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{
"Eteocretan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a pre-Greek inhabitant of Crete":[],
": a pre-Greek language of Crete preserved in a small amount of inscriptional material partly in hieroglyphic characters":[],
": of or relating to the pre-Greek inhabitants of Crete \u2014 compare minoan":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek Eteokr\u0113t-, Eteokr\u0113s pre-Greek inhabitant of Crete (from eteos true + Kr\u0113t-, Kr\u0113s Cretan) + English -an":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\u00a6\u0113t\u0113(\u02cc)\u014d",
"\u00a6et-+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132538",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Eternal":{
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"Allah",
"Almighty",
"Author",
"Creator",
"deity",
"Divinity",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by abiding fellowship with God":[
"good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life",
"\u2014 Mark 10:17 (Revised Standard Version)"
],
": continued without intermission : perpetual":[
"an eternal flame"
],
": god sense 1":[
"\u2014 used with the"
],
": having infinite duration : everlasting":[
"eternal damnation"
],
": infernal":[
"some eternal villain \u2026 devised this slander",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": of or relating to eternity":[],
": seemingly endless":[
"eternal delays"
],
": something eternal":[],
": valid or existing at all times : timeless":[
"eternal verities"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the eternal flames of hell",
"in search of eternal wisdom",
"When will his eternal whining stop",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Donald Trump is not a man who has any worries about the second coming of Jesus Christ or his eternal salvation. \u2014 Alex Morris, Rolling Stone , 18 June 2022",
"In December, a langur monkey who frequently visited the village of Dalupura died of cold exposure, and was sent to its eternal rest by a crowd of about fifteen hundred people. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But for a select group of people in the religious realm, a more important matter is at stake \u2013 eternal salvation. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 26 Sep. 2021",
"The eucharist is essential and central to our faith as the bread of life that sustains our faith journeys to eternal salvation. \u2014 Star Tribune , 2 May 2021",
"Ancient cultures from the Chinese to the Hebrews hung evergreen branches over doors to symbolize eternal life. \u2014 Faith Bottum, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
"What could be a more consistent expression of the will to power than wanting eternal life for yourself, and dismissing concerns about a global pandemic as overblown",
"But despite her failings, that cat must have the gift of eternal life. \u2014 Irv Erdos Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Paxton plays this vamp as a floppy-haired hick punk who\u2019s having way too much fun being an undead psychopath on the open range, spending his eternal life wreaking bloody havoc. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These ancient seas and islands offer some reassuring glimpse of the eternal . \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Youth, like hope, seemingly springs eternal at the dawn of a new season. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But hope springs eternal , maybe more so in baseball than anywhere else. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"More significantly, if life eternal is to know the only true God, as John 17:3 states, is their salvation at stake",
"Hope wasn\u2019t given much of a chance to spring eternal on Monday for the Diamondbacks. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Hope springs eternal , though, as the two never confirmed their breakup with an official statement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Hope for the success of the alien apocalypse springs eternal . \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 22 Oct. 2021",
"But just like every team in the NFL, hope springs eternal in Week 1. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 9 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin aeternalis , from Latin aeternus eternal, from aevum age, eternity \u2014 more at aye":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8t\u0259r-n\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"abiding",
"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"enduring",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"ongoing",
"perennial",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095732",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
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"Almighty",
"Author",
"Creator",
"deity",
"Divinity",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
],
"definitions":{
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"good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life",
"\u2014 Mark 10:17 (Revised Standard Version)"
],
": continued without intermission : perpetual":[
"an eternal flame"
],
": god sense 1":[
"\u2014 used with the"
],
": having infinite duration : everlasting":[
"eternal damnation"
],
": infernal":[
"some eternal villain \u2026 devised this slander",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": of or relating to eternity":[],
": seemingly endless":[
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": something eternal":[],
": valid or existing at all times : timeless":[
"eternal verities"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the eternal flames of hell",
"in search of eternal wisdom",
"When will his eternal whining stop",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Donald Trump is not a man who has any worries about the second coming of Jesus Christ or his eternal salvation. \u2014 Alex Morris, Rolling Stone , 18 June 2022",
"In December, a langur monkey who frequently visited the village of Dalupura died of cold exposure, and was sent to its eternal rest by a crowd of about fifteen hundred people. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But for a select group of people in the religious realm, a more important matter is at stake \u2013 eternal salvation. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 26 Sep. 2021",
"The eucharist is essential and central to our faith as the bread of life that sustains our faith journeys to eternal salvation. \u2014 Star Tribune , 2 May 2021",
"Ancient cultures from the Chinese to the Hebrews hung evergreen branches over doors to symbolize eternal life. \u2014 Faith Bottum, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
"What could be a more consistent expression of the will to power than wanting eternal life for yourself, and dismissing concerns about a global pandemic as overblown",
"But despite her failings, that cat must have the gift of eternal life. \u2014 Irv Erdos Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Paxton plays this vamp as a floppy-haired hick punk who\u2019s having way too much fun being an undead psychopath on the open range, spending his eternal life wreaking bloody havoc. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These ancient seas and islands offer some reassuring glimpse of the eternal . \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Youth, like hope, seemingly springs eternal at the dawn of a new season. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But hope springs eternal , maybe more so in baseball than anywhere else. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"More significantly, if life eternal is to know the only true God, as John 17:3 states, is their salvation at stake",
"Hope wasn\u2019t given much of a chance to spring eternal on Monday for the Diamondbacks. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Hope springs eternal , though, as the two never confirmed their breakup with an official statement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Hope for the success of the alien apocalypse springs eternal . \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 22 Oct. 2021",
"But just like every team in the NFL, hope springs eternal in Week 1. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 9 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin aeternalis , from Latin aeternus eternal, from aevum age, eternity \u2014 more at aye":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8t\u0259r-n\u1d4al"
],
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"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"enduring",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"ongoing",
"perennial",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215624",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
"eternal flame":{
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"definitions":{
": a small fire that is kept burning as a symbol to show that something will never end":[
"light an eternal flame"
]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105311",
"type":[
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"eternalize":{
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"Allah",
"Almighty",
"Author",
"Creator",
"deity",
"Divinity",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by abiding fellowship with God":[
"good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life",
"\u2014 Mark 10:17 (Revised Standard Version)"
],
": continued without intermission : perpetual":[
"an eternal flame"
],
": god sense 1":[
"\u2014 used with the"
],
": having infinite duration : everlasting":[
"eternal damnation"
],
": infernal":[
"some eternal villain \u2026 devised this slander",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": of or relating to eternity":[],
": seemingly endless":[
"eternal delays"
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": something eternal":[],
": valid or existing at all times : timeless":[
"eternal verities"
]
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the eternal flames of hell",
"in search of eternal wisdom",
"When will his eternal whining stop",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Donald Trump is not a man who has any worries about the second coming of Jesus Christ or his eternal salvation. \u2014 Alex Morris, Rolling Stone , 18 June 2022",
"In December, a langur monkey who frequently visited the village of Dalupura died of cold exposure, and was sent to its eternal rest by a crowd of about fifteen hundred people. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But for a select group of people in the religious realm, a more important matter is at stake \u2013 eternal salvation. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 26 Sep. 2021",
"The eucharist is essential and central to our faith as the bread of life that sustains our faith journeys to eternal salvation. \u2014 Star Tribune , 2 May 2021",
"Ancient cultures from the Chinese to the Hebrews hung evergreen branches over doors to symbolize eternal life. \u2014 Faith Bottum, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
"What could be a more consistent expression of the will to power than wanting eternal life for yourself, and dismissing concerns about a global pandemic as overblown",
"But despite her failings, that cat must have the gift of eternal life. \u2014 Irv Erdos Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Paxton plays this vamp as a floppy-haired hick punk who\u2019s having way too much fun being an undead psychopath on the open range, spending his eternal life wreaking bloody havoc. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These ancient seas and islands offer some reassuring glimpse of the eternal . \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Youth, like hope, seemingly springs eternal at the dawn of a new season. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But hope springs eternal , maybe more so in baseball than anywhere else. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"More significantly, if life eternal is to know the only true God, as John 17:3 states, is their salvation at stake",
"Hope wasn\u2019t given much of a chance to spring eternal on Monday for the Diamondbacks. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Hope springs eternal , though, as the two never confirmed their breakup with an official statement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Hope for the success of the alien apocalypse springs eternal . \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 22 Oct. 2021",
"But just like every team in the NFL, hope springs eternal in Week 1. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 9 Sep. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin aeternalis , from Latin aeternus eternal, from aevum age, eternity \u2014 more at aye":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8t\u0259r-n\u1d4al"
],
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"abiding",
"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"enduring",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"ongoing",
"perennial",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163057",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
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"Allah",
"Almighty",
"Author",
"Creator",
"deity",
"Divinity",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by abiding fellowship with God":[
"good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life",
"\u2014 Mark 10:17 (Revised Standard Version)"
],
": continued without intermission : perpetual":[
"an eternal flame"
],
": god sense 1":[
"\u2014 used with the"
],
": having infinite duration : everlasting":[
"eternal damnation"
],
": infernal":[
"some eternal villain \u2026 devised this slander",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": of or relating to eternity":[],
": seemingly endless":[
"eternal delays"
],
": something eternal":[],
": valid or existing at all times : timeless":[
"eternal verities"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the eternal flames of hell",
"in search of eternal wisdom",
"When will his eternal whining stop",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Donald Trump is not a man who has any worries about the second coming of Jesus Christ or his eternal salvation. \u2014 Alex Morris, Rolling Stone , 18 June 2022",
"In December, a langur monkey who frequently visited the village of Dalupura died of cold exposure, and was sent to its eternal rest by a crowd of about fifteen hundred people. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But for a select group of people in the religious realm, a more important matter is at stake \u2013 eternal salvation. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 26 Sep. 2021",
"The eucharist is essential and central to our faith as the bread of life that sustains our faith journeys to eternal salvation. \u2014 Star Tribune , 2 May 2021",
"Ancient cultures from the Chinese to the Hebrews hung evergreen branches over doors to symbolize eternal life. \u2014 Faith Bottum, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
"What could be a more consistent expression of the will to power than wanting eternal life for yourself, and dismissing concerns about a global pandemic as overblown",
"But despite her failings, that cat must have the gift of eternal life. \u2014 Irv Erdos Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Paxton plays this vamp as a floppy-haired hick punk who\u2019s having way too much fun being an undead psychopath on the open range, spending his eternal life wreaking bloody havoc. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These ancient seas and islands offer some reassuring glimpse of the eternal . \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Youth, like hope, seemingly springs eternal at the dawn of a new season. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But hope springs eternal , maybe more so in baseball than anywhere else. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"More significantly, if life eternal is to know the only true God, as John 17:3 states, is their salvation at stake",
"Hope wasn\u2019t given much of a chance to spring eternal on Monday for the Diamondbacks. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Hope springs eternal , though, as the two never confirmed their breakup with an official statement. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Hope for the success of the alien apocalypse springs eternal . \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 22 Oct. 2021",
"But just like every team in the NFL, hope springs eternal in Week 1. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 9 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin aeternalis , from Latin aeternus eternal, from aevum age, eternity \u2014 more at aye":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8t\u0259r-n\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"abiding",
"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"enduring",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"ongoing",
"perennial",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201911",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
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": a seemingly endless or immeasurable time":[
"an eternity of delays"
],
": age sense 3b":[],
": infinite time":[
"lasting throughout eternity"
],
": the quality or state of being eternal":[],
": the state after death : immortality":[]
},
"examples":[
"They believed that sinners would spend eternity in hell.",
"We suffered through an eternity of delays during the lawsuit.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s why the gleaming black mountain walls rise to a mighty temple where the sounds of eternity can freely roar. \u2014 WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"The endless expanse of ocean conjures up the idea of eternity . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Do that, even in battle to have a clear understanding of eternity , for even those that hurt us, is a profound acceleration chains and burdens that can hold us back from loving. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Conley also exhaled about holding up defensively for that full 17.9 seconds \u2014 something of an eternity in professional basketball. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Dec. 2021",
"His nearly seven-year tenure as creative director is something of an eternity in the current fashion system where folks hold that post for three or four years and then move on or are sent packing. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2021",
"One person\u2019s grave is marked by a tree trunk with a round rock on top, Capuano said the trunk represents a life cut short, and the stone is symbolic of eternity . \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Despite his best efforts, he was forced to keep pushing the rock up the hill for the rest of eternity . \u2014 Mario Fraioli, Outside Online , 24 Sep. 2021",
"There are a couple of clips that will live rent-free in my mind for the rest of eternity . \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 21 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English eternite , from Middle French eternit\u00e9 , from Latin aeternitat-, aeternitas , from aeternus":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8t\u0259r-n\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"everlasting",
"foreverness",
"infinity",
"perpetuity"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020744",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Etesian":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": recurring annually":[
"\u2014 used of summer winds that blow over the Mediterranean"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8t\u0113-zh\u0259n"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin etesius , from Greek et\u0113sios , from etos year \u2014 more at wether":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1601, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092654"
}
}