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{
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"auxiliary":{
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"antonyms":[
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"chief",
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"main",
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"principal"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a Roman Catholic titular bishop assisting a diocesan bishop and not having the right of succession":[],
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": a sailing boat or ship equipped with a supplementary inboard engine":[],
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": accompanying another verb and typically expressing person, number, mood , or tense":[
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"In \"I will go,\" the word \"will\" is an auxiliary verb."
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],
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": an auxiliary verb":[],
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": constituting a reserve":[
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"an auxiliary power plant",
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"an auxiliary police force"
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],
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": equipped with sails and a supplementary inboard engine":[
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"an auxiliary sloop"
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],
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": functioning in a subsidiary capacity":[
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"an auxiliary branch of the state university"
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],
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": offering or providing help":[],
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": supplementary":[
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"a telescope with its auxiliary apparatus"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"Travelers have also been griping about a lack of air-conditioning while planes are on the tarmac\u2014even after delays stretch for hours. Airlines blame the problem on a breakdown of a plane's auxiliary power unit. \u2014 Darren Everson , Wall Street Journal , 8 Aug. 2007",
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"However, on March 1, 1896, Italian forces underwent a stunning defeat at Adwa, where they fought against the warriors of the Abyssinian emperor, Menelik. Some five thousand Italian troops and two thousand native auxiliary troops had been killed or captured, and the colony had been lost. \u2014 Mirella Tenderini et al. , The Duke of the Abruzzi , 1997",
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"The rotund 6'1\", 235-pound object of their affections hasn't played a day of major league baseball, he dresses in the auxiliary locker room, and he isn't even listed on Boston's 40-man roster. But after a resplendent summer last year at Triple A Pawtucket and a winter of panegyrics from a giddy Boston press, first baseman Maurice Samuel (Mo) Vaughn, 23, has arrived as a \"real\" rookie who everyone in Red Sox-land hopes is the real thing. \u2014 Nicholas Dawidoff , Sports Illustrated , 1 Apr. 1991",
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"a sailboat with an auxiliary engine",
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"the auditorium has an auxiliary cooling system used only on particularly sweltering days",
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"Noun",
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"In 1944 Forrestal also began a program of sending black enlisted men to serve in a limited number of fleet auxiliaries . These were still not warships, but they were seagoing vessels and closer to the fighting Navy than the small harbor-defense craft and harbor auxiliaries that had initially been open to black crews. \u2014 The Golden Thirteen , 1993",
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"Roman cavalry was poorly developed; they relied on wings, called alae, of horsemen supplied by their auxiliaries . The favorite Roman battle formation was of a triple line of cohorts with alae sweeping the flanks. \u2014 Kenneth P. Czech , MHQ : The Quarterly Journal of Military History , Autumn 1992",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Two years ago, his legislation to loosen zoning regulations for auxiliary dwelling units in parts of the county drew sharp rebuke from some owners of single-family homes. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 June 2021",
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"Hydrogen fuel cells are also candidates for replacing fossil fuel-burning auxiliary power units on aircraft. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Calio was appointed chief operating officer, a new position that will oversee Pratt & Whitney\u2019s businesses that include commercial and military engines, airborne auxiliary power units and turbojet propulsion systems. \u2014 Stephen Singer, courant.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
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"On Saturday, Newsom issued another proclamation allowing the emergency use of auxiliary ship engines to relieve pressure on the electric grid. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 July 2021",
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"On Saturday, Newsom issued another proclamation allowing the emergency use of auxiliary ship engines to relieve pressure on the electric grid. \u2014 CBS News , 11 July 2021",
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"The order allows ships berthed at California ports to use auxiliary engines rather than shore power to relieve pressure on the electricity system. \u2014 NBC News , 10 July 2021",
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"If your car has a 3.5mm jack, there would be an auxiliary cable for audio, too. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"So what does an auxiliary police officer actually do",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Games will be played at six gyms in Shelbyville \u2014 Collins High School main, Collins High School auxiliary , Marnel Moorman School, West Middle School, Shelby Christian Church and First Baptist Church. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 16 June 2022",
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"The Assisteens are an auxiliary of the Assistance League, and are open to teens in grades 9-12 who attend school in Carlsbad, Del Mar, Solana Beach and Encinitas. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
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"Scotland Yard only began employing a rudimentary fingerprint system in 1894, and only as an auxiliary to anthropometrics, which identified criminals by physical characteristics like skull width and foot length. \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 20 May 2022",
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"The march to Kyiv on the western bank of the Dnipro River began and ended in Chernobyl for the 31st and 36th Combined Arms Armies of the Russian military, which traveled with an auxiliary of special forces and ethnic Chechen combatants. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Past presidents of the auxiliary from 1996 to 2021 include Dixie Bales, Vikki Ramey, Alicia Sullivan, Marge Stogdill, Karen Gallagher, Angela Gothard, Helen Parsons, Debbie Knight, Vera Bayliss, Carol Sanford, Nita Rodriguez and Joyce Cerimele. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"In such instances, whistle-blowers can occasionally function as an unofficial auxiliary , doing things that government investigators do not have the resources\u2014or the legal authority\u2014to do. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
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"Monetary donations are also welcome and cards will be purchased by the auxiliary in your name. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Nov. 2021",
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"Butler\u2019s time in the Marines coincided with its transformation from a Navy auxiliary to having its own identity and purpose as a colonial infantry. \u2014 Patrick Iber, The New Republic , 11 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin auxiliaris , from auxilium help; akin to Latin aug\u0113re to increase \u2014 more at eke":"Adjective",
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"derivative of auxiliary entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u022fg-\u02c8zi-ly\u0259-r\u0113",
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"-\u02c8zil-(\u0259-)r\u0113",
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"\u022fg-\u02c8zil-y\u0259-r\u0113",
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"-\u02c8zi-l\u0259-r\u0113",
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"-\u02c8zil-r\u0113",
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"-\u02c8zi-l\u0259-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"accessorial",
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"accessory",
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"appurtenant",
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"peripheral",
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"supplemental",
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"supplementary"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165341",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"auxiliary verb":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a verb (such as have , be , may , do , shall , will , can , or must ) that is used with another verb to show the verb's tense, to form a question, etc.":[]
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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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110425",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"auxiliary tone":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": neighbor note":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{
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"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143226"
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},
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"auxilium":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an aid or tribute \u2014 compare aid sense 4":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u022fg\u02c8zil\u0113\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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"Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181722"
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},
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"auxiliary target":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a point of known location used as an adjusting point for subsequent fire on other targets":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203836"
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},
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"auximone":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of certain substances considered necessary, though only in small quantities, for the vigorous growth of plants and occurring especially in sphagnum peat decomposed by nitrogen bacteria \u2014 compare vitamin":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u022fks\u0259\u02ccm\u014dn"
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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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"Greek auxim os promoting growth + -one (as in hormone)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215029"
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},
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"auxiliary switch":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an electrical switch actuated by a main device (such as a circuit breaker) for signaling or interlocking":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044844"
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}
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} |