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"multiply",
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"pump up",
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"raise",
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"stoke",
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"supersize",
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"swell",
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"up"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174913",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"augmentation":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abatement",
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"decline",
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"decrease",
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"decrement",
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"depletion",
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"diminishment",
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"diminution",
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"drop-off",
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"fall",
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"falloff",
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"lessening",
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"loss",
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"lowering",
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"reduction",
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"shrinkage",
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"step-down"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": something that augments : addition":[],
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": the act or process of augmenting something":[],
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": the state of being augmented":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"augmentations to the benefits package over the years have resulted in a total of 12 paid holidays for employees",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"What to expect: Juvederm Ultra XC was FDA-approved for lip augmentation in October 2015 and Volbella in June 2016. \u2014 Micaela English, Town & Country , 14 June 2022",
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"The minivan soon turns away from the city center; along the streets leading up to the hospital, there are numerous cosmetic clinics, their window displays advertising breast augmentation , liposuction, rhinoplasty, Botox, and fillers. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
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"In a 2017 commentary on neurotechnology, the Columbia University neurobiologist Rafael Yuste and 24 colleagues identified four main areas of concern: augmentation ; bias; privacy and consent; and agency and identity. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
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"That butt augmentation and liposuction surgery are more accessible and less costly than ever makes recovery homes a thriving cottage industry among these women. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
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"Previously one of the more prohibitive factors for widespread penetration of hearing augmentation devices, the financial cost associated with purchasing them is becoming lower with each passing year. \u2014 Brian Crannell, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"Over the past two years, Awnuh, 19, has undergone a variety of cosmetic procedures: cheek filler, lip filler, breast augmentation and rhinoplasty. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Nguyen had gone to Kim at Colorado Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery for a breast augmentation on Aug. 1, 2019. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"Grand Cherokee 4xe prices are generally higher than comparable SUVs without electric augmentation . \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 19 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u022fg-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n, -\u02ccmen-",
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"\u02cc\u022fg-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"-\u02ccmen-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"accretion",
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"accrual",
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"addendum",
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"addition",
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"boost",
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"expansion",
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"gain",
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"increase",
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"increment",
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"more",
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"plus",
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"proliferation",
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"raise",
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"rise",
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"step-up",
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"supplement",
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"uptick"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060807",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"augmented matrix":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a matrix whose elements are the coefficients of a set of simultaneous linear equations with the constant terms of the equations entered in an added column":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110900",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"augmented pedal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the pedal division in an organ in which borrowing and unification are used":[]
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112220",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"augmented reality":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Separately, the 2022 Tribeca Festival, which runs June 8-19, will include a lineup of virtual reality, augmented reality , mixed reality and participatory experiences from artists around the world. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 6 June 2022",
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"The system could power the mixed reality headset \u2014 a wearable device that's said to be capable of both virtual and augmented reality \u2014 which Apple has been rumored to be working on for years. \u2014 Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN , 5 June 2022",
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"Meta is investing roughly $10 billion annually in developing virtual reality, augmented reality , and metaverse technology that remain years away from profitability\u2014a luxury that\u2019s hard for Wall Street to stomach. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
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"But Disney could be in a prime position to benefit from innovations that bring the internet to life through apps, virtual reality, augmented reality and NFTs. \u2014 Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Our metaverse, called the SpaceVerse\u2122, uses virtual reality, augmented reality , artificial intelligence, reasoning, and simulation. \u2014 Ron Schmelzer, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"The metaverse is envisioned by tech and gaming companies as an immersive version of the internet, where everyone will be able to interact, play games or complete tasks as a digital avatar, usually while wearing virtual or augmented reality goggles. \u2014 Akayla Gardner, Bloomberg.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
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"Previously, Meta\u2014formerly Facebook\u2014appeared to be the standard-bearer, with its Oculus virtual reality platform and augmented reality development work targeting its billions of Facebook and Instagram users. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"The number of devices that are being built for virtual reality, augmented reality , mixed reality is not a small number by any metric. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Sep. 2021"
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"1992, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122614",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"augur":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bode",
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"forebode",
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"forbode",
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"promise"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an official diviner of ancient Rome":[],
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": one held to foretell events by omens":[],
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": to foretell especially from omens":[],
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": to give promise of : presage":[
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"This bad news augurs disaster for all of us."
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],
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": to predict the future especially from omens":[]
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},
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"ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds",
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"The decision doesn't augur well.",
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"the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"These all augur in favor of aggressive actions to flatten the curve of infections. \u2014 WSJ , 30 Jan. 2022",
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"ByteDance\u2019s growth in emerging markets could be an augur of what\u2019s to come. \u2014 Chris Stokel-walker, Wired , 22 Nov. 2021",
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"The mission of the Dylanologist is to serve as codebreaker, or some augur of the divine. \u2014 John Semley, The New Republic , 26 May 2021",
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"Phuket\u2019s largest mosque is in Bang Tao, and this year the first day of Ramadan coincided with the beginning of the Thai New Year festivities, an auspicious augur after a year of economic hardship. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Some worry these changes augur an increasingly isolationist future in China that may persist even as the pandemic eases. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
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"But should these anecdotal reports augur a flood of similar data, Paxlovid might offer a surprisingly straightforward fix to one of the pandemic\u2019s biggest puzzles. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
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"The mega-deal is expected to take effect in April, and may augur changes behind the scenes. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to counter inflation, and the bond-market yield curve is close to inverting, which can sometimes augur recession. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"The ongoing vaccination programs and gradual opening up of economies has resulted in an increase in procedures volume in 2021, and this should augur well for Intuitive Surgical\u2019s top line growth, when compared to the prior year quarter. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
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"While not every trend identified here might seem to augur a bright future, there are good reasons for optimism. \u2014 Aparna Dhinakaran, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"Because the festival\u2019s inaugural edition, in September 2015, didn\u2019t fully augur what was later to come. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"If the foldable mirror operates as planned, the mission could augur a new way to launch giant telescopes too big to fit on rockets. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Dec. 2021"
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"Noun",
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"ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds",
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"Verb",
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"The decision doesn't augur well.",
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"the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"These all augur in favor of aggressive actions to flatten the curve of infections. \u2014 WSJ , 30 Jan. 2022",
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"ByteDance\u2019s growth in emerging markets could be an augur of what\u2019s to come. \u2014 Chris Stokel-walker, Wired , 22 Nov. 2021",
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"The mission of the Dylanologist is to serve as codebreaker, or some augur of the divine. \u2014 John Semley, The New Republic , 26 May 2021",
|
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"Phuket\u2019s largest mosque is in Bang Tao, and this year the first day of Ramadan coincided with the beginning of the Thai New Year festivities, an auspicious augur after a year of economic hardship. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Some worry these changes augur an increasingly isolationist future in China that may persist even as the pandemic eases. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
|
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"But should these anecdotal reports augur a flood of similar data, Paxlovid might offer a surprisingly straightforward fix to one of the pandemic\u2019s biggest puzzles. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
|
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"The mega-deal is expected to take effect in April, and may augur changes behind the scenes. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to counter inflation, and the bond-market yield curve is close to inverting, which can sometimes augur recession. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The ongoing vaccination programs and gradual opening up of economies has resulted in an increase in procedures volume in 2021, and this should augur well for Intuitive Surgical\u2019s top line growth, when compared to the prior year quarter. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
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"While not every trend identified here might seem to augur a bright future, there are good reasons for optimism. \u2014 Aparna Dhinakaran, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"Because the festival\u2019s inaugural edition, in September 2015, didn\u2019t fully augur what was later to come. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"If the foldable mirror operates as planned, the mission could augur a new way to launch giant telescopes too big to fit on rockets. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Dec. 2021"
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"\" \u2026 the best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.\"",
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"\u2014 George Eliot"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a yearbook augury that of all the graduates, he would be the most likely to succeed",
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"some people believe that a broken mirror is an augury of seven years' bad luck",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"As with all augury , there's room for interpretation. \u2014 Matthew Askari, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
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"During the past 14 years of drought, the Colorado River Delta has been a living augury of the Colorado River and the ever-expanding swell of Southwesterners who depend on it. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 23 Dec. 2014",
|
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"As of Sunday, 55,000 of those ballots came from districts that Adams won \u2014 a far higher share than went to any other candidate, and a good augury for the current leader. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 29 June 2021",
|
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"Tesla\u2019s trillion-plus valuation amounts to an augury by investors that EVs will turn out to be a bonanza for Tesla and Tesla alone. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Further, their closure should not necessarily be read as an augury of continuing franchise attrition. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 10 Mar. 2021",
|
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"June served as an augury for the city, with the 21st hottest average June temperature on record. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 2 Sep. 2020",
|
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"There are three strands to the 2020 augury this offers. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Dec. 2019",
|
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"This speculative novel depicts a society in which citizens live and die by the auguries of predictive algorithms developed by a mega-corporation called Beetle. \u2014 Evan Osnos, The New Yorker , 6 Jan. 2020"
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|
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|
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"Adjective",
|
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"We visited their august mansion and expansive grounds.",
|
|
"The family claims an august lineage.",
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"We are taking our vacation in August .",
|
|
"The last two Augusts have been very dry.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Rossi's background includes the hagiographic Page One: Inside The New York Times and the documentary's executive producers include CNN's Brian Stelter, its talking heads coming largely from the more august and austere hubs of the legacy media. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"In person, Barnett has rock-star charisma that belies her august pedigree and sets her apart from her besuited peers. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 13 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"At the moment, the Oscars reflect the Academy, but the Academy reflects nothing but its august name; plausible deniability and the shunning of responsibility are built into the current system. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 15 Jan. 2020",
|
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"For its presiding officer, Chief Justice John Roberts, the trial ought to be imagined as an earnest weighing up of truth and lies by a most august assembly. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 30 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Tut-tutting about how the president and his minions have turned an august judicial process into an over-the-top spectacle is not going to get them anywhere, especially with their otherwise reliable media allies. \u2014 Matthew Walther, TheWeek , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The metropolitan elitism that looks down from the august heights of Ivy League self-esteem on the centrality of athletic programs to so many colleges is quite entrenched. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Most were faculty, august scholars and artists, but W, a singer with a staff job, was also part of the circle. \u2014 Longreads , 2 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Well, that\u2019s thanks to the august ladies who helm the San Francisco Cotillion Club Committee \u2014 and everyone minds their social p\u2019s and q\u2019s when these former debutantes are on the dais. \u2014 Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com , 31 Dec. 2019"
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|
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"Rossi's background includes the hagiographic Page One: Inside The New York Times and the documentary's executive producers include CNN's Brian Stelter, its talking heads coming largely from the more august and austere hubs of the legacy media. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2020",
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"In person, Barnett has rock-star charisma that belies her august pedigree and sets her apart from her besuited peers. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 13 Apr. 2020",
|
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"At the moment, the Oscars reflect the Academy, but the Academy reflects nothing but its august name; plausible deniability and the shunning of responsibility are built into the current system. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 15 Jan. 2020",
|
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"For its presiding officer, Chief Justice John Roberts, the trial ought to be imagined as an earnest weighing up of truth and lies by a most august assembly. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 30 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Tut-tutting about how the president and his minions have turned an august judicial process into an over-the-top spectacle is not going to get them anywhere, especially with their otherwise reliable media allies. \u2014 Matthew Walther, TheWeek , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
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"The metropolitan elitism that looks down from the august heights of Ivy League self-esteem on the centrality of athletic programs to so many colleges is quite entrenched. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Most were faculty, august scholars and artists, but W, a singer with a staff job, was also part of the circle. \u2014 Longreads , 2 Jan. 2020",
|
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"Well, that\u2019s thanks to the august ladies who helm the San Francisco Cotillion Club Committee \u2014 and everyone minds their social p\u2019s and q\u2019s when these former debutantes are on the dais. \u2014 Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com , 31 Dec. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Hunger, 27, had been working for several years with assistive technology \u2014 in particular, alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) devices \u2014 to help nonverbal children acquire vocabulary and communicate without speaking. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2021",
|
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"Here\u2019s a link to an article signposting Autistic AAC writers ( augmentative and alternative communication devices) and here\u2019s a link to a blog explaining why some Autistic people find Autism Awareness Month triggering and traumatic. \u2014 Nancy Doyle, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021",
|
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"Approval for augmentative communication devices has resumed. \u2014 State Of Denial, ProPublica , 6 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"The film\u2019s trailer portrays Music as a nonverbal teenager who uses augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). \u2014 Alaina Leary, refinery29.com , 23 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Then, in October 2017, Ka turned in paperwork to get Kyra approved for an augmentative communication device, a tablet that allows people with autism, cerebral palsy and other conditions that make communication difficult to express themselves. \u2014 State Of Denial, ProPublica , 6 Nov. 2020",
|
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"For children with autism spectrum disorder with nonverbal communication or who have complex communication needs, consider using a tool, called an augmentative and alternative communication device, to supplement their speech. \u2014 J. Ganz, The Conversation , 8 Aug. 2019",
|
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"In this chapter, late in the book, Newman gallops through all the continuing experiments that use technology to lift and unleash the autistic (including my own effort to build augmentative technologies). \u2014 Ron Suskind, New York Times , 16 Aug. 2017"
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"definitions":{
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": made greater, larger, or more complete":[
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"augmented capabilities",
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"\u2026 creating a smart city is a matter of scale and augmented connectivity.",
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"\u2014 Roger K. Lewis"
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],
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"\u2014 see also augmented reality":[
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"augmented capabilities",
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"\u2026 creating a smart city is a matter of scale and augmented connectivity.",
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"\u2014 Roger K. Lewis"
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],
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": made one half step greater than major or perfect":[
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"an augmented fifth"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u022fg-\u02c8men-t\u0259d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see augment entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213133"
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},
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"augmentee":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of the U.S. military (such as a military reservist or a member of the Navy or Air Force) who is assigned to special duty in a military unit (such as an Army battalion) in order to fill a shortage or to provide particular skills":[
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"Shortly after the September 11th attacks, hundreds of these augmentees were mobilized for up to a year and rapidly assimilated into their designated active units.",
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"\u2014 Sean Herron , Twice the Citizen , 2004",
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"Michelle and Tony reached a similar breaking point after the sailor returned from the desert after a tour as an individual augmentee , the Navy's term for sailors sent to serve with ground troops.",
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"\u2014 Timothy J. Gibbons, Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) , 10 Oct. 2011"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u022fg-\u02ccmen-\u02c8t\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"augment entry 1 + -ee entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231111"
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},
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"auger in":{
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to crash catastrophically":[
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"Kinch went into a tumble during his record flight and came out of it at low altitude, as Yeager had done. That was just twenty days before Mel Apt augered in .",
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"\u2014 Tom Wolfe , The Right Stuff , 1979",
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"The plane flipped upside down and augered in , killing him.",
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"\u2014 Dan McKinnon , Rescue Pilot , 2002"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably derivative of auger entry 1 (if originally from the notion that a propeller aircraft flying straight into the ground would excavate a hole as if it were an auger)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235858"
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},
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"auger shell":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8\u022fg\u0259(r)-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002701"
|
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},
|
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"Auger shower":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an extensive air shower":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02c8)\u014d\u00a6zh\u0101-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"after P. V. Auger":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012947"
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},
|
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"Augrabies Falls":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"waterfall 480 feet (146 meters) tall in the Orange River in Northern Cape province, Republic of South Africa":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u022f-\u02c8gr\u00e4-b\u0113z"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030257"
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},
|
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"auger stem":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a long round bar of iron to which the bit and the rope socket or jars may be attached for oil-well drilling":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8\u022fg\u0259(r)-"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053147"
|
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},
|
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"Auger effect":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a process in which an atom that has been ionized through the emission of an electron with energy in the X-ray range undergoes a transition in which a second electron is emitted rather than an X-ray photon":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02cc)\u014d-\u02c8zh\u0101-"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Pierre V. Auger \u20201993 French physicist":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1928, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060913"
|
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},
|
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"Aughrim":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"town in eastern Galway (county), Ireland":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-gr\u0259m"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080330"
|
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},
|
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"auger":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various tools or devices with a helical shaft or part that are used for boring holes (as in wood, soil, or ice) or moving loose material (such as snow)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u022f-g\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The safety lock on its trigger is also a great perk, preventing users from accidentally activating the auger . \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Unlike the Traeger, which is large and relies on an elaborate system that uses an auger to move wood pellets from a side hopper into a burning chamber, mine is small and only takes a few minutes to set up. \u2014 Alex Heard, Outside Online , 20 May 2020",
|
|
"Slow masticating machines have a methodical auger (sort of like a large, sharp corkscrew) that is best suited to working its way through leafy greens, but will take on fibrous stalks and soft and juicy fruit as well. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Some people also swear by coating the auger and the chute with a nonstick spray. \u2014 Kris Frieswick, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"People were running a massive ship auger drill bit, lengthwise, into a gigantic pressure-\u200btreated beam without a shadow of hesitancy or stalling\u2014incredibly impressive. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Adjust any cables and check the auger at this time, as well. \u2014 Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"If the clog remains after plunging and cleaning the trap, then buy or rent a drain-cleaning tool called a hand auger (plumber's snake). \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Masticating juicers: Also known as cold press juicers, masticating juicers slowly press carrots, using an auger to grind down produce, resulting in a high yield of juice. \u2014 Ana Sanchez, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, alteration (resulting from false division of a nauger ) of nauger , from Old English nafog\u0101r ; akin to Old High German nabug\u0113r auger, Old English nafu nave, g\u0101r spear \u2014 more at nave , gore":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135052"
|
|
},
|
|
"augenphilologie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": linguistics that misrepresents the realities of speech because of overemphasis on writing":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-f\u0259\u0307\u02ccl\u014dl-",
|
|
"\u02c8au\u0307g\u0259n\u02ccf\u0113l\u0259l\u014d\u02c8g\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German, literally, philology of the eyes, from augen (plural of auge eye) + philologie philology":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235950"
|
|
}
|
|
} |