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1106 lines
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{
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"Abaco":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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") north of New Providence Island area 776 square miles (2018 square kilometers), population 13,170":[
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"Great Abaco and Little Abaco"
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],
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"two islands of the Bahamas (":[
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"Great Abaco and Little Abaco"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-b\u0259-\u02cck\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235236",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Abashev":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": belonging to a Bronze Age culture of the Chuvash Republic in the east central Soviet Union":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably modification of Russian abashevskiy , derivative of Abashevo , village southeast of Cheboksary where remains of the culture were found":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02c8b\u00e4sh\u0259f"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194306",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"abaca":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a strong fiber obtained from the leafstalk of a banana ( Musa textilis ) native to the Philippines":[],
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": the plant that yields abaca":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In the living room, there\u2019s a graphic abaca rug in the shape of a slithering snake. \u2014 Julia Bainbridge, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2020",
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"Made in silk abaca straw, the hat finished off the royal mom\u2019s all-pink chic look for the event back in July. \u2014 Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com , 12 Nov. 2019",
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"The Josef Frank\u2013style candlestick lamp is from Svenskt Tenn, the swing-arm lamp is by Ann-Morris, Inc., and the custom abaca rug is by Beauvais Carpets. \u2014 Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor , 21 May 2018",
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"Designer: DeAnna Gibbons, DeAnna Gibbons Millinery Dresses: A royal wedding guest Materials: Draped lilac silk abaca with handmade red silk flowers, red glass currents and yellow nose-length veil. \u2014 Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Jan. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish abac\u00e1 , from Tagalog abak\u00e1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-b\u0259-\u02cck\u00e4",
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"\u02cca-b\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125852",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"abacate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": avocado":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Portuguese, probably borrowed from a regional variant of Spanish aguacate":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-b\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195055",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"abacaxi":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a large, sweet pineapple grown especially in Brazil":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese, \"pineapple, variety of pineapple,\" perhaps borrowed from Tupi *\u0268\u03b2akati , from \u0268\u03b2a \"plant, fruit\" + kati \"fragrant\"":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6a-b\u0259-k\u0259-\u00a6sh\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033703",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"abaciscus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": abaculus":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1753, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latinization of Late Greek abak\u00edskos , diminutive of Greek abak- , \u00e1bax \"slab, board\"":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8ki-",
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"\u02cca-b\u0259-\u02c8si-sk\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191607",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"abacist":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one that uses an abacus":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin abacista , from Latin abacus abacus + -ista -ist entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8ba-kist",
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"\u02c8a-b\u0259-sist",
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"-kist"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232833",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"aback":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": backward , back":[],
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": by surprise : unawares":[
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"was taken aback by her sharp retort"
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],
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": in a position to catch the wind upon the forward surface (as of a sail)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"completely taken aback by the neighbors' announcement that they were moving",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Taken aback by the magnitude of the demonstrations, authorities quickly shelved the idea. \u2014 Theodora Yu, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
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"Many viewers will be taken aback by the unexpected timbre of this film. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 17 June 2022",
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"Rookie wide receiver David Bell had seen the documentary on Brown before, but he was still taken aback by Brown scoring 43 points in his final game at Syracuse. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
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"Insiders were taken aback by the blunt way that the shake-up was handled. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
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"Even Bluebird was taken aback by the overwhelming support. \u2014 Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
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"Doug is a wildlife person and is used to this kind of visual access, but I was taken aback by having such intimacy with an animal whose presence is typically so fleeting. \u2014 Liz Langley, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
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"Although Burton has worked with some of the artists, such as Marcela Correa, who creates pieces for McQueen stores, and Guinevere Van Seenus, a longtime brand muse, she was taken aback by the uniqueness of the final multi-disciplinary works. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
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"But moviegoers expecting a gory thrill fest might be taken aback by director David Cronenberg's sci-fi drama (now in theaters), which gets under your skin with its moving meditation on mortality and real-world issues. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8bak"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"suddenly",
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"unanticipatedly",
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"unaware",
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"unawares",
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"unexpectedly"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063205",
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"abacot":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of abacot variant of bycoket"
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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":"20220629-203145",
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"type":[]
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},
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"abacterial":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": not caused by or characterized by the presence of bacteria":[
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"abacterial prostatitis"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u0101-(\u02cc)bak-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004950",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"abactinal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"ab- entry 1 + actinal":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)a-\u00a6bak-t\u0259-n\u1d4al",
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"\u00a6a-\u02ccbak-\u00a6t\u012b-n\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024602",
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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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"abactor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one who steals cattle":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1659, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin ab\u0101ctor , from abigere \"to drive away\" (from ab- ab- entry 1 + agere \"to drive\" + -tor , agent suffix":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)a-\u00a6bak-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202328",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"abaft":{
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"antonyms":[
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"back of",
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"behind"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": toward or at the stern : aft":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adverb",
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"the lookout in the crow's nest warned that there was an enemy frigate abaft and bearing down hard on their ship",
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"Preposition",
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"a school of porpoises swam abaft the fishing boat"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from a- + baft in the rear, from Old English b\u00e6ftan , from be- + \u00e6ftan behind \u2014 more at aft":"Adverb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8baft"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aft",
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"astern",
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"sternward",
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"sternwards"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020306",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"preposition"
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]
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},
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"abandon":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abandonment",
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"ease",
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"lightheartedness",
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"naturalness",
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"spontaneity",
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"spontaneousness",
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"unconstraint",
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"uninhibitedness",
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"unrestraint"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to cease from maintaining, practicing, or using":[
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"abandoned their native language"
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],
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": to cease intending or attempting to perform":[
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"abandoned the escape"
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],
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": to give (oneself) over unrestrainedly":[
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"abandoned himself to a life of self-indulgence"
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],
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": to give up to the control or influence of another person or agent":[],
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": to give up with the intent of never again claiming a right or interest in":[
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"abandon property"
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],
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": to withdraw from often in the face of danger or encroachment":[
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"abandon ship",
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"soldiers forced to abandon their position"
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],
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": to withdraw protection, support, or help from":[
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"he abandoned his family"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"They abandoned the car on a back road.",
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"That house was abandoned years ago.",
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"The approaching fire forced hundreds of people to abandon their homes.",
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"The officer refused to abandon his post.",
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"The policy abandons the most vulnerable members of society.",
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"She abandoned the party not long after the election.",
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"Noun",
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"added spices to the stew with complete abandon",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Wall Street has viewed Musk\u2019s saber rattling over the spam/bot issue as an attempt to drive down the deal price, or to give him a pretext to abandon the acquisition. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 16 June 2022",
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"These pledges soothed investors\u2019 nerves even though authorities didn\u2019t abandon the stern COVID Zero policy that had sparked the panic in the first place. \u2014 Fortune , 1 May 2022",
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"Albright rapped on the window of his limousine, Boucher told me, and urged Arafat not to abandon negotiations. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"Other semifinalists said the Biden administration has a moral obligation not to abandon Afghans at this critical point in their history. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"Voters who decide not to abandon L.A. before this fall\u2019s elections for mayor and other municipal positions can set a new course toward sanity. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"But the Blazers still must figure out how to maintain focus and not abandon their defensive principles. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"The fund believes the BOJ has accomplished its policy goals of higher inflation and accelerating wage growth and will abandon its yield curve control policy, said Naruhisa Nakagawa, the firm\u2019s founder. \u2014 Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
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"When Obama took office, there was virtually no chance Democrats would abandon the filibuster. \u2014 Benjy Sarlin, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Victor LaValle, a longtime friend and another novelist of color who mixes genres with abandon , admires the sneaky weight of Johnson\u2019s comedy. \u2014 Ricardo Nagaoka, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
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"The first game on Dreamcast was basically a Crash Bandicoot clone of sorts, and this new game follows suit, but without all the wild creative abandon found in Toys For Bob\u2019s masterclass. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
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"Similar to Samuel, it was noted that Kittle\u2019s style of playing with reckless abandon increased his injury risk. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Remember those kids at summer camp who seemed to enjoy nothing more than jumping into a freezing pool with reckless abandon ",
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"At the same time, vacation bookings are soaring, car sales are booming and Americans continue to spend with abandon , thanks to higher wages and brisk hiring. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Russia is striking Ukraine with abandon , complicating the flow of these newer weapons from Ukraine\u2019s western borders with Poland, Romania and Slovakia to the battle in the east. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Even the maxim that lifting is good only for getting big has been routinely undermined by a new legion of fitness instructors; women who were once cautioned against handling anything mightier than a hand weight now grunt and pull with abandon . \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"The Pelicans are playing with intensity and reckless abandon , and their reward for that type of play is showing up in foul calls and rebounding advantages. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
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"1815, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English abandounen , borrowed from Anglo-French abanduner , derivative of abandun \"surrender, abandonment,\" from the phrase a bandun \"in one's power, at one's disposal,\" from a \"at, to\" (going back to Latin ad \"to\") + bandun \"jurisdiction,\" going back to a Gallo-Romance derivative of Old Low Franconian *bann- \"summons, command\" (with -d- probably from outcomes of Germanic *bandw\u014d \"sign\") \u2014 more at at entry 1 , ban entry 1 , banner entry 1":"Verb",
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"borrowed from French, in part derivative of abandonner \"to abandon,\" in part going back to Old French abandon, abandun \"surrender\" \u2014 more at abandon entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8ban-d\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for abandon Verb abandon , desert , forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection. abandoned children desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence. a deserted town forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers. a forsaken lover synonyms see in addition relinquish",
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"synonyms":[
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"deliver",
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"give up",
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"indulge",
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"surrender",
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"yield"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023034",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"abandoned":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": left without needed protection, care, or support":[
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"an abandoned baby",
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"\u2026 she \u2026 began to live in what she referred to as the straitened circumstances of an abandoned woman.",
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"\u2014 Richard Russo"
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],
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": left by the owner":[
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"an abandoned car",
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"an abandoned field",
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"abandoned property",
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"an abandoned factory"
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],
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": left to fall into a state of disuse":[
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"an abandoned car",
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"an abandoned field",
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"abandoned property",
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"an abandoned factory"
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],
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": no longer held or thought of : given up":[
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"abandoned hopes/dreams"
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],
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": wholly free from restraint":[
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"The lower the beer dropped in the kegs, the more abandoned and frenzied the dancers became.",
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"\u2014 Don Asher",
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"\u2026 unless you can convince them that you are as abandoned a profligate as themselves.",
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"\u2014 George Bernard Shaw"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8ban-d\u0259nd"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"derelict",
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"deserted",
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"desolate",
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"disused",
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"forgotten",
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"forsaken",
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"rejected",
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"vacant",
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"vacated",
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"void"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"He led a reckless and abandoned life and died young.",
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"she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"One year later, a group of college kids, who enter a reality TV show, stay the night at Michael\u2019s abandoned house \u2013 Michael pays them a visit later that night. \u2014 Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
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"Instead, taxpayers are left paying to clean up abandoned wells and all of the contamination left behind. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 29 Jan. 2021",
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"Ukrainian volunteer troops took over abandoned houses and dug trenches in backyards. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"An abandoned ski patrol hut still stands at the top, complete with an original trail map hanging on the wall, but beware of another holdover. \u2014 Heather Balogh Rochfort, Outside Online , 22 Dec. 2018",
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"An abandoned railroad bridge in Kansas City, Kan., is getting a second life as an event space and food court, the latest example of property developers transforming outdated infrastructure into visitor attractions. \u2014 Konrad Putzier, WSJ , 23 Nov. 2021",
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"In August, Hurricane Ida disrupted 90 to 95% of the Gulf Coast's oil and gas production and damaged current and abandoned pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure. \u2014 Rachel Ramirez, CNN , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"The Desis spiders scuttle amidst coral, abandoned seashells and the bottoms of kelp on the beach during low tides. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"Separately, Gulf Coast states trying to restore barrier islands have run into an unexpected obstacle \u2014 a tangle of old and abandoned pipelines. \u2014 Anna M. Phillips, Los Angeles Times , 14 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from past participle of abandounen \"to abandon entry 1 \"":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144344"
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},
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"abandonment":{
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"antonyms":[
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"constraint",
|
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"restraint"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the act of abandoning something or someone":[
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"In its family and social contexts, he argues, the abandonment of children was, if not a \"good thing,\" at least the most feasible means of family limitation during the many centuries when other methods were largely ineffective or, in the case of Christians, prohibited.",
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"\u2014 Mary Martin McLaughlin"
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],
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": the state of being abandoned":[
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"fear of abandonment",
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"The opulence of her life as an expat wife failed to soothe her feelings of abandonment , boredom and oppression.",
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"\u2014 Bob Shacochis",
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"\u2014 sometimes used before another noun abandonment issues"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8ban-d\u0259n-m\u0259nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
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"abandon",
|
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"ease",
|
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"lightheartedness",
|
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"naturalness",
|
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"spontaneity",
|
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"spontaneousness",
|
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"unconstraint",
|
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"uninhibitedness",
|
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"unrestraint"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004451",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abase":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem":[
|
|
"abase oneself",
|
|
"\u2026 the shame that had abased him within and without \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 James Joyce"
|
|
],
|
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": to lower physically":[
|
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"As we enter among them the great elephant makes us a bow in the best style of elephantine courtesy, bending lowly down his mountain bulk, with trunk abased and leg thrust out behind.",
|
|
"\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Unfortunately, an impulse to abase oneself isn\u2019t resolved by a recognition that human life is a collaboration. \u2014 Caleb Crain, The Atlantic , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"One by one, internees abase themselves before 60 of their fellow prisoners, repenting of their errors in thinking and their nonprogressive religious practices. \u2014 James E. Person Jr., National Review , 17 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"By the end of the weekend, the entire NBA was in damage-control mode, profusely and absurdly abasing themselves. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 7 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Only fearful, humiliated ex-Trumpers in need of campaign support, like Jeff Sessions, who is again running for the Senate in Alabama, abase themselves and speak of his virtue. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 19 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Judging from Capitol Hill\u2019s self- abasing deference to Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, the answer is no. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 24 July 2017",
|
|
"Consequently, the hero must be either venerated and elevated or cynically scorned and abased . \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, National Review , 19 July 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"alteration (conformed to base entry 3 ) of Middle English abessen, abaisen, abaschen , borrowed from Anglo-French abesser, abaisser , from a- , prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ) + -besser , going back to Vulgar Latin *bassi\u0101re \"to lower,\" derivative of Late Latin bassus \"fat, short, low\" \u2014 more at ad- , base entry 3":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0101s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"canker",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084553",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abasement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem":[
|
|
"abase oneself",
|
|
"\u2026 the shame that had abased him within and without \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 James Joyce"
|
|
],
|
|
": to lower physically":[
|
|
"As we enter among them the great elephant makes us a bow in the best style of elephantine courtesy, bending lowly down his mountain bulk, with trunk abased and leg thrust out behind.",
|
|
"\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Unfortunately, an impulse to abase oneself isn\u2019t resolved by a recognition that human life is a collaboration. \u2014 Caleb Crain, The Atlantic , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"One by one, internees abase themselves before 60 of their fellow prisoners, repenting of their errors in thinking and their nonprogressive religious practices. \u2014 James E. Person Jr., National Review , 17 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"By the end of the weekend, the entire NBA was in damage-control mode, profusely and absurdly abasing themselves. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 7 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Only fearful, humiliated ex-Trumpers in need of campaign support, like Jeff Sessions, who is again running for the Senate in Alabama, abase themselves and speak of his virtue. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 19 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Judging from Capitol Hill\u2019s self- abasing deference to Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, the answer is no. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 24 July 2017",
|
|
"Consequently, the hero must be either venerated and elevated or cynically scorned and abased . \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, National Review , 19 July 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"alteration (conformed to base entry 3 ) of Middle English abessen, abaisen, abaschen , borrowed from Anglo-French abesser, abaisser , from a- , prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ) + -besser , going back to Vulgar Latin *bassi\u0101re \"to lower,\" derivative of Late Latin bassus \"fat, short, low\" \u2014 more at ad- , base entry 3":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0101s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"canker",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035547",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abash":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert":[
|
|
"He had never blushed in his life; no humiliation could abash him.",
|
|
"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt terribly abashed when she walked into the wrong hotel room",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Here, furious parents throw open the cupboard to reveal their daughter\u2019s abashed lover, as younger children look on wide-eyed and the family dog prepares to attack. \u2014 Susan Delson, WSJ , 20 June 2018",
|
|
"Bloom called him out, and the abashed Harris apologized. \u2014 Christina Schoellkopf, latimes.com , 15 June 2018",
|
|
"Not easily abashed by body-shamers, Teigen has publicly posted next-to-naked topless photos in the past. \u2014 Megan Decker, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 May 2018",
|
|
"Hefner was good-natured but rather abashed , diffident, and shy. \u2014 Jeanie Pyun, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Oct. 2017",
|
|
"Peverelli seemed slightly abashed at the images\u2019 potential elevation from commerce to art. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 22 May 2017",
|
|
"But there is also a sort of confused, abashed one, often ironic, that acknowledges a problem and tries to work through a particularly American obliviousness. \u2014 Jill Mcdonough, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English abaissen, abaschen \"to lose one's composure,\" borrowed from Anglo-French abaiss- , stem of abair \"to open wide, gape, be amazed,\" alteration (by prefix substitution) of esbaer (Continental Old French esbahir ), from es- \"out\" (going back to Latin ex- ) + baer \"to open wide, gape,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *bat\u0101re \u2014 more at ex- entry 1 , abeyance":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8bash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for abash embarrass , discomfit , abash , disconcert , rattle mean to distress by confusing or confounding. embarrass implies some influence that impedes thought, speech, or action. the question embarrassed her so much she couldn't answer discomfit implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by confusion. hecklers discomfited the speaker abash presupposes some initial self-confidence that receives a sudden check, producing shyness, shame, or a feeling of inferiority. abashed by her swift and cutting retort disconcert implies an upsetting of equanimity or assurance producing uncertainty or hesitancy. disconcerted by finding so many in attendance rattle implies an agitation that impairs thought and judgment. rattled by all the television cameras",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182723",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abashed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": made to feel uncomfortable, disconcerted, or embarrassed by something that has happened or been done or said":[
|
|
"I stood back, abashed , wondering what I'd done wrong \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Paula Fox"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But this year\u2019s bash is looking a little more abashed . \u2014 New York Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Delphine Hicks\u2014Caroline had waited for her beside the church steps one First Sunday (big meeting day) and had thrown her to the ground and robbed the abashed vampire of her underthings. \u2014 Zora Neale Hurston, Harper's magazine , 6 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The video shows a very abashed McKinnon saying goodbye to Ginsburg on the stage following the production. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Privacy concerns cause abashed feeling in Silicon Valley Zuckerberg's potential retort comes after Apple's Cook made comments at the end of March in an interview with Recode's Kara Swisher and MSNBC's Chris Hayes. \u2014 Chris Ciaccia, Fox News , 11 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"And, many know how to deliver home truths in a way that will elicit abashed agreement rather than anger. \u2014 Cathie Anderson, sacbee , 9 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Their reactions varied, from unimpressed to abashed and pained \u2014 all of them uncomfortable. \u2014 Cara Buckley, New York Times , 8 Jan. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English abasshed , from past participle of abaissen, abaschen \"to abash \"":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8basht"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021601",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abashless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": unabashed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205318",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abashment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert":[
|
|
"He had never blushed in his life; no humiliation could abash him.",
|
|
"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt terribly abashed when she walked into the wrong hotel room",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Here, furious parents throw open the cupboard to reveal their daughter\u2019s abashed lover, as younger children look on wide-eyed and the family dog prepares to attack. \u2014 Susan Delson, WSJ , 20 June 2018",
|
|
"Bloom called him out, and the abashed Harris apologized. \u2014 Christina Schoellkopf, latimes.com , 15 June 2018",
|
|
"Not easily abashed by body-shamers, Teigen has publicly posted next-to-naked topless photos in the past. \u2014 Megan Decker, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 May 2018",
|
|
"Hefner was good-natured but rather abashed , diffident, and shy. \u2014 Jeanie Pyun, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Oct. 2017",
|
|
"Peverelli seemed slightly abashed at the images\u2019 potential elevation from commerce to art. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 22 May 2017",
|
|
"But there is also a sort of confused, abashed one, often ironic, that acknowledges a problem and tries to work through a particularly American obliviousness. \u2014 Jill Mcdonough, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English abaissen, abaschen \"to lose one's composure,\" borrowed from Anglo-French abaiss- , stem of abair \"to open wide, gape, be amazed,\" alteration (by prefix substitution) of esbaer (Continental Old French esbahir ), from es- \"out\" (going back to Latin ex- ) + baer \"to open wide, gape,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *bat\u0101re \u2014 more at ex- entry 1 , abeyance":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8bash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for abash embarrass , discomfit , abash , disconcert , rattle mean to distress by confusing or confounding. embarrass implies some influence that impedes thought, speech, or action. the question embarrassed her so much she couldn't answer discomfit implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by confusion. hecklers discomfited the speaker abash presupposes some initial self-confidence that receives a sudden check, producing shyness, shame, or a feeling of inferiority. abashed by her swift and cutting retort disconcert implies an upsetting of equanimity or assurance producing uncertainty or hesitancy. disconcerted by finding so many in attendance rattle implies an agitation that impairs thought and judgment. rattled by all the television cameras",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235810",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abasi":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an Afghan unit of value for postage stamps":[
|
|
"one- abasi stamps",
|
|
"two- abasi stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
": an Afghan yellow bronze coin equivalent to four shahi that was issued between 1921 and 1923":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"variant transliterations of Persian \u02bdabb\u0101s\u012b abassi":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124635",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abat-voix":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a device for reflecting sound (such as the sounding board over a pulpit or rostrum)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from French, literally, \"(it) strikes down ( abat ) the voice ( voix ),\" from abattre \"to strike down\" + voix \"voice,\" going back to Old French vois":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"F \u0227b\u0227vw\u0227 or -w\u00e4",
|
|
"\u02cc\u00e4\u02ccb\u00e4v\u02c8w\u00e4"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195345",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to decrease in force or intensity":[
|
|
"waiting for the storm to abate"
|
|
],
|
|
": to become defeated or become null or void (as of a writ or appeal)":[],
|
|
": to decrease in amount or value":[
|
|
"The legacies abated proportionately."
|
|
],
|
|
": to put an end to":[
|
|
"abate a nuisance"
|
|
],
|
|
": nullify sense 1":[
|
|
"abate a writ"
|
|
],
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": to reduce in degree or intensity : moderate":[
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"may abate their rancor to win peace"
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],
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": to reduce in value or amount : to make less especially by way of relief":[
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"abate a tax"
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],
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": deduct , omit":[
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"abate part of the price"
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],
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": to beat down or cut away so as to leave a figure in relief":[],
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": blunt":[],
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": deprive sense 1":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0101t"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"de-escalate",
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"decline",
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"decrease",
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"die (away ",
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"diminish",
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"drain (away)",
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"drop (off)",
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"dwindle",
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"ease",
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"ebb",
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"fall",
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"fall away",
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"lessen",
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"let up",
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"lower",
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"moderate",
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"pall",
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"phase down",
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"ratchet (down)",
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"rachet (down)",
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"recede",
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"relent",
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"remit",
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"shrink",
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"subside",
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"taper",
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"taper off",
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"wane"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulate",
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"balloon",
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"build",
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"burgeon",
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"bourgeon",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"grow",
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"increase",
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"intensify",
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"mount",
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"mushroom",
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"pick up",
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"rise",
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"snowball",
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"soar",
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"swell",
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"wax"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for abate abate , subside , wane , ebb mean to die down in force or intensity. abate stresses the idea of progressive diminishing. the storm abated subside implies the ceasing of turbulence or agitation. the protests subsided after a few days wane suggests the fading or weakening of something good or impressive. waning enthusiasm ebb suggests the receding of something (such as the tide) that commonly comes and goes. the ebbing of daylight synonyms see in addition decrease",
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"examples":[
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"For a while, in the Cold War's aftermath, the public fascination for espionage may abate , though somehow I doubt it. \u2014 John le Carr\u00e9 , Boston Globe , 19 Nov. 1989",
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"At about six, as the heat abated , people began to crowd the streets and marketplaces, and to fill the caf\u00e9s. \u2014 Milton Viorst , New Yorker , 12 Oct. 1987",
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"But his attitude of sullen grievance and simmering fury never abated fully. \u2014 Joseph Heller , God Knows , 1984",
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"We waited for the wind to abate .",
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"interest in the author's home abated as her novels waned in popularity",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"As recently as February, Fort Lauderdale's Noise Control Advisory Committee, which meets once a month, had been checking into what other cities have done to abate noise. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 3 July 2022",
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"For such strength to continue, though, worries about a recession would have to abate . \u2014 CBS News , 1 July 2022",
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"As recently as February, Fort Lauderdale\u2019s Noise Control Advisory Committee, which meets once a month, had been checking into what other cities have done to abate noise. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
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"Other experts agree that the geopolitical elements that have served to raise prices across the globe are not going to abate in the short-term. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
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"This might in turn suggest that inflationary pressures could abate in the near future. \u2014 Ravin Jesuthasan, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
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"If the district is able to abate its debt service payment again in 2022, the average tax bill will increase by 1.4%, which is the consumer price index rate used for the levy. \u2014 Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
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"Johnson & Johnson, praising the decision Tuesday, confirmed that none of the $465 million has been given to communities to abate the overdose crisis. \u2014 Meryl Kornfield And Lenny Bernstein, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Nov. 2021",
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"While the outbreak is beginning to abate in major cities such as Delhi and Mumbai, its spread to rural areas is drawing concern. \u2014 Eliza Mackintosh, CNN , 24 May 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English abaten , borrowed from Anglo-French abatre \"to strike down, fell, reduce, put an end to,\" from a- , prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad- ) + batre \"to beat,\" going back to Latin battuere , of uncertain origin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155014"
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},
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"abatement":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accession",
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"addition"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the act or process of reducing or otherwise abating something":[
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"abatement of pollution",
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"a storm continuing without abatement [=without weakening]"
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],
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": the state of being abated":[
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"abatement of pollution",
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"a storm continuing without abatement [=without weakening]"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But officials could not apply for the abatement until now due to several design changes during construction. \u2014 Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
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"The emotional hearing came one day after a US bankruptcy judge approved a settlement that requires Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families to pay out as much as $6 billion to states, individual claimants and for opioid crisis abatement . \u2014 Lauren Del Valle, CNN , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Questions have been raised by residents about possibility of building a wall on properties along 248th Avenue that don\u2019t qualify for noise abatement . \u2014 Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"While Vice President Kamala Harris visited Milwaukee Monday to promote lead abatement , her husband Doug Emhoff spent time with youth arts program directors before meeting with leaders of the Milwaukee Jewish community. \u2014 Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"McCormack contrasted it to the work put into lead abatement . \u2014 Robin Goist, cleveland , 20 Sep. 2021",
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"However, new housing development to address the shortage is being threatened because one of New York\u2019s main tools to encourage building, the property tax abatement called Affordable New York or 421-a, is scheduled to sunset on June 15, 2022. \u2014 Shimon Shkury, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
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"To get the maximum tax incentive, owners would have to make one-quarter of the units affordable for the duration of the abatement , according to Hernandez. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
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"After all, there has been a steady flow of leaks about the committee\u2019s work and findings with no sign of abatement . \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 6 May 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, borrowed from Anglo-French, from abatre \"to abate \" + -ment -ment":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0101t-m\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"deduction",
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"discount",
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"reduction"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041221",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"abaxial":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": situated out of or directed away from the axis":[
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"the abaxial or lower surface of a leaf"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The two fields run perpendicular to each other, with one from the base to the tip of the leaf and the other from the surface to the adaxial- abaxial boundary. \u2014 Maddie Burakoff, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"ab- + axial":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)a-\u02c8bak-s\u0113-\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192817",
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"abandonee":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1804, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145637"
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},
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"abastardize":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": bastardize , debase":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"modification (with verb suffix conformed to -ize ) of Middle French abastardir , going back to Old French, from a- , prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad- ) + bastardir , verb derivative of bastard bastard entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1574, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180544"
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},
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"abandon/drop all pretense at":{
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to stop acting or appearing in a way that looks real but is false : to stop pretending":[
|
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"He abandoned/dropped all pretense at politeness."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011154"
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},
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"abassi":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a Persian silver coin first issued in the late 16th century":[],
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": an old Persian unit of weight equivalent to about 0.8 pound":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from Persian \u02bdabb\u0101s\u012b , adjective and noun derivative of \u02bdAbb\u0101s I, \u20201628, Safavid shah of Persia during whose reign the coins were first issued":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122557"
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}
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} |