dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/cod_MW.json
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{
"Cody":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"William Frederick 1846\u20131917 Buffalo Bill American scout and showman":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u014d-d\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183350",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"cod smack":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": codman":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"cod entry 3 + smack (vessel)":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211540",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coddle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point":[
"coddled the eggs for the Caesar salad"
],
": to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness : pamper":[
"accused the court of coddling criminals",
"colleges that coddle their athletes"
]
},
"examples":[
"The judges were accused of coddling criminals.",
"a hearty, traditional breakfast that included coddled eggs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Written in decisive prose, Scheier does not coddle herself or her mother. \u2014 Mary Cadden, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
"With substantial support under the arch and the midsole\u2019s rockered roll, these shoes coddle the feet, requiring little from them for stability or propulsion. \u2014 Adam Chase, Outside Online , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Its top leadership moved away from that mission during President Donald Trump\u2019s time in office, instead choosing to coddle financial companies and give in to their complaints of too much governance. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The health consequences for the GOP in continuing to coddle the unvaccinated minority of Americans are bracing at a time when nearly 1,000 Americans are still dying from Covid each day. \u2014 Maeve Reston, CNN , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Modifying the way that history is taught so as to coddle white feelings, absolve guilt, and mitigate shame continues a worldwide practice of prioritizing and centering whiteness. \u2014 Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Now, however, colleges and universities merely seek to coddle students\u2019 emotions, treating young people of voting age as children. \u2014 Charles Hilu, National Review , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The former toddler-in-chief is throwing another temper tantrum, and his party is all too eager to coddle him. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The front seats coddle occupants with La-Z-Boy snugness and are adjustable to all physical statures. \u2014 Michael Harley, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps altered from caudle \"to administer a caudle to,\" verbal derivative of caudle":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00e4-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boil",
"parboil",
"poach",
"simmer",
"stew"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213145",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"code":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a system of principles or rules":[
"moral code"
],
": a system of signals or symbols for communication":[],
": a system of symbols (such as letters or numbers) used to represent assigned and often secret meanings":[],
": coded language : a word or phrase chosen in place of another word or phrase in order to communicate an attitude or meaning without stating it explicitly":[
"The strategy also appealed to blue-collar workers in the Northeast and Northwest who were opposed to \"forced bussing.\" This was expressed in code as favoring \"law and order\" and opposing \"crime in the streets.\"",
"\u2014 Elizabeth Drew",
"\u2014 usually used with for I hear the word \"development\" a lot in public speech; politicians and activists use it as code for a lot of things\u2014jobs, health care, a change in leadership. \u2014 Sallie Tisdale This quarter-century of Republican momentum was reversed finally by Bill Clinton, who called himself a \"New Democrat,\" code for \"not a liberal.\" \u2014 Joshua Muravchik"
],
": genetic code":[],
": instructions for a computer (as within a piece of software)":[
"writing code for a new app"
],
": to create or edit computer code":[
"She got a job coding for Google."
],
": to put in or into the form or symbols of a code":[],
": to specify the genetic code":[
"a gene that codes for a protein"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Everyone in the organization has to follow its code of ethics.",
"The army has a strict code of conduct.",
"The enemy was unable to break the army's secret code .",
"The message was sent in code .",
"Every item in the store has a product code .",
"Enter your security code to access the computer.",
"Each employee is given a code number .",
"He was hired to write programming code .",
"Verb",
"The general sent a coded message.",
"Each product has been coded .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To protect APIs requires rich context\u2014APIs are not just straight code . \u2014 Roey Eliyahu, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Like all retail websites, H&M\u2019s contains placeholder text in its code to accompany data about a particular product that\u2019s usually fetched from a database. \u2014 Amanda Shendruk, Quartz , 29 June 2022",
"Her health code was not green, but yellow -- a status that meant she was not cleared to travel within the city under local rules that rely on the codes, now ubiquitous in China, to control who can move where. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"Coinbase\u2019s pitch was simple: a QR code that bounced around the screen like a DVD screen saver. \u2014 Francesca Fontana, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"There is no promo code required as long as players click on any of the links on this page. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"There is no cheat code for greatness, but Apple TV\u2019s Greatness Code feature digestibly short episodes centered around some of the world\u2019s best athletes telling untold stories of moments that defined their careers. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
"This is the code the Heat now must crack, the one that includes Marcus Smart and Al Horford. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
"This is her code for taking the vomit-inducing trip to some unknown galaxy. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"His goal was to acquire a dilapidated property, bring it up to code and hang on to it as an investment. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"The cause of the fire is still under investigation, and it is not yet confirmed whether or not the building was up to code . \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 20 May 2022",
"Another great option for little ones, CodeMonkey is an online community that helps kid with no prior experience learn how to code . \u2014 Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
"Beyond its influence on internet culture, the platform shaped today\u2019s generation of engineers: many former teen girl Tumblr users credit the community with inspiring them to learn to code . \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The first group comprises of people who are looking for a specific course on a specific topic, such as learning to code or marketing their business or becoming a better public speaker. \u2014 Mila Smart Semeshkina, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Learning to code has many benefits that can help kids out later in life, too. \u2014 Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
"Designed for ages 8 and up, Artie Max teaches kids how to code in C++, Blockly, JavaScript, Python and Snap! \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"Discouraged by the lack of stability as a freelance musician, Butler began learning to code before nationwide lockdowns. \u2014 Makeda Easter, Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1815, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin caudex, codex trunk of a tree, document formed originally from wooden tablets":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u014dd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"canon",
"constitution",
"decalogue",
"law"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115538",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"codger":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an often mildly eccentric and usually elderly fellow":[
"old codger"
]
},
"examples":[
"Her father is a feisty old codger .",
"just an old codger who never harmed anyone",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Coen\u2019s adaptation, Hunter also plays the Old Man outside Macbeth\u2019s castle, which suggests that the witches have shape-shifted into an old codger . \u2014 Henry Alford, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Beyond the visual shock of St. Helen\u2019s outburst and resultant devastation, my most vivid memory is that of an 83-year-old codger named Harry R. Truman. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 May 2020",
"But even this codger of a galaxy knows how to get glitzy for the holidays. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2019",
"Related Stories Crabby but sensible old codger Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) has amassed a fortune from his career as a prolific writer of mysteries. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 26 Nov. 2019",
"Sinatra, a rather touchy and somewhat bigoted codger in these pages, earned as much as $100,000 a week for his residency at Caesars Palace. \u2014 The Economist , 11 July 2019",
"The devilish old codger and said father, Jack (Christopher Plummer), recently ousted from his nursing home for incorrigible weed-dealing. \u2014 Shana Feste, New York Times , 21 June 2018",
"Jack gets back in touch with various smiling old codgers from his youth (Christopher Lloyd and Peter Fonda). \u2014 Justin Chang, latimes.com , 21 June 2018",
"Yet the old codgers of tech\u2014or any industry\u2014that are able to rejigger themselves and get moving again are the more impressive heroes, turning the clich\u00e9d aircraft carrier. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 15 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1738, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably alteration of cadger":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00e4-j\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"character",
"crack",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"flake",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"kook",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"zany"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175520",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"codicil":{
"antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"preface",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"definitions":{
": a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will":[],
": appendix , supplement":[]
},
"examples":[
"a codicil to the treaty was necessary to clarify certain provisos that had proved to be ambiguous",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The codicil \u2014 which is to be found in the same reality that gave rise to the concept of a casual restaurant \u2014 is not to disturb other diners. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Nov. 2021",
"In 1990 Donald secretly enlisted a lawyer to draft a codicil to the will of his father, Fred Sr. \u2014 Anne Diebel, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"In 1990 Donald secretly enlisted a lawyer to draft a codicil to the will of his father, Fred Sr. \u2014 Anne Diebel, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"In 1990 Donald secretly enlisted a lawyer to draft a codicil to the will of his father, Fred Sr. \u2014 Anne Diebel, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"In 1990 Donald secretly enlisted a lawyer to draft a codicil to the will of his father, Fred Sr. \u2014 Anne Diebel, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"In 1990 Donald secretly enlisted a lawyer to draft a codicil to the will of his father, Fred Sr. \u2014 Anne Diebel, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"In 1990 Donald secretly enlisted a lawyer to draft a codicil to the will of his father, Fred Sr. \u2014 Anne Diebel, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"But there was a secret codicil : Kennedy agreed to withdraw Jupiter missiles from Turkey that could reach Moscow as quickly as Soviet missiles in Cuba could reach Washington. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English codicill , from Anglo-French *codicille , from Latin codicillus , diminutive of codic-, codex":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00e4-d\u0259-s\u0259l, -\u02ccsil",
"-\u02ccsil",
"\u02c8k\u00e4-d\u0259-s\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"addendum",
"afterword",
"appendix",
"excursus",
"supplement"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022528",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"codify":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": classify":[
"Customer complaints are codified as dissatisfaction feedback."
],
": systematize":[
"Standardization refers to the process by which a language has been codified in some way.",
"\u2014 Ronald Wardhaugh"
],
": to reduce to a code":[
"The convention codified the rules of war."
]
},
"examples":[
"The convention codified the rules of war.",
"The author tries to codify important ideas about language.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rainey lived through the first major post-War backlash against Black civil rights, witnessed the birth of organized white violence, and understood the role that legislation must play to codify equity and help heal the nation of its racist roots. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"The bill the House approved Wednesday would raise the age to purchase some rifles from 18 to 21, limit magazine sizes, codify regulations banning bump stocks and ghost guns, and provide standards for safe gun storage. \u2014 Michael Macagnone, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
"Still, though a majority of Americans support Roe, Senate Democrats do not have the votes to codify it in legislation. \u2014 NBC News , 8 May 2022",
"In October, public safety commissioner James Rovella established the unit on his own, but a bill, passed 32-1 by the state Senate Wednesday, would codify it into law and essentially block future commissioners from dismantling it, officials said. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health endorsed California\u2019s new isolation recommendations and will codify them in its latest local mandatory health order. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Dec. 2021",
"House efforts to prevent the sale of ghost gun kits would legally codify an existing regulation by the Biden Administration. \u2014 Abby Vesoulis, Time , 3 June 2022",
"The clearinghouse already exists; the bill would codify it into law. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
"The bill would codify restrictions on Russian oil that Biden has already put in place through executive action. \u2014 CBS News , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"code entry 1 + -ify":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00e4-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
"\u02c8k\u00e4-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b, \u02c8k\u014d-",
"\u02c8k\u014d-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"assort",
"break down",
"categorize",
"class",
"classify",
"compartment",
"compartmentalize",
"digest",
"distinguish",
"distribute",
"grade",
"group",
"peg",
"place",
"range",
"rank",
"relegate",
"separate",
"sort",
"type"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231817",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"codriver":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a driver who rides with and provides assistance to another driver (as during a road rally )":[
"This was the very car British driver Stirling Moss took for a spin in the 1955 Mille Miglia. With his codriver consulting a long list of the race's every turn, Moss saw all of central Italy between dawn and dusk. Out of the corner of his eye, Moss followed his codriver's hand signals, enabling him to take tight corners in a blinding blur.",
"\u2014 Bruce Watson"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cck\u014d-\u02c8dr\u012b-v\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130305",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb, transitive + intransitive"
]
},
"codswallop":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": words or ideas that are foolish or untrue : nonsense":[
"The notion that Scott was waylaid by bad luck is \"a lot of codswallop ,\" said Roland Huntford, a British historian.",
"\u2014 Kenneth Chang",
"\"Some say he died. Codswallop , in my opinion \u2026\"",
"\u2014 J. K. Rowling",
"\u2026 I muttered, \"Yes, that's right,\" knowing all the while that it was a load of codswallop .",
"\u2014 Steven Pinker"
]
},
"examples":[
"That is a load of codswallop .",
"a trendy London restaurant serving bizarre concoctions that anyone with a brain and a stomach would dismiss as codswallop",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Great story, total codswallop , says Skaife, who has pored through the archives and found zip. \u2014 William Booth, The Seattle Times , 26 Oct. 2018",
"And don\u2019t forget codswallop , a word that sounds Shakespearean but was coined in 1959. \u2014 Stephen Miller, WSJ , 29 May 2018",
"Mnuchin tried to double-talk this codswallop past SPW. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 19 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00e4dz-",
"\u02c8k\u022fdz-\u02ccw\u00e4-l\u0259p"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233112",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"codworm":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": caddisworm":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"cod entry 1 ; from the case or tube in which it lives":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092941",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"codefendant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a defendant in the same lawsuit or criminal prosecution as another defendant or group of defendants : a joint defendant":[
"\u2026 the defendant argued that it was plain error for the trial court to have permitted the prosecution to treat his co-defendant as hostile \u2026",
"\u2014 State v. Saenz"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cck\u014d-di-\u02c8fen-d\u0259nt, -\u02ccdant",
"in legal circles often -\u02ccdant",
"\u02cck\u014d-di-\u02c8fen-d\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In another case, an Alabama physician and a codefendant are accused of signing off on fraudulent prescriptions and medical bills for patients across three different medical clinics. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 5 May 2022",
"His closest family members all left Michigan following his downfall, including his father and codefendant Bernard Kilpatrick; his mother, the former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, his three sons and his now ex-wife, Carlita Kilpatrick. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Croft and his codefendant Daniel Harris are also accused of twice trying to blow up balloons filled with BBs in a stove, but failing both times. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Robertson was charged in the days following the deadly Capitol breach with his one-time codefendant and fellow officer, Jacob Fracker, who later pleaded guilty to multiple charges and testified against Robertson during his trial. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In October 2020, codefendant David Correia, a former golf professional, pleaded guilty in connection with the same fraud. \u2014 Larry Neumeister, sun-sentinel.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Wagner, his codefendant in the case, will appear in court for sentencing in February. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The codefendant testified against Jones, who was convicted and sentenced to death. \u2014 Dakin Andone, CNN , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Though Hernandez is not a cop, his codefendant , D\u2019Angelo McWilliams, is a Washtenaw County Sheriff\u2019s deputy. \u2014 Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press , 9 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1641, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151307"
},
"code duello":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the rules of etiquette governing duels":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"code + duello ; after such terms as Code Napol\u00e9on":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161044"
},
"codependent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":{
": participating in or exhibiting codependency":[
"codependent behavior",
"a codependent relationship",
"The concept of \"codependency\" originally arose in describing the dynamics in relationships affected by addictions. The codependent individual was analogous to the \"enabler\" who takes responsibility for, minimizes the effects of, and overlooks the repercussions of the behavior of people who are in active addiction.",
"\u2014 Gina M. Sala"
],
": mutually dependent":[
"Dancing and hip hop are codependent : We can't have one without the other.",
"\u2014 Todd James",
"\u2026 the world's stock markets are interconnected and co-dependent . When one market quakes, others can tremble.",
"\u2014 Gregg Ip"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cck\u014d-di-\u02c8pen-d\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By then the seeds of a mature, non- codependent relationship were sprouting. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Through it all, the US and China remain economically codependent . \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Strangely codependent rivals, each is obsessed with his place in history; each is uneasily aware they will be tethered together in posterity; each is willing to sell out the other in a nanosecond. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Sep. 2019",
"In both situations, the men hold the power. Binge drinking and drug use are also widespread among the employees, and long hours working in close quarters lead to unhealthy, codependent relationships. \u2014 Elisabeth Sherman, Glamour , 15 July 2019",
"Appalachia, which has been ground into codependent poverty by the coal industry over the course of a century, has been declining, in coal output and employment, for decades. \u2014 David Roberts, Vox , 9 July 2019",
"Louise is able to mend the dress for her, which sparks the beginning of their dangerously codependent friendship. \u2014 Hannah Orenstein, Vox , 12 Sep. 2018",
"But if attention is the junk, the media is the junkie's codependent junkie girlfriend. \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News , 4 July 2017",
"In Mike Nichols\u2019s triumphant adaptation of the vicious Edward Albee play, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor \u2014 known for their turbulent romance offscreen \u2014 star as Albee\u2019s unforgettable, bitter and utterly codependent couple. \u2014 Joshua Barone, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172320"
},
"code flag":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the flags patterned for maximum visibility that are used to exchange messages between ships at sea, the distinctive pattern of each flag symbolizing a particular letter, word, or phrase":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185644"
},
"code pennant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an answering pennant used in the International Signal Code when hoisted under the ensign to denote a signal taken from the International Code":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Every three consecutive nucleotides in this chain can constitute what\u2019s called a codon . \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"One way that viruses adapt is by encoding proteins using the same choice of codons as their host. \u2014 David Cyranoski, Scientific American , 23 Jan. 2020",
"One way is using genetic data to look at codons \u2014triplets of DNA or RNA letters that are the instructions for making proteins. \u2014 Megan Molteni, Wired , 23 Jan. 2020",
"Wei\u2019s team compared the codons favoured by 2019-nCoV with those preferred by potential hosts including hedgehogs, pangolins, bats, chickens, humans and snakes. \u2014 David Cyranoski, Scientific American , 23 Jan. 2020",
"Wei\u2019s team compared the codons preferred by 2019-nCoV to those preferred by a handful of potential hosts: humans, bats, chickens, hedgehogs, pangolins, and two species of snakes. \u2014 Megan Molteni, Wired , 23 Jan. 2020",
"The same general argument could apply to whether three is the best number of letters for constituting a codon . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Jan. 2018",
"Researchers studying the genetic code have gradually determined that its codon -amino acid assignments are decidedly not random. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Jan. 2018",
"In modern strains, it has been reduced to an imperfect, nonfunctional copy called a pseudogene, thanks to a stop codon in the middle of its sequence. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 26 Sep. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are codpiece jokes, torture jokes, Spanish Inquisition jokes that add nothing to the genre that Monty Python founded in 1971 and Donald Trump jokes. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
"Aside from everyone staying a safe length away from Gene Simmons' tongue and codpiece , there was no social distancing. \u2014 Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune , 24 Feb. 2021",
"There are undeniably moments, many of them wordless: a floundering Ferrell in a snow-white onesie with a homemade codpiece ; a hamster-wheel stage stunt gone horrendously wrong. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 24 June 2020",
"Fashions change, and the current speed demons\u2014cars such as the Pontiac SSEi\u2014wear their prowess like a codpiece . \u2014 Martin Padgett Jr., Car and Driver , 15 June 2020",
"In 1941, a conservator discovered that some details had been changed; most provocatively, some men\u2019s genitals, which Bruegel portrayed in prominent pouches called codpieces , had been painted over. \u2014 Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2020",
"Long before there were jockstraps, codpieces scandalized the world in both art and life. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 13 Dec. 2019",
"At some point in the artwork\u2019s past, a vandal scratched or scribbled lines on five of its most prominent codpieces . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 13 Dec. 2019",
"The 9th annual San Jose fair drew more than 3,000 fans of corsets and codpieces over the weekend. \u2014 Karen D'souza, The Mercury News , 4 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And don\u2019t turn your nose up at a spoonful of good old-fashioned cod-liver oil , either. \u2014 Kathleen Squires, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Similar products followed, but most people used homemade recipes with affordable ingredients such as canned milk and Karo syrup, and supplemented babies\u2019 diets with orange juice and cod-liver oil to prevent scurvy and rickets. \u2014 Alice Callahan, Smithsonian , 25 Oct. 2019",
"The scientists gave patients scheduled for knee-replacement surgery either 1,000 milligrams of cod-liver oil or placebo. \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 1 July 2018",
"Many doctors perceive the use of cod-liver oil for joint pain as an old wives' tale. \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 1 July 2018"
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"\u2014 Jerome M. O'Connor",
"To help spur the development of Mods further forward, Motorola \u2026 will continue to design Mods itself, but it'll also co-design Mods with partners \u2026",
"\u2014 Kyle Wiggers"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With estimates for the number of costumes required to bring Dune to the screen in the hundreds, West enlisted Morgan to codesign . \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Leveraging the global resources, connections and experience of SecondMuse, Black Tech Street is finding creative ways to codesign programs and court strategic partnerships with national and local resources in Tulsa. \u2014 CNN , 21 May 2021",
"Take Miuccia Prada, who, in that always-ready-to-upend-the-world way of hers, invited Raf Simons earlier this year to codesign Prada with her, from the spring 2021 collection onward. \u2014 Alex Harrington, Vogue , 28 Oct. 2020",
"The breadth and creativity of the nurses\u2019 innovations illustrates the importance of empowering workers to codesign workplace health and safety processes. \u2014 Rachel Korberg, Fortune , 18 Aug. 2020",
"The three lens modules, including a 4K action cam and a 5K wide-angle camera codesigned by Leica, snap onto the red battery plate. \u2014 Julian Chokkattu, Wired , 21 Apr. 2020",
"Kate Middleton, too, knows her way around some flora: the Duchess of Cambridge is codesigning a garden for the 2019 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. \u2014 Vogue , 9 Apr. 2019",
"In 2002, Prince Charles codesigned a garden dedicated to the late queen mother. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 11 Feb. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
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"To permit satellite communication through such a compact antenna, an electronic device called a voice coder-decoder\u2014or codec \u2014translates speech into a digital signal.",
"\u2014 Discover"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When used as a stereo pair, an audio signal is transmitted between the two speakers using the high-resolution LC3 Plus audio codec . \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The earbuds don\u2019t support Qualcomm\u2019s apt-X HD codec but for me the AAC and LDAC produce great-sounding audio. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
"That said, these earbuds sounded pretty good even on the basic SBC codec . \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 5 Sep. 2021",
"Apple will use a new codec , Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC), for its catalog of more than 75 million songs. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 18 May 2021",
"The latter is an issue for all earbuds, including Samsung\u2019s new Galaxy Buds Pro which boast a proprietary scaleable codec that\u2019s supposed to reduce cut outs. \u2014 Janhoi Mcgregor, Forbes , 8 May 2021",
"This omission means that the Mode II will fall back to the standard SBC audio codec when used with Apple iPhones or iPads. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Further, Apple TV is getting support for the VP9 video codec , meaning Apple TV 4K owners will finally be able to watch 4K YouTube videos in that device's YouTube app. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 30 June 2020",
"And, most irritatingly, Apple refuses to support Google\u2019s VP9 video codec , so there is literally no way to watch YouTube in 4K on the iPad Pro. \u2014 Nilay Patel, The Verge , 5 Nov. 2018"
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"A couple of years ago I inherited a job codirecting a program that integrates children's books into pediatric practice.",
"\u2014 Perri Klass",
"Carlos and Christie Vela not only co-star but co-direct , working in tandem onstage and off.",
"\u2014 Lindsey Wilson"
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"-d\u012b-",
"\u02cck\u014d-d\u0259-\u02c8rekt"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a Sundance record, of the festival's 118 feature-length titles, 44% were directed or codirected by women, with 34% directed or co-directed by a person of color. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 5 Feb. 2020",
"Last year 40% -- 45 movies -- were directed or codirected by a woman. \u2014 Toyin Owoseje, CNN , 23 Jan. 2020",
"But her promotion wasn\u2019t that surprising: Lee wrote and codirected 2013\u2019s Frozen, which was the highest-grossing animated film of all time until this year\u2019s The Lion King surpassed it. \u2014 Doree Shafrir, Marie Claire , 18 Nov. 2019",
"The actress codirected two short films, including The Arm, a project that won her a special jury prize at Sundance in 2012. \u2014 Glamour , 28 Mar. 2019",
"The documentary, which Burns codirected with filmmaker Li-Shin Yu, debuts nationally at 8 p.m. Tuesday on PBS stations. \u2014 Jeff Gammage, Philly.com , 25 May 2018",
"Captain Marvel, which comes out in 2019, is being codirected by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Glamour , 13 July 2018",
"In fact, the whole Kline crew including Owen and Greta appeared in The Anniversary Party, cowritten and codirected by Leigh. \u2014 Maria Carter, Country Living , 22 Nov. 2017",
"Millepied codirected the project alongside Aaron Duffy and Bob Partington, working with celebrated cinematographer Darius Khondji to bring the world of fashion to the silver screen. \u2014 Vogue , 2 Feb. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Naturalists, chemists, and botanists started to understand the codependency of trees and humanity. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Mar. 2022",
"After a decade of codependency , flatmates Laura (Holliday Grainger) and Tyler (Alia Shawkat) grow apart when the former starts dating a pianist (Fra Fee). \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 12 Feb. 2022",
"But codependency is not a clinical diagnosis, and has been defined in many different ways. \u2014 Sara Kuburic, USA TODAY , 9 Feb. 2022",
"One of the key programs is Codependents Anonymous (CoDA), but any -anon group addresses codependency (e.g., Al-Anon, Nar-Anon, Adult Children of Alcoholics). \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2021",
"Maybe if one of them was even slightly toxic or manipulative or had an attachment disorder, this intense codependency thing would feel a lot more compelling. \u2014 Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Someone really needs to chat with her about her codependency on her 13-year-old babysitter. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Chloroplasts were, millions of years ago, free-living bacteria that were ultimately engulfed by bigger cells; in exchange for room and board, the microbes pumped out energy for their hosts, forging what became a permanent codependency . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 Sep. 2021",
"People with poor boundaries usually have a high level of neediness (or in psych terms, codependency ) and tend to struggle with the thought of rejection or being disliked. \u2014 Stina Sanders, refinery29.com , 21 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Before long, the two embark on a furtive relationship based on support, guidance, control and codependence . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
"In the new season, Tuca and Bertie struggle with the extent to which their codependence prevents them from forming other emotional attachments. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Now in its second year since the border was closed to nonessential travels, people have adapted to new realities amid a growing debate about what looms ahead for a region whose codependence and uniformity is now in question. \u2014 Dallas News , 12 Apr. 2021",
"The novels feel separated at birth; both are stories of enslavement, codependence , control of the future, and women whose will to sustain life is perverted by men. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2021",
"And then for me, my codependence was my dad left me and my mom at a young age. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 24 Jan. 2021",
"As the bubbles converge, their codependence is a fragile balance maintained through faith. \u2014 Danny Chau, The Atlantic , 30 July 2020",
"Too much of her performance in this series, about two women whose codependence is built on various murders of husbands and boyfriends, current or former, is impossible. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral , 4 May 2020",
"For those of us who tend to anthropomorphize our cars, Hey Mercedes might lead to a whole new level of automotive codependence . \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 23 Mar. 2020"
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"The code word \u201cconflict\u201d has been used for what some people are calling a war.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"O\u2019Neil said there\u2019s a code word known to the students and staff that gets said over PA systems during the drill. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"One customer had a vicious dog that had a code word to call off attacks. \u2014 cleveland , 11 June 2022",
"The name refers to the Soviet military code word , Cargo-200, used for flying corpses back from Afghanistan in the 1980s. \u2014 Morgan Meaker, Wired , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Pundits are attempting to cast the fundamental value as a \u2018far-right\u2019 code word , reinventing the notion of liberty itself. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022",
"For instance, a multifactor authentication process might require a person to enter their social security number and follow up with a code word texted to their phone. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Here, flexibility is a code word for cost-shifting. \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 5 May 2021",
"After following the rider\u2019s pickup instructions, the CareDriver begins the multifactor verification by providing the rider with their first/last name and the secret code word . \u2014 Matt Williams, Fortune , 4 May 2021",
"In 1984, Louis Beam, a Texas leader of the Ku Klux Klan, created the Aryan Nation Liberty Net, an online message board open only to people who had a code word . \u2014 Marc Fisher, Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2021"
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