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{
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"Abu Dhabi":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"sheikhdom, the most populous member of the United Arab Emirates population 2,135,000":[],
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"town, its capital and capital of the United Arab Emirates population 347,000":[]
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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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"-\u02c8t\u035fh\u00e4-",
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"\u02cc\u00e4-b\u00fc-\u02c8d\u00e4-b\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020838",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Abudefduf":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of small ovate short-headed marine teleost fishes commonly found about rocks and other submerged objects and usually included in the percoid family Pomacentridae but sometimes made the type of a separate family (Abudefdufidae)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Arabic ab\u016bdafd\u016bf":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccab\u00fc\u02c8def(\u02cc)d\u0259f"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102239",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Abuja":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"city in central Nigeria; the national capital since 1991 population 1,143,835":[]
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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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"\u00e4-\u02c8b\u00fc-j\u00e4"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112019",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"abubble":{
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"antonyms":[
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"asleep",
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"dead",
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"inactive",
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"lifeless",
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"sleepy"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": being in a state of agitated activity or motion : astir":[],
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": being in the process of bubbling":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"when the grandkids come to stay, the house is abubble with their chatter and horseplay"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1766, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"a- entry 1 + bubble entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0259-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aboil",
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"abuzz",
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"alive",
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"animated",
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"astir",
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"brisk",
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"bustling",
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"busy",
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"buzzing",
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"flourishing",
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"happening",
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"hopping",
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"humming",
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"kinetic",
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"lively",
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"rousing",
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"stirring",
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"thriving",
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"vibrant"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171648",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"abuilding":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": being in the process of building or of being built":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1534, 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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"\u0259-\u02c8bil-di\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072655",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"abundance":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"bit",
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"dab",
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"dram",
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"driblet",
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"glimmer",
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"handful",
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"hint",
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"lick",
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"little",
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"mite",
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"mouthful",
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"nip",
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"ounce",
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"peanuts",
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"pinch",
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"pittance",
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"scruple",
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"shade",
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"shadow",
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"speck",
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"spot",
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"sprinkle",
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"sprinkling",
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"strain",
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"streak",
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"suspicion",
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"tad",
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"taste",
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"touch",
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"trace"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": affluence , wealth":[
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"a life of abundance"
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],
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": an ample quantity : an abundant amount : profusion":[
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"a city that has an abundance of fine restaurants"
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],
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": relative degree of plentifulness":[
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"low abundances of uranium and thorium",
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"\u2014 H. C. Urey"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a plant with an abundance of flowers",
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"a plant known for the abundance of its flowers",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"From Singapore to Tel Aviv, desalination plants have replaced water scarcity with water abundance . \u2014 Edward Ring, National Review , 17 June 2022",
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"The opposite of a scarcity mindset is an abundance mindset, and the opposite of burnout is fulfillment. \u2014 Courtney Mccluney, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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"As ocean temperatures increase and oxygen availability drops, marine life abundance plummets, according to the study. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"There is merely the historical awareness, which U.S. policymakers had in abundance circa 1945, of where unchecked anger and grievance can lead. \u2014 Michael Kimmage, The New Republic , 13 Mar. 2022",
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"Amid images of abundance lurk problems with pollution, overuse and deteriorating infrastructure. \u2014 John Flesher, Detroit Free Press , 27 Feb. 2022",
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"Amid images of abundance lurk problems with pollution, overuse and deteriorating infrastructure. \u2014 John Flesher, chicagotribune.com , 26 Feb. 2022",
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"Amid images of abundance lurk problems with pollution, overuse and deteriorating infrastructure. \u2014 John Flesher, ajc , 26 Feb. 2022",
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"The Chao1 formula will look at those species that don't appear often in the abundance data. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English aboundaunce, habundaunce , borrowed from Anglo-French abundance, habundance , borrowed from Latin abundantia , noun derivative of abundant-, abundans abundant":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0259n-d\u0259ns",
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"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0259n-d\u0259n(t)s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"barrel",
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"basketful",
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"boatload",
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"bucket",
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"bunch",
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"bundle",
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"bushel",
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"carload",
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"chunk",
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"deal",
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"dozen",
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"fistful",
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"gobs",
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"good deal",
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"heap",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lot",
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"mass",
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"mess",
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"mountain",
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"much",
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"multiplicity",
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"myriad",
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"oodles",
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"pack",
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"passel",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"plateful",
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"plenitude",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"pot",
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"potful",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"sheaf",
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"shipload",
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"sight",
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"slew",
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"spate",
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"stack",
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"store",
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"ton",
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"truckload",
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"volume",
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"wad",
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"wealth",
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"yard"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111059",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"abundant":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bare",
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"minimal",
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"scant",
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"spare"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": amply supplied : abounding":[
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"an area abundant with bird life"
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],
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": existing or occurring in large amounts : ample":[
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"abundant rainfall",
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"abundant food"
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],
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": marked by great plenty (as of resources)":[
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"a fair and abundant land"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Rainfall is more abundant in summer.",
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"It is the most abundant bird in the forest.",
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"an abundant supply of food",
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"He offers abundant evidence that he is right.",
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"a society abundant in things to buy",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Set on an arid plain against the backdrop of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range, water \u2013 except for during brief, catastrophic floods \u2013 has never been abundant in Monterrey. \u2014 Marcos Mart\u00ednez Chac\u00f3n, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 June 2022",
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"Whether dining on or off property, options are abundant . \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 20 June 2022",
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"With any new technology, the unknown variables are abundant . \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
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"And since its funding options were abundant , those who wished to attain a piece of the super-unicorn of its time would have to compete for the opportunity. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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"Rising global temperatures have resulted in longer summers and shorter winters, which consequently are enabling ticks to become more abundant and widespread. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
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"On Thursday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said that in the weeks since, domestic cooking-oil prices had fallen by around 10% and local supplies had become more abundant . \u2014 Jason Douglas, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
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"Calls of this sort from women throughout the Midwest and South were pouring into the clinic all day \u2014 and they\u2019re expected to become even more abundant soon. \u2014 Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
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"Krill flourish in cold, icy conditions, so as warming has caused sea ice to decline, krill have become less abundant as well. \u2014 New York Times , 12 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 2a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt , borrowed from Anglo-French abundant, habundant , borrowed from Latin abundant-, abundans , present participle of abund\u0101re \"to abound \"":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0259n-d\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for abundant plentiful , ample , abundant , copious mean more than sufficient without being excessive. plentiful implies a great or rich supply. peaches are plentiful this summer ample implies a generous sufficiency to satisfy a particular requirement. ample food to last the winter abundant suggests an even greater or richer supply than does plentiful . streams abundant with fish copious stresses largeness of supply rather than fullness or richness. copious examples of bureaucratic waste",
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"synonyms":[
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"ample",
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"aplenty",
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"bounteous",
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"bountiful",
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"comfortable",
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"cornucopian",
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"galore",
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"generous",
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"liberal",
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"plenteous",
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"plentiful",
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"plenty"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113230",
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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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"abuse":{
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"antonyms":[
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"brutalize",
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"bully",
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"ill-treat",
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"ill-use",
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"kick around",
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"maltreat",
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"manhandle",
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"mess over",
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"mishandle",
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"mistreat",
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"misuse"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a corrupt practice or custom":[
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"the buying of votes and other election abuses"
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],
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": a deceitful act : deception":[],
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": deceive":[],
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": improper or excessive use or treatment : misuse":[
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"drug abuse"
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],
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": language that condemns or vilifies usually unjustly, intemperately, and angrily":[
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"verbal abuse",
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"a term of abuse"
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],
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": physical maltreatment":[
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"child abuse",
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"sexual abuse"
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],
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": to attack in words : revile":[
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"verbally abused the referee"
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],
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": to put to a wrong or improper use":[
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"abuse a privilege"
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],
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": to use or treat so as to injure or damage : maltreat":[
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"abused his wife"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He subjected his wife to physical and emotional abuse .",
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"the buying of votes and other election abuses",
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"She was subjected to every term of abuse her boss could think of.",
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"a torrent of verbal abuse",
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"The prisoner hurled abuse at the judge.",
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"Verb",
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"He was accused of sexually abusing a child.",
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"He abused his body with years of heavy drinking.",
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"He had abused his first car by not taking care of it.",
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"She abused her friend's trust.",
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"a senator who abuses his power",
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"He abused my confidence by letting this secret be known.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Four women testified during the trial that Epstein abused them and that Maxwell facilitated the abuse and sometimes participated in it as well. \u2014 Lauren Del Valle, CNN , 28 June 2022",
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"The predicate of the abuse was members of Congress. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
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"The lawsuit also said the police department and lieutenant who ran the program conspired to cover up the abuse . \u2014 Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal , 27 June 2022",
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"An investigation by the Louisville Metro Police Department did not find evidence of the abuse and Crabtree was awarded custody of their children while Russell had supervised visits two days a week. \u2014 Luke Barr, ABC News , 25 June 2022",
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"The case has gotten particular attention because several abused wrestlers have accused Representative Jim Jordan, who was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State, of knowing about the abuse but not doing anything to stop it. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
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"Macri also reached out to another board member, Sean King, to report the abuse . \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
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"In the meantime, many students have opted out entirely, never reporting the abuse . \u2014 Heather Hollingsworth, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
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"Court records said the abuse began as early as 2017. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Some believe that some iPhone users may abuse the edit/unsend features. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 23 June 2022",
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"Yet fears that some might abuse the credit may also be sapping support for it. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
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"As a little boy, M had watched his dad abuse his mom for years, according to treatment records. \u2014 ProPublica , 9 June 2022",
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"Chula Vista\u2019s ordinance also identifies eight more kinds of harassment than the state, including that landlords cannot verbally abuse or threaten a tenant, influence vacancy through fraud or coercion and refuse their rent payment. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022",
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"McGivern was one of Depp\u2019s security guards and, testifying via video, claimed to have witnessed Heard verbally and physically abuse the actor. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Time , 2 May 2022",
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"To find the best garden hose for your needs, think about the size of the property and how much use and abuse the hose is likely to receive. \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Violence remains commonplace within the Russian military, where more senior soldiers routinely abuse junior ones. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
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"More recently it\u2019s also been pressed into counterfeit pills resembling prescription drugs that teens sometimes abuse . \u2014 Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com , 12 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English abusen , borrowed from Anglo-French abuser , verbal derivative of abuse abuse entry 1":"Verb",
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"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin ab\u016bsus \"misuse, waste,\" noun derivative from ab\u016bt\u012b \"to exhaust, use up, misuse,\" from ab- ab- + \u016bt\u012b \"to use entry 1 \"":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8by\u00fcs",
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"\u0259-\u02c8by\u00fcz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for abuse Noun abuse , vituperation , invective , obloquy , billingsgate mean vehemently expressed condemnation or disapproval. abuse , the most general term, usually implies the anger of the speaker and stresses the harshness of the language. scathing verbal abuse vituperation implies fluent and sustained abuse. a torrent of vituperation invective implies a comparable vehemence but suggests greater verbal and rhetorical skill and may apply to a public denunciation. blistering political invective obloquy suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace. subjected to obloquy and derision billingsgate implies practiced fluency and variety of profane or obscene abuse. directed a stream of billingsgate at the cabdriver",
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"synonyms":[
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"billingsgate",
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"fulmination",
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"invective",
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"obloquy",
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"scurrility",
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"vitriol",
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"vituperation"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050647",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"abusive":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": harsh and insulting":[
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"abusive language"
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],
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": using harsh, insulting language":[
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"an angry and abusive crowd"
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],
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": using or involving physical violence or emotional cruelty":[
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"abusive behavior",
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"an abusive husband",
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"an abusive relationship"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The fans yelled abusive comments to the referee.",
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"protecting wives from abusive husbands",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Federal agencies also don\u2019t routinely disclose whether agents have been disciplined or fired for abusive behavior. \u2014 Hannah Rappleye, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
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"Alex Jones, the creator of Infowars, was permanently banned in 2018 for abusive behavior. \u2014 David Klepper, ajc , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Empowering workers to properly challenge abusive behavior can inspire cultures of accountability and safety. \u2014 Yasmin Dunn, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"And, before the controversy over her comments, James-Ward had filed an abusive behavior complaint against Allman. \u2014 Charles T. Clarkcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"For some people, spotting the signs of abusive behavior can be difficult, especially for those who have witnessed the same behaviors during childhood. \u2014 Lizzie Cernik, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"More than half of perpetrators of mass shootings exhibit warning signs such as agitation, abusive behavior, depression, mood swings, an inability to perform daily tasks, and paranoia. \u2014 Shannon Frattaroli, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
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"More men are emboldened to continue their abusive behavior. \u2014 Patricia Fersch, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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"Alex Jones, the creator of Infowars, was permanently banned in 2018 for abusive behavior. \u2014 Kelvin Chan, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Anglo-French abusif \"misplaced, wrong, in error,\" borrowed from Late Latin ab\u016bs\u012bvus \"misused, catachrestic,\" from Latin ab\u016bsus , past participle of ab\u016bt\u012b \"to abuse entry 2 \" + -\u012bvus -ive":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-ziv",
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"\u0259-\u02c8by\u00fc-siv, -ziv",
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"also -ziv",
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"\u0259-\u02c8by\u00fc-siv"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"contumelious",
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"invective",
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"opprobrious",
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"scurrile",
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"scurril",
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"scurrilous",
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"truculent",
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"vitriolic",
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"vituperative",
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"vituperatory"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074826",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"abut":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to border on : to touch along an edge":[
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"Their property abuts our land."
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],
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": to cause to touch or lean for support":[
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"abut a timber against a post"
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],
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": to lean for support":[],
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": to terminate at a point of contact":[],
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": to touch along a border or with a projecting part":[
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"a parcel of land that abuts on the road"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Their property and our property abut .",
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"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some back yards of homes in the under-construction, 52-home Montebello luxury home community will also abut Beta Drive back yards, but an agreement has already been reached with the builder and its Beta Drive business neighbor Mars Electric. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"Quite often, opponents, particularly those whose properties would abut a new trail, don\u2019t want change and speak loudest. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"At times, gangs with territories that abut one another battle over drugs and turf. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
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"Echoing the geography of apartheid, those neighborhoods often abut vast townships \u2014 with one providing labor to the other. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 July 2021",
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"Hockema, Hinojosa and their allies hope the remaining two, Texas LNG and Rio Grande LNG, which would abut each other on the Brownsville Ship Channel, meet the same fate before they can be built. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2021",
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"The gondola will abut the Granite Chief Wilderness \u2014 its stanchions towering over the treetops and its cables and cabins running above the popular Five Lakes Trail. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Apr. 2021",
|
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"The park will abut part of more than 240 acres of open space that is managed by the Back Country Land Trust, also known as Wright\u2019s Field Preserve. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Jan. 2021",
|
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"Greg and Judy Brazeal, who are retirees in their 70s, live in a home that\u2019s across the street from what used to be a lakefront park \u2014 which now abuts overgrown brush that blocks the water\u2019s edge. \u2014 Marina Starleaf Riker, ExpressNews.com , 26 May 2020"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English abutten , borrowed from Anglo-French abuter , from a- , verb-forming prefix (going back to Latin ad- ad- ) + bout, but \"push, thrust, blow, end, extremity,\" noun derivative from bouter, boter \"to push, thrust, strike\" \u2014 more at butt entry 3":""
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0259t"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"adjoin",
|
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"border (on)",
|
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"butt (on ",
|
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"flank",
|
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"fringe",
|
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"join",
|
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"march (with)",
|
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"neighbor",
|
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"skirt",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"verge (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215309",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abutting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjacent",
|
|
"noncontiguous"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": that abuts or serves as an abutment : adjoining , bordering":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new neighbors promptly erected fences between their property and the abutting properties"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0259-ti\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"conterminous",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113948",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abuzz":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"sleepy"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the classroom was abuzz with preparations for that evening's open house for the parents",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"San Jose campus in the heart of Silicon Valley is abuzz with confidence. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"And now, the singer\u2019s fandom is abuzz over a potential new clue. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Just outside the Westin, and in the employees\u2019 cafeteria, Mejia and her co-workers \u2014 many of them immigrants from Mexico and Central and South America \u2014 were abuzz about which leaders weren\u2019t coming and which had boycotted the summit. \u2014 Cindy Carcamostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Like any campus approaching the end of a school year, Robb Elementary was abuzz with excitement and anticipation. \u2014 Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Or maybe the name was just a ploy for attention\u2014which worked, as the internet has been abuzz about the car for months now. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Well more than 12 hours after Wiggins glided through the key and hammered home an emphatic dunk over Doncic, social media, sports talk radio and ESPN were still abuzz about the sequence. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"During a crisis, the air will be abuzz with news, rumors, arguments and subjective conclusions. \u2014 Leonid Kozlov, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Over the next few days, the country will be abuzz with concerts, parades and historic church services, all adorned by festoons of Union Jack flags and with giant television screens set up in major city centers. \u2014 Henry Austin, NBC News , 2 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"a- entry 1 + buzz entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0259z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboil",
|
|
"abubble",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193820",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abulia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": abnormal lack of ability to act or to make decisions":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8by\u00fc-",
|
|
"\u0259-",
|
|
"\u0101-\u02c8b\u00fc-l\u0113-\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from New Latin, probably borrowed from Greek aboul\u00eda \"thoughtlessness, irresolution, indecision,\" derivative of \u00e1boulos \"inconsiderate, ill-advised,\" from a- a- entry 2 + -boulos , adjective derivative of boul\u1e17 \"will\" \u2014 more at boule entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174416"
|
|
},
|
|
"abukumalite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral (Ca, Y) 5 (P, Si) 3 O 12 (OH, F) consisting of a phosphate-silicate of calcium and yttrium sometimes containing uranium or thorium":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccab\u0259\u02c8k\u00fcm\u0259\u02ccl\u012bt",
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8b\u00fck\u0259m\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Abukuma , river on Honshu Island, Japan + English -lite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194935"
|
|
},
|
|
"abulomania":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a form of mental disorder characterized by abulia":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from abulo-, aboulo- (from abulia, aboulia ) + -mania":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233424"
|
|
},
|
|
"abundant number":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an imperfect number that is less than the sum of all its divisors (as 12)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1730, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010225"
|
|
},
|
|
"aburst":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bursting":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"a- entry 1 + burst , verb":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011754"
|
|
},
|
|
"aburagiri":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": candlenut sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u00e4b\u0259r\u0259\u02c8gir\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from Japanese, from abura \"oil\" + kiri \"paulownia\"":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045921"
|
|
},
|
|
"aburton":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": with the length athwartship":[
|
|
"stowed the barrels and casks aburton"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8b\u0259rt\u1d4an"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from a- entry 1 + burton":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1805, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093031"
|
|
},
|
|
"abundant year":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": perfect year":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101732"
|
|
},
|
|
"aburachan seed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the seed of a Japanese shrub ( Benzoin praecox ) yielding an aromatic medicinal oil":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u00e4b\u0259r\u0259\u02c8ch\u00e4n-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from Japanese aburachan , the plant Lindera ( Benzoin ) praecox , from abura \"oil\" + chan \"pitch, tar\"":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102852"
|
|
},
|
|
"abusage":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": improper or incorrect use of language : bad usage":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-zij",
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8by\u00fcsij"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"abuse entry 2 + -age":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150102"
|
|
}
|
|
} |