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{
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"Erdos":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Paul 1913\u20131996 Hungarian mathematician":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8er-\u02ccd\u0259rsh"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133139",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Erebus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a personification of darkness in Greek mythology":[],
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": a place of darkness in the underworld on the way to Hades":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, from Greek Erebos":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8er-\u0259-b\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183552",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Erebus, Mount":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"volcano 12,448 feet (3794 meters) high on Ross Island in eastern Antarctica":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8er-\u0259-b\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162006",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Eremian":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or constituting a division of the Palaearctic region including northern Africa, northern Arabia, and desert regions of Asia":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek er\u0113mia solitude, desert + English -an":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u0113m\u0113\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212650",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"era":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a fixed point in time from which a series of years is reckoned":[],
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": a large division of geologic time usually shorter than an eon":[
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"Paleozoic era"
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],
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": a period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic feature":[
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"the era of the horse and buggy"
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],
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": a stage in development (as of a person or thing)":[],
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": a system of chronological notation computed from a given date as basis":[],
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"Equal Rights Amendment":[],
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"earned run average":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"the era of the horse and buggy",
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"We're just now entering an era of great prosperity.",
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"His death marks the end of an era .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Observers here say that is largely a product of the communist era , when Poland\u2019s Soviet masters frowned on private gun ownership to the point of discouraging even hunting. \u2014 Anthony Faiola, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
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"Javier became the first pitcher in the modern era to strike out 27 batters while allowing just one hit over a span of two games. \u2014 Kristie Rieken, ajc , 2 July 2022",
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"And as someone who's bounced around for the majority of his career, to be able to point to some stellar work with the glove and now as someone who can drive the ball over the fence more consistently in the launch-angle era is certainly gratifying. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 2 July 2022",
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"Goldberg's timely comedy came at a moment during Reagan- era politics where reproductive rights were a hot-button issue. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 2 July 2022",
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"The latest era of AI has made extensive use of Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL), which leverage computational pattern matching. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
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"Ryanair under O\u2019Leary pioneered the era of budget travel, offering cheap tickets that made air travel accessible to millions, while putting pressure on the profit margins of full-service carriers. \u2014 Andrew Davis, Fortune , 2 July 2022",
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"The tragedy at Altamont was quickly twinned with the Manson Family murders as an eye-opening example of the countercultural violence beneath the era \u2019s message of peace, love and understanding. \u2014 Steven Gaydos, Variety , 1 July 2022",
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"But several Trump- era restrictions remain in place. \u2014 Arelis R. Hern\u00e1ndez, Nick Miroff, Maria Sacchetti, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin aera , from Latin, counters, plural of aer-, aes copper, money \u2014 more at ore":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8er-\u0259",
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"\u02c8ir-\u0259",
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"\u02c8e-r\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for era Noun period , epoch , era , age mean a division of time. period may designate an extent of time of any length. periods of economic prosperity epoch applies to a period begun or set off by some significant or striking quality, change, or series of events. the steam engine marked a new epoch in industry era suggests a period of history marked by a new or distinct order of things. the era of global communications age is used frequently of a fairly definite period dominated by a prominent figure or feature. the age of Samuel Johnson",
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"synonyms":[
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"age",
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"day",
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"epoch",
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"period",
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"time"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104244",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"eradicate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots":[
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"programs to eradicate illiteracy"
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],
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": to pull up by the roots":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The disease has now been completely eradicated .",
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"His ambition is to eradicate poverty in his community.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Last, eradicate unnecessary expenses and taxes that citizens are burdened with. \u2014 George Johnson, Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
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"At that time, the ban was implemented countrywide within two years, and according to the U.N. largely helped eradicate poppy production. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"This birth center and clinic gives pregnant persons prenatal and postpartum support in an effort to level the healthcare playing field and eradicate Black maternal mortality. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"In years way past, this would be my call to write a nasty column about the need to eradicate the yellow plague. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
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"But the island had to build hospitals and schools, and eradicate poverty. \u2014 Ken Silverstein, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"In Trash Out environmental initiative encourages geocachers worldwide to clean up parks, eradicate invasive species, and build trails. \u2014 Nick Davidson, Outside Online , 1 Oct. 2014",
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"Yellowstone National Park: Scientists are using soy pellets dropped by helicopter to eradicate exotic lake trout from Yellowstone Lake, Wyofile.com reports. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
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"The group says Putin's plan is to simply eradicate the Ukrainian people, and that the war strategy on display in Mariupol and the steel plant exposes his human rights abuses and war crimes. \u2014 Eric Shawn, Fox News , 2 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1532, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin eradicatus , past participle of eradicare , from e- + radic-, radix root \u2014 more at root":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02c8ra-d\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for eradicate exterminate , extirpate , eradicate , uproot mean to effect the destruction or abolition of something. exterminate implies complete and immediate extinction by killing off all individuals. exterminate cockroaches extirpate implies extinction of a race, family, species, or sometimes an idea or doctrine by destruction or removal of its means of propagation. many species have been extirpated from the area eradicate implies the driving out or elimination of something that has established itself. a campaign to eradicate illiteracy uproot implies a forcible or violent removal and stresses displacement or dislodgment rather than immediate destruction. the war uprooted thousands",
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"synonyms":[
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"abolish",
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"annihilate",
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"black out",
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"blot out",
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"cancel",
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"clean (up)",
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"efface",
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"erase",
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"expunge",
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"exterminate",
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"extirpate",
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"liquidate",
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"obliterate",
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"root (out)",
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"rub out",
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"snuff (out)",
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"stamp (out)",
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"sweep (away)",
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"wipe out"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083421",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"erase":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to delete from computer storage":[
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"erase a file"
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],
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": to nullify the effect or force of":[],
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": to remove from existence or memory as if by erasing":[],
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": to remove written or drawn marks from":[
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"erase a blackboard"
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],
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": to rub or scrape out (something, such as written, painted, or engraved letters)":[
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"erase an error"
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],
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": to yield to erasure":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The recording can be erased and the tape used again.",
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"Several important files were accidentally erased .",
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"You can erase the tape and use it again.",
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"She erased the wrong answer from her paper and filled in the correct one.",
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"I erased the chalk marks from the blackboard.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Undefeated Bloomfield is the No. 1 seed in Class S and will be looking to erase the memory of a 64-33 loss to Sheehan in 2019. \u2014 Lori Riley, courant.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"Few could predict that Boston would rally to erase a 12-point deficit in route to a 40-point quarter. \u2014 Zack Jones, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
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"Sanchez, meanwhile, recorded nine outs via ground ball in his first four innings, including inning-ending, double-play grounders in the second and third and then a third to erase a leadoff single by McCutchen in the fourth. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
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"Across Latin America, the unfolding crisis threatens to erase decades of progress in boosting living standards. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
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"Izzo\u2019s only goal of the night, off a feed from Kennedy Ziegler, helped the Bulls erase a 10-goal deficit in the first half. \u2014 Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun , 10 May 2022",
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"The overhaul of a controversial loan forgiveness program was projected to erase the debt of 22,000 student loan borrowers in the effort's first weeks. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"In his hourslong conclusion, Mr. Schenk sought to erase any doubt in jurors\u2019 minds about Ms. Holmes\u2019s guilt. \u2014 Heather Somerville, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"The Roadrunners traveled to Denton hoping to erase memories of a lopsided 45-3 loss at Apogee Stadium in 2019, as well as setbacks thee in 2017 and 2015. \u2014 Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1605, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin erasus , past participle of eradere , from e- + radere to scratch, scrape \u2014 more at rodent":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"British -\u02c8r\u0101z",
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"i-\u02c8r\u0101s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"abolish",
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"annihilate",
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"black out",
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"blot out",
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"cancel",
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"clean (up)",
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"efface",
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"eradicate",
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"expunge",
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"exterminate",
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"extirpate",
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"liquidate",
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"obliterate",
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"root (out)",
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"rub out",
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"snuff (out)",
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"stamp (out)",
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"sweep (away)",
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"wipe out"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082852",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"erd shrew":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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": the common European shrew ( Sorex vulgaris )"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082657",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"erdvark":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of erdvark variant of aardvark"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232217",
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"type":[]
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},
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"ere":{
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"antonyms":[
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"after",
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"following"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": before entry 3":[
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"\"Rumor has it that there will be a wedding in our village ere the daisies are in bloom. \u2026 \"",
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"\u2014 Lucy Maud Montgomery",
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"I was scarcely in position ere my enemies began to arrive \u2026",
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"\u2014 Robert Louis Stevenson"
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],
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": preceding in time : earlier than : before entry 2 sense 2":[
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"ere nightfall",
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"'The wind is north from the snows,' said Aragorn. 'And ere morning it will be in the East,' said Legolas.",
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"\u2014 J. R. R. Tolkien"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Preposition",
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"an old typewriter that was a relic of that ancient time ere the invention of word processors"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Conjunction"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English er , from Old English \u01e3r , from \u01e3r , adverb, early, soon; akin to Old High German \u0113r earlier, Greek \u0113ri early":"Preposition"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8er"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"afore",
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"ahead of",
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"before",
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"fore",
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"'fore",
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"of",
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"previous to",
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"prior to",
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"to"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083348",
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"type":[
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"conjunction",
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"preposition"
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]
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},
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"ereb":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an indefinite period preceding a Jewish holiday":[
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"as busy as a housewife on ereb Yom Kippur"
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],
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": eve :":[],
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": the part of the day or the day immediately preceding the Jewish Sabbath or a Jewish holiday":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Hebrew \u02bderebh":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012758",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"erechtites":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of coarse herbs (family Compositae) commonly with whitish discoid flower heads and a silky pappus that facilitates their wide distribution as weeds":[],
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": any plant of the genus Erechtites":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek erechthitis groundsel, from erechthein to rend, break":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccer\u0259\u0307k\u02c8t\u012bt(\u02cc)\u0113z",
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"\u02cce\u02ccrek-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064502",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"erect":{
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"antonyms":[
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"pitch",
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"put up",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up",
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"upend",
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"upraise"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": alert , watchful":[],
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": being in a state of physiological erection":[],
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": characterized by firm or rigid straightness in bodily posture":[
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"an erect bearing"
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],
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": directed upward":[],
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": encourage , embolden":[],
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": set up , establish":[],
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": standing up or out from the body":[
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"erect hairs"
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],
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": to cause to stand up or stand out":[],
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": to change (an image) from an inverted to a normal position":[],
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": to direct upward":[],
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": to draw or construct (something, such as a perpendicular or figure) upon a given base":[],
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": to elevate in status":[],
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": to fix in an upright position":[],
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": to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts : build":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"She sat erect , listening for her name.",
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"a lone tree remained erect after the terrible tornado had passed",
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"Verb",
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"The city erected a statue in his honor.",
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"They erected a marker over the grave.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Volunteers prepare the boots by carefully tying each lace and placing an empty water bottle inside each boot to keep it erect . \u2014 Fox News , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"These experimental trees \u2014 only about 2,000 exist so far \u2014 grow erect , spineless and fast, while still being able to survive and thrive the in harsh, semi-arid climate of South Texas. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
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"One is correctly seated at the table when the figure is erect but not rigid, not self-consciously tense; feet firmly on the floor; elbows off the table; left hand in the lap when it is not engaged. \u2014 Dan Danbom, The Denver Post , 17 Oct. 2019",
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"Someday, a human-sized version might even be able erect habitats in space. \u2014 Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics , 22 July 2018",
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"This hybrid of two European/Asian species grows to be an almost architectural plant to about 5-feet tall with narrow, erect shape. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2018",
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"The 5-7 Stanhope runs with erect posture and striking fluidity. \u2014 David Woods, Indianapolis Star , 15 May 2018",
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"Natalie Mueller is an archaeobotanist at Cornell University who has spent years hunting for erect knotweed across the southern US and up into Ohio and Illinois. \u2014 Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica , 26 Jan. 2018",
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"At up to 12 meters tall, these spindly species were topped by a clump of erect branches vaguely resembling modern palm trees and lived a whopping 393 million to 372 million years ago. \u2014 Giorgia Guglielmi, Science | AAAS , 27 Oct. 2017",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The park\u2019s headquarters, museum and archives are also located at the northern entrance; as is the Roosevelt Arch, where Native American groups planned to erect a teepee village in late August. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022",
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"Kevitt\u2019s group, along with Different Spokes Bicycling Club of Southern California and Jelmert\u2019s friends and family, plans to erect a bike painted white in memory of Jelmert. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"The city plans to erect a series of new monuments using feedback collected through its engagement efforts and is seeking project ideas from artists or community groups. \u2014 Grace Hauck, USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2021",
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"The invasion of Ukraine has also unleashed a wave of protectionism as governments, desperate to secure goods for their citizens amid shortages and rising prices, erect new barriers to stop exports. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
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"All along the four-kilometer-long road, small groups of people were carrying bundles of white crosses and quietly beginning to erect them on the roadside. \u2014 Menno Schilthuizen, Scientific American , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The invasion of Ukraine has also unleashed a wave of protectionism as governments, desperate to secure goods for their citizens amid shortages and rising prices, erect new barriers to stop exports. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
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"Particularly American leaders leading the country most erect in carriage as this horrid war ended? \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"The fencing finally came down with a promise to re- erect it if necessary. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 9 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Latin erectus , past participle of erigere to erect, from e- + regere to lead straight, guide \u2014 more at right":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02c8rekt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"perpendicular",
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"plumb",
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"raised",
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"standing",
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"stand-up",
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"upright",
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"upstanding",
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"vertical"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174610",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"erection":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an occurrence of such a state in the penis or clitoris":[],
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": something erected":[],
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": the act or process of erecting something : construction":[],
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": the state marked by firm turgid form and erect or elevated position of a previously flaccid bodily part containing cavernous tissue when that tissue becomes dilated with blood":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the erection of a new apartment building",
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"when it was brand-new, the Eiffel Tower was considered as ugly an erection as Europe had ever seen",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There's also the intriguing test that measures the overnight erections of three college athletes. \u2014 Daniel Gallan, CNN , 18 Dec. 2019",
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"An angina medication with a side effect of erections became Viagra. \u2014 Eric Boodman, STAT , 10 Feb. 2020",
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"Prouse likes to reference a study where researchers placed a vibrator on mens\u2019 penises to see what, if anything, the sensation did for their erections . \u2014 Wired , 14 Nov. 2019",
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"April 24, 201800:56 That function includes the ability to have erections and orgasm, as well as urinate standing up (with the aid of his leg prostheses). \u2014 Erika Edwards, NBC News , 6 Nov. 2019",
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"At that age for men, the most embarrassing thing is unwanted erections , right? \u2014 Cady Drell, Marie Claire , 20 Mar. 2019",
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"This surrounds components like the urethra and swells in order to allow erections . 2. \u2014 Zahra Barnes, SELF , 29 Dec. 2018",
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"While being abused, women can get wet, men can get erections , and many people even orgasm. \u2014 Vanessa Marin, Allure , 11 Oct. 2018",
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"Men who are disgusted or terrified can still have erections or orgasms. \u2014 Joanna Schroeder, Vox , 23 Aug. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02c8rek-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"construction",
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"structure"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223930",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"erelong":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": in the near future : before long , soon":[
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"Behold how the evening now steals over the fields, the shadows of the trees creeping farther and farther into the meadow, and erelong the stars will come to bathe in these retired waters.",
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"\u2014 Henry David Thoreau"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1577, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"er-\u02c8l\u022f\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132329",
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
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]
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},
|
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"erem-":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
|
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": solitary",
|
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": desert"
|
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],
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"New Latin, from Greek er\u0113m-, er\u0113mo- , from er\u0113mos lonely, solitary and er\u0113mia desert, from er\u0113mos + -ia -y"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112156",
|
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"type":[
|
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"combining form"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"eremacausis":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": gradual oxidation of organic matter from exposure to air and moisture":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Greek \u0113rema gently, softly, slowly + kausis burning, from kaiein to burn":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccer\u0259m\u0259\u02c8k\u022fs\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221212",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"eremeyevite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of eremeyevite variant spelling of jeremejevite"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-205059",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"eremic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": of or relating to deserts or sandy regions":[]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"erem- + -ic":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-em-",
|
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"-\u0113mik"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063748",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eremite":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"an eremite wandering the desert alone as a test of his faith",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Walden, after all, is a kind of how-to guide, a self-help book for aspiring eremites . \u2014 Jeet Heer, The New Republic , 19 Mar. 2018"
|
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],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English \u2014 more at hermit":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8er-\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"anchorite",
|
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"hermit",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"recluse",
|
|
"solitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032804",
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eremitish":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": resembling an eremite : suitable to an eremite":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083737",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eremology":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a science concerned with the desert and its phenomena"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"erem- + -logy"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccer\u0259\u02c8m\u00e4l\u0259j\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115240",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eremophila":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of shrubs or trees (family Myoporaceae) having large solitary or paired often spotted flowers one species of which ( E. latrobei ) is important in Australia as a stock-poisoning plant":[],
|
|
": any plant of the genus Eremophila":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from erem- + -phila (feminine of -philus )":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u00e4f\u0259l\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125654",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ergo":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": ergot":[
|
|
"ergo sterol"
|
|
],
|
|
": for that reason : because of that : therefore , hence":[
|
|
"\u2026 there is no sound, ergo , no speed of sound, in the vacuum of space.",
|
|
"\u2014 Stephan Wilkinson"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"There's no win-win situation for workers of the world, in the current era at least. American steelworkers here do better, ergo Russian and South Korean steelworkers overseas do worse. \u2014 Alexander Cockburn , Nation , 3 Jan. 2000",
|
|
"He that comforts my wife is the cherisher of my flesh and blood; he that cherishes my flesh and blood loves my flesh and blood; he that loves my flesh and blood is my friend; ergo , he that kisses my wife is my friend. \u2014 William Shakespeare , All's Well that Ends Well , 1603",
|
|
"The products are poorly constructed; ergo , they break easily.",
|
|
"according to that line of reasoning, the eyewitness couldn't identify the aircraft, ergo it must have been from another planet",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
|
"Somewhat cuter is the Oxo Good Grips Compost Bin ($20), a squarish plastic affair that bears the company\u2019s ergo -mod aesthetic and is offered in white or black. \u2014 Steven Sclaroff, New York Times , 20 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Longtime Toronto pundit Damien Cox this past week suggested that the remedy might have to be a Marner trade, with the Leafs getting back young, promising ( ergo : cheap) talent in the form of, say, a top-six forward and top-four defenseman. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Apparently, ergo gets into the food chain other than by mushroom consumption via fungi in the soil. \u2014 Robert Beelman, CNN , 25 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"In the hubbub around this controversy, likely many doctors felt too embarrassed to grab the pharma handout\u2014 ergo my reborn popularity. \u2014 Kent Sepkowitz, Slate Magazine , 17 Feb. 2017",
|
|
"The global television audience is (at least) sixteen hundred times as big; ergo , the halftime show is more music video than live concert. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 6 Feb. 2017",
|
|
"Isaacson helps us right away with The Big One: Jobs might have felt abandoned because he was put up for adoption, ergo , sentenced to a life of searching for approval. \u2014 John C Abell, WIRED , 27 Oct. 2011"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from ergot":"Combining form",
|
|
"Middle English, from Latin, from Old Latin, because of, from Old Latin *e rogo from the direction (of)":"Adverb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8er-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8\u0259r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accordingly",
|
|
"consequently",
|
|
"hence",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"therefore",
|
|
"thereupon",
|
|
"thus",
|
|
"wherefore"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190537",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"erode":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away":[
|
|
"inflation eroding buying power"
|
|
],
|
|
": to diminish or destroy by degrees:":[],
|
|
": to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)":[],
|
|
": to produce or form by eroding":[
|
|
"glaciers erode U-shaped valleys"
|
|
],
|
|
": to undergo erosion":[
|
|
"where the land has eroded away"
|
|
],
|
|
": to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice":[
|
|
"flooding eroded the hillside"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.",
|
|
"The shoreline has eroded badly.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The larger hole at the bottom will take more of the frac water rushing past (its very sensitive to hole size) and this water and proppant will erode the bottom hole more quickly than the hole at the top of the casing. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"We are headed down a dangerous spiral that will erode our democracy. \u2014 NBC News , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"Failure to compel Republican lawmakers to testify in the case will erode the legislative branch\u2019s ability to conduct future investigations, Prof. Lessig said. \u2014 Scott Patterson, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Does Clarence Thomas believe schedule leaks will erode our trust in the NFL? \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Concerned that higher interest rates will erode companies' profits, investors have been heading for the exits. \u2014 David Goldman, CNN , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"The typical household is likely to face an additional $2,000 in costs this year due to high gas prices \u2014 money that will erode their ability to spend on other goods and services. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Skills erode over time, but charisma, like memories, last. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Without them, most trading portfolios, investment funds or family offices would eventually erode under the weight of slightly bad calculations, inflation or simple market downturns. \u2014 Radu Magdin, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw \u2014 more at rodent":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"i-\u02c8r\u014dd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bite (at)",
|
|
"corrode",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gnaw",
|
|
"nibble"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225324",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eros":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": erotic love or desire":[],
|
|
": love conceived by Plato as a fundamental creative impulse having a sensual element":[],
|
|
": the Greek god of erotic love \u2014 compare cupid":[],
|
|
": the sum of life-preserving instincts that are manifested as impulses to gratify basic needs, as sublimated impulses, and as impulses to protect and preserve the body and mind \u2014 compare death instinct":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek Er\u014ds , from er\u014ds sexual love; akin to Greek erasthai to love, desire":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8e(\u0259)r-\u02cc\u00e4s",
|
|
"\u02c8i(\u0259)r-",
|
|
"\u02c8ir-",
|
|
"\u02c8er-\u02cc\u00e4s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"concupiscence",
|
|
"eroticism",
|
|
"horniness",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"lustfulness",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201026",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eroticism":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a state of sexual arousal":[],
|
|
": an erotic theme or quality":[],
|
|
": insistent sexual impulse or desire":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the subtle eroticism of his films",
|
|
"an actress known for her smoldering eroticism",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Severed from the workplace intrigue of costumes and shoots, the show\u2019s eroticism blooms. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The director has since won a cult following for his idiosyncractic style, vivid depictions of violence and eroticism , and provocative imagery. \u2014 Gavin Blair, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Rather, her face was a Baroque cathedral of angles and folds, angels and cherubs, that captured, at once, the sublime eroticism and starry-eyed na\u00efvet\u00e9 of the counterculture\u2019s new religion of desire. \u2014 Erik Morse, Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Del Noce indicts the sweeping changes of secularism, eroticism , and relativism as the inevitable outcomes of Marx\u2019s dialectical victory over religious and liberal foes. \u2014 Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In the third act, the mirrors are tilted even further to objectify and sexualize the literal and metaphorical climax of the play, making its violence and eroticism inescapable. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Both schools reflect the myopic optimism of their makers, Rococo, with its excesses of ornamentation, pastel color palette, and curvaceous shapes evoking youth and eroticism ; Disney with its flattened ideas about good and evil and tidy endings. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"In addition to its eroticism , the show is often, well, gross. \u2014 Sean T. Collins, Vulture , 19 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"As for the platform heels favored at red carpet events this year, Hemmelsack said the style plays off this eroticism as well as the surge in '90s nostalgia. \u2014 CNN , 2 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"i-\u02c8r\u00e4t-\u0259-\u02ccsiz-\u0259m",
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"i-\u02c8r\u00e4-t\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"ardor",
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"concupiscence",
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"eros",
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"horniness",
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"itch",
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"lust",
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"lustfulness",
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"passion"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024811",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"err":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": stray":[],
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": to make a mistake":[
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"erred in his calculations",
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"erred on the side of caution"
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],
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": to violate an accepted standard of conduct":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"I may have erred in my calculations.",
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"The court erred in refusing to allow bail.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Marathon trainers tend to err on the heavy, boring side, because distance runners are after ample cushion and support. \u2014 Cory Smith, Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
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"Criminal sentencing is a big part of Judge Jackson\u2019s resume and sheds some light on her values, which tend to err on the side of leniency more broadly rather than simply in cases involving child pornography. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"The Fed must decide where the greatest risks lie and then err on the side of doing too much to minimize those risks\u2014cut off the tails of the distribution, in statistics-speak. \u2014 WSJ , 16 June 2022",
|
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"Roberts, who will err on the side of shorter stints with his starters after losing Buehler, was thrilled with the resistance. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
|
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"Jassy said the company had made the decision early in the pandemic to err on the side of having too many workers and too much warehouse space rather than too little. \u2014 Emily Chang, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
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"Officials tend to err on the side of caution under a system that readily punishes them for lax enforcement if outbreaks flare up or come back. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
|
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"Molly Goddard featured the technique on many pieces in her spring runway show, whose voluminous tulle shapes err on the maximalist side of things. \u2014 Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue , 27 May 2022",
|
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"The professors also told me that nobody at the top had issued a direct command to not renew my contract, because the system created enough nervousness that people were likely to err on the side of caution. \u2014 Peter Hessler, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French errer , from Latin errare to wander, err; akin to Old English ierre wandering, perverse, Goth airzeis deceived":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8er",
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"\u02c8\u0259r",
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"\u02c8er, \u02c8\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"blunder",
|
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"boob",
|
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"flub",
|
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"fluff",
|
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"foul up",
|
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"fumble",
|
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"goof (up)",
|
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"louse up",
|
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"mess (up)",
|
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"screw up",
|
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"slip up",
|
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"stumble",
|
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"trip"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230425",
|
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"type":[
|
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"intransitive verb",
|
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"errant":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"behaved",
|
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"behaving",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"orderly"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": behaving wrongly":[
|
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"an errant child"
|
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],
|
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": fallible":[],
|
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": moving about aimlessly or irregularly":[
|
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"an errant breeze"
|
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],
|
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": straying outside the proper path or bounds":[
|
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"an errant calf"
|
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],
|
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": traveling or given to traveling":[
|
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"an errant knight"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"The teacher blamed the prank on errant students.",
|
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"the errant gunslinger as a standard character in western novels",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"No pro golfer wants to take a penalty, but hitting an errant shot off the deck of a temporary hospitality tent just to avoid one? \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Aaron Wise was hit in the head with an errant tee shot on No. 7 by Cam Smith on Friday. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Love\u2019s errant pass was intercepted by Matisse Thybulle who then flipped the ball ahead to Tobias Harris for a breakaway dunk, an exclamation point on the series sweep. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Teammate Vince Cole couldn\u2019t fight through a screen and Essam Mostafa\u2019s errant pass bounced right to Williams. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Bluejays had a chance to go ahead in the final minute, but Alexander's errant pass went off Alex O'Connell's hands. \u2014 Schuyler Dixon, ajc , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Boston closed the first quarter on an 11-5 run with Jokic on the bench as Daniel Theis hit a jumper, a 3-pointer after saving an errant pass and an alley-oop dunk before Tatum closed the quarter with an uncontested 3. \u2014 Arnie Stapleton, courant.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"An errant pass by Alexander gave Ochai Agbaji, the Big 12 player of the year who would finish on Saturday with 15 points and eight rebounds, a chance to steal and score and rebuild the Kansas lead to 3. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Dave Robinson nearly sacked Cowboys quarterback Don Meredith and instead coaxed an errant pass that Tom Brown hauled in for an interception in the end zone. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Jan. 2022"
|
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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":{
|
|
"Middle English erraunt , from Anglo-French errant , present participle of errer to err & errer to travel, from Late Latin iterare , from Latin iter road, journey \u2014 more at itinerant":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8er-\u0259nt",
|
|
"\u02c8e-r\u0259nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185129",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"erratic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"nonrandom",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity":[
|
|
"erratic dieting",
|
|
"keeps erratic hours"
|
|
],
|
|
": deviating from what is ordinary or standard : eccentric":[
|
|
"an erratic genius"
|
|
],
|
|
": having no fixed course : wandering":[
|
|
"an erratic comet"
|
|
],
|
|
": nomadic":[],
|
|
": transported from an original resting place especially by a glacier":[
|
|
"an erratic boulder"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"My sinker has been my most erratic pitch. And when your foundation pitch is lacking, you have to go to other pitches. My sinker has been in and out, but mostly out. \u2014 Orel Hershiser , in New York Times , 9 May 1999",
|
|
"In winning his two-month match in Yugoslavia against Boris Spassky, 10 games to five, Bobby Fischer was erratic , which was hardly surprising considering his two-decade layoff, but there were times when he played more brilliantly than anybody could have expected. \u2014 Sports Illustrated , 16 Nov. 1992",
|
|
"Over the centuries, in erratic ways, men have constructed a world in which they are relatively free of many kinds of threatening or harmful stimuli \u2026 \u2014 B. F. Skinner , Beyond Freedom and Dignity , (1971) 1972",
|
|
"so far your effort to land a summer job has been very erratic",
|
|
"because of your erratic attendance at practice, you're in danger of being cut from the team",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The erratic is shaped like an elephant\u2019s head, with a large ear and trunk. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"There was no such consistency from Dart, who opened the game similarly erratic . \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Together with Marion, Perry also illuminates the second of Franzen\u2019s erratic but astonishing gifts, which is for the creation of the perfect set piece. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The erratic is made of a different rock type than is usually found in the area. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"While rain showers may sound beneficial, pyrocumulonimbus clouds create a vacuum effect within wildfires that can kick up erratic , ember-scattering winds, making conditions even more hazardous for firefighters on the ground. \u2014 Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 July 2021",
|
|
"Underneath cloudless skies, winds arrive from the high desert mountains to the east, sending temperatures soaring, flattening the surf, and, so the stories go, turning human behavior erratic . \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 18 June 2021",
|
|
"Her stepfather is erratic , her grandfather creepy, her stepbrother the fictional equivalent of an NPC. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Most of the panelists\u2019 track records are erratic at best, and pretty much none of the contestants are particularly skilled storytellers or liars. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Speidel was inspired to create these artworks from her fascination with glacial erratics , a type of rock that once was carried inside glacial ice and traveled hundreds of miles sometimes across thousands of years to its current resting spot. \u2014 Nickole Kerner Bobley, Houston Chronicle , 25 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"One of the biggest boulders is now enshrined at the Erratic Rock State Natural Site in McMinnville, a small state park that aims to educate visitors about these odd erratics . \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017",
|
|
"Erratics are also found in the Columbia River Gorge. \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Latin erraticus , from erratus , past participle of errare \u2014 see err":"Adjective and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ir-\u02c8at-ik",
|
|
"i-\u02c8ra-tik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for erratic Adjective strange , singular , unique , peculiar , eccentric , erratic , odd , quaint , outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable. a journey filled with strange sights singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness. a singular feeling of impending disaster unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel. a career unique in the annals of science peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness. the peculiar status of America's First Lady eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior. the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers erratic stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating. a friend's suddenly erratic behavior odd applies to a departure from the regular or expected. an odd sense of humor quaint suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness. a quaint fishing village outlandish applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric. outlandish fashions of the time",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"catch-as-catch-can",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043946",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"erratically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"nonrandom",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity":[
|
|
"erratic dieting",
|
|
"keeps erratic hours"
|
|
],
|
|
": deviating from what is ordinary or standard : eccentric":[
|
|
"an erratic genius"
|
|
],
|
|
": having no fixed course : wandering":[
|
|
"an erratic comet"
|
|
],
|
|
": nomadic":[],
|
|
": transported from an original resting place especially by a glacier":[
|
|
"an erratic boulder"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"My sinker has been my most erratic pitch. And when your foundation pitch is lacking, you have to go to other pitches. My sinker has been in and out, but mostly out. \u2014 Orel Hershiser , in New York Times , 9 May 1999",
|
|
"In winning his two-month match in Yugoslavia against Boris Spassky, 10 games to five, Bobby Fischer was erratic , which was hardly surprising considering his two-decade layoff, but there were times when he played more brilliantly than anybody could have expected. \u2014 Sports Illustrated , 16 Nov. 1992",
|
|
"Over the centuries, in erratic ways, men have constructed a world in which they are relatively free of many kinds of threatening or harmful stimuli \u2026 \u2014 B. F. Skinner , Beyond Freedom and Dignity , (1971) 1972",
|
|
"so far your effort to land a summer job has been very erratic",
|
|
"because of your erratic attendance at practice, you're in danger of being cut from the team",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The erratic is shaped like an elephant\u2019s head, with a large ear and trunk. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"There was no such consistency from Dart, who opened the game similarly erratic . \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Together with Marion, Perry also illuminates the second of Franzen\u2019s erratic but astonishing gifts, which is for the creation of the perfect set piece. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The erratic is made of a different rock type than is usually found in the area. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"While rain showers may sound beneficial, pyrocumulonimbus clouds create a vacuum effect within wildfires that can kick up erratic , ember-scattering winds, making conditions even more hazardous for firefighters on the ground. \u2014 Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 July 2021",
|
|
"Underneath cloudless skies, winds arrive from the high desert mountains to the east, sending temperatures soaring, flattening the surf, and, so the stories go, turning human behavior erratic . \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 18 June 2021",
|
|
"Her stepfather is erratic , her grandfather creepy, her stepbrother the fictional equivalent of an NPC. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Most of the panelists\u2019 track records are erratic at best, and pretty much none of the contestants are particularly skilled storytellers or liars. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Speidel was inspired to create these artworks from her fascination with glacial erratics , a type of rock that once was carried inside glacial ice and traveled hundreds of miles sometimes across thousands of years to its current resting spot. \u2014 Nickole Kerner Bobley, Houston Chronicle , 25 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"One of the biggest boulders is now enshrined at the Erratic Rock State Natural Site in McMinnville, a small state park that aims to educate visitors about these odd erratics . \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017",
|
|
"Erratics are also found in the Columbia River Gorge. \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Latin erraticus , from erratus , past participle of errare \u2014 see err":"Adjective and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ir-\u02c8at-ik",
|
|
"i-\u02c8ra-tik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for erratic Adjective strange , singular , unique , peculiar , eccentric , erratic , odd , quaint , outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable. a journey filled with strange sights singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness. a singular feeling of impending disaster unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel. a career unique in the annals of science peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness. the peculiar status of America's First Lady eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior. the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers erratic stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating. a friend's suddenly erratic behavior odd applies to a departure from the regular or expected. an odd sense of humor quaint suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness. a quaint fishing village outlandish applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric. outlandish fashions of the time",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"catch-as-catch-can",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022719",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"erraticism":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"nonrandom",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity":[
|
|
"erratic dieting",
|
|
"keeps erratic hours"
|
|
],
|
|
": deviating from what is ordinary or standard : eccentric":[
|
|
"an erratic genius"
|
|
],
|
|
": having no fixed course : wandering":[
|
|
"an erratic comet"
|
|
],
|
|
": nomadic":[],
|
|
": transported from an original resting place especially by a glacier":[
|
|
"an erratic boulder"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"My sinker has been my most erratic pitch. And when your foundation pitch is lacking, you have to go to other pitches. My sinker has been in and out, but mostly out. \u2014 Orel Hershiser , in New York Times , 9 May 1999",
|
|
"In winning his two-month match in Yugoslavia against Boris Spassky, 10 games to five, Bobby Fischer was erratic , which was hardly surprising considering his two-decade layoff, but there were times when he played more brilliantly than anybody could have expected. \u2014 Sports Illustrated , 16 Nov. 1992",
|
|
"Over the centuries, in erratic ways, men have constructed a world in which they are relatively free of many kinds of threatening or harmful stimuli \u2026 \u2014 B. F. Skinner , Beyond Freedom and Dignity , (1971) 1972",
|
|
"so far your effort to land a summer job has been very erratic",
|
|
"because of your erratic attendance at practice, you're in danger of being cut from the team",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The erratic is shaped like an elephant\u2019s head, with a large ear and trunk. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"There was no such consistency from Dart, who opened the game similarly erratic . \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Together with Marion, Perry also illuminates the second of Franzen\u2019s erratic but astonishing gifts, which is for the creation of the perfect set piece. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The erratic is made of a different rock type than is usually found in the area. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"While rain showers may sound beneficial, pyrocumulonimbus clouds create a vacuum effect within wildfires that can kick up erratic , ember-scattering winds, making conditions even more hazardous for firefighters on the ground. \u2014 Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 July 2021",
|
|
"Underneath cloudless skies, winds arrive from the high desert mountains to the east, sending temperatures soaring, flattening the surf, and, so the stories go, turning human behavior erratic . \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 18 June 2021",
|
|
"Her stepfather is erratic , her grandfather creepy, her stepbrother the fictional equivalent of an NPC. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Most of the panelists\u2019 track records are erratic at best, and pretty much none of the contestants are particularly skilled storytellers or liars. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Speidel was inspired to create these artworks from her fascination with glacial erratics , a type of rock that once was carried inside glacial ice and traveled hundreds of miles sometimes across thousands of years to its current resting spot. \u2014 Nickole Kerner Bobley, Houston Chronicle , 25 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"One of the biggest boulders is now enshrined at the Erratic Rock State Natural Site in McMinnville, a small state park that aims to educate visitors about these odd erratics . \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017",
|
|
"Erratics are also found in the Columbia River Gorge. \u2014 Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com , 6 June 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Latin erraticus , from erratus , past participle of errare \u2014 see err":"Adjective and Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ir-\u02c8at-ik",
|
|
"i-\u02c8ra-tik"
|
|
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for erratic Adjective strange , singular , unique , peculiar , eccentric , erratic , odd , quaint , outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable. a journey filled with strange sights singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness. a singular feeling of impending disaster unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel. a career unique in the annals of science peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness. the peculiar status of America's First Lady eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior. the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers erratic stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating. a friend's suddenly erratic behavior odd applies to a departure from the regular or expected. an odd sense of humor quaint suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness. a quaint fishing village outlandish applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric. outlandish fashions of the time",
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"synonyms":[
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"aimless",
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"arbitrary",
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"catch-as-catch-can",
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"desultory",
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"haphazard",
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"helter-skelter",
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"hit-or-miss",
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"random",
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"scattered",
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"slapdash",
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"stray"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071242",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"erroneous":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accurate",
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"correct",
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"errorless",
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"exact",
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"factual",
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"precise",
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"proper",
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"right",
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"sound",
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"true",
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"valid",
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"veracious"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": containing or characterized by error : mistaken":[
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"erroneous assumptions",
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"gave an erroneous impression"
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],
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": wandering":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"When you're done, the programs scour your return for potential problems and erroneous data and let you correct them. Then, poof! Either print out your 1040 and related documents or follow the software prompts to file electronically. \u2014 Kathy Yakal , PC Magazine , 9 Mar. 1999",
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"Here we come face-to-face with the uncompromising rules of golf as Mr. Dobereiner recounts how Roberto de Vincenzo lost the 1968 Masters Tournament by a single stroke because he signed an erroneous scorecard. \u2014 Robert R. Harris , New York Times Book Review , 21 Oct. 1984",
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"To say truth, nothing is more erroneous than the common observation, that men who are ill-natured and quarrelsome when they are drunk, are very worthy persons when they are sober: for drink, in reality, doth not reverse nature, or create passions in men which did not exist in them before. \u2014 Henry Fielding , Tom Jones , 1749",
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"a news article about the new virus that was filled with much erroneous information",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"An appeals court agreed the jury instruction was erroneous but concluded that the error was harmless and upheld the conviction. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
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"Iraq was Israel\u2019s problem, yet Israeli intelligence, like virtually all other foreign intelligence bureaus, fed the U.S. intelligence community with erroneous information that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and was ready to use them. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
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"Who cares if Apply Magic Sauce comes to comically erroneous conclusions? \u2014 Frank Luerweg, Scientific American , 14 Mar. 2019",
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"Nobody has asserted the financial disorder amounts to any crimes, but erroneous information on company ledgers can generally lead to problems with creditors, regulators, the league and others. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
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"The case for a no-fly zone is, like much misguided policy advice, premised on the erroneous assumption that moral and strategic imperatives necessarily align. \u2014 WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"That accounts for roughly $99 billion in fraudulent and erroneous payments\u2014an amount equivalent to the GDP of Ecuador. \u2014 Sally Pipes, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Some of those loans may contain erroneous payment counts without any clear sense of how they will be fixed. \u2014 Danielle Douglas-gabriel, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"The erroneous reports come as Taipei expresses concerns over China's potential military moves against the island following Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Eric Cheung, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Latin erroneus , from erron-, erro wanderer, from errare \u2014 see err":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"e-",
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"i-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s",
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"i-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s, e-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"false",
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"inaccurate",
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"incorrect",
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"inexact",
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"invalid",
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"off",
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"unsound",
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"untrue",
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"untruthful",
|
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"wrong"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040737",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"erroneously":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"accurate",
|
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"correct",
|
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"errorless",
|
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"exact",
|
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"factual",
|
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"precise",
|
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"proper",
|
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"right",
|
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"sound",
|
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"true",
|
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"valid",
|
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"veracious"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": containing or characterized by error : mistaken":[
|
|
"erroneous assumptions",
|
|
"gave an erroneous impression"
|
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],
|
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": wandering":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"When you're done, the programs scour your return for potential problems and erroneous data and let you correct them. Then, poof! Either print out your 1040 and related documents or follow the software prompts to file electronically. \u2014 Kathy Yakal , PC Magazine , 9 Mar. 1999",
|
|
"Here we come face-to-face with the uncompromising rules of golf as Mr. Dobereiner recounts how Roberto de Vincenzo lost the 1968 Masters Tournament by a single stroke because he signed an erroneous scorecard. \u2014 Robert R. Harris , New York Times Book Review , 21 Oct. 1984",
|
|
"To say truth, nothing is more erroneous than the common observation, that men who are ill-natured and quarrelsome when they are drunk, are very worthy persons when they are sober: for drink, in reality, doth not reverse nature, or create passions in men which did not exist in them before. \u2014 Henry Fielding , Tom Jones , 1749",
|
|
"a news article about the new virus that was filled with much erroneous information",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"An appeals court agreed the jury instruction was erroneous but concluded that the error was harmless and upheld the conviction. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Iraq was Israel\u2019s problem, yet Israeli intelligence, like virtually all other foreign intelligence bureaus, fed the U.S. intelligence community with erroneous information that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and was ready to use them. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Who cares if Apply Magic Sauce comes to comically erroneous conclusions? \u2014 Frank Luerweg, Scientific American , 14 Mar. 2019",
|
|
"Nobody has asserted the financial disorder amounts to any crimes, but erroneous information on company ledgers can generally lead to problems with creditors, regulators, the league and others. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"The case for a no-fly zone is, like much misguided policy advice, premised on the erroneous assumption that moral and strategic imperatives necessarily align. \u2014 WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"That accounts for roughly $99 billion in fraudulent and erroneous payments\u2014an amount equivalent to the GDP of Ecuador. \u2014 Sally Pipes, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Some of those loans may contain erroneous payment counts without any clear sense of how they will be fixed. \u2014 Danielle Douglas-gabriel, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The erroneous reports come as Taipei expresses concerns over China's potential military moves against the island following Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Eric Cheung, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Latin erroneus , from erron-, erro wanderer, from errare \u2014 see err":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"e-",
|
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"i-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s",
|
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"i-\u02c8r\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s, e-"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"false",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
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"invalid",
|
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"off",
|
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"unsound",
|
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"untrue",
|
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"untruthful",
|
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"wrong"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172212",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"error":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a defensive misplay other than a wild pitch or passed ball made by a baseball player when normal play would have resulted in an out or prevented an advance by a base runner":[],
|
|
": a deficiency or imperfection in structure or function":[
|
|
"an error of metabolism"
|
|
],
|
|
": a mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact":[],
|
|
": an act involving an unintentional deviation from truth or accuracy":[
|
|
"made an error in adding up the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
": an act or condition of ignorant or imprudent deviation from a code of behavior":[],
|
|
": an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done":[
|
|
"an error in judgment"
|
|
],
|
|
": an instance of false belief":[],
|
|
": illusion about the nature of reality that is the cause of human suffering : the contradiction of truth":[],
|
|
": such as":[
|
|
"an error in judgment"
|
|
],
|
|
": the amount of deviation from a standard or specification":[],
|
|
": the failure of a player (as in tennis) to make a successful return of a ball during play":[],
|
|
": the quality or state of erring":[
|
|
"the map is in error"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I made an error in my calculations.",
|
|
"They uncovered several errors in his report to the committee.",
|
|
"The paper contains numerous spelling errors .",
|
|
"horrifying cases of hospital error",
|
|
"The shortstop was charged with an error .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Trial and error are what create the experience of growth and evolution. \u2014 Thomas Aronica, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Kennedy botched the play and was charged with a fielding error , which let Tucker Barnhart (walk) and Victor Reyes (double) score easily. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"Results have a margin of sampling error of 4.5 points, including the design effect. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Peterson also tossed a pickoff into the dirt for an error , which was the first of three throws to get past first baseman Pete Alonso on Wednesday. \u2014 Stefan Bondy, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Currently, migraine treatment is still very much a trial-and- error approach, so any guidance can be useful to identify an effective medication earlier. \u2014 Madeleine Streets, SELF , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Falls can happen due to inexperience, user error , malfunctioning safety equipment, or neglecting to use any fall arrest system. \u2014 al , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Andrus\u2019 error tied him for the team lead (seven) with infielder Sheldon Neuse, recently optioned to Triple-A. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"Some say those headwinds are to be expected in an unpredictable industry, dependent on trial-and- error scientific research and regulatory approvals. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English errour , from Anglo-French, from Latin error , from errare":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8er-\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8e-r\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for error error , mistake , blunder , slip , lapse mean a departure from what is true, right, or proper. error suggests the existence of a standard or guide and a straying from the right course through failure to make effective use of this. procedural errors mistake implies misconception or inadvertence and usually expresses less criticism than error . dialed the wrong number by mistake blunder regularly imputes stupidity or ignorance as a cause and connotes some degree of blame. diplomatic blunders slip stresses inadvertence or accident and applies especially to trivial but embarrassing mistakes. a slip of the tongue lapse stresses forgetfulness, weakness, or inattention as a cause. a lapse in judgment",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061834",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"errorless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a defensive misplay other than a wild pitch or passed ball made by a baseball player when normal play would have resulted in an out or prevented an advance by a base runner":[],
|
|
": a deficiency or imperfection in structure or function":[
|
|
"an error of metabolism"
|
|
],
|
|
": a mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact":[],
|
|
": an act involving an unintentional deviation from truth or accuracy":[
|
|
"made an error in adding up the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
": an act or condition of ignorant or imprudent deviation from a code of behavior":[],
|
|
": an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done":[
|
|
"an error in judgment"
|
|
],
|
|
": an instance of false belief":[],
|
|
": illusion about the nature of reality that is the cause of human suffering : the contradiction of truth":[],
|
|
": such as":[
|
|
"an error in judgment"
|
|
],
|
|
": the amount of deviation from a standard or specification":[],
|
|
": the failure of a player (as in tennis) to make a successful return of a ball during play":[],
|
|
": the quality or state of erring":[
|
|
"the map is in error"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I made an error in my calculations.",
|
|
"They uncovered several errors in his report to the committee.",
|
|
"The paper contains numerous spelling errors .",
|
|
"horrifying cases of hospital error",
|
|
"The shortstop was charged with an error .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Trial and error are what create the experience of growth and evolution. \u2014 Thomas Aronica, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Kennedy botched the play and was charged with a fielding error , which let Tucker Barnhart (walk) and Victor Reyes (double) score easily. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"Results have a margin of sampling error of 4.5 points, including the design effect. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Peterson also tossed a pickoff into the dirt for an error , which was the first of three throws to get past first baseman Pete Alonso on Wednesday. \u2014 Stefan Bondy, Hartford Courant , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Currently, migraine treatment is still very much a trial-and- error approach, so any guidance can be useful to identify an effective medication earlier. \u2014 Madeleine Streets, SELF , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Falls can happen due to inexperience, user error , malfunctioning safety equipment, or neglecting to use any fall arrest system. \u2014 al , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Andrus\u2019 error tied him for the team lead (seven) with infielder Sheldon Neuse, recently optioned to Triple-A. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"Some say those headwinds are to be expected in an unpredictable industry, dependent on trial-and- error scientific research and regulatory approvals. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English errour , from Anglo-French, from Latin error , from errare":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8e-r\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8er-\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for error error , mistake , blunder , slip , lapse mean a departure from what is true, right, or proper. error suggests the existence of a standard or guide and a straying from the right course through failure to make effective use of this. procedural errors mistake implies misconception or inadvertence and usually expresses less criticism than error . dialed the wrong number by mistake blunder regularly imputes stupidity or ignorance as a cause and connotes some degree of blame. diplomatic blunders slip stresses inadvertence or accident and applies especially to trivial but embarrassing mistakes. a slip of the tongue lapse stresses forgetfulness, weakness, or inattention as a cause. a lapse in judgment",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
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"mistake",
|
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"oversight",
|
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"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
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"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114444",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"ersatz":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"genuine",
|
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"natural",
|
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"real"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation":[
|
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"ersatz turf",
|
|
"ersatz intellectuals"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"an apartment complex designed as an ersatz Mediterranean villa",
|
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"like everything else the restaurant served, the whipped cream on the dessert was ersatz",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There are no arches, golden or otherwise, in the ersatz McDonald\u2019s that opened Sunday in Moscow. \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
|
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"Akin to antlers on end tables, the aesthetics of national parks are being used in an ersatz way, tailored to the rich. \u2014 Antonia Hitchens, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
|
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"This amounts to a kind of malpractice in the editing room, transforming the actors\u2019 brave and devoted exertions into a seeming cheat, an ersatz experience that might as well have been created with C.G.I. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
|
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"The city is celebrated as gaudy, flashy, ersatz , fake, a monument to excess. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Always tentative about her abilities, Radziwill fell completely under Capote\u2019s ersatz Svengali spell. \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
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"But Batiste\u2019s sense of himself is trapped in ethnic expression that\u2019s become ersatz . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But according to photos included in the lawsuit, customers are paying for puny, ersatz versions of what\u2019s shown in ads. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The ersatz third place is a consequence of a culture obsessed with productivity and status, whose subjects might have decent incomes but little recreational time. \u2014 Allie Conti, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"German ersatz- , from Ersatz , noun, substitute":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8\u0259r-\u02ccsats",
|
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"er-\u02c8z\u00e4ts",
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"\u02c8er-\u02ccs\u00e4ts",
|
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"-\u02c8s\u00e4ts",
|
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"-\u02ccz\u00e4ts"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"artificial",
|
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"bogus",
|
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"dummy",
|
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"factitious",
|
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"fake",
|
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"false",
|
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"faux",
|
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"imitation",
|
|
"imitative",
|
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"man-made",
|
|
"mimic",
|
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"mock",
|
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"pretend",
|
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"sham",
|
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"simulated",
|
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"substitute",
|
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"synthetic"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071230",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"erstwhile":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"former",
|
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"late",
|
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"old",
|
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"once",
|
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"onetime",
|
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"other",
|
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"past",
|
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"quondam",
|
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"sometime",
|
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"whilom"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
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": former , previous":[
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"erstwhile enemies"
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],
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": in the past : formerly":[
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"cultures, erstwhile unknown to each other",
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"\u2014 Robert Plank"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adverb",
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"there's now a store where erstwhile lay green and pleasant pastures",
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"Adjective",
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"my erstwhile friend ignored me when I ran into her at the mall",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
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"In South Africa\u2019s middle class suburban areas, including Randburg, where there\u2019s more visible policing, lockdown measures are being tightly enforced, leaving several erstwhile busy stalls and shopping areas empty. \u2014 Quartz Africa , 4 Apr. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"On paper, new society entrant Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran) makes a perfect choice for the erstwhile lothario. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"De Blasio was constantly at war with erstwhile allies, and particularly with the press. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
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"The Victor Pinchuk Foundation is one of the sponsors of Ukraine House, which sits across the promenade from the erstwhile Russia House. \u2014 Mark Landler And Matina Stevis-gridneff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
|
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"Atlanta also anticipates the mid-season return of erstwhile star closer Kirby Yates, who signed a two-year, $8.25 million pact with the club last November but is still recuperating from Tommy John elbow surgery. \u2014 Dan Schlossberg, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2022",
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"The tickets were a Christmas gift from our son Kelly, the erstwhile Kid Down the Hall. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 9 May 2022",
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"In 2013, Robbie Fitzpatrick and Alex Freedman founded the erstwhile Freedman Fitzpatrick gallery in Los Angeles with the aim of introducing European artists to the U.S. market. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
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"This erstwhile cultural hub has been converted into luxury homes. \u2014 Lydia Armstrong, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Faster data service like 4G was restored in the region only in January 2021, nearly 18 months after being withdrawn following the erstwhile state\u2019s restructuring by the Indian government. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 5 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1569, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"1849, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0259rst-\u02cc(h)w\u012b(-\u0259)l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"formerly",
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"once",
|
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"onetime"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180855",
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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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"eruci-":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": caterpillar":[
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"eruci form",
|
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"eruci vorous"
|
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin eruca":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032513",
|
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"type":[
|
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"combining form"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"erucic acid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a crystalline fatty acid C 22 H 42 O 2 found in the form of glycerides especially in rapeseed oil",
|
|
": a crystalline fatty acid C 22 H 42 O 2 found in the form of glycerides especially in rapeseed oil"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1869, in the meaning defined above"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"New Latin Eruca , genus of herbs, from Latin, colewort"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"i-\u02c8r\u00fc-sik-",
|
|
"i-\u02ccr\u00fc-sik-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092548",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eruciform":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a soft cylindrical body with a distinct head and usually having short thoracic legs : like a caterpillar in form":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary eruci- + -form":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-s\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004258",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eruct":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": belch":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he suddenly snapped and began eructing his repressed anger"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1596, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin eructare , frequentative of erugere to belch, disgorge; akin to Old English rocettan to belch, Greek ereugesthai":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"i-\u02c8r\u0259kt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belch",
|
|
"disgorge",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002242",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eructation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an act or instance of belching":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an enormous eructation that startled everyone within earshot",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"That assessment is doubtless linked to CNN\u2019s coverage of the Trump years, which was a flood-the-zone extravaganza that highlighted every baffling suggestion and eructation of the 45th president. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Cows account for another 4% of global carbon emissions in the form of methane through what scientists call eructation and flatulence, or what our kids refer to as burping and farting. \u2014 Chunka Mui, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Our tent was fast filling with eructations -ode de Dinty Moore. \u2014 John Phillips, Car and Driver , 24 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak. \u2014 Charles Seife, Slate Magazine , 1 Mar. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u0113-",
|
|
"i-\u02ccr\u0259k-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n, \u02cc\u0113-",
|
|
"i-\u02ccr\u0259k-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belch",
|
|
"burp"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033151",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eructative":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": relating to or given to eructation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u0259kt\u0259tiv",
|
|
"\u0113\u02c8r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183442",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eruction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": eructation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-ksh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125357",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"erudite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unscholarly"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition":[
|
|
"an erudite scholar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He wasn't bashful about showing himself to be feverishly erudite , \u2026 terminally droll, and a wizard phrasemaker. \u2014 Susan Sontag , New Yorker , 18 & 25 June 2001",
|
|
"\u2026 an engaging fellow: erudite , entertaining, intolerant of trendiness and fearlessly old-fashioned. \u2026 He can turn a nice phrase, too. \u2014 Mordecai Richler , Wall Street Journal , 2 May 1995",
|
|
"He was well read, especially in the works of Kipling, a field in which Violet could give him a game, and from time to time they would exchange erudite letters about Kipling characters. \u2014 Anthony Powell , The Strangers All are Gone , 1982",
|
|
"the most erudite people in medical research attended the conference",
|
|
"an erudite lecture on the latest discoveries in astronomy",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Now an erudite 33-year-old, he\u2019s more often known as Eddy. \u2014 James Reginato, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"For the reader, the book is an erudite glimpse into the psychology of white evangelicalism and how the current proliferation of white Christian nationalism could spring from the religious imperatives Marsh details. \u2014 Alex Morris, Rolling Stone , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"As placidly as the women live\u2014some in a lush, communal Los Angeles mansion, others on the road with an erudite girl gang\u2014the histories of their violent and power-engorged relationships with men break through. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Landgraf is one of the most highly regarded and erudite executives in the entertainment industry. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Mishra tells a rich and erudite story that highlights the contributions of three intellectuals\u2014Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Liang Qichao, and Rabindranath Tagore\u2014to the rise of modern Asia. \u2014 Bo Seo, The Atlantic , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"In the hands of a less erudite and playful designer, such attentiveness to history might produce a rigid monotony of style. \u2014 Victoria Johnson, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Moore transitioned to journalism and fashioned a 25-year career as an erudite writer for Sports Illustrated, covering track and field among other subjects. \u2014 Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"But what elegant gossip, dressed up in Brown's stylish sentences and erudite insights. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English erudit , from Latin eruditus , from past participle of erudire to instruct, from e- + rudis rude, ignorant":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8er-\u0259-\u02ccd\u012bt",
|
|
"\u02c8er-y\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063829",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"erudition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"illiteracy",
|
|
"illiterateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books : profound, recondite, or bookish learning":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a scholar of remarkable erudition",
|
|
"a theologian of impressive erudition but with a down-to-earth manner",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Known for his entertaining and often searing punditry, Harvard law grad Mystal here guides readers through the US Constitution with equal parts wit, erudition , and a ferocious fervor for all of us to understand and fight for our rights. \u2014 Hanif Abdurraqib, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"For all its density of detail and flourish of erudition , the book falls short of its promise to make a truly original case that Britain\u2019s geography has been its destiny\u2014any more than geography has been Japan\u2019s, to name another proud island-nation. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Miranda\u2019s instinct for the balance between erudition and entertainment is a template well worth taking purposefully to heart. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"These engrossing novels, written with an effortless erudition , were also a proving ground for Tynianov\u2019s theories, demonstrating how literature emerges from the web of everyday life and is transformed by the movement of history. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books , 29 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"In bringing many obscure sources to light, Mr. Holton, a professor of history at the University of South Carolina and the author of an acclaimed biography of Abigail Adams, demonstrates an impressive range of erudition . \u2014 Adam Rowe, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The erudition on Projector can be pretty staggering. \u2014 Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Every issue was filled with this kind of erudition , and an attendant beauty, which made the magazine\u2019s disappearance all the more spectacular. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Their characters are both pompous, which gives the actors countless opportunities to display absurd erudition and flagrant self-regard \u2014 and make fun of them at the same time. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccer-y\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02ccer-\u0259-\u02c8di-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for erudition knowledge , learning , erudition , scholarship mean what is or can be known by an individual or by humankind. knowledge applies to facts or ideas acquired by study, investigation, observation, or experience. rich in the knowledge of human nature learning applies to knowledge acquired especially through formal, often advanced, schooling. a book that demonstrates vast learning erudition strongly implies the acquiring of profound, recondite, or bookish learning. an erudition unusual even in a scholar scholarship implies the possession of learning characteristic of the advanced scholar in a specialized field of study or investigation. a work of first-rate literary scholarship",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"education",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learnedness",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"literacy",
|
|
"scholarship"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032345",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eruginous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of eruginous variant of aeruginous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-100636",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"erumpent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": grown or burst through a surface (as of a host's tissue) so as to form a projecting mass":[
|
|
"the erumpent fruiting bodies of some rusts",
|
|
"erumpent acervuli forming black dots on the leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
": tending to grow out vigorously from a substrate so as to burst through or rise above its surface":[
|
|
"certain erumpent fungi that parasitize leaves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin erumpent-, erumpens , present participle of erumpere":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u0259mp\u0259nt",
|
|
"\u0113\u02c8-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062124",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"erupt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to become active or violent especially suddenly : break forth":[
|
|
"war could erupt at any moment",
|
|
"the audience erupted in applause"
|
|
],
|
|
": to break out with or as if with a skin eruption":[],
|
|
": to burst from limits or restraint":[],
|
|
": to emerge through the gum":[],
|
|
": to force out or release suddenly and often violently something (such as lava or steam) that is pent up":[],
|
|
": to force out or release usually suddenly and violently":[
|
|
"a volcano erupting lava and ash"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The volcano erupted with tremendous force.",
|
|
"A bitter dispute has erupted among the members of the team.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Whispery tinkling piano keys or acoustic guitar strums that erupt into mounting vocals and crunching guitars, singers with eyes screwed shut, unleashing their guts. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The judge's mistake wasn't the only controversy to erupt this week in the case. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In a recent video, Teixidor talks about maintaining a poker face during a crisis, only to erupt in tears once everything has settled down. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Drama at work could erupt seemingly out of nowhere. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Protests erupt across Europe as tens of thousands rally to honor workers on May Day. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"Conflicts erupt between all three characters, but there are also unexpected flights of joy, dancing, music, love and laughter. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"If your environment feels like a volcano that is ready to erupt , clearly outline those pressures, but also highlight higher-than-market compensation or special benefits. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
|
|
"Now a two-time All-Star, the more seasoned Booker is primed and ready to erupt on the playoff stage for the first time. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 1 May 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1657, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a(1)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin eruptus , past participle of erumpere to burst forth, from e- + rumpere to break \u2014 more at reave":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"i-\u02c8r\u0259pt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belch",
|
|
"disgorge",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"eruct",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193947",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"erupt in laughter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to suddenly begin laughing":[
|
|
"The audience erupted in laughter ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045245",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eruption":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
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": a product of erupting (such as a skin rash)":[],
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": an act, process, or instance of erupting":[],
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": the breaking out of a rash on the skin or mucous membrane":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a great eruption of glee as it suddenly dawned on her that she had won",
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"the eruption of the volcano Krakatoa was one of the most violent in global history",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The lava flows that formed Craters of the Moon are fairly recent in geologic time, the most recent eruption just 2,000 years ago, expert believe. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
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"Unfortunately, astronomers aren\u2019t sure whether this solar eruption is heading to Earth or somewhere else. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 28 June 2022",
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"Britain, too, has faced a populist eruption of sorts, as a referendum forced the country\u2019s withdrawal from the European Union in 2020. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
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"The violent eruption of new styles in verse, the imposition of artistic order by a literary strongman and the total aesthetic experience were anticipations of revival. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
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"The resulting eruption of laments and tributes, from other restaurateurs as well as patrons, was something to behold. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
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"There were multiple giggle- eruption jokes about the freaking Holocaust, and an all-night cancer walk managed to be moving and hilarious. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
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"The 2015 eruption in question released less CO2 than what humans did just that year. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
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"Archaeologists have used that fact to find ancient plague DNA at sites across Eurasia and recently to diagnose tuberculosis in a casualty of Mt. Vesuvius\u2019 79 CE eruption . \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02c8r\u0259p-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"agony",
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"blaze",
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"burst",
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"ebullition",
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"explosion",
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"fit",
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"flare",
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"flare-up",
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"flash",
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"flush",
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"gale",
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"gush",
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"gust",
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"outburst",
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"paroxysm",
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"spasm",
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"storm"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182613",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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} |