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1614 lines
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{
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"geriatric":{
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"antonyms":[
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"aged",
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"aging",
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"ageing",
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"ancient",
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"elderly",
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"long-lived",
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"old",
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"older",
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"over-the-hill",
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"senescent",
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"senior",
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"unyoung"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people":[
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"An old family member is often the inspiration for medical students who choose geriatrics .",
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"\u2014 Katie Hafner"
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],
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": an aged person":[
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"To put it mildly, the geriatrics of the entertainment industry didn't see this coming.",
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"\u2014 John Perry Barlow"
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],
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": of or relating to geriatrics or the process of aging":[],
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": of, relating to, or appropriate for elderly people":[
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"the geriatric set"
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],
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": old , elderly":[
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"a geriatric dachshund"
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],
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": old and outmoded":[
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"geriatric airplanes"
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],
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"\u2014 compare gerontology":[
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"An old family member is often the inspiration for medical students who choose geriatrics .",
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"\u2014 Katie Hafner"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"most of the clinic's outpatients are geriatrics living on fixed incomes",
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"Adjective",
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"children who think that anyone over the age of 40 is geriatric",
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"went into nursing to work with geriatric patients",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The geriatric among us were already working (or trying to) when the Great Recession hit. \u2014 Sara Rathner Nerdwallet, Star Tribune , 10 July 2021",
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"The first real-world BCI boom is expected in VR gaming headsets, with future applications to support the escalating geriatric and Alzheimer\u2019s populations look promising. \u2014 Frank Fitzpatrick, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
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"It's just become a sport for the geriatric and anyone with a few million followers on social media who can throw a punch. \u2014 Tim Dahlberg, Star Tribune , 30 Mar. 2021",
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"Some states in America, including Alabama, California and Georgia, have geriatric -release laws. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Sep. 2020",
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"Like many nursing programs around the country seeking to address the shortage of nursing personnel able to care for the growing senior population, the nursing school at St. Thomas has added a clinical experience in geriatrics into their program. \u2014 Alice Adams, Houston Chronicle , 9 Mar. 2018",
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"Now Gove\u2019s remark became the source of the ashen taste in the mouths of Remoaner metropolitan elites bewailing how provincial troglodytes, geriatrics , and Little Englanders had dashed their rationalist, internationalist dreams. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"There are sweatshirt-wearing college students, cantankerous geriatrics , bedraggled parents of toddlers, hipsters with multiple facial piercings and purple-haired 20-somethings of indeterminate gender. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 7 Feb. 2020",
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"Yet geriatrics is badly scanted in standard medical training. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The trial at the University of Connecticut is being conducted by Dr. David Steffens, the chair of the School of Medicine\u2019s Department of Psychiatry, who Morimoto called a world-renowned specialist in geriatric psychiatry. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Jan. 2022",
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"Reyhan Westbrook, an instructor in geriatric medicine, is in the lab looking at the role of inflammation in aging and how to control when there is too much. \u2014 Meredith Cohn, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
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"In mid-July, dozens of patients with Covid were transferred from nursing homes to Royal Park, a satellite facility for geriatric care and rehabilitation. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
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"Anand Kumar is a geriatric psychiatrist, professor and head of the department of psychiatry at the University of Illinois Chicago, and past president of American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. \u2014 Anand Kumar, STAT , 9 May 2022",
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"Kiggans, a geriatric nurse practitioner and former Navy helicopter pilot, ramped up her fundraising, pulling in more than $400,000 this past quarter and surpassing $1 million in total. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"The essence of geriatric medicine is the anticipation of cascading health problems like the ones that Harriet was facing. \u2014 Rachael Bedard, The New Yorker , 6 Mar. 2022",
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"Puppies and geriatric dogs struggle more to adapt, Tynes said. \u2014 Julianna Morano, Dallas News , 29 June 2021",
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"Weight gain in geriatric dogs increases the risk of health problems. \u2014 Tribune News Service, Star Tribune , 8 Jan. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"back-formation from geriatrics":"Adjective",
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"geriatrics from Greek g\u1e17ras \"old age\" + -iatrics ; g\u1e17ras going back to a lengthened grade ablaut derivative of an Indo-European verbal base *\u01f5erh 2 - \"become old, ripen,\" whence also, with varying ablaut and suffixation, Greek g\u00e9ras \"gift of honor,\" gerai\u00f3s \"old,\" Old Church Slavic s\u016d z\u012dr\u011bj\u01eb, s\u016d z\u012dr\u011bti \"to ripen, mature,\" Armenian cer \"old man, old,\" Sanskrit j\u00e1rati \"(s/he) makes old, ages, decays,\" jara\u1e47\u00e1\u1e25 \"old, decayed,\" jar\u0101 \u0301 \"old age,\" Avestan zar\u0259ta- \"old,\" a zar\u0259\u0161ant- \"unaging,\" Persian zar \"old man,\" z\u0101l \"(of persons) old\"":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccjer-\u0113-\u02c8a-trik",
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"\u02ccjir-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"ancient",
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"elder",
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"golden-ager",
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"old-timer",
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"oldster",
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"senior",
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"senior citizen"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083318",
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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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"germ":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts":[],
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": something that initiates development or serves as an origin : rudiments , beginning":[],
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": the embryo with the scutellum of a cereal grain that is usually separated from the starchy endosperm during milling":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the germ that causes tuberculosis",
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"the germ of an idea",
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"the germ layers of an embryo",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some of those use mRNA technology similar to the shots already sold by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, while others use DNA, inactive virus or a small piece of a germ , such as a protein. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
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"Cleaning and disinfecting combined will keep the toys in your household as germ -free as possible, but there is a difference. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"The backyard playsets give these kids a safe, germ -free place to play. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The latest film, Scream, takes that germ of an idea to its ultimate end, and once again, Star Wars is at the center of the conversation of legacy sequels and requels. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Jan. 2022",
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"The germ for the idea of Peoplehood came along early in the SoulCycle days, when Ms. Cutler woke up filled with anxiety about her new life as an executive and entrepreneur. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022",
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"How Paxlovid came to be: From the germ of an idea to a vital tool against Covid. \u2014 Nicholas Florko, STAT , 4 May 2022",
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"On the whole, scientists met the germ in its microscopic world and fought it to a draw. \u2014 Elizabeth Macbride, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"The agency said one of the cases involved salmonella and three involved Cronobacter sakazakiim, a rare but dangerous germ that can cause blood infections and other serious complications. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Chron , 18 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French germe , from Latin germin-, germen , from gignere to beget \u2014 more at kin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8j\u0259rm"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"fountainhead",
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"origin",
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"root",
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"seed",
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"seedbed"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023311",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"germane":{
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"antonyms":[
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"extraneous",
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"immaterial",
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"impertinent",
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"inapplicable",
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"inapposite",
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"irrelative",
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"irrelevant",
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"pointless"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting":[
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"omit details that are not germane to the discussion"
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],
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": closely akin":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The press material for this film contains some notes made by the Dardenne brothers during the shooting. Such material is usually disposable, but these notes are germane. . \u2014 Stanley Kauffmann , New Republic , 3 Feb. 2003",
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"Bork and his supporters argued that his \"academic\" writings and his speeches were not germane to whether he should be confirmed. \u2014 Elizabeth Drew , New Yorker , 2 Nov. 1987",
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"From time to time, engineers and scientists hold conferences \u2026 where they trot out ideas they have developed, frequently ideas germane to solving practical problems. \u2014 Jane Jacobs , Cities and the Wealth of Nations , (1984) 1985",
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"facts germane to the dispute",
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"my personal opinion isn't germane to our discussion of the facts of the case",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Danielle Weston, a board member who also expressed skepticism about Azaiez from the beginning, told Fox News board members would allow non- germane comments at the many school board meetings. \u2014 Tyler O'neil, Fox News , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"With no hope of talking SB 1 to death, Alvarado was allowed to continue as Republicans declined to call the points of order that \u2014 if upheld three times for non- germane discussions \u2014 would have ended the filibuster. \u2014 Chuck Lindell, USA TODAY , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"Giuliani\u2019s press release was directly germane to Yovanovitch\u2019s testimony. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 16 Nov. 2019",
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"Apply your spare time to studying a subject that is germane to your career. \u2014 Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive , 10 Nov. 2019",
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"The fact that the owner was not the person (involved in the alleged prostitution) does not really seem to be germane to our ordinances. \u2014 John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al , 23 Oct. 2019",
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"Because some recent winters have been wet and California\u2019s big reservoirs are fuller than average, prophesies of a dry year ahead are not as worrisome, though the question of snow remains germane . \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com , 17 Oct. 2019",
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"But prosecutors can counter that the past misconduct is not germane to the specific case being tried. \u2014 Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com , 10 Oct. 2019",
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"But at this point, the most germane and crucial happenings in the Hub of Hardball in 2019 aren\u2019t going to take place on the field during the season. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Aug. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English germain , literally, having the same parents, from Anglo-French":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)j\u0259r-\u02c8m\u0101n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for germane relevant , germane , material , pertinent , apposite , applicable , apropos mean relating to or bearing upon the matter in hand. relevant implies a traceable, significant, logical connection. found material relevant to her case germane may additionally imply a fitness for or appropriateness to the situation or occasion. a point not germane to the discussion material implies so close a relationship that it cannot be dispensed with without serious alteration of the case. facts material to the investigation pertinent stresses a clear and decisive relevance. a pertinent observation apposite suggests a felicitous relevance. add an apposite quotation to the definition applicable suggests the fitness of bringing a general rule or principle to bear upon a particular case. the rule is not applicable in this case apropos suggests being both relevant and opportune. the quip was apropos",
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"synonyms":[
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"applicable",
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"apposite",
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"apropos",
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"material",
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"pertinent",
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"pointed",
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"relative",
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"relevant"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010731",
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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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"German shepherd":{
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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 a breed of working dogs of German origin that are intelligent and responsive and are often used in police work and as guide dogs for the blind":[]
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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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"1852, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144233"
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},
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"gerund":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a verbal noun in Latin that expresses generalized or uncompleted action":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8jer-\u0259nd",
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"\u02c8je-r\u0259nd"
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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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"In the sentence \u201cLearning can be fun,\u201d \u201clearning\u201d is a gerund .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"That\u2019s far more important than learning what a gerund might be. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 7 July 2021",
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"Nearly every other sentence contains pungent Anglo-Saxon nouns and gerunds . \u2014 Dwight Garner, New York Times , 16 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin gerundium , from Latin gerundus , gerundive of gerere to bear, carry on":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145627"
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},
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"gerontocracy":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccjer-\u0259n-\u02c8t\u00e4-kr\u0259-s\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Salman, the current king and at 86 one of the youngest of Abdulaziz\u2019s brood, saw the perils of unchecked gerontocracy and anointed a successor from the next generation. \u2014 Graeme Wood, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Now that Americans can expect to live more than twice that long, the government has become a gerontocracy . \u2014 Charlotte Alter, Time , 21 Oct. 2021",
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"But Congress\u2019s gerontocracy problem shows no sign of abating. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 10 Dec. 2020",
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"One reason is the rise of the American gerontocracy . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 25 Nov. 2020",
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"The next government will be a veritable gerontocracy , with an 80-year-old speaker of the House and perhaps a 78-year-old Senate majority leader. \u2014 Jennifer Senior, Star Tribune , 13 Nov. 2020",
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"But barring such an upsurge\u2014which would not play to Trump\u2019s demographic strengths--the gerontocracy must impose some internal discipline, and something like that appears now to be happening. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 17 June 2020",
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"In a gerontocracy like Italy, proposals to encourage the elderly to stay inside would mean shutting away much of the political, academic, industrial, and business elite. \u2014 Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2020",
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"But by the second decade of this century, the gerontocracy was no longer sustainable. \u2014 Christopher Dickey, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French g\u00e9rontocratie , from g\u00e9ronto- geronto- + -cratie -cracy":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153604"
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},
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"german shepherd":{
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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 a breed of working dogs of German origin that are intelligent and responsive and are often used in police work and as guide dogs for the blind":[]
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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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"1852, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153958"
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},
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"German sesame oil":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": cameline oil":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161142"
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},
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"German measles":{
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"type":[
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"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an acute contagious virus disease that is caused by a togavirus (species Rubella virus of the genus Rubivirus ) and is milder than typical measles but is damaging to the fetus when occurring early in pregnancy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163008"
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"German silver":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a silver-white alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1828, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163908"
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"gertrude":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an infant's slip usually made of cotton and buttoned at each shoulder":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u0259r\u2027\u02cctr\u00fcd"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from the name Gertrude":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164755"
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"German sixth":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an augmented sixth chord including a major third and a perfect fifth above the lowest note (such as A-flat\u2013C\u2013E-flat\u2013F-sharp) \u2014 compare french sixth , italian sixth \u2014 see sixth chord":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"1812, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170312"
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"German tamarisk":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a Eurasian shrub ( Myricaria germanica ) of the family Tamaricaceae that resembles the tamarisk":[]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174310"
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"German mark":{
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"geronto-":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": aged person : old age":[
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"geronto logy"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Greek, combining form from geront-, g\u00e9r\u014dn \"old, old man,\" going back to Indo-European *\u01f5erh 2 -ont- (whence also Sanskrit jarant-, j\u00e1ran \"old, decayed,\" Ossete z\u00e6rond \"old, old man\"), participial derivative from the base *\u01f5erh 2 - \"become old, ripen\" \u2014 more at geriatric entry 1":""
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"definitions":{
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": a silver-white alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel":[]
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"1828, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200218"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to old age or the elderly":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"j\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4n-tik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek geront-, g\u00e9r\u014dn \"old, old man\" + -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at geronto-":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210550"
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},
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"germfree":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": free of microorganisms : axenic":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8j\u0259rm-\u02ccfr\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aseptic",
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"hygienic",
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"sanitary",
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"sterile"
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],
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"germy",
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"insanitary",
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"unhygienic",
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"unsanitary",
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"unsterile"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210910"
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},
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"German millet":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a foxtail millet ( Setaria italica stramineofructa ) with yellow fruits in large drooping often lobed spikes":[
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"\u2014 compare siberian millet"
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230107"
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"germ gland":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": gonad":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231704"
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},
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"gersum":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a fine paid by a vassal in feudal England to his superior usually on taking a holding":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gers\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, jewel, costly gift, gersum, from Old English g\u00e6rsum, g\u00e6rsuma jewel, costly gift, treasure, from Old Norse gersemi, g\u00f6rsemi , from g\u00f6rr ready, equipped + -semi (from -samr -some)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000746"
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},
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"German":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a native or inhabitant of Germany":[],
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": a person of German descent":[],
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": one whose native language is German and who is a native of a country other than Germany":[],
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": the Germanic language spoken mainly in Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerland":[],
|
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": the literary and official language of Germany":[],
|
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": a member of any of the Germanic peoples inhabiting western Europe in Roman times":[],
|
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": a dance consisting of intricate figures that are improvised and intermingled with waltzes":[],
|
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of Germany , the Germans, or German":[],
|
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": having the same parents or the same grandparents on either the maternal or paternal side":[
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"\u2014 usually used after the noun which it modifies and joined to it by a hyphen brother- german cousin- german"
|
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],
|
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": a near relative":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8j\u0259r-m\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Medieval Latin Germanus , from Latin":"Noun",
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"Middle English germain , from Anglo-French, from Latin germanus having the same parents, from germen":"Adjective"
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002646"
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},
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"German wirehaired pointer":{
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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 a breed of gundogs of German origin that have a liver or liver and white flat-lying wiry coat":[]
|
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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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"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004336"
|
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},
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"Germano-":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"combining form"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": German":[
|
|
"Germano phile"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004537"
|
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},
|
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"germen":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": germ sense 1a":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8j\u0259r-m\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1608, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005132"
|
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},
|
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"German-American":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an American of German ancestry":[],
|
|
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a German-American":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"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":"20220709-013227"
|
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},
|
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"German band":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a street band":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"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":"20220709-020219"
|
|
},
|
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"Germany":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"country of central Europe bordering on the North and Baltic seas; capital Berlin area 137,847 square miles (357,022 square kilometers), population 80,458,000":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8j\u0259r-m\u0259-n\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024602"
|
|
},
|
|
"gerund-grinder":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pedantic teacher especially of Latin grammar":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"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":"20220709-035314"
|
|
},
|
|
"germy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": full of germs":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8j\u0259r-m\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration acknowledge on their websites that surgical masks are generally meant to help protect against large droplets, splashes or sprays of possibly germy fluid. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"People\u2019s unwillingness to touch potentially germy surfaces and devices during the pandemic has greatly accelerated the adoption of unique QR codes. \u2014 Matthew Kitchen, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"So while a little extra cleaning might not fend off the coronavirus, keeping a less germy office certainly doesn\u2019t hurt. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 3 May 2021",
|
|
"Be responsible, don\u2019t be a germy menace, but definitely hold a pair of hearty-yet-silky trousers cut from weighty upholstery fabric in your hands. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Boiling germy water denatures proteins and wrecks the structures of pathogens. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 19 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"No matter how many times doctors remind us to keep our germy fingers away from our faces to help dodge Covid, breaking the unconscious habit is tough. \u2014 Ellen Byron, WSJ , 14 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"After the 600-year-old Blarney Castle & Gardens reopened in June, one in three visitors are still kissing it, writes Zoe Baillaregeon in a survey of germy attractions worldwide. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Using a public restroom requires touching lots of potentially germy surfaces, from door handles to faucets to stall doors to toilet paper dispensers. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 11 Sep. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035509"
|
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},
|
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"Gershwin":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"George 1898\u20131937 originally Jacob Gershvin American composer":[],
|
|
"Ira 1896\u20131983 Israel Gershvin ; brother of George Gershwin American lyricist":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259r-shw\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063537"
|
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},
|
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"German script":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a cursive handwriting used extensively in German-speaking countries since the 15th century":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064717"
|
|
},
|
|
"germs":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts":[],
|
|
": the embryo with the scutellum of a cereal grain that is usually separated from the starchy endosperm during milling":[],
|
|
": something that initiates development or serves as an origin : rudiments , beginning":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8j\u0259rm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seedbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the germ that causes tuberculosis",
|
|
"the germ of an idea",
|
|
"the germ layers of an embryo",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Some of those use mRNA technology similar to the shots already sold by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, while others use DNA, inactive virus or a small piece of a germ , such as a protein. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Cleaning and disinfecting combined will keep the toys in your household as germ -free as possible, but there is a difference. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The backyard playsets give these kids a safe, germ -free place to play. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The latest film, Scream, takes that germ of an idea to its ultimate end, and once again, Star Wars is at the center of the conversation of legacy sequels and requels. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The germ for the idea of Peoplehood came along early in the SoulCycle days, when Ms. Cutler woke up filled with anxiety about her new life as an executive and entrepreneur. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"How Paxlovid came to be: From the germ of an idea to a vital tool against Covid. \u2014 Nicholas Florko, STAT , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"On the whole, scientists met the germ in its microscopic world and fought it to a draw. \u2014 Elizabeth Macbride, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The agency said one of the cases involved salmonella and three involved Cronobacter sakazakiim, a rare but dangerous germ that can cause blood infections and other serious complications. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Chron , 18 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French germe , from Latin germin-, germen , from gignere to beget \u2014 more at kin":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080923"
|
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},
|
|
"gerrymandering":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the practice of dividing or arranging a territorial unit into election districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage in elections":[
|
|
"To an untrained eye, the proposed boundaries look like the etchings of a mapmaker on heavy pharmaceuticals. In reality, it's a masterpiece of diabolical gerrymandering .",
|
|
"\u2014 Carl Hiaasen",
|
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"Bipartisan gerrymandering following the 2000 reapportionment produced hundreds of safe Democratic seats, hundreds of safe Republican seats, and not much else.",
|
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"\u2014 Peter Beinart"
|
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],
|
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"\u2014 compare cracking , packing":[
|
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"To an untrained eye, the proposed boundaries look like the etchings of a mapmaker on heavy pharmaceuticals. In reality, it's a masterpiece of diabolical gerrymandering .",
|
|
"\u2014 Carl Hiaasen",
|
|
"Bipartisan gerrymandering following the 2000 reapportionment produced hundreds of safe Democratic seats, hundreds of safe Republican seats, and not much else.",
|
|
"\u2014 Peter Beinart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"also \u02c8ger-",
|
|
"originally \u02c8ger-",
|
|
"\u02c8jer-\u0113-\u02ccman-d(\u0259-)ri\u014b"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"gerrymander entry 2 + -ing entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1812, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090026"
|
|
},
|
|
"gersh":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1964, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092153"
|
|
},
|
|
"germarium":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)j\u0259r\u02c8ma(a)r\u0113\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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": of or relating to the Old World or the eastern hemisphere":[]
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"j\u0259\u0307\u00a6r\u00e4nt\u014d\u00a6j\u0113\u0259s"
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"a northwestern section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania":[]
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of the Germanic-speaking peoples":[],
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": of, relating to, or constituting Germanic":[],
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": a branch of the Indo-European language family containing English, German , Dutch, Afrikaans, Frisian, the Scandinavian languages, and Gothic \u2014 see Indo-European Languages Table":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)j\u0259r-\u02c8ma-nik"
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"1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1718, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"noun"
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": german":[],
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of the Germanic-speaking peoples":[],
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": of, relating to, or constituting Germanic":[],
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": a branch of the Indo-European language family containing English, German , Dutch, Afrikaans, Frisian, the Scandinavian languages, and Gothic \u2014 see Indo-European Languages Table":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)j\u0259r-\u02c8ma-nik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"Germanic languages, such as German, English, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages."
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1718, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114134"
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},
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"gerontology":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults \u2014 compare geriatrics":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0259-j\u0113",
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"\u02ccjer-\u0259n-\u02c8t\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Guinness World Records said they were saddened to hear of Tanaka's passing, and said the news of her death had been confirmed by senior gerontology consultant Robert Young, who also helped confirm her record as the oldest person alive back in 2019. \u2014 Emiko Jozuka, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"There are several reasons for the rise of autumnal athleticism, said Jennifer Ailshire, an associate professor of gerontology at USC. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Solis\u2019s first-semester clinical schedule included the Tewksbury Hospital shift on Wednesdays from 3-11 p.m. focused on gerontology and psychology. \u2014 Greg Levinsky, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"Morrie Markoff comes in three years behind the leader of the pack, according to an internet gerontology site. \u2014 Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
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"De la Fuente Garc\u00eda's death was confirmed by Guinness World Records' senior gerontology consultant Robert Young, their website says. \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"In gerontology , three years might as well be a century. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
|
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"In gerontology , three years might as well be a century. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
|
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"In gerontology , three years might as well be a century. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French g\u00e9rontologie, from g\u00e9ronto- geronto- + -logie -logy":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123210"
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},
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"German rum":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a Jamaica rum very highly flavored especially for export to Europe":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124302"
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},
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"German Baptist Brethren":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": dunkers":[
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"\u2014 not used officially since 1908"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130020"
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},
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"germ band":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the thickening of the blastoderm of an insect egg from which the embryo proper arises":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-132408"
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},
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"German bee":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": black bee":[]
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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":"20220709-144027"
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},
|
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"germplasm":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": germ cells and their precursors serving as the bearers of heredity":[],
|
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": the genetic material of germ cells : genes":[
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"There is now a global effort to conserve the genetic material, or germplasm , of important crops.",
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"\u2014 Omar Sattaur",
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"The extraordinary precision and reliability of the replication of the germ plasm during each nuclear division \u2026",
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"\u2014 Ernst Mayr"
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],
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": plant or animal material (such as seeds, pollen, rootstock, or sperm) that is collected and stored chiefly for future use in breeding, conservation, or research":[
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"The first U.S. facility for long-term preservation of crop germplasm , the National Seed Storage Laboratory at Fort Collins, CO, began storing collections of all major crops in 1958.",
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"\u2014 Nigel J. H. Smith",
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"Well-managed collections of germ plasm will give plant breeders a broader genetic base for producing new crops with greater resistance to pests, diseases and drought.",
|
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"\u2014 John P. Reganold et al."
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8j\u0259rm-\u02ccpla-z\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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"If species die out before their germplasm can be preserved, their promise will be lost for good. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, The Atlantic , 16 Sep. 2020",
|
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"Semen samples were also taken from the bulls and sent to the germplasm bank in Colorado. \u2014 Maureen O'hagan, Scientific American , 20 June 2019",
|
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"Semen samples were also taken from the bulls and sent to the germplasm bank in Colorado. \u2014 Maureen O'hagan, Scientific American , 20 June 2019",
|
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"Semen samples were also taken from the bulls and sent to the germplasm bank in Colorado. \u2014 Maureen O'hagan, Scientific American , 20 June 2019",
|
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"Semen samples were also taken from the bulls and sent to the germplasm bank in Colorado. \u2014 Maureen O'hagan, Scientific American , 20 June 2019",
|
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"Semen samples were also taken from the bulls and sent to the germplasm bank in Colorado. \u2014 Maureen O'hagan, Scientific American , 20 June 2019",
|
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"For decades, Driscoll\u2019s has been working with the germplasm of the White Carolina, the oldest strawberry cultivar. \u2014 Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2019",
|
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"Semen samples were also taken from the bulls and sent to the germplasm bank in Colorado. \u2014 Maureen O'hagan, Scientific American , 20 June 2019"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144358"
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},
|
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"gersdorffite":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a mineral NiAsS consisting of a silver-white to steel-gray nickel sulfarsenide that may also contain some iron and cobalt":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8gers\u02cc-",
|
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"\u02c8gerz\u02ccd\u022fr\u02ccf\u012bt"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German gersdorffit , from the von Gersdorff family, 19th century Austrian mine owners + German -it -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162126"
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},
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"German bezoar":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a bezoar composed of interlaced fibers of hair with organic cementing matter":[]
|
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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":"20220709-163605"
|
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},
|
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"Gerlachovsky":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"mountain 8711 feet (2655 meters) high in the Tatry Mountains of northern Slovakia; highest in the Carpathians":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ger-l\u0259-\u02cck\u022ff-sk\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165338"
|
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},
|
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"geront-":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": old age":[
|
|
"geronto logy"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French, g\u00e9ront-, g\u00e9ronto- , from Greek geront-, geronto- , from geront-, ger\u014dn old man; akin to Greek g\u0113ras old age":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174153"
|
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},
|
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"germ-free":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": free of microorganisms : axenic":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8j\u0259rm-\u02ccfr\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
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"sterile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
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"unhygienic",
|
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"unsanitary",
|
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"unsterile"
|
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],
|
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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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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180808"
|
|
},
|
|
"Geronimo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"1829\u20131909 Goyathlay Chiricahua Apache leader":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"j\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":"20220709-211230"
|
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},
|
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"german":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
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": a native or inhabitant of Germany":[],
|
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": a person of German descent":[],
|
|
": one whose native language is German and who is a native of a country other than Germany":[],
|
|
": the Germanic language spoken mainly in Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerland":[],
|
|
": the literary and official language of Germany":[],
|
|
": a member of any of the Germanic peoples inhabiting western Europe in Roman times":[],
|
|
": a dance consisting of intricate figures that are improvised and intermingled with waltzes":[],
|
|
": of, relating to, or characteristic of Germany , the Germans, or German":[],
|
|
": having the same parents or the same grandparents on either the maternal or paternal side":[
|
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"\u2014 usually used after the noun which it modifies and joined to it by a hyphen brother- german cousin- german"
|
|
],
|
|
": a near relative":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8j\u0259r-m\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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Medieval Latin Germanus , from Latin":"Noun",
|
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"Middle English germain , from Anglo-French, from Latin germanus having the same parents, from germen":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211421"
|
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},
|
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"Gerona":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"province of northeastern Spain bordering on France and on the Mediterranean Sea in northeastern Catalonia area 2273 square miles (5887 square kilometers), population 751,806":[],
|
|
"commune and capital of the province of Gerona population 74,879":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"h\u0101-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u00e4"
|
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],
|
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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":"20220709-221640"
|
|
},
|
|
"gerontomorphic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": characterized by physical specialization most fully developed in the old male of a species":[
|
|
"gerontomorphic traits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"j\u0259\u0307\u00a6r\u00e4nt\u014d\u00a6m\u022frfik"
|
|
],
|
|
"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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"geront- + -morphic":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223027"
|
|
},
|
|
"germ warfare":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": the use of harmful microorganisms (such as bacteria) as weapons in war":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8w\u022fr-\u02ccfe(\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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"In the 21st century, the practice has become a form of germ warfare . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2021",
|
|
"The allegations of germ warfare were worldwide news in the first months of 1952. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"The Soviets had a keen interest in the Marburg virus in the 1980s and managed to develop an especially lethal strain after an accident at the Vector Institute, their germ warfare center in Siberia. \u2014 Lucy Cooke, ajc , 3 July 2018",
|
|
"The Soviets had a keen interest in the Marburg virus in the 1980s and managed to develop an especially lethal strain after an accident at the Vector Institute, their germ warfare center in Siberia. \u2014 Lucy Cooke, ajc , 3 July 2018",
|
|
"The Soviets had a keen interest in the Marburg virus in the 1980s and managed to develop an especially lethal strain after an accident at the Vector Institute, their germ warfare center in Siberia. \u2014 Lucy Cooke, ajc , 3 July 2018",
|
|
"The Soviets had a keen interest in the Marburg virus in the 1980s and managed to develop an especially lethal strain after an accident at the Vector Institute, their germ warfare center in Siberia. \u2014 Lucy Cooke, ajc , 3 July 2018",
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"The Soviets had a keen interest in the Marburg virus in the 1980s and managed to develop an especially lethal strain after an accident at the Vector Institute, their germ warfare center in Siberia. \u2014 Lucy Cooke, ajc , 3 July 2018",
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"The Soviets had a keen interest in the Marburg virus in the 1980s and managed to develop an especially lethal strain after an accident at the Vector Institute, their germ warfare center in Siberia. \u2014 Lucy Cooke, ajc , 3 July 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224836"
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},
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"German shorthaired pointer":{
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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 a breed of gundogs of German origin that have a liver or liver and white short coat":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233901"
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"German cockroach":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a small active winged cockroach ( Blattella germanica ) probably of African origin that is a common household pest in the U.S.":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccj\u0259r-m\u0259n-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234804"
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},
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"German madwort":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a low hairy annual herb ( Asperugo procumbens ) of the family Boraginaceae with blue flowers and a root used as a substitute for madder":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235401"
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},
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"German Coach":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a German breed of large rather coarse heavy harness horses that are bay, brown, or black in color":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000403"
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},
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"germinate":{
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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 cause to sprout or develop":[],
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": to come into being : evolve":[
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"before Western civilization began to germinate",
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"\u2014 A. L. Kroeber"
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],
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": to begin to grow : sprout":[
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"waiting for the seeds to germinate"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8j\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02ccn\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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"methods used by gardeners to germinate seeds",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But in recent years the weather has been staying warm later, Mr. Zhang said, so the wheat has a chance to germinate before winter frosts force it into dormancy. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
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"The seeds will lie dormant through the fall and winter and germinate the following spring. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2020",
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"Weedy plants tend to germinate and grow faster than most typical vegetable, flower, and herb seeds. \u2014 Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"Most seeds require a warm, bright location out of direct sun to germinate . \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"Maybe the seeds get swallowed whole, then serendipitously pooped out to germinate in the trees. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Some bamboo varieties take as long as a month to germinate . \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Dec. 2021",
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"The seeds will not germinate this season because the soil is too warm. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"The seeds embedded within the paper will soon germinate . \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 7 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin germinatus , past participle of germinare to sprout, from germin-, germen bud, germ":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1610, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002357"
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},
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"germ layer":{
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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 the three primary layers of cells differentiated in most embryos during and immediately following gastrulation":[]
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Also lost is the inner germ layer that's full of antioxidants, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B and healthy fats. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 13 July 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002945"
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},
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"germless":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": free from germs":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010222"
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},
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"germ pore":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pore, pit, or thin area in the outer wall of a spore or pollen grain through which the germ tube or pollen tube makes its exit on germination":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014528"
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},
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"German brown":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": brown trout":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015037"
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},
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"German chamomile oil":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": chamomile oil":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021240"
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},
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"germinative vesicle":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": germinal vesicle":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-023313"
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},
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"Germanic consonant shift":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": consonant shift sense 1":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024734"
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},
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"germany":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"country of central Europe bordering on the North and Baltic seas; capital Berlin area 137,847 square miles (357,022 square kilometers), population 80,458,000":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8j\u0259r-m\u0259-n\u0113"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045003"
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}
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