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{
"Information Age":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the modern age regarded as a time in which information has become a commodity that is quickly and widely disseminated and easily available especially through the use of computer technology":[
"Information has a unique quality as a resource and a commodity, the utility of which, in combination with its other values, is so pervasive as to result in the now common appellation given to the period of history ahead as \"the information age .\"",
"\u2014 Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science , 1977",
"But in this Internet-driven Information Age , with markets moving on rumors (or the mere whiff of one), code names have gotten more common and creative and become the stuff of street lore.",
"\u2014 Kopin Tan , Wall Street Journal , 19 Sept. 2000",
"Trippi is often credited with bringing the Dean campaign into the information age . In fact, it's the other way around: It was Dean's rapidly growing Internet support that made it necessary to bring Trippi into the campaign.",
"\u2014 Noam Scheiber , The New Republic , 17 Nov. 2003"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1960, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195709",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"infallible":{
"antonyms":[
"fallible"
],
"definitions":{
": incapable of error : unerring":[
"an infallible memory"
],
": incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals":[],
": not liable to mislead, deceive, or disappoint : certain":[
"an infallible remedy"
]
},
"examples":[
"I never claimed to be infallible .",
"There is no infallible remedy to these problems.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Investors are driven by optimistic revenue projections, their own strategic interests and fierce loyalty to a tech executive seen by many as infallible . \u2014 Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"These studies report amazingly low error rates, typically around 1 percent or less, which emboldens examiners to testify that their methodology is nearly infallible . \u2014 David L. Faigman, Nicholas Scurich, Scientific American , 25 May 2022",
"Relying on a mixture of mathematical wizardry and infallible intuition, Rask profits in bull markets and bear markets, leveraging the gains of the Roaring Twenties and selling short just before the Crash of 1929. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"And yet still Paul Krugman tells us in the New York Times that acceptance of Darwinism in high-school teaching is the infallible test of liberal enlightenment. \u2014 M. D. Aeschliman, National Review , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Though the highly transmissible omicron variant poses a major challenge to Kim\u2019s pandemic strategy, changing course could be awkward for a leader who is portrayed as infallible . \u2014 Jennifer Jett, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"His Orioles teammates, however, have combined for four hits in those situations, creating an offensive impasse that requires the pitching staff to be infallible . \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Finally, secret police and military elites, together with a corrupt bureaucracy, form the core of the political system headed by the infallible Putin, who is the undisputed charismatic leader glorified as the embodiment of Russia. \u2014 Alexander Motyl, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The once- infallible party leader\u2019s fall from grace was rapid and dramatic. \u2014 Richard Collett, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Medieval Latin infallibilis , from Latin in- + Late Latin fallibilis fallible":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8fa-l\u0259-b\u0259l",
"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8fa-l\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"unerring",
"unfailing"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113243",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"infamous":{
"antonyms":[
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable"
],
"definitions":{
": causing or bringing infamy : disgraceful":[
"an infamous crime"
],
": convicted of an offense bringing infamy":[],
": having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil":[
"an infamous traitor"
]
},
"examples":[
"The most infamous of South America's poisonous snakes are the ringed coral snake and the pit viper. \u2014 Candice Millard , The River of Doubt , 2005",
"Clemens is famous, or maybe infamous , for his brushback pitches and in particular for his penchant for \"doubling up,\" throwing two brushbacks in a row. \u2014 Pat Jordan , New York Times Magazine , 4 Mar. 2001",
"Instead we invoke the infamous dark matter, also known to make up most of the mass of other galaxies (both spiral and elliptical), clusters of galaxies, and the universe. What is it",
"a city infamous for poverty and crime",
"He committed an infamous crime.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a Republican who led the questioning, explored Mr. Trump\u2019s most infamous response to being told that the department had not found evidence of election fraud. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"Natural brunette Ana de Armas is stepping into the shoes of one of Hollywood's most infamous blondes: Marilyn Monroe. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Mad as a hatter! Daniel KnightonGetty Images Serve an incredibly kooky look on Halloween as the most infamous Gotham villain. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 8 June 2022",
"Nesterenko is forever connected with one of the most infamous moments in Willie O\u2019Ree\u2019s struggle to break hockey\u2019s color barrier. \u2014 Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"The standoff was one of the most infamous gun battles in American history, with 11 officers wounded -- luckily, none fatally -- and both robbery suspects shot dead. \u2014 Michael Fanone, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"Armed school officers have been present at some of the most infamous school massacres and were not able to stop those events. \u2014 Dana Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth returns to her hometown to investigate Oklahoma's most infamous murders. \u2014 Haley Yamada, ABC News , 24 May 2022",
"Cruise still insists on doing many of his own stunts, including that infamous motorcycle scene featured at the end of the trailer. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin infamis , from in- + fama fame":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8in-f\u0259-m\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"louche",
"notorious",
"opprobrious",
"shady",
"shameful",
"shoddy",
"shy",
"unrespectable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002205",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"infamy":{
"antonyms":[
"esteem",
"honor",
"respect"
],
"definitions":{
": an extreme and publicly known criminal or evil act":[],
": evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal":[],
": the state of being infamous":[]
},
"examples":[
"He never escaped the infamy his crimes had earned him.",
"despite her eventual pardons, she could never completely free herself of the infamy of being named a war criminal",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"World War II history lives in infamy in the heart of Honolulu, where Pearl Harbor remains a powerful testament to American tragedy and resolve. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"Today\u2019s Supreme Court opinion will live in infamy as a step backward for women's rights and human rights. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
"Today\u2019s Supreme Court opinion will live in infamy as a step backward for women's rights and human rights. \u2014 Rose Minutaglio, ELLE , 24 June 2022",
"Their unforced errors seemed to mount as their infamy grew, law enforcement experts told CNN, and ultimately spelled the end of their quest for freedom. \u2014 Dakin Andone And Michelle Krupa, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"The 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign\u2019s bogus Steele dossier of allegations against Donald Trump deserves its infamy in the annals of political abuses. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 14 Feb. 2022",
"No Way Home hits theaters Dec. 17 and stars Tom Holland as the titular Spider-Man/Peter Parker who is trying to juggle his newfound infamy , schoolwork, and his burgeoning relationship with MJ (Zendaya). \u2014 Ruth Kinane, EW.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
"New Smyrna Beach due to its infamy as the Shark Bite Capital of the World. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Yet on closer inspection, none of those viral moments fully deserved their infamy . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8in-f\u0259-m\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for infamy disgrace , dishonor , disrepute , infamy , ignominy mean the state or condition of suffering loss of esteem and of enduring reproach. disgrace often implies humiliation and sometimes ostracism. sent home in disgrace dishonor emphasizes the loss of honor that one has enjoyed or the loss of self-esteem. preferred death to life with dishonor disrepute stresses loss of one's good name or the acquiring of a bad reputation. a once proud name fallen into disrepute infamy usually implies notoriety as well as exceeding shame. a day that lives in infamy ignominy stresses humiliation. the ignominy of being arrested",
"synonyms":[
"discredit",
"disesteem",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"reproach",
"shame"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215742",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"infant":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a child in the first period of life":[],
": a person who is not of full age : minor":[],
": being in an early stage of development":[],
": intended for young children":[],
": of, relating to, or being in infancy":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a study of health problems that can affect young infants",
"He showed us a picture of his infant daughter.",
"Adjective",
"She is an infant teacher .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These come with an infant car seat so that it can be used for traveling from birth. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"No arrests have been made so far in the fatal close-range shooting of a 20-year-old woman who was pushing a three-month-old infant in a baby stroller in Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"The hope is that the money keeps the infant airline around long enough to grow and bring better permanent choices for Huntsville travelers. \u2014 Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al , 30 June 2022",
"Also in 2018, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) cast a vote while holding her 10-day-old baby, the first time an infant was allowed on the floor. \u2014 Ellen Francis, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Since then, pediatricians and consumer safety advocates have struggled to reduce the number of infant sleep tragedies, which remain at some 3,500 deaths each year. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"And while some studies suggest infant music classes can help with language development, their benefit has more to do with engagement than any specific kind of music. \u2014 Stephanie H. Murray, The Week , 28 June 2022",
"According to Rollins\u2019 office and court records, Daigle shared some of the images of an infant in her care that were taken in Daigle\u2019s home with Cross. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"Spreading out vaccine delivery so that the second dose is administered at some point after the first 20 months of pregnancy is particularly effective at preventing infant hospitalization. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Still, Kovalchuk\u2019s in-laws remain in Odesa, and she was deeply shaken when a rocket struck a residential tower near their home recently, killing an infant girl and her young mother \u2014 the friend of a friend. \u2014 Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2022",
"The lab is the only one in the world using an infant metabolic chamber. \u2014 Erika Edwards, NBC News , 12 June 2022",
"Abbott Labs was alerted to allegations concerning problems at an infant -formula plant months earlier than previously publicly known, according to a government official, a person familiar with the matter and documents viewed by the WSJ. \u2014 WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"On Thursday, for example, Amazon, Walmart and Fry's all had infant formula for purchase online, according to a search conducted at midday. \u2014 Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
"This week, there was little infant milk to be found in stores around Boston. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"That includes infant formulas \u2014 defined by law as a food that purports to be a complete or partial substitute for human milk for children under twelve months of age. \u2014 Joel M. Zinberg, National Review , 26 May 2022",
"Cox and Dobrozsi, a pediatric oncologist who also worked at Children's, were in the process of adopting an infant girl in the spring of 2019. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
"The tests have changed infant health in this country, saving or improving the lives of 12,000 babies a year, according to a 2013 report by the Association of Public Health Laboratories. \u2014 Mark Johnson, jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English enfaunt , from Anglo-French enfant , from Latin infant-, infans , from infant-, infans , adjective, incapable of speech, young, from in- + fant-, fans , present participle of fari to speak \u2014 more at ban entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8in-f\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"baby",
"bambino",
"child",
"neonate",
"newborn"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025219",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"infantile":{
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to infants or infancy":[]
},
"examples":[
"the infantile humor that teenage boys are justly famous for",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In fact, most people can\u2019t remember events from the first few years of their lives \u2013 a phenomenon researchers have dubbed infantile amnesia. \u2014 Vanessa Lobue, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
"But the truth is, these images are very infantile , and the fear of the future is driving that return to the past. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"In fact, most people can\u2019t remember events from the first few years of their lives \u2013 a phenomenon researchers have dubbed infantile amnesia. \u2014 Vanessa Lobue, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
"In fact, most people can\u2019t remember events from the first few years of their lives \u2013 a phenomenon researchers have dubbed infantile amnesia. \u2014 Vanessa Lobue, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
"In fact, most people can\u2019t remember events from the first few years of their lives \u2013 a phenomenon researchers have dubbed infantile amnesia. \u2014 Vanessa Lobue, The Conversation , 8 June 2022",
"But the Republicans\u2019 infantile partisanship was too great. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 13 May 2022",
"But their arrests laid bare the murky fringes of crypto culture, where the line between sophisticated virtual finance ventures and infantile online gags is razor thin and constantly shifting. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2022",
"River was born with infantile scoliosis, an abnormal sideways curve of the spine that affects infants and toddlers. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 11 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-(\u02cc)til",
"\u02c8in-f\u0259n-\u02cct\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"-\u02cct\u0113l",
"\u02c8in-f\u0259n-\u02cct\u012bl",
"-t\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adolescent",
"babyish",
"childish",
"immature",
"jejune",
"juvenile",
"kiddish",
"puerile"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035900",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"infatuation":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a feeling of foolish or obsessively strong love for, admiration for, or interest in someone or something : strong and unreasoning attachment":[
"She speaks openly about the real-life subject of one of her songs, a conservatory teacher who is both a neighbor in her apartment building and the unwilling object of her obsessive infatuation .",
"\u2014 Sasha Frere-Jones",
"Craig Claiborne wrote about it in 1963, when he was deep in his infatuation with dill and meatballs and all things Nordic.",
"\u2014 Amanda Hesser"
],
": the object of an unreasoning or foolish attachment":[
"And then, I began trying to forge their autographs. I'm not sure why I did it at first, but it became an infatuation .",
"\u2014 Zach Selwyn"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02ccfa-ch\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"-ch\u00fc-\u02c8\u0101-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"crush",
"mash",
"passion"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231528",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"infeasible":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not feasible : impracticable":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2018, however, when the de Blasio administration was expected to finalize the project, the city declared that plan infeasible and moved forward with its current strategy. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"Other common happiness advice is ineffective, infeasible , or both. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Some open source software automatically downloads and incorporates new dependency versions, and even for those that don't, the vast amount of code often makes manual reviews infeasible . \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Amazon\u2019s ideas might appear laughable at a glance, but not entirely infeasible . \u2014 Nat Watkins, Wired , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Whether McGrory\u2019s assertion that the Mission Valley arena idea has been deemed infeasible alleviates fears or creates new questions remains to be determined. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The opening of the archives, the publication of their documents and the work of organizations like Memorial have made that infeasible . \u2014 Richard Cohen, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
"In a separate study, published in July, IBM researchers proved that quantum computers can learn to classify data in a task that is infeasible for any classical computer. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The cost to bring sanitation to this level in Alaska was higher than the cost of every other community combined in the IHS report, at nearly $1.4 billion (including feasible and infeasible projects). \u2014 Celina Tebor, Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1533, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8f\u0113-z\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210449",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"infect":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": contaminate , corrupt":[
"the inflated writing that infects such stories"
],
": to become transmitted and copied to (a device, such as a computer)":[],
": to communicate a pathogen or a disease to":[],
": to contaminate with a disease-producing substance or agent (such as bacteria)":[],
": to invade (an individual or organ) usually by penetration":[],
": to work upon or seize upon so as to induce sympathy, belief, or support":[
"trying to infect their salespeople with their enthusiasm"
]
},
"examples":[
"If you're sick you should stay home to avoid infecting other people in the office.",
"The virus has infected many people.",
"They were unable to prevent bacteria from infecting the wound.",
"Her enthusiasm has infected everyone.",
"The virus has infected many computers.",
"All the computers in the office were infected by the same virus.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"More than 50 distinct adenoviruses are known to infect humans, but they're typically associated with respiratory, eye, and sometimes gastrointestinal and disseminated infections. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The agents reportedly handed him a USB and instructed him to insert it into his ex-wife\u2019s computer to infect it with spyware. \u2014 Time , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Coronaviruses that are known to infect humans were first identified in the 1960s, and among them are four circulating strains that cause common colds. \u2014 Jacqueline Howard, CNN , 21 Mar. 2022",
"New strains are also known to infect and encrypt online, shadow and offline backups. \u2014 Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
"Every so often, an animal would infect a person, that person would spread the virus to some close contacts, and another minor outbreak would form, then fizzle out. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"The disease and parasites from the corpse would then infect the live person and slowly kill him. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 4 June 2022",
"Members of this order can infect arthropods other than ticks, plants, protozoans, and vertebrates. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The virus can infect a wide variety of species, including primates and rodents, which are generally responsible for passing the disease onto humans. \u2014 Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English infecten, enfecten \"to inflict with disease, pollute, damage, corrupt,\" borrowed from Latin infectus, past participle of inficere \"to dye, discolor, impregnate, taint, contaminate with disease,\" from in- in- entry 2 + facere \"to make, bring about, perform, do\" \u2014 more at fact":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8fekt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115707",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"infelicitous":{
"antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
],
"definitions":{
": awkward , unfortunate":[
"an infelicitous moment"
],
": not appropriate or well-timed":[
"an infelicitous remark"
],
": not felicitous: such as":[]
},
"examples":[
"an infelicitous comment on the weight of the guest of honor at the banquet",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The New York bill would implement a concept called extended producer responsibility, an incredibly infelicitous recycling term. \u2014 Michael Kimmelman, New York Times , 27 Jan. 2021",
"That grid revision unfortunately resulted in some infelicitous words being added to the puzzle. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Despite the infelicitous coincidence of the election date with Easter \u2014 which would normally have been expected to depress turnout \u2014 turnout actually ticked slightly upward from recent contests, to 67 percent. \u2014 Amy Erica Smith, Vox , 2 Apr. 2018",
"As in video games, the action is lurid, hyperkinetic, and gruesomely violent, with nods to Grand Theft Auto and a comparably infelicitous treatment of the few women characters who show up. \u2014 Chicago Reader , 12 Oct. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccin-fi-\u02c8li-s\u0259-t\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"malapropos",
"perverse",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"untoward",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111359",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"infelt":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": felt inwardly : heartfelt":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"in entry 2 + felt":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105136",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"infeminine":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": unfeminine":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"in- entry 1 + feminine":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)in+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000352",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"infeodation":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of infeodation variant spelling of infeudation"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-233312",
"type":[]
},
"infeoff":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of infeoff obsolete variant of enfeoff"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-231026",
"type":[]
},
"infer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": guess , surmise":[
"your letter \u2026 allows me to infer that you are as well as ever",
"\u2014 O. W. Holmes \u20201935"
],
": suggest , hint":[
"are you inferring I'm incompetent"
],
": to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises":[
"we see smoke and infer fire",
"\u2014 L. A. White"
],
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"Lucy \u2026 reseated herself with an alacrity and cheerfulness which seemed to infer that she could taste no greater delight \u2026 \u2014 Jane Austen , Sense and Sensibility , 1811",
"It's difficult to infer how these changes will affect ordinary citizens.",
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"The Queen has delegated the function of opening Parliament via something known as a Letters Patent which is a legal document the monarch can sign to infer a right or status on another. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 9 May 2022",
"The researchers used this data to infer personality characteristics (in combination with data yielded through a survey). \u2014 Ben Egliston, Wired , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Even if the paper had done so with their small sample, correlation does not infer causality, this is some basic science. \u2014 Nancy Doyle, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Human rights advocates say the extended genocide investigation should not infer with broader efforts to hold Russia responsible. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The heart of the W boson experiment is a cylindrical chamber packed with 30,000 high-voltage wires that react when a muon or electron flies through them, allowing the CDF researchers to infer the particle\u2019s path and speed. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"To suggest the difference between work and home, Gagn\u00e9 explains that lighting outside the Lumon sets would be less harsh and infer the characters\u2019 choices. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"This means that by better understanding how this one species is doing, researchers can infer a lot more about the overall health of the coastal Florida ecosystem. \u2014 Ashleigh Papp, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022",
"This could allow the adversary to extract private data, gather information on used skills, and infer user habits. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 6 Mar. 2022"
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"Lucy \u2026 reseated herself with an alacrity and cheerfulness which seemed to infer that she could taste no greater delight \u2026 \u2014 Jane Austen , Sense and Sensibility , 1811",
"It's difficult to infer how these changes will affect ordinary citizens.",
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"The Queen has delegated the function of opening Parliament via something known as a Letters Patent which is a legal document the monarch can sign to infer a right or status on another. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 9 May 2022",
"The researchers used this data to infer personality characteristics (in combination with data yielded through a survey). \u2014 Ben Egliston, Wired , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Even if the paper had done so with their small sample, correlation does not infer causality, this is some basic science. \u2014 Nancy Doyle, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Human rights advocates say the extended genocide investigation should not infer with broader efforts to hold Russia responsible. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The heart of the W boson experiment is a cylindrical chamber packed with 30,000 high-voltage wires that react when a muon or electron flies through them, allowing the CDF researchers to infer the particle\u2019s path and speed. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"To suggest the difference between work and home, Gagn\u00e9 explains that lighting outside the Lumon sets would be less harsh and infer the characters\u2019 choices. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"This means that by better understanding how this one species is doing, researchers can infer a lot more about the overall health of the coastal Florida ecosystem. \u2014 Ashleigh Papp, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"In spite of the fact that there are virtually no controlled clinical trials examining the effects of obesity in people, we can make some inferences from animal research. \u2014 Patrick Johnson , Skeptical Inquirer , September/October 2005",
"We cannot see a past event directly, but science is usually based on inference , not unvarnished observation (you don't see electrons, gravity, or black holes either). \u2014 Stephen Jay Gould , Wonderful Life , 1989",
"The writer of science fiction extends or projects or draws inferences from what is known and accepted. \u2014 Karl Kroeber , Romantic Fantasy and Science Fiction , 1988",
"Its existence is only known by inference .",
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"If the inference is true, the ban represents one of the pettiest actions taken in the escalating fight over data between the U.S. and China. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"The insights are used at the edge for inference (decision intelligence) to make the best low-latency decision possible. \u2014 David Flower, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"The inference offered by One Country is that Sohn opposes funding rural broadband. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Lustrous fingernails are manicured and buffed, a distinct inference of social class, while the function of a compression bandage is to bind up wounds and aid in healing. \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"My only disagreement with Frost is his inference that tree climbing is a gender- specific undertaking. \u2014 Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor , 19 May 2022",
"According to Chevron, Kisor, and other U.S. Supreme Court precedent, those factors support the general inference that Congress would have favored some level of deference in judicial review of agency determinations. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The British tabloid MailOnline depends on Facebook for much of its traffic, for example, and any inference of a threat to its business from Facebook's No. 2 executive could have strongly influenced its decision not to run a story on either occasion. \u2014 Fortune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The approach is designed to be model-centric, which means everything is instrumented around the model, from deployment to governance to inference and monitoring to scale. \u2014 Josh Elliot, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2021"
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"For now, health officials are going on indirect lines of evidence\u2014some of which is strong, but inferential nonetheless. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Other challenges include inferential comprehension, spatial aspects of math, and managing transitions and new situations, Dinklage says. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 17 Sep. 2020",
"The inferential logic, then, was this: Anyone could be a source of transmission. \u2014 Megan Molteni, Wired , 2 July 2020",
"Now, Mu\u00f1oz\u2019s inferential datasets don\u2019t convince every river researcher. \u2014 Adam Rogers, WIRED , 4 Apr. 2018",
"Use the analysis that is apt for answering a particular question\u2014descriptive or inferential . \u2014 Jon Wertheim, SI.com , 25 Oct. 2017"
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"Last year, scientists inferentially detected the existence of 2D visual mental representations that fundamentally change vision science. \u2014 Andrea Morris, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Comparisons will only happen after the fact, almost inferentially . \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 13 Nov. 2020"
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"\u2026 the pearls were of inferior quality; they looked like pearlized globs of varying wrinkly shapes. \u2014 Tracie Rozhon , New York Times , 24 Aug. 2002",
"Sharks, rays, and ratfishes share a special burden: these cartilaginous fishes are saddled with a reputation for being somehow inferior to vertebrates blessed with bony skeletons. \u2014 Carl Zimmer , Natural History , September 2000",
"No longer do workers and peasants feel inferior to the university-trained. \u2014 Rhea Menzel Whitehead , Saturday Review , 4 Mar. 1972",
"These pearls are of inferior quality.",
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"The judges voted to overturn a ruling made by an inferior court.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its former namesake, Josiah Nott, helped found the medical school at UA in Mobile but supported slavery and misused medical evidence to argue that non-white races were inferior , according to a study. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"Each of us knows, without necessarily realizing it, that pleasure is inferior . \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 24 Mar. 2022",
"An inexperienced injector or patient may insist on only injecting directly into the nasolabial lines, which may lead to an inferior result. \u2014 Micaela English, Town & Country , 14 June 2022",
"Success paved the way for two inferior sequels and a 2015 remake that should never be spoken of again. \u2014 Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"All these arguments amounted to the claim that Black people were alien and inferior . \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"The Irish, too, were among the peoples regarded by English landowners as a distinct and inferior race. \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"But the category\u2019s success and popularity has led to commoditization and dumbing down, and there are many cheap, inferior pellet grills on the market today. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Long made to feel inferior by his Japanese peers due to his Zainichi Korean family (which runs a Pachinko gambling arcade), Solomon commits to his business endeavors above all else. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022"
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"His shyness is the result of an inferiority complex .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Ukrainka\u2019s play, Oksana\u2019s husband is servile, obligingly performing Ukrainian songs and dances for the czar\u2019s entertainment, while the artist in Zabuzhko\u2019s novel is wracked by an inferiority complex familiar to citizens of dominated nations. \u2014 Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic , 10 Mar. 2022",
"One downside is that this shift, along with China\u2019s explosive economic development, has flipped an inferiority complex into triumphalism. \u2014 Hugo Restall, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Softball has struggled with an inferiority complex for years. \u2014 Lori Riley, courant.com , 15 Nov. 2021",
"For 88 years, Spain didn\u2019t beat Italy in a competitive match and an inferiority complex naturally grew. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 6 July 2021",
"Like all egomaniacs, his insufferable superiority complex comes entangled with a devastating inferiority complex ; ambition and supremacy are matched by self-loathing and anger. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 23 Aug. 2021",
"For 88 years, Spain didn\u2019t beat Italy in a competitive match and an inferiority complex naturally grew. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 6 July 2021",
"Dottie walks her home and tries to console her, but Kit is clearly riding an inferiority complex wave that cannot be stopped. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 6 Aug. 2021",
"For 88 years, Spain didn\u2019t beat Italy in a competitive match and an inferiority complex naturally grew. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 6 July 2021"
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"Stop making that infernal racket!",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The kitchen itself is roughly 100 square feet, barely enough space to fit the infernal oven and a station to construct pies. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"And so began my long-overdue quest to free myself of those infernal adapters, spurred on by Comcast\u2019s latest round of price increases. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Does Slayer look forward to partying with the Evil One in the infernal inferno",
"\u00c1ilu faces his share of infernal spirits and eldritch horrors drawn from S\u00e1mi storytelling tradition. \u2014 John Last, Wired , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Ballingrud gives us an epic adventure of infernal swashbuckling, burnin' love, double-(upside-down) crosses and gore by the gallon. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 25 Oct. 2021",
"And Dostoyevsky, with the infernal reveler ejected, is relieved that second of his hemorrhoids, his gambling habit, his seizures, his fevers, his depression, his hypochondria, his appalling futuristic intuitions and obsessions. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 19 Oct. 2021",
"John might be gone but infernal curses persist on our show. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The contrast of deep blacks and amber light in Zafran\u2019s pictures has an Old Master quality that makes Metro stations appear more heavenly than infernal . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Oct. 2021"
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"At 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, Lloyd's issued a statement that the Lusitania was believed to have been blown up by an infernal machine . \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 7 May 2018"
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"Despite the inferno being 80 percent contained, its flames are still burning through 11 groves, said Garrett Dickman, a National Park Service botanist in Yosemite National Park. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Despite the inferno being 80% contained, its flames are still burning through 11 groves, said Garrett Dickman, a National Park Service botanist in Yosemite National Park. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Despite the inferno being 80 percent contained, its flames are still burning through 11 groves, said Garrett Dickman, a National Park Service botanist in Yosemite National Park. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Oct. 2021",
"More than 200 firefighters are battling the fast-moving inferno , which is currently 0% contained. \u2014 Byjulia Jacobo, ABC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The inferno , called the NCAR Fire, started Saturday, burning near the National Center for Atmospheric Research\u2019s Mesa Laboratory & Visitor Center and spanning 190 acres as of Monday morning, according to the Boulder Office of Emergency Management. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Yet amid this inferno , in a kind of shared refugee status, these two struggle to nurture their last, best hope. \u2014 John Domini, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"By then, the inferno spanned more than 25,000 acres. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The inferno broke out Saturday afternoon and burned out of control Saturday evening -- prompting evacuation orders for thousands of residents, officials said. \u2014 Holly Yan And Michelle Watson, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 H. R. Chellman"
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"May I remark here that although I seem to infer that private communication is an unholy mess of grammatical barbarism, \u2026 such is not my intent \u2026 \u2014 V. Louise Higgins , \"Approaching Usage in the Classroom,\" English Journal , March 1960",
"\u2026 I infer that Swinburne found an adequate outlet for the creative impulse in his poetry \u2026 \u2014 T. S. Eliot , The Sacred Wood , 1920",
"Lucy \u2026 reseated herself with an alacrity and cheerfulness which seemed to infer that she could taste no greater delight \u2026 \u2014 Jane Austen , Sense and Sensibility , 1811",
"It's difficult to infer how these changes will affect ordinary citizens.",
"Are you inferring that I'm wrong",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Queen has delegated the function of opening Parliament via something known as a Letters Patent which is a legal document the monarch can sign to infer a right or status on another. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 9 May 2022",
"The researchers used this data to infer personality characteristics (in combination with data yielded through a survey). \u2014 Ben Egliston, Wired , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Even if the paper had done so with their small sample, correlation does not infer causality, this is some basic science. \u2014 Nancy Doyle, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Human rights advocates say the extended genocide investigation should not infer with broader efforts to hold Russia responsible. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The heart of the W boson experiment is a cylindrical chamber packed with 30,000 high-voltage wires that react when a muon or electron flies through them, allowing the CDF researchers to infer the particle\u2019s path and speed. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"To suggest the difference between work and home, Gagn\u00e9 explains that lighting outside the Lumon sets would be less harsh and infer the characters\u2019 choices. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"This means that by better understanding how this one species is doing, researchers can infer a lot more about the overall health of the coastal Florida ecosystem. \u2014 Ashleigh Papp, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022",
"This could allow the adversary to extract private data, gather information on used skills, and infer user habits. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 6 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 William Shakespeare",
"another survey \u2026 infers that two-thirds of all present computer installations are not paying for themselves",
"\u2014 H. R. Chellman"
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"May I remark here that although I seem to infer that private communication is an unholy mess of grammatical barbarism, \u2026 such is not my intent \u2026 \u2014 V. Louise Higgins , \"Approaching Usage in the Classroom,\" English Journal , March 1960",
"\u2026 I infer that Swinburne found an adequate outlet for the creative impulse in his poetry \u2026 \u2014 T. S. Eliot , The Sacred Wood , 1920",
"Lucy \u2026 reseated herself with an alacrity and cheerfulness which seemed to infer that she could taste no greater delight \u2026 \u2014 Jane Austen , Sense and Sensibility , 1811",
"It's difficult to infer how these changes will affect ordinary citizens.",
"Are you inferring that I'm wrong",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Queen has delegated the function of opening Parliament via something known as a Letters Patent which is a legal document the monarch can sign to infer a right or status on another. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 9 May 2022",
"The researchers used this data to infer personality characteristics (in combination with data yielded through a survey). \u2014 Ben Egliston, Wired , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Even if the paper had done so with their small sample, correlation does not infer causality, this is some basic science. \u2014 Nancy Doyle, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Human rights advocates say the extended genocide investigation should not infer with broader efforts to hold Russia responsible. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The heart of the W boson experiment is a cylindrical chamber packed with 30,000 high-voltage wires that react when a muon or electron flies through them, allowing the CDF researchers to infer the particle\u2019s path and speed. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"To suggest the difference between work and home, Gagn\u00e9 explains that lighting outside the Lumon sets would be less harsh and infer the characters\u2019 choices. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 7 Apr. 2022",
"This means that by better understanding how this one species is doing, researchers can infer a lot more about the overall health of the coastal Florida ecosystem. \u2014 Ashleigh Papp, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022",
"This could allow the adversary to extract private data, gather information on used skills, and infer user habits. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 6 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Money off of breeding potential is not guaranteed; the first beagle to ever win best in show, Uno, was infertile . \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"Tehya and Goliath recently bred and produced two eggs of their own, but both were infertile . \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"Tehya and Goliath were paired together to produce new offspring, but the couple had recently laid two infertile eggs. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
"While most hybrid species survive into adulthood, some hybrid species like mules are infertile and others, like the liger\u2014a mix between a lion and a tiger\u2014are fertile. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
"If pollination is poor, either fewer fruits will form in the first place, or the tree may shed more young fruits than normal because infertile fruits will not fully develop. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
"This is partly due to the fact that a lot of the territory in the western United States is either mountainous or dry and infertile , and wasn\u2019t readily snatched up by homesteaders. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
"Corey and Nicholas need IVF just as much as any other infertile couples who can\u2019t make a baby together biologically. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, only 5-10% of infertile women have fibroids. \u2014 Sarah Bradley, Health.com , 1 Nov. 2021"
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"She was convinced that her husband was guilty of infidelity .",
"He has admitted to a number of marital infidelities .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kristina is a young girl who unexpectedly breaks up with her longtime boyfriend due to his infidelity . \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 25 June 2022",
"Another, Cora, is saddled with a swinish husband who tries to gaslight her whenever his chronic infidelity is exposed. \u2014 Sarah Lyall, New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"My boyfriend of four years refuses to come clean to me about his infidelity and cheating. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 5 Apr. 2022",
"As pressure mounted to for Greitens to resign, the governor\u2019s wife stood by him and maintained that his infidelity and the accusations around him were a private matter. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 23 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s because the stolid, long-suffering Vic seems to tolerate her infidelity , rather than lose her to divorce. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Wallowing in self-pity and lying in the dirty deep end of the pool, the aspiring actor is still reeling from his infidelity on wife Sophie (Amanda Leighton) and continues to be in an existential crisis. \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"However, later, Kevin finally confesses his infidelity to his wife. \u2014 Amanda Ostuni, EW.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Your boyfriend was quick to write off his infidelity with you as a crime of passion. \u2014 Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anthony Rizzo drew a one-out walk in the Yankees fourth, Gleyber Torres followed with a single and, after Joey Gallo struck out, Isiah Kiner-Falefa beat out an infield hit to load the bases for Hicks, who doubled to right. \u2014 Ian Harrison, Hartford Courant , 18 June 2022",
"After an infield hit by Ariana Lopez loaded the bases, three more MacArthur runners came home on two Clemens errors. \u2014 David Dekunder, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Cardinal had a two-out infield hit but nothing more as Alabama moves to its third at bat. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 21 May 2022",
"Wandy Peralta relieved after Wander Franco\u2019s leadoff single in the ninth and allowed Manuel Margot\u2019s run-scoring infield hit and Isaac Paredes RBI grounder before finishing a six-hitter. \u2014 Dick Scanlon, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
"Jax Yoxtheimer beats Hewitt first baseman Riley Quick to the bag for an infield hit , scoring 2 runs. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 21 May 2022",
"Escobar legged out an infield hit to third but Avisa\u00edl Garc\u00eda lined out to deep center, advancing Adames to third, and Tyrone Taylor grounded out. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Aug. 2021",
"After initially being ruled out, Robert reached on an infield hit when the call was reversed following a review. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"Chisholm then scored from second base on an infield hit , reacting emotionally to the bang-bang play at the plate. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 2 May 2022"
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"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a baseball player who plays in the infield":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To acquire Meadows, the Tigers traded infielder Isaac Paredes and the No. 71 overall pick in the 2022 draft. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2022",
"In November, 17-year-old infielder Devin Anselmo died as a passenger in a single-car wreck. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
"Noland got a hug from every infielder and an attaboy from his head coach Dave Van Horn at the end of his 7 2/3-inning gem. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"Sale threw 32 pitches, 16 for strikes, over two innings to Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez, Rob Refsnyder, and Triple A infielder Grant Williams. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Cahalan also earned Class 7A Player of the Year after the Huskies infielder batted .549 with 13 home runs, 66 RBIs, 71 runs, 22 doubles, 5 triples and AHSAA-leading 52 walks. \u2014 Dennis Victory, al , 12 June 2022",
"The West team includes Bend\u2019s middle infielder Violet Loftus, second baseman/outfielder Emma Sullivan and third baseman/pitcher Lena Zahniser. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
"Texas\u2019 $175 million infielder collected three home runs among his six hits on the day, including two solo shots in the nightcap as the Rangers earned a split by handing the Guardians a 6-3 loss at Progressive Field. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
"Kentucky commit Aydan Hamilton should feel right at home playing in his future team's ballpark, but the infielder /pitcher has another season with the Region 10 champion Camels to develop the skills that attracted UK coach Nick Mingione. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022"
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"continued infighting has just completely robbed that political action committee of its effectiveness",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is largely due to infighting among Democrats as to the best path to reform this Congress. \u2014 Kris Krane, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"In the later 1930s, the gang was decimated by infighting and by attacks from new rival Sicilian gangs who took over Detroit\u2019s organized crime. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Muhyiddin currently boasts a slim two-seat majority in the 222-seat Parliament and has been grappling to maintain support amid infighting in his governing coalition. \u2014 Eileen Ng, Star Tribune , 13 Oct. 2020",
"The selection of the next police chief will fall to Scott, who has backed Humphrey and largely avoided commenting on the department infighting during the past three years. \u2014 Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online , 3 May 2022",
"Given the state\u2019s struggles with drug cartels, violent infighting , and reported human trafficking and forced prostitution, authorities opened up an investigation into the apparent gruesome crime. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 May 2022",
"San Dieguito district leadership has been fraught with division and infighting for the past two years, particularly between the board\u2019s Republican and Democrat members. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"But profiles of some volunteers highlight the challenges that come from recruiting a fighting force from all over the globe, including infighting brought about by a lack of structure and volunteers exaggerating their combat experience. \u2014 al , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Far outside the cocoon of minor league baseball, too, was the angst and self-destructive infighting that threatened to derail the major league season. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"1816, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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"The gang was infiltrated by undercover agents.",
"Attempts to infiltrate undercover agents into the gang have failed.",
"Water can easily infiltrate the soil.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The allegations are the product of a five-year investigation involving hundreds of agents, undercover and confidential sources, as well as cooperating witnesses used to infiltrate the narcotics operation. \u2014 Quinn Owen, ABC News , 24 May 2022",
"In court documents, the attorneys deny a scheme to infiltrate the Secret Service as the government has alleged. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The Times reports that the document did not mention an assault on the Capitol itself, but the proposal to infiltrate surrounding buildings is similar to what actually occurred on the day of the attack. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Motherboard chipsets tend to advance slowly, as new technologies infiltrate them drip by drip. \u2014 Michael Sexton, PCMAG , 4 Jan. 2022",
"But hackers never stop finding new ways to infiltrate the store. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 Dec. 2021",
"In Season 1, Ruth, played by Melissa L. Williams, kidnaps her young daughter Callie and brings her to join the dangerous Rakadushi cult, and Brian, an FBI agent, embarks on a risky mission to infiltrate the cult. \u2014 Essence , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The chief of Spain\u2019s intelligence agency was ousted by the government on Tuesday following the disclosure that her agency had used powerful spyware to infiltrate the cellphones of Catalan separatist politicians. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"This time he was asked to infiltrate the Florida chapter of a national group called the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. \u2014 Jason Dearen, ajc , 23 Dec. 2021"
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"1758, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 4":""
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"\u02c8in-(\u02cc)",
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"There seemed to be an infinite number of possibilities.",
"an infinite variety of choices",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Michael Greyeyes was like, 'Well, there's an infinite amount of Indigenous stories. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 9 May 2022",
"Viewed through a global lens, diversity is infinite . \u2014 Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"That 13-year struggle really tells us our possibilities are infinite , even when the odds are stacked against us. \u2014 Jene\u00e9 Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"The future of the CTO is in marrying the power of people with the power of technology\u2014and the potential is infinite . \u2014 Pete Hanlon, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"And, while still very productive, even James has to know that his time playing like this isn\u2019t infinite . \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The best thing about this world of infinite content is the times that something surprising breaks through into the mainstream. \u2014 K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"The value of each piece is not measured by its carats, but by the infinite light of the soul of the one who wears it. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"That translates to what will feel like infinite hydration all day long. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Well, by tapping into all the infinite Evelyns out there, of course, and doing battle with a mysterious, cross-dimensional warlord. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The relationship between dimensions is key to calculus, as is the relationship from the finite to the infinite . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The challenge was to find ways of bounding the infinite . \u2014 New York Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Praise the infinite , nameless tellers of tales swaying from the poplar\u2019s limbs. \u2014 Michael Palmer, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Both companies make classic Dutch ovens that have a near- infinite lifespan and are often handed down through generations. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Themes begin to emerge for the viewer who discovers duality, blurred borders and materiality recycled into the infinite . \u2014 John Zotos, Dallas News , 8 Sep. 2021",
"One case taken up by Friedman and Stanley concerned a family of graphs, each with an infinite \u2014 though countable \u2014 number of vertices. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Can there actually be such a thing as an infinite set"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English infynyt, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French infinit, borrowed from Latin inf\u012bn\u012btus \"indefinite, having no limit, endless,\" from in- in- entry 1 + f\u012bn\u012btus \"specific, definite, having bounds or limits\" \u2014 more at finite":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8in-f\u0259-n\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bottomless",
"boundless",
"endless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"immensurable",
"indefinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234029",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
],
"definitions":{
": an infinitesimal quantity or variable":[],
": immeasurably or incalculably small":[
"an infinitesimal difference"
],
": taking on values arbitrarily close to but greater than zero":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"an infinitesimal moment in time",
"a soft drink with only an infinitesimal amount of caffeine",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"By last week, Kritsky had received only 85 reports of stragglers, an infinitesimal speck when compared with the billions of bugs that swarmed us last year, right on schedule. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
"The whirlwind of empty images of arbitrarily infinitesimal durations taken from an arbitrary abundance of angles suggests the vague desire for anything but realism. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"That can appear infinitesimal in a racetrack that held around 325,000 fans the day before. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 30 May 2022",
"Then in the nineteenth century, the cell was discovered, and the single machine in its turn was found to be the product of millions of infinitesimal machines\u2014the cells. \u2014 Loren C. Eiseley, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In the original Big Bang, there\u2019s a core, an infinitesimal singularity that brought the whole universe bursting into creation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But Apple has frequently targeted entities that have nothing to do with tech or that are infinitesimal in size. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"An attorney for the airmen argued during a 2019 hearing that the odds of transmitting HIV in combat are infinitesimal and should not limit their deployment or lead to their discharge. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"To record the insects\u2019 infinitesimal flight patterns, experimenters placed the creatures in a transparent chamber and filmed them with two high-speed cameras at nearly 4,000 frames per second during a battery of tests. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Since then, Parker has persistently sought meaning in the infinitesimal and evanescent. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"This led to his theory of surreal numbers \u2014 a huge new number system containing not only all the real numbers, but also a boggling collection of infinites and infinitesimals , like \u03c0 minus 1 divided by the cube root of infinity. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2020",
"Infinities implicitly pervade many familiar mathematical concepts, such as the idea of points as mentioned above, the idea of the continuum, and the concept of infinitesimals in calculus. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 June 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1706, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1710, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin inf\u012bn\u012bt\u0113simus \"infinite in rank\" + -al entry 2 \u2014 more at infinitesimal entry 1":"Noun",
"borrowed from New Latin inf\u012bn\u012bt\u0113sim\u0101lis, from inf\u012bn\u012bt\u0113simus \"infinite in rank\" (from Latin inf\u012bn\u012btus \"having no limit, infinite entry 1 \" + -\u0113simus, suffix of higher ordinal numbers) + Latin -\u0101lis -al entry 1 \u2014 more at vigesimal":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)in-\u02ccfi-n\u0259-\u02c8te-s\u0259-m\u0259l",
"in-\u02ccfi-n\u0259-\u02c8te-s\u0259-m\u0259l",
"-z\u0259-m\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102557",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": relating to the infinitive":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"infinitive entry 2 + -al entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)in-\u02ccfi-n\u0259-\u02c8t\u012b-v\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122736",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"infinitive":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a verb form normally identical in English with the first person singular that performs some functions of a noun and at the same time displays some characteristics of a verb and that is used with to (as in \"I asked him to go \") except with auxiliary and various other verbs (as in \"no one saw him leave \")":[],
": formed with the infinitive":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This substitution of the conjunction and for the to that is part of an infinitive verb happens almost exclusively with the verb try. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"James Tiberius Kirk used to boldly go where no one has gone before \u2014 and never apologized for splitting the infinitive . \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 23 Apr. 2022",
"To love, synonymous with to be, a defective verb that only knows the present infinitive . \u2014 Claudio Magris, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
"Shakespeare split just one infinitive , the King James Bible none. \u2014 The Economist , 26 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English infinityf, borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French infinitif, borrowed from Late Latin inf\u012bn\u012bt\u012bvus, from Latin inf\u012bn\u012btus \"not specified, indefinite, of a verbal form that does not specify person or number\" + -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at infinite entry 1":"Adjective",
"borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French infinitif, borrowed from Medieval Latin inf\u012bn\u012bt\u012bvus, noun derivative of Late Latin inf\u012bn\u012bt\u012bvus infinitive entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8fi-n\u0259-tiv"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120415",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"infinity":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a distance so great that the rays of light from a point source at that distance may be regarded as parallel":[],
": a part of a geometric magnitude that lies beyond any part whose distance from a given reference position is finite":[
"do parallel lines ever meet if they extend to infinity"
],
": a transfinite number (such as aleph-null)":[],
": an indefinitely great number or amount":[
"an infinity of stars"
],
": the limit of the value of a function or variable when it tends to become numerically larger than any preassigned finite number":[],
": the quality of being infinite":[],
": unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity : boundlessness":[]
},
"examples":[
"The view tapers off into infinity .",
"a series of numbers that continues to infinity",
"The night sky was filled with an infinity of stars.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An infinity -edge lap pool that spans the width of the deck takes in ocean views. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"And the three infinity -edge pools these new suites open out to are the crown jewel of the property, inspired by natural lava rock formations at Makaluapuna Point in nearby Lahaina. \u2014 Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
"The grounds include a waterfall, a creek, an infinity -edge saltwater pool and a private sand beach. \u2014 Katherine Clarke, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Everybody Loves Raymond alum Patricia Heaton is going to infinity and beyond for her fellow sitcom star and friend Tim Allen. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
"Top Gun: Maverick may yet soar to infinity and beyond. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"First, Neo-Romantics\u2019 paintings often resemble stage sets, with moldering ruins set in front of bleak vistas stretching away to infinity . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The Amazon executive chairman journeyed to infinity and beyond last year with his aerospace company, Blue Origin, and now seems to be investing in Silicon Valley antiaging start-ups. \u2014 The Editors, Robb Report , 27 Feb. 2022",
"In the paper, Sneppen says that photons orbiting above a certain radial coordinate circle the black hole outwards to infinity . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English infinite, borrowed from Anglo-French infinit\u00e9, borrowed from Latin inf\u012bnit\u0101t-, inf\u012bnit\u0101s, from in- in- entry 1 + f\u012bnis \"boundary, limit, terminal point, ending\" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity \u2014 more at final entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8fi-n\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"eternity",
"everlasting",
"foreverness",
"perpetuity"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071828",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"infirm":{
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
],
"definitions":{
": not solid or stable : insecure":[],
": weak of mind, will, or character : irresolute , vacillating":[]
},
"examples":[
"The clinic provides free care for elderly and infirm people who lack health insurance.",
"the elderly and infirm have to be especially careful during the winter months",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These include 83 beds at the former Sockeye Inn for seniors and the medically infirm , 130 rooms at the former GuestHouse for workforce supportive housing, and 80 similar rooms at the Aviator Hotel. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"Volunteers and Ukrainian soldiers were collecting people \u2014 especially the elderly and infirm \u2014 and arranging transportation to Kramatorsk and, farther west, to the rail hub of Dnipro. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"Directed by Petra Volpe, the film follows a man serving a life sentence who takes an in-prison job caring for aging and infirm prisoners suffering from memory loss diseases. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 24 May 2022",
"The feature portrays a man serving a life sentence who takes an in-prison job caring for aging and infirm prisoners suffering from memory loss diseases. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
"Returning to the workplace presents special challenges for people caring for aging or infirm family members. \u2014 Clare Ansberry, WSJ , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The infirm 66-year-old Hale died, unrepentant, in jail before serving out a 14-year sentence. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Apr. 2022",
"According to a spokeswoman, proceeds from the sales have, among other things, supported a retirement facility and healthcare for aged and infirm Jesuits. \u2014 Lee Hawkins And Douglas Belkin, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The complex legal arrangement is typically reserved for those who are old, ill or infirm . \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin infirmus , from in- + firmus firm":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8f\u0259rm"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for infirm weak , feeble , frail , fragile , infirm , decrepit mean not strong enough to endure strain, pressure, or strenuous effort. weak applies to deficiency or inferiority in strength or power of any sort. felt weak after the surgery feeble suggests extreme weakness inviting pity or contempt. a feeble attempt to walk frail implies delicacy and slightness of constitution or structure. a frail teenager unable to enjoy sports fragile suggests frailty and brittleness unable to resist rough usage. a reclusive poet too fragile for the rigors of this world infirm suggests instability, unsoundness, and insecurity due to old age or crippling illness. infirm residents requiring constant care decrepit implies being worn-out or broken-down from long use or old age. the dowager's decrepit retainers",
"synonyms":[
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221532",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"infirmity":{
"antonyms":[
"health",
"wellness"
],
"definitions":{
": a personal failing : foible":[
"one of the besetting infirmities of living creatures is egotism",
"\u2014 A. J. Toynbee"
],
": disease , malady":[],
": the condition of being feeble : frailty":[],
": the quality or state of being infirm":[]
},
"examples":[
"In recent years she has had to reduce her schedule because of age and infirmity .",
"the infirmities of old age",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But her brief presence alongside other members of the royal family served only to underscore how rare and unpredictable such public appearances have become as Elizabeth battles increasing infirmity . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"For some the pull is to reach loved ones, often vulnerable due to illness or infirmity , who were left behind. \u2014 Cara Anna, Chicago Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The end of a lengthy political career is almost invariably sad whether the final act is defeat, infirmity , or death. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Interesting fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO, 1948). \u2014 Colleen Reilly, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Voters who are indefinitely confined \u2014 people who have difficulty getting to the polls due to age, illness, infirmity , or disability \u2014 are not required to provide photo ID. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Maybe their lives contained more suffering than joy; maybe infirmity or dementia had upended family dynamics. \u2014 Robin Marantz Henig, Scientific American , 4 Mar. 2022",
"But the trade-off too often is infirmity in old age. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The justices undertook to save the statute from constitutional infirmity by requiring exacting proof of willfulness, the criminal-intent element. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 23 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8f\u0259r-m\u0259t-\u0113",
"in-\u02c8f\u0259r-m\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"ail",
"ailment",
"bug",
"complaint",
"complication",
"condition",
"disease",
"disorder",
"distemper",
"distemperature",
"fever",
"ill",
"illness",
"malady",
"sickness",
"trouble"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112027",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"infix":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a derivational or inflectional affix appearing in the body of a word (such as Sanskrit -n- in vindami \"I know\" as contrasted with vid \"to know\")":[],
": characterized by placement of a binary operator between the operands":[
"a + b is expressed in infix notation"
],
": to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in":[],
": to impress firmly in the consciousness or disposition":[],
": to insert (a sound or letter) as an infix":[],
"\u2014 compare postfix , prefix":[
"a + b is expressed in infix notation"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"a puzzling detail that had been infixed in the detective's mind for over a decade",
"a football coach celebrated for infixing in his players an all-consuming will to win",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The path of the infix is uncertain, but linguist Joshua Viau has found similar examples in 1960s radio broadcasts and early 1970s drug slang. \u2014 Mark Peters, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1502, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1881, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1971, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin infixus , past participle of infigere , from in- + figere to fasten \u2014 more at fix":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8fiks",
"\u02c8in-\u02ccfiks"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for infix Verb implant , inculcate , instill , inseminate , infix mean to introduce into the mind. implant implies teaching that makes for permanence of what is taught. implanted a love of reading in her students inculcate implies persistent or repeated efforts to impress on the mind. tried to inculcate in him high moral standards instill stresses gradual, gentle imparting of knowledge over a long period of time. instill traditional values in your children inseminate applies to a sowing of ideas in many minds so that they spread through a class or nation. inseminated an unquestioning faith in technology infix stresses firmly inculcating a habit of thought. infixed a chronic cynicism",
"synonyms":[
"brand",
"engrave",
"etch",
"impress",
"imprint",
"ingrain",
"engrain"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182732",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"infl":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"influenced":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100516",
"type":[
"abbreviation"
]
},
"inflame":{
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"gratify",
"please"
],
"definitions":{
": to become affected with inflammation":[],
": to become excited or angered":[],
": to burst into flame":[],
": to cause inflammation in (bodily tissue)":[],
": to cause to redden or grow hot from anger or excitement":[
"a face inflamed with passion"
],
": to make more heated or violent : intensify":[
"insults served only to inflame the feud"
],
": to set on fire : kindle":[]
},
"examples":[
"His angry speech inflamed the mob.",
"ideas that inflame the imagination",
"His comments have inflamed an already tense situation.",
"inflaming the passions of the mob",
"a chemical that can inflame the skin",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sune Rasmussen explains how his death may inflame tensions in the Middle East. \u2014 Jared Malsin, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
"But such arguments are more likely to inflame resistance than foster dialogue. \u2014 Julia Minson, Time , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Opposing counsel has orchestrated a circus-like atmosphere by using social media to publicize 14 \u2018Jane Doe\u2019 lawsuits during the past seven days in a manner calculated to inflame the public and malign Deshaun\u2019s otherwise sterling reputation. \u2014 Kaylee Remington, cleveland , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Choose to improve the situation rather than inflame the drama further. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"Talking about these 12 tragedies and crimes and wrapping in their political disagreements with Councilmember Montgomery Steppe does seem to be a matter to inflame things. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"But what is even more chilling is that the demolitions haven\u2019t doused Hindu anger in Khargone\u2014instead, The Kashmir Files continues to inflame passions. \u2014 Supriya Sharma, Quartz , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Exercise benefits your body in so many ways, but sweating can lead to irritation and inflame your eczema. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, SELF , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Beijing had baselessly accused the U.S. and Taiwan of fomenting the Hong Kong protests, so a public announcement about the five could further inflame tensions. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English enflamen , from Anglo-French enflamer , from Latin inflammare , from in- + flamma flame":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8fl\u0101m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"mad",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"tick off"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211618",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"inflamed":{
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"gratify",
"please"
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": to become affected with inflammation":[],
": to become excited or angered":[],
": to burst into flame":[],
": to cause inflammation in (bodily tissue)":[],
": to cause to redden or grow hot from anger or excitement":[
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],
": to make more heated or violent : intensify":[
"insults served only to inflame the feud"
],
": to set on fire : kindle":[]
},
"examples":[
"His angry speech inflamed the mob.",
"ideas that inflame the imagination",
"His comments have inflamed an already tense situation.",
"inflaming the passions of the mob",
"a chemical that can inflame the skin",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sune Rasmussen explains how his death may inflame tensions in the Middle East. \u2014 Jared Malsin, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
"But such arguments are more likely to inflame resistance than foster dialogue. \u2014 Julia Minson, Time , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Opposing counsel has orchestrated a circus-like atmosphere by using social media to publicize 14 \u2018Jane Doe\u2019 lawsuits during the past seven days in a manner calculated to inflame the public and malign Deshaun\u2019s otherwise sterling reputation. \u2014 Kaylee Remington, cleveland , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Choose to improve the situation rather than inflame the drama further. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"Talking about these 12 tragedies and crimes and wrapping in their political disagreements with Councilmember Montgomery Steppe does seem to be a matter to inflame things. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"But what is even more chilling is that the demolitions haven\u2019t doused Hindu anger in Khargone\u2014instead, The Kashmir Files continues to inflame passions. \u2014 Supriya Sharma, Quartz , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Exercise benefits your body in so many ways, but sweating can lead to irritation and inflame your eczema. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, SELF , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Beijing had baselessly accused the U.S. and Taiwan of fomenting the Hong Kong protests, so a public announcement about the five could further inflame tensions. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English enflamen , from Anglo-French enflamer , from Latin inflammare , from in- + flamma flame":""
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"some pajamas are made of inflammable material, so be careful",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It can be synthesized through a chemical process using acetic anhydride, a high- inflammable and colorless liquid used to make fibers, plastics, pharmaceuticals, dyes, and explosives. \u2014 Dario Sabaghi, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"By the way, the top stories on that January day in 1952 were a White House nomination for Vatican envoy withdrawing amid controversy, and a recall of inflammable sweaters. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The gas was said to be non- inflammable and non-explosive. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 11 Jan. 2022",
"High levels of methane gas and coal dust, both highly inflammable , make mines hazardous. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Although civil protection and the response to fires in the area have improved over the years, bureaucratic hurdles aimed at protecting Mediterranean scrubland mean that inflammable vegetation is often not cleared, creating fire hazards, experts say. \u2014 Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times , 22 Aug. 2021",
"An artificial strait without nature's currents will reduce the kind of accidents that bedevil ships passing through the Bosphorus's treacherous contours, especially tankers carrying huge amounts of inflammable petrochemicals. \u2014 Melik Kaylan, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
"Offshore platforms are notoriously hazardous locations, dense with heavy equipment and handling large quantities of highly inflammable liquids and gases. \u2014 University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Each soldier engaged in this form of attack has strapped to his back a tank containing an inflammable liquid under high pressure. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 30 Sep. 2020"
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"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"She had an acute inflammatory reaction to the drug.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The star ingredient is fulvic acid, which has proven anti- inflammatory properties and is said to help smooth over uneven skin tone \u2014 useful, as my zits tend to leave behind red marks. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 23 June 2022",
"Research shows that the polyphenols and flavonoids are widely present in all portions of the pistachio nut and have anti- inflammatory properties too. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"Supporting ingredients include tea tree oil, which is well known for its anti- inflammatory and antibacterial properties, along with moisturizing shea butter. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
"The antibacterial and anti- inflammatory properties of the ingredients make this a winner. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Calcium, for example, is said to have anti- inflammatory properties, and sodium may ease digestive ailments. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Curcumin, the main active compound in turmeric, has strong antioxidant and anti- inflammatory properties, both of which can help support the skin by combating oxidative stress. \u2014 Amy Capetta, Woman's Day , 19 May 2022",
"People often champion aloe vera for its skin-soothing effects, and its anti- inflammatory properties (thanks to a compound called aloin) can indeed help with the irritation of a sunburn, say experts at the Mayo Clinic and the AAD. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 6 May 2022",
"The amino acid-rich ingredient is known to have antifungal, antimicrobial, and anti- inflammatory properties when added to food and Indian medicine, though. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"circa 1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"in-\u02c8flam-\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113, -\u02cct\u022fr-",
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"in-\u02c8fla-m\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113"
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"seditious"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Probiotics are sometimes advised for those suffering from digestive issues such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and diarrhea. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Along with triggering sometimes debilitating symptoms, both types of inflammatory bowel disease can cause serious damage to your gastrointestinal tract without treatment. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, SELF , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Any possible side effects are minimal when compared to the risk of having undiagnosed colon cancer or inflammatory bowel disease . \u2014 Kathryn Watson, SELF , 1 Apr. 2022",
"In March, Pfizer completed a $6.7 billion acquisition of Arena Pharmaceuticals and its experimental drug for inflammatory bowel disease . \u2014 Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"Ulcerative colitis is a general diagnostic term for chronic, inflammatory bowel disease affecting your colon. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, SELF , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Among other effects, these changes can exacerbate irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Cortland lives with Crohn's disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease , and takes immunosuppressant drugs. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Ulcerative colitis and Crohn\u2019s disease, both autoimmune conditions that fall under the umbrella of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), can be detected with this test. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, SELF , 1 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1977, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160210"
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"an inflatable boat"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As is the case with this outdoor inflatable pool, which was originally sold at Sam's Club. \u2014 Joe Morales, Good Housekeeping , 22 June 2022",
"This inflatable pool float is made of Intex's reliable PVC material. \u2014 Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
"Kids who are looking for a little more water action this summer are sure to love this inflatable pool. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
"The girl was found deceased in an inflatable pool that was being used as a playpen. \u2014 Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
"Another simple yet festive design is this candy cane inflatable . \u2014 Carly Kulzer, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 Nov. 2021",
"At other times, people wearing masks of Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping play-fought over an inflatable beach ball of Earth. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Nov. 2021",
"They are either made from harder plastic or are inflatable for a softer landing. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 13 May 2021",
"His first was piloting his inflatable boat from Italy to Amsterdam in 2010. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 May 2022"
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"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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"in-\u02c8fl\u0101t-\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"We used a pump to inflate the raft.",
"Economists warn that rapid economic growth could inflate prices.",
"Increased competition has inflated salaries among professional athletes.",
"Rapid economic growth may cause prices to inflate .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In South America in the 1980s, governments printed money to pay bills and inflate away their debts, but the policies backfired, causing higher interest rates and hyperinflation. \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 1 May 2022",
"Just be careful not to over- or under- inflate those tires, Bennett warns. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 22 Mar. 2022",
"By using inflated appraisals of real estate assets like undeveloped land or historic building facades, the arrangements inflate tax deductions and generate fees for promoters. \u2014 Carrie Brandon Elliott, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"With an electric pump\u2014sold separately\u2014the splash pad pool will inflate in under five minutes. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
"Stations that charge much higher prices inflate the average. \u2014 Matt Egan And Chris Isidore, CNN , 17 May 2022",
"In war, both sides will routinely inflate military casualty counts for their opponents, and downplay their own to maintain morale. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"With that loss turned to a forfeit, the streak would technically inflate to 73 victories and 51 in conference. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Physical supply cuts could further inflate fertilizer prices. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"Middle English, from Latin inflatus , past participle of inflare , from in- + flare to blow \u2014 more at blow":""
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"in-\u02c8fl\u0101t"
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"inflated prices"
]
},
"examples":[
"a writer with an inflated reputation",
"an inflated style of writing",
"She objects to the inflated salaries that many professional athletes now receive.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bankrate partially attributes this trend to inflated fuel prices, which make some gig jobs like ride-shares and delivery services more costly. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"This has led to sharp rises in prices for new and used cars \u2014 if there are any left in the lot \u2014 and to scalpers snatching up the latest video game consoles to resell at inflated prices. \u2014 Nigel Chiwaya, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
"Due to inflated commodity prices, commodities funds were the strongest performers, with a weighted average return of 4.4%. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"That may suggest, Drury said, that people have had it and won\u2019t keep paying inflated prices. \u2014 Tom Krisher, chicagotribune.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Hopefully for Pericak, the Twitter seller won\u2019t be trying to reap an inflated profit. \u2014 Hillary Hoffower, Fortune , 19 June 2022",
"By using inflated appraisals of real estate assets like undeveloped land or historic building facades, the arrangements inflate tax deductions and generate fees for promoters. \u2014 Carrie Brandon Elliott, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Between March and November 2020, the country\u2019s Attorney General\u2019s office reported 196 corruption cases related to the Covid-19 pandemic, including allegations of embezzlement and inflated pricing of medical supplies. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
"Tentacles trailing out from under the inflated balloon can be just as harmful. \u2014 John Christopher Fine, Sun Sentinel , 2 June 2022"
],
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"1652, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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"in-\u02c8fl\u0101-t\u0259d"
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"bloated",
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"hyperbolized",
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"outsized",
"overblown",
"overdrawn",
"overweening"
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"adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003426",
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"adverb"
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": the quality or state of being inflated : pomposity , turgidity":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124538",
"type":[
"noun"
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"inflation":{
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": a continuing rise in the general price level usually attributed to an increase in the volume of money and credit relative to available goods and services":[],
": a hypothetical extremely brief period of very rapid expansion of the universe immediately following the big bang":[],
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": distension":[],
": empty pretentiousness : pomposity":[]
},
"examples":[
"the inflation of a balloon",
"The government has been unable to control inflation .",
"The rate of inflation is high.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Amid inflation and the potential for a recession, students are reassessing the value of a college degree and coping with the fallout of pandemic learning, exacerbating a downward trend in enrollment at many institutions. \u2014 Kate Selig, BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2022",
"This gives the industry a reputation for offering investors inflation protection. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 5 July 2022",
"Haitians attempting to survive in their country also face other severe challenges, including inflation , fuel shortages, and food insecurity. \u2014 Edwidge Danticat, The New Yorker , 5 July 2022",
"Adjusting Your Strategy in a Tight Market, a report in Harvard Business Review, suggests that companies must stop prioritizing growth above all else as the business environment adjusts to high inflation and less abundant capital. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 5 July 2022",
"Stocks fell sharply Tuesday morning as record inflation , supply chain constraints and soaring energy prices weigh on economic growth. \u2014 CBS News , 5 July 2022",
"But polls have also consistently shown that the economy and inflation remain top issues for many Americans. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2022",
"Before inflation increased the cost of, well, everything. \u2014 Tim Carman, Washington Post , 5 July 2022",
"Erdogan has defended his monetary policy, arguing that lowering rates will bring down inflation and boost production and exports. \u2014 Anna Cooban And Isil Sariyuce, CNN , 4 July 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"in-\u02c8fl\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"affectation",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114319",
"type":[
"noun"
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"inflection":{
"antonyms":[],
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": change in curvature of an arc or curve from concave to convex or conversely":[],
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": the act or result of curving or bending : bend":[],
": the change of form that words undergo to mark such distinctions as those of case, gender, number, tense, person, mood, or voice":[]
},
"examples":[
"She spoke with no inflection .",
"She read the lines with an upward inflection .",
"Most English adjectives do not require inflection .",
"\u201cGone\u201d and \u201cwent\u201d are inflections of the verb \u201cgo.\u201d",
"English has fewer inflections than many other languages.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And Kinnear plays them all with virtuoso skill, giving an array of distinct performances offset by clever variations in costume, hair, accent and vocal inflection . \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"What are two or three inflection points that created this remarkable journey of yours",
"The studio added onto the Twitter discourse that had occurred a week earlier, when viewers were surprised to hear Pauly Shore\u2019s Valley Boy inflection as the voice of Pinocchio in the trailer. \u2014 Ellise Shafer, Variety , 9 May 2022",
"That leaves open how Biden's visit to Europe -- one of the inflection moments of his presidency -- can alter the course of the worst conflict in Europe since World War II. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, CNN , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Humor is famously all in the timing, and when the score dictates rhythm and inflection , a singer doesn\u2019t have a lot of leeway to find the sweet spot. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Vulture , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Other elements such as vocal inflection or physical gestures not obscured by masks can add to the context that helps children develop communication skills. \u2014 Ivana Kottasov\u00e1, CNN , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Her kaleidoscopic patter, a forceful blend of life and career advice dispensed with a brassy New York inflection , is by turns funny, savvy and nasty. \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"Think sporting frizzy hair or invoking a heavy New York accent and Yiddish inflection . \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 10 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
},
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"in-\u02c8flek-sh\u0259n"
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"angle",
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"turn",
"wind"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091451",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inflexibility":{
"antonyms":[
"alterable",
"changeable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"mutable",
"variable"
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": characterized by firmness of will or purpose : unyielding":[
"an inflexible judge",
"took an inflexible stance",
"\u2026 he pulled out of the talks, saying administration officials were being inflexible",
"\u2014 Lloyd Grove",
"His secret, it turned out, was an inflexible regimen that required a permanent diet except on certain cheating days each week \u2026",
"\u2014 Calvin Trillin"
],
": not easily bent or twisted : lacking or deficient in suppleness":[
"an inflexible steel rod",
"Imbalances in any area of this soft tissue, as well as inflexible or weak hip muscles, can pull the kneecap off track \u2026",
"\u2014 Food & Fitness Advisor"
],
": not easily changed : unalterable":[
"an inflexible deadline",
"inflexible laws/rules",
"jobs with inflexible hours"
],
": not flexible : such as":[]
},
"examples":[
"the inflexible law of gravity",
"shoes made of inflexible plastic hurt my feet",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Residents reported food shortages, struggles to get any medical help because of covid controls, and chaotic and inflexible management that have left citizens helpless, frustrated and angry. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"What is measured gets done, but the trouble is that MES\u2019s have historically been mediocre or at least inflexible . \u2014 Trond Arne Undheim, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, China\u2019s inflexible zero-covid policy has triggered repeat lockdowns that disrupted factories in the world\u2019s top export nation and left global supply chains shrouded in uncertainty. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"The formula shortage has exposed an inflexible industry dominated by just three to four large players that own a majority of formula production in the United States. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"Even the most inflexible bosses are softening their return-to-office expectations. \u2014 Matthew Boyle, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"But solid metal can fatigue and break, and the more that\u2019s added to a soft material, the more inflexible the material becomes. \u2014 Kurt Kleiner, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
"The people leaving Google and Apple due to their inflexible work arrangements are going to more forward-thinking, progressive companies that use best practices to build social capital and recruit excellent staff. \u2014 Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Over time space suits change, growing rigid and inflexible . \u2014 Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Middle English, from Latin inflexibilis , from in- + flexibilis flexible":""
},
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"in-\u02c8flek-s\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"fixed",
"hard-and-fast",
"immutable",
"inalterable",
"incommutable",
"invariable",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable"
],
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"noun",
"noun,"
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"antonyms":[
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"changeable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"mutable",
"variable"
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"an inflexible judge",
"took an inflexible stance",
"\u2026 he pulled out of the talks, saying administration officials were being inflexible",
"\u2014 Lloyd Grove",
"His secret, it turned out, was an inflexible regimen that required a permanent diet except on certain cheating days each week \u2026",
"\u2014 Calvin Trillin"
],
": not easily bent or twisted : lacking or deficient in suppleness":[
"an inflexible steel rod",
"Imbalances in any area of this soft tissue, as well as inflexible or weak hip muscles, can pull the kneecap off track \u2026",
"\u2014 Food & Fitness Advisor"
],
": not easily changed : unalterable":[
"an inflexible deadline",
"inflexible laws/rules",
"jobs with inflexible hours"
],
": not flexible : such as":[]
},
"examples":[
"the inflexible law of gravity",
"shoes made of inflexible plastic hurt my feet",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Residents reported food shortages, struggles to get any medical help because of covid controls, and chaotic and inflexible management that have left citizens helpless, frustrated and angry. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"What is measured gets done, but the trouble is that MES\u2019s have historically been mediocre or at least inflexible . \u2014 Trond Arne Undheim, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, China\u2019s inflexible zero-covid policy has triggered repeat lockdowns that disrupted factories in the world\u2019s top export nation and left global supply chains shrouded in uncertainty. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"The formula shortage has exposed an inflexible industry dominated by just three to four large players that own a majority of formula production in the United States. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"Even the most inflexible bosses are softening their return-to-office expectations. \u2014 Matthew Boyle, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"But solid metal can fatigue and break, and the more that\u2019s added to a soft material, the more inflexible the material becomes. \u2014 Kurt Kleiner, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
"The people leaving Google and Apple due to their inflexible work arrangements are going to more forward-thinking, progressive companies that use best practices to build social capital and recruit excellent staff. \u2014 Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Over time space suits change, growing rigid and inflexible . \u2014 Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English, from Latin inflexibilis , from in- + flexibilis flexible":""
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"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8flek-s\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for inflexible inflexible , obdurate , adamant mean unwilling to alter a predetermined course or purpose. inflexible implies rigid adherence or even servile conformity to principle. inflexible in their demands obdurate stresses hardness of heart and insensitivity to appeals for mercy or the influence of divine grace. obdurate in his refusal to grant clemency adamant implies utter immovability in the face of all temptation or entreaty. adamant that the work should continue synonyms see in addition stiff",
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"the inflow of air",
"an inflow of funds"
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"The campaign has seen a massive inflow of funds in recent months.",
"The vents provide improved inflow of air.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After all, a steady inflow of new residents means more homebuyers. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 5 June 2022",
"Southbound Stock volumes were elevated as Mainland investors were net buyers of Hong Kong stocks as Meituan saw a strong inflow while, interestingly, Tencent was a small net sell. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Back at Tule Lake, the plan for limited project deliveries virtually ensures little inflow for the wildlife refuge this year. \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Chicago police were faced with a trio of shootings with multiple victims Tuesday \u2014 with 13 people shot in all \u2014 two in a beat police have targeted for an inflow of resources as summer approaches and one just outside another of those beats. \u2014 Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"The pressure gauge at the main water inflow to the house is within the normal range. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Last year, the amount of inflow into the reservoirs was the second lowest on record, just 32% of average. \u2014 Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"The design will offer modern, high-quality housing with a maximum inflow of daylight, according to its designers, the Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects (SHL). \u2014 CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The excessive inflow and infiltration can tax sanitary lines, leading to sanitary sewer overflows into basements and into waterways, according to the district. \u2014 Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com , 3 Apr. 2022"
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"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8in-\u02ccfl\u014d"
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"Productivity was influenced by worker satisfaction."
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"Noun",
"Recent years have seen a decline in the company's influence within the industry.",
"Her ideas have gradually gained influence in the company.",
"He used his influence to reform the company's policies.",
"She has remained under the influence of her parents.",
"She claims that her personal problems played no influence upon her decision to resign.",
"His health problems may have had some influence on his decision.",
"Her parents still have a great deal of influence over her.",
"The chairman wields considerable influence over the board's decisions.",
"Her parents are concerned that her new friends may have a bad influence on her.",
"Emily Dickinson has had a major influence on his poetry.",
"Verb",
"I was deeply influenced by my parents.",
"She claims that her decision to resign was not influenced by her personal problems.",
"No one knows how this decision will influence the outcome of the election.",
"He's accused of illegally attempting to influence the jury.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Boston police arrested one teenage boy for operating under the influence , and gun charges are pending against another 16-year-old following a scooter crash in Mattapan early Saturday morning, officials said. \u2014 Deanna Schwartz, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"Paul Pelosi, husband to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was charged Thursday with misdemeanor driving under the influence in connection to a crash last month in Northern California. \u2014 Faris Tanyos, CBS News , 23 June 2022",
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, has been charged with driving under the influence , causing injury, following his May 28 arrest, the Napa County District Attorney's Office said. \u2014 Melissa Gaffney, ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"According to the Clackamas County District Attorney\u2019s office, authorities suspected Clark was driving under the influence and attempted to stop him. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
"Joseph Siami, 27, has been charged with murder, two counts of first-degree assault, first-degree criminal mischief, operating a vehicle under the influence and speeding more than 25 miles per hour over the speed limit. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
"According to Los Angeles County court records, Weber has several recent arrests and convictions, including for driving under the influence , probation violations and violating a restraining order. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"The driver accused of crashing into a Muni bus in San Francisco on Saturday, injuring six people, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence , among other charges, authorities said Tuesday. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 June 2022",
"The officer talked to the driver, who appeared under the influence showing signs of drug use. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Apart from altering the eggs and sperm that encapsulate our genetic inheritance, sometimes decades before conception, trauma also seems to influence the uterine environment. \u2014 Rachel Yehuda, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
"The spy might also have been able to influence criminal proceedings, the service said. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"In court last week, Mosby\u2019s assistant state\u2019s attorneys defended their boss\u2019s dialogue on the radio, saying it was hardly meant to influence public opinion. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"The leader\u2019s second choice is to try to influence stakeholders towards a different course of action that aligns with her or his personal moral code. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The power to decide which council member chairs committees on issues such as housing, criminal justice, labor and business development means Mendelson has been able to influence which bills get crafted and passed out of those committees. \u2014 Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The freeze set in further as Putin stood accused of attempting to influence the 2016 Brexit vote and, in 2018, of poisoning a Russian double agent in the English town of Salisbury. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
"The college choice of one figured to influence the pick of the other. \u2014 Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
"For self-portrait\u2019s debut bag collection, Han Chong, the founder, and creative director paid homage to the \u201890s with the campaign as the era continues to influence and inspire the brand. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 7 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5a":"Noun",
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},
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"Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin influentia , from Latin influent-, influens , present participle of influere to flow in, from in- + fluere to flow \u2014 more at fluid":"Noun"
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"\u02c8in-\u02ccfl\u00fc-\u0259n(t)s",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for influence Noun influence , authority , prestige , weight , credit mean power exerted over the minds or behavior of others. influence may apply to a force exercised and received consciously or unconsciously. used her influence to get the bill passed authority implies the power of winning devotion or allegiance or of compelling acceptance and belief. his opinions lacked authority prestige implies the ascendancy given by conspicuous excellence or reputation for superiority. the prestige of the newspaper weight implies measurable or decisive influence in determining acts or choices. their wishes obviously carried much weight credit suggests influence that arises from the confidence of others. his credit with the press Verb affect , influence , touch , impress , strike , sway mean to produce or have an effect upon. affect implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction. the sight affected her to tears influence implies a force that brings about a change (as in nature or behavior). our beliefs are influenced by our upbringing touch may carry a vivid suggestion of close contact and may connote stirring, arousing, or harming. plants touched by frost his emotions were touched by her distress impress stresses the depth and persistence of the effect. only one of the plans impressed him strike , similar to but weaker than impress , may convey the notion of sudden sharp perception or appreciation. struck by the solemnity of the occasion sway implies the acting of influences that are not resisted or are irresistible, with resulting change in character or course of action. politicians who are swayed by popular opinion",
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"Noun",
"along with its influents , the Missouri and Ohio rivers, the Mississippi River drains all or part of 31 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The consortium intends to gauge the scale of infection in a population by collecting and examining influent samples from municipal wastewater treatment plants in several countries including in India. \u2014 Sahana Ghosh, Quartz India , 15 Apr. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The influent flow is slowed to allow human and food organic waste to settle on the bottom of the tank. \u2014 The Seattle Times , 29 Apr. 2017"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8in-\u02ccfl\u00fc-\u0259nt",
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"His theories have become more influential in recent years.",
"My parents have been the most influential people in my life.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Matt Kahn, spiritual leader, author, and educator noted in Watkins magazine as one of the top 100 most spiritually influential living people (alongside the Dalai Lama and Eckhart Tolle), is bringing a message of healing, heart, and unity. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"He was named one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2020. \u2014 Cady Stanton, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"Peel was one of the most influential and important people in British music from the 1960s through his death in 2004. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Time\u2019s 100 most influential people feature was first published in 1999. \u2014 cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"Time has already published the magazine\u2019s list of the 100 most influential people. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"After a two year hiatus, the celebration returned to celebrate some of the world's most influential people and Miranda was rightfully among that group. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 11 June 2022",
"Though the Time 100 list always highlights the most influential people in the world, every year is different, and the list evolves to meet the news moment, explains Dan Macsai, the editorial director of the annual issue. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Brunson praised teachers in a brief toast at the Gala after appearing on the 2022 TIME100 list of the world\u2019s most influential people. \u2014 Julia Zorthian, Time , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Turcer, whose organization is part of a speaker\u2019s bureau in which people talk about the judiciary across the state to increase interest in the influential but often overlooked branch, doesn\u2019t completely write off the Republican justices\u2019 concerns. \u2014 cleveland , 9 May 2022",
"Most of them were coached by Brewer, a former Negro Leagues star who became an influential \u2014 if often overlooked \u2014 part of baseball\u2019s history. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Opposing the legislation is the Association of County Commissions of Alabama (ACCA), which is another powerful organization influential in Montgomery. \u2014 al , 22 Dec. 2021",
"For the influential and the politically connected, an empty Carbone\u2019s is a sign of an era passing. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The movie tracks the brothers' many ups and downs over the past 50-plus years as an influential (if underrated) act, as Wright brings their stories and sonic reinventions to life through animation. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 17 June 2021",
"Speaking of snubs \u2014 at least the BBMAs gave Pop Smoke a chance to be rightfully honored for his influential , cut-short career after the rapper was also roundly snubbed at the Grammys. \u2014 Justin Curto, Vulture , 24 May 2021",
"But for Kelsey Piper and many others, the main issue came down to the name, and tying the man known professionally and legally as Scott Siskind to his influential , and controversial, writings as Scott Alexander. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2021",
"People with loud and powerful voices\u2014the influential and the extroverted\u2014can have a force on discussion and decisions beyond what their insight or intelligence merits. \u2014 Jonathan Becker, Fortune , 24 Sep. 2020"
],
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"1570, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1831, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"\u02ccin-fl\u00fc-\u02c8en-sh\u0259l",
"\u02ccin-(\u02cc)fl\u00fc-\u02c8en(t)-sh\u0259l"
],
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"authoritative",
"forceful",
"weighty"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223220",
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"noun"
]
},
"influx":{
"antonyms":[
"outflow",
"outpouring"
],
"definitions":{
": a coming in":[
"an influx of tourists"
]
},
"examples":[
"The city is preparing for a large influx of tourists this summer.",
"The company has had a sudden influx of capital.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That has helped create a willingness to experiment with wine production and has led to an influx of younger winemakers pushing boundaries. \u2014 Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The publicity led to an influx of letters from thousands of sympathetic viewers, many of whom offered their own suggestions for curing the hiccups. \u2014 Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 June 2022",
"For instance, the authors point to the 1980 Mariel boatlift, which brought an influx of Cuban immigrants to the United States, especially to Miami, virtually overnight. \u2014 Michael Luca, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"The move comes as both the executive and lawmakers grapple over how best to return tax dollars to Michiganders as the state enjoys a massive budget surplus, thanks in large part to the influx of federal COVID-19 relief. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
"Rhode Island is flush with cash thanks to an influx of $1.1 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds and a state budget surplus of $878 million for fiscal year 2022. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"The sense that there\u2019s business to be had also has led to an influx of capital into measurement companies. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"In addition, the agency was not staffed at the level needed to handle the influx of claims at the beginning of the pandemic, citing the hiring of more workers as another reason getting PUA claims processed took a long time. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"For cities to be able to handle the influx of new residents, there is bound to be a massive infrastructure spend in the next decade. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 10 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1626, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Medieval Latin influxus , from Latin influere":""
},
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"\u02c8in-\u02ccfl\u0259ks"
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"flux",
"income",
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"inrush"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093420",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"influxion":{
"antonyms":[],
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": influx":[
"continual influxions of new blood",
"\u2014 John Galsworthy"
]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin influxion-, influxio , from Latin influxus (past participle) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
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"\u02c8in\u02ccf-",
"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8fl\u0259ksh\u0259n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001900",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"info":{
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": information":[]
},
"examples":[
"It contains a surprising amount of info for such a little book.",
"wondered about the fate of newspapers, seeing as so many people now go on the Internet for info",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Visit the Miss Alabama website or call 205-871-6276 for more info . \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 1 July 2022",
"For more info on securing help, visit the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"For more info : The Sports Bra, Portland Story produced by Anthony Laudato. \u2014 CBS News , 19 June 2022",
"Please keep an eye out for an email from Ticketmaster for more info , or refer to your point of purchase. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"Step-by-step directions for Minnie Van rides are found at DisneyWorld.com; for more info , check disneyworld.disney.go.com/minnie-van. \u2014 Britt Kennerly, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Space in the Early Access Program is limited; interested sellers can sign up online for more info . \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 3 June 2022",
"Restaurants including Larry J\u2019s BBQ Cafe and M&M BBQ will offer specials; visit www.blackrestaurantweeks.com for more info . \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"From 2014 to 2019, more than 140 million Twitter users provided their phone numbers or email addresses after the company asked for the info , according to the complaint. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 25 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8in-(\u02cc)f\u014d"
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"411",
"advice(s)",
"gen",
"information",
"intelligence",
"item",
"news",
"story",
"tidings",
"uncos",
"word"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185131",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": a chart, diagram, or illustration (as in a book or magazine, or on a website) that uses graphic elements to present information in a visually striking way":[
"\u2026 an infographic showing how much time the average person spends reading some popular novels.",
"\u2014 Battle Creek (Michigan) Enquirer , 28 Sept. 2014"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1979, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"info(rmation) + graphic entry 2":""
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"\u00a6in-(\u02cc)f\u014d-\u00a6gra-fik"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211114",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": to fold inward or toward one another":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8f\u014dld"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083733",
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a television program that is an extended advertisement often including a discussion or demonstration":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As in the black-and-white beginnings of an infomercial , the founder encounters a consumer inconvenience that needs solving. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 31 Mar. 2022",
"During a recent Tonight Show interview, Jimmy Fallon and Paris Hilton hyped ape ownership in a conversation with the stiff, cheery cadence of a bad infomercial . \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Still, most of that boils down to window dressing -- as well as a very effective infomercial for Blue Origin -- leading up to the main event, and the images of Shatner finally taking off and gazing at the Earth from above it. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 15 Dec. 2021",
"How Ron Popeil perfected the art of the infomercial . \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Don\u2019t Be Tardy, the Zolciak-Biermann clan sitcom and lip-injection infomercial that ran for a shocking eight seasons. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"As a fortune teller who has Patrizia as a client, Salma Hayek doesn\u2019t exactly dial it down, but that\u2019s in keeping with her infomercial -hosting character. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The duo are seen in an infomercial called The Money Show, strut down a yellow brick road in homage to The Wizard of Oz, and float through the clouds. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Interludes like that \u2014 in-person interactions that felt like moments in an infomercial \u2014 help explain the reverse: moments in his infomercials that felt like in-person interactions. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 31 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1981, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"info rmation + (com)mercial entry 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004609",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"inform":{
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"the compassion that informs her work"
],
": to communicate knowledge to":[
"inform a prisoner of his rights"
],
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"the principles which inform modern teaching"
],
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],
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": to impart information or knowledge":[],
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},
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"The book will entertain and inform you.",
"The arresting officer failed to inform the suspect of his rights.",
"He failed to inform the suspect that he had the right to remain silent.",
"We haven't yet been informed of her decision.",
"Frequent reports from the battlefield kept the general informed about how the attack was progressing.",
"The book will both entertain and inform .",
"His Catholic upbringing informs all his writing.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During structure fires, live feed from drones inform command staff on how an incident is progressing, and whether the firefighting response is successful or if adjustments need to be made. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"Every type of coverage is unique, ranging in both price and complexity, so truly knowing your buyer will inform these technology decisions. \u2014 Michael Jackowski, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Let your imagination inform your fashion, from DIY to high couture. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"How did that experience inform your writing process",
"One thing is for certain, the Indian tech governance and regulatory policy landscape is going to be an evolving one, as global best practices also inform key decisions to be taken by policymakers. \u2014 Ritwija Darbari, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Just don\u2019t forget that there\u2019s nothing wrong with using big innovations to inform and refresh your everyday practices. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"The Post quoted Pushaw\u2019s attorney as saying that the U.S. Department of Justice had contacted Pushaw to inform her of a requirement to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"Burkett said Fountain called him over the weekend to inform him of the decision. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 6 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Loomer\u2019s playful script also lends itself to an informal approach. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"In late March, Guldbrandsen said, a Danish police official contacted him to relay a request from the FBI for an informal discussion. \u2014 Dalton Bennett, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"For creative types, a more informal photo might be best. \u2014 Will Van Der Sanden, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Eventually, my dad and some of our gay customers even set up an informal neighborhood watch\u2014although that\u2019s a story for another time. \u2014 Curtis Chin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
"The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Albini plays informal cash games in Chicago with friends like professional Brandon Shack-Harris and statistician Nate Silver. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"The president of Argentina\u2019s central bank, meanwhile, claimed that the lack of higher denominations will encourage online commerce, a stretch in a country with an informal economy equivalent to around 25 percent of its gross domestic product. \u2014 Federico Perelmuter, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
"The bill also does not include language regulating the informal , online sales of catalytic converters. \u2014 Simon Levien, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022"
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"Shihab allegedly exchanged money with an undercover informant working for the FBI in attempt to bring foreign individuals into the U.S. in order to carry out the assassination. \u2014 Luke Barr, ABC News , 24 May 2022",
"Knight also testified about meeting a woman named Jenny Plunk, who was really an undercover informant in the case and traveled to Delaware, where Knight and Croft went out to dinner with her and hung out. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Two official investigations, begun in 1947 and 1963, failed to reveal the identity of the informant ; the matter has preoccupied multiple biographers since. \u2014 Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times , 17 Jan. 2022",
"In another encounter, Raucci showed the undercover informant a homemade explosive device. \u2014 Brian Klaas, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Nov. 2021",
"In the lawsuit, Wershe alleges FBI agents and Detroit police officers spent years working him as an undercover confidential informant . \u2014 Washington Post , 22 July 2021",
"While free on bail from the gun charge, in 2020, police received a tip from an informant that Velez was selling the powerful synthetic opiate fentanyl. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 25 May 2022",
"Prinsengracht 263 could easily have been on a list in 1943 or 1944, placed there by a member of the resistance who\u2019d been turned or by an informant . \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
"A year after disappearing, federal informant in Trump probe found dead at L.A. high school. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tendo Systems, a health care software startup funded by General Catalyst and Lux Capital, appointed Bala Hota as senior vice president and chief informatics officer. \u2014 Mohana Ravindranath, STAT , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Irene Petersen, professor of epidemiology and health informatics at University College London, said if the tests prompt just 50 of 100 infectious people to isolate, that is enough to halve transmission. \u2014 Jason Douglas, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2021",
"David Ussery, a professor of biomedical informatics at UAMS, said the sample containing the variant was submitted to the university by the Health Department and sequenced using equipment housed at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. \u2014 Andy Davis, Arkansas Online , 18 Dec. 2021",
"This is really important since nitric oxide can\u2019t be measured in clinical labs like cholesterol or Vitamin D. Artificial intelligence is also quicker and more accurate in the analysis of other critical informatics . \u2014 Annie Brown, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Tulio de Oliveira, a bio- informatics professor who runs gene-sequencing institutions at two South African universities, said at a briefing on Thursday. \u2014 Prinesha Naidoo, Fortune , 25 Nov. 2021",
"In the last decade, the U.S. has ranked first or second in informatics six times, first or second in mathematics five times, first or second in biology five times and first or second in chemistry two times. \u2014 Mark Kantrowitz, Forbes , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Telematics refers to the intersection of cables and informatics such as computer systems. \u2014 Ralph Jennings, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Hospital informatics experts are generally aware of these pitfalls, but there is no universal approach to evaluating proprietary algorithms and auditing them for blind spots and biases. \u2014 Casey Ross Reprints, STAT , 17 Aug. 2021"
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"They're working to collect information about the early settlers in the region.",
"The pamphlet provides a lot of information on recent changes to the tax laws.",
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"The conference will give us an opportunity to exchange information with other researchers.",
"We can't make a decision until we have more information .",
"The tests have not yet uncovered any new information .",
"I don't like having to reveal personal information when I fill in a job application.",
"He's accused of withholding useful information .",
"I couldn't remember his number so I had to call information .",
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"The contrast with DeFi, where information and code are out in the open to be audited and verified, is stark. \u2014 Alex Tapscott, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"Almost everyone today must navigate a wide set of interactions with health information and health care that are mediated through computers, mobile applications, wearable devices, telehealth and telemedicine \u2014 collectively known as digital health. \u2014 Kim Gallon, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"Some businesses are watching to see how law enforcement and the free flow of information and people that are crucial to commerce and finance might change. \u2014 Zen Soo And Joe Mcdonald, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 June 2022",
"Just there people have helped 1,500 women living in the United States this year with pills, information and accompaniment. \u2014 Mar\u00cda Verza, Chron , 28 June 2022",
"Just there people have helped 1,500 women living in the United States this year with pills, information , and accompaniment. \u2014 Mar\u00cda Verza, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Just there people have helped 1,500 women living in the United States this year with pills, information and accompaniment. \u2014 Mar\u00cda Verza, ajc , 28 June 2022",
"Residents would need to change their addresses on multiple documents, including voter registration, banking information and employment documentation. \u2014 Taylor Burnette, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
"No information about the victims and what led up to the shooting was immediately released. \u2014 Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Michael J. Miller"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The school now serves some 3,600 undergraduate and graduate students studying everything from software design, robotics, machine learning, cybersecurity, information retrieval and more. \u2014 Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Modern search relies on a process called indexing, which aims to store and parse data to maximize information retrieval . \u2014 An Xiao Mina, The Atlantic , 8 June 2021",
"Noah\u2019s method is similar to the way a search browser runs an information retrieval task. \u2014 Kevin Anderton, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Some providers are starting to offer the ability to streamline the information retrieval process. \u2014 Serenity Gibbons, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
"At one point, Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked Microsoft\u2019s attorney, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, how the information retrieval worked. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Programs in information science are increasingly popular, which is not surprising given that in the next ten years, jobs in this high-paying sector are predicted to increase by 22%. \u2014 Brennan Barnard, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Lopez was a computer and information science major. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 9 May 2022",
"No single person has had as much impact on a social media platform as when Trump was on Twitter, says Leysia Palen, an information science professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. \u2014 Brian Bennett, Time , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In each of the foundational technologies of the 21st century\u2014artificial intelligence, semiconductors, 5G wireless, quantum information science , biotechnology and green energy\u2014China could soon be the global leader. \u2014 Graham Allison And Eric Schmidt, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Then the Department of Energy launched its five National QIS Research Centers operating out of its national labs\u2014seedbeds for increasing research on quantum information science for both the private and public sectors. \u2014 Arthur Herman, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"In each of the foundational technologies of the 21st century\u2014artificial intelligence, semiconductors, 5G wireless, quantum information science , biotechnology and green energy\u2014China could soon be the global leader. \u2014 Graham Allison And Eric Schmidt, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2021",
"In each of the foundational technologies of the 21st century\u2014artificial intelligence, semiconductors, 5G wireless, quantum information science , biotechnology and green energy\u2014China could soon be the global leader. \u2014 Graham Allison And Eric Schmidt, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The ability for something to go viral on TikTok is much higher than on other social media platform, said Casey Fiesler, a professor in the University of Colorado at Boulder\u2019s information science department. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The point is that Cassill is part of a generation of younger people who live much of their lives on the information superhighway , aka the Internet. \u2014 Greg Engle, Forbes , 19 June 2021",
"It\u2019s exiting the information superhighway , and thanks to enthusiasts, like race car driver Landon Cassill, its going racing in NASCAR. \u2014 Greg Engle, Forbes , 19 June 2021",
"The information superhighway , as it was once called, has led to a digital Tower of Babel. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 14 Dec. 2020",
"And without any option to just type in a generalized URL via the PS5 interface, the User's Guide is of limited use for surfing the information superhighway (as all the hippest '90s kids would say). \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 11 Nov. 2020",
"Any band would rather be on the road \u2013 Sidewalk Prophets included \u2013 but because that\u2019s now nearly impossible, Frey and company decided to get on the information superhighway instead. \u2014 Chris Varias, The Enquirer , 9 Aug. 2020",
"And while that option remains very much intact, technological advances have elevated libraries to an information superhighway . \u2014 Ted Dunnam, Houston Chronicle , 8 June 2020",
"Ellis County is on its way to becoming the next major crossroads on the information superhighway . \u2014 Steve Brown, Dallas News , 6 May 2020",
"The information superhighway began to look more perilous than ever. \u2014 Christine Biederman, WIRED , 18 June 2019"
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"They're working to collect information about the early settlers in the region.",
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"The conference will give us an opportunity to exchange information with other researchers.",
"We can't make a decision until we have more information .",
"The tests have not yet uncovered any new information .",
"I don't like having to reveal personal information when I fill in a job application.",
"He's accused of withholding useful information .",
"I couldn't remember his number so I had to call information .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The contrast with DeFi, where information and code are out in the open to be audited and verified, is stark. \u2014 Alex Tapscott, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"Almost everyone today must navigate a wide set of interactions with health information and health care that are mediated through computers, mobile applications, wearable devices, telehealth and telemedicine \u2014 collectively known as digital health. \u2014 Kim Gallon, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"Some businesses are watching to see how law enforcement and the free flow of information and people that are crucial to commerce and finance might change. \u2014 Zen Soo And Joe Mcdonald, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 June 2022",
"Just there people have helped 1,500 women living in the United States this year with pills, information and accompaniment. \u2014 Mar\u00cda Verza, Chron , 28 June 2022",
"Just there people have helped 1,500 women living in the United States this year with pills, information , and accompaniment. \u2014 Mar\u00cda Verza, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Just there people have helped 1,500 women living in the United States this year with pills, information and accompaniment. \u2014 Mar\u00cda Verza, ajc , 28 June 2022",
"Residents would need to change their addresses on multiple documents, including voter registration, banking information and employment documentation. \u2014 Taylor Burnette, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
"No information about the victims and what led up to the shooting was immediately released. \u2014 Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022"
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"some websites for family vacation resorts are very informative and some are practically useless",
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"The authenticity will be apparent, and the robotic, almost sterile mode of writing will give way to pieces that are not only informative , but actually enjoyable to read too. \u2014 Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"Beating a team with the 2nd-worst record in the league is informative ",
"Often, these procedures can venture down a trajectory in which new insights and information are uncovered that may not have been originally part of your research checklist\u2014yet can still be informative for developers to be informed upon. \u2014 Goran Paun, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Post informative blogs on your site, and publicize them on social media. \u2014 Elie Y. Katz, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Director/executive producer Rachel Dretzin has woven them together in a narrative that\u2019s informative and horrifying without being exploitative. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Cooke, a British science journalist, argues persuasively against that assessment in an informative and often cheeky investigation that details mating and more. \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"Their website is informative , helpful and supportive. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"And over the past couple of years these clinics have been happening virtually, with global participants engaging in fun and informative repair activities. \u2014 Scientific American , 19 May 2022"
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"The effort is a cornerstone of the agenda of SEC Chair Gary Gensler, who has argued the disclosures are a vital tool for investors to make informed financial decisions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"By doing so, leaders can make the most out of their IT system performance, swiftly gaining insights and efficiently making informed decisions. \u2014 Mike Fuhrman, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"One factor is the lack of clinical trial evidence that can help oncologists make informed decisions about the best possible treatment options. \u2014 Dany Habr, Scientific American , 14 June 2022",
"Many of these neighbors, due to the severity of their illness, do not have the capacity to make informed decisions about their health and well-being. \u2014 Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Experian\u2019s products and services help businesses and consumers make informed decisions about credit, financing, and other financial matters. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Here are some options to stay informed about the Pipeline Fire and other Arizona wildfires. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Thank you for staying engaged, caring about your community, and trusting us to keep you informed . \u2014 Dan Mcgowan, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"In order to bring light to the reality of living with this condition, Anderson, 51, has teamed up with Get Real About Diabetes to spread awareness and to help put an end to stigmas and shame around the disease and keep people informed . \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 27 May 2022"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"the informer who told the police about that conspiracy has angered a lot of dangerous people",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the informer was now ensconced in the most secure British facility in Cork, the army\u2019s Victoria Barracks. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Set in 1989, in a Romania ruled by autocrat Nicolae Ceau\u015fescu, the story introduces Cristian Florescu, an aspiring writer-turned-reluctant informer . \u2014 Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In her deft portrayal of a teenager turned reluctant informer , Ruta Sepetys makes the case that trust, coupled with selfless courage, is the key to cracking autocratic rule. \u2014 Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Typically, a person identified or accused of being an informer for the white authorities would be run down and immobilized by an automobile tire around their upper bodies. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"In New York, the bureau wrote a false letter identifying one of the leaders of the Communist Party, William Albertson, as an FBI informer . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Sep. 2021",
"In Los Angeles, Black Panther Party leader Geronimo Pratt was falsely convicted of murder in part through the perjured testimony of an FBI informer , even though the FBI knew from wiretaps that Pratt was 350 miles away when the crime happened. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Sep. 2021",
"In March, 1990, the leader of Democratic Awakening, Wolfgang Schnur, was exposed as a Stasi informer , and at an emergency board meeting Rainer Eppelmann, the dissident clergyman, was chosen to replace him. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"An informer comes to tell Mr. Hayat that people are beginning to wonder about the foreigner who is asking impertinent questions. \u2014 Bernard-henri L\u00e9vy, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2020"
],
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"circa 1504, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"in-\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259r"
],
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"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"fink",
"informant",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stoolie",
"stool pigeon",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172329",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"noninfringement",
"observance"
],
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": the act of infringing : violation":[]
},
"examples":[
"speeding is only a minor infraction , but vehicular homicide is a serious felony",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Court records indicate charges filed against Crone include negligent homicide, driving while intoxicated and driving on a license that was suspended for a previous DWI infraction . \u2014 Remington Miller, Arkansas Online , 23 June 2022",
"The attorney wrote Muzikir had only incurred one disciplinary infraction during his 44 years of incarceration, and that was for a nonviolent offense: failing to take down a clothesline hanging in his cell after he had been ordered to do so. \u2014 Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"Horton has been warned to move and has received two citations, one an infraction and the other a misdemeanor, a practice known as progressive enforcement that culminates with arrest. \u2014 Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Six-time Tony-winner Audra McDonald famously endured a similar infraction during her 2019 appearance in Broadway\u2019s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 12 May 2022",
"Hawaii got to soak up the final moments in the spotlight as players dropped to the floor in celebration after Long Beach State was called for a net infraction on the final point. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
"They and three other students are being ticketed for hazing, a civil infraction . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Had the ordinance passed, violators would have been guilty of an infraction , a minor offense that comes with a fine. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Students who have been previously punished for not complying with coronavirus mitigation measures would have their records cleared of that infraction , according to the judge\u2019s order, Ziegler said. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Middle English, from Medieval Latin infraction-, infractio , from Latin, subduing, from infringere to break \u2014 more at infringe":""
},
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"in-\u02c8frak-sh\u0259n"
],
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"breach",
"contravention",
"infringement",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092317",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
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"infrangible iron bars"
],
": not to be infringed or violated":[
"infrangible laws"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle French, from Late Latin infrangibilis , from Latin in- + frangere to break \u2014 more at break":""
},
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"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8fran-j\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180932",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the permanent installations required for military purposes":[],
": the underlying foundation or basic framework (as of a system or organization)":[]
},
"examples":[
"More money is needed to save the crumbling infrastructure of the nation's rural areas.",
"We need to spend more money on maintaining and repairing infrastructure .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The San Antonio Water System is enforcing water conservation during an ongoing infrastructure -testing drought with patrols and water waste report forms asking San Antonians to monitor their community\u2019s consumption. \u2014 Ricardo Delgado, San Antonio Express-News , 28 June 2022",
"In fact, a sustainability action plan will always be swayed by location and infrastructure . \u2014 Anila Siraj, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The state of Arizona approved at least $200 million in public infrastructure funding to support TSMC's factory operations in Phoenix, including spending on roads and sewage systems. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"Countries in the Group of 7 are expected to announce a global infrastructure partnership that sets them up as potential lenders to developing nations that might otherwise get their investment from China. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"The group has been discussing the war in Ukraine, plans to adopt new sanctions against Moscow and an infrastructure project to challenge China. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
"During his first term as Prime Minister, starting in 1998, Orb\u00e1n, who still identified as a liberal democrat, vowed to build up the country\u2019s civic infrastructure . \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Iran has previously accused the United States and Israel for cyberattacks that have targeted and crippled the country's infrastructure . \u2014 Isabel Debre, ajc , 27 June 2022",
"Just under $11 million transferred to the port\u2019s property tax differential and infrastructure funds. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 June 2022"
],
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"1927, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
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"\u02c8in-fr\u0259-\u02ccstr\u0259k-ch\u0259r",
"-(\u02cc)fr\u00e4-"
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"architecture",
"armature",
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"configuration",
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"shell",
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"structure"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": infrequency":[]
},
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"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8fr\u0113-kw\u0259n(t)s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235033",
"type":[
"noun"
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": rarity of occurrence":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"More significant has been the infrequency of situations where the game hinges on a single pitch; the Red Sox\u2019 ability to blow out opponents resulted in just 79 high-leverage plate appearances since May 10, 17th in the big leagues. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Amid the rise in anti-Asian attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, some Asian Americans have complained about the infrequency of hate crimes charges. \u2014 Jeong Parkstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"But their infrequency can make the process painful, Gago argues. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"If my youth is an indication, worse than infrequency of use is the purpose to which living rooms are put. \u2014 Mike Kerrigan, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Two of the biggest triggers for dandruff flare-ups are stress and infrequency of hair washing. \u2014 Samantha Driscoll, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 Nov. 2021",
"George's staff remember exactly how the Schertzes take their orders, and Ceballos-Schertz is even gifted a batch of turkey eggs, large brown eggs that taste similar to chicken eggs but are much rarer due to the infrequency in which turkeys lay eggs. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 9 Nov. 2021",
"At this point, the police killings of Black men in the US have tended to produce a sickening cycle of familiarity, from the infrequency with which officers are held accountable to the angry protests that follow. \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
"The infrequency of balls put in play robs the game of some of its most exciting elements, including base stealing and standout defensive plays. \u2014 Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Mar. 2021"
],
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"1677, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8fr\u0113-kw\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073527",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"infrequent":{
"antonyms":[
"frequent"
],
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": placed or occurring at wide intervals in space or time":[
"a slope dotted with infrequent pines",
"infrequent visits"
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": seldom happening or occurring : rare":[]
},
"examples":[
"We made infrequent stops along the way.",
"a shut-in who made infrequent trips to the store",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With one podium and three other top-10s, the Frenchman's been in contention at the top nearly as often, but his weekends outside the top-15 have been less infrequent . \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
"Yes, but benefits are small for infrequent customers. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"Two white lights appeared in the distance, then disappeared and reappeared \u2014 too steady to be headlights and too infrequent to be a radio tower. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Diamond has only made infrequent live appearances since. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"Most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains has infrequent earthquakes. \u2014 Nicole Acevedo, NBC News , 18 June 2022",
"Despite their infrequent collaborations, Cruz and Banderas have had curiously similar career trajectories. \u2014 Sergio Burstein, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"Police officers already do spot checks of people\u2019s bags at some subway entrances, but those checks are so infrequent that most people ride for years without being subjected to a search. \u2014 David Porter, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 June 2022",
"Strategies to avoid infection\u2014to make it as infrequent as possible, for as many people as possible\u2014remain options, in the form of vaccination, masking, ventilation, paid sick leave, and more. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Latin infrequent-, infrequens , from in- + frequent-, frequens frequent":""
},
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"in-\u02c8fr\u0113-kw\u0259nt",
"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8fr\u0113-kw\u0259nt"
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"odd",
"rare",
"sporadic"
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"type":[
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"a slope dotted with infrequent pines",
"infrequent visits"
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": seldom happening or occurring : rare":[]
},
"examples":[
"We made infrequent stops along the way.",
"a shut-in who made infrequent trips to the store",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With one podium and three other top-10s, the Frenchman's been in contention at the top nearly as often, but his weekends outside the top-15 have been less infrequent . \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
"Yes, but benefits are small for infrequent customers. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"Two white lights appeared in the distance, then disappeared and reappeared \u2014 too steady to be headlights and too infrequent to be a radio tower. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Diamond has only made infrequent live appearances since. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"Most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains has infrequent earthquakes. \u2014 Nicole Acevedo, NBC News , 18 June 2022",
"Despite their infrequent collaborations, Cruz and Banderas have had curiously similar career trajectories. \u2014 Sergio Burstein, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
"Police officers already do spot checks of people\u2019s bags at some subway entrances, but those checks are so infrequent that most people ride for years without being subjected to a search. \u2014 David Porter, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 June 2022",
"Strategies to avoid infection\u2014to make it as infrequent as possible, for as many people as possible\u2014remain options, in the form of vaccination, masking, ventilation, paid sick leave, and more. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin infrequent-, infrequens , from in- + frequent-, frequens frequent":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8fr\u0113-kw\u0259nt",
"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8fr\u0113-kw\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for infrequent infrequent , uncommon , scarce , rare , sporadic mean not common or abundant. infrequent implies occurrence at wide intervals in space or time. infrequent family visits uncommon suggests a frequency below normal expectation. smallpox is now uncommon in many countries scarce implies falling short of a standard or required abundance. jobs were scarce during the Depression rare suggests extreme scarcity or infrequency and often implies consequent high value. rare first editions sporadic implies occurrence in scattered instances or isolated outbursts. sporadic cases of influenza",
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"isolated",
"occasional",
"odd",
"rare",
"sporadic"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225919",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to make cold : chill":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin infrigidatus , past participle of infrigidare , from Latin in- in- entry 2 + Late Latin frigidare to make cold, from Latin frigidus cold":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8frij\u0259\u02ccd\u0101t"
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164910",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"infringe":{
"antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe"
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": defeat , frustrate":[],
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"\u2014 used with on or upon infringe on our rights"
],
": to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another":[
"infringe a patent"
]
},
"examples":[
"They claim that his use of the name infringes their copyright.",
"Her rights must not be infringed .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Angry motorists and civil-rights advocates, claim the devices only serve as a moneymaker for local governments, infringe on due-process rights, and intrude on their privacy. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"San Antonio and Austin infringe on the Cowboys\u2019 and Texans\u2019 territory. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"Still, many of her proposals \u2014 like barring E.U. citizens from some of the same social benefits as French citizens \u2014 would infringe fundamental European treaties. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Other speakers argued that the measure would infringe on constitutional rights to own or sell guns, and said gun rights advocates should be included in the discussion. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Some board members have wondered if a mental health center would infringe on parents\u2019 rights. \u2014 Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant , 3 June 2022",
"Critics and Republican lawmakers raised questions about how the board might infringe on Americans\u2019 free speech and privacy rights. \u2014 Amanda Seitz, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
"People working to restore salmon populations fear the frogs will infringe on that progress. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The ruling Social Democrat party in Sweden has historically been opposed to joining NATO, believing that doing so would infringe upon the country's 200-year policy of military neutrality. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 2 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin infringere , from Latin, to break, crush, from in- + frangere to break \u2014 more at break":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8frinj"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for infringe trespass , encroach , infringe , invade mean to make inroads upon the property, territory, or rights of another. trespass implies an unwarranted or unlawful intrusion. hunters trespassing on farmland encroach suggests gradual or stealthy entrance upon another's territory or usurpation of another's rights or possessions. the encroaching settlers displacing the native peoples infringe implies an encroachment clearly violating a right or prerogative. infringing a copyright invade implies a hostile and injurious entry into the territory or sphere of another. accused of invading their privacy",
"synonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"contravene",
"fracture",
"offend",
"traduce",
"transgress",
"violate"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192612",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"infringe (on":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"to fail to keep a law that was struck down by the court for infringing upon the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution"
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-080627",
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"infringe (on ":{
"antonyms":[],
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"to fail to keep a law that was struck down by the court for infringing upon the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141242",
"type":[
"verb"
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"antonyms":[
"noninfringement",
"observance"
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": the act of infringing : violation":[]
},
"examples":[
"any government action limiting freedom of speech is an infringement of the U.S. Constitution",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When wearing a face mask is considered by many to be an infringement on free choice. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Last month, the Justice department sent a letter to all 50 state attorneys general, warning them that blocking transgender and nonbinary youth from receiving gender-affirming care could be an infringement of federal constitutional protections. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Last month, the Justice department sent a letter to all 50 state attorneys general, warning them that blocking transgender and nonbinary youth from receiving gender-affirming care could be an infringement of federal constitutional protections. \u2014 Kim Chandler, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The complaint alleges that Brock\u2019s termination is an infringement upon his Title VII rights, which is a portion of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that protects workers against discrimination. \u2014 Ben Brasch, ajc , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Singleton and Allen debated whether the permit requirement was an infringement on the Second Amendment. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Although enforcement seems impossible, sites like YouTube, Facebook and Instagram have developed efficient mechanisms for reporting copyright infringement . \u2014 Mitra Ahouraian, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"In a complaint filed in New Orleans federal court, Andy Stone is seeking at least $20 million in damages from Carey, her co-writer and Sony Music Entertainment for copyright infringement and misappropriation, among other claims. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"Nike asked a federal judge to add to its claims of counterfeiting and false advertising to the current infringement lawsuit against StockX. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"in-\u02c8frinj-m\u0259nt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005124",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
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": to make furious":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"I was infuriated by his arrogance.",
"the quarterback's stupid mistake infuriated the coach",
"Adjective",
"Casanova made a hasty retreat from the woman's bedroom, with the infuriate husband in hot pursuit.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As someone who suffers from anxiety, few phrases infuriate me more than 'try not to think about it'. \u2014 Kushie Amin, refinery29.com , 17 May 2022",
"Of course a formal referral will infuriate Trumpists. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Their views infuriate many prosecutors, plaintiff lawyers, medical experts and relatives of the dead, who accuse them of slanting science, ignoring inconvenient facts and dangerously emboldening police officers to act aggressively. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Then Dickinson swished a beauty from the top of the key to infuriate the insult-spewing fans one more time. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 24 Jan. 2022",
"My guess is there\u2019s something here that\u2019ll interest, entertain, or infuriate you. \u2014 Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
"After Buffalo's Jerry Hughes, who also is from Houston and starred at Fort Bend Austin High School, tried to drag Brady backwards, Oliver stepped over the Buccaneers quarterback, which seemed to infuriate Brady. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Imposing sanctions will infuriate India, a key U.S. partner in the emerging Indo-Pacific strategy. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Maybe this live-action version will find its feet in a later season (if there will be any), but for now, this is a tough series to sit through and will definitely infuriate fans of the original anime. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1667, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
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"Medieval Latin infuriatus , past participle of infuriare , from Latin in- + furia fury":"Verb"
},
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"in-\u02c8fyu\u0307r-\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"in-\u02c8fyu\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259t"
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"anger",
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"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"ire",
"mad",
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"outrage",
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"rile",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214925",
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"verb"
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},
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"Verb",
"I was infuriated by his arrogance.",
"the quarterback's stupid mistake infuriated the coach",
"Adjective",
"Casanova made a hasty retreat from the woman's bedroom, with the infuriate husband in hot pursuit.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As someone who suffers from anxiety, few phrases infuriate me more than 'try not to think about it'. \u2014 Kushie Amin, refinery29.com , 17 May 2022",
"Of course a formal referral will infuriate Trumpists. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Their views infuriate many prosecutors, plaintiff lawyers, medical experts and relatives of the dead, who accuse them of slanting science, ignoring inconvenient facts and dangerously emboldening police officers to act aggressively. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Then Dickinson swished a beauty from the top of the key to infuriate the insult-spewing fans one more time. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 24 Jan. 2022",
"My guess is there\u2019s something here that\u2019ll interest, entertain, or infuriate you. \u2014 Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
"After Buffalo's Jerry Hughes, who also is from Houston and starred at Fort Bend Austin High School, tried to drag Brady backwards, Oliver stepped over the Buccaneers quarterback, which seemed to infuriate Brady. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Imposing sanctions will infuriate India, a key U.S. partner in the emerging Indo-Pacific strategy. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Maybe this live-action version will find its feet in a later season (if there will be any), but for now, this is a tough series to sit through and will definitely infuriate fans of the original anime. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021"
],
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"1667, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
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"Medieval Latin infuriatus , past participle of infuriare , from Latin in- + furia fury":"Verb"
},
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"in-\u02c8fyu\u0307r-\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"in-\u02c8fyu\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259t"
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"anger",
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": inspire , animate":[
"the sense of purpose that infuses scientific research"
],
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"a new spirit was infused into American art",
"\u2014 Amer. Guide Series: N. Y."
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"stem cells were infused into the patient"
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": to cause to be permeated with something (such as a principle or quality) that alters usually for the better":[
"infuse the team with confidence"
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": to steep in liquid (such as water) without boiling so as to extract the soluble constituents or principles":[]
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"She has infused her followers with confidence.",
"He has found ways to infuse new energy into his performances.",
"She has infused confidence into her followers.",
"His work is infused with anger.",
"The tea should be allowed to infuse for several minutes.",
"You should infuse the tea for several minutes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This tiny bar is packed with all-natural ingredients that infuse hair with the finest botanicals available. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"It\u2019s a convenient, cost-effective move that can infuse so many dishes with flavor and crunch. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"Music fans also will be delighted with the rich harmonies and gusto that infuse the music, performed by professional singers. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
"Cook meat or seafood on top of this Himalayan salt plank to infuse it with extra flavor before serving! \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 18 May 2022",
"The syrup is constantly spooned back over the bread to infuse it with a sweet sticky texture. \u2014 Lisa Morrow, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The roles of Ismene and Haemon are minor but critical, and Bridget Kim and Christopher Portley infuse them with real depth. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 13 Mar. 2022",
"This will result in a more fragrant, aromatic brew, but be warned: Your bean grinder will likely hold onto those flavors and potentially infuse them into your next batch. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Remove from the heat, add the lemon zest, pepper and salt, and swirl it around in the hot butter for 30 seconds to infuse it with citrus and spice. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English infusen (usually in past participle enfusid, infused ) \"to pour in, introduce, soak,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French enfuser (in past participle enfus\u00e9 ) \"to steep,\" borrowed from Latin inf\u016bsus, past participle of infundere \"to pour in, instill, cause to fall or stream,\" from in- in- entry 2 + fundere \"to pour, shed, cast, send forth, disperse\" \u2014 more at found entry 5":""
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"indue",
"imbue",
"inculcate",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
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"suffuse"
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"verb"
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
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"\u2014 Will Herberg"
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"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8fin\u0259\u02cct\u012bz"
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"noun"
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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": to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner":[
"a slum infested with crime",
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"in-\u02c8fest"
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"overrun"
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"examples":[
"in desperation, we called in an exterminator because the house was infested with ants",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Inspired by the government shutdown of 2013, the series was a radical shift from the sleek halls of Lockhart Gardner: a sci-fi comedy about killer bugs from outer space that infest the brains of congressmen, turning them into hyper-partisan maniacs. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Kurt Russell stars as MacReady, one of a handful of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter an alien parasite with an uncanny ability to infest and imitate its host. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"Swirls of brown mud cake the lower walls of the home and tree roots infest the foundation of Brian Redfern\u2019s evocative and foreboding set. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"It\u2019s this ability to infest areas without large groups that make these invasive jumping worms so terrifying to the local environment. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But then scammers started to infest that market, offering fake codes and scamming players out of their money, leading some unsavvy players to think that Riot had cheated them. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Those of us who infest cinemas may remember asking ourselves that uncomfortable question for the first time. \u2014 The New Yorker , 25 Feb. 2022",
"What should gardeners do about the aphids and bugs that infest milkweed stems and blooms",
"Villains from other realities infest the MCU, and Peter will have to capture them all. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 Nov. 2021"
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"French infester , from Latin infestare , from infestus hostile":""
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"1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": moderate to severe influenza that in humans is marked especially by sudden onset, fever, sore throat, fatigue, muscle aches, inflammation of the respiratory mucous membranes, and cough, that has numerous variants caused by subtypes (such as H1N1, H2N2, or H3N2) of an orthomyxovirus (species Influenza A virus of the genus Influenzavirus A ) infecting humans and various animals (such as birds or pigs), and that may occur in seasonal epidemics or sometimes pandemics following mutation in the causative virus":[],
": influenza with less severe symptoms that is caused by an orthomyxovirus (species Influenza B virus of the genus Influenzavirus B ) infecting only humans and especially children and that may occur in seasonal epidemics but not pandemics":[],
": mild influenza that is often asymptomatic, is caused by an orthomyxovirus (species Influenza C virus of the genus Influenzavirus C ) infecting only humans, and does not occur in epidemics or pandemics":[],
": any of various human respiratory infections of undetermined cause":[
"\u2014 not used technically"
],
": any of various virus diseases of domestic animals marked especially by fever, respiratory symptoms, and inflammation of mucous membranes":[]
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"\u02ccin-(\u02cc)fl\u00fc-\u02c8en-z\u0259",
"\u02ccin-fl\u00fc-\u02c8en-z\u0259"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Seqirus was formed in 2015 when CSL purchased the Novartis influenza vaccines business, including a manufacturing site in Holly Springs, North Carolina. \u2014 Jim Vinoski, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"The first Michigan child to die of influenza this season was from Kalamazoo County, the state health department announced Friday. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Such outbreaks of Avian influenza happen from time to time, Hillman said. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 23 Mar. 2022",
"That downturn, which aligned with the global influenza outbreak, lasted just seven months and was the second shortest on record. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 29 June 2021",
"In many countries, including the United States, adult influenza deaths aren\u2019t counted, they are estimated, using formulas that calculate the number of deaths in flu season that are over and above what would be seen at other points in the year. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 9 May 2022",
"In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts warned against comparing influenza to COVID-19, in part because the first wave of coronavirus cases led to many more deaths than the average flu season. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 5 May 2022",
"By way of comparison, the World Health Organization uses an 8-fold drop in neutralization as the threshold for the loss of protection that requires an update to seasonal influenza vaccines. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 3 May 2022",
"Experts are recommending people stop using outside birdfeeders to help prevent the spread of highly pathogenic Avian influenza . \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, literally, influence, from Medieval Latin influentia ; from the belief that epidemics were due to the influence of the stars":""
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"1743, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"noun"
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": a local response to cellular injury that is marked by capillary dilatation, leukocytic infiltration, redness, heat, and pain and that serves as a mechanism initiating the elimination of noxious agents and of damaged tissue":[],
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"\u02ccin-fl\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"examples":[
"The drug is used to reduce inflammation .",
"inflammations of the throat and ears",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Treinen\u2019s injury \u2014 which has only been publicly disclosed as shoulder inflammation \u2014 was initially believed to be minor. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
"Okonkwo totaled 447 receiving yards and a team-best five touchdowns this past season after missing 2020 because of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, Baltimore Sun , 30 Apr. 2022",
"People with a history of Covid-19 infection were more than five times more likely to develop myocarditis -- inflammation of the heart muscle -- a year later. \u2014 Tasnim Ahmed, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Akanno was diagnosed with myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Viral infections, including those that cause the flu and the common cold, are a major cause of myocarditis, the inflammation of the heart muscle. \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2022",
"At the end of 2020, Evans was diagnosed with myocarditis \u2014 an inflammation of the heart muscle, causing symptoms that can include chest pain and an irregular heartbeat. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"They were told that if his heart problems were caused by myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle triggered by an immune attack, there might be drugs to help reverse his condition. \u2014 Jonathan Wosen, STAT , 14 Jan. 2022",
"At the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Davis\u2019s blood pressure plunged to 70/50, and she was diagnosed with myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, caused by infection with the novel coronavirus. \u2014 Carolyn Barber, Scientific American , 12 Jan. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155032"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": an infantry soldier":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Clarity over Ukraine is also what prompted Erik Inbody, a veteran infantryman who spent five years in the Marine Corps, to leave his job as a welder and metal fabricator in Texas \u2013 and his 4-year-old daughter \u2013 and join SOLI in Ukraine. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 May 2022",
"Webster served as a Marine Corps infantryman from 1985 to 1989, and while an NYPD officer, was on the protective security detail of former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 3 May 2022",
"The airborne infantryman earned numerous distinctions from the service, including for work during a combat deployment in Afghanistan. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
"The airborne infantryman earned numerous distinctions from the service, including for work during a combat deployment in Afghanistan. \u2014 al , 13 May 2022",
"Herrera, a North Carolina native, enlisted in the Army as an infantryman in November 2017 and served two deployments to Kuwait, Stars and Stripes reported. \u2014 Fox News , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Nick Symmonds takes on Chris, an infantryman with the U.S. Army, in three separate events: an assault course, barrel sprint, and an uphill sandbag carry. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 22 Mar. 2022",
"One of the guards, a former infantryman , wears a camouflage Kevlar vest and mirrored sunglasses. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Morse served for four years as an infantryman and was the lead driver for his platoon, also spending time with his units' mortar section. \u2014 Drew F. Lawrence, CNN , 22 Jan. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155710"
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": a branch of an army composed of these soldiers":[],
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"\u02c8in-f\u0259n-tr\u0113"
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"examples":[
"He joined the infantry after leaving school.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Huynh and Drueke fired an RPG at a BMP -- an infantry fighting vehicle -- that was coming through the woods and destroyed it, according to Pip. \u2014 Jonny Hallam And Helen Regan, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Shells from a 152-millimetre artillery gun started to land around him\u2014large-calibre munitions meant to destroy armored vehicles and groupings of infantry . \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
"On Thursday, Queen Elizabeth herself was out and about for Trooping the Colour, a tradition of the British infantry that happens annually. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 5 June 2022",
"Members of the 95th Air Assault infantry have been sleeping in a farm building at night and hiding from Russian drones during the day. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"Next week, Russia is set to display display only three copies of the Kurganets-25 infantry fighting vehicle. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"My father fought under Gen. Patton\u2019s Third Army armored infantry and received a Silver Star and a Purple Heart. \u2014 WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"While serving in Afghanistan as an \u200b\u200bArmy infantry lieutenant, Brown was wounded by a roadside bomb attack and was sent to Texas to recover from his severe burn injuries. \u2014 Hannah Demissie, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"The artillery is followed by masses of armor supported by infantry . \u2014 Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone , 12 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French infanterie , from Old Italian infanteria , from infante boy, foot soldier, from Latin infant-, infans":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160534"
},
"infected":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having an infection : contaminated with an infective agent (such as a bacterium or virus)":[
"an infected wound",
"Through a number of different means, these viruses persist at very low, hard-to-detect levels in infected cells.",
"\u2014 The Journal of the American Medical Association",
"She explains that leptospirosis bacteria are shed in the urine of infected animals.",
"\u2014 Tania Banak",
"The fungus produces as many as 1 million conidia per square centimeter of infected leaf surface.",
"\u2014 G. B. Lucas"
]
},
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"in-\u02c8fek-t\u0259d"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from past participle of infect":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1534, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164002"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a place (as in a school or prison) where sick or injured individuals receive care and treatment":[],
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"in-\u02c8f\u0259r-m\u0259-r\u0113",
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"in-\u02c8f\u0259rm-r\u0113"
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"examples":[
"One of the students became ill and was sent to the infirmary .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He was pronounced dead in the infirmary at 2:48 a.m., said Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Four inmates are receiving treatment in outside hospitals while 131 are recovering in the MacDougall-Walker infirmary . \u2014 Seamus Mcavoy, courant.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Garcia may join him in the infirmary with his knee ailment. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The judge, whose name was not publicly available, rejected the request, and Mercado remained in the infirmary . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Khadu's death comes after Isaabdul Karim died in an infirmary on Rikers Island on Sunday. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 22 Sep. 2021",
"An estimated 30 people are dead and 145 injured after Boko Haram militants attack a crowded market in Kerawa, Cameroon, and an infirmary near a Cameroonian military camp, according to Cameroonian military spokesman Col. Didier Badjeck. \u2014 CNN , 7 Sep. 2021",
"After his arrest in late 2009, Vazquez-Torres was housed in the infirmary at Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun for more than five months, according to court records. \u2014 Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Feb. 2014",
"During his tenure, $1.7 million was raised for capital improvements to build a new infirmary at Camp Wise and the Debra Ann November Aquatics Center at the Anisfield Day Camp, among other notable projects. \u2014 cleveland , 13 Aug. 2021"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": susceptibility to infection":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173659"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin inflammat us + English -ive":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175316"
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"infant mortality":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the number of infants who die each year":[
"The government is trying to reduce infant mortality ."
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"infirmaress":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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"-m\u0259r\u0259\u0307s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182208"
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"infection":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the state produced by the establishment of one or more pathogenic agents (such as a bacteria, protozoans, or viruses) in or on the body of a suitable host":[
"an infection in his foot"
],
": a disease resulting from infection":[
"contagious infections",
"infections of childhood"
],
": an infectious agent or material contaminated with an infectious agent":[
"\u2026 that notion that the infection was all in the air, that there was no such thing as contagion from the sick people to the sound \u2026",
"\u2014 Daniel Defoe",
"It may not be uninteresting to add, that this case I vaccinated with infection taken from a secondary pock on the arm of her sister \u2026",
"\u2014 John Redman Coxe"
],
": the act or result of corrupting someone's morals, character, etc.":[
"\u2026 it is at least as difficult to stay a moral infection as a physical one \u2026",
"\u2014 Charles Dickens",
"\u2026 they could not know the origin\u2014or the depth\u2014of his susceptibility to the infection of power.",
"\u2014 Robert A. Caro"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"in-\u02c8fek-sh\u0259n"
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"examples":[
"Poor hygiene can increase the danger of infection .",
"The wound has so far remained free of infection .",
"steps you can take to decrease your computer's risk of infection",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Also, the bacteria has been associated with severe intestinal infection (necrotizing enterocolitis) and blood poisoning (sepsis), especially in newborns. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 23 June 2022",
"Meningococcal disease can lead to a bloodstream infection or meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. \u2014 Caroline Catherman And Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"Stings can result in severe pain, infection , respiratory issues, cardiac problems and more. \u2014 Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"After all, a positive or negative result could be the difference between continuing to go about life or needing to isolate \u2014 and potentially developing more severe outcomes from infection , such as long covid. \u2014 Allyson Chiu, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"To further complicate things, a positive Lyme disease test also isn\u2019t proof of an active infection (one that is present during the time of the blood test). \u2014 Carley Millhone, SELF , 17 June 2022",
"The cancer is often caused by an HPV infection , which can cause changes on the skin and form lesions. \u2014 Brianna Abbott, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The medication may not be for everyone: People with an ongoing infection , cancer or a history of heart attack or stroke should consult with the doctor before considering the medication, Garza said. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Generally, the protein-subunit vaccine design is tried and trusted; it's already used in vaccines against flu, pertussis (whooping cough), and meningococcal infection , for example. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022"
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"\u02ccin-fl\u0259-\u02c8re-s\u1d4an(t)s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The stalk, which can reach 20 feet tall, is topped by a giant, candelabra-like inflorescence with numerous flower clusters bearing countless small, bright yellow blooms that produce large quantities of sweet nectar at night. \u2014 Janet Marinelli, Wired , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Phelps was thoroughly scientific about education \u2014 her botany text explains inflorescence , the classification of trillium, and the theory of metamorphoses of the organs of plants \u2014 but nature also inspired her. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Gradually, the inflorescence shatters and the plant produces new foliage. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 28 Aug. 2021",
"Male sagos produce a yellowish, upright, often several feet tall inflorescence that deteriorates and drops off the plant in a matter of months. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 28 Aug. 2021",
"Roadside weeds like wild mustard and Queen Anne\u2019s lace, tendrils of palm inflorescence and carnivorous cobra lilies have all found a place in her work. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Also, that center actually contains hundreds of smaller flowers that combine to create a cluster called an inflorescence . \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 July 2020",
"This gives the whole flower head ( inflorescence ) a lighter and more airy feel. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 8 May 2020",
"What really sets off my allergies this time of year\u2014the start of blockbuster season\u2014is the inflorescence of cinephilia. \u2014 Jason Kehe, Wired , 21 Apr. 2020"
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"New Latin inflorescentia , from Late Latin inflorescent-, inflorescens , present participle of inflorescere to begin to bloom, from Latin in- + florescere to begin to bloom \u2014 more at florescence":""
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"1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"noun"
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"-\u02cctes\u0259\u02c8mal\u0259t\u0113"
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"\u02ccin-fr\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4-nik",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ultra-low-noise MM phono stage with infrasonic filtering circuitry. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The phono preamp also has an innovative circuit that suppresses the infrasonic noise present on all vinyl, without compromising bass response. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
"While blue whale calls can exceed 180 decibels \u2013 louder than the roar of jet airplane \u2013 most of their sounds are infrasonic , meaning the frequency of their sound waves falls below the threshold of human hearing. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Even the Earth itself generates a continuous infrasonic hum. \u2014 Jason Gregg, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Nuclear-blast detectors picked up the signature of a new population of pygmy blue whales and the infrasonic rumblings of 1,001 rocket launches. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 17 Aug. 2021",
"The researchers found infrasonic signatures for up to 73% of these rockets, or 733. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 10 June 2021",
"The study offers few clues about how terns might do this, but other research suggests some migrating birds detect infrasonic weather signals or observe changing clouds. \u2014 Joshua Rapp Learn, Scientific American , 1 Oct. 2020",
"For instance, hot lava flowing down the mountain essentially drained the lava lake at its summit, so there should be a corresponding shift in the infrasonic signature. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 Aug. 2018"
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"Middle English, probably from Medieval Latin infirmaria, infirmarium + Middle English -er":""
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"in-\u02c8fl\u0101m"
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"delight",
"gratify",
"please"
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"His angry speech inflamed the mob.",
"ideas that inflame the imagination",
"His comments have inflamed an already tense situation.",
"inflaming the passions of the mob",
"a chemical that can inflame the skin",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sune Rasmussen explains how his death may inflame tensions in the Middle East. \u2014 Jared Malsin, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
"But such arguments are more likely to inflame resistance than foster dialogue. \u2014 Julia Minson, Time , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Opposing counsel has orchestrated a circus-like atmosphere by using social media to publicize 14 \u2018Jane Doe\u2019 lawsuits during the past seven days in a manner calculated to inflame the public and malign Deshaun\u2019s otherwise sterling reputation. \u2014 Kaylee Remington, cleveland , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Choose to improve the situation rather than inflame the drama further. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"Talking about these 12 tragedies and crimes and wrapping in their political disagreements with Councilmember Montgomery Steppe does seem to be a matter to inflame things. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"But what is even more chilling is that the demolitions haven\u2019t doused Hindu anger in Khargone\u2014instead, The Kashmir Files continues to inflame passions. \u2014 Supriya Sharma, Quartz , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Exercise benefits your body in so many ways, but sweating can lead to irritation and inflame your eczema. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, SELF , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Beijing had baselessly accused the U.S. and Taiwan of fomenting the Hong Kong protests, so a public announcement about the five could further inflame tensions. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022"
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"Middle English enflamen , from Anglo-French enflamer , from Latin inflammare , from in- + flamma flame":""
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194710"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"\u00a6in+"
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"Late Latin inflorescent-, inflorescens , present participle":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": something that is infinite especially in extent":[],
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"in-\u02c8fi-n\u0259-\u02cct\u00fcd",
"-\u02ccty\u00fcd"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Apple Music offers you the same gorgeous infinitude . \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The Standard Model is one such QFT, depicting fundamental particles like electrons as fuzzy bumps that emerge from an infinitude of electron fields. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 17 June 2021",
"While Google can serve up an infinitude of worksheets and websites and YouTube videos, resources vetted by other parents can help families narrow down their options. \u2014 Pia Ceres, Wired , 3 June 2021",
"On the other hand, there might be something majestic in being a part, even a tiny part, of this unfathomable chain of being, this infinitude of existence. \u2014 Alan Lightman, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2021",
"But at Pixar the virtual cameras can see an infinitude of light and color. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 29 Apr. 2021",
"Over nearly three hours of music, the cellist naturally makes an infinitude of subtle interpretive choices that add up to a unique, inimitable whole. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 26 Feb. 2021",
"Morons are generally not thinking about the infinitude of the universe. \u2014 David Marchese, New York Times , 20 Nov. 2020",
"That\u2019s what these boxes felt like, slices of infinitude , as if light were a creature, and this was one of its natural habitats. \u2014 Leslie Jamison, The Atlantic , 31 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French & New Latin; French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from New Latin inf\u012bn\u012bt\u016bd\u014d, from Latin inf\u012bn\u012btus \"indefinite, having no limit, infinite entry 1 \" + -\u016bd\u014d, extracted from -t\u016bd\u014d -tude (taking the -t- as the termination of a participle or adjective)":""
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"adjective"
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"infraspecific variability"
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"\u02ccin-fr\u0259-spi-\u02c8si-fik",
"\u02ccin-fr\u0259-spi-\u02c8sif-ik",
"-(\u02cc)fr\u00e4-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In doing so, scientists are able to trace the biogeographic history of infraspecific populations and better comprehend other factors like gene flow, fragmentation, range expansion and colonization. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 16 May 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211258"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"\u2014 opposed to confirmation"
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8fy\u00fcz\u0259r\u0113",
"-\u00fcs\u0259-"
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
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"\u2014 H. L. Ickes"
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"New Latin Infusoria \"group of minute organisms found in infusions of decaying matter\" (by ellipsis from animalcula infusoria \"animalcules found in infusions\"), neuter plural of inf\u016bs\u014drius \"pertaining to an infusion\" (going back to Medieval Latin, \"serving as a funnel,\" adjective derivative from the base of Latin infundere, past participle inf\u016bsus \"to pour in, instill\") + -an entry 1 \u2014 more at infuse":""
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"contagious",
"epidemic",
"spreading"
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"viruses and other infectious agents",
"She has an infectious grin.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, the resurgence of new infectious waves pushed the demand for private jets as most countries restricted air travel to contain the Covid-19 spread. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Those infected begin experiencing symptoms seven to 14 days after exposure and can remain infectious for several weeks. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
"Chastain\u2019s humbleness and infectious positivity spread like wildfire throughout the already high-spirited organization, propelling the sophomore team into a three-way bid for supremacy with powerhouses Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing. \u2014 Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic , 25 June 2022",
"Bulls general manager Marc Eversley said the rookie\u2019s infectious energy was key in the team\u2019s selection. \u2014 Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"In its latest report, released on Tuesday, the committee details the White House career of Scott Atlas, a neuroradiologist with no infectious disease experience. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
"Some infectious disease experts interviewed by ABC News said the new study could influence the way doctors prescribe the drug, potentially declining to prescribe it to vaccinated, otherwise healthy patients. \u2014 Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
"People mobilize disease; our species, too, poses an immense infectious threat to the planet. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
"The infectious single is a fast paced, retro house inspired track that finds the singer narrating her attempts at chasing joy over a dance beat with help from New Orleans rapper Big Freedia. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022"
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"infinite space"
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"bottomless",
"boundless",
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"horizonless",
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"immeasurable",
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"limitless",
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"unbounded",
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"definite",
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"limited",
"restricted"
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"Adjective",
"an infinite series of numbers",
"She has infinite patience when she's dealing with children.",
"There seemed to be an infinite number of possibilities.",
"an infinite variety of choices",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Michael Greyeyes was like, 'Well, there's an infinite amount of Indigenous stories. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 9 May 2022",
"Viewed through a global lens, diversity is infinite . \u2014 Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"That 13-year struggle really tells us our possibilities are infinite , even when the odds are stacked against us. \u2014 Jene\u00e9 Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"The future of the CTO is in marrying the power of people with the power of technology\u2014and the potential is infinite . \u2014 Pete Hanlon, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"And, while still very productive, even James has to know that his time playing like this isn\u2019t infinite . \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The best thing about this world of infinite content is the times that something surprising breaks through into the mainstream. \u2014 K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"The value of each piece is not measured by its carats, but by the infinite light of the soul of the one who wears it. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"That translates to what will feel like infinite hydration all day long. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The game's default modes save progress between levels, and the optional infinite -lives option is certainly appreciated. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
"Well, by tapping into all the infinite Evelyns out there, of course, and doing battle with a mysterious, cross-dimensional warlord. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The relationship between dimensions is key to calculus, as is the relationship from the finite to the infinite . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The challenge was to find ways of bounding the infinite . \u2014 New York Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Praise the infinite , nameless tellers of tales swaying from the poplar\u2019s limbs. \u2014 Michael Palmer, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Both companies make classic Dutch ovens that have a near- infinite lifespan and are often handed down through generations. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Themes begin to emerge for the viewer who discovers duality, blurred borders and materiality recycled into the infinite . \u2014 John Zotos, Dallas News , 8 Sep. 2021",
"One case taken up by Friedman and Stanley concerned a family of graphs, each with an infinite \u2014 though countable \u2014 number of vertices. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"Middle English infynyt, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French infinit, borrowed from Latin inf\u012bn\u012btus \"indefinite, having no limit, endless,\" from in- in- entry 1 + f\u012bn\u012btus \"specific, definite, having bounds or limits\" \u2014 more at finite":"Adjective"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"noun"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"(\u02cc)in-\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259l",
"in-\u02c8f\u022fr-m\u0259l"
],
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"heterodox",
"irregular",
"unceremonious",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
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"ceremonious",
"conventional",
"formal",
"orthodox",
"regular",
"routine"
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"examples":[
"We had an informal meeting over lunch.",
"He has an informal manner that puts people at ease.",
"He spoke to them in informal Spanish.",
"The term is common in informal contexts.",
"He took an informal poll among his coworkers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Loomer\u2019s playful script also lends itself to an informal approach. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"In late March, Guldbrandsen said, a Danish police official contacted him to relay a request from the FBI for an informal discussion. \u2014 Dalton Bennett, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"For creative types, a more informal photo might be best. \u2014 Will Van Der Sanden, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Eventually, my dad and some of our gay customers even set up an informal neighborhood watch\u2014although that\u2019s a story for another time. \u2014 Curtis Chin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
"The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
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"But then scammers started to infest that market, offering fake codes and scamming players out of their money, leading some unsavvy players to think that Riot had cheated them. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"The typical viruses that cause infectious hepatitis were not seen in the children\u2019s cases, though adenovirus is considered a suspect. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The usual viruses that cause infectious hepatitis were not seen in the cases, and scientists and doctors are considering other possible sources, including COVID-19, other viruses and environmental factors. \u2014 Maria Cheng, ajc , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The unfinished manuscript suddenly cuts off in 1927, the year Dr. Andersen had a prolonged attack of infectious hepatitis . \u2014 Katie Hafner, Scientific American , 11 Nov. 2021",
"People on waitlists typically already are vaccinated to protect against infectious hepatitis A and B, pneumonia, shingles and the flu, Kumar told USA TODAY. \u2014 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The common thread in the research is the lack of a substance called interferon that helps orchestrate the body\u2019s defense against viral pathogens and can be infused to treat conditions such as infectious hepatitis . \u2014 Jason Gale, Fortune , 25 Sep. 2020",
"The common thread in the research is the lack of a substance called interferon that helps orchestrate the body\u2019s defense against viral pathogens and can be infused to treat conditions such as infectious hepatitis . \u2014 Jason Gale, Fortune , 25 Sep. 2020",
"The common thread in the research is the lack of a substance called interferon that helps orchestrate the body\u2019s defense against viral pathogens and can be infused to treat conditions such as infectious hepatitis . \u2014 Jason Gale, Fortune , 25 Sep. 2020",
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"Using detectors that see visible and infrared wavelengths, the CRISM team has previously produced high-resolution mineral maps that provide a record of the formation of the Martian crust and where and how it was altered by water. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
"The instrument will be able to use a specialized prism to disperse the light collected from cosmic sources to create three distinct rainbows that reveal hues of more than 2,000 infrared colors from a single observation. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"By looking in the infrared , Webb will be able to identify the fingerprints of small molecules, such as carbon dioxide and ozone, that will offer meaningful clues about the habitability of worlds around other stars. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 29 June 2022",
"The cameras even have an infrared flash so that nighttime photos are captured without disturbing the animal. \u2014 Ashleigh Papp, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
"Mike hopes the patio will be a hangout spot year-round with the addition of ceiling fans and infrared heaters. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 21 June 2022",
"Doug Thron has traveled the globe from one natural disaster to the next using an infrared drone to find animals displaced by hurricanes, wildfires, and tornados \u2014 but none of those adventures could have prepared him for his latest odyssey. \u2014 Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"With the help of an infrared eye tracker, the study authors found that people who had a stronger sense of rushing into a tunnel experienced greater pupil dilation. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
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"Trish has served as a consultant and litigation expert on matters in the hospital, health insurance, health information technology and life sciences sectors. \u2014 Karen Van Nuys, STAT , 3 July 2022",
"At the sector level, the firm found that hedge funds continued to rotate out of information technology and consumer discretionary, pulling their tilts to those sectors down to their lowest levels in at least 10 years. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Pierce Burnette has spent her career in a number of areas, including engineering, information technology and public service. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 17 May 2022",
"The International Data Corporation, a global provider of market intelligence for information technology and communications, predicts that this amount will grow to 175 zettabytes by 2025. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The two systems already have begun conversations on a partnership for a new hospital in Sunrise, and Broward Health has hired Memorial Healthcare System to consult on information technology and electronic health records. \u2014 Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Another $32 billion would be used for the development of information technology and other services that could enhance the agency\u2019s enforcement prowess. \u2014 Michael Collins, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Thompson leaves behind several projects, such as the effort to restructure campuses' administrative programs including human resources, information technology and finance. \u2014 Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Ensono is an information technology services and cloud computing solutions company based in Downers Grove, Illinois outside Chicago. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"At least one out of four teenagers and young adults who get infected with EBV will develop infectious mononucleosis , according to the CDC. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Some scientists, like immunologist Dr. Nancy Klimas, wonder if long COVID is caused by old viruses that stay in the body but are typically held in check, like infectious mononucleosis . \u2014 Dr. Maia Ou, ABC News , 13 Mar. 2021",
"Usually benign, the virus can be associated with serious diseases like infectious mononucleosis , Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma and multiple sclerosis. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian , 17 Dec. 2019",
"The final, official diagnosis was the Epstein-Barr virus, also known as infectious mononucleosis . \u2014 Th\u00e9oden Janes, charlotteobserver , 11 Mar. 2018"
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"\u0259\u0307n\u02c8f\u022f(r)m\u0259\u02ccl\u012bz"
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"-\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02ccin-fr\u0259-\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259n, -\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02ccin-fr\u0259-\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259n",
"-(\u02cc)fr\u00e4-"
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"\"+"
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": the hypha of a parasitic fungus that penetrates the host and establishes an infection":[]
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"\"",
"\"+"
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"-f\u0259n-\u02cct\u012b-\u02ccl\u012bz",
"\u02c8in-f\u0259n-t\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Movies can overromanticize, infantilize or instill incongruously adult wisdom in young characters. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"His position that nanny-state efforts to override markets infantilize the governed by precluding decision makers\u2019 responses to prices is consistent with his position that government lacks the information needed to manage scarcity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Sep. 2021",
"All of this impacts the bottom line: When leaders infantilize those reporting to them, there\u2019s no room left for risk-taking or learning from mistakes. \u2014 Lisa Schmidt, Forbes , 21 May 2021",
"The ash barrels lining the street and the ramshackle buildings and the friendly visitors to the poor dominate and infantilize them. \u2014 Longreads , 20 July 2019",
"Yet both Chozick and Alter refer to Clinton by her first name alone \u2014 a practice long used to dismiss and infantilize the person being named. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2018",
"In other offspring news, the president managed to degrade and infantilize what is by all accounts his favorite child. \u2014 Lynn Yaeger, Vogue , 10 Sep. 2017",
"Instead, the modern era is full of clich\u00e9d memes of wise owls and adorable otters superimposed with slogans that infantilize or spread misinformation about actual animal behavior. \u2014 Jeff Vandermeer, The Atlantic , 9 May 2017"
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"1931, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"definitions":{
": one of the malevolent planets (Saturn, Mars, or sometimes Mercury) in an unfavorable aspect":[]
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": a child under seven years of age : a child not having the ability to speak":[]
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": an area of necrosis in a tissue or organ resulting from obstruction of the local circulation by a thrombus or embolus":[]
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"\u02c8in-\u02ccf\u00e4rkt",
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"\u02c8in-\u02ccf\u00e4rkt, in-\u02c8"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"People with higher blood pressure across the study period tended to have more brain lesions, known as infarcts , which are areas of dead brain tissue that have lost their blood supply. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 11 July 2018",
"Before deciding to prescribe blood pressure medication, doctors are supposed to use an online calculator to compute a person's risk over the next 10 years of a cardiovascular event such as a stroke or myocardial infarct . \u2014 Erin N. Marcus, Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2018"
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"Latin infarctus , past participle of infarcire to stuff, from in- + farcire to stuff":""
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"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185136"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a vein formed in country rock by interstitial deposition from percolating waters \u2014 compare impregnation sense 2a":[]
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":{
": in safe custody : completely under control":[]
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"Latin, under the protection":""
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"adjective"
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": having no inflections":[]
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"-sh\u0259nl\u0259\u0307s"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": a high-power incandescent lamp operating at a lower filament temperature than a lamp used for illumination and yielding a large percentage of infrared radiation that is useful for heating purposes":[]
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": abnormally immature : showing infantile behavior":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6inf\u0259nt\u0259\u00a6listik"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212658"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": injury or death of tissue (as of the heart or lungs) resulting from inadequate blood supply especially as a result of obstruction of the local circulation by a thrombus or embolus : the process of forming an infarct":[
"In myocardial infarction a coronary artery becomes obstructed and this leads to irreversible damage and necrosis of the heart tissue.",
"\u2014 Nicholas C. Price et al.",
"When dural sinuses are thrombosed, cortical and deep venous cerebral drainage is impaired, which can lead to infarction of the involved cerebral territories.",
"\u2014 Douglas J. Quint"
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"1710, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224631"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": black disease":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a theory that deals statistically with information, with the measurement of its content in terms of its distinguishing essential characteristics or by the number of alternatives from which it makes a choice possible, and with the efficiency of processes of communication between humans and machines":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The work of Mark Braverman, a computer scientist at Princeton University who is this year\u2019s recipient of the Abacus Medal, ranges widely, touching on dynamics, information theory , economics and game theory. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2022",
"Roman Stanis\u0142aw Ingarden publishes one of the first attempts at creating a quantum information theory . \u2014 Gil Press, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Vopson, who studies information theory at University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom, wants to use an experiment to confirm that elementary particles have measurable mass. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Huber, Erker and their colleagues specialized in quantum information theory and quantum thermodynamics, disciplines concerning the flow of information and energy. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Since then, mind-body studies have undergone a paradigm explosion, with theorists espousing a bewildering variety of models, involving quantum mechanics, information theory and Bayesian mathematics. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 25 June 2021",
"The ideas that emerged are the basis of an entire field of study today called information theory . \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Here\u2019s a game Claude Shannon, the founder of information theory , invented in 1948. \u2014 Jordan Ellenberg, Scientific American , 11 June 2021",
"The first was by the American mathematician Claude Shannon, regarded as the founder of information theory . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 22 Apr. 2021"
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"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235954"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a reception for a newly married couple":[]
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"Middle English, entrance, from Old English inf\u00e6r , from in + f\u00e6r way, from faran to go \u2014 more at fare":""
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"1595, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the area of a baseball field enclosed by the three bases and home plate":[],
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"The team has one of the best infields in the league.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With two on and one out, Story \u2014 who entered the night a miserable .175 on fastballs, 213th of 220 players who had seen at least 300 heaters \u2014 stayed on a two-strike sinker and shot it through the right side of the infield for a two-run single. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Kennedy slapped a single through the right side of the infield in the bottom of the fifth inning for his first career big league hit. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Ramirez, however, sent a 1-2 pitch through the left side of the infield for his 60th and 61st RBI. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"The veteran offered more defensively, with the utility ability to play in the outfield or in the middle of the infield . \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 12 June 2022",
"In the seventh inning, the Angels seemed poised to strike after Trout walked to lead off the inning and Jared Walsh hit a screaming line drive that was caught on the left side of the infield . \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"The Tigers put two runners in scoring position again in the second and, after a Castro strikeout, Schoop again came to the plate and hit the ball off the end of his bat to the right side of the infield . \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"Then, after Kaylah Nelsen struck out, Messmer grounded a single through the left side of the infield , scoring Escobar and Gottlieb. \u2014 Jeff Faraudo For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 28 May 2022",
"Sasse kept the heart of Avon\u2019s order from sending the baseball out of the infield . \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 26 May 2022"
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"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021001"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
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"New Latin Infusoria + English -al":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"\"+"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"infra- + spinal":""
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}
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