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7693 lines
352 KiB
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"Des Prez":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Josquin \u2014 see josquin des prez":[]
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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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115300",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Descartes":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Ren\u00e9 1596\u20131650 Latin Renatus Cartesius French mathematician and philosopher":[]
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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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"d\u0101-\u02c8k\u00e4rt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193827",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Descartes's rule of signs":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a rule of algebra: in an algebraic equation with real coefficients, F( x ) = 0, arranged according to powers of x , the number of positive roots cannot exceed the number of variations in the signs of the coefficients of the various powers and the difference between the number of positive roots and the number of variations in the signs of the coefficients is even":[]
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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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"after Ren\u00e9 Descartes \u20201650 French philosopher and mathematician":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)d\u0101\u00a6k\u00e4rts-",
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"-k\u0227ts-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013409",
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"type":[]
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},
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"Descartian":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": cartesian":[]
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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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"R. Descartes + English -ian":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)d\u0101\u00a6k\u00e4rt\u0113\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140612",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"Deseret":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"proposed state of the U.S. south of the 42nd parallel and west of the Rockies that was organized in 1849 by a convention of Mormons but was refused recognition by the U.S. Congress":[]
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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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"\u02ccde-z\u0259-\u02c8ret"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205857",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"desacralize":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bless",
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"consecrate",
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"hallow",
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"sacralize",
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"sanctify"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to divest of sacred qualities or status":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"deplores how contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Aguilar thinks the basilica should be desacralized and turned into a museum. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 26 Oct. 2019",
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"Rumor and street culture\u2014jokes, postcards, sayings, bawdy plays performed in saloons\u2014changed the image of the czar and the czarina, desacralized them, before and during the war. \u2014 Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian , 29 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1911, 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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"-\u02c8sa-",
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"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8s\u0101-kr\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"deconsecrate",
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"desanctify"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230341",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"desanctify":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bless",
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"consecrate",
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"hallow",
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"sacralize",
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"sanctify"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": desacralize":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"desanctified the church building and converted it into condos",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Someone may have removed these features in an attempt to desanctify the religious icon, according to a government statement. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 June 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1956, 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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"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8sa\u014b(k)-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"deconsecrate",
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"desacralize"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011101",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"desc":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"descendant":[]
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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":"20220706-120116",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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]
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},
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"descale":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to remove a coating, layer, or incrustation from : to free from scale (see scale entry 3 sense 3 )":[
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"To descale the kettle, fill it with equal parts water and vinegar and let it soak for an hour before making sure it's been properly rinsed out.",
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"\u2014 Sarra Gray"
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],
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": to remove scales (see scale entry 3 sense 1a ) from":[
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"You can, of course, ask the fishmonger to gut and descale the fish for you.",
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"\u2014 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1875, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"de- + scale entry 3":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8sk\u0101l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073023",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"descamisado":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a violent revolutionist":[],
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": an Argentine worker especially when poor and underprivileged":[],
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": an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution of 1820\u201323":[]
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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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"Spanish, from descamisado poor, from des- dis- (from Latin dis- ) + camisa shirt + -ado -ate (from Latin -atus )":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccde\u02ccskam\u0259\u02c8s\u00e4(\u02cc)d\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041417",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"descant":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a melody or counterpoint sung above the plainsong of the tenor":[],
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": a superimposed counterpoint to a simple melody sung typically by some or all of the sopranos":[],
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": comment , discourse":[],
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": discourse or comment on a theme":[],
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": soprano , treble":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare",
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"the soprano descanted above the melody line",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Hynde storyline, which includes her messing around with songs on an acoustic guitar, runs as a kind of descant against the personal and professional noise of the Pistols. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
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"This is a dark and defensive descant to a more substantial and necessary conversation about whiteness in America. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 3 July 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English dyscant , from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French descaunt , from Medieval Latin discantus , from Latin dis- + cantus song \u2014 more at chant":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"di-\u02c8skant",
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"\u02c8de-\u02ccskant",
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"de-\u02c8skant",
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"\u02c8des-\u02cckant"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"declaim",
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"discourse",
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"expatiate",
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"harangue",
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"lecture",
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"orate",
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"speak",
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"talk"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004110",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"descant recorder":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": soprano recorder":[]
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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":"20220706-200332",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"descant viol":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": pardessus de viole":[],
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": treble viol":[]
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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":"20220707-050431",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"descanter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a singer who performs descants":[]
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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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"de-\u02c8skan-",
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"di-\u02c8skan-",
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"\u02c8de-\u02ccskan-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213124",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"descantist":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a singer proficient at performing high descants":[]
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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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"\u02c8de-\u02ccskan-tist",
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"de-\u02c8skan-",
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"di-\u02c8skan-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025647",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"descend":{
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"antonyms":[
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"arise",
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"ascend",
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"climb",
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"mount",
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"rise",
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"uprise",
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"upsweep",
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"upturn"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to appear suddenly and often disconcertingly as if from above":[
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"reporters descended on the candidate"
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],
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": to conduct nerve impulses away from the brain":[
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"\u2026 lesions that interrupt the descending pathways from the cortex or brain stem produce weakness in voluntary movements \u2026",
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"\u2014 Claude Ghez and John Krakauer"
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],
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": to extend down along":[
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"a narrow scar descended her arm"
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],
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": to incline, lead, or extend downward":[
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"the road descends to the river"
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],
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": to lower oneself in status or dignity : stoop":[],
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": to originate or come from an ancestral stock or source : derive":[
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"descends from an old merchant family"
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],
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": to pass by inheritance":[
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"a desk that has descended in the family"
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],
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": to pass by transmission":[
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"songs descended from old ballads"
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],
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": to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one":[
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"descended from the platform"
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],
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": to pass from higher to lower musical notes":[
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"The harmony descends chromatically."
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],
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": to pass in discussion from what is logically prior or more comprehensive":[
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"descends from the general to the specific"
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],
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": to pass, move, or climb down or down along":[
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"descending the staircase"
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],
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": to proceed in a sequence or gradation from higher to lower or from more remote to nearer or more recent":[
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"Their scores were listed in descending order."
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],
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": to swoop or pounce down (as in a sudden attack)":[
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"a hawk descending upon its prey"
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],
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": to worsen and sink in condition or estimation":[
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"He descended into a deep depression.",
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"descended to poverty",
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"descend into chaos"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Wait for the elevator to descend .",
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"The workers descended into the hole.",
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"A herd of goats descended into the valley.",
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"The airplane will descend to a lower altitude soon.",
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"Descending the mountain was even more dangerous than climbing it.",
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"The children descended the staircase silently.",
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"The path descends to the river.",
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"The stairs descended into the tunnel.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In a role that could easily descend into overeager caricature, Brown makes for an outstanding Dede. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
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"The Inlet itself carries edges, of floe ice in the winter and steep bluffs that descend sharply from along Point Woronzof and toward Kincaid Park. \u2014 Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Mar. 2022",
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"Both established Eggers as a stylistic descendant of the Brothers Grimm, a crafter of macabre fables that descend into torrents of madness. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2022",
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"But Hidden Waters Preserve in Eustis has trails that descend into a sinkhole, following a cascading stream along the way. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Dec. 2021",
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"Just as plants do on land, photosynthetic algae known as phytoplankton absorb carbon dioxide and are in turn eaten by animals, which poop out carbon-rich pellets that descend to the seafloor. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"The skiing, up the road at Stowe Mountain Resort, offers options for all levels on the garlands of trails that descend through forests from Mount Mansfield, the highest peak in Vermont. \u2014 Rob Hodgetts, CNN , 21 Dec. 2021",
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"The dome can protect only against limited types of missiles, and the U.S. is pursuing separate plans to beef up defenses against Chinese ballistic missiles that descend from space. \u2014 Alastair Gale, WSJ , 9 Nov. 2021",
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"Just after its arrival at Neptune the orbiter would jettison a small lander that would descend into its atmosphere in 37 minutes. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3b":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French descendre , from Latin descendere , from de- + scandere to climb \u2014 more at scan":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"di-\u02c8send",
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"d\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"decline",
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"dip",
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"drop",
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"fall",
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"plunge",
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"sink"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094229",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"descend (on":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"to take sudden, violent action against the shock troops descended on the village without warning"
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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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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224424",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"descend (on ":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"to take sudden, violent action against the shock troops descended on the village without warning"
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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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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-104924",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"descend from":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to have (something or someone in the past) as an origin or source":[
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"Recent evidence supports the theory that birds descended from dinosaurs.",
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"The plants descend from a common ancestor.",
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"They claim to be descended from a noble British family."
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]
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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":"20220707-002340",
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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]
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},
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"descend/sink/stoop to someone's level":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"the descendant branches of a weeping willow",
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"One of the famous inventor's descendants is also an inventor.",
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"Many people in this area are descendants of German immigrants.",
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"Recent evidence supports the theory that birds are the modern descendants of dinosaurs.",
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"The Italian language is one of Latin's descendants .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Three descendant corgis \u2014 Holly, Monty and Willow \u2014 appeared alongside the queen and James Bond in a skit for the opening of the 2012 London Olympics. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
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"Recognizing the direct descendant relationship between the ancient painters and the present-day guides proves critical to appreciating the Hills\u2019 significance. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"Another two represent the National Trust and have supported the efforts to include the descendant community. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
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"Wayne led the first genetic studies proposing the ancestor- descendant relationship between the two species and more recently was one of the 30 co-authors of the latest study, published in PLOS Genetics, that debunked that notion. \u2014 Virginia Morell, Scientific American , 1 July 2015",
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"Ultimately, the archaeologists and descendant community hope to better protect the site from amateur collectors. \u2014 Matt Stirn, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Spanish Fort resident Lum Morrison, Bill Morrison\u2019s nephew and oldest living descendant , received the flag from his seat on the front row, nearest the coffin. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 6 Mar. 2022",
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"But repatriation also requires participation from descendant communities. \u2014 Megan Gannon, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Luyu Tully is a Miwok woman whose rootlessness in the 1850s is echoed by her descendant Laila, who flees her home, an abusive relationship and a waitressing job in Northern California 170 years later. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Mason, who plays a live-wire Little Richard, had the opportunity to return to his roots in Louisiana and the family legacy of being a descendant of Mahalia Jackson (who, as portrayed by Cle Morgan, also appears in Elvis). \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 26 June 2022",
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"Though Phillippe is not a descendant of Queen Victoria, the two do still share a family tree. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 23 May 2022",
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"Millsap is a descendant of teenage Mayflower passenger Mary Chilton, buried at nearby King\u2019s Chapel. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
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"His name was Thomas Welsby Clark, the son of wealthy sheep ranchers and a descendant of Scottish immigrants. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
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"His name was Thomas Welsby Clark, the son of wealthy sheep ranchers and a descendant of Scottish immigrants. \u2014 Oscar Schwartz, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
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"Moderna thinks the dominant strain this fall could be a familiar one: omicron, delta or a descendant of either of the two. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"Media reviews cemented the verdict for this son of an Episcopal priest and descendant of slaves. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"Historians, Native American leaders and a descendant of Capt. \u2014 Rick Green, courant.com , 17 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent evidence supports the theory that birds are the modern descendants of dinosaurs.",
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"The Italian language is one of Latin's descendants .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Three descendant corgis \u2014 Holly, Monty and Willow \u2014 appeared alongside the queen and James Bond in a skit for the opening of the 2012 London Olympics. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
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"Recognizing the direct descendant relationship between the ancient painters and the present-day guides proves critical to appreciating the Hills\u2019 significance. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"Another two represent the National Trust and have supported the efforts to include the descendant community. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
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"Wayne led the first genetic studies proposing the ancestor- descendant relationship between the two species and more recently was one of the 30 co-authors of the latest study, published in PLOS Genetics, that debunked that notion. \u2014 Virginia Morell, Scientific American , 1 July 2015",
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"Ultimately, the archaeologists and descendant community hope to better protect the site from amateur collectors. \u2014 Matt Stirn, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Spanish Fort resident Lum Morrison, Bill Morrison\u2019s nephew and oldest living descendant , received the flag from his seat on the front row, nearest the coffin. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 6 Mar. 2022",
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"But repatriation also requires participation from descendant communities. \u2014 Megan Gannon, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Luyu Tully is a Miwok woman whose rootlessness in the 1850s is echoed by her descendant Laila, who flees her home, an abusive relationship and a waitressing job in Northern California 170 years later. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Mason, who plays a live-wire Little Richard, had the opportunity to return to his roots in Louisiana and the family legacy of being a descendant of Mahalia Jackson (who, as portrayed by Cle Morgan, also appears in Elvis). \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 26 June 2022",
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"Though Phillippe is not a descendant of Queen Victoria, the two do still share a family tree. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 23 May 2022",
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"Millsap is a descendant of teenage Mayflower passenger Mary Chilton, buried at nearby King\u2019s Chapel. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
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"His name was Thomas Welsby Clark, the son of wealthy sheep ranchers and a descendant of Scottish immigrants. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
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"His name was Thomas Welsby Clark, the son of wealthy sheep ranchers and a descendant of Scottish immigrants. \u2014 Oscar Schwartz, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
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"Moderna thinks the dominant strain this fall could be a familiar one: omicron, delta or a descendant of either of the two. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"Media reviews cemented the verdict for this son of an Episcopal priest and descendant of slaves. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"Historians, Native American leaders and a descendant of Capt. \u2014 Rick Green, courant.com , 17 Nov. 2021"
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The landing of Chang'e 5's descender and ascender unit. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 2 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"The descender separated from the orbiter the next day. \u2014 Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner , 1 Dec. 2020",
|
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"The ascenders and descenders are consequently short; in her view that gives the font a clinical, businesslike air unsuited to fiction. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The pair improved readability of the Federal Highway Administration's standard alphabet by tweaking the relative heights of letters and the lengths of ascenders and descenders . \u2014 Wired Staff, WIRED , 1 Mar. 2005"
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"rise",
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"upsweep",
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": to conduct nerve impulses away from the brain":[
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"\u2026 lesions that interrupt the descending pathways from the cortex or brain stem produce weakness in voluntary movements \u2026",
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"\u2014 Claude Ghez and John Krakauer"
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],
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": to extend down along":[
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|
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": to incline, lead, or extend downward":[
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|
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": to originate or come from an ancestral stock or source : derive":[
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"descends from an old merchant family"
|
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|
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": to pass by inheritance":[
|
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"a desk that has descended in the family"
|
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],
|
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": to pass by transmission":[
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"songs descended from old ballads"
|
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],
|
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": to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one":[
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"descended from the platform"
|
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],
|
|
": to pass from higher to lower musical notes":[
|
|
"The harmony descends chromatically."
|
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],
|
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": to pass in discussion from what is logically prior or more comprehensive":[
|
|
"descends from the general to the specific"
|
|
],
|
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": to pass, move, or climb down or down along":[
|
|
"descending the staircase"
|
|
],
|
|
": to proceed in a sequence or gradation from higher to lower or from more remote to nearer or more recent":[
|
|
"Their scores were listed in descending order."
|
|
],
|
|
": to swoop or pounce down (as in a sudden attack)":[
|
|
"a hawk descending upon its prey"
|
|
],
|
|
": to worsen and sink in condition or estimation":[
|
|
"He descended into a deep depression.",
|
|
"descended to poverty",
|
|
"descend into chaos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Wait for the elevator to descend .",
|
|
"The workers descended into the hole.",
|
|
"A herd of goats descended into the valley.",
|
|
"The airplane will descend to a lower altitude soon.",
|
|
"Descending the mountain was even more dangerous than climbing it.",
|
|
"The children descended the staircase silently.",
|
|
"The path descends to the river.",
|
|
"The stairs descended into the tunnel.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"In a role that could easily descend into overeager caricature, Brown makes for an outstanding Dede. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
|
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"The Inlet itself carries edges, of floe ice in the winter and steep bluffs that descend sharply from along Point Woronzof and toward Kincaid Park. \u2014 Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Both established Eggers as a stylistic descendant of the Brothers Grimm, a crafter of macabre fables that descend into torrents of madness. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
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"But Hidden Waters Preserve in Eustis has trails that descend into a sinkhole, following a cascading stream along the way. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Just as plants do on land, photosynthetic algae known as phytoplankton absorb carbon dioxide and are in turn eaten by animals, which poop out carbon-rich pellets that descend to the seafloor. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
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"The skiing, up the road at Stowe Mountain Resort, offers options for all levels on the garlands of trails that descend through forests from Mount Mansfield, the highest peak in Vermont. \u2014 Rob Hodgetts, CNN , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The dome can protect only against limited types of missiles, and the U.S. is pursuing separate plans to beef up defenses against Chinese ballistic missiles that descend from space. \u2014 Alastair Gale, WSJ , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Just after its arrival at Neptune the orbiter would jettison a small lander that would descend into its atmosphere in 37 minutes. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021"
|
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|
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|
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|
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French descendre , from Latin descendere , from de- + scandere to climb \u2014 more at scan":""
|
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|
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"di-\u02c8send",
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"antonyms":[
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"rise",
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"rising",
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"soaring",
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"upswing",
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"upturn"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a downward step (as in station or value) : decline":[
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"the descent of the family into poverty"
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],
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": a sudden disconcerting appearance (as for a visit)":[
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"unprepared for the descent of her in-laws"
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],
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": a way (such as a downgrade or stairway) that descends or leads downward":[],
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": an inclination downward : slope":[
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"a nearly perpendicular descent"
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],
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": attack , invasion":[
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"descent of the locusts"
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],
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": derivation from an ancestor : birth , lineage":[
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"of French descent",
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"patrilineal descent"
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],
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": the act or process of descending from a higher to a lower level, rank, or state":[
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"begin our descent down the mountain"
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],
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": the fact or process of originating from an ancestral stock":[
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"the descent of modern humans and chimpanzees from a common ancestor"
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],
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": the lowest part":[
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"from the extremest upward of thy head to the descent and dust below thy foot",
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"\u2014 Shakespeare"
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],
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": the shaping or development in nature and character by transmission from a source : derivation":[
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"\u2026 could trace a faint but sure descent from Roman law.",
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"\u2014 R. W. Southern"
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],
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": transmission or devolution of an estate (see estate entry 1 sense 4b ) by inheritance usually in the descending line":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The book describes his descent into a deep depression after the death of his wife.",
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"her slow descent to a life of addiction",
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"The only path that goes down to the river is a rather steep descent , so be careful.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Toscano-Anderson, an Oakland native, became the first player of Mexican descent to win an NBA championship. \u2014 Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
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"At the heart of the protest is the controversial plan to move an iconic memorial dedicated to men and women of Mexican descent who gave their lives in service to their country. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
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"Selena Gomez and Melissa Villase\u00f1or teamed up for another hilarious sketch as two women of Mexican descent hosting a talk show about their neighborhood of Pico Rivera, called A Peek At Pico. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 16 May 2022",
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"Gomez is a California native from Los Angeles born to parents of Mexican descent in 2006. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
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"The markets continued their volatile descent this week, with three major stock indexes deepening losses for the year and the S&P 500 index closing out its worst week since March 2020. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
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"The markets continued their volatile descent this week, with three major stock indexes deepening losses for the year and the S&P 500 index closing out its worst week since March 2020. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
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"The markets continued their volatile descent this week, with three major stock indexes deepening losses for the year and the S&P 500 index closing out its worst week since March 2020. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
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"Then came Japan\u2019s brutal invasion and occupation of China, the deprivations of World War II, and the chaos of civil war and revolution\u2014and, with those upheavals, the family\u2019s exile from their garden paradise and their descent into poverty. \u2014 Diane Cole, WSJ , 17 June 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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"Middle English, from Anglo-French descente , from Anglo-French descendre \u2014 see descend":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"di-\u02c8sent"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"dip",
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"dive",
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"down",
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"drop",
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"fall",
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"nosedive",
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"plunge"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032301",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"describe":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to represent or give an account of in words":[
|
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"describe a picture",
|
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"The police asked her to describe the thief.",
|
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"There were so many things he wanted to describe \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 James Joyce"
|
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],
|
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": to represent by a figure, model, or picture : delineate":[
|
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"described in her paintings what she saw from her window"
|
|
],
|
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": distribute":[],
|
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": to trace or traverse the outline of":[
|
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"describe a circle"
|
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],
|
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": observe , perceive":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"di-\u02c8skr\u012bb"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"delineate",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"draw",
|
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"image",
|
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"limn",
|
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"paint",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"portray",
|
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"render",
|
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"set out",
|
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"sketch"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"The witness wasn't able to describe the robber.",
|
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"He described the house in perfect detail.",
|
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"The article describes how the experiment was done.",
|
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"She described watching dolphins play beside the ship.",
|
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"Please describe what happened next.",
|
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"Can you describe the lost dog to me",
|
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"She used a stick to describe a circle on the ground.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Two-thirds of Texans say the higher gas prices Texans are facing have been a financial difficulty, including three in 10 who describe it as a financial hardship. \u2014 Anthony Salvanto, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"People who have been regularly exposed to this type of music over the years have become familiar with those rules, even without being able to describe them in music theory terms. \u2014 Eva Amsen, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
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"Bowser has tried to describe herself as a mayor for Black Washington. \u2014 Omari Daniels, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
|
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"Becton, a first-round pick in 2020, said these were phrases people have used throughout his life to describe him. \u2014 Jeremiah Holloway, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Less than half \u2013 49% \u2013 used that label to describe themselves in the same poll last year. \u2014 Rachel Looker, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
|
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"The problem as many executives describe it: Current business is great, but the difficulties ahead are obvious. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Charging documents describe no violence, but that charge can also apply to other felony crimes. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
|
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"Peecyclers in Vermont describe a personal benefit from their work: A sense of gratification thinking about their own body\u2019s nutrients helping to heal, instead of hurt, the earth. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022"
|
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Latin describere , from de- + scribere to write \u2014 more at scribe":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171014"
|
|
},
|
|
"descript":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": described":[],
|
|
": inscribed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin descriptus , past participle of describere":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)d\u0113\u00a6s-",
|
|
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8skript"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134335",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descripta":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of descripta plural of descriptum"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123604",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"descriptio personae":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": matter merely descriptive of the persons of the parties and not essential to the validity of a legal document \u2014 compare designatio personae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin, description of the person":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8skripsh\u0113\u02cc\u014dp\u0259(r)\u02c8s\u014d(\u02cc)n\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082010",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"description":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a statement or account giving the characteristics of someone or something : a descriptive statement or account":[
|
|
"The review was little more than a description of the film's plot."
|
|
],
|
|
": kind or character especially as determined by salient (see salient entry 1 sense 3b ) features":[
|
|
"someone fitting the suspect's description",
|
|
"had toys of every description",
|
|
"opposed to any tax of so radical a description"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Reporters called the scene \u201ca disaster area,\u201d and I think that was an accurate description .",
|
|
"I applied for the position after reading the job description .",
|
|
"a writer with a gift of description",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Coded in much the same way as any software, organizations need to build APIs using consistent description language to ensure they are easily connected in a clear, transparent and secured way. \u2014 Bernadette Nixon, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Border Patrol agents later provided surveillance footage of a man matching Zamorano's description driving the truck through a Laredo Sector checkpoint. \u2014 Adam Shaw, Fox News , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Since then, the same description has been applied to the wars fought by the U.S. in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. \u2014 Donald Stoker, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Here\u2019s that vague description Apple provided on its iOS 16 preview page, which went up a few weeks ago: Fueling and driving task apps are available in CarPlay. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"And two, does the Secret Service\u2019s denial, at least anonymously so far, of Hutchinson\u2019s description of Trump lunging at the Secret Service and trying to take the steering wheel hurt Hutchinson\u2019s credibility",
|
|
"The problem was Independence police did find a gun under the driver\u2019s seat that matched the victim\u2019s description . \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Based on Tesla's description , Powerwall owners can sign up for the program using the battery management software. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"Mitchell Black offers a variety of other removable and permanent wallpaper patterns as well, but be sure to double-check the product description to determine which options are peel and stick. \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 27 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English descripcioun , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin description-, descriptio , from describere \u2014 see describe":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8skrip-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for description type , kind , sort , nature , description , character mean a number of individuals thought of as a group because of a common quality or qualities. type may suggest strong and clearly marked similarity throughout the items included so that each is typical of the group. one of three basic body types kind may suggest natural grouping. a zoo seemingly having animals of every kind sort often suggests some disparagement. the sort of newspaper dealing in sensational stories nature may imply inherent, essential resemblance rather than obvious or superficial likenesses. two problems of a similar nature description implies a group marked by agreement in all details belonging to a type as described or defined. not all acts of that description are actually illegal character implies a group marked by distinctive likenesses peculiar to the type. research on the subject so far has been of an elementary character",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"delineation",
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portraiture",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"vignette"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222754",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descriptionist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": descriptivist":[],
|
|
": one proficient in description":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-sh(\u0259)n\u0259\u0307st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183726",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descriptionless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being without description":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-sh\u0259nl\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084644",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descriptive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term":[
|
|
"hot in \"hot water\" is a descriptive adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
": factually grounded or informative rather than normative , prescriptive , or emotive":[
|
|
"descriptive cultural studies"
|
|
],
|
|
": nonrestrictive":[],
|
|
": of, relating to, or dealing with the structure of a language at a particular time usually with exclusion of historical and comparative data":[
|
|
"descriptive linguistics"
|
|
],
|
|
": presenting observations about the characteristics of someone or something : serving to describe":[
|
|
"a descriptive account"
|
|
],
|
|
": referring to, constituting, or grounded in matters of observation or experience":[
|
|
"the descriptive basis of science"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She gave a descriptive account of the journey.",
|
|
"a talent for descriptive writing",
|
|
"a poem full of descriptive detail",
|
|
"The black cat was given the descriptive name \u201cMidnight.\u201d",
|
|
"The book is a descriptive grammar.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Revealing excerpts of that prose \u2014 from her fiction, as well as diary and notebook entries, all written in a tersely descriptive style that marks it as the work of the same hand \u2014 are read with cool authority by Gwendoline Christie. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Both groups are an anomaly to folks like me who often put shows into a neat, descriptive box. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"The descriptive trail guides have photos and reviews. \u2014 Rachel Walker, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"The companies also noted that a descriptive analysis based on 10 symptomatic COVID-19 cases identified in the trial suggests that the three doses are 80 percent effective against an omicron infection. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"To be more descriptive , the flavor combines terpene, hemp seeds, strawberry and cayenne pepper (but notably not THC or CBD additives). \u2014 Alicia Kelso, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Throughout, the lyrics are more direct and descriptive , less humor-dependent than in the past. \u2014 Karen Schoemer, SPIN , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"Support for a diversity-improvement program was lower in the experiential condition, with an average score of 71.07, compared with 74.5 in the descriptive condition. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"My purpose in mentioning them is just to be descriptive as each relates to happiness, optimism, and prospects for future success, without regard to whether any of them are right or wrong. \u2014 Chuck Bolotin, Forbes , 26 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"see describe":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8skrip-tiv"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213626",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descry":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": discovery or view from afar":[],
|
|
": find out , discover":[],
|
|
": to catch sight of":[
|
|
"I descried a sail",
|
|
"\u2014 Jonathan Swift"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make known : reveal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure",
|
|
"could just descry the ship coming over the horizon"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
|
|
"1604, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"derivative of descry entry 1":"Noun",
|
|
"in sense 1 Middle English descrien, descriven, descreven \"to catch sight of, discover, discern,\" apparently developed from descriven (rarely descrien ) \"to describe, recount, characterize,\" borrowed from Anglo-French descrire, descriver, descrier \"to describe, give an account of,\" going back to Latin d\u0113scr\u012bbere \"to represent by drawing, describe \"; in sense 2 Middle English descrien \"to announce, make known, reveal, betray,\" perhaps borrowed from Middle French descrier \"to cry, make known,\" from des- de- + crier \"to cry entry 1 \"":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8skr\u012b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on ",
|
|
"hunt (down ",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rout (out)",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"scout (up)",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044522",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deseasonalize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to adjust (something, such as an industry) to continuous rather than seasonal operation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"de- + seasonal + -ize":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"d\u0113\u02c8-",
|
|
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8s\u0113z(\u1d4a)n\u0259\u02ccl\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112338",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desecrate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to treat disrespectfully, irreverently, or outrageously":[
|
|
"\u2026 the kind of shore development \u2026 that has desecrated so many waterfronts \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 John Fischer"
|
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],
|
|
": to violate the sanctity of : profane":[
|
|
"desecrate a shrine",
|
|
"a cemetery desecrated by vandals"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The vandals were accused of desecrating graves.",
|
|
"vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Opponents say the quarry would desecrate the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band\u2019s most sacred site and wildlife habitat. \u2014 Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"To think that 80 years later, Russian forces would strike the area of the Babyn Yar memorial site and desecrate the memories of the Jews who were murdered there, is sickening. \u2014 Liora Rez, CNN , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"The most meaningful divide in American politics is no longer between left and right but between those who uphold democracy and those who desecrate it. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
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"The golem became destructive, either rising upon his creator, killing others, continuing to grow uncontrollably or simply setting out to desecrate the Sabbath, and the rabbi was forced to destroy it. \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 21 Dec. 2021",
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"The plan to keep the site a secret is based on concerns about relic hunters and others who might desecrate a war grave, officials said. \u2014 al , 23 Aug. 2021",
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"Native activists said the plan would contaminate the peaks and desecrate the land held sacred by so many Indigenous peoples and upset the balance of life. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
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"Joe Biden is the first president to desecrate not only the tenets of Friedman\u2019s economic ideas, but the anti-democratic implications of his entire philosophy. \u2014 Zachary D. Carter, The New Republic , 17 June 2021",
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"Former Marine Corps reservist Yonathan Melaku is sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempting to desecrate graves at the cemetery. \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 16 June 2021"
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"1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"de- + -secrate (as in consecrate )":""
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"\u02c8de-si-\u02cckr\u0101t"
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],
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"defile",
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"profane",
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"violate"
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],
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"adoration",
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"glorification",
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"worship"
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],
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": an act or instance of desecrating : the state of being desecrated":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To some of us, any blending of the American flag and the Confederate flag borders on desecration . \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"One observer described the attack with gusto, decrying a surprise attack on families and the subsequent desecration of their bodies. \u2014 Peter C. Mancall, Time , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
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"An Ottawa law enforcement spokeswoman said Monday that the police had begun several criminal investigations following the desecration of monuments and other threatening behavior during the weekend protests in Canada\u2019s capital. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
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"These actions, according to the Estonian parliament, have consisted of murders, enforced disappearances, deportations, imprisonment, torture, rape, and the desecration of corpses. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
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"And various outbursts of violence are staged awkwardly, with no real sense of danger \u2014 the eventual desecration of what little order existed in the junk shop plays almost like comedy. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Police described the recent throwing of fireworks from inside the mosque, at least one of which caused a small fire in a carpet, as an act of desecration . \u2014 Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman And Hadas Gold, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Johns Creek, Georgia, agreed in 2021 to allocate $100,000 to the Macedonia African Methodist Church Cemetery and enforce a law to prevent desecration and vandalism of local cemeteries, said the town\u2019s mayor, John Bradberry. \u2014 Char Adams, NBC News , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Diana was charged under Article 341, the desecration of structures and damage to property, punishable by up to three years in prison. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1717, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"\u02ccde-si-\u02c8kr\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blasphemy",
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"defilement",
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"impiety",
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"irreverence",
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"profanation",
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"sacrilege"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200114",
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"type":[
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]
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},
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"definitions":{
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": to remove the seed from":[]
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"de- + seed (noun)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125406",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
|
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"desegmentation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": coalescence of distinct segments : loss of segmentation":[]
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"de- + segmentation":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u00a6)d\u0113+"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053442",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"desegregate":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to become desegregated":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"efforts to desegregate the town's buses",
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"Eventually the city's schools desegregated .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Five years later, an appellate court ruled against the school district and ordered it to desegregate . \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
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"The events led to a federal lawsuit forcing Uvalde to desegregate . \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
|
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"In more recent decades, dozens of public \u2014 and free \u2014 Montessori programs have opened across the country, often as part of explicit efforts to desegregate schools. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"This is a really complicated issue, one rooted in efforts to desegregate New York City schools but one in which many Asian Americans have felt overlooked and politically slighted. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Barbee ultimately sued in federal court, and in 1976, Judge John Reynolds ordered MPS to desegregate . \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
|
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"Under White\u2019s direction, the association promoted interracial unionization, pried open Blacks\u2019 access to wartime defense work, and pushed the Pentagon to desegregate the military. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The work follows a 2020 resolution from Peterson and MPS board vice president Sequanna Taylor to develop a regional plan to desegregate schools and reduce inequities. \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
|
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"The city\u2019s 10-day Fiesta showed us that in more than 100 years, San Antonio has failed to desegregate and extricate itself from an anti-Mexican past. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1949, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"d\u0113-\u02c8se-gr\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
|
|
"d\u0113-\u02c8se-gri-\u02ccg\u0101t",
|
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"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8se-gri-\u02ccg\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003719",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
|
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"desegregation":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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|
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": the state of being desegregated":[],
|
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": the action or an instance of desegregating":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"d\u0113-\u02ccse-gri-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n",
|
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"d\u0113-\u02ccse-gr\u0259-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n",
|
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"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02ccse-gri-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Congregants have long supported progressive causes, including civil rights, desegregation and busing, and AIDS and gender issues. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Despite being early advocates for desegregation and affirmative action, the Free Press did not hire its first African-American reporter until 1955. \u2014 Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Back in 1954, some parents objected to the racial desegregation of public schools. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"While busing began as a countywide effort to integrate schools, it has been watered down to the point that less than 7% of JCPS students \u2014 almost all of them Black and low-income \u2014 carry the district's desegregation efforts. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Kupchik notes that the practice of suspending students can largely be traced back to school desegregation efforts in the \u201960s and \u201970s. \u2014 Kat Mckim, Fortune , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Fifty years ago, to aid with desegregation efforts, DISD opened Skyline High School as the nation\u2019s first magnet school. \u2014 Talia Richman, Dallas News , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"In the 1960\u2019s and 1970\u2019s, community schools emerged in some instances around desegregation efforts as a way to unite communities and schools for greater service to the neighborhood population. \u2014 Raymond Pierce, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The Scouts were themselves the focus of semi-successful postwar desegregation efforts. \u2014 Alexandra Lange, Los Angeles Times , 6 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1931, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153933"
|
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},
|
|
"deselect":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
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"approve"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": dismiss , reject":[],
|
|
": to cause (something previously selected) to no longer be selected in a software interface":[
|
|
"deselect the songs you don't want to hear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"If you don't want the computer program to automatically correct your spelling, you will have to deselect that option.",
|
|
"he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Occasionally, pathfinding might break and force us to deselect the entire party, select an individual character, and move them (after which pathfinding was fine again). \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 26 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Churchill himself was deselected in 1904 in an argument over free trade. \u2014 Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times , 4 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Make sure to knock Frontier and Spirit out of the running by deselecting them on either of the search engines, as their service and extra fees will make the fare and flight too much hassle for the money. \u2014 Meredith Carey, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 19 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"The lowest fares will be highlighted in green: Just make sure to deselect Frontier and Spirit, as their flights come with extra fees. \u2014 Bridget Hallinan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 3 May 2018",
|
|
"But with Labour nudging ahead of the Tories in opinion polls, there is no appetite for a coup, and deselecting troublesome MPs is easier said than done. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"The group has manpower, which some fear could be used to deselect troublesome MPs on the party\u2019s right. \u2014 The Economist , 30 Sep. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccd\u0113-s\u0259-\u02c8lekt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk (at)",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pass up",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"throw over",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112031",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desemer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an ancient balance : steelyard":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German, from Low German, alteration of Middle Low German bisemer, besemer , of Baltic origin; akin to Lithuanian bezm\u0117\u0303nas , of Slavic origin; akin to Old Russian bezm\u0115n\u016d desemer, small weight, Polish bezmian, przezmian balance without pans, perhaps of Turkic origin; akin to Turkish batman small weight":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8d\u0101z\u0259m\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034439",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desensitize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The shot will help to desensitize the nerve.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Strategic thinking training should enable participants to practice rapid change in an effort to desensitize them. \u2014 Bill Hall, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Immunotherapy involves exposing you to small, controlled amounts of allergens to desensitize your immune system response. \u2014 Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"It was also used to desensitize gun powder for naval guns, a corrosion inhibitor for brass casings and waterproofing for airplanes, ammunition, and also in motors and electric coils. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Some of the trainers at least wanted to desensitize Tilikum in case someone fell in. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
|
|
"Morally, portraying the enemy as ready to commit the most depraved crimes helped desensitize combatants and added further fuel to a fast escalating cycle of entirely conventional violence. \u2014 Claas Kirchhelle, Wired , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Swing voters are far more concerned about how social media and videogames may undermine the mental development of children, desensitize them to violence, delay their socialization, and put their personal data at risk of exploitation. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Technicians typically use a numbing gel to help desensitize the area before and after the laser treatment to minimize discomfort. \u2014 Jessica Cruel, SELF , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"For long-term care, immunotherapy (also known as allergy shots) is a great tool that helps desensitize your body to specific allergens over time, helping to gradually minimize symptoms. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 22 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8sen(t)-s\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041601",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desensitized":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The shot will help to desensitize the nerve.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Strategic thinking training should enable participants to practice rapid change in an effort to desensitize them. \u2014 Bill Hall, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Immunotherapy involves exposing you to small, controlled amounts of allergens to desensitize your immune system response. \u2014 Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"It was also used to desensitize gun powder for naval guns, a corrosion inhibitor for brass casings and waterproofing for airplanes, ammunition, and also in motors and electric coils. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Some of the trainers at least wanted to desensitize Tilikum in case someone fell in. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
|
|
"Morally, portraying the enemy as ready to commit the most depraved crimes helped desensitize combatants and added further fuel to a fast escalating cycle of entirely conventional violence. \u2014 Claas Kirchhelle, Wired , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Swing voters are far more concerned about how social media and videogames may undermine the mental development of children, desensitize them to violence, delay their socialization, and put their personal data at risk of exploitation. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Technicians typically use a numbing gel to help desensitize the area before and after the laser treatment to minimize discomfort. \u2014 Jessica Cruel, SELF , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"For long-term care, immunotherapy (also known as allergy shots) is a great tool that helps desensitize your body to specific allergens over time, helping to gradually minimize symptoms. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 22 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8sen(t)-s\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182826",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desert":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defect (from)",
|
|
"rat (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a desolate or forbidding area":[
|
|
"lost in a desert of doubt"
|
|
],
|
|
": a wild uninhabited and uncultivated tract":[],
|
|
": an area of water apparently devoid of life":[],
|
|
": deserved reward or punishment":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in plural got their just deserts"
|
|
],
|
|
": desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied":[
|
|
"a desert island"
|
|
],
|
|
": excellence , worth":[],
|
|
": forsaken":[],
|
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": of or relating to a desert (see desert entry 1 )":[],
|
|
": the quality or fact of meriting reward or punishment":[],
|
|
": to abandon (military service) without leave":[],
|
|
": to leave in the lurch":[
|
|
"desert a friend in trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
": to withdraw from or leave usually without intent to return":[
|
|
"desert a town"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"Satellite images taken this year and 20 years ago show that the desert is in retreat thanks to a resurgence of trees. \u2014 Andy Coghlan , New Scientist , 14-20 Oct. 2006",
|
|
"The coastal plain is a desert in terms of precipitation\u2014less than six inches fall annually\u2014but what falls as snow stays to be later distributed by the wind. \u2014 John Hildebrand , Harper's , November 2003",
|
|
"The house finch, a songbird native to the Western desert , has proved to be highly adaptable, having rapidly colonized the Eastern states after its release on Long Island in the early 1940's. \u2014 Jane E. Brody , New York Times , 1 Jan. 2002",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"While my very American mother swabbed the dishes, Dad lingered at the dinner table, recreating in visceral detail the taste of mint in a Bedouin teacup under a desert sky, or the golden plumage of his father's saluki dogs, or the filigreed robes of the young king at the camel races. \u2014 Diana Abu-Jaber , Vogue , May 2007",
|
|
"\u2026 the place in the Texas Panhandle where Highway 66 rolled down off the land of farms and ranches into the beginnings of the desert grassland and red-rock country that dominated New Mexico. \u2014 Susan Croce Kelly , Route 66 , 1988",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"Boulet saw his longtime partner desert him in the midst of the storm, then had his wife and daughter skip town in its aftermath. \u2014 Mike Flaherty , TV Guide , 10-16 Sept. 2007",
|
|
"Left alone for a moment, he feels mournful, bereft\u2014and then panicky, when he thinks he has been deserted again. \u2014 Richard Corliss , Time , 7 Mar. 2005",
|
|
"But now the building seemed deserted at two in the afternoon, and I soon learned that the paper, incredibly, was forced to advertise for applicants to the staff. \u2014 Arthur Miller , Timebends , 1987",
|
|
"The inhabitants had deserted the town.",
|
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"She had been married for just over a year when her husband deserted her.",
|
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"He was deserted by his friends and family."
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
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"1603, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French d\u00e9serter , from Late Latin desertare , frequentative of Latin deserere":"Verb",
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"Middle English deserte , from Anglo-French, from feminine of desert , past participle of deservir to deserve":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin desertum , from Latin, neuter of desertus , past participle of deserere to desert, from de- + serere to join together \u2014 more at series":"Noun and Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
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"\u02c8de-z\u0259rt"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for desert Verb abandon , desert , forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection. abandoned children desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence. a deserted town forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers. a forsaken lover",
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"synonyms":[
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"barren",
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"desolation",
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"heath",
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"no-man's-land",
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"waste",
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"wasteland"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204257",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"desert armor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a concentration of pebbles and boulders on the surface of the ground in a desert resulting from removal of sand and dust particles by the wind and protecting the underlying material from further wind erosion":[]
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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":"20220706-190626",
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
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"desert bat":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": pallid bat":[]
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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":"20220706-201919",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"desert candle":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a plant of the genus Eremurus":[]
|
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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":"20220707-040742",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"desert cardinal":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pyrrhuloxia":[
|
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"We also have a close relative of cardinals, the pyrrhuloxia, sometimes known as the desert cardinal \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Clay Thompson , Arizona Republic , 11 Dec. 2006"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"2006, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132459",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desert island":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an island where no people live":[
|
|
"stranded on a desert island"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121435",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desert trumpet flower":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a perennial herb ( Datura meteloides ) of the southwestern U.S. with erect showy tubular rose-white flowers and spiny fruit":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113849",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desert varnish":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dark coating which is found on rocks after long exposure in desert regions and whose color is due to iron and manganese oxides":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But there are advancements being made that may allow scientists to determine dates by analyzing the desert varnish on rocks. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1898, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022724",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desert willow":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a shrub or low tree ( Chilopsis linearis ) of the family Bignoniaceae resembling a willow, having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods, and occurring in dry regions of southwestern North America":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025347",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desert(s)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defect (from)",
|
|
"rat (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a desolate or forbidding area":[
|
|
"lost in a desert of doubt"
|
|
],
|
|
": a wild uninhabited and uncultivated tract":[],
|
|
": an area of water apparently devoid of life":[],
|
|
": deserved reward or punishment":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in plural got their just deserts"
|
|
],
|
|
": desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied":[
|
|
"a desert island"
|
|
],
|
|
": excellence , worth":[],
|
|
": forsaken":[],
|
|
": of or relating to a desert (see desert entry 1 )":[],
|
|
": the quality or fact of meriting reward or punishment":[],
|
|
": to abandon (military service) without leave":[],
|
|
": to leave in the lurch":[
|
|
"desert a friend in trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
": to withdraw from or leave usually without intent to return":[
|
|
"desert a town"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"Satellite images taken this year and 20 years ago show that the desert is in retreat thanks to a resurgence of trees. \u2014 Andy Coghlan , New Scientist , 14-20 Oct. 2006",
|
|
"The coastal plain is a desert in terms of precipitation\u2014less than six inches fall annually\u2014but what falls as snow stays to be later distributed by the wind. \u2014 John Hildebrand , Harper's , November 2003",
|
|
"The house finch, a songbird native to the Western desert , has proved to be highly adaptable, having rapidly colonized the Eastern states after its release on Long Island in the early 1940's. \u2014 Jane E. Brody , New York Times , 1 Jan. 2002",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"While my very American mother swabbed the dishes, Dad lingered at the dinner table, recreating in visceral detail the taste of mint in a Bedouin teacup under a desert sky, or the golden plumage of his father's saluki dogs, or the filigreed robes of the young king at the camel races. \u2014 Diana Abu-Jaber , Vogue , May 2007",
|
|
"\u2026 the place in the Texas Panhandle where Highway 66 rolled down off the land of farms and ranches into the beginnings of the desert grassland and red-rock country that dominated New Mexico. \u2014 Susan Croce Kelly , Route 66 , 1988",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"Boulet saw his longtime partner desert him in the midst of the storm, then had his wife and daughter skip town in its aftermath. \u2014 Mike Flaherty , TV Guide , 10-16 Sept. 2007",
|
|
"Left alone for a moment, he feels mournful, bereft\u2014and then panicky, when he thinks he has been deserted again. \u2014 Richard Corliss , Time , 7 Mar. 2005",
|
|
"But now the building seemed deserted at two in the afternoon, and I soon learned that the paper, incredibly, was forced to advertise for applicants to the staff. \u2014 Arthur Miller , Timebends , 1987",
|
|
"The inhabitants had deserted the town.",
|
|
"She had been married for just over a year when her husband deserted her.",
|
|
"He was deserted by his friends and family."
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
|
|
"1603, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French d\u00e9serter , from Late Latin desertare , frequentative of Latin deserere":"Verb",
|
|
"Middle English deserte , from Anglo-French, from feminine of desert , past participle of deservir to deserve":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin desertum , from Latin, neuter of desertus , past participle of deserere to desert, from de- + serere to join together \u2014 more at series":"Noun and Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
|
|
"\u02c8de-z\u0259rt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for desert Verb abandon , desert , forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection. abandoned children desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence. a deserted town forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers. a forsaken lover",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"no-man's-land",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231411",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defect (from)",
|
|
"rat (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a desolate or forbidding area":[
|
|
"lost in a desert of doubt"
|
|
],
|
|
": a wild uninhabited and uncultivated tract":[],
|
|
": an area of water apparently devoid of life":[],
|
|
": deserved reward or punishment":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in plural got their just deserts"
|
|
],
|
|
": desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied":[
|
|
"a desert island"
|
|
],
|
|
": excellence , worth":[],
|
|
": forsaken":[],
|
|
": of or relating to a desert (see desert entry 1 )":[],
|
|
": the quality or fact of meriting reward or punishment":[],
|
|
": to abandon (military service) without leave":[],
|
|
": to leave in the lurch":[
|
|
"desert a friend in trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
": to withdraw from or leave usually without intent to return":[
|
|
"desert a town"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"Satellite images taken this year and 20 years ago show that the desert is in retreat thanks to a resurgence of trees. \u2014 Andy Coghlan , New Scientist , 14-20 Oct. 2006",
|
|
"The coastal plain is a desert in terms of precipitation\u2014less than six inches fall annually\u2014but what falls as snow stays to be later distributed by the wind. \u2014 John Hildebrand , Harper's , November 2003",
|
|
"The house finch, a songbird native to the Western desert , has proved to be highly adaptable, having rapidly colonized the Eastern states after its release on Long Island in the early 1940's. \u2014 Jane E. Brody , New York Times , 1 Jan. 2002",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"While my very American mother swabbed the dishes, Dad lingered at the dinner table, recreating in visceral detail the taste of mint in a Bedouin teacup under a desert sky, or the golden plumage of his father's saluki dogs, or the filigreed robes of the young king at the camel races. \u2014 Diana Abu-Jaber , Vogue , May 2007",
|
|
"\u2026 the place in the Texas Panhandle where Highway 66 rolled down off the land of farms and ranches into the beginnings of the desert grassland and red-rock country that dominated New Mexico. \u2014 Susan Croce Kelly , Route 66 , 1988",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"Boulet saw his longtime partner desert him in the midst of the storm, then had his wife and daughter skip town in its aftermath. \u2014 Mike Flaherty , TV Guide , 10-16 Sept. 2007",
|
|
"Left alone for a moment, he feels mournful, bereft\u2014and then panicky, when he thinks he has been deserted again. \u2014 Richard Corliss , Time , 7 Mar. 2005",
|
|
"But now the building seemed deserted at two in the afternoon, and I soon learned that the paper, incredibly, was forced to advertise for applicants to the staff. \u2014 Arthur Miller , Timebends , 1987",
|
|
"The inhabitants had deserted the town.",
|
|
"She had been married for just over a year when her husband deserted her.",
|
|
"He was deserted by his friends and family."
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
|
|
"1603, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French d\u00e9serter , from Late Latin desertare , frequentative of Latin deserere":"Verb",
|
|
"Middle English deserte , from Anglo-French, from feminine of desert , past participle of deservir to deserve":"Noun",
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin desertum , from Latin, neuter of desertus , past participle of deserere to desert, from de- + serere to join together \u2014 more at series":"Noun and Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8z\u0259rt",
|
|
"\u02c8de-z\u0259rt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for desert Verb abandon , desert , forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection. abandoned children desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence. a deserted town forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers. a forsaken lover",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"no-man's-land",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061040",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1631, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8z\u0259r-t\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220905",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desertion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclamation"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a state of being deserted or forsaken":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Hours after The Post interviewed Lapko and Khrus, members of Ukraine\u2019s military security service arrived at their hotel and detained some of their men, accusing them of desertion . \u2014 Sudarsan Raghavan, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Before the new process for separation came into effect, an individual had to accuse a spouse of desertion , adultery, or unreasonable behavior to be able to petition for a divorce. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Hours after The Post interviewed Lapko and Khrus, members of Ukraine\u2019s military security service arrived at their hotel and detained some of their men, accusing them of desertion . \u2014 Sudarsan Raghavan, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Hours after The Post interviewed Lapko and Khrus, members of Ukraine\u2019s military security service arrived at their hotel and detained some of their men, accusing them of desertion . \u2014 Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"During wartime, the most severe punishments for desertion are death and up to life in prison, said Lt. Cmdr. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Bowen, despite his earlier desertion (and his criminal record), instead would successfully reenlist in the U.S. Navy during World War I and head to sea. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In 2016, he was arrested and charged with desertion . \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Even an outright cancelation would indicate an iota of empathy from Adele\u2019s camp, because at some point, disappointment trumps desertion . \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8z\u0259r-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"forsaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044102",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desertward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": sloping toward a desert : lying near to a desert":[],
|
|
": toward a desert":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"desert entry 1 + -ward":"Adverb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\"",
|
|
"\u02c8dez\u0259(r)t\u2027w\u0259(r)d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034959",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desertworthy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": capable of functioning competently in a desert":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232853",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserve":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to be worthy of : merit":[
|
|
"deserves another chance"
|
|
],
|
|
": to be worthy, fit, or suitable for some reward or requital":[
|
|
"\u2026 have become recognized as they deserve .",
|
|
"\u2014 T. S. Eliot",
|
|
"a worse punishment than he deserved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team really deserved that victory after the way they played",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"That opens the door for arguments that fetuses deserve legal protection, legal experts said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"Across the country, Democrats have argued for years that Iowa\u2019s caucuses no longer deserve to kick off such an important process. \u2014 Brianne Pfannenstiel, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Democrats want to move on to another tax-and-spend reconciliation bill, but legislators deserve time to consider the biggest change in gun and safety laws in decades. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Gibney adds that some, not all, stories deserve both. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"But even if Curry might deserve the most credit for this championship, Golden State wouldn\u2019t be here without contributions throughout the organization. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 June 2022",
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"Complex alien minds are all around us and deserve more of our curiosity and respect. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 16 June 2022",
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"Of course, not all of the accidents were caused directly by system errors, but some cases of accidents with such machines deserve special attention. \u2014 Alex Polyakov, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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"So much of what seems new today in science fiction builds on the work that came before it, and writers like Meryll and Zoline deserve reintroduction to the modern reader. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 June 2022"
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],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French deservir , from Latin deservire to devote oneself to, from de- + servire to serve":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"di-\u02c8z\u0259rv"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"earn",
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"merit",
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"rate"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004300",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"deserve a medal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to have done something very good and impressive":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220124",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"deserved":{
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"antonyms":[
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"undeserved",
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"undue",
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"unfair",
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"unjust",
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"unjustified",
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"unmerited",
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"unwarranted"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or being that which one deserves":[
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"a deserved reputation"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a well deserved promotion for a hard worker",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"No Tony is more deserved this year than the one that should be etched with Wheeldon\u2019s name. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
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"Back at the house, Nia immediately tells KellyAnne and Jonna about Sylvia's comment, and they get pissed off because KellyAnne's win deserved to be celebrated. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 8 June 2022",
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"The unfair-labor-practices case against the Federalist over a joke tweet deserved to be sent back to the salt mine. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 20 May 2022",
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"The second half was a dream start for the Pride as Gunny Jonsdottir got on the end of a ball by Leroux to tap in, giving the Pride a deserved lead in the 51st minute. \u2014 Austin David, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
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"On the other, Odorizzi is having a run of deserved luck. \u2014 James Yasko, Chron , 13 May 2022",
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"Critic Bill Addison is on a richly deserved vacation. \u2014 Daniel Hernandezfood Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
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"Although that film was a deserved Oscar winner for best makeup, Raimi\u2019s movie relies more on CGI for its scarier junctures and may face a more challenging time getting on the shortlist, depending on how the competition field shakes out. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 5 May 2022",
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"Sassuolo took a deserved lead through Giacomo Raspadori, only to see Juve fight back thanks to goals from Dybala and Moise Kean. \u2014 Adam Digby, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1552, 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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"di-\u02c8z\u0259rvd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"competent",
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"condign",
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"due",
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"fair",
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"just",
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"justified",
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"merited",
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"right",
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"rightful",
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"warranted"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190553",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"deservedly so":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005701",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
|
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},
|
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"deserving":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"no-good",
|
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"undeserving",
|
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"valueless",
|
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"worthless"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": appropriately having or being given something specified":[
|
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"\u2014 used with of a proposal deserving of support [=a proposal that deserves support] a criminal deserving of punishment"
|
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],
|
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": desert , merit":[
|
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"reward the proud according to their deservings",
|
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"\u2014 Charles Kingsley"
|
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],
|
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": having good qualities that deserve praise, support, etc. : meritorious , worthy":[
|
|
"rewarding deserving workers",
|
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"scholarships for deserving students"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Adjective",
|
|
"He's a very deserving young man.",
|
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"The church provides aid to deserving families.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Smith\u2019s numbers and accolades, to be clear, are gaudy, and deserving of consideration. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
|
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"Hey Hoynsie: Eli Morgan seems to really be maturing as a pitcher and deserving of another turn in the rotation with Aaron Civale out. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"But Summer\u2019s catalog is a pop feast deserving of esteem. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Russian leaders are no less deserving of that title, yet political speech will help bring justice only when it is translated into binding legal opinion. \u2014 Michael A. Newton, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The recipient of that good fortune was Country House, who was 65-to-1 and very much deserving of those odds. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"Both of those situations are unfortunate, and deserving of attention. \u2014 Molly Parker, ProPublica , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Alexander Gabuev, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center, said the Russian leadership doesn\u2019t see Ukraine, a place once controlled by Moscow, as deserving of rigorous study. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Operation Connect believes that veterans are future leaders and model citizens, will enrich our local economy for years to come, and are a community asset deserving of investment. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Some years, though, are more deserving than others. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"What people dream of, gala-wise, is beauty, admiring and being admired, charming and being charmed, being selected as special and deserving . \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Some parents have publicly suggested that students earning admission with lower GPAs are less deserving of the seats than applicants with higher GPAs who were rejected from the exam schools. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2021",
|
|
"Every year a $1000 scholarship is given to a deserving high school senior or college student planning on a career in the environmental sciences. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"The Original Kolache Shoppe, of course, is a very deserving addition, at number 65. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"In Lowe\u2014and in Dash\u2019s striking, cinematic staging of her gowns in the Renaissance Revival Room\u2014there couldn\u2019t be a designer more deserving to finally get their flowers. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Emerald Isle is also the most successful country to compete at the (in)famous Eurovision Song Contest, winning the event a table-topping seven times\u2013a truly deserving champion of Heardle. \u2014 Matt Gardner, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Go ahead, the (finale) stage is here, and five deserving queens \u2014 Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Bosco, Daya Betty, Lady Camden, and Willow Pill \u2014 are prepared to claim their $150,000 check (check!) and the most coveted crown in the world. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"di-\u02c8z\u0259r-vi\u014b"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"good",
|
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"meritorious",
|
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"worthy"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104402",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"desex":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": castrate , spay":[],
|
|
": desexualize sense 2":[],
|
|
": to eliminate perceived sexism from":[
|
|
"desex the language of church Bible study programs",
|
|
"\u2014 R. M. Harley"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"desex the baby chickens destined for market"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8seks",
|
|
"(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8seks"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"neuter"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111013",
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desexualize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to deprive of sexual characters or power":[],
|
|
": to divest of sexual quality":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In addition, many vaccination campaigns aim to desexualize the HPV vaccine, instead of focusing on its effectiveness in preventing cancers later in life. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"In addition, many vaccination campaigns aim to desexualize the HPV vaccine, instead of focusing on its effectiveness in preventing cancers later in life. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"In addition, many vaccination campaigns aim to desexualize the HPV vaccine, instead of focusing on its effectiveness in preventing cancers later in life. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"In addition, many vaccination campaigns aim to desexualize the HPV vaccine, instead of focusing on its effectiveness in preventing cancers later in life. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"In addition, many vaccination campaigns aim to desexualize the HPV vaccine, instead of focusing on its effectiveness in preventing cancers later in life. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Participants see the march as an opportunity to normalize and desexualize women\u2019s breasts. \u2014 The Know Staff, The Know , 26 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Several told me stories of being advised to desexualize themselves, or of choosing to do so. \u2014 Hallie Lieberman, New York Times , 7 June 2019",
|
|
"But beyond its shiny surface and real estate pornography, the film, is a way to talk about the ways in which older people are desexualized in our culture. \u2014 Katie Walsh, kansascity , 17 May 2018"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8sek-sh\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
|
|
"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8sek-sh(\u0259-)w\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
|
|
"-\u02c8sek-sh\u00fc-\u0259-"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010651",
|
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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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]
|
|
},
|
|
"deshabille":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a deliberately careless or casual manner":[],
|
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": negligee":[],
|
|
": the state of being dressed in a casual or careless style":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8bil",
|
|
"-\u02c8b\u0113",
|
|
"\u02ccde-s\u0259-\u02c8b\u0113l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-201040",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desi":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an Indian jute obtained from tossa jute":[],
|
|
": indigenous":[
|
|
"desi fowl",
|
|
"desi goat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Bengali des\u012b , from Sanskrit de\u015b\u012bya , from de\u015ba point, country, district, from di\u015bati he points out":"Adjective",
|
|
"Bengali des\u012b indigenous":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8d\u0101s\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8des\u0113",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-070849",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiatin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of desiatin variant of dessiatine"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-050247",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiccant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a drying agent (such as calcium chloride)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Salt acts as a desiccant , pulling water from meat fibers. \u2014 Jeffrey Gardner, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This minimizes humidity getting into the medicine bottle and also removes the risk of swallowing the desiccant by mistake. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Killgrove said chestnut oaks contain tannin, a natural desiccant , a type of drying agent. \u2014 Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY , 9 Aug. 2016",
|
|
"Step #3: Use a Desiccant Now, here's the most important part: submerge your phone in a desiccant , or a substance that will induce dryness by absorbing water. \u2014 Joel Johnson, Popular Mechanics , 5 May 2021",
|
|
"Dry goods and some other foods can be safely stored for a long time in a variety of containers, when packaged with the appropriate desiccant or oxygen absorbers. \u2014 Popular Science , 9 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Dry goods and some other foods can be safely stored for a long time in a variety of containers, when packaged with the appropriate desiccant or oxygen absorbers. \u2014 Popular Science , 9 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Dry goods and some other foods can be safely stored for a long time in a variety of containers, when packaged with the appropriate desiccant or oxygen absorbers. \u2014 Popular Science , 9 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Dry goods and some other foods can be safely stored for a long time in a variety of containers, when packaged with the appropriate desiccant or oxygen absorbers. \u2014 Popular Science , 9 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1676, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8des-i-k\u0259nt",
|
|
"\u02c8de-si-k\u0259nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042802",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiccate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"vivify"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to become dried up":[
|
|
"leaves desiccating in winter",
|
|
"Lake Valencia has been \u2026 steadily desiccating for more than 200 years.",
|
|
"\u2014 J. Platt Bradbury et al."
|
|
],
|
|
": to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality":[
|
|
"\u2026 a charming little romance \u2026 not desiccated and compressed within the pages of a book",
|
|
"\u2014 Elinor Wylie"
|
|
],
|
|
": to dry up":[
|
|
"the desiccated land"
|
|
],
|
|
": to preserve (a food) by drying : dehydrate":[
|
|
"desiccated coconut"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history",
|
|
"add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Edward is in the grip of a grotesque malady that causes his flesh to desiccate and slough away. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"But the winds also desiccate vegetation and create dangerous wildfire conditions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"At shallow depths, the eggs would cook and desiccate . \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 25 June 2021",
|
|
"Comparatively, the cremated young adult was burned before their body had begun to desiccate and decompose. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Here, volcanic lakes, acid pools, desiccated basins, and subterranean caverns are no match for biology. \u2014 Nadia Drake, National Geographic , 26 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"These efforts to resurrect pieces of the delta\u2019s desiccated ecosystems face major challenges, including limited funds, scarce water supplies, and the hotter, drier conditions brought on by climate change. \u2014 Ian James, AZCentral.com , 19 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"A few weeks later, a reporter found Rippee at a Vallejo strip mall, asleep on a patch of concrete littered with dirty socks and desiccated orange peels. \u2014 Jocelyn Wiener, SFChronicle.com , 4 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"For their study, researchers analyzed active and desiccated tardigrades across a timespans ranging between one and 48 hours. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 16 Jan. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1575, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin desiccatus , past participle of desiccare to dry up, from de- + siccare to dry, from siccus dry \u2014 more at sack":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8de-si-\u02cck\u0101t",
|
|
"\u02c8des-i-\u02cck\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castrate",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"devitalize",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"geld",
|
|
"lobotomize",
|
|
"petrify"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004804",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiderate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to entertain or express a wish to have or attain":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wide gulf between what they desiderate and what they deserve"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1645, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin desideratus , past participle of desiderare to desire \u2014 more at desire":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8si-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
|
|
"-\u02c8zi-"
|
|
],
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"ache (for)",
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"covet",
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"crave",
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"desire",
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"die (for)",
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"hanker (for ",
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"hunger (for)",
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"itch (for)",
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"jones (for)",
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"long (for)",
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"lust (for ",
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"pant (after)",
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"pine (for)",
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"repine (for)",
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"salivate (for)",
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"sigh (for)",
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"thirst (for)",
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"want",
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"wish (for)",
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"yearn (for)",
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"yen (for)"
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"verb"
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"design":{
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"antonyms":[
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"arrangement",
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"blueprint",
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"game",
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"game plan",
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"ground plan",
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"master plan",
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"plan",
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"program",
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"project",
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"road map",
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"scheme",
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"strategy",
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"system"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a decorative pattern":[
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"a floral design"
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],
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": a deliberate undercover project or scheme : plot":[
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"a declaration of a design upon his life",
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"\u2014 John Locke"
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],
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": a mental project or scheme in which means to an end are laid down":[
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"was never part of my design"
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],
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": a particular purpose or intention held in view by an individual or group":[
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"He has ambitious designs for his son."
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],
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": a preliminary sketch or outline showing the main features of something to be executed":[
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"the design for the new stadium"
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],
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": aggressive or evil intent":[
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"\u2014 used with on or against he has designs on the money"
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],
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": an underlying scheme that governs functioning, developing, or unfolding : pattern , motif":[
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"the general design of the epic"
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],
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": deliberate purposive planning":[
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"more by accident than design"
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],
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": the arrangement of elements or details in a product or work of art":[
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"\u2026 his sense of structure, both in the general design of Paradise Lost and Samson , and in his syntax \u2026",
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"\u2014 T. S. Eliot"
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],
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": the creative art of executing aesthetic or functional designs":[
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"studied design in college"
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],
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": to conceive and plan out in the mind":[
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"he designed the perfect crime"
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],
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": to conceive or execute a plan":[],
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": to create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan : devise , contrive":[
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"design a system for tracking inventory"
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],
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": to devise for a specific function or end":[
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"a book designed primarily as a college textbook",
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"a suitcase designed to hold a laptop computer"
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],
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": to draw the plans for":[
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"design a building",
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"designing a new bike"
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],
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": to draw, lay out, or prepare a design":[
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"was trained to design for homes and offices"
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],
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": to have as a purpose : intend":[
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"she designed to excel in her studies"
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],
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": to indicate with a distinctive mark, sign, or name":[],
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": to make a drawing, pattern, or sketch of":[
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"\u2026 a curious woman whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage \u2026",
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"\u2014 Oscar Wilde"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"A team of engineers designed the new engine.",
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"Who designed the book's cover",
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"He designed the chair to adjust automatically.",
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"They thought they could design the perfect crime.",
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"design a strategy for battle",
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"Noun",
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"There are problems with the design of the airplane's landing gear.",
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"I like the design of the textbook.",
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"I love the sculpture's design .",
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"The machine had a flawed design .",
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"the design and development of new products",
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"Correcting mistakes is part of the design process.",
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"a number of design concepts",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Bombardier decided instead to design a business jet with the same fuselage as the 7500, but with a higher cruise speed and range. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
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"Start over with each platform, and design your creative assets with intention. \u2014 Ira Belsky, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
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"The teams design their outdoor spaces with dwindling budgets and rising pressure; Ty disrupts their plans right before judging. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Some Blackstone staff had hoped to design a vehicle for accredited investors with as little as about $1 million in net worth, one of the people said. \u2014 Fortune , 20 Mar. 2022",
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"Autoclaves that sterilize medical waste with steam provide further recycling opportunities, and manufacturers can design products with recycling in mind. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Keen to root the property with a firm sense of place, the hotel tapped local Caribbean designer Michelle Leotaud to design the resort with deliberate and alluring pops of color. \u2014 Rachel Dube, Travel + Leisure , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"The new process doesn\u2019t just allow the company to design smaller chips with more transistors. \u2014 PCMAG , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Inuit elder Peter Kattuk was key in helping design the approach to SIKU, as well as Lucassie Arragutainaq, who has spent his career working to understand how Inuit knowledge and science can work together. \u2014 Ashoka, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Mashama, a robust design , uses environmentally friendly fabrics. \u2014 Vogue , 24 June 2022",
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"Find a fitting design for your space in these 22 DIY Garden Trellis Projects for All Your Climbing Plants and Flowers. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
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"This printer takes up minimal space, has a nice aesthetic design , and comes in a few different colors, too. \u2014 Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
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"Other iOS 16 features to look forward to, meanwhile, include a new notification design . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 23 June 2022",
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"Expect the 2024 Accord's interior to adopt a similar design as the latest Civic and upcoming CR-V, both of which have a distinctive honeycomb texture for the air vents and a tablet-style touchscreen sitting atop the center of the dash. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
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"This is more than a few bits of tech and a noise reduction office design . \u2014 Nancy Doyle, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
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"There are also several mobile vendors peppered throughout the stadium, which has a clever and comfy design , as many entertainment and sports venues do now - see the new Orion Amphitheater in nearby Huntsville. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
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"Per Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner, this bill had been in the works after Evita\u2019s death in 1952, and a preliminary design survived the decades after a 1955 coup deposed Per\u00f3n and proscribed Peronism, hidden behind a drawer in Argentina\u2019s mint. \u2014 Federico Perelmuter, The New Republic , 21 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":"Verb",
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"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, to outline, indicate, mean, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French designer to designate, from Medieval Latin designare , from Latin, to mark out, from de- + signare to mark \u2014 more at sign":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"di-\u02c8z\u012bn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for design Noun intention , intent , purpose , design , aim , end , object , objective , goal mean what one intends to accomplish or attain. intention implies little more than what one has in mind to do or bring about. announced his intention to marry intent suggests clearer formulation or greater deliberateness. the clear intent of the statute purpose suggests a more settled determination. being successful was her purpose in life design implies a more carefully calculated plan. the order of events came by accident, not design aim adds to these implications of effort directed toward attaining or accomplishing. her aim was to raise film to an art form end stresses the intended effect of action often in distinction or contrast to the action or means as such. willing to use any means to achieve his end object may equal end but more often applies to a more individually determined wish or need. his constant object was the achievement of pleasure objective implies something tangible and immediately attainable. their objective is to seize the oil fields goal suggests something attained only by prolonged effort and hardship. worked years to reach her goals plan , design , plot , scheme , project mean a method devised for making or doing something or achieving an end. plan always implies mental formulation and sometimes graphic representation. plans for a house design often suggests a particular pattern and some degree of achieved order or harmony. a design for a new dress plot implies a laying out in clearly distinguished sections with attention to their relations and proportions. the plot of the play scheme stresses calculation of the end in view and may apply to a plan motivated by craftiness and self-interest. a scheme to defraud the government project often stresses imaginative scope and vision. a project to develop the waterfront",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"aim",
|
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"allow",
|
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"aspire",
|
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"calculate",
|
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"contemplate",
|
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"go",
|
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"intend",
|
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"look",
|
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"mean",
|
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"meditate",
|
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"plan",
|
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"propose",
|
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"purport",
|
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"purpose"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012937",
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"type":[
|
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"adverb",
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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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"designate":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": chosen but not yet installed (see install sense 2a )":[
|
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"ambassador designate"
|
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],
|
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": denote":[
|
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"associate names with the people they designate"
|
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],
|
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": specify , stipulate":[
|
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"to be sent by a designated shipper"
|
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],
|
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": to call by a distinctive title, term, or expression":[
|
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"a particle designated the neutron"
|
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],
|
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": to distinguish as to class (see class entry 1 sense 3 )":[
|
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"the area we designate as that of spiritual values",
|
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"\u2014 J. B. Conant"
|
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],
|
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": to indicate and set apart for a specific purpose, office, or duty":[
|
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"designate a group to prepare a plan"
|
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],
|
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": to point out the location of":[
|
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"a marker designating the battle"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
|
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"The wooden stakes designate the edge of the building site.",
|
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"the designated time for the meeting",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Others took aim at a law that allows council members to designate schools, libraries and other facilities as off-limits for camping. \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
|
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"Many of my clients designate sheets or clothes for tanning. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 3 June 2022",
|
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"The development was on the agenda, but only for a vote to establish boundaries, prepare a redevelopment plan and designate land on Main Street as blighted. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
|
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"Director of national intelligence nominee- designate Avril Haines also has a confirmation hearing scheduled for Friday and incoming veterans affairs secretary Denis McDonough for Jan. 27. \u2014 Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner , 14 Jan. 2021",
|
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"Use art or mirrors on the walls to designate zones. \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendent- designate Iranetta Wright is focused on four phases in her 100-day plan: engage, explore, evaluate and equip. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Democratic California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his nominee- designate to head his Health and Human Services Department, a crucial post amid the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner , 6 Dec. 2020",
|
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"The lawmakers said there are times when Feinstein still appears sharp, like during last month's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice- designate Ketanji Brown Jackson. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Teams designate players to open a spot on their 40-man roster and usually add a new player. \u2014 Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
|
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"To avoid this, companies should designate managers to facilitate LCNC development and help educate citizen developers about how the technology works, what tools the organization supports, and how to work with the larger IT organization. \u2014 Vishwastam Shukla, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
|
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"Federal legislation should designate all medical clinics and hospitals as gun-free zones. \u2014 Brian Till, The New Republic , 6 June 2022",
|
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"Also, Russia\u2019s top prosecutor asked the country\u2019s Supreme Court to designate Ukraine\u2019s Azov Regiment \u2014 among the troops that made up the Azovstal garrison \u2014 as a terrorist organization. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi And Ciaran Mcquillan, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
|
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"Also, Russia\u2019s top prosecutor asked the country\u2019s Supreme Court to designate Ukraine\u2019s Azov Regiment \u2014 among the troops that made up the Azovstal garrison \u2014 as a terrorist organization. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
|
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"The news release did not designate a location for the venue, or indicate when it would be expected to open. \u2014 Noel Oman, Arkansas Online , 5 May 2022",
|
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"Sponsors must designate specific refugees to assist. \u2014 Chris Cameron, New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"One of the laws being challenged would designate Kentucky\u2019s attorney general as the only statewide constitutional officer allowed to spend taxpayer funds on litigation challenging a bill\u2019s constitutionality. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Verb",
|
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"1629, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin designatus , past participle of designare \u2014 see design entry 1":"Adjective and Verb"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8de-zig-\u02ccn\u0101t",
|
|
"-n\u0259t"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"appoint",
|
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"fix",
|
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"name",
|
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"set"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023602",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"designated hitter":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a baseball player designated at the start of the game to bat in place of the pitcher without causing the pitcher to be removed from the game":[],
|
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": representative , substitute":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"you'll have to be my designated hitter in the office while I'm on business trips",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Arkansas Razorbacks baseball designated hitter Brady Slavens made College World Series history on Wednesday against Ole Miss. \u2014 Erik Hall, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Former Sox designated hitter Yerm\u00edn Mercedes was claimed off of waivers by the San Francisco Giants. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
|
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"Then Lyles left a four-seam fastball over the heart of the plate to designated hitter MJ Melendez, who cranked it 418 feet into the fountain beyond right-center field to place a four-spot on Lyles in one inning for the first time this season. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
|
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"Gutierrez got a fly out, and then designated hitter Tommy La Stella whiffed at a slider in the dirt. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"After shortstop Dominic Pitelli singled in a run, designated hitter Ariel Garcia got in on the fun with a two-run homer to give the Hurricanes a quick 7-0 lead as the Hurricanes sent 10 players to bat in the inning. \u2014 Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel , 21 May 2022",
|
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"Following consecutive singles from Mississippi State commit Braden Booth and designated hitter Ryan Revera to lead off the frame, Alabama commit Sam Mitchell hit into a 6-4-3 double-play to end the top half of the inning. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 6 May 2022",
|
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"Ohtani was the Angels designated hitter opening day, 2018. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
|
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"Cubs reliever Keegan Thompson hitting Brewers designated hitter Andrew McCutchen with a pitch in the eighth inning, the fourth plunking between the teams of the game. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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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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"backup",
|
|
"cover",
|
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"fill-in",
|
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"locum tenens",
|
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"pinch hitter",
|
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"relief",
|
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"replacement",
|
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"reserve",
|
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"stand-in",
|
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"sub",
|
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"substitute"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080525",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"designatio personae":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": matter designating the persons who are parties to and essential to the validity of a document \u2014 compare descriptio personae":[]
|
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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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"Latin, designation of the person":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccdezig\u02c8n\u0101sh\u0113\u02cc\u014dp\u0259(r)\u02c8s\u014d(\u02cc)n\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084637",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"designation":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a distinguishing name, sign, or title":[
|
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"\u2026 the only star in Lynx with a Greek letter designation",
|
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"\u2014 Richard Berry",
|
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"approved the area's designation as a wildlife refuge"
|
|
],
|
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": appointment to or selection for an office, post, or service":[
|
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"awaiting his next designation"
|
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],
|
|
": the act of indicating or identifying":[
|
|
"the designation of a speech sound"
|
|
],
|
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": the relation between a sign and the thing signified":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Though many people call her a liberal, it is not a designation she uses herself.",
|
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"we've never given the homemade gadget a proper designation",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The entire poll was conducted the day after Zeldin accepted the party\u2019s designation as nominee at the state GOP Convention. \u2014 John Zogby, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
|
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"And when talks broke down last week, the state upped the ante by recommending Boston receive more oversight and be labeled underperforming, an embarrassing designation that can take years to reverse. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
|
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"This year\u2019s festivals also celebrate Juneteenth\u2019s designation as a federal holiday. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
|
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"The park was recently even given an International Dark Sky designation . \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 11 June 2022",
|
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"Plenty of banners have been hung for Mason baseball, but the hope is the next one carries an Ohio Division I state designation . \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Another brand who already holds a royal warrant\u2014an official designation that the company is a favorite of the family\u2014is handbag maker Launer London. \u2014 Vogue , 3 June 2022",
|
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"Adebayo has received second-team designation in the national media balloting, which concludes prior to the start of the playoffs. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
|
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"This designation strips residents of the rights associated with being a tenant, explained Marques Vestal, an assistant professor of critical Black urbanism at UCLA and a member of LATU. \u2014 Tracy Rosenthal, The New Republic , 19 May 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"see designate entry 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccde-zig-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"appellation",
|
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"appellative",
|
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"cognomen",
|
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"compellation",
|
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"denomination",
|
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"denotation",
|
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"handle",
|
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"moniker",
|
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"monicker",
|
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"name",
|
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"nomenclature",
|
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"title"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192642",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"designedly":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"arrangement",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
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"game",
|
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"game plan",
|
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"ground plan",
|
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"master plan",
|
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"plan",
|
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"program",
|
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"project",
|
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"road map",
|
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"scheme",
|
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"strategy",
|
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"system"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a decorative pattern":[
|
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"a floral design"
|
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],
|
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": a deliberate undercover project or scheme : plot":[
|
|
"a declaration of a design upon his life",
|
|
"\u2014 John Locke"
|
|
],
|
|
": a mental project or scheme in which means to an end are laid down":[
|
|
"was never part of my design"
|
|
],
|
|
": a particular purpose or intention held in view by an individual or group":[
|
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"He has ambitious designs for his son."
|
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],
|
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": a preliminary sketch or outline showing the main features of something to be executed":[
|
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"the design for the new stadium"
|
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],
|
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": aggressive or evil intent":[
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": an underlying scheme that governs functioning, developing, or unfolding : pattern , motif":[
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"the general design of the epic"
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"more by accident than design"
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": the arrangement of elements or details in a product or work of art":[
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"\u2026 his sense of structure, both in the general design of Paradise Lost and Samson , and in his syntax \u2026",
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"\u2014 T. S. Eliot"
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": the creative art of executing aesthetic or functional designs":[
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"studied design in college"
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": to conceive and plan out in the mind":[
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"he designed the perfect crime"
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": to conceive or execute a plan":[],
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": to create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan : devise , contrive":[
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"design a system for tracking inventory"
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": to devise for a specific function or end":[
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"a book designed primarily as a college textbook",
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"a suitcase designed to hold a laptop computer"
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": to draw the plans for":[
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"design a building",
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"designing a new bike"
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],
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": to draw, lay out, or prepare a design":[
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"was trained to design for homes and offices"
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": to have as a purpose : intend":[
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"she designed to excel in her studies"
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": to indicate with a distinctive mark, sign, or name":[],
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": to make a drawing, pattern, or sketch of":[
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"\u2026 a curious woman whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage \u2026",
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"\u2014 Oscar Wilde"
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"A team of engineers designed the new engine.",
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"Who designed the book's cover",
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"He designed the chair to adjust automatically.",
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"They thought they could design the perfect crime.",
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"design a strategy for battle",
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"Noun",
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"There are problems with the design of the airplane's landing gear.",
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"I like the design of the textbook.",
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"I love the sculpture's design .",
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"The machine had a flawed design .",
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"the design and development of new products",
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"Correcting mistakes is part of the design process.",
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"a number of design concepts",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Bombardier decided instead to design a business jet with the same fuselage as the 7500, but with a higher cruise speed and range. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
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"Start over with each platform, and design your creative assets with intention. \u2014 Ira Belsky, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
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"The teams design their outdoor spaces with dwindling budgets and rising pressure; Ty disrupts their plans right before judging. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Some Blackstone staff had hoped to design a vehicle for accredited investors with as little as about $1 million in net worth, one of the people said. \u2014 Fortune , 20 Mar. 2022",
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"Autoclaves that sterilize medical waste with steam provide further recycling opportunities, and manufacturers can design products with recycling in mind. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Keen to root the property with a firm sense of place, the hotel tapped local Caribbean designer Michelle Leotaud to design the resort with deliberate and alluring pops of color. \u2014 Rachel Dube, Travel + Leisure , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"The new process doesn\u2019t just allow the company to design smaller chips with more transistors. \u2014 PCMAG , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"Inuit elder Peter Kattuk was key in helping design the approach to SIKU, as well as Lucassie Arragutainaq, who has spent his career working to understand how Inuit knowledge and science can work together. \u2014 Ashoka, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Mashama, a robust design , uses environmentally friendly fabrics. \u2014 Vogue , 24 June 2022",
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"Find a fitting design for your space in these 22 DIY Garden Trellis Projects for All Your Climbing Plants and Flowers. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
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"This printer takes up minimal space, has a nice aesthetic design , and comes in a few different colors, too. \u2014 Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
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"Other iOS 16 features to look forward to, meanwhile, include a new notification design . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 23 June 2022",
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"Expect the 2024 Accord's interior to adopt a similar design as the latest Civic and upcoming CR-V, both of which have a distinctive honeycomb texture for the air vents and a tablet-style touchscreen sitting atop the center of the dash. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
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"This is more than a few bits of tech and a noise reduction office design . \u2014 Nancy Doyle, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
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"There are also several mobile vendors peppered throughout the stadium, which has a clever and comfy design , as many entertainment and sports venues do now - see the new Orion Amphitheater in nearby Huntsville. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
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"Per Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner, this bill had been in the works after Evita\u2019s death in 1952, and a preliminary design survived the decades after a 1955 coup deposed Per\u00f3n and proscribed Peronism, hidden behind a drawer in Argentina\u2019s mint. \u2014 Federico Perelmuter, The New Republic , 21 June 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, to outline, indicate, mean, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French designer to designate, from Medieval Latin designare , from Latin, to mark out, from de- + signare to mark \u2014 more at sign":"Verb and Noun"
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"contemporary",
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"current",
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"hot",
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"mod",
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"modern",
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"modernistic",
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"new",
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"new age",
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"new-fashioned",
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"newfangled",
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"present-day",
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"red-hot",
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"space-age",
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"state-of-the-art",
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"ultramodern",
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"up-to-date",
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"up-to-the-minute"
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"definitions":{
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": artificially synthesized or modified (as by genetic engineering) to meet a specific need or requirement or serve a particular function":[
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"designer foods"
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": intended to reflect the latest in sophisticated taste or fashion":[
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"designer ice cream",
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"a designer haircut"
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],
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": one that designs : such as":[],
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": one who creates and often executes plans for a project or structure":[
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"urban designers",
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"a theater set designer"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She is one of the leading designers in the fashion world.",
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"He is a designer and engineer for a car company.",
|
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"She was the designer of the book's jacket.",
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"Adjective",
|
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"that car manufacturer is claiming that their new models are the last word in designer technology",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Check out our complete guide to the best Nordstrom Anniversary Sale deals happening this year, including wardrobe essentials, designer fashion, and home decor. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Ashley is the mother of Shawn\u2019s daughter and an aspiring fashion designer who is impervious to his charms and has clear rules and expectations for him as a man and father. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 29 June 2022",
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"The university filed an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2019 after fashion designer Marc Jacobs also filed to trademark the same word, Johnson said. \u2014 Amy Simonson, CNN , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"People still ask about the exhibition on fashion designer Alexander McQueen that closed 11 years ago, the guard said. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Loughlin; Mossimo Giannulli, her fashion designer husband; and other high-profile parents were charged with paying fixers to help their children gain admission into elite schools. \u2014 Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Anna Sui, the acclaimed fashion designer , was, like Mr. Hannah, a native of the Midwest who navigated her way to New York. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"The German fashion designer debuted his foray into interiors with his new home collection, with a booth at Salone Del Mobile. \u2014 Nadja Sayej, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Fashion designer LaTerry Mohsin, owner of Sew Modest Studio, believes that events like this matter in reaching the fashion community in Detroit. \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The order arrived as a white, non- designer T-shirt, size 2XL. \u2014 Sha Hua, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
|
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"On Wednesday, Target revealed the lookbook for the 180-piece multi- designer collection, whose pieces will retail from $15 to $80 and will come in sizes XXS to 4X. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Fashion fans lamenting the loss of directional retailers such as Barneys New York and Jeffrey New York, will soon have a new multi- designer playground to explore. \u2014 Sharon Edelson, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"As a non- designer , Caplan had an ability to explain design to a wide audience minus the quixotic jargon of the trade. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 13 June 2020",
|
|
"To prove it, House Beautiful contributor Eddie Ross headed to his local Home Depot to curate a quartet of no-fail hardware suites that look designer -level but without the custom price tag. \u2014 Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful , 21 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The excellent Tim Gunn was interviewed too, as was designer Christian Siriano \u2014 one of the fabulous judges of our Real Women Style Awards, coming in September! \u2014 who has made a point of being inclusive in his own line. \u2014 Meredith Rollins, Redbook , 23 June 2017",
|
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"The excellent Tim Gunn was interviewed too, as was designer Christian Siriano \u2014 one of the fabulous judges of our Real Women Style Awards, coming in September! \u2014 who has made a point of being inclusive in his own line. \u2014 Meredith Rollins, Redbook , 23 June 2017",
|
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"Spotted shaking their groove thang were none other than handsome, fedora-wearing Bruno Mars, singer-songwriter James Blunt, and even designer Christian Siriano. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 12 Nov. 2010"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1662, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
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"di-\u02c8z\u012b-n\u0259r"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"contriver",
|
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"developer",
|
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"deviser",
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"formulator",
|
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"innovator",
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"introducer",
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"inventor",
|
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"originator"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094705",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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},
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"designing":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artless",
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"guileless",
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"ingenuous",
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"innocent",
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"undesigning"
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"\u2014 Charles Dickens"
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|
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": practicing forethought":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"he suspected his new admirer of being a designing woman who only wanted his money",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"That means giving up or sharing power and privilege and doing the hard work of listening and co- designing solutions with the marginalized groups. \u2014 Setche Kwamu-nana, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Nov. 2020",
|
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"In the 1960s, the computing pioneer Grace Murray Hopper would hand out 11.8-inch lengths of wire to illustrate how designing smaller electronic parts would create faster computers. \u2014 John Markoff, New York Times , 29 June 2018",
|
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"In the 1960s, the computing pioneer Grace Murray Hopper would hand out 11.8-inch lengths of wire to illustrate how designing smaller electronic parts would create faster computers. \u2014 John Markoff, New York Times , 29 June 2018"
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1641, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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|
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"di-\u02c8z\u012b-ni\u014b"
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"artful",
|
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"beguiling",
|
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"cagey",
|
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"cagy",
|
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"crafty",
|
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"cunning",
|
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"cute",
|
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"devious",
|
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"dodgy",
|
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"foxy",
|
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"guileful",
|
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"scheming",
|
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"shrewd",
|
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"slick",
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"sly",
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"subtle",
|
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"tricky",
|
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"wily"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072701",
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a person or thing that merits or attracts favorable attention and consideration : one that is desirable":[],
|
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": having pleasing qualities or properties : attractive":[
|
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"\"Mr. Darcy, you must allow me to present this young lady to you as a very desirable partner.\"",
|
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"\u2014 Jane Austen",
|
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"a house in a highly desirable location"
|
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],
|
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": worth seeking or doing as advantageous, beneficial, or wise : advisable":[
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"desirable legislation"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Adjective",
|
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"The house is in a highly desirable location.",
|
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"The new stove has many desirable features.",
|
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"the qualities that make a desirable business partner",
|
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"The experiment did not achieve a desirable result.",
|
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"a beautiful and desirable woman",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
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"Big investment firms have said that their rentals enable families to live in desirable neighborhoods with good schools, in homes that at today\u2019s sales price are too high for many first-time buyers. \u2014 Will Parker, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
|
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"The two-bedroom basement unit in a handsome brick home in one of Toronto\u2019s most desirable neighborhoods had been lovingly prepared by the family\u2019s four sponsors, members of the Jewish community of Toronto. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
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"What private entities like banks and lenders can do is to incentivize efficiencies in their lending, investing in ideas like smaller units without parking in desirable neighborhoods rather than conventional large apartments. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Just as during past changes in government, distributing property to Taliban disciples in swaths of rural farmland and in desirable urban neighborhoods has turned into at least a short-term recourse to keep stability within the Taliban ranks. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"White families, in turn, fled for the suburbs as construction of L.A.\u2019s new freeway system cut through formerly desirable neighborhoods. \u2014 SELF , 28 Sep. 2021",
|
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"The exit of public employees from these historically desirable neighborhoods may have created an opportunity for Black and Hispanic residents of the city\u2019s more central neighborhoods to move outwards. \u2014 Mike Gousha And John D. Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Sep. 2021",
|
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"In some instances, real estate agents have been known to steer Black homebuyers to less desirable neighborhoods. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 22 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Analysts argue that this will improve standards in the rental sector and offer more choice in desirable neighborhoods. \u2014 Hanna Ziady, CNN , 2 Aug. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The Constitution protects desirables and undesirables alike. \u2014 Phil Gramm And Michael Solon, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Responses ran the gamut of tangible and intangible desirables , some of which are truly shoot-for-the-stars gifts and at least one that doesn't cost any money at all. \u2014 Ars Technica , 22 Nov. 2019",
|
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"The undesirables are migrants or refugees, the desirables are expats or cosmopolitans. \u2014 Ben Huberman, Longreads , 21 July 2017"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
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"1645, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"see desire entry 1":"Noun"
|
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|
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"di-\u02c8z\u012b-r\u0259-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bodacious",
|
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"dishy",
|
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"hot",
|
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"luscious",
|
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"sexy",
|
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"toothsome"
|
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|
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"adverb",
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"noun"
|
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|
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},
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"desire":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"appetency",
|
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"appetite",
|
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"craving",
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"drive",
|
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"hankering",
|
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"hunger",
|
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"itch",
|
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"jones",
|
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"letch",
|
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"longing",
|
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"lust",
|
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"passion",
|
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"pining",
|
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"thirst",
|
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"thirstiness",
|
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"urge",
|
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"yearning",
|
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"yen"
|
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|
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"definitions":{
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": a usually formal request or petition for some action":[
|
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"at the desire of one fifth of those present",
|
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"\u2014 U.S. Constitution"
|
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],
|
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": conscious impulse (see impulse entry 1 sense 1 ) toward something that promises enjoyment or satisfaction in its attainment":[
|
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"ridding oneself of all desires",
|
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"how humans process desire"
|
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],
|
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": invite":[],
|
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": longing , craving":[
|
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"teenagers' desire for independence",
|
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"\u2026 the inexpensive homebuilt craft that satisfy many people's desire to fly",
|
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"\u2014 James Fallows"
|
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|
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": sexual urge or appetite":[],
|
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": something longed or hoped for : something desired":[
|
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"You are my heart's desire ."
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],
|
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": to express a wish for : request":[
|
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"they desire an immediate answer"
|
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],
|
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": to express a wish to : ask":[
|
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|
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],
|
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": to feel the loss of":[],
|
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": to have or feel desire":[
|
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"They may come if they so desire ."
|
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],
|
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": to long or hope for : exhibit or feel desire for":[
|
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"desire success",
|
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"knew that men still desired her"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
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"He desired her approval more than anything.",
|
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"The apartment has modern amenities, a great location\u2014everything you could desire .",
|
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"She knew that men still desired her.",
|
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"Noun",
|
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"Desire is a common theme is music and literature.",
|
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"The magazine tries to attend to the needs and desires of its readers.",
|
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"Both sides feel a real desire for peace.",
|
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"His decisions are guided by his desire for land.",
|
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"They expressed a desire to go with us.",
|
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"They have a desire to have children.",
|
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"a strong desire to travel around the world",
|
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"He was overcome with desire for her.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"But Bran doesn\u2019t desire revenge against her stepfamily. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
|
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"For Fleming\u2019s kids in Texas, gender-affirming hormones are not currently part of the discussion; not all trans people desire hormones or surgery to feel affirmed in their gender. \u2014 Heather Boerner, Scientific American , 12 May 2022",
|
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"Some jobs and some employees very much desire a dedicated space. \u2014 Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2022",
|
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"Seven decades after it was widely embraced, people still desire the spare aesthetic qualities of open interiors with sliding glass walls that dissolve barriers to the outdoors. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
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"While convenience is still top of mind, understanding what people need and desire and then tailoring communications and shopping is even more important than before. \u2014 Adrian Swinscoe, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
|
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"However, the drop in telehealth volumes since the pandemic peak also reflects patients\u2019 (and doctors\u2019) desire for more in-person visits. \u2014 Paddy Padmanabhan, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"If there\u2019s one knock against Stroud\u2019s game, it\u2019s that his ability \u2014 and sometimes desire \u2014 to make plays with his legs is often non-existent. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 13 May 2022",
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"And the will and desire to win in one field can easily transfer to another. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Most government investigations ended and laws and regulations were changed, but the families press on, encouraged by help from the industry experts and driven by a desire to avert further tragedy. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
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"Parents expressed a fear of sending kids to school, or a desire to move abroad. \u2014 Dakin Andone, CNN , 26 June 2022",
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"The group is falling apart and is confronted with only two extreme attitudes from the audience \u2013 either absolute desire or endless contempt. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 25 June 2022",
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"Trump is weighing a late endorsement of Bailey in the GOP governor\u2019s race, a Trump aide told the Tribune, also noting the former president\u2019s desire to back winning candidates. \u2014 Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
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"Thankfully, there are still those whose desire to bring critical help and a human face to those who are in the most distress. \u2014 Sara Zeff Geber, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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"His impact at the line of scrimmage was evident when Auburn\u2019s coaches flipped on his film and targeted him in the transfer portal, but the program\u2019s desire to add Joseph to the roster was fortified during his visit to campus earlier this month. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 26 May 2022",
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"Although having a dog was my son\u2019s desire Rocco latched onto his new mama with a vengeance. \u2014 cleveland , 24 May 2022",
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"Mercedes has presented the Vision AMG, a concept that signals its performance brand\u2019s desire to shift towards electric propulsion in the coming decade. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French desirer , from Latin desiderare , from de- + sider-, sidus heavenly body":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"di-\u02c8z\u012br",
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"d\u0113-",
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"di-\u02c8z\u012b(-\u0259)r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for desire Verb desire , wish , want , crave , covet mean to have a longing for. desire stresses the strength of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim. desires to start a new life wish sometimes implies a general or transient longing especially for the unattainable. wishes for permanent world peace want specifically suggests a felt need or lack. wants to have a family crave stresses the force of physical appetite or emotional need. craves sweets covet implies strong envious desire. covets his rise to fame",
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"synonyms":[
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"ache (for)",
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"covet",
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"crave",
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"desiderate",
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"die (for)",
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"hanker (for ",
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"hunger (for)",
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"itch (for)",
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"jones (for)",
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"long (for)",
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"lust (for ",
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"pant (after)",
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"pine (for)",
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"repine (for)",
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"salivate (for)",
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"sigh (for)",
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"thirst (for)",
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"want",
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"wish (for)",
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"yearn (for)",
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"yen (for)"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193634",
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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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"desire line":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an unplanned route or path (such as one worn into a grassy surface by repeated foot traffic) that is used by pedestrians in preference to or in the absence of a designated alternative (such as a paved pathway)":[
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"There's a concept in landscape architecture called a desire line . It refers to a path worn into the ground by foot traffic, in defiance of the planned curves of sidewalks and roadways.",
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"\u2014 Henry Grabar",
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"This is the authoritarian approach to erasing a desire line : block it off with some type of obstacle\u2014a fence, a bush, a pile of brush, a sharply (if, in this case, politely) worded sign.",
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"\u2014 Robert Moor",
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"The proposed fence would not enclose the parking lot, only limit its use as a desire path .",
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"\u2014 Zachary Oren Smith"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1993, 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":"20220706-212552",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"desireless":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": being without desire":[]
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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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"-\u012b(\u0259)rl\u0259\u0307s",
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"-\u012b\u0259l-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114333",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"desirer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one that desires":[]
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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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"Middle English, from desiren + -er":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u012br\u0259(r)"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222120",
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"desiringly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": longingly , yearningly":[]
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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":"20220707-042206",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"desirous":{
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"antonyms":[
|
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"apathetic",
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"indifferent",
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"uneager",
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"unenthusiastic"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": impelled or governed by desire":[
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"desirous of fame"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"management is very desirous of finishing the project on time and within budget",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"Suppose a firm that is crafting an AI system is desirous of letting the world know about how great their AI is going to be. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"On the scale between wants and needs, the GrillGun Basic falls on the desirous end of the spectrum. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 5 Nov. 2020",
|
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"Given the state of the Texans' rebuild, inquiring about Saints veterans is less desirous . \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Possibly due to wanting to grab hold of whatever treasures the AI steals, or maybe out of an act of hatred toward other humans and desirous of having the AI wreak havoc. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
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"For example, the AI might be desirous of wiping out humans and calculates that by stealing some of our resources this might be more readily accomplishable. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The automakers and self-driving car tech firms are desirous of finally making money off their deep investments into the technology. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"That is a matter of national sentiment, and polls show that in the years since Russia\u2019s seizure of Crimea in 2014, Ukrainians are more desirous than ever of joining the Western alliance. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
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"The temperamental Moon forms a tense square against desirous Venus just after midnight, brewing some late-night issues. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 17 Sep. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8z\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"geeked",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hepped up",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092638",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desirousness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": impelled or governed by desire":[
|
|
"desirous of fame"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"management is very desirous of finishing the project on time and within budget",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Suppose a firm that is crafting an AI system is desirous of letting the world know about how great their AI is going to be. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"On the scale between wants and needs, the GrillGun Basic falls on the desirous end of the spectrum. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 5 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Given the state of the Texans' rebuild, inquiring about Saints veterans is less desirous . \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Possibly due to wanting to grab hold of whatever treasures the AI steals, or maybe out of an act of hatred toward other humans and desirous of having the AI wreak havoc. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"For example, the AI might be desirous of wiping out humans and calculates that by stealing some of our resources this might be more readily accomplishable. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The automakers and self-driving car tech firms are desirous of finally making money off their deep investments into the technology. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"That is a matter of national sentiment, and polls show that in the years since Russia\u2019s seizure of Crimea in 2014, Ukrainians are more desirous than ever of joining the Western alliance. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The temperamental Moon forms a tense square against desirous Venus just after midnight, brewing some late-night issues. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 17 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8z\u012b(-\u0259)r-\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"geeked",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hepped up",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162335",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cease to proceed or act":[
|
|
"a court order to desist from selling the product"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Despite orders from the police, the protesters would not desist .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"James\u2019s office sent cease-and- desist orders to 28 ghost gun sellers earlier this month. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Other states\u2014including New Jersey, which filed a cease-and- desist order against Celsius\u2014quickly followed suit. \u2014 Fortune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"As part of the settlement, Schwab agreed to a cease-and- desist order from the practices, a censure, and will retain an independent consultant to review its robo-adviser disclosures, marketing and advertising. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"In the letter, the station owners also asked Democratic lawyers to stop referencing that decision in their cease-and- desist letters to other stations. \u2014 Aaron Navarro, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"In 1998, Goggles obtained a cease-and- desist order from the Oglala Lakota Tribal Court requiring Meya to return all the materials and copies and to stop publishing or making presentations about the count. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"At last week\u2019s meeting, the Coastal Commission unanimously passed a cease-and- desist order and administrative penalty on the Headland development company on the recommendation of staff. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Meta conducted extensive account takedowns and dismantled other infrastructure on its platforms as part of the action, banned the organizations, and sent them cease and desist warnings. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, Wired , 16 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"However, this unlawful phenomenon led the OCM in early February 2022 to send over two dozen letters ordering businesses suspected of illegally selling or gifting cannabis to cease and desist those activities. \u2014 Dario Sabaghi, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English desisten, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French desister, desistier, borrowed from Latin d\u0113sistere \"to leave off, cease,\" from d\u0113- de- + sistere \"to cause to stand, assume a standing position, place, check, halt\" \u2014 more at assist entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8zist",
|
|
"di-\u02c8zist",
|
|
"d\u0113-",
|
|
"-\u02c8sist",
|
|
"di-\u02c8sist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for desist stop , cease , quit , discontinue , desist mean to suspend or cause to suspend activity. stop applies to action or progress or to what is operating or progressing and may imply suddenness or definiteness. stopped at the red light cease applies to states, conditions, or existence and may add a suggestion of gradualness and a degree of finality. by nightfall the fighting had ceased quit may stress either finality or abruptness in stopping or ceasing. the engine faltered, sputtered, then quit altogether discontinue applies to the stopping of an accustomed activity or practice. we have discontinued the manufacture of that item desist implies forbearance or restraint as a motive for stopping or ceasing. desisted from further efforts to persuade them",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up ",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173058",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desitive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": concluding or expressing a conclusion":[
|
|
"a desitive proposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin desit us + English -ive":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8dez\u0259tiv",
|
|
"-es\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-155014",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to remove size or sizing from (cloth)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"de- + size (noun)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"d\u0259\u0307+",
|
|
"(\u02c8)d\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062513",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a division of an organization specializing in a particular phase of activity":[
|
|
"the Russian desk in the Department of State"
|
|
],
|
|
": a reading table or lectern from which a liturgical service is read":[],
|
|
": a seating position according to rank in an orchestra":[
|
|
"a first- desk violinist"
|
|
],
|
|
": a table, counter, stand, or booth at which a person works":[],
|
|
": a table, frame, or case with a sloping or horizontal surface especially for writing and reading and often with drawers, compartments, and pigeonholes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an information desk at an airport",
|
|
"We will ask for directions to the restaurant at the front desk .",
|
|
"We went to the reception desk to check into our room.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And he's been known to be at his desk until well into the night \u2014 so much so that Prince Harry once joked that his father would wake up with paper stuck to his face! \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Back at her desk an hour later, Ms. Ury led a Zoom session for 67 people who had paid nearly $2,000 each for a six-week course, which gave them the chance to ask their most pressing questions about dating. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"In fact, these exercises can even be done while lying in bed or seated at your desk at work. \u2014 Stephanie Mansour, CNN , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Less than a month after suffering a season-ending blowout loss to top-seeded Kansas on the second day of the Big 12 Tournament, Bob Huggins sat at his desk inside his office on the West Virginia University campus. \u2014 Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Going beyond a rainbow flag at your desk : Here's the business impact of LGBTQ inclusion in the workplace. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Majority Whip James Clyburn explains his reticence WASHINGTON \u2013 The most sweeping gun safety legislation in 30 years has a viable path from the Senate to the president's desk , but it's being challenged. \u2014 Candy Woodall, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Republican lawmakers sent it to DeWine\u2019s desk earlier this month over objections from Democrats. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Dutchess prepared briefing materials that helped propel Kimoto\u2019s case to Donald Trump\u2019s desk . \u2014 Elizabeth Macbride, Forbes , 4 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English deske, dext \"reading desk, lectern,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin descus, desca, variant of discus \"raised table, platform,\" going back to Latin, \"discus, kind of plate, gong,\" borrowed from Greek d\u00edskos \"discus,\" in Late Greek also \"dish, round mirror, the sun's disk, gong\" \u2014 more at discus":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8desk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agency",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bureau",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"service"
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],
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"desk job":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a job that someone does while sitting at a desk":[
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"She left her desk job to become a farmer."
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]
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232700",
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"type":[
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},
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"desk jobber":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": drop shipper":[]
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"examples":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120411",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"deskbound":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": restricted to work at a desk":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Many writers are deskbound anchorites; Kurkov is a compulsively social animal with a deep bench of illustrious friends. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
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"Crystal City neighborhood are better known for deskbound defense contractors than for SWAT-style stunts performed outside. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
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"Its worth noting that the Surface Pro tablets are still built around the deskbound environment of Windows 10 that has been evolving since the dawn of Windows. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
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"The new study, which involved almost half a million workers, finds that people whose jobs involve frequent moving and lifting tend to live longer than those whose occupations are deskbound . \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, Star Tribune , 2 July 2021",
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"In this fuller analysis, men who were active at work developed heart disease and cancer at lower rates than deskbound men. \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, Star Tribune , 2 July 2021",
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"The latest macOS beta (the seventh beta of Big Sur 11.3) improves the support of iOS apps running on macOS, increasing the utility of the Mac platform and unlocking the extensive iOS and iPadOS app library for the deskbound hardware. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 10 Apr. 2021",
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"Will Apple follow an aggressive one year update on the M chips and the hardware, or will the realities of deskbound purchase styles see a two-year as the base",
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"The stress of the pandemic\u2014and for deskbound workers, the less-than-stellar ergonomics of working from home\u2014have manifested in all sorts of aches and pains this year. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2021"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8desk-\u02ccbau\u0307nd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055211",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"desolate":{
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"antonyms":[
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"annihilate",
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"cream",
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"do in",
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"extinguish",
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"nuke",
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"pull down",
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"pulverize",
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"raze",
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"rub out",
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"ruin",
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"shatter",
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"smash",
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"tear down",
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"total",
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"vaporize",
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"waste",
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"wrack",
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"wreck"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": barren , lifeless":[
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"a desolate landscape"
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],
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": devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted":[
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"a desolate abandoned town"
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],
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": devoid of warmth, comfort, or hope : gloomy":[
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"desolate memories"
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],
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": forsake":[
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"their desolated families back home"
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],
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": joyless, disconsolate , and sorrowful through or as if through separation from a loved one":[
|
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"a desolate widow"
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],
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": showing the effects of abandonment and neglect : dilapidated":[
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"a desolate old house"
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],
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": to deprive of inhabitants":[
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"The neighboring towns were desolated ."
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],
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": to lay waste":[
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"desolating the city with bombs"
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],
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": to make desolate :":[],
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": to make wretched":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"a desolate house abandoned many years ago",
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"destitute and desolate since her husband walked out on her",
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"Verb",
|
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"totally desolated the city with aerial bombs",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Except that the landscapes the family travels through are so empty and desolate . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
|
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"By comparison, the copy-and-pasted terrain that fills out the most boring regions of Halo Infinite looks like a Renaissance masterwork compared to the desolate landscape in this demo's beginning area. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
|
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"Rome, takes place in the desolate outskirts of the city, where two children have had a vision of the Madonna. \u2014 Keith Christiansen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
|
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"They were eventually detained off a desolate beach road. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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"Since its debut nearly 50 years ago, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has spawned eight films about unsuspecting young people who stumble onto a desolate Texas town and become victims of the cannibalistic Leatherface and his family. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Reid was born in the desolate mining town of Searchlight. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, ajc , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"With no machinery working the fields, the country viewed from the window of a vehicle traveling 75 mph on the interstate did appear desolate . \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
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"Across the street from Boynton Beach City Hall, a desolate pioneer home is awaiting the promise of a funky modern makeover. \u2014 Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Like any masterful monologue, one felt invited inside the mind behind that desolate yet brave voice. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
|
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"For eight weeks, the streets of Paris were empty of traffic and silent, the sidewalks desolate , all but essential food stores closed. \u2014 Rachel Donadio, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
|
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"For eight weeks, the streets of Paris were empty of traffic and silent, the sidewalks desolate , all but essential food stores closed. \u2014 Rachel Donadio, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
|
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"For eight weeks, the streets of Paris were empty of traffic and silent, the sidewalks desolate , all but essential food stores closed. \u2014 Rachel Donadio, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
|
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"For eight weeks, the streets of Paris were empty of traffic and silent, the sidewalks desolate , all but essential food stores closed. \u2014 Rachel Donadio, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
|
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"For eight weeks, the streets of Paris were empty of traffic and silent, the sidewalks desolate , all but essential food stores closed. \u2014 Rachel Donadio, The New York Review of Books , 23 July 2020",
|
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"But by summer\u2019s end, the early excitement had died down and many sidewalk tables were languishing unfilled, leaving neighborhood streets desolate rather than boisterous, North End restaurateurs said then. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 July 2021",
|
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"Marville traced the urban growth of Paris, from ramshackle construction sites to burgeoning neighborhoods, desolate outskirts and how quickly Paris modernized in the mid 19th century. \u2014 Nadja Sayej, Forbes , 7 June 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English desolat, desolate \"deserted, lonely, distressed,\" borrowed from Latin d\u0113s\u014dl\u0101tus, past participle of d\u0113s\u014dl\u0101re \"to leave all alone, forsake, empty of inhabitants,\" from d\u0113- de- + -s\u014dl\u0101re, verbal derivative of s\u014dlus \"lone, acting without a partner, lonely, deserted,\" of uncertain origin":"Adjective",
|
|
"Middle English desolaten (in past participle desolatid \"deserted, ruined\"), borrowed from Latin d\u0113s\u014dl\u0101tus, past participle of d\u0113s\u014dl\u0101re \"to leave all alone, forsake, empty of inhabitants\" \u2014 more at desolate entry 1":"Verb"
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8de-s\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
|
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"\u02c8de-s\u0259-l\u0259t",
|
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"\u02c8de-z\u0259-"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for desolate Adjective alone , solitary , lonely , lonesome , lone , forlorn , desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life lone may replace lonely or lonesome but typically is as objective as alone . a lone robin pecking at the lawn forlorn stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child desolate implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death dismal , dreary , bleak , gloomy , cheerless , desolate mean devoid of cheer or comfort. dismal indicates extreme and utterly depressing gloominess. dismal weather dreary , often interchangeable with dismal , emphasizes discouragement resulting from sustained dullness or futility. a dreary job bleak suggests chill, dull, and barren characteristics that utterly dishearten. the bleak years of the depression gloomy often suggests lack of hope or promise. gloomy war news cheerless stresses absence of anything cheering. a drab and cheerless office desolate adds an element of utter remoteness or lack of human contact to any already disheartening aspect. a desolate outpost",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"black",
|
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"bleak",
|
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"cheerless",
|
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"chill",
|
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"Cimmerian",
|
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"cloudy",
|
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"cold",
|
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"comfortless",
|
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"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
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"dire",
|
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"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
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"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
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"dreich",
|
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"elegiac",
|
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"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
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"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011717",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desolation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
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"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": barren wasteland":[
|
|
"looked out across the desolation"
|
|
],
|
|
": devastation , ruin":[
|
|
"a scene of utter desolation"
|
|
],
|
|
": grief , sadness":[
|
|
"\u2026 he put his trembling hands to his head, and gave a wild ringing scream, the cry of desolation .",
|
|
"\u2014 George Eliot"
|
|
],
|
|
": loneliness":[],
|
|
": the action of desolating":[
|
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"the pitiful desolation and slaughter of World War I",
|
|
"\u2014 D. F. Fleming"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"She sank into a state of desolation and despair.",
|
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"photos that show the desolation of war",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"One way to protect yourself from this desolation is to pick up a coffee subscription. \u2014 Jaina Grey Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 30 June 2022",
|
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"But after the Roman Empire deteriorated, malarial swamps spread again throughout Maremma\u2014transforming the terrain for centuries into a lawless land of fever, bandits and desolation . \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"Beckett\u2019s bitterly comic banter remains, but Kurt\u00e1g\u2019s version is filled with compassion for these characters mired in exhaustion, desolation and especially old age. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"But Diwan\u2019s film is less harrowing for its depictions of physical suffering than for its forthright exploration of Anne\u2019s emotional desolation . \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"The photos map the experience of desolation through landscape photos. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"In eastern cities controlled by Russia, witnesses described desolation and ruin, as well as looting by Russian troops, where tens of thousands of people had once lived. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Even for Russian propaganda purposes, a smoldering desolation may be a tough sell. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Amid the pain, shock and desolation in Bucha, one question emerges over and over \u2014 why the brutality from a people so close to Ukraine"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English desolacion, desolacioun \"state of distress or hardship, feeling of distress, affliction,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French desolacion, borrowed from Late Latin d\u0113s\u014dl\u0101ti\u014dn-, d\u0113s\u014dl\u0101ti\u014d \"abandonment, solitude,\" from Latin d\u0113s\u014dl\u0101re \"to leave all alone, forsake, empty of inhabitants\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at desolate entry 1":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccde-z\u0259-",
|
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"\u02ccde-s\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
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"despond",
|
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"despondence",
|
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"despondency",
|
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"disconsolateness",
|
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"dispiritedness",
|
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"doldrums",
|
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"dolefulness",
|
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"downheartedness",
|
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"dreariness",
|
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"dumps",
|
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"forlornness",
|
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"gloom",
|
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"gloominess",
|
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"glumness",
|
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"heartsickness",
|
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"joylessness",
|
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"melancholy",
|
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"miserableness",
|
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"mopes",
|
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"mournfulness",
|
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"oppression",
|
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"sadness",
|
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"sorrowfulness",
|
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"unhappiness"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063248",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"despair":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"despond"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a cause of hopelessness":[
|
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"an incorrigible child is the despair of his parents"
|
|
],
|
|
": to lose all hope or confidence":[
|
|
"despair of winning"
|
|
],
|
|
": to lose hope for":[],
|
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": utter loss of hope":[
|
|
"a cry of despair",
|
|
"gave up in despair"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
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"On the occasion of Johnson's tercentenary, Martin ( A Life of James Boswell ) searches out the psychological elements covered up by Boswell and others: the immense insecurities, bouts of deep depression, corrosive self-doubt and, in his last days, despair for his very soul. \u2014 Publishers Weekly , 21 July 2008",
|
|
"Players who'd been on the 2004 Olympic team joked about whether their two bronze medals equaled one silver. There was none of the despair or finger-pointing that followed the world championships in '02, when Team USA finished sixth. \u2014 Kelly Anderson , Sports Illustrated , 11 Sept. 2006",
|
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"The people who try to save endangered species in Hawaii are immune to despair . They have to be, to keep doing what they do. \u2014 Lawrence Downes , New York Times , 19 Dec. 2004",
|
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"His despair nearly drove him mad.",
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"I was overcome by despair at being unable to find them.",
|
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"She finally gave up in despair .",
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"The people were driven to despair by the horrors of war.",
|
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"This latest setback has brought her to the depths of despair .",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"It is possible that at this stage Caesar had not altogether despaired of a consensual solution to the difficulties facing the Republic. \u2014 Anthony Everitt , Cicero , (2001) 2003",
|
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"Sometimes it is hard not to despair about relations between men and women in American society. They seem to have hit rock bottom. \u2014 Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn , New Republic , 6 May 2002",
|
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"Yet, until very recently, Alzheimer's was so poorly understood that scientists despaired of finding a treatment, much less a cure. \u2014 Ken Garber , Technology , March 2001",
|
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"Things look bad now, but don't despair .",
|
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"we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Though a study of despair , the memoir is not despairing: through their poetry, Hopkins and Boye offer inspiration to Hewitt, also a poet. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Nowhere was that more apparent than in the depths of despair , when the family grew even closer in the wake of Teddy\u2019s death. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
|
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"That sense of despair , that feeling that only those who already viewed Trump as a threat to democracy are gaining wisdom from the hearings, seemed palpable in many places. \u2014 Andrea Eger Canfield, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
|
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"The goal was to guide the audience through this unique futuristic tale and bring out the core theme: hopefulness in the face of despair . \u2014 Bob Verini, Variety , 13 June 2022",
|
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"Following two months of frustration, despair , and economic loss, Shanghai\u2019s draconian COVID-19 lockdown ended at midnight on Wednesday morning, prompting celebrations tempered with fear that an outbreak could return. \u2014 Brenda Goh, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 June 2022",
|
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"Obesity specialists despair but hope that with the advent of highly effective drugs, the situation will change. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
|
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"After a decade of inaction on guns, many despair that this is America\u2019s destiny\u2014that mass shootings are now an inevitable part of growing up. \u2014 Anne Godlasky, Quartz , 25 May 2022",
|
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"Inspired by the suicide of the author\u2019s sister, the book is a veiled grief memoir that veers wildly between plangent, poetic despair , plainspoken journaling and blunt, cutting humor \u2014 a spectrum mirroring the variable stages of grief itself. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 6 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"There are as many reading appetites as there are readers, so if your favorite book of 2022 doesn't make our list, don't despair . \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
|
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"Over the next week and a half, the Widderses rode an emotional roller coaster, elated by seeming improvements, only to despair over indicators of the severe damage to their daughter\u2019s liver. \u2014 Lena H. Sun, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
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"This purchase behavior targeting presents as one of many reasons not to despair in digital marketing this year. \u2014 Anil Malhotra, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
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"But do not despair : There may be an affordable studio oasis in your future. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
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"So don't despair if Champagne is hard to come by this year. \u2014 Jeanne O'brien Coffey, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Do not despair of the computer generation\u2019s zeal for nature, our essayist argues. \u2014 Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Despite Iraqi Kurdistan\u2019s outward prosperity, young people especially despair over the lack of jobs and over the corruption, repression and tribal conflicts that often override the legal system. \u2014 Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
|
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"If your towels have seen better days, don't despair . \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, PEOPLE.com , 14 Nov. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English despeiren , from Anglo-French desperer , from Latin desperare , from de- + sperare to hope; akin to Latin spes hope \u2014 more at speed entry 1":"Verb and Noun"
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"di-\u02c8sper"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"desperation",
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"despond",
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"despondence",
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"despondency",
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"forlornness",
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"hopelessness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180315",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"despairing":{
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"antonyms":[
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"hopeful",
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"optimistic",
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"Panglossian",
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"Pollyanna",
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"Pollyannaish",
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"Pollyannish",
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"rose-colored",
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"rosy",
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"upbeat"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": given to, arising from, or marked by despair : devoid of hope":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"despairing predictions regarding the effects of global overpopulation",
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"despairing applicants need to be reminded that most students are eventually accepted somewhere",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The darkness is deeper and sometimes more despairing this year, but the jokes are just as frequent, and maybe even a bit more cathartic. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
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"Her thoughts grew more despairing during the next few weeks in the hospital and then in the Navy\u2019s psychiatric ward. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"People who demonstrate tragic optimism suffer the same\u2014and sometimes even more\u2014pain and sorrow in the short term as those who become pessimistic and despairing . \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 20 Jan. 2021",
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"On July 30, 1932, exactly 6 months before Hitler became chancellor of Germany, Albert Einstein sent a despairing letter to Sigmund Freud. \u2014 Adam Kuper, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
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"This despairing rhetoric can\u2019t be helping to encourage vaccination. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Beyond the research evidence, their gut-level take tells them that young people truly have become more anxious and despairing . \u2014 Judith Warner, Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"And so has the concept of time \u2014 which has been skewed and disorienting: sometimes painfully slow, sometimes overwhelming in its acceleration, sometimes too despairing to even fully experience at all. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"The best way to prevent the world from plunging into something truly despairing is to start forcefully articulating what a more just world should look like, and isolate its enemies, at home and abroad. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 5 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1589, 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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"di-\u02c8sper-i\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for despairing despondent , despairing , desperate , hopeless mean having lost all or nearly all hope. despondent implies a deep dejection arising from a conviction of the uselessness of further effort. despondent about yet another rejection despairing suggests the slipping away of all hope and often despondency. despairing appeals for the return of the kidnapped child desperate implies despair that prompts reckless action or violence in the face of defeat or frustration. one last desperate attempt to turn the tide of battle hopeless suggests despair and the cessation of effort or resistance and often implies acceptance or resignation. the situation of the trapped miners is hopeless",
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"synonyms":[
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"bearish",
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"defeatist",
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"downbeat",
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"hopeless",
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"pessimistic"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035712",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"despecificate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to divest of specific signification":[]
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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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"de- + specificate":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u00a6)d\u0113+"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231705",
|
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"type":[
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"despect":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": contempt":[]
|
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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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"Latin despectus , from despectus past participle of despicere to look down upon, despise":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8spekt"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190730",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperacy":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": desperation":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"despera te + -cy":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102313",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperado":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the notorious desperados of the Wild West",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The premise, The Sandman) will portray Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who\u2019s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit\u2019s finest once and aims to do so again. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 May 2022",
|
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"The film saddles up alongside Nat Love (Jonathan Majors), a desperado looking for vengeance after a traumatic childhood incident. \u2014 Anika Reed, USA TODAY , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
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"And the male rider looked the part of a desperado with his white hat & bandana, brown leather chaps, and white duster adorned with blue Cowboys stars. \u2014 Kristi Scales, Dallas News , 9 Dec. 2020",
|
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"Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo No one faced more pressure to thrive, aside from those desperados on the roster bubble. \u2014 Cam Inman, The Mercury News , 25 Aug. 2019",
|
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"There's going to be 15 desperados over those two nights. \u2014 NBC News , 28 July 2019",
|
|
"Buy a California fishing license at Convict Lake, named for a gang of desperadoes who broke out of a Nevada jail in 1871 and met their end in a shootout with lawmen here. \u2014 Katherine Rodeghier, Dallas News , 16 July 2019",
|
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"That includes the dead G-Man and the desperado who gunned him down, the outlaw eventually swinging from a noose in downtown Indianapolis while a bloodthirsty crowd cheered on Alabama Street. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star , 3 July 2019",
|
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"The desperadoes are so evil that Dutch (Borgnine) makes a joke of it when someone suggests pausing to give a decent burial to a fallen comrade. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 20 June 2019"
|
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],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1647, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably alteration of obsolete desperate desperado, from desperate , adjective":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02c8r\u0101-",
|
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"\u02ccde-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003051",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperadoism":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a wave or period of unusual activity by desperadoes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u014d\u02cciz\u0259m"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102320",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": giving no ground for hope":[
|
|
"the outlook was desperate"
|
|
],
|
|
": having lost hope":[
|
|
"a desperate spirit crying for relief"
|
|
],
|
|
": involving extreme danger or possible disaster":[
|
|
"a desperate situation"
|
|
],
|
|
": involving or employing extreme measures in an attempt to escape defeat or frustration":[
|
|
"made a desperate leap for the rope"
|
|
],
|
|
": moved by despair or utter loss of hope":[
|
|
"victims made desperate by abuse"
|
|
],
|
|
": of extreme intensity":[
|
|
"\u2026 a desperate languor descended heavily upon her, and she slept \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Elinor Wylie"
|
|
],
|
|
": shocking , outrageous":[],
|
|
": suffering extreme need or anxiety":[
|
|
"desperate for money",
|
|
"desperate to escape",
|
|
"celebrities desperate for attention"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The collapse of her business had made her desperate .",
|
|
"As the supply of food ran out, people became desperate .",
|
|
"We could hear their desperate cries for help.",
|
|
"a desperate struggle to defeat the enemy",
|
|
"He made a desperate bid to save his job.",
|
|
"They made one last desperate attempt to fight their way out.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The visit proved useful to Reichert, who was desperate to get any information that would further the investigation and finally put the killings to an end. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Though some parents are desperate to get their young children vaccinated, many others are hesitant. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Spider-Man fans are most desperate to stream online. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Inside Family Dollar next door across Landon Street, the mood was more desperate . \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Conditions for children in eastern and southern Ukraine where fighting has intensified are increasingly desperate . \u2014 Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Inside Family Dollar next door across Landon Street, the mood was more desperate . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The white-hot demand for U.S. workers cooled a bit in April, though the number of unfilled jobs remains high and companies are still desperate to hire more people. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Parents yesterday were desperate to get information about their kids. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin desperatus , past participle of desperare \u2014 see despair entry 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-sp\u0259rt",
|
|
"\u02c8de-sp(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
|
|
"-spr\u0259t",
|
|
"\u02c8de-sp\u0259-r\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for desperate despondent , despairing , desperate , hopeless mean having lost all or nearly all hope. despondent implies a deep dejection arising from a conviction of the uselessness of further effort. despondent about yet another rejection despairing suggests the slipping away of all hope and often despondency. despairing appeals for the return of the kidnapped child desperate implies despair that prompts reckless action or violence in the face of defeat or frustration. one last desperate attempt to turn the tide of battle hopeless suggests despair and the cessation of effort or resistance and often implies acceptance or resignation. the situation of the trapped miners is hopeless",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hopeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075104",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": extremely , terribly":[
|
|
"desperately tired",
|
|
"desperately important"
|
|
],
|
|
": in a way that involves despair, extreme measures, or rashness : in a desperate manner":[
|
|
"struggling desperately",
|
|
"desperately crying out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Lifting the barrier to gainful employment, along with the recognition that businesses desperately need more workers, companies are changing their tune on job seekers who have criminal records. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The Guardians desperately need Sandlin and/or Karinchak to pull themselves together. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"The Rockets desperately need some outside shooting and help on defense. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Would the Atlanta Hawks, who desperately need grit, be willing to part with one of their playmaking, outside-shooting wings",
|
|
"The Blazers desperately need large defenders who can help protect Lillard and Anfernee Simons, two small guards not known for their defense. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"There are three reasons why foreign countries desperately need the dollar and are willing to trade their national product for it. \u2014 Jarl Jensen, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"And at the same time, suggesting that human-like intelligence is not far away might distract from all the current flaws in A.I. that so desperately need fixing. \u2014 Gary Marcus, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The four council members at Friday\u2019s news conference described the unit as something that would rarely be used but was desperately need for a small group of homeless people. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"see desperate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8de-sp(\u0259-)r\u0259t-l\u0113",
|
|
"-spr\u0259t-l\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8de-sp\u0259-r\u0259t-l\u0113",
|
|
"-sp\u0259rt-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091757",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"hopefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a state of hopelessness leading to rashness":[],
|
|
": loss of hope and surrender to despair":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She felt overcome by desperation .",
|
|
"the desperation of severe poverty",
|
|
"They hired me out of desperation , because they couldn't get anyone else.",
|
|
"Finally, in desperation , he tried to flee the country.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Born To Run'' is Bruce Springsteen's magnum opus, a desperation epic about getting outta Jersey via Highway 9, the road passing through his hometown of Freehold. \u2014 Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"The push to demonize ESG (again, for the wrong reasons) speaks to a newfound desperation . \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"With limited essentials and alone in the desert with her captor, desperation for survival takes hold as Elly risks her life to escape from his clutches before the trip turns deadly. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Phoenix got every rebound & hit 3 desperation end- of-shot clock shots in the 2nd half that killed any comeback attempt. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"The city has been the scene of growing desperation for the 100,000 people who are trapped there and struggling to survive under Russian occupation, said Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukraine\u2019s deputy prime minister. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As the shot clock wound down, a desperation 3-pointer banked in off the glass. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The excessive dazzle of these spaces belies a desperation to keep alien beauty close, as though its enigmatic charms might rub off on us. \u2014 Laura Bannister, Vogue , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But also, don\u2019t mistake their lack of desperation for aloofness either. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccde-sp\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"hopelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081807",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despicable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": deserving to be despised : so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation":[
|
|
"despicable behavior"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She is a despicable traitor.",
|
|
"even within the prison population, pedophiles are regarded as particularly despicable",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"As despicable as the behavior toward Crenshaw was, even more alarming were the actions taken by the Texas GOP and the convention's 5,000-plus delegates. \u2014 Dean Obeidallah, CNN , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Many words come to mind to describe the tenor of Smith\u2019s message directed at Boselli: despicable , na\u00efve, repugnant, astonishing, unseemly and classless. \u2014 Gene Frenette, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"After many years of playing minor heavies (True Romance, Get Shorty), Gandolfini shot to stardom by showing a tender side to an otherwise despicable human being. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"This was a man who just two weeks prior referred to Saban as a despicable narcissist who needed to be slapped more as a child. \u2014 John Talty | Jtalty@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Orange High School lacrosse game was a despicable act and an outrage to the community. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Yet in many ways, the members of the newspaper axis were especially despicable . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
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"In the second animated origin story of the summer, a pre- despicable 12-year-old boy named Gru dreams of becoming the world\u2019s greatest supervillain with some help from his loyal, bumbling yellow sidekicks. \u2014 cleveland , 3 May 2022",
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"Some characters were despicable , some were ridiculous. \u2014 Joe Lynch, Billboard , 13 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1553, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin despicabilis , from Latin despicari to despise":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8de-(\u02cc)spi-",
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"di-\u02c8spi-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"\u02c8de-spik-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for despicable contemptible , despicable , pitiable , sorry , scurvy mean arousing or deserving scorn. contemptible may imply any quality provoking scorn or a low standing in any scale of values. a contemptible liar despicable may imply utter worthlessness and usually suggests arousing an attitude of moral indignation. a despicable crime pitiable applies to what inspires mixed contempt and pity. a pitiable attempt at tragedy sorry may stress pitiable inadequacy or may suggest wretchedness or sordidness. this rattletrap is a sorry excuse for a car scurvy adds to despicable an implication of arousing disgust. a scurvy crew of hangers-on",
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"synonyms":[
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"cheap",
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"contemptible",
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"cruddy",
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"deplorable",
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"dirty",
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"grubby",
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"lame",
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"lousy",
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"mean",
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"nasty",
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"paltry",
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"pitiable",
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"pitiful",
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"ratty",
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"scabby",
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"scummy",
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"scurvy",
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"sneaking",
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"sorry",
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"wretched"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081443",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"despise":{
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"antonyms":[
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"love"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to look down on with disrespect or aversion":[
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"despised the weak"
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],
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": to regard as negligible , worthless, or distasteful":[
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"despises organized religion"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He and Julie grooved to Cuban son and jazz on NPR and loved arty films, for instance; and they distrusted big business and despised tract houses, malls, and other aesthetically unpleasing byproducts of a consumer society. \u2014 Brian C. Anderson , National Review , 13 Mar. 2006",
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"She was despised as a hypocrite.",
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"I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Add Amy Ryan \u2014 not an afterthought, her character would despise being considered that way \u2014 and there\u2019s no mystery about how deserving this show is of recognition. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
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"The semi-transparent black glass roof contrasts nicely with the paint color and conceals a sunscreen in the headliner, which should be an option for purists like this driver who despise sunroofs on performance cars. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
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"Unionist politicians of all stripes despise the protocol. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
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"Even people who despise country music aren\u2019t going to deny Parton\u2019s long list of accomplishments. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Since then, McMullin\u2019s Democratic partisan rhetoric has managed to alienate nearly everyone who voted for him before, in pursuit of a fundraising base among people who despise anyone who didn\u2019t vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"Drivers may despise speed cameras, but McNickle said his office receives plenty of requests from neighborhoods that want them. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The word is so repeatedly used that disabled people come to despise just hearing it, regardless of the circumstances. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
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"And even a city literally torn apart by violence is usually filled with families who get along with the people others tell them to despise . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French despis- , stem of despire , from Latin despicere , from de- + specere to look \u2014 more at spy":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"di-\u02c8sp\u012bz"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for despise despise , contemn , scorn , disdain mean to regard as unworthy of one's notice or consideration. despise may suggest an emotional response ranging from strong dislike to loathing. despises cowards contemn implies a vehement condemnation of a person or thing as low, vile, feeble, or ignominious. contemns the image of women promoted by advertisers scorn implies a ready or indignant contempt. scorns the very thought of retirement disdain implies an arrogant or supercilious aversion to what is regarded as unworthy. disdained popular music",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"abhor",
|
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"abominate",
|
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"detest",
|
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"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
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"loathe"
|
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],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051105",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despisement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"love"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to look down on with disrespect or aversion":[
|
|
"despised the weak"
|
|
],
|
|
": to regard as negligible , worthless, or distasteful":[
|
|
"despises organized religion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He and Julie grooved to Cuban son and jazz on NPR and loved arty films, for instance; and they distrusted big business and despised tract houses, malls, and other aesthetically unpleasing byproducts of a consumer society. \u2014 Brian C. Anderson , National Review , 13 Mar. 2006",
|
|
"She was despised as a hypocrite.",
|
|
"I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Add Amy Ryan \u2014 not an afterthought, her character would despise being considered that way \u2014 and there\u2019s no mystery about how deserving this show is of recognition. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The semi-transparent black glass roof contrasts nicely with the paint color and conceals a sunscreen in the headliner, which should be an option for purists like this driver who despise sunroofs on performance cars. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Unionist politicians of all stripes despise the protocol. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Even people who despise country music aren\u2019t going to deny Parton\u2019s long list of accomplishments. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Since then, McMullin\u2019s Democratic partisan rhetoric has managed to alienate nearly everyone who voted for him before, in pursuit of a fundraising base among people who despise anyone who didn\u2019t vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Drivers may despise speed cameras, but McNickle said his office receives plenty of requests from neighborhoods that want them. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The word is so repeatedly used that disabled people come to despise just hearing it, regardless of the circumstances. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"And even a city literally torn apart by violence is usually filled with families who get along with the people others tell them to despise . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French despis- , stem of despire , from Latin despicere , from de- + specere to look \u2014 more at spy":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8sp\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for despise despise , contemn , scorn , disdain mean to regard as unworthy of one's notice or consideration. despise may suggest an emotional response ranging from strong dislike to loathing. despises cowards contemn implies a vehement condemnation of a person or thing as low, vile, feeble, or ignominious. contemns the image of women promoted by advertisers scorn implies a ready or indignant contempt. scorns the very thought of retirement disdain implies an arrogant or supercilious aversion to what is regarded as unworthy. disdained popular music",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004618",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"contemptuousness",
|
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"despisement",
|
|
"despitefulness",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an act showing contempt or defiance":[],
|
|
": detriment , disadvantage":[
|
|
"I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite , more solidly \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Sir Winston Churchill"
|
|
],
|
|
": in spite of":[],
|
|
": malice , spite":[],
|
|
": the feeling or attitude of despising someone or something : contempt":[],
|
|
": to provoke to anger : vex":[],
|
|
": to treat with contempt":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Preposition",
|
|
"Many children are shy around strangers, of course, but Jacob's reticence is different. He suffers from a rare childhood disorder \u2026 that renders him so anxious in the company of others that he cannot, despite all his efforts, utter a single word. \u2014 Kathy Ehrich Dowd et al. , People , 18 Feb. 2008",
|
|
"That's exactly what researchers at Texas A & M University have done with Smart Little Lena, a stallion ( despite the name) famed for its cow herding skills. \u2014 Henry Nicholls , New Scientist , 1-7 Apr. 2006",
|
|
"Despite the thriving trade in manuscripts that occurred throughout the Greek and Roman empires, many plays, poems, and philosophical musings by writers such as Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Sophocles have been lost. \u2014 Physics Today , June 2005",
|
|
"we went to the party despite the bad weather outside",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"pointedly ignored his false friend out of despite",
|
|
"sheer despite was the sole reason for her hurtful comments",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
|
|
"And despite her plans being waylayed, time is on her side. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2020",
|
|
"And despite the gameplay and unpredictability down the stretch, that is kind of what happened. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 7 May 2020",
|
|
"Amid a variety of cases of inflated prices across the United States, those focused on the humble egg are among the most sweeping, despite what at first glance appears to be a relatively modest sum. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2020",
|
|
"The ad questions why the restrictions are still in place despite the state having many fewer cases of the virus than projections from the Department of Health Services estimated. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 May 2020",
|
|
"Through the family\u2019s ups and downs, Copeland was a steadying presence, despite his disability. \u2014 al , 6 May 2020",
|
|
"Los Angeles County beaches will remain closed for the time being, despite other coastal stretches reopening \u2014 with limitations \u2014 this week in nearby Orange County with the state\u2019s blessing. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2020",
|
|
"But despite the move to Dallas, Dalton is still hopeful to become a starter in NFL again one day. \u2014 Joey Hayden, Dallas News , 5 May 2020",
|
|
"The writing, by Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney (who also play the lead characters), is razor-sharp and, despite being a dark-ish romantic comedy, so original. \u2014 T+l Editors, Travel + Leisure , 4 May 2020",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Westbrook recently scored a triple-double despite shooting 7-for-27 from the floor. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com , 7 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The Toon Army last beat Spurs on the final day of the 2015/16 season, when a shock 5-1 triumph - despite already being relegated - led to Arsenal snatching second place. \u2014 SI.com , 22 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"In Division II, Turpin somehow was dropped from 4th to 5th despite holding off Anderson 29-28 to remain undefeated. \u2014 Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com , 21 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Harris\u2019 campaign fundraising output has stayed consistent in first quarter around $12 million and $11.8 million in second quarter despite , as first reported by Politico, shakeups among senior campaign staff. \u2014 Andrew Hirschfeld, Fortune , 2 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"And then - despite barely stepping over the halfway line - the hosts hit the crossbar and had a shout for a penalty. \u2014 SI.com , 25 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"There is no doubt her status as a fashion designer has been achieved in part both despite and because of her Spice Girls-marinated celebrity. \u2014 Vogue , 14 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Irving left James and the Cavaliers in a trade with the despite to lead his own team, but his experience in Boston may have changed his perspective. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, USA TODAY , 27 June 2019",
|
|
"However, the report goes on to suggest that the Citizens are still 'ahead' of Carlo Ancelotti's side despite , as aforementioned, the only rumours coming out of his native country. \u2014 SI.com , 26 June 2019",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Bucks 127, Kings 106: Khris Middleton had 27 points and 11 rebounds, Eric Bledsoe scored 24 and Milwaukee beat host Sacramento despite an off night for Giannis Antetokounmpo. \u2014 SFChronicle.com , 10 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Indeed, very few countries do: despite ramping up testing in recent days, the UK remains short of its 10,000 tests per day target. \u2014 Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa , 24 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"This year\u2019s team should be remembered as a group that despite early-career adversity, put all the pieces together to become consistent, balanced and selfless. \u2014 Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal , 13 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Meanwhile in Minnesota, a Star Tribune poll finds that only 5 percent of Democrats believe accusations against DNC Vice Chair Keith Ellison despite much greater and far more detailed evidence against him. \u2014 Fox News , 22 Sep. 2018",
|
|
"Villa Hills City Council voted 6-2 Tuesday night to allow the sale of 85 acres of now-vacant land - despite considerable opposition from many residents, Enquirer media partner Fox19 reports. \u2014 Monroe Trombly, Cincinnati.com , 7 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Lance Wallnau, a Christian author, claimed God spoke to him and showed him that Trump was like King Cyrus, who followed God\u2019s will despite being a pagan. \u2014 Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post , 23 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"ON TRACK\u2019 DESPITE LOSSES Minnesota\u2019s primary problem this season has been an inability to hold leads. \u2014 Jace Frederick, Twin Cities , 9 Jan. 2017",
|
|
"Asher ready despite layoff: Right-hander Alec Asher has appeared in just two games since making his Orioles debut with a quality start April 15, pitching one inning April 23 and 26. \u2014 Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com , 1 May 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French despit , from Latin despectus , from despicere \u2014 see despise":"Noun, Preposition, and Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8sp\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"notwithstanding",
|
|
"regardless of",
|
|
"with"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001540",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"preposition",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despiteful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"unmalicious"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": expressing malice or hate":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despiteful treatment of his poor relations during their visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8sp\u012bt-f\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitchy",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064107",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despitefulness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"unmalicious"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": expressing malice or hate":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despiteful treatment of his poor relations during their visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8sp\u012bt-f\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitchy",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222035",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despoil":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development.",
|
|
"the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Even a comparative smidgen of methane can despoil the climate. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The 2008 financial crisis exposed the economic folly and moral bankruptcy of a system that relied on bribing executives with stock options to squeeze workers, bamboozle customers, despoil the environment and dodge taxes. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Farm Aid, like other companies, has rejected non-organic cotton that requires extensive use of synthetic fertilizers, soil additives, defoliants and other chemicals that despoil the land. \u2014 Billboard , 21 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Ms Ellmann mourns ecosystems despoiled by modern humankind. \u2014 The Economist , 24 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Proponents of Warren\u2019s plan might argue that this would benefit workers in the U.S., by saving jobs from unfair overseas competition by countries that abuse their workers and despoil their environments. \u2014 Noah Smith, Twin Cities , 16 Aug. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English despoylen , from Anglo-French despoiller , from Latin despoliare , from de- + spoliare to strip, rob \u2014 more at spoil entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8sp\u022fi(-\u0259)l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for despoil ravage , devastate , waste , sack , pillage , despoil mean to lay waste by plundering or destroying. ravage implies violent often cumulative depredation and destruction. a hurricane ravaged the coast devastate implies the complete ruin and desolation of a wide area. an earthquake devastated the city waste may imply producing the same result by a slow process rather than sudden and violent action. years of drought had wasted the area sack implies carrying off all valuable possessions from a place. barbarians sacked ancient Rome pillage implies ruthless plundering at will but without the completeness suggested by sack . settlements pillaged by Vikings despoil applies to looting or robbing without suggesting accompanying destruction. the Nazis despoiled the art museums",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"maraud",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035857",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despond":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
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"forlornness",
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"gloom",
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"gloominess",
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"glumness",
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"heartsickness",
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"joylessness",
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"melancholy",
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"miserableness",
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"mopes",
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"mournfulness",
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"oppression",
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"sadness",
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"sorrowfulness",
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"unhappiness"
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"definitions":{
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": despondency":[],
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": to become despondent":[]
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"examples":[
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"we must not despond even though we live in trying times",
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"Noun",
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"he sank into a crushing despond after his wife left him",
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"loss of his job threw him into a deep despond",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Their partnership\u2014in fighting Communism and reviving the U.S. economy after the despond of the 1970s\u2014changed American debate. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2020",
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"Animal spirits might buoy up markets again, or investors might sink back into the sort of despond that ended 2015, but sentiment currently offers little guide. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 20 Dec. 2018",
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"Animal spirits might buoy up markets again, or investors might sink back into the sort of despond that ended 2015, but sentiment currently offers little guide. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 20 Dec. 2018",
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"On its best nights, the N.B.A. offers a free-jazz apex, as good teams (none of which are found within hundreds of miles of that basketball despond in New York City) offer jukes and passes and shooting. \u2014 Michael Powell, New York Times , 25 Apr. 2016"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1655, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1678, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin despond\u0113re , from de- + spond\u0113re to promise solemnly \u2014 more at spouse":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"di-\u02c8sp\u00e4nd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"despair"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224418",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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},
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"despondence":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bliss",
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"blissfulness",
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"ecstasy",
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"elatedness",
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"elation",
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"euphoria",
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"exhilaration",
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"exuberance",
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"exultation",
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"felicity",
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"gladness",
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"gladsomeness",
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"happiness",
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"heaven",
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"intoxication",
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"joy",
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"joyfulness",
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"joyousness",
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"jubilation",
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"rapture",
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"rapturousness"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": despondency":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"her slumping posture betrayed a growing despondence",
|
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"the ability to endure defeat without despondence has allowed him to weather the ups and downs of an acting career",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Both question the human costs of work, zooming in on the affects\u2014 despondence , alienation, indifference\u2014that businesses produce alongside goods and services. \u2014 Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"In Ohio on Monday night, though, Trump used the misstatements to project confidence and ward off any despondence among supporters in the face of polls that continue to show Biden with a solid lead nationwide. \u2014 Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News , 23 Sep. 2020",
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"And whether through aloofness or despondence , 27 percent said none of the words offered matched their feelings. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2019",
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"The date, though, will likely be remembered most vividly for the storming of the city\u2019s legislative building by a small group of activists who sought to signal to the world their despondence over their city\u2019s fate. \u2014 Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker , 3 July 2019",
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"The story takes place in one of the city\u2019s public housing complexes, where a majority of the population still live today, cheek-by-jowl in micro apartments\u2014amplifying the feelings of suffocation and despondence . \u2014 Isabella Steger, Quartzy , 24 July 2019",
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"There\u2019s an art to being bleak, doing it in such a way as to actually cheer up listeners as opposed to making them wallow in despondence . \u2014 John Adamian, courant.com , 2 June 2018",
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"Tryout season doesn't have to be all elation or despondence . \u2014 Eliza Mcgraw, chicagotribune.com , 19 May 2018",
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"A sense of fatigue and despondence has set in as White House officials wait for new balls to drop. \u2014 Jill Colvin, The Seattle Times , 19 May 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1657, 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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"di-\u02c8sp\u00e4n-d\u0259n(t)s"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"blue devils",
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"blues",
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"dejection",
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"depression",
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"desolation",
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"despond",
|
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"despondency",
|
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"disconsolateness",
|
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"dispiritedness",
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"doldrums",
|
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"dolefulness",
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"downheartedness",
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"dreariness",
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"dumps",
|
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"forlornness",
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"gloom",
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"gloominess",
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"glumness",
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"heartsickness",
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"joylessness",
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"melancholy",
|
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"miserableness",
|
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"mopes",
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"mournfulness",
|
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"oppression",
|
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"sadness",
|
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"sorrowfulness",
|
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"unhappiness"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040023",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"despondency":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"bliss",
|
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"blissfulness",
|
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"ecstasy",
|
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"elatedness",
|
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"elation",
|
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"euphoria",
|
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"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
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"exultation",
|
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"felicity",
|
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"gladness",
|
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"gladsomeness",
|
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"happiness",
|
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"heaven",
|
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"intoxication",
|
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"joy",
|
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"joyfulness",
|
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"joyousness",
|
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"jubilation",
|
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"rapture",
|
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"rapturousness"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the state of being despondent or extremely low in spirits : dejection , hopelessness":[
|
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"sank into despondency while he was unemployed"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"in despondency because he couldn't seem to settle into a lasting relationship",
|
|
"in their despondency they seemingly forgot that losing teams can become winning teams in a single season",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The feeling of despondency mixed with self-hatred and panic created an emotional scene. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Can\u2019t sadness and parental grief and despondency be discussed, managed and supported, without launching a paramilitary response",
|
|
"In the end, what keeps the album engaging amid the despondency is the not entirely defatigable Posty persona itself\u2026 on top of his and chief collaborator Louis Bell\u2019s underrated knack for strong, conversational melodies. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Dion offers neither false hope nor despondency , just hard-nosed resolution. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Board that did a [00:19:00] survey of their county\u2019s youth and discovered this epidemic of depression and despondency among adolescents. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Though Lebanon\u2019s chronic crises have caused deep despondency , analysts say, that did not translate into much support for change candidates, who were diverse and divided. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"This aura of despondency was actually part of Manolete\u2019s appeal. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
|
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"Back then, a senseless war in Afghanistan catalyzed despondency . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1653, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"see despond entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8sp\u00e4n-d\u0259n-s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200327",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despondent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection , or depression":[
|
|
"despondent about his health"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His colleagues did not care for his despondent company, which made him suffer more, which perpetuated their distance \u2026 \u2014 Noah Charney , The Art Thief , 2007",
|
|
"The Simpsons' plots are a bit more sophisticated than their Saturday morning counterparts and are occasionally tinged with pathos\u2014as when Homer loses his job at the nuclear-power plant and becomes despondent and even suicidal. \u2014 Jerry Lazar , TV Guide , 13 Jan. 1990",
|
|
"Writers who spend much time in universities are likely to grow despondent over the future of literature, for there it is treated as a finished thing. \u2014 Louis Simpson , New York Times Book Review , 21 Nov. 1982",
|
|
"I had never seen them looking so despondent .",
|
|
"a group of despondent fans",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The other, Keystone, who served with the Army in the Middle East and suffered traumatic brain injury, was despondent about a contentious family drama and knew the Dreamer would help him through it. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Over the past six months, Democrats have become increasingly despondent about their prospects in November's midterm elections. \u2014 CNN , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"So while everyone is despondent to saying goodbye to the Pearson family after six incredible seasons, at least fans get the opportunity to see Moore in person and celebrate her music. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"And in her early 20s, despondent at a career setback, Ms. Jean-Pierre attempted suicide. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"And in her early 20s, despondent at a career setback, Jean-Pierre attempted suicide. \u2014 Michael M. Grynbaum, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Grief trafficked in overwhelming negative feelings with their particular strain of sludge metal in the \u201890s, especially downtrodden even amongst their contemporaries like Eyehategod, Buzzov*en, and the punkier but ultra- despondent Dystopia. \u2014 Andy O'connor, SPIN , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Some bears were so despondent about the results in fact, that a number questioned their very validity. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In the last stretch of a 26.2-mile trek in March\u2019s Los Angeles Marathon, Andrea called her mother, despondent . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1699, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin despondent-, despondens , present participle of despond\u0113re":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8sp\u00e4n-d\u0259nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for despondent despondent , despairing , desperate , hopeless mean having lost all or nearly all hope. despondent implies a deep dejection arising from a conviction of the uselessness of further effort. despondent about yet another rejection despairing suggests the slipping away of all hope and often despondency. despairing appeals for the return of the kidnapped child desperate implies despair that prompts reckless action or violence in the face of defeat or frustration. one last desperate attempt to turn the tide of battle hopeless suggests despair and the cessation of effort or resistance and often implies acceptance or resignation. the situation of the trapped miners is hopeless",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"despairing",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hopeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044110",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"desponsories":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a writing formally announcing a betrothal":[],
|
|
": betrothal":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"modification (influenced by Latin desponsare ) of Spanish desposorios , from desposar to marry, betroth, from Latin desponsare to betroth, from de- + sponsa spouse":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103535",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despot":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Byzantine emperor or prince":[],
|
|
": a bishop or patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church":[],
|
|
": a ruler with absolute power and authority":[
|
|
"tyrannical despots"
|
|
],
|
|
": an Italian hereditary prince or military leader during the Renaissance":[],
|
|
": one exercising power tyrannically : a person exercising absolute power in a brutal or oppressive way":[
|
|
"regards the basketball coach as a despot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was a successful basketball coach, but many people regarded him as a petty despot .",
|
|
"The company is run by a benevolent despot .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And a video recently resurfaced showing Putin shaking while welcoming Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in mid-February, according to The Independent, fueling speculation that the despot has Parkinson's disease. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"The first was a combative bully, the other, an arrogant despot . \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The country was built on a system of checks and balances intended to protect the interests of the minority and ensure no despot could run roughshod. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"His old friend comes through with Hanna's address, and the team brings her in after finding the murder weapon in her apartment along with a rare baseball card taken from a safety despot box during a bank robbery. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Covenant monsters sometimes die with visceral gore and unflinching footage of point-blank gunshot wounds, and a second-episode sequence includes a military execution in which a despot bags prisoners' heads before popping each with a pistol. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Daly is a despot in the game, and the woman who saves the day happens to be played by Milioti herself. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 29 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Speaking at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser shortly before Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Donald Trump heaped praise on the despot . \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"As Putin\u2019s army lays siege to Ukraine, leveling towns with the tactics of a medieval despot , the need for emergency food relief grows exponentially. \u2014 Steven Banks, Fortune , 31 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1585, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle French despote , from Greek despot\u0113s master, lord, autocrat, from des- (akin to domos house) + -pot\u0113s (akin to posis husband); akin to Sanskrit dampati lord of the house \u2014 more at dome , potent":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8de-sp\u0259t",
|
|
"-\u02ccsp\u00e4t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caesar",
|
|
"dictator",
|
|
"f\u00fchrer",
|
|
"fuehrer",
|
|
"oppressor",
|
|
"pharaoh",
|
|
"strongman",
|
|
"tyrannizer",
|
|
"tyrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220241",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despotate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a state or principality ruled by a despot":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French despotat , from despote + -at -ate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-p\u0259\u02cct\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051544",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despotic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"limited"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or characteristic of a despot":[
|
|
"a despotic government"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nation ruled by a series of despotic rulers, each seemingly worse than the last",
|
|
"the despotic coach demands that his players obey him without question",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"What\u2019s the latest news from the wild intersection of international sports and despotic regimes",
|
|
"Another poetic country is Nicaragua, the home of Rub\u00e9n Dar\u00edo and also of Gioconda Belli\u2014a poet and writer who has been exiled for fiercely criticizing her country\u2019s despotic ruler, Daniel Ortega. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion has exposed the reality of power politics, in which competing blocs of free and despotic states are again driving history. \u2014 Aaron Rhodes, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Giant crocodilians were ritualistically beheaded in China in the second millennium bc, and archaeologists theorized that people were drawn to Monte Alb\u00e1n not by good farmland or despotic coercion but by its relatively egalitarian society. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Vladimir Putin\u2019s Ukraine invasion exposed the foolishness of relying on despotic regimes for resources, particularly energy. \u2014 John Barrasso, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The rule of law would descend into the rule of despotic man. \u2014 Adam M. Carrington, National Review , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Ukranians have put up a valiant fight to defend their country against the merciless assault waged by despotic Russian President Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Nothing matters more right now to the peace of the world and the security of the U.S. than crippling Mr. Putin\u2019s drive to rebuild an aggressive and despotic empire by waging a criminal war. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"see despot":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"de-\u02c8sp\u00e4-tik",
|
|
"di-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"czarist",
|
|
"tsarist",
|
|
"tzarist",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"monocratic",
|
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"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031040",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despotism":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a despotic state":[
|
|
"enduring the despotism of the czars"
|
|
],
|
|
": a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power : absolutism":[],
|
|
": oppressive absolute (see absolute sense 2 ) power and authority exerted by government : rule by a despot":[
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"an excess of law is despotism , from which free men revolt",
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"\u2014 S. B. Pettengill"
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],
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": oppressive or despotic exercise of power":[
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"educational despotism"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"by the end of the 20th century many countries around the world had rejected despotism in favor of democracy",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
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"Yet the despotism and nihilism of Marxism, Stalin\u2019s cause, is ultimately indistinguishable from the power outlook at the heart of Putinism. \u2014 Bartle Bull, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
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"Tocqueville called this enervated condition democratic despotism , the soft, passive twin of majority tyranny. \u2014 Jedediah Britton-purdy, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The compendium of National Review journalism expressing a trenchant hostility to despotism is legendary. \u2014 Peter J. Travers, National Review , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"Muratov, in his Nobel lecture, cast a free press as a counteragent for such despotism , likening journalists to dogs that keep the caravan of society moving forward. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"The public position against Russian Federation in all areas is a loud cure for despotism . \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Free societies have an obligation to demonstrate their revulsion toward despotism . \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 26 Feb. 2022",
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"Yet this isn't the first time of judicial despotism in American history. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 17 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see despot":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8de-sp\u0259-\u02ccti-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"absolutism",
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"autarchy",
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"authoritarianism",
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"autocracy",
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"Caesarism",
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"czarism",
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"tsarism",
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"tzarism",
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"dictatorship",
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"totalism",
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"totalitarianism",
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"tyranny"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173408",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"despotist":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an advocate or supporter of despotism":[]
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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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"-p\u0259t\u0259\u0307st",
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"-p\u0259t\u0259\u0307-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082301",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"despotize":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to act the despot":[]
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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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"French despotiser , from despote + -iser -ize":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-p\u0259\u02cct\u012bz",
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"-p\u0259t\u02cc\u012bz"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190355",
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"type":[
|
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"intransitive verb"
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]
|
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},
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"dessert wine":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a usually sweet wine typically served with dessert or afterward":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"It\u2019s nearly dessert wine in its sweetness but ends up accentuating the layers of spice. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
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"Pair the Velvety Key Lime Cheesecake with Domaine Papin Coteaux du Layon dessert wine . \u2014 Dwight Brown, Essence , 18 May 2022",
|
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"To cap off their wine window tour, Tucci and Digiugno enjoyed the local dessert wine , Vin Santo, with almond biscotti. \u2014 CNN , 21 Mar. 2021",
|
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"For the fourth release, an 18-year-old whiskey was transferred to Moscatel de Valencia casks that were used to age this sweet Spanish dessert wine . \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"The result is a brain-bustlingly complex whiskey that has smoke from a bit of peated malt used in the creation of the whiskey and the many years spent in wood juxtaposed with the sweet fruit notes that come from the dessert wine . \u2014 Gina Pace, Forbes , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
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"In the mouth, a powerhouse of scintillating flavors\u2014precise, clean, vibrant\u2014provide a rich, layered, lambent dessert wine . \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
|
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"According to the brand, the barrels used for this secondary maturation previously held a sweet white dessert wine that was macerated with bitter orange peel to pick up flavor and color. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Not opening a dessert wine is virtuous, a sign of restraint. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1773, 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":"20220708-105246",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"dessertspoon":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon for use in eating dessert":[],
|
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": dessertspoonful":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1754, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"di-\u02c8z\u0259rt-\u02ccsp\u00fcn"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121914",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"dessertspoonful":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a unit of measure equal to about 2\u00b9/\u2082 fluid drams":[],
|
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": as much as a dessertspoon will hold":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8z\u0259rt-\u02ccsp\u00fcn-\u02ccfu\u0307l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110541",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dessiatine":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Russian unit of land area equal to 2.7 acres":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Russian desyatina tithe, unit of land area, from desyat' ten; akin to Latin decem ten":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6des(h)y\u0259\u00a6t\u0113n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110343",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destine":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to decree beforehand : predetermine":[
|
|
"was not destined to attain the throne"
|
|
],
|
|
": to designate, assign, or dedicate in advance":[
|
|
"believed their son was destined for the priesthood",
|
|
"destined to succeed",
|
|
"a flaw that destines them to fail"
|
|
],
|
|
": to direct, devise, or set apart for a specific purpose or place":[
|
|
"freight destined for European ports"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Organizations that adopt a laissez-faire approach and expect that coaching will naturally take root after a successful pilot inevitably destine the previous valiant efforts to come to naught. \u2014 Thomas Lim, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Prospective snooker fans should next watch the 1985 Snooker World Championships final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor, a mammoth confrontation which seemed destined never to end. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 1 May 2020",
|
|
"But the procedural tactics \u2014 likely to be quashed \u2014 seem destined to founder on the number of Macronists who were swept into the Parliament with his En Marche party, as opponents collapsed around them. \u2014 Adam Nossiter, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Up by 13\u00bd games in mid-August, Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers seemed destined . \u2014 Ben Walker, SFChronicle.com , 16 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Boeing might have been struggling, but McDonnell Douglas seemed destined for failure. \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartz , 3 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Despite his humble beginnings, Mr. Harrell believed he was destined for more. \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 9 May 2020",
|
|
"Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott seem like they were destined to be together\u2014but even true love has its awkward moments. \u2014 Tierney Mcafee, Country Living , 2 May 2020",
|
|
"By the summer before his last year of college, Dr. King knew he was destined to continue the family profession of pastoral work and decided to enter the ministry. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 Jan. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French destiner , from Latin destinare , from de- + -stinare (akin to Latin stare to stand) \u2014 more at stand":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8de-st\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"foredoom",
|
|
"foreordain",
|
|
"ordain",
|
|
"predestine",
|
|
"predetermine",
|
|
"preordain"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100247",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destined to become a classic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": likely to still be admired many years from now":[
|
|
"Their latest album is destined to become a classic ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130332",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destiny":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency":[
|
|
"felt that destiny would determine their future"
|
|
],
|
|
": something to which a person or thing is destined : fortune":[
|
|
"wants to control his own destiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They believed it was their destiny to be together.",
|
|
"motivated by a sense of destiny",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Some of our fellow citizens do not believe that America can deny the obligation of directing world destiny . \u2014 Charles Austin Beard, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"My career and my children are a product of my own hard work and choices, underpinned by a society and health care system that once understood the necessity of an individual\u2019s right to choose their own destiny . \u2014 Mary T. Bassett, ELLE , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Seehorn, of course, won\u2019t entertain guesses about her character\u2019s destiny . \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The Celtics demonstrated defense as destiny Wednesday night in the first NBA Finals game on the parquet in a dozen years. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"The feature follows Vincent, a rebellious teenage humpback whale who must confront his destiny and save the oceans from destruction by an ancient evil. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The Red Wings earned their third victory of this championship series with a force that could burst a dam, a defense that could hold back time, and a speedy confidence that bordered on destiny . \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"But for those who did wrong, Saturn retrograde could mean a meeting with fate and destiny . \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Aside from how emotionally painful that sounds, frozen in torment and tongue-tied in destiny are particularly challenging conditions to sustain in a novel, which demands at least a modicum of dynamic movement. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 24 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English destinee , from Anglo-French, from feminine of destin\u00e9 , past participle of destiner \u2014 see destine":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8de-st\u0259-n\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for destiny fate , destiny , lot , portion , doom mean a predetermined state or end. fate implies an inevitable and usually an adverse outcome. the fate of the submarine is unknown destiny implies something foreordained and often suggests a great or noble course or end. the country's destiny to be a model of liberty to the world lot and portion imply a distribution by fate or destiny, lot suggesting blind chance it was her lot to die childless , portion implying the apportioning of good and evil. remorse was his daily portion doom distinctly implies a grim or calamitous fate. if the rebellion fails, his doom is certain",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"kismet",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"portion"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053636",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destitute":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lacking something needed or desirable":[
|
|
"a lake destitute of fish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His business failures left him destitute .",
|
|
"many families were left destitute by the horrible fire",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"This is a destitute Naples, and Lewis\u2019s acute powers of observation put us right there. \u2014 Edward Chisholm, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s a rip-roaring romp that combines black comedy with Hitchcockian horror and social realism\u2014a fable about two clans, one destitute but ambitious and the other naive and wealthy, whose lives become intertwined. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Prosecutors said in a news release at the time of his convictions that Buck typically targeted people who were destitute , homeless or struggling with drug addiction. \u2014 Steve Almasy, CNN , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Financially destitute and utterly greedy, Rollo sees his daughter as his path out of financial ruin by marrying her off to a wealthy man for money and land. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"After the Great Depression, which left so many Americans destitute , the federal government stepped in to help families. \u2014 Angela Garbes, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Skid row has long been the downtown zone where Los Angeles has shunted services for its most destitute . \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"The South African army has deployed 10,000 troops to help find those missing, rebuild roads, bridges and utilities, and distribute emergency aid to families made destitute by the deluge. \u2014 Mogomotsi Magome, ajc , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Applicants had to begin the process by quitting their jobs; those whose visas were denied were left destitute . \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Latin destitutus , past participle of destituere to abandon, deprive, from de- + statuere to set up \u2014 more at statute":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8de-st\u0259-\u02cct\u00fct",
|
|
"-\u02ccty\u00fct",
|
|
"-\u02cct(y)\u00fct"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215414",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destitutely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": in a destitute condition":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063534",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destituteness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lacking something needed or desirable":[
|
|
"a lake destitute of fish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His business failures left him destitute .",
|
|
"many families were left destitute by the horrible fire",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"This is a destitute Naples, and Lewis\u2019s acute powers of observation put us right there. \u2014 Edward Chisholm, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s a rip-roaring romp that combines black comedy with Hitchcockian horror and social realism\u2014a fable about two clans, one destitute but ambitious and the other naive and wealthy, whose lives become intertwined. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Prosecutors said in a news release at the time of his convictions that Buck typically targeted people who were destitute , homeless or struggling with drug addiction. \u2014 Steve Almasy, CNN , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Financially destitute and utterly greedy, Rollo sees his daughter as his path out of financial ruin by marrying her off to a wealthy man for money and land. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"After the Great Depression, which left so many Americans destitute , the federal government stepped in to help families. \u2014 Angela Garbes, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Skid row has long been the downtown zone where Los Angeles has shunted services for its most destitute . \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"The South African army has deployed 10,000 troops to help find those missing, rebuild roads, bridges and utilities, and distribute emergency aid to families made destitute by the deluge. \u2014 Mogomotsi Magome, ajc , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Applicants had to begin the process by quitting their jobs; those whose visas were denied were left destitute . \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Latin destitutus , past participle of destituere to abandon, deprive, from de- + statuere to set up \u2014 more at statute":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02cct(y)\u00fct",
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"\u02c8de-st\u0259-\u02cct\u00fct",
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"-\u02ccty\u00fct"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"beggared",
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"beggarly",
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"broke",
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"dirt-poor",
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"down-and-out",
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"famished",
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"hard up",
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"impecunious",
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"impoverished",
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"indigent",
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"necessitous",
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"needful",
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"needy",
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"pauperized",
|
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"penniless",
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"penurious",
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"poor",
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"poverty-stricken",
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"skint",
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"threadbare"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095826",
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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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"destitution":{
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"antonyms":[
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"affluence",
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"opulence",
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"richness",
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"wealth",
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"wealthiness"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"widespread destitution in Third World countries",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"No matter the utter destitution of their subjects, politicians and those close to politicians will always eat, and eat well. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
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"However, the last two years have clearly pushed a lot more people into harsh destitution . \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Shelter is an issue impacting many people, from those on the brink of destitution to a whole generation of younger Californians for whom homeownership appears increasingly out of reach. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
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"In wealthy countries especially, consumer spending makes up such a huge proportion of the economy that there was no choice but to offer huge rescue packages to prevent a self-perpetuating cycle of bankruptcies and destitution . \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 2 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Growing destitution could undermine the Taliban\u2019s so-far solid hold on power and serve as a recruiting tool for the local branch of Islamic State, their only significant rival. \u2014 Saeed Shah, WSJ , 16 Oct. 2021",
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"Those on the left like to emphasize push factors \u2014 things that drive people to leave their countries, like violence, natural disasters or destitution . \u2014 New York Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Rising inequality Even as tens of millions of people were being pushed into destitution , the ultra-rich becamewealthier. \u2014 Michelle Toh, CNN , 26 Dec. 2021",
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"This retreat from an accomplishment that helped keep millions of Americans out of destitution is a disgrace. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 7 June 2021"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, 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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"\u02ccde-st\u0259-\u02c8t\u00fc-sh\u0259n",
|
|
"-\u02c8ty\u00fc-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for destitution poverty , indigence , penury , want , destitution mean the state of one with insufficient resources. poverty may cover a range from extreme want of necessities to an absence of material comforts. the extreme poverty of the slum dwellers indigence implies seriously straitened circumstances. the indigence of her years as a graduate student penury suggests a cramping or oppressive lack of money. a catastrophic illness that condemned them to years of penury want and destitution imply extreme poverty that threatens life itself through starvation or exposure. lived in a perpetual state of want the widespread destitution in countries beset by famine",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"beggary",
|
|
"destituteness",
|
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"impecuniosity",
|
|
"impecuniousness",
|
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"impoverishment",
|
|
"indigence",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"neediness",
|
|
"pauperism",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"penury",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025643",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destn":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"destination":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112443",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destroy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": annihilate , vanquish":[
|
|
"armies had been crippled but not destroyed",
|
|
"\u2014 W. L. Shirer"
|
|
],
|
|
": neutralize":[
|
|
"the moon destroys the light of the stars"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause ruin or destruction":[
|
|
"it is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct",
|
|
"\u2014 T. S. Eliot"
|
|
],
|
|
": to put out of existence : kill":[
|
|
"destroy an injured horse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Eventually our problems with money destroyed our marriage.",
|
|
"All the files were deliberately destroyed .",
|
|
"The disease destroys the body's ability to fight off illness.",
|
|
"The bomb blast destroyed the village.",
|
|
"The dog had to be destroyed since its owner could not prevent it from attacking people.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Burn pits were commonly used to destroy waste collected at military bases. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"In the Lviv region near the border with NATO member Poland, Russian forces used high-precision Kalibr missiles to destroy the depot near the town of Zolochiv, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. \u2014 John Leicester And Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Antibiotics are used to destroy both harmful and helpful germs. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"The defense also objected to the judge adding language that specified a weapon could also be used to destroy property, not just a human being. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Guerrero, who grew up in Uvalde hunting with his father, a ranch foreman, questioned whether people have a right to weapons that are made to destroy and kill and meant for war. \u2014 Haley Yamada, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Theories can turn out to be correct, but challenging the truth constantly can corrupt minds, destroy relationships, and sow chaos. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"The story began with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"The commissioners said widening the road to four lanes would destroy its rural character and encourage more traffic and sprawl development. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French destroy-, destrui- , stem of destrure , from Vulgar Latin *destrugere , alteration of Latin destruere , from de- + struere to build \u2014 more at structure":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8str\u022fi",
|
|
"d\u0113-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233300",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destructible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": capable of being destroyed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"During the show, Google demoed a fully destructible game world that took advantage of cloud compute power. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"This bevy of variables \u2014 between operators, destructible and constructible environmental elements, enemy types, spawn points, maps, difficulty settings and more \u2014 will likely give the game a long shelf life. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"The other new addition to multiplayer is destructible walls. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"These images that populate our collective consciousness all started as a single destructible canvas. \u2014 Chloe Sarbib, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Early on in the tournament that\u2019s not a big deal since there\u2019s a destructible wall in the way. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Add in the series\u2019 usual destructible buildings, evolving terrain and changing weather (now including a tornado) and there are some clear differences with Call of Duty. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 June 2021",
|
|
"To wit, Demon's Souls is in love with the movement of tiny pieces of fabric or shreds of armor, or the way destructible environments can break. \u2014 Julie Muncy, Wired , 24 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"The America that Donald Trump described in his debate with Joe Biden last Thursday night is a strangely destructible place\u2014one that might, in a blink, disappear. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1755, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8str\u0259k-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065648",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destruction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a destroying agency":[
|
|
"Alcohol will be his destruction ."
|
|
],
|
|
": the action or process of destroying something":[
|
|
"the destruction of the building"
|
|
],
|
|
": the state or fact of being destroyed : ruin":[
|
|
"scenes of death and destruction",
|
|
"the destruction of their careers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"War results in death and widespread destruction .",
|
|
"We are trying to save the building from destruction .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"As they were driven away, Svetlana looked out the window, taking in the scale of destruction in her neighborhood. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Captive Burmese pythons let loose by Hurricane Andrew's destruction in 1992 have flourished in the southern Florida ecosystem, decimating local species in the process. \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Ahead of the meeting with Zelenskyy, the leader German Chancellor Olaf Scholz observed that officials must keep the horrible scenes destruction in mind in all their decisions. \u2014 John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Ahead of the meeting with Mr. Zelenskyy, the leader German Chancellor Olaf Scholz observed that officials must keep the horrible scenes destruction in mind in all their decisions. \u2014 John Leicester And Sylvie Corbet, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Ahead of the meeting with Zelenskyy, the leader German Chancellor Olaf Scholz observed that officials must keep the horrible scenes destruction in mind in all their decisions. \u2014 John Leicester And Sylvie Corbet, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"But residents who are enduring the trauma of relentless storms know any facility that adds emissions to the atmosphere magnifies the likelihood of destruction in vulnerable communities. \u2014 Cathy Bussewitz And Martha Irvine, Chron , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The image of the destruction of the Roman port city of Pompeii in 79 C.E. by the volcanic ash of Mount Vesuvius is one that likely haunts the mind of any classics student. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"When a sizable number of Jews fled to Alexandria after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 ad, Jewish magical formulae, divine names, and figures such as King Solomon were added to the practice. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English destruccioun , from Anglo-French destruction , from Latin destruction-, destructio , from destruere \u2014 see destroy":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8str\u0259k-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"extinction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"mincemeat",
|
|
"obliteration",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wastage",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015328",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destructive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondestructive"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": causing destruction : ruinous":[
|
|
"destructive storm"
|
|
],
|
|
": designed or tending to hurt or destroy":[
|
|
"destructive criticism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It was one of the most destructive storms in recent memory.",
|
|
"She argued that the law was destructive of personal liberties.",
|
|
"The school is concerned about the destructive behavior of a few students.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The passionate, self- destructive duo became not only lovers but savvy partners-in-crime. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Before and since Russia\u2019s invasion, hackers have used destructive wiper malware against Ukrainian targets including a financial firm and government suppliers. \u2014 Catherine Stupp, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"The feature, which isn\u2019t enabled by default, is designed to protect data in specific folders from destruction from ransomware, wipers, and other types of destructive malware. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In January, as diplomats from the United States prepared to meet with their Russian counterparts in an attempt to avoid military conflict in Ukraine, Russian hackers already were putting the finishing touches on a new piece of destructive malware. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There are some reports of some destructive malware. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"While that attack may have originated from Russian ally Belarus, subsequent destructive malware hit Ukrainian systems, posing as ransomware but deleting data. \u2014 Garrett M. Graff, Wired , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The statement from the Ministry of Digital Development came a day after Microsoft said dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian government agencies had been infected with destructive malware disguised as ransomware. \u2014 Time , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The statement from the Ministry of Digital Development came a day after Microsoft said dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian government agencies had been infected with destructive malware disguised as ransomware. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8str\u0259k-tiv"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilatory",
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"devastative",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"ruinous"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002904",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desultorily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"nonrandom",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": disappointing in progress, performance, or quality":[
|
|
"a desultory fifth place finish",
|
|
"a desultory wine"
|
|
],
|
|
": marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose":[
|
|
"a dragged-out ordeal of \u2026 desultory shopping",
|
|
"\u2014 Herman Wouk"
|
|
],
|
|
": not connected with the main subject":[
|
|
"desultory comments"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a desultory search for something of interest on TV",
|
|
"a desultory discussion about the news of the day",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"So King came to the camp and fell into its desultory rhythm marked by the white noise of daytime traffic below and moan of the fog horns at night. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Bran and Peter embark on a desultory pseudo-romance that\u2019s threatened when Peter decides to leave UCLA and transfer to Harvard. \u2014 Michael Schaub, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"Yet by noon, life continued at its desultory pace as people began to stir in the dozen structures pressed against the guardrail over the 101 Freeway in downtown L.A. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"The Wizrd and Save Me EP; and 2020\u2019s one-two punch of desultory hive-bait, High Off Life and Pluto x Baby Pluto, the latter with Lil Uzi Vert. \u2014 Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Disenchanted with the Texans after a desultory 4-12 season amid front office dysfunction, Watson requested a trade. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The \u00c1vila family moved out in 1869, and the place slipped into desultory habitation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The prose, much of it flat or clich\u00e9d, only underscores the desultory effect. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In past elections, this was a desultory phase of the campaign. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin desultorius , literally, of a circus rider who leaps from horse to horse, from desilire to leap down, from de- + salire to leap \u2014 more at sally":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-z\u0259l-",
|
|
"di-\u02c8s\u0259l-t(\u0259-)r\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8de-s\u0259l-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
|
|
"-\u02c8z\u0259l-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"catch-as-catch-can",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184738",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desultory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"nonrandom",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": disappointing in progress, performance, or quality":[
|
|
"a desultory fifth place finish",
|
|
"a desultory wine"
|
|
],
|
|
": marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose":[
|
|
"a dragged-out ordeal of \u2026 desultory shopping",
|
|
"\u2014 Herman Wouk"
|
|
],
|
|
": not connected with the main subject":[
|
|
"desultory comments"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a desultory search for something of interest on TV",
|
|
"a desultory discussion about the news of the day",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"So King came to the camp and fell into its desultory rhythm marked by the white noise of daytime traffic below and moan of the fog horns at night. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
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"Bran and Peter embark on a desultory pseudo-romance that\u2019s threatened when Peter decides to leave UCLA and transfer to Harvard. \u2014 Michael Schaub, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
|
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"Yet by noon, life continued at its desultory pace as people began to stir in the dozen structures pressed against the guardrail over the 101 Freeway in downtown L.A. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
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"The Wizrd and Save Me EP; and 2020\u2019s one-two punch of desultory hive-bait, High Off Life and Pluto x Baby Pluto, the latter with Lil Uzi Vert. \u2014 Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Disenchanted with the Texans after a desultory 4-12 season amid front office dysfunction, Watson requested a trade. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The \u00c1vila family moved out in 1869, and the place slipped into desultory habitation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The prose, much of it flat or clich\u00e9d, only underscores the desultory effect. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"In past elections, this was a desultory phase of the campaign. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin desultorius , literally, of a circus rider who leaps from horse to horse, from desilire to leap down, from de- + salire to leap \u2014 more at sally":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-z\u0259l-",
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"di-\u02c8s\u0259l-t(\u0259-)r\u0113",
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"\u02c8de-s\u0259l-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
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"-\u02c8z\u0259l-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aimless",
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"arbitrary",
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"catch-as-catch-can",
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"erratic",
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"haphazard",
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"helter-skelter",
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"hit-or-miss",
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"random",
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"scattered",
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"slapdash",
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"stray"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010931",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"designatum":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": something that is referred to by a word, sign, or linguistic expression whether actually existing or not : the class of objects referred to by a sign, including the null class":[
|
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"\u2014 contrasted with denotatum"
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccdezig\u02c8n\u0101t\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":{
|
|
"Latin, neuter of designatus , past participle of designare to designate, design, literally, to mark out":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1923, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164220"
|
|
},
|
|
"desegregated":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to become desegregated":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"d\u0113-\u02c8se-gr\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
|
|
"d\u0113-\u02c8se-gri-\u02ccg\u0101t",
|
|
"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8se-gri-\u02ccg\u0101t"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"efforts to desegregate the town's buses",
|
|
"Eventually the city's schools desegregated .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Five years later, an appellate court ruled against the school district and ordered it to desegregate . \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The events led to a federal lawsuit forcing Uvalde to desegregate . \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"In more recent decades, dozens of public \u2014 and free \u2014 Montessori programs have opened across the country, often as part of explicit efforts to desegregate schools. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This is a really complicated issue, one rooted in efforts to desegregate New York City schools but one in which many Asian Americans have felt overlooked and politically slighted. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Barbee ultimately sued in federal court, and in 1976, Judge John Reynolds ordered MPS to desegregate . \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Under White\u2019s direction, the association promoted interracial unionization, pried open Blacks\u2019 access to wartime defense work, and pushed the Pentagon to desegregate the military. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The work follows a 2020 resolution from Peterson and MPS board vice president Sequanna Taylor to develop a regional plan to desegregate schools and reduce inequities. \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"The city\u2019s 10-day Fiesta showed us that in more than 100 years, San Antonio has failed to desegregate and extricate itself from an anti-Mexican past. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1949, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165159"
|
|
},
|
|
"destroying angel":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several very poisonous pure white amanita mushrooms (such as Amanita verna or A. virosa ) : death cap":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02ccstr\u022fi(-i)\u014b-\u02c8\u0101n-j\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Additionally, Amanita muscaria are often confused with relatives: deadly impostors known as the death cap and the destroying angel . \u2014 Joanna Klein, New York Times , 17 Oct. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1900, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170251"
|
|
},
|
|
"dessert":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a usually sweet course or dish (as of pastry or ice cream) usually served at the end of a meal":[],
|
|
": a fresh fruit served after a sweet course":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"di-\u02c8z\u0259rt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She doesn't care for rich desserts .",
|
|
"Coffee and tea will be served with dessert .",
|
|
"We had ice cream and apple pie for dessert .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Pile up your bite-size cakes with any extra candy for a doubly sweet dessert . \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Cognac, bourbon and rum with brown butter and boniato, two ingredients that nod to a dessert Yao served in the old space, transform into a clear milk punch that sits at the nexus of sweet and savory. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Similar to glazed skin, Jell-O skin references a yummy dessert for its texture and appearance. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"One of Zijderveld's favorite ways to turn iced tea into a summer dessert is to make homemade ice pops. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Looking for a dessert to test your baking skills and wow your friends",
|
|
"Catered by Wiltshire Pantry with dessert from Georgia's Sweet Potato Pie Company. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The tasting is served with a salmon carpaccio, but in the main restaurant, Mendea says it is often served with a chocolate dessert . \u2014 Kim Westerman, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"On a familiar grass field inside the third turn of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Oval, superstar DJ Steve Aoki signaled the return of the state's biggest dance party with a little dessert . \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 29 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle French, from desservir to clear the table, from des- de- + servir to serve, from Latin servire":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173546"
|
|
},
|
|
"destined":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to decree beforehand : predetermine":[
|
|
"was not destined to attain the throne"
|
|
],
|
|
": to designate, assign, or dedicate in advance":[
|
|
"believed their son was destined for the priesthood",
|
|
"destined to succeed",
|
|
"a flaw that destines them to fail"
|
|
],
|
|
": to direct, devise, or set apart for a specific purpose or place":[
|
|
"freight destined for European ports"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8de-st\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"foredoom",
|
|
"foreordain",
|
|
"ordain",
|
|
"predestine",
|
|
"predetermine",
|
|
"preordain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Organizations that adopt a laissez-faire approach and expect that coaching will naturally take root after a successful pilot inevitably destine the previous valiant efforts to come to naught. \u2014 Thomas Lim, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Prospective snooker fans should next watch the 1985 Snooker World Championships final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor, a mammoth confrontation which seemed destined never to end. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 1 May 2020",
|
|
"But the procedural tactics \u2014 likely to be quashed \u2014 seem destined to founder on the number of Macronists who were swept into the Parliament with his En Marche party, as opponents collapsed around them. \u2014 Adam Nossiter, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Up by 13\u00bd games in mid-August, Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers seemed destined . \u2014 Ben Walker, SFChronicle.com , 16 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Boeing might have been struggling, but McDonnell Douglas seemed destined for failure. \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartz , 3 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Despite his humble beginnings, Mr. Harrell believed he was destined for more. \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 9 May 2020",
|
|
"Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott seem like they were destined to be together\u2014but even true love has its awkward moments. \u2014 Tierney Mcafee, Country Living , 2 May 2020",
|
|
"By the summer before his last year of college, Dr. King knew he was destined to continue the family profession of pastoral work and decided to enter the ministry. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 Jan. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French destiner , from Latin destinare , from de- + -stinare (akin to Latin stare to stand) \u2014 more at stand":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174407"
|
|
},
|
|
"desert ironwood":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small leguminous tree ( Olneya tesota ) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico with odd-pinnate leaves and purplish white flowers in short racemes":[],
|
|
": the hard wood of the desert ironwood":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174724"
|
|
},
|
|
"designated driver":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person chosen to abstain from intoxicants (such as alcohol) so as to transport others safely who are not abstaining":[
|
|
"had some nonalcoholic champagne on hand for the designated drivers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"General admission, $50 plus fees; VIP, $80 plus fees; designated driver and shuttle tickets, $15 plus fees. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Prices are $20 for military and designated driver or $30 for general admission; commemorative glass included. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Tickets are $50 in advance and $55 at the door; designated driver tickets are $20. \u2014 Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com , 3 Sep. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1982, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175450"
|
|
},
|
|
"descrier":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one that descries":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8skr\u012b(\u0259)r",
|
|
"-\u012b\u0259",
|
|
"d\u0113\u02c8-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181809"
|
|
},
|
|
"destroyer leader":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a large destroyer \u2014 compare frigate":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193016"
|
|
},
|
|
"designate as":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to choose (someone or something) for (a particular role or purpose)":[
|
|
"I designate you as the one in charge.",
|
|
"\u2014 often used as be designated as He was designated as team captain. The park has been designated as a wildlife refuge."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193337"
|
|
},
|
|
"design bedding":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an arrangement of herbaceous plants in a definite pattern of contrasting foliage or blossom":[
|
|
"the atrocities of design bedding still persist in some public gardens as geometric figures or stylized objects stiffly painted in varied colors of leaf and flowers",
|
|
"\u2014 distinguished from carpet bedding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195646"
|
|
},
|
|
"describability":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": capability of being described":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"d\u0113\u02cc-",
|
|
"-i",
|
|
"-\u0259t\u0113",
|
|
"d\u0259\u0307\u02ccskr\u012bb\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210841"
|
|
},
|
|
"destroyer escort":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a warship similar to but smaller than a destroyer":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Explorers located the remains of a U.S. Navy destroyer escort sunk in a major World War II battle off the coast of the Philippines. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Scott, an electrician\u2019s mate on the destroyer escort USS Maloy, served in the U.S. Navy, as did Gene Elmore, another of the honorees, who was a B-24 bomber pilot. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Crowd pleasers include the HMCS Yukon, a 366-foot-long Canadian destroyer escort , and the Ruby E, a 156-foot-long Coast Guard cutter. \u2014 Sarah Sekula, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The USS Stickleback was one of the few exceptions: During a training exercise conducted in May 1958, the submarine suffered a collision with the destroyer escort USS Silverstein and sank 11,000 feet down to the ocean floor. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"The USS Slater, docked on the Albany waterfront, is the only World War II-era destroyer escort still afloat and the only one in existence with its original battle armament. \u2014 courant.com , 8 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"The Friends of the SW Library will hold a Booked for Lunch on Nov. 19 in the Friends Room of the library, featuring a book about the USS Slater WW11 destroyer escort ship. \u2014 courant.com , 11 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"As part of Cold War-era spy games, the USS McMorris, a destroyer escort , had been shadowing two Soviet recovery ships there. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 17 July 2019",
|
|
"As part of Cold War-era spy games, the USS McMorris, a destroyer escort , had been shadowing two Soviet recovery ships there. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 17 July 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222231"
|
|
},
|
|
"destination":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the purpose for which something is predetermined or destined":[],
|
|
": an act of appointing, setting aside for a purpose, or predetermining":[],
|
|
": a place to which one is journeying or to which something is sent":[
|
|
"when the package has reached its destination",
|
|
"kept their destination secret"
|
|
],
|
|
": a place worthy of travel or an extended visit":[
|
|
"a popular tourist destination",
|
|
"\u2014 often used attributively a destination restaurant a destination resort"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccde-st\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After stopping for lunch, we continued on toward our destination .",
|
|
"The package reached its destination two days later.",
|
|
"He enjoys traveling to remote and exotic destinations .",
|
|
"We traveled through three states before reaching our final destination .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"With Covid-19 regulations a thing of the past, Hawai\u02bbi is primed to be a top destination in 2022 thanks to a load of fresh offerings. \u2014 Will Mcgough, CNN , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Meesho is the e-commerce destination of choice for the value-conscious consumer segment of India. \u2014 Peggy Anne Salz, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"The United Kingdom had replaced Canada as her destination of choice, partly because of its relative proximity to Ukraine. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s an existential threat to the PGA Tour, which for nearly a century has been the dream destination of millions of competitive players. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
|
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"The more off-beat the better for any destination or object of study and sharing. \u2014 Hilary Harley, SPIN , 1 June 2022",
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"On a more casual note, the Cowboy Club in uptown Sedona may be a destination of Western kitsch, but its frontier food is anything but. \u2014 Leilani Marie Labong, Travel + Leisure , 10 May 2022",
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"In the case of the first lady, this likely included close coordination between the Secret Service and White House staff to determine the destination , scope and duration of any visit. \u2014 Bydonald J. Mihalek, ABC News , 9 May 2022",
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"And while the hotel is a destination of its own, visiting the Atacama Desert is all about enjoying the best the outdoors has to offer. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 9 Apr. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see destine":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"dessert fork":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"destroyingly":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": with destructive effect":[]
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"July 1985 Aldus PageMaker launches the desktop publishing market. \u2014 Gil Press, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Since the advent of desktop publishing and sophisticated word-processing programs, in the late nineteen-eighties, there has been a strong emphasis on format in technical writing. \u2014 The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"However, marketing, advertising, and promotional departments in Fortune 500 companies realized the value of desktop publishing (DTP) and bought Apple\u2019s DTP solution in huge numbers for these groups within their companies. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
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"Adobe software spawned desktop publishing with such familiar programs as Photoshop, Acrobat and Illustrator, along with the ubiquitous Portable Document Format, or PDF, technology. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 18 Apr. 2021",
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"Plus: The rise of desktop publishing , the legal fate of the Trumps, and a mix-up for the ages. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 13 Nov. 2020",
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"As desktop publishing arose at the end of the 20th century, designs became more experimental: images broke out of the box, ushering in a period of bold\u2014primarily digitally crafted\u2014illustrations. \u2014 Nicholas Rougeux, Scientific American , 26 Dec. 2019",
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"Much as lithography opened up the possibilities of layering images and mass production, the advent of desktop publishing gave those powers to anyone who could afford a computer. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 1 July 2019",
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"This was in the late 1960\u2019s, before personal computers and desktop publishing , so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. \u2014 Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News , 16 June 2019"
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"1984, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001127"
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},
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"desk work":{
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],
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"definitions":{
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": work usually performed at a desk":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013122"
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},
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"dessert raisin":{
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a selected usually light-colored raisin that is dried in the cluster especially for eating out of hand":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023601"
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},
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"desert lark":{
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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 several larks (as of the genus Ammomanes ) inhabiting the deserts of Asia and Africa":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024840"
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"desert locust":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a destructive migratory locust ( Schistocerca gregaria ) of southwestern Asia and parts of northern Africa":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some areas of East Africa, such as Kenya, had not seen such severe desert locust outbreaks in more than 70 years. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
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"Some areas of East Africa, such as Kenya, had not seen such severe desert locust outbreaks in more than 70 years. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
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"Some areas of East Africa, such as Kenya, had not seen such severe desert locust outbreaks in more than 70 years. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
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"Some areas of East Africa, such as Kenya, had not seen such severe desert locust outbreaks in more than 70 years. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
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"Some areas of East Africa, such as Kenya, had not seen such severe desert locust outbreaks in more than 70 years. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
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"Some areas of East Africa, such as Kenya, had not seen such severe desert locust outbreaks in more than 70 years. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
|
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"Some areas of East Africa, such as Kenya, had not seen such severe desert locust outbreaks in more than 70 years. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
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"In 2018, two major cyclones dumped rain in a remote area of Saudi Arabia, leading to an 8,000-fold increase in desert locust numbers. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040959"
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"Dessau":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"city in central Germany northeast of Halle population 95,097":[]
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"\u02c8de-\u02ccsau\u0307"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044512"
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},
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"desman":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an aquatic insectivorous mammal ( Desmana moschata ) of Russia that resembles a mole":[],
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": a related animal ( Galemys pyrenaicus ) of the Pyrenees":[],
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": the fur or pelt of a desman":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8dezm\u0259n"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"short for Swedish desmansr\u00e5tta , from desman musk (from Middle Low German desem, dessmer ) + r\u00e5tta rat; akin to Old English disma musk, Old Saxon desemo , Middle High German tiseme, tesem , all from a prehistoric West Germanic word borrowed from Medieval Latin bisamum musk, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew be\u015bem pleasant aroma":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050526"
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"designer drug":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a synthetic version of a controlled substance (such as heroin) that is produced with a slightly altered molecular structure to avoid having it classified as an illicit drug":[],
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": a synthetic, therapeutic agent designed to have a highly selective mode of action so that effectiveness is maximized and side effects are minimized compared with existing therapies":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"di-\u02ccz\u012b-n\u0259r-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Ecstasy is a designer drug .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"While assays exist for the currently illicit substance, the same test may not be able to identify a related designer drug . \u2014 Simon Hadlington, Scientific American , 19 June 2014",
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"This isn\u2019t some designer drug that racing authorities haven\u2019t seen yet or snake venom bought on the black market. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 9 May 2021",
|
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"Police seized about 480 pounds of white crystals infused with the designer drug MDMA from a room used by the two, the AP quoted the newspaper as reporting. \u2014 Anna Fifield, Washington Post , 7 Aug. 2020",
|
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"Kalfas said the appearance of isotonitazene and other, similar designer drugs shows why the epidemic cannot be fought by eliminating any one drug, but rather needs to be addressed by emphasizing treatment, prevention and harm reduction. \u2014 Terry Demio, USA TODAY , 18 May 2020",
|
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"Kalfas said the appearance of isotonitazene and other, similar designer drugs shows why the epidemic cannot be fought by eliminating any one drug, but rather needs to be addressed by emphasizing treatment, prevention and harm reduction. \u2014 Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com , 18 May 2020",
|
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"Brought in from the black-market wilderness by deep-pocketed, consumer-savvy companies, cannabis may become just another designer drug . \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2020",
|
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"According to this line of thinking, NBA players possess the financial wherewithal and career incentives to pay for designer drugs that evade detection, particularly when those drugs are taken in small dosages. \u2014 Michael Mccann, SI.com , 29 Aug. 2019",
|
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"The market often moves faster than the regulator, and a combination of sophisticated designer drugs , masking agents and microdosing probably could outsmart even the most scrutinizing test. \u2014 Michael Mccann, SI.com , 29 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1983, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050927"
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"definitions":{
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": a bulbous herb ( Hesperocallis undulata ) of the family Liliaceae of the southwestern U.S. with narrow sword-shaped leaves and showy racemose flowers":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062942"
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"destinate":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": ordained by fate":[],
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": set apart for : intended":[],
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": designate":[],
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": doom":[],
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": to predetermine as an act of fate or by divine decree":[],
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": to design or intend":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8dest\u0259n\u0259\u0307t",
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"-\u02ccn\u0101t"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Latin destinatus , past participle of destinare":"Adjective",
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"Latin destinatus , past participle":"Transitive verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072706"
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},
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"Desmanthus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a genus of American herbs or shrubs (family Leguminosae) with sensitive bipinnate leaves and small whitish flowers":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"dez\u02c8man(t)th\u0259s"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek desm\u0113 bundle (from dein to bind) + New Latin -anthus":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083656"
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"desertless":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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": undeserved":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0259rtl\u0259\u0307s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"desert entry 3 + -less":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101430"
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"desmacyte":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one of the long fusiform cells forming a fibrous network in sponge cortex":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccs\u012bt"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin desma + English -cyte":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110441"
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"noun",
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"verb"
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"definitions":{
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": to represent or give an account of in words":[
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"describe a picture",
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"The police asked her to describe the thief.",
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"There were so many things he wanted to describe \u2026",
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"\u2014 James Joyce"
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],
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": to represent by a figure, model, or picture : delineate":[
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"described in her paintings what she saw from her window"
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],
|
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": distribute":[],
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": to trace or traverse the outline of":[
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"describe a circle"
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],
|
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": observe , perceive":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"di-\u02c8skr\u012bb"
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|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"delineate",
|
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"depict",
|
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"draw",
|
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"image",
|
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"limn",
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"paint",
|
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"picture",
|
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"portray",
|
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"render",
|
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"set out",
|
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"sketch"
|
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|
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"examples":[
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"The witness wasn't able to describe the robber.",
|
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"He described the house in perfect detail.",
|
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"The article describes how the experiment was done.",
|
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"She described watching dolphins play beside the ship.",
|
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"Please describe what happened next.",
|
|
"Can you describe the lost dog to me",
|
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"She used a stick to describe a circle on the ground.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Two-thirds of Texans say the higher gas prices Texans are facing have been a financial difficulty, including three in 10 who describe it as a financial hardship. \u2014 Anthony Salvanto, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"People who have been regularly exposed to this type of music over the years have become familiar with those rules, even without being able to describe them in music theory terms. \u2014 Eva Amsen, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Bowser has tried to describe herself as a mayor for Black Washington. \u2014 Omari Daniels, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
|
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"Becton, a first-round pick in 2020, said these were phrases people have used throughout his life to describe him. \u2014 Jeremiah Holloway, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Less than half \u2013 49% \u2013 used that label to describe themselves in the same poll last year. \u2014 Rachel Looker, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The problem as many executives describe it: Current business is great, but the difficulties ahead are obvious. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Charging documents describe no violence, but that charge can also apply to other felony crimes. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Peecyclers in Vermont describe a personal benefit from their work: A sense of gratification thinking about their own body\u2019s nutrients helping to heal, instead of hurt, the earth. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Latin describere , from de- + scribere to write \u2014 more at scribe":""
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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":"20220709-112459"
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"dessert knife":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a knife slightly smaller than a dinner knife":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131006"
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},
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"desert soil":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a soil that develops under sparse shrub vegetation in warm to cool arid climates with a light-colored surface soil usually underlain by calcareous material and a hardpan layer":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Hunters shot them up and the stuff soaked 15 feet down into the desert soil . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"Other times, the group reaches the bottom of a ravine to discover an unexpected oasis, cool trickles of water feeding palm trees that sprout out of the desert soil . \u2014 Jason H. Harper, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2021",
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"Most research has shown that livestock grazing, particularly when poorly managed, is detrimental to ecosystems with limited forage and the sensitive biocrusts that make up desert soil . \u2014 Erin Stone, The Arizona Republic , 7 Oct. 2020",
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"Water poured into ponds that were carved into the permeable desert soil in places along the CAP Canal, from Tonopah to the Pima Mine Road recharge facility south of Tucson. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
|
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"The research institute also breeds food crops like quinoa that flourish in salty, desert soils . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2019",
|
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"The problems stem from corrosive desert soil , Schwecke said. \u2014 Sammy Roth, latimes.com , 11 July 2019",
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"Those results were bolstered by others showing that different kinds of bacteria and fungi were present in different layers of desert soil . \u2014 The Economist , 1 Mar. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1938, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141924"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a scenic view of a desert":[],
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": a pictorial representation of a scenic view of a desert":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"desert entry 1 + -scape":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142738"
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},
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"destruct":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": destroy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8s-",
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"d\u0113\u02c8-",
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"\u02c8d\u0113\u02ccstr\u0259kt",
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"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8str\u0259kt",
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"d\u0113\u02c8s-"
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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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"back-formation from destruction":"Verb",
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"destruct , verb":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151901"
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},
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"desert sparrow":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a black-throated sparrow ( Amphispiza bilineata ) of arid parts of southwestern North America":[]
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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":"20220709-152807"
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},
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"desegregating":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to become desegregated":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"d\u0113-\u02c8se-gr\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
|
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"d\u0113-\u02c8se-gri-\u02ccg\u0101t",
|
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"(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8se-gri-\u02ccg\u0101t"
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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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"efforts to desegregate the town's buses",
|
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"Eventually the city's schools desegregated .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Five years later, an appellate court ruled against the school district and ordered it to desegregate . \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
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"The events led to a federal lawsuit forcing Uvalde to desegregate . \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
|
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"In more recent decades, dozens of public \u2014 and free \u2014 Montessori programs have opened across the country, often as part of explicit efforts to desegregate schools. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
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"This is a really complicated issue, one rooted in efforts to desegregate New York City schools but one in which many Asian Americans have felt overlooked and politically slighted. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Barbee ultimately sued in federal court, and in 1976, Judge John Reynolds ordered MPS to desegregate . \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
|
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"Under White\u2019s direction, the association promoted interracial unionization, pried open Blacks\u2019 access to wartime defense work, and pushed the Pentagon to desegregate the military. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The work follows a 2020 resolution from Peterson and MPS board vice president Sequanna Taylor to develop a regional plan to desegregate schools and reduce inequities. \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"The city\u2019s 10-day Fiesta showed us that in more than 100 years, San Antonio has failed to desegregate and extricate itself from an anti-Mexican past. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1949, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163728"
|
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},
|
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"desert lemon":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an Australian tree ( Eremocitrus glauca ) of the family Rutaceae bearing a small acid fruit":[]
|
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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":"20220709-165648"
|
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},
|
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"destroyer":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one that destroys":[],
|
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": a small fast warship used especially to support larger vessels and usually armed with guns, depth charges, torpedoes, and often guided missiles":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"di-\u02c8str\u022fi-\u0259r",
|
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"d\u0113-",
|
|
"di-\u02c8str\u022fi(-\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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"The pamphlet describes alcohol as a destroyer of families.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Houthi rebels in Yemen fired multiple anti-ship missiles at a U.S. Navy destroyer in two separate attacks in 2016, which drew retaliatory Tomahawk cruise missile attacks in response. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As part of the sparring around Taiwan, a Chinese aircraft carrier and a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed through the Strait of Taiwan in a pair of separate, sensitive maneuvers on Thursday and Friday. \u2014 Alex Leary And Lingling Wei, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But sometime Sunday night, someone managed to break into the account of the USS Kidd, a US Navy destroyer , and used that access to, well, stream the real-time strategy game Age of Empires. \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 9 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"In addition to the fighters of VMFA-211, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS The Sullivans also serves with the Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2021",
|
|
"The coast guard said the search continued through the night and has since expanded, with local fishing and tour boats joining the efforts, while the Self Defense Force dispatched a destroyer and three planes. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The coast guard said the search continued through the night and has since expanded, with local fishing and tour boats joining the efforts, while the Self Defense Force dispatched a destroyer and three planes. \u2014 Fox News , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Thanks to science fiction, AI is often perceived as a threat to humans, a destroyer of jobs and an unsympathetic overlord toiling away in the cloud. \u2014 James Duez, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The yard will soon add the destroyer Russell and the littoral combat ship Manchester. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172844"
|
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},
|
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"desmachyme":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": connective tissue of sponges":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8dezm\u0259\u02cck\u012bm"
|
|
],
|
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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":{
|
|
"New Latin desma + Greek chymos juice":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180704"
|
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},
|
|
"desert lynx":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": caracal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"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":"20220709-180826"
|
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},
|
|
"desert rod":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several herbs of the genus Eremostachys (family Labiatae) found in arid regions of western and central Asia":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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":"20220709-193440"
|
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},
|
|
"designee":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one that is designated":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccde-zig-\u02c8n\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointee",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"selectee"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the President's designees for Cabinet positions",
|
|
"the director or his designee shall sign the report",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Goodell\u2019s word or that of his designee will be final. \u2014 cleveland , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"That appeal then will be decided by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell or his designee . \u2014 Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"There are nine voting members on the new commission, including one designee for the attorney general and five more appointees chosen by Cameron. \u2014 Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"The board members chosen by Foxx and Yarbrough voted to have Navarro Gercone removed, while Martinez\u2019s designee voted to keep Navarro Gercone on the ballot. \u2014 Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The ordinance itself allows the city manager, or a designee , to unilaterally declare a state of civil emergency. \u2014 al , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The resolution was approved unanimously by the board, which includes a designee of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and FRA Administrator Amit Bose. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In the Senate, credentialed reporters need the permission of a Senate media designee to enter the floor to interview a lawmaker. \u2014 Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"After the close of the Promotion Period, or within a reasonable time thereafter, Sponsor or its designee will randomly draw winners from all eligible entries. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 20 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201351"
|
|
},
|
|
"Dessalines":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Jean-Jacques 1758":[
|
|
"Jacques I \\ \u02c8zh\u00e4k \\"
|
|
],
|
|
"of Haiti (1804\u201306)":[
|
|
"Jacques I \\ \u02c8zh\u00e4k \\"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccde-",
|
|
"\u02ccd\u0101-s\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205915"
|
|
},
|
|
"destroyable":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": capable of being destroyed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u022fi\u0259b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220759"
|
|
},
|
|
"deslime":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to remove slime from":[
|
|
"desliming of fine coal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)d\u0113+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"de- + slime (noun)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221426"
|
|
},
|
|
"desktop":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a desktop computer":[],
|
|
": of a size that can be conveniently used on a desk or table":[
|
|
"desktop computers"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 compare laptop \u2014 see also desktop publishing":[
|
|
"desktop computers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8desk-\u02cct\u00e4p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The desktop was covered with books and stacks of papers.",
|
|
"He created a new folder on his desktop .",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"She is working on a desktop video project.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Vern Vip installed a Cambria quartz desktop to suit the sophisticated mood. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Nearly 20 years after its 2002 debut, Google News received a major redesign for desktop on Wednesday. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Intel\u2019s first desktop gaming GPU, the Arc A380, is already launching in China. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Browsers are now full application runtimes, embeddable in every desktop and mobile OS. \u2014 Josh Koenig, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Statcounter, meanwhile, shows Edge barely beating out Safari for second place in desktop browser usage, at just over 10 percent. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"In contrast, Lotus Development surfed the PC wave, with its Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet becoming one of the first killer apps for desktop machines. \u2014 Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Here is how to change your channel name from your phone or a desktop . \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Apple is also working on new Mac Pro desktop , high-end MacBook Pros, Mac minis and an iMac for release over the next year or so. \u2014 Mark Gurman, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Just like with the desktop version of Adobe Acrobat, the free Android equivalent can also be used to sign documents. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Zuckerberg said last week that the company will roll out a desktop version of its flagship social VR app, Horizon Worlds, later this year so people can experience it without a headset (the company has also talked about a mobile version of the app). \u2014 Rachel Metz, CNN , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Apple also a new desktop version of its personal computer called the Mac Studio that will cost $2,000 to $4,000 for the processing unit. \u2014 CBS News , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Her son, Jim Nielsen, drove over to inspect the browser on her Acer Chromebox, the desktop version of a Chromebook. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Spotify, Telegram and WeChat, for example, open in a desktop format on the wider screen. \u2014 Ben Sin, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The product line has packed desktop -class CPU power into a small footprint, resulting in powerful hardware that can easily fit in a backpack and later hook up to a monitor. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The Android version of Tumblr and the desktop version of the app appear to be unaffected by the change. \u2014 Aj Dellinger, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Many first-time PWA creators create a desktop version of their app and mistakenly assume smartphone users will download their original program from the app store. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1958, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234838"
|
|
},
|
|
"destroys":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to put out of existence : kill":[
|
|
"destroy an injured horse"
|
|
],
|
|
": neutralize":[
|
|
"the moon destroys the light of the stars"
|
|
],
|
|
": annihilate , vanquish":[
|
|
"armies had been crippled but not destroyed",
|
|
"\u2014 W. L. Shirer"
|
|
],
|
|
": to cause ruin or destruction":[
|
|
"it is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct",
|
|
"\u2014 T. S. Eliot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"d\u0113-",
|
|
"di-\u02c8str\u022fi"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Eventually our problems with money destroyed our marriage.",
|
|
"All the files were deliberately destroyed .",
|
|
"The disease destroys the body's ability to fight off illness.",
|
|
"The bomb blast destroyed the village.",
|
|
"The dog had to be destroyed since its owner could not prevent it from attacking people.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Burn pits were commonly used to destroy waste collected at military bases. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"In the Lviv region near the border with NATO member Poland, Russian forces used high-precision Kalibr missiles to destroy the depot near the town of Zolochiv, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. \u2014 John Leicester And Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Antibiotics are used to destroy both harmful and helpful germs. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"The defense also objected to the judge adding language that specified a weapon could also be used to destroy property, not just a human being. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Guerrero, who grew up in Uvalde hunting with his father, a ranch foreman, questioned whether people have a right to weapons that are made to destroy and kill and meant for war. \u2014 Haley Yamada, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Theories can turn out to be correct, but challenging the truth constantly can corrupt minds, destroy relationships, and sow chaos. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"The story began with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"The commissioners said widening the road to four lanes would destroy its rural character and encourage more traffic and sprawl development. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French destroy-, destrui- , stem of destrure , from Vulgar Latin *destrugere , alteration of Latin destruere , from de- + struere to build \u2014 more at structure":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
|
},
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"\u02c8de-str\u0113-\u0259r",
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"d\u0259-\u02c8strir"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French destrer, destrier , from destre right hand, from Latin dextra , from feminine of dexter":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"desma":{
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": an irregularly branched sponge spicule":[]
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"\u02c8dezm\u0259"
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"New Latin, from Greek, bond, from dein to bind":""
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"-)\u02ccship"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The shoebox space does brisk business at lunch, dispensing pork pies, sausage rolls and p\u00e2t\u00e9s en cro\u00fbte (p\u00e2t\u00e9s baked in a pastry crust) to City desk jockeys . \u2014 Jay Cheshes, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2019",
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"In this iteration of the character\u2019s story, Ryan goes from desk jockey to field agent after discovering a possible terrorist cell. \u2014 Karen Han, Vox , 31 Aug. 2018",
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"Description: Sandra Oh plays a bored MI5 desk jockey who stumbles into investigating a brilliant, soulless assassin (Jodie Comer). \u2014 Trenesha N Striggles, azcentral , 27 June 2018",
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"Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge adapted Killing Eve from a series of Luke Jennings novellas but aged up Eve from a young upstart to a bored 40-something desk jockey . \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 5 Apr. 2018",
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"This is an organization filled with liability-dodging desk jockeys , who took until 2014 to institute even basic child protection policies, despite years of problems. \u2014 Sally Jenkins, chicagotribune.com , 26 Feb. 2018"
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014653"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051151"
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