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2571 lines
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{
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"Rapa":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"island of the South Pacific in French Polynesia area 15 square miles (39 square kilometers), population 516":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u00e4-p\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192936",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Rapallo":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"(an inlet of the Ligurian Sea) population 29,357":[
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"Gulf of Rapallo"
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],
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"commune in Liguria, northwestern Italy, east-southeast of Genoa on the":[
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"Gulf of Rapallo"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"r\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-(\u02cc)l\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012042",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Rapanea":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of chiefly tropical trees or shrubs (family Theophrastaceae) having mostly shining leathery leaves and small flowers with stamens adnate to the corolla lobes":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccrap\u0259\u02c8n\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140930",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Rappist":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": harmonite":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"George (Johann Georg) Rapp \u20201847 American religious leader born in Germany + English -ist or -ite":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8rap\u0259\u0307st"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011543",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Rapti":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"river 400 miles (644 kilometers) long in Nepal and northern India flowing southeast into the Ghaghara River":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u00e4p-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132159",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Raptores":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an order of birds comprising Falconiformes and Strigiformes of current usage and including all the birds of prey":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin, plural of raptor":"Plural noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"",
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"rap\u02c8t\u014dr(\u02cc)\u0113z"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164841",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"rap":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a criminal charge":[],
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": a minimum amount or degree (as of care or consideration) : the least bit":[
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"doesn't care a rap"
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],
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": a negative and often undeserved reputation or charge":[
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"\u2014 often used with bum or bad given a bum rap by the press"
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],
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": a prison sentence":[],
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": a rap song":[
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"\u2026 the group mixes its usual raunch with mock news reports and anti-censorship raps \u2026",
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"\u2014 Jon Pareles"
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],
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": a sharp blow or knock":[],
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": a sharp rebuke or criticism":[],
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": a type of music of African American origin in which rhythmic and usually rhyming speech is chanted to a musical accompaniment":[
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"enjoys listening to rap",
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"\u2014 often used before another noun rap music a rap album/artist/song"
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],
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": enrapture":[],
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": the responsibility for or adverse consequences of an action":[
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"refused to take the rap"
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],
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": to cause to be or come by raps":[
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"rap the meeting to order"
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],
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": to criticize sharply":[],
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": to make a short sharp sound":[],
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": to perform rap music":[],
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": to snatch away or upward":[],
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": to strike a quick sharp blow":[],
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": to strike with a sharp blow":[],
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": to talk freely and frankly":[],
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": to utter suddenly and forcibly":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"1834, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English rappe":"Noun",
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"back-formation from rapt":"Verb",
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"perhaps from rap entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8rap"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211853",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"rap (someone) on/over/across the knuckles":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to criticize or punish (someone) in a gentle way for doing something wrong":[
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"The boss rapped me on the knuckles for missing the meeting."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192153",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"rap poker":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": knock poker":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021656",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rap session":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a meeting at which a group of people talk informally about a particular subject":[
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"a rap session for teenagers about/on drunk driving"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200445",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rap someone's knuckles":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to criticize or punish someone in a gentle way for doing something wrong":[
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"The boss rapped my knuckles for missing the meeting."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194355",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"rapacious":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": excessively grasping or covetous":[],
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": living on prey":[],
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": ravenous":[
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"a rapacious appetite"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor",
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"rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Calling out activist investors, seen by many as the most rapacious of capitalists and not a bunch of ESG sissies, nicely illustrates just how complicated this topological space is. \u2014 Robert G. Eccles, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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"And nonprofits can behave just as poorly as any rapacious robber baron. \u2014 Darius Tahir, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
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"But few think those goals can be reached without curbing rapacious cattle ranching. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Unprincipled and rapacious people at the top won\u2019t act differently because of a theoretical system. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"Jenkins\u2019 twin sun in this universe of brutality and grift is Daniel Hersl (Josh Charles), whose reputation as a rapacious bruiser precedes him. \u2014 Joshua Alston, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"But at some point, the United States needs to also decide what is more important\u2014supporting Ukraine against its rapacious and authoritarian neighbor or ensuing a more stable and predictable relationship with Moscow. \u2014 Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"But, with the U.S. government turned over to a leader with a transparently chaotic, transactional, and rapacious nature, the show met the national mood. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021",
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"Celebrity worship in 2022 comes freighted with rapacious consumerism, everyone pitching their own brand. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 29 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin rap\u0101c-, rap\u0101x \"given to seizing or catching things (as prey), carrying away, excessively grasping\" (from rapere \"to seize and carry off\" + -\u0101c-, -\u0101x, deverbal suffix denoting habitual or successful performance) + -ious \u2014 more at rapid entry 1 , audacious":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"r\u0259-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rapacious voracious , gluttonous , ravenous , rapacious mean excessively greedy. voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink. teenagers are often voracious eaters gluttonous applies to one who delights in eating or acquiring things especially beyond the point of necessity or satiety. an admiral who was gluttonous for glory ravenous implies excessive hunger and suggests violent or grasping methods of dealing with food or with whatever satisfies an appetite. a nation with a ravenous lust for territorial expansion rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice. rapacious developers indifferent to environmental concerns",
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"synonyms":[
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"edacious",
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"esurient",
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"gluttonous",
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"greedy",
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"hoggish",
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"piggish",
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"ravenous",
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"swinish",
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"voracious"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025237",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rapaciousness":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": excessively grasping or covetous":[],
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": living on prey":[],
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": ravenous":[
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"a rapacious appetite"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor",
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"rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Calling out activist investors, seen by many as the most rapacious of capitalists and not a bunch of ESG sissies, nicely illustrates just how complicated this topological space is. \u2014 Robert G. Eccles, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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"And nonprofits can behave just as poorly as any rapacious robber baron. \u2014 Darius Tahir, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
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"But few think those goals can be reached without curbing rapacious cattle ranching. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Unprincipled and rapacious people at the top won\u2019t act differently because of a theoretical system. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"Jenkins\u2019 twin sun in this universe of brutality and grift is Daniel Hersl (Josh Charles), whose reputation as a rapacious bruiser precedes him. \u2014 Joshua Alston, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"But at some point, the United States needs to also decide what is more important\u2014supporting Ukraine against its rapacious and authoritarian neighbor or ensuing a more stable and predictable relationship with Moscow. \u2014 Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"But, with the U.S. government turned over to a leader with a transparently chaotic, transactional, and rapacious nature, the show met the national mood. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021",
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"Celebrity worship in 2022 comes freighted with rapacious consumerism, everyone pitching their own brand. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 29 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin rap\u0101c-, rap\u0101x \"given to seizing or catching things (as prey), carrying away, excessively grasping\" (from rapere \"to seize and carry off\" + -\u0101c-, -\u0101x, deverbal suffix denoting habitual or successful performance) + -ious \u2014 more at rapid entry 1 , audacious":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"r\u0259-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rapacious voracious , gluttonous , ravenous , rapacious mean excessively greedy. voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink. teenagers are often voracious eaters gluttonous applies to one who delights in eating or acquiring things especially beyond the point of necessity or satiety. an admiral who was gluttonous for glory ravenous implies excessive hunger and suggests violent or grasping methods of dealing with food or with whatever satisfies an appetite. a nation with a ravenous lust for territorial expansion rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice. rapacious developers indifferent to environmental concerns",
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"synonyms":[
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"edacious",
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"esurient",
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"gluttonous",
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"greedy",
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"hoggish",
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"piggish",
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"ravenous",
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"swinish",
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"voracious"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000150",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rapacity":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality of being rapacious":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the rapacity of the Spanish conquistadors was such that they were undeterred by the very preposterousness of the legend of El Dorado",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Selassie and his compatriots would soon be under the heel of Benito Mussolini, whose rapacity and imperial ambitions had led to the invasion of Ethiopia two months earlier. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"Some of this drama originated from plain old oil-company rapacity . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 17 Nov. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1543, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French rapacit\u00e9, borrowed from Latin rap\u0101cit\u0101t-, rap\u0101cit\u0101s, from rap\u0101c-, rap\u0101x \"given to seizing or catching things (as prey), rapacious \" + -it\u0101t- -it\u0101s -ity":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"r\u0259-\u02c8pa-s\u0259-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"acquisitiveness",
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"avarice",
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"avariciousness",
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"avidity",
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"avidness",
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"covetousness",
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"cupidity",
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"graspingness",
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"greed",
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"greediness",
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"mercenariness",
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"rapaciousness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072639",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rapakivi":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a coarse red granite quarried in Finland having curious ovoid ringed feldspars composed of central cores of orthoclase surrounded by a shell of oligoclase and being much used for building in northern Russia":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Finnish, from rapa dregs, mud, gravel + kivi stone, rock":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6r\u00e4p\u0259\u02c8k\u0113v\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054536",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rape":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an Old World herb ( Brassica napus ) of the mustard family grown as a forage crop and for its seeds which yield rapeseed oil and are a bird food \u2014 compare canola":[],
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": an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force":[],
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": an outrageous violation":[],
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": despoil":[],
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": the pomace of grapes left after expression of the juice":[],
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": to commit rape on":[],
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": to seize and take away by force":[],
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": unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against a person's will or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent because of mental illness, mental deficiency, intoxication, unconsciousness, or deception \u2014 compare sexual assault , statutory rape":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"He is accused of raping the girl.",
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"She was raped by a fellow student."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
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"1657, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"French r\u00e2pe grape stalk":"Noun",
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"Middle English rapen \"to abduct a woman with the intent of sexually assaulting her,\" borrowed from Anglo-French raper, borrowed from Medieval Latin rapi\u014d, rapere \"to seize and carry off, abduct a woman with of the intent of sexually assaulting her,\" going back to Latin, \"to seize and carry off, take away by force, carry off a woman with the intent of sexually assaulting her, carry or sweep along, impel forcibly (to a course of conduct), snatch up, gather quickly\" \u2014 more at rapid entry 1":"Verb",
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"Middle English, \"turnip, Brassica napus ,\" borrowed from Latin r\u0101pa, r\u0101pum \"turnip\"; akin to Germanic *r\u014dbj\u014dn- \"turnip\" (whence Middle Dutch & Middle Low German rove , Old High German ruoba, ruoppa ), Lithuanian r\u00f3p\u0117 , Greek rh\u00e1phys, rh\u00e1pys (all going back to an earlier *r\u0101p(h)- ), Church Slavic (eastern) r\u011bpa , Polish rzepa (going back to *r\u0113p- ), Welsh erfin \"turnips, rape,\" Breton irvin (going back to *arb-\u012bno- , perhaps metathesized from *rab- ), all from a substratal pre-Indo-European word of uncertain form":"Noun",
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"Middle English, \"violent seizure, abduction of a woman with the intent of sexually assaulting her,\" borrowed from Anglo-French rap, rape, probably borrowed from Medieval Latin rapum, noun derivative of rapi\u014d, rapere \"to seize and carry off, abduct a woman with the intent of sexually assaulting her\" \u2014 more at rape entry 2":"Noun"
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"\u02c8r\u0101p"
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"assault",
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"force",
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"ravish",
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"violate"
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],
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"verb"
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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": a part of a river where the current is fast and the surface is usually broken by obstructions":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ra-p\u0259d"
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],
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"blistering",
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"breakneck",
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"breathless",
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"brisk",
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"dizzy",
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"fast",
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"fleet",
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"fleet-footed",
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"flying",
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"galloping",
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"hasty",
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"hot",
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"lightning",
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"nippy",
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"quick",
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"rapid-fire",
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"rattling",
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"snappy",
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"speedy",
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"splitting",
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"swift",
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"whirlwind",
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"zippy"
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],
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"slow"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rapid Adjective fast , rapid , swift , fleet , quick , speedy , hasty , expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with celerity. fast and rapid are very close in meaning, but fast applies particularly to the thing that moves fast horses and rapid to the movement itself. rapid current swift suggests great rapidity coupled with ease of movement. returned the ball with one swift stroke fleet adds the implication of lightness and nimbleness. fleet runners quick suggests promptness and the taking of little time. a quick wit speedy implies quickness of successful accomplishment speedy delivery of mail and may also suggest unusual velocity. hasty suggests hurry and precipitousness and often connotes carelessness. a hasty inspection expeditious suggests efficiency together with rapidity of accomplishment. the expeditious handling of an order",
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"There's been rapid growth in the number of new businesses in the town.",
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"Scientists are concerned about the rapid disappearance of the island's coral reefs.",
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"She carefully guided the boat through the rapid water.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"With its population of 1.3 billion and rapid growth, India is a key market for international food brands, including coffee shops. \u2014 Diksha Madhok, CNN , 1 July 2022",
|
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"But while investors bought into the company\u2019s IPO, pushing its shares to more than double to a high of $50 in its first two months as a public company, Wall Street has grown increasingly skeptical of Figs ability to keep that rapid growth humming. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
|
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"Here are the stories of two startups whose stories appeared in this space in their early days, Allegiance Flag Supply and Alexo Athletica, each of which was able to drive rapid growth while the pandemic raged. \u2014 Jim Vinoski, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
|
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"In some cities, though, the rapid growth is stressing utilities. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
|
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"Every day, our team works tirelessly to sustain Truth Social\u2019s rapid growth, onboard new users, and add new features. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 27 June 2022",
|
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"While many of these fires are probably too small to detect at present, the hot weather ahead may lead to rapid growth. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
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"The company has shifted its focus from rapid growth to cost-cutting, laying off 9% of its staff earlier this year. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
|
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"After rapid growth in smartphone use, Metro announced new plans to launch a mobile payment system in 2019. \u2014 Gaya Gupta, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Shawn is a very experienced rafter, but thanks to this chain of events, he and my seven-year-old daughter, Hollis, were suddenly headed toward a Class IV rapid called Velvet Falls, an infamous bottomless hydraulic that eats swimmers. \u2014 Tracy Ross, Outside Online , 2 Nov. 2020",
|
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"There is a definitive need for rapid -acting, effective treatments. \u2014 Kathleen Frazier, Variety , 20 May 2022",
|
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"Among the tips: People who have COVID-19 symptoms who test negative on their first rapid , at-home test should take additional tests to double-check the result. \u2014 Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
|
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"There\u2019s not a single rapid in 100 river miles between Ruby Ranch, through Canyonlands National Park, to the confluence with the Colorado River, making this the most mellow of family flat-water floats. \u2014 Katie Arnold, Outside Online , 25 July 2014",
|
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"On one commercial trip, while the rest of the guides and clients portaged the rafts along the bank of a Class VI rapid called Number 9, Coetzee, without telling anyone, ran it in his kayak. \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011",
|
|
"Sabine Heller, the chief commercial officer for Sollis, told me that the concierge service has expanded since then, with members now enjoying unlimited rapid , PCR, and antibody testing as well as monoclonal antibody treatments and other services. \u2014 Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic , 13 Feb. 2022",
|
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"No appointments are required for the free rapid and PCR tests. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Stookesberry lagged behind after that last rapid and then noticed Coetzee signaling him forward. \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from French & Latin; French rapide, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin rapidus \"(of water) flowing violently enough to sweep anything along in its path, swiftly moving, quick,\" from rapere \"to seize and carry off, carry or sweep along\" + -idus, adjective suffix; rapere perhaps going back to pre-Latin *r e p-, secondary zero-grade from presumed *erp-, going back to Indo-European *h 1 rp-, zero-grade of a base *h 1 rep- \"seize, pluck,\" whence also Lithuanian apr\u0117\u0301piu, apr\u0117\u0301pti \"to surround, include,\" Albanian rjep \"removes, robs,\" Greek erept\u00f3menos \"feeding on, devouring\"":"Adjective",
|
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"borrowed from French rapide, noun derivative of rapide, adjective, \"swiftly moving, rapid entry 1 \"":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1634, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
|
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"1765, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094300"
|
|
},
|
|
"rapid eye movement":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a rapid conjugate movement of the eyes associated especially with REM sleep":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The brand\u2019s official name, r.e.m. beauty, conjures the dream state \u2014 the rapid eye movement stage of slumber \u2014 but also smuggles in Grande\u2019s nickname, Ari. \u2014 Allure Editors, Allure , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The brand\u2019s official name, r.e.m. beauty, conjures the dream state \u2014 the rapid eye movement stage of slumber \u2014 but also smuggles in Grande\u2019s nickname, Ari. \u2014 Allure Editors, Allure , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The brand\u2019s official name, r.e.m. beauty, conjures the dream state \u2014 the rapid eye movement stage of slumber \u2014 but also smuggles in Grande\u2019s nickname, Ari. \u2014 Allure Editors, Allure , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Four years earlier, Nathaniel Kleitman, a physiologist, and Eugene Aserinsky, a graduate student, had written a paper that reported the discovery of rapid eye movement , or REM, during sleep, an indication of dreaming. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"This can also determine if REM ( rapid eye movement ) sleep occurs earlier than is typical, says NINDS. \u2014 Sarah Fielding, Health.com , 7 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Most dreams occur during the REM (or rapid eye movement ) stage of sleep , says Jade Wu, PhD, a sleep researcher at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. \u2014 Jennifer King Lindley, Health.com , 2 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"For starters, airways will close the most during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, a stage typically occurring in the morning. \u2014 Sarah Fielding, Health.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Sleep paralysis is caused by what appears to be a basic brain glitch at the interface between wakefulness and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. \u2014 Baland Jalal, Scientific American , 15 July 2020"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rap-\u0259d-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112219",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapid plant bug":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a North American mirid bug ( Adelphocoris rapidus ) that is a serious pest on cotton, alfalfa, and other crops":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164303",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapid transit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": fast passenger transportation (as by subway) in urban areas":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We'll use rapid transit to get from the airport to the hotel.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Bus rapid transit projects like this are generally cheaper and faster to build than subway or light rail. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The city needs more people willing to commute via foot, bicycle, or rapid transit . \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"During the legislative session, lawmakers considered a bill that would have required towns to allow denser housing \u2014 at least 15 units per acre \u2014 within a half mile of a passenger, commuter rail or bus rapid transit station. \u2014 Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"This year, your Montgomery County legislators brought home $120 million for transportation projects in our county, including $63 million for the county's bus rapid transit plan and $8 million to purchase more zero-emission buses. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"The Utah Transit Authority, which serves the vast majority of the state\u2019s population, operated its first all-electric buses in 2020 and plans to expand the use of electric vehicles with the Ogden rapid transit service. \u2014 Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Hotels, restaurants, bars and rapid transit felt the pinch. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Baltimore region desperately needs an East-West rapid transit line. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"C-Tran, the transit agency serving Clark County, has operated a bus rapid transit line since 2017 and TriMet is expected to start service on its first in September. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015456",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapid-fire":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": firing or adapted for firing shots in rapid succession":[],
|
|
": marked by rapidity, liveliness, or sharpness":[
|
|
"a comedian with a rapid-fire delivery"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccra-p\u0259d-\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080859",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapid-fire gun":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": case gun":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133605",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapid-fire mount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mount permitting easy and quick elevation or depression and training of a gun and fitted with a device for taking up the recoil":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171539",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapidity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the quality or state of being rapid":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rapidity with which she can do mental math calculations is amazing",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"It\u2019s a puzzle Wang hopes A.I. can solve, with rapidity . \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Increasingly, the streamer\u2019s biggest movies have come and then fizzled, with head-spinning rapidity . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Another may be the rapidity of the unionization drive\u2019s expansion, which began with pro-union votes at three Buffalo-area stores. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"To illustrate the rapidity of Dragon's rise, consider that China, widely regarded as having the second-most capable civil space program in the world, has launched 20 astronauts since 2003. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Celentano's ascent from FCC2 to earning a small honor from MLS underscored the rapidity with which FCC players can ascend to MLS minutes. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The rapidity with which the world food situation has deteriorated is alarming. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"His unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has resulted in geopolitical shifts astonishing in their scale and rapidity . \u2014 Richard Fontaine, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"With this money, SpaceX has built a Starship factory in South Texas capable of churning out rockets with rapidity . \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 11 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1654, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from French & Latin; French rapidit\u00e9, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin rapidit\u0101t-, rapidit\u0101s, from rapidus \"flowing violently, rapid entry 1 \" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"r\u0259-\u02c8pi-d\u0259-t\u0113",
|
|
"ra-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"velocity"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110050",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapidly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a part of a river where the current is fast and the surface is usually broken by obstructions":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
": marked by a fast rate of motion, activity, succession, or occurrence":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"There's been rapid growth in the number of new businesses in the town.",
|
|
"Scientists are concerned about the rapid disappearance of the island's coral reefs.",
|
|
"She carefully guided the boat through the rapid water.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"With its population of 1.3 billion and rapid growth, India is a key market for international food brands, including coffee shops. \u2014 Diksha Madhok, CNN , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"But while investors bought into the company\u2019s IPO, pushing its shares to more than double to a high of $50 in its first two months as a public company, Wall Street has grown increasingly skeptical of Figs ability to keep that rapid growth humming. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Here are the stories of two startups whose stories appeared in this space in their early days, Allegiance Flag Supply and Alexo Athletica, each of which was able to drive rapid growth while the pandemic raged. \u2014 Jim Vinoski, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"In some cities, though, the rapid growth is stressing utilities. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Every day, our team works tirelessly to sustain Truth Social\u2019s rapid growth, onboard new users, and add new features. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"While many of these fires are probably too small to detect at present, the hot weather ahead may lead to rapid growth. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"The company has shifted its focus from rapid growth to cost-cutting, laying off 9% of its staff earlier this year. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"After rapid growth in smartphone use, Metro announced new plans to launch a mobile payment system in 2019. \u2014 Gaya Gupta, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Shawn is a very experienced rafter, but thanks to this chain of events, he and my seven-year-old daughter, Hollis, were suddenly headed toward a Class IV rapid called Velvet Falls, an infamous bottomless hydraulic that eats swimmers. \u2014 Tracy Ross, Outside Online , 2 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"There is a definitive need for rapid -acting, effective treatments. \u2014 Kathleen Frazier, Variety , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Among the tips: People who have COVID-19 symptoms who test negative on their first rapid , at-home test should take additional tests to double-check the result. \u2014 Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s not a single rapid in 100 river miles between Ruby Ranch, through Canyonlands National Park, to the confluence with the Colorado River, making this the most mellow of family flat-water floats. \u2014 Katie Arnold, Outside Online , 25 July 2014",
|
|
"On one commercial trip, while the rest of the guides and clients portaged the rafts along the bank of a Class VI rapid called Number 9, Coetzee, without telling anyone, ran it in his kayak. \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011",
|
|
"Sabine Heller, the chief commercial officer for Sollis, told me that the concierge service has expanded since then, with members now enjoying unlimited rapid , PCR, and antibody testing as well as monoclonal antibody treatments and other services. \u2014 Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic , 13 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"No appointments are required for the free rapid and PCR tests. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Stookesberry lagged behind after that last rapid and then noticed Coetzee signaling him forward. \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1634, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
|
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"1765, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French & Latin; French rapide, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin rapidus \"(of water) flowing violently enough to sweep anything along in its path, swiftly moving, quick,\" from rapere \"to seize and carry off, carry or sweep along\" + -idus, adjective suffix; rapere perhaps going back to pre-Latin *r e p-, secondary zero-grade from presumed *erp-, going back to Indo-European *h 1 rp-, zero-grade of a base *h 1 rep- \"seize, pluck,\" whence also Lithuanian apr\u0117\u0301piu, apr\u0117\u0301pti \"to surround, include,\" Albanian rjep \"removes, robs,\" Greek erept\u00f3menos \"feeding on, devouring\"":"Adjective",
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"borrowed from French rapide, noun derivative of rapide, adjective, \"swiftly moving, rapid entry 1 \"":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ra-p\u0259d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rapid Adjective fast , rapid , swift , fleet , quick , speedy , hasty , expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with celerity. fast and rapid are very close in meaning, but fast applies particularly to the thing that moves fast horses and rapid to the movement itself. rapid current swift suggests great rapidity coupled with ease of movement. returned the ball with one swift stroke fleet adds the implication of lightness and nimbleness. fleet runners quick suggests promptness and the taking of little time. a quick wit speedy implies quickness of successful accomplishment speedy delivery of mail and may also suggest unusual velocity. hasty suggests hurry and precipitousness and often connotes carelessness. a hasty inspection expeditious suggests efficiency together with rapidity of accomplishment. the expeditious handling of an order",
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"synonyms":[
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"blistering",
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"breakneck",
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"breathless",
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"brisk",
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"dizzy",
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"fast",
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"fleet",
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"fleet-footed",
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"flying",
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"galloping",
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"hasty",
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"hot",
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"lightning",
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"nippy",
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"quick",
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"rapid-fire",
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"rattling",
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"snappy",
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"speedy",
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"splitting",
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"swift",
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"whirlwind",
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"zippy"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111707",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rapidness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"slow"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a part of a river where the current is fast and the surface is usually broken by obstructions":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
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],
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": marked by a fast rate of motion, activity, succession, or occurrence":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"There's been rapid growth in the number of new businesses in the town.",
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"Scientists are concerned about the rapid disappearance of the island's coral reefs.",
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"She carefully guided the boat through the rapid water.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"With its population of 1.3 billion and rapid growth, India is a key market for international food brands, including coffee shops. \u2014 Diksha Madhok, CNN , 1 July 2022",
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"But while investors bought into the company\u2019s IPO, pushing its shares to more than double to a high of $50 in its first two months as a public company, Wall Street has grown increasingly skeptical of Figs ability to keep that rapid growth humming. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
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"Here are the stories of two startups whose stories appeared in this space in their early days, Allegiance Flag Supply and Alexo Athletica, each of which was able to drive rapid growth while the pandemic raged. \u2014 Jim Vinoski, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
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"In some cities, though, the rapid growth is stressing utilities. \u2014 al , 29 June 2022",
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"Every day, our team works tirelessly to sustain Truth Social\u2019s rapid growth, onboard new users, and add new features. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 27 June 2022",
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"While many of these fires are probably too small to detect at present, the hot weather ahead may lead to rapid growth. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
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"The company has shifted its focus from rapid growth to cost-cutting, laying off 9% of its staff earlier this year. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
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"After rapid growth in smartphone use, Metro announced new plans to launch a mobile payment system in 2019. \u2014 Gaya Gupta, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Shawn is a very experienced rafter, but thanks to this chain of events, he and my seven-year-old daughter, Hollis, were suddenly headed toward a Class IV rapid called Velvet Falls, an infamous bottomless hydraulic that eats swimmers. \u2014 Tracy Ross, Outside Online , 2 Nov. 2020",
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"There is a definitive need for rapid -acting, effective treatments. \u2014 Kathleen Frazier, Variety , 20 May 2022",
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"Among the tips: People who have COVID-19 symptoms who test negative on their first rapid , at-home test should take additional tests to double-check the result. \u2014 Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
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"There\u2019s not a single rapid in 100 river miles between Ruby Ranch, through Canyonlands National Park, to the confluence with the Colorado River, making this the most mellow of family flat-water floats. \u2014 Katie Arnold, Outside Online , 25 July 2014",
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"On one commercial trip, while the rest of the guides and clients portaged the rafts along the bank of a Class VI rapid called Number 9, Coetzee, without telling anyone, ran it in his kayak. \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011",
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"Sabine Heller, the chief commercial officer for Sollis, told me that the concierge service has expanded since then, with members now enjoying unlimited rapid , PCR, and antibody testing as well as monoclonal antibody treatments and other services. \u2014 Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic , 13 Feb. 2022",
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"No appointments are required for the free rapid and PCR tests. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 22 Jan. 2022",
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"Stookesberry lagged behind after that last rapid and then noticed Coetzee signaling him forward. \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1634, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"1765, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French & Latin; French rapide, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin rapidus \"(of water) flowing violently enough to sweep anything along in its path, swiftly moving, quick,\" from rapere \"to seize and carry off, carry or sweep along\" + -idus, adjective suffix; rapere perhaps going back to pre-Latin *r e p-, secondary zero-grade from presumed *erp-, going back to Indo-European *h 1 rp-, zero-grade of a base *h 1 rep- \"seize, pluck,\" whence also Lithuanian apr\u0117\u0301piu, apr\u0117\u0301pti \"to surround, include,\" Albanian rjep \"removes, robs,\" Greek erept\u00f3menos \"feeding on, devouring\"":"Adjective",
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"borrowed from French rapide, noun derivative of rapide, adjective, \"swiftly moving, rapid entry 1 \"":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ra-p\u0259d"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rapid Adjective fast , rapid , swift , fleet , quick , speedy , hasty , expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with celerity. fast and rapid are very close in meaning, but fast applies particularly to the thing that moves fast horses and rapid to the movement itself. rapid current swift suggests great rapidity coupled with ease of movement. returned the ball with one swift stroke fleet adds the implication of lightness and nimbleness. fleet runners quick suggests promptness and the taking of little time. a quick wit speedy implies quickness of successful accomplishment speedy delivery of mail and may also suggest unusual velocity. hasty suggests hurry and precipitousness and often connotes carelessness. a hasty inspection expeditious suggests efficiency together with rapidity of accomplishment. the expeditious handling of an order",
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"synonyms":[
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"blistering",
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"breakneck",
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"breathless",
|
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"brisk",
|
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"dizzy",
|
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"fast",
|
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"fleet",
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"fleet-footed",
|
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"flying",
|
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"galloping",
|
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"hasty",
|
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"hot",
|
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"lightning",
|
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"nippy",
|
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"quick",
|
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"rapid-fire",
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"rattling",
|
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"snappy",
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"speedy",
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"splitting",
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"swift",
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"whirlwind",
|
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"zippy"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113320",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rapido":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an express train of Italy, Spain, or Latin America":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian (from rapido , adjective, rapid, from Latin rapidus ) & Spanish r\u00e1pido , from r\u00e1pido , adjective, rapid, from Latin rapidus":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8r\u00e4p\u0113\u02ccd\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230309",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"rappen":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the centime of Switzerland":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German, from German dialect, literally, raven":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u00e4-p\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222155",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a door knocker":[],
|
|
": a performer of rap music":[],
|
|
": one that raps or is used for rapping : such as":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The rapper has been candid in the past few weeks about her tonsil infection, which began the night of the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The rapper , who's real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, is alleged by prosecutors to belong to a violent street gang called Young Slime Life. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"The once-aspiring rapper was part of the 2014 National Poetry Slam-winning D.C. Beltway Poetry Slam team (author Clint Smith was a teammate), and competed in a NY poetry slam hosted by Kanye West in 2014. \u2014 Riza Cruz, ELLE , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"The Atlanta rapper was a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Young Thug and was signed to his label, YSL Records. \u2014 Katrina Nattress, SPIN , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"The rapper was the father of a young daughter named NayChur. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"The young rapper is charismatic, witty, and on a mission to carve out her own lane within the world of music. \u2014 Talia Smith, Allure , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Brat airs out her issues with Judy while recording her new music, but the rapper is hesitant to let her love hear the new material upon her request. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"The Detroit rapper is the second hip-hop solo artist to make the hall of fame while alive, following Jay-Z last year. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1640, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ra-p\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184822",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapping":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sharp blow or knock":[],
|
|
": a sharp rebuke or criticism":[],
|
|
": a negative and often undeserved reputation or charge":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used with bum or bad given a bum rap by the press"
|
|
],
|
|
": the responsibility for or adverse consequences of an action":[
|
|
"refused to take the rap"
|
|
],
|
|
": a criminal charge":[],
|
|
": a prison sentence":[],
|
|
": to strike with a sharp blow":[],
|
|
": to utter suddenly and forcibly":[],
|
|
": to cause to be or come by raps":[
|
|
"rap the meeting to order"
|
|
],
|
|
": to criticize sharply":[],
|
|
": to strike a quick sharp blow":[],
|
|
": to make a short sharp sound":[],
|
|
": to snatch away or upward":[],
|
|
": enrapture":[],
|
|
": a minimum amount or degree (as of care or consideration) : the least bit":[
|
|
"doesn't care a rap"
|
|
],
|
|
": to talk freely and frankly":[],
|
|
": to perform rap music":[],
|
|
": a type of music of African American origin in which rhythmic and usually rhyming speech is chanted to a musical accompaniment":[
|
|
"enjoys listening to rap",
|
|
"\u2014 often used before another noun rap music a rap album/artist/song"
|
|
],
|
|
": a rap song":[
|
|
"\u2026 the group mixes its usual raunch with mock news reports and anti-censorship raps \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Jon Pareles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English rappe":"Noun",
|
|
"back-formation from rapt":"Verb",
|
|
"perhaps from rap entry 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1834, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-102555"
|
|
},
|
|
"rapport":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Carter had some conventional assets. Although he was a southerner, he had an easy rapport with blacks and the early support of some key black leaders in his home state \u2026 \u2014 Jack W. Germond , Fat Man in a Middle Seat , 2002",
|
|
"The name \"horse whisperer\" appears to be an ancient one from the British Isles, given to people whose rapport with horses seemed almost mystical. \u2014 Paul Trachtman , Smithsonian , May 1998",
|
|
"\u2026 is said to have established an unusual rapport with the Afghan officers through demonstrating his respect for their traditions and way of life. \u2014 Carey Schofield , The Russian Elite , 1993",
|
|
"Moreover, I shall \u2026 be arguing that the strength of even the more formal Southern writers stems from their knowledge of and rapport with the language spoken by the unlettered. \u2014 Cleanth Brooks , The Language of the American South , 1985",
|
|
"He quickly developed a good rapport with the other teachers.",
|
|
"She works hard to build rapport with her patients.",
|
|
"There is a lack of rapport between the members of the group.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"As strange as the content gets, what makes the show so endearing is the Schiefers\u2019 rapport , their palpable bewilderment at the opinions expressed, and their compassion for the service workers forced to deal with belligerent customers. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
|
|
"As strange as the content gets, what makes the show so endearing is the Schiefers\u2019 rapport , their palpable bewilderment at the opinions expressed, and their compassion for the service workers forced to deal with belligerent customers. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Building rapport with others can be easier and more authentic in a face-to-face situation, leading to more spontaneous conversations. \u2014 Rachel Loock, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Poster says that the journey has helped build a musical rapport . \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"According to information from the department, the main goal of the Community Police Academy is to provide information to the public that will increase the rapport between the citizens and the officers of the Avon Lake Police Department. \u2014 cleveland , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"Without visual cues, your non-verbal tone of voice is likely to be critical in building rapport , beginning a two-way conversation and keeping it flowing. \u2014 Will Van Der Sanden, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The writers, whose politics varied, had a relaxed rapport . \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, the Western leader who appeared to have the best rapport with Mr. Putin before the Ukraine war, is expected to announce his stance on NATO membership on Thursday. \u2014 Karl Ritter, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1660, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from rapporter to bring back, refer, from Old French raporter to bring back, from re- + aporter to bring, from Latin apportare , from ad- ad- + portare to carry \u2014 more at fare":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"r\u0259-",
|
|
"ra-\u02c8p\u022fr",
|
|
"ra-\u02c8p\u022f(\u0259)r, r\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"rapprochement"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024526",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapportage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": reportage sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from rapporter + -age":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6ra\u02ccp\u022fr\u00a6t\u00e4zh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203831",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapporteur":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person who gives reports (as at a meeting of a learned society)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was selected to be the UN's rapporteur on nuclear energy.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Last year, Iran executed 280 people, according to a report published in March by the United Nations\u2019 special rapporteur on the country. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"The pandemic closure has exacerbated the food crisis, said Tom\u00e1s Ojea Quintana, the United Nations\u2019 special rapporteur on North Korean human rights. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Richard Bennett, the United Nations special rapporteur for Afghanistan on human rights, condemned the blasts. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In February 2021, the special rapporteur urged the U.S. government, along with the United Kingdom and Portugal, to unfreeze assets of the Venezuela Central Bank to purchase medicine, vaccines, food, spare parts and other essential goods. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Assange, 50, is currently being held at London\u2019s high-security Belmarsh Prison, where his mental and physical health have deteriorated markedly, according to his family, supporters and Nils Melzer, the United Nations' special rapporteur on torture. \u2014 Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"David Kaye, a former United Nations special rapporteur on free expression, said Twitter should revert the policy and go back to the drawing board. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The coalition of nursing unions \u2014 representing more than 2.5 million health-care workers from 28 countries \u2014 wrote a letter to Tlaleng Mofokeng, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to health. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Another proposal led by the Marshall Islands to create a new special rapporteur on climate change was also approved by the Council on Friday. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1563, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle French, from rapporter to bring back, report":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccra-\u02ccp\u022fr-\u02c8t\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072046",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapprochement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": establishment of or state of having cordial relations":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Officials hope that these talks will lead to a rapprochement with the rebels.",
|
|
"The possibility of rapprochement between the two countries seems unlikely.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"With an increase in tourism and a rapprochement with the United States in the middle of that decade, some areas like Old Havana saw a wave of gentrification, often aided by funds from families in the U.S. \u2014 Andrea Rodr\u00cdguez, ajc , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"After 14 years of the moderate-to-liberal Thompson that irked conservatives, Edgar reached a rapprochement with the conservative wing, led by the late activist and businessman Jack Roeser, who was named to Edgar\u2019s transition team. \u2014 Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"Talk of a rapprochement with the Saudis, the world's largest exporter of oil, comes as gasoline prices continue creeping higher in the US. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 20 May 2022",
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"Some government reforms as well as rapprochement with the West under popular reformist President Mohammad Khatami alleviated some of the discontent for several years. \u2014 Omid Khazani, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
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"Few see rapprochement on the horizon, but few see war as likely either. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
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"Haiti\u2019s two former colonizers described their joint action as both a rapprochement after their friction over the Iraq War and a humanitarian mission to avoid a looming civil war in Haiti. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
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"Finland harbored no illusions that rapprochement brought security guarantees. \u2014 Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
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"Over the past two weeks, Saudi Arabia has de-escalated its war in Yemen through a rare truce and begun a rapprochement with Lebanon after an unprecedented rupture of ties last year. \u2014 Abbas Al Lawati, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1809, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from rapprocher to bring together, from Middle French, from re- + approcher to approach, from Old French aprochier , from Late Latin appropiare \u2014 more at approach":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccra-\u02ccpr\u014dsh-\u02c8m\u00e4nt",
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"ra-\u02c8pr\u014dsh-\u02ccm\u00e4\u207f",
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"-\u02ccpr\u022fsh-",
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"\u02ccra-\u02ccpr\u014dsh-\u02c8m\u00e4\u207f"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"communion",
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"fellowship",
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"rapport"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065238",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"rapscallion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a person who causes trouble : rascal , ne'er-do-well":[
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"If a little prince with a permissive nanny can get bumptious on occasion, a regal rapscallion without any nanny could fast become a royal pain.",
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"\u2014 People Weekly",
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"The kidnapper is none other than the nefarious Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman), who still hasn't gotten over the loss of his hand. That rapscallion Peter Pan is to blame, and Hook will have his revenge.",
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"\u2014 Nora Lee",
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"Growing up, my best friends were my siblings. While we fought like only brother and sisters could fight, I was quick to defend their honor, or protect them from the rapscallion of our childhood world.",
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"\u2014 Stephanie Hill"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the city's run-down waterfront was occupied mostly by disreputable places frequented by drunkards and rapscallions",
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"that little rapscallion kept hiding my shoes and making me go look for them",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"Top Stories Not so long ago, Montana rapscallion Stu Long\u2019s pursuit of venal success would have been sold as a redemption story. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The latest to do so was a special collaboration between Jean-Paul Gaultier, fashion\u2019s greatest streetwise rapscallion , and his prot\u00e9g\u00e9e Glenn Martens, of Y-Project and Diesel. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"There\u2019s tension between Thomas and Peter (voiced by James Corden), however, as the uptight novice farmer can\u2019t bring himself to trust the rapscallion rabbit. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2021",
|
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"With the United Kingdom still in its eight-day national mourning period after the death of Prince Philip, John Oliver, a noted detractor of the royal family, seems to want everyone to remember one particular thing about that Windsor rapscallion . \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 12 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Surprisingly, the timeliest as well as the rudest painting show of this winter, opening at the New Museum, happens to be the first New York museum survey ever of the American aesthetic rapscallion Peter Saul. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Now, rather than pirates offering brides for a price, the rapscallions are auctioning goods taken from villagers. \u2014 Scott Craven, USA TODAY , 7 June 2018",
|
|
"The embattled First Order military man could be the most stressed-out guy in the galaxy, first watching as Starkiller Base was blown sky high and then having to chase various rapscallions in the Resistance. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 13 Dec. 2017",
|
|
"Three distinctive singers\u2014Pretty Yende, Peter Mattei, and Dmitry Korchak\u2014head up the cast as Rossini\u2019s lovable rapscallions ; Maurizio Benini. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1648, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of earlier rascallion , irregular from rascal":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"rap-\u02c8skal-y\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"baddie",
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"baddy",
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"beast",
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"brute",
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"caitiff",
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"devil",
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"evildoer",
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"fiend",
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"heavy",
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"hound",
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"knave",
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"meanie",
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"meany",
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"miscreant",
|
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"monster",
|
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"nazi",
|
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"no-good",
|
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"rascal",
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"reprobate",
|
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"rogue",
|
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"savage",
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"scalawag",
|
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"scallywag",
|
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"scamp",
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"scapegrace",
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"scoundrel",
|
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"varlet",
|
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"villain",
|
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"wretch"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070610",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"rapscallionly":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": good for nothing : rascally":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200610",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"rapt":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"depressed"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": lifted up and carried away":[],
|
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": transported with emotion : enraptured":[],
|
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": wholly absorbed : engrossed":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"The students listened with rapt attention.",
|
|
"The children sat rapt as the puppets danced.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But Tommy and Phil, as everyone with a front row seat or backstage pass knows them, are still outside venues from New York to Paris, as rapt as ever with the wardrobes of the fashion world. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Millions of people have been watching the trial with rapt attention. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Raw and diaristic in nature, Doja\u2019s IG Lives and TikTok videos are portals into corners of her life, with rapt fans constantly trying to follow the bread crumbs. \u2014 Marjon Carlos, ELLE , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"There, gathered in a semicircle around the 67-year-old actor, director and producer, the Heat found themselves in rapt absorption as Washington offered impromptu words of inspiration. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Uninterested in showmanship, with a wary stage presence and an allergy to public relations, Mr. Lupu shone in the music of the twilight, his rapt poetic sensibility working wonders in the shadowy ambiguities of Schubert and, above all, Brahms. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In one standout scene, Henning listens like a rapt child while Robinson pretends to have a chatty phone call with people back home. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"His heartfelt words got a big reaction from rapt viewers in the audience and on Twitter. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Magical realism works to great effect in connecting these stories, especially when spirits Tatafo and \u00c8k\u00f3 are involved, and readers will remain rapt to the end. \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, \"carried off (of a soul to heaven),\" borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere \"to seize and carry off, take away by force, carry or sweep along\" (Medieval Latin also \"to carry away [a soul to heaven]\") \u2014 more at rapid entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rapt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"enrapt",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220303",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"raptor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a carnivorous medium- to large-sized bird (such as a hawk, eagle, owl, or vulture) that has a hooked beak and large sharp talons and that feeds wholly or chiefly on meat taken by hunting or on carrion : bird of prey":[],
|
|
": a usually small-to-medium-sized predatory dinosaur (such as a velociraptor or deinonychus)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But in these modern times an entryway can pose a bit of challenge for dinosaur models or a giant raptor . \u2014 Kathy Cichon, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"Ellie has that very memorable sequence in the power grid with some raptor buddies. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"That's the case with Pyroraptor, one of the new superstars of the film, the raptor with feathers. \u2014 Darryn King, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The stately brown raptor has a white head and neck, a severe black crest, an orange face and a lethal-looking blue-gray beak. \u2014 Liz Langley, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Both are abducted near the cabin where Maisie has been living under the guardianship of former Jurassic World park manager Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) and raptor wrangler Owen Grady (Chris Pratt). \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Chris Pratt is back as that genial raptor whisperer Owen Grady, as is Bryce Dallas Howard as his dino rights-defending better half, Claire. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Together, Claire and Owen have adopted Maisie, keeping her hidden in a remote cabin, where liberated mama raptor Blue runs wild with her baby, Beta. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The raptor fluttered from the gloved palm of a birder and into the woods of Ruth Arcand Park. \u2014 Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News , 24 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"(sense 1) after New Latin Raptores, former order name, going back to Latin, plural of raptor \"plunderer, robber, a beast or bird of prey,\" from rapere \"to seize and carry off, take away by force\" + -tor, agent suffix; (sense 2) borrowed from New Latin -raptor (as in velociraptor ) \u2014 more at rapid entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rap-t\u0259r",
|
|
"-\u02cct\u022fr"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185047",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"raptorial":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": adapted to seize prey":[],
|
|
": of, relating to, or being a bird of prey":[],
|
|
": predaceous sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the place of raptorial birds in the park's ecosystem",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Like its adult counterparts, the little arthropod had a spiny raptorial appendage used for grasping prey and the radiodontan\u2019s characteristic circular mouth filled with sharp teeth. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 11 June 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin raptorius \"predatory\" (from Latin rapt\u014dr-, raptor \"plunderer, a beast or bird of prey\" + -ius, suffix of appurtenance) + -al entry 1 \u2014 more at raptor":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"rap-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"predaceous",
|
|
"predacious",
|
|
"predatory",
|
|
"rapacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053104",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapture":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carry away",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of divine things":[],
|
|
": a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion":[],
|
|
": an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion":[],
|
|
": enrapture":[],
|
|
": the final assumption of Christians into heaven during the end-time according to Christian theology":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"We listened with rapture as the orchestra played.",
|
|
"He listened to the wind in the trees, his eyes closed in rapture .",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"nature lovers will be raptured by the documentary's breathtaking cinematography",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"When Raffi finds transcendence playing soccer, that is when his father\u2019s narrative of the encounter\u2014imparting a valuable social and emotional skill to my son\u2014falls away to the rapture of regular intimacy, the thrill of just being alive in the world. \u2014 Phillip Maciak, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"If this is a rapture , the women wonder, why have the men been taken instead of them",
|
|
"The scene in which Cyrano ventriloquizes for Christian has never felt so erotic, not only because of Cyrano\u2019s rapture in delivering it but also because of Roxane\u2019s in receiving it. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Sun on snow or water will be too bright, but the Rydon ($250) is rapture for those who do sweaty stuff off-pavement. \u2014 Mike Steere, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
|
|
"The students thunderously applaud \u2014 an ovation of rapture , beaming smiles on eager faces. \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"That levitating Shaker woman isn\u2019t only a symbol of spiritual rapture . \u2014 Laura Jacobs, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"What isn\u2019t small in these landscapes is the filmmaker, whose sense of rapture might as well be superimposed on these panoramic vistas like extreme closeups in swoon. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Decent rapture can\u2019t help but conjure the indecent variety; Millay knew both well. \u2014 Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Monk\u2019s story is peppered with supernatural details, talk of evil spirits and unaccountable noises, and even an extremely old nun who may or may not rapture herself to heaven daily. \u2014 Mike Mariani, Slate Magazine , 22 Mar. 2017",
|
|
"At this time of year, Linnaeus had reached the farthest and most remote part of his journey, an alpine region, where he was driven to rapture by the diversity of flowering plants. \u2014 James Prosek, New York Times , 16 May 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1637, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"derivative of rapture entry 1":"Verb",
|
|
"rapt + -ure ; (sense 3) probably after the use of rapere in the Vulgate (1 Thessalonians 4:17) to translate Greek harp\u00e1zein \"to take hold of, seize, snatch up\"":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rap-ch\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rapture Noun ecstasy , rapture , transport mean intense exaltation of mind and feelings. ecstasy and rapture both suggest a state of trance or near immobility produced by an overpowering emotion. ecstasy may apply to any strong emotion (such as joy, fear, rage, adoration). religious ecstasy rapture usually implies intense bliss or beatitude. in speechless rapture transport applies to any powerful emotion that lifts one out of oneself and usually provokes vehement expression or frenzied action. in a transport of rage",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloud nine",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"rhapsody",
|
|
"seventh heaven",
|
|
"swoon",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214042",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapture of the deep":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": nitrogen narcosis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rap-ch\u0259r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably translation of French ivresse des grandes profondeurs":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1953, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-084751"
|
|
},
|
|
"raptureless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": feeling or expressing no rapture":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"ch\u0259(r)l\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184547",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapturize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to indulge in rapture":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"rapture entry 1 + -ize":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-ch\u0259\u02ccr\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102759",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapturous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carry away",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of divine things":[],
|
|
": a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion":[],
|
|
": an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion":[],
|
|
": enrapture":[],
|
|
": the final assumption of Christians into heaven during the end-time according to Christian theology":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"We listened with rapture as the orchestra played.",
|
|
"He listened to the wind in the trees, his eyes closed in rapture .",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"nature lovers will be raptured by the documentary's breathtaking cinematography",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"When Raffi finds transcendence playing soccer, that is when his father\u2019s narrative of the encounter\u2014imparting a valuable social and emotional skill to my son\u2014falls away to the rapture of regular intimacy, the thrill of just being alive in the world. \u2014 Phillip Maciak, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"If this is a rapture , the women wonder, why have the men been taken instead of them",
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"The scene in which Cyrano ventriloquizes for Christian has never felt so erotic, not only because of Cyrano\u2019s rapture in delivering it but also because of Roxane\u2019s in receiving it. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Sun on snow or water will be too bright, but the Rydon ($250) is rapture for those who do sweaty stuff off-pavement. \u2014 Mike Steere, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
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"The students thunderously applaud \u2014 an ovation of rapture , beaming smiles on eager faces. \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
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"That levitating Shaker woman isn\u2019t only a symbol of spiritual rapture . \u2014 Laura Jacobs, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
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"What isn\u2019t small in these landscapes is the filmmaker, whose sense of rapture might as well be superimposed on these panoramic vistas like extreme closeups in swoon. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
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"Decent rapture can\u2019t help but conjure the indecent variety; Millay knew both well. \u2014 Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Monk\u2019s story is peppered with supernatural details, talk of evil spirits and unaccountable noises, and even an extremely old nun who may or may not rapture herself to heaven daily. \u2014 Mike Mariani, Slate Magazine , 22 Mar. 2017",
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"At this time of year, Linnaeus had reached the farthest and most remote part of his journey, an alpine region, where he was driven to rapture by the diversity of flowering plants. \u2014 James Prosek, New York Times , 16 May 2017"
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"derivative of rapture entry 1":"Verb",
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"\u02c8rap-ch\u0259r"
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"elatedness",
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"elation",
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"euphoria",
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"exhilaration",
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"heaven",
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"high",
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"intoxication",
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"paradise",
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"rhapsody",
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"seventh heaven",
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"transport"
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"enrapture",
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"enthrall",
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"enthral",
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"entrance",
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"rap",
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": the final assumption of Christians into heaven during the end-time according to Christian theology":[]
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"examples":[
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"We listened with rapture as the orchestra played.",
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"He listened to the wind in the trees, his eyes closed in rapture .",
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"Verb",
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"nature lovers will be raptured by the documentary's breathtaking cinematography",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"When Raffi finds transcendence playing soccer, that is when his father\u2019s narrative of the encounter\u2014imparting a valuable social and emotional skill to my son\u2014falls away to the rapture of regular intimacy, the thrill of just being alive in the world. \u2014 Phillip Maciak, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
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"If this is a rapture , the women wonder, why have the men been taken instead of them",
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"The scene in which Cyrano ventriloquizes for Christian has never felt so erotic, not only because of Cyrano\u2019s rapture in delivering it but also because of Roxane\u2019s in receiving it. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Sun on snow or water will be too bright, but the Rydon ($250) is rapture for those who do sweaty stuff off-pavement. \u2014 Mike Steere, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
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"The students thunderously applaud \u2014 an ovation of rapture , beaming smiles on eager faces. \u2014 Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
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"That levitating Shaker woman isn\u2019t only a symbol of spiritual rapture . \u2014 Laura Jacobs, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
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"What isn\u2019t small in these landscapes is the filmmaker, whose sense of rapture might as well be superimposed on these panoramic vistas like extreme closeups in swoon. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
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"Decent rapture can\u2019t help but conjure the indecent variety; Millay knew both well. \u2014 Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Monk\u2019s story is peppered with supernatural details, talk of evil spirits and unaccountable noises, and even an extremely old nun who may or may not rapture herself to heaven daily. \u2014 Mike Mariani, Slate Magazine , 22 Mar. 2017",
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"At this time of year, Linnaeus had reached the farthest and most remote part of his journey, an alpine region, where he was driven to rapture by the diversity of flowering plants. \u2014 James Prosek, New York Times , 16 May 2017"
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"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1637, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"derivative of rapture entry 1":"Verb",
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"rapt + -ure ; (sense 3) probably after the use of rapere in the Vulgate (1 Thessalonians 4:17) to translate Greek harp\u00e1zein \"to take hold of, seize, snatch up\"":"Noun"
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"\u02c8rap-ch\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rapture Noun ecstasy , rapture , transport mean intense exaltation of mind and feelings. ecstasy and rapture both suggest a state of trance or near immobility produced by an overpowering emotion. ecstasy may apply to any strong emotion (such as joy, fear, rage, adoration). religious ecstasy rapture usually implies intense bliss or beatitude. in speechless rapture transport applies to any powerful emotion that lifts one out of oneself and usually provokes vehement expression or frenzied action. in a transport of rage",
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"cloud nine",
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"ecstasy",
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"elatedness",
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"elation",
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"euphoria",
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"exhilaration",
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"heaven",
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"high",
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"intoxication",
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"paradise",
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"rhapsody",
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"seventh heaven",
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"swoon",
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"transport"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173954",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The two most important phases for restoration are the dreamy state of REM, or rapid eye movement sleep , and delta, or slow-wave, sleep, according to Rebecca Robbins, an associate scientist at Brigham & Women's Hospital who studies sleep. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 14 Mar. 2021",
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"The field of sleep research was launched nearly 75 years ago, after the discovery of rapid eye movement sleep (REM) upended the prevailing belief that sleep was a passive state. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Sep. 2020",
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"Stages three and four contain the deepest, most restorative sleep and the dreamy state of REM, or rapid eye movement sleep . \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 25 June 2020",
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"Get ready to spoon and snuggle with your spouse, partner or loved one all night long \u2014 a new study has found couples who sleep together in the same bed improve their dream stage of rest, known as rapid eye movement sleep . \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 25 June 2020",
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"Barrett: Our dreams occur predominantly, but not solely, in rapid eye movement sleep . \u2014 Cnn Staff, CNN , 1 May 2020",
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"This enables us to spend adequate time in the stages of sleep known as nonrapid eye movement sleep (NREM) and rapid eye movement sleep (REM). \u2014 Steven Bender, Quartz , 7 June 2019",
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"This enables us to spend adequate time in the stages of sleep known as nonrapid eye movement sleep (NREM) and rapid eye movement sleep (REM). \u2014 Steven Bender, Quartz , 7 June 2019",
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"This enables us to spend adequate time in the stages of sleep known as nonrapid eye movement sleep (NREM) and rapid eye movement sleep (REM). \u2014 Steven Bender, Quartz , 7 June 2019"
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": the type genus of Raphidae \u2014 see dodo":[]
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"\u02c8r\u0101f\u0259s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192651"
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},
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|
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": a family of extinct flightless birds (order Columbiformes) related to the pigeons and comprising the dodos and solitaires":[]
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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": a small genus of ornamental Asiatic shrubs (family Rosaceae) grown for their evergreen, glossy, alternate leaves and rather showy white or pink flowers in racemes or panicles \u2014 see indian hawthorn , japanese hawthorn":[]
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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|
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": extremely sharp or keen":[
|
|
"a rapier wit"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8r\u0101-p\u0113-\u0259r"
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Rudolph, with her rapier -sharp comic timing and cadences unlikely any of her contemporaries, is very difficult not to like at least somewhat, no matter your thoughts on the eating of the rich. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
|
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"This is a persistent conceit in the literature of power, one that Larra\u00edn, wielding his camera like a rapier and Jonny Greenwood\u2019s lacerating score like a stiletto, leaves in tatters. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Weyman\u2019s cloak-and- rapier swashbuckler is long \u2014 over 400 pages in my edition \u2014 but its action never dawdles. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"However, its fighting system is loose and free-flowing, especially when using the rapier . \u2014 Jonathan Peltz, Wired , 7 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Hsieh delivered a rapier -like riposte to the question, followed by her trademark smile. \u2014 Christina Macfarlane And Ben Church, CNN , 23 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"Zorro, who, through the lensing of Hollywood, used his rapier to fight for the defrauded, the working class, and the oppressed, may not be a bad model during a pandemic marked by gross inequities. \u2014 Rachel Lipstein, The New Yorker , 23 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"And when Cyrano confronts the man being lined up to marry his beloved Roxanne (Anita-Joy Uwajeh), their duel takes the form of a rap battle \u2014 the microphones in their hands being the closest these characters will come to a rapier . \u2014 Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Meantime the director goes at the social satire with a bludgeon, not a rapier , so that the insufferably progressive liberal smugness, embodied in the Seattle private school Bee attends, grows tiresome. \u2014 Michael Phillips, Twin Cities , 16 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"And instead of rapier -thin thrusts to breach Ukraine\u2019s borders, the Russian army and its separatist allies are now deployed along a contiguous front line shaped like a boomerang. \u2014 Nabih Bulosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Hall has an absolutely rapier wit, one that slices through the customs and expectations of the British aristocracy with gleaming verve. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The almost 40-story high-rise would contain a combination of office, retail, hotel and residential space in a rapier -thin tower. \u2014 Steve Brown, Dallas News , 26 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"But there\u2019s a fine line between forceful leadership and churlish self-absorption, and foot stomping is less effective than shredding an opponent with a rapier wit. \u2014 Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News , 22 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Known for his rapier wit, Murphy likes to dig the verbal knife into players, always making sure to do so with their peers as witnesses. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Sep. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle French ( espee ) rapiere":"Noun"
|
|
},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1553, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1824, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020737"
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"rapine":{
|
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"type":[
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|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": pillage , plunder":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccp\u012bn",
|
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"\u02c8ra-p\u0259n"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"If his decades-long track record is any indication, Sanders would be inclined to make excuses for our adversaries and look on the bright side of their repression and rapine . \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 25 Feb. 2020",
|
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"There is no question about the general philosophy that underlay this great act of public pillage and economic rapine . \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 13 Mar. 2013"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, \"robbery, violent seizure of goods,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin rap\u012bna \"forcible carrying off of property, seizure and carrying off of a woman,\" from rapere \"to seize and carry off\" + -\u012bna, deverbal suffix, noun derivative from feminine of -\u012bnus -ine entry 1 \u2014 more at rapid entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052918"
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|
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"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian, from rapido rapid, from Latin rapidus":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075642"
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"rapini":{
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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": broccoli rabe":[]
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"ra-\u02c8p\u0113-n\u0113"
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|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"More than a dozen offerings from puttanesca to rapini are available. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The prettiest pasta is beef-stuffed tortelli, dappled with an emulsion of smoked mozzarella and set on a grass-green puree of rapini . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Paired with nicely bitter rapini , the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. \u2014 Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune , 9 July 2021",
|
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"Paired with nicely bitter rapini , the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. \u2014 Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune , 9 July 2021",
|
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"Paired with nicely bitter rapini , the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. \u2014 Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune , 9 July 2021",
|
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"Paired with nicely bitter rapini , the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. \u2014 Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune , 9 July 2021",
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"Paired with nicely bitter rapini , the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. \u2014 Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune , 9 July 2021",
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"Paired with nicely bitter rapini , the spreadable cured salami lends a delightful air of feisty unpredictability to quiche. \u2014 Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune , 9 July 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian rapini , plural of rapino , diminutive of rapo turnip, from Latin rapum \u2014 more at rape entry 3":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085055"
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},
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"raphia":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": raffia":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ra-",
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"\u02c8r\u0101-f\u0113-\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, genus of palms, from Malagasy rafia raffia":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100232"
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},
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"raphe":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the seamlike union of the two lateral halves of a part or organ (such as the tongue) having externally a ridge or furrow":[],
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": the part of the stalk of an anatropous ovary that is united in growth to the outside covering and forms a ridge along the body of the ovule":[],
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": the median line or slit of the valve of certain diatoms":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8r\u0101-(\u02cc)f\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To better understand the role the dorsal raphe neurons play in loneliness, the researchers genetically engineered the dopamine cells to respond to certain wavelengths of light, a technique known as optogenetics. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 May 2016",
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"The researchers focused on dopamine neurons in a brain region called the dorsal raphe nucleus, best known for its link to depression. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 May 2016",
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"The region, known as the dorsal raphe nucleus, or D.R.N., is best known for its link to depression. \u2014 Katie Hafner, New York Times , 5 Sep. 2016"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek rhaph\u0113 seam, from rhaptein to sew":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111449"
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},
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"Raphanus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of Eurasian herbs (family Cruciferae) characterized by the torulose pods containing globose seeds in a single row \u2014 see jointed charlock , radish":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8raf\u0259n\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin (Linnaeus), going back to Latin, \u201cradish, charlock,\u201d borrowed from Greek rh\u00e1phanos \u201cany of various cultivars of Brassica oleracea , radish,\u201d from raph- (base of rh\u00e1phys, rh\u00e1pys \u201cturnip\u201d) + -anos , noun suffix":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122523"
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},
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"Raphidiodea":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small suborder of Neuroptera that comprises the snake flies, includes the family Raphidiidae and a few related insects, and is often considered an independent order or replaced by Megaloptera":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"r\u0259\u02ccfid\u0113\u02c8\u014dd\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Raphidium + -odea":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145800"
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},
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"raphide":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of the needle-shaped crystals usually of calcium oxalate that develop as metabolic by-products in plant cells":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ra-\u02ccf\u012bd"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"These contain crystals of calcium carbonate called raphides , which take the form of microscopic needles. \u2014 Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald , 14 June 2018"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French & New Latin; French raphide , from New Latin raphides , plural, from Greek rhaphides , plural of rhaphid-, rhaphis needle, from rhaptein":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161126"
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},
|
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"raphaelite":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": vanadiferous asphaltum":[],
|
|
": one who advocates or adopts Raphaelism":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccl\u012bt"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Raphael + English -ite":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203558"
|
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},
|
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"rapeseed":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8r\u0101p-\u02ccs\u0113d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"More cottages were built, with their small croft gardens, but otherwise every last bit of land was growing something to be exported for the lord\u2019s profit\u2014wheat, barley, oats, pulses, fruit, root vegetables, nuts, and rapeseed . \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"Ukraine alone was responsible for 15% of barley, 50% of sunflower oil and 14% of corn and rapeseed in global trade, based on five-year averages, according to data from Thomas Elder. \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
|
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"Working with his son Kirill, 24, Tarasevich also grows peas, barley, corn, rapeseed and millet. \u2014 Matt Bradley, NBC News , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Farm fields stretch out to the horizons, in brilliant, yellow blossoming rapeseed or tilled black earth. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"Wheat, corn, soybean, rapeseed and palm oil prices have rallied since Russia invaded Ukraine, with wheat and corn prices up around 60% and 30%, respectively, since the beginning of 2022. \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
|
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"Ukraine and Russia combined are some of the world\u2019s largest suppliers of key agricultural commodities, including wheat, rapeseed , maize, and sunflower oil, according to the FAO. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Palm oil in Asia has risen about 50% and rapeseed in Europe 55% in the past 12 months. \u2014 Tribune Media Services, al , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"According to Nazar Bobitski, head of Ukraine\u2019s Business and Trade Association in Brussels, Ukraine supplies 88% of Europe\u2019s sunflower oil, 41% of its rapeseed , and 26% of its honey. \u2014 Suriya Jayanti, Time , 15 Mar. 2022"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203811"
|
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},
|
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"rapeseed meal":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": ground rape cake":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231011"
|
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},
|
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"rapee":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the victim of a rape":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)r\u0101\u00a6p\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"rape entry 3 + -ee":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231150"
|
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},
|
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"rapist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person who rapes someone : a person who commits rape":[
|
|
"a convicted rapist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8r\u0101-p\u0259st",
|
|
"\u02c8r\u0101-pist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"rape entry 2 + -ist entry 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232832"
|
|
},
|
|
"Raphidiidae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a family of predatory insects (suborder Raphidiodea ) remarkable for their long prothorax and elongate setiform ovipositor":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Raphidium , type genus (irregular from Greek rhaphid-, rhaphis needle + New Latin -ium ) + -idae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235652"
|
|
},
|
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"rapparee":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an Irish irregular soldier or bandit":[],
|
|
": vagabond , plunderer":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccra-p\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Irish rapaire, ropaire , literally, thruster, stabber, from rop thrust, stab":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1690, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235846"
|
|
},
|
|
"rapeseed oil":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a nondrying or semidrying oil obtained from rapeseed and turnip seed and used chiefly as a lubricant, illuminant, and food":[
|
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"\u2014 compare canola oil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Canola oil\u2014a form of rapeseed oil commonly used in the U.S. and Canada\u2014hit a record high of C$1,218.60, roughly $901, early last month. \u2014 Yusuf Khan, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Canada is the largest producer and exporter of canola, also called rapeseed oil . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"The mala from the Sichuan pepper is present but not overwhelming, and the mushroom powder fortifies the rapeseed oil , giving every drop a slap of umami. \u2014 Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Heat a wok over a high heat until smoking and add the rapeseed oil . \u2014 Richard Vines, Bloomberg.com , 29 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"High levels of erucic acid are observed in rapeseed oil , and although canola and rapeseed are cousins, canola is bred to have extremely low levels of the stuff. \u2014 Ian Burke, Saveur , 10 Oct. 2018",
|
|
"Its ingredients include vinegar, rapeseed oil , sugar, cornflour, mustard and egg yolks, giving it a little more kick than a traditional mayonnaise. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 5 June 2018",
|
|
"In Poland and northern Germany, an unusually hot May has been reported with farmers complaining of damage caused by dry weather to crops such as rapeseed oil . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 June 2018",
|
|
"The bran is then separated out from the product before other ingredients are added, like salt and rapeseed oil . \u2014 Grace Dickinson, Philly.com , 13 Feb. 2018"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1816, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024105"
|
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},
|
|
"Rappahannock":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"river 212 miles (341 kilometers) long in northeastern Virginia flowing into Chesapeake Bay":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccra-p\u0259-\u02c8ha-n\u0259k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-070443"
|
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},
|
|
"Raphaelism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the artistic principles, method, or style of the painter Raphael":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Raphael + English -ism":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-072207"
|
|
},
|
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"raphidiferous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": bearing or containing raphides":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6raf\u0259\u00a6dif(\u0259)r\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"raphide + -iferous":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-082823"
|
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},
|
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"raploch":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": coarse , rough":[],
|
|
": homespun woolen cloth":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8rapl\u0259\u1e35",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"origin unknown":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-092145"
|
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},
|
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"raphidian":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to the Raphidiidae":[],
|
|
": an insect of the family Raphidiidae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"r\u0259\u02c8fid\u0113\u0259n",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"raphidian from New Latin Raphidium + English -an; raphidiid from New Latin Raphidiidae":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-101332"
|
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},
|
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"Raphaelite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": vanadiferous asphaltum":[],
|
|
": one who advocates or adopts Raphaelism":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccl\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Raphael + English -ite":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-133943"
|
|
},
|
|
"Raphael":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of the four archangels named in Hebrew tradition":[],
|
|
"1483\u20131520 Italian Raffaello Sanzio Italian painter":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ra-f\u0113-\u0259l",
|
|
"\u02c8r\u00e4-",
|
|
"\u02c8r\u0101-",
|
|
"-\u02ccel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Late Latin, from Greek Rhapha\u0113l , from Hebrew R\u0115ph\u0101'\u0113l":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-155246"
|
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},
|
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"rap full":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": sailing with sails filled and almost close-hauled":[],
|
|
": being full and drawing steadily":[],
|
|
": a state of having the sails full of wind":[
|
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"with a rap full she would heel more",
|
|
"\u2014 H. A. Calahan"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from rap entry 3":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-180423"
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},
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"rape cake":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the residue from rapeseed that remains after the oil is expressed and is used as cattle feed or ground to rapeseed meal":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"rape entry 2":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-184754"
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},
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"raphides":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of the needle-shaped crystals usually of calcium oxalate that develop as metabolic by-products in plant cells":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ra-\u02ccf\u012bd"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"These contain crystals of calcium carbonate called raphides , which take the form of microscopic needles. \u2014 Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald , 14 June 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French & New Latin; French raphide , from New Latin raphides , plural, from Greek rhaphides , plural of rhaphid-, rhaphis needle, from rhaptein":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-213521"
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},
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"rappee":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pungent snuff made from dark tobacco leaves":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"ra-\u02c8p\u0101"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French ( tabac ) r\u00e2p\u00e9 , literally, grated tobacco":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1740, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091933"
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},
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"rape butterfly":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a cabbage butterfly ( Pieris napi ) occurring in Europe and North America":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"rape entry 2":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165049"
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},
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"rappel":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to descend (as from a cliff) by sliding down a rope passed under one thigh, across the body, and over the opposite shoulder or through a special friction device":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"ra-",
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"r\u0259-\u02c8pel"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Alas, Santos was afraid of heights and didn\u2019t want to rappel down and grab it. \u2014 Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone , 1 May 2022",
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"The discovery didn\u2019t shock a team of speleologists (who study caves) and spelunkers (who rappel into them for fun) exploring the sinkhole. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2022",
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"Her fondest memory of teaching dates from this period and involves a spider, of all things, which would rappel from the ceiling during class, always out of reach. \u2014 Stephen Noonoo, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
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"Miraculously, the eaglet survived through the night outside of its nest, which gave Sharpe and his team the opportunity to rappel down the side of the rock, place the eaglet in a gym bag and hoist it back up to its nest. \u2014 Nicholas Kerr, ABC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Firefighters set up a rope system to rappel down to Baccellieri and launched a water rescue unit, according to a Facebook post from the Rochester Fire Department. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Five MRA field members were able to rappel down to the hikers from the helicopter, and then raise them back up to the trail to hike out. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 5 Nov. 2014",
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"First responders used ropes to rappel down to get to the victims, Fire Chief Darryl Jones said. \u2014 Athena Jones, CNN , 29 Jan. 2022",
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"The Associated Press reported Friday rescuers had to rappel nearly 150 feet and formed a human chain to retrieve people who were left on the bus. \u2014 Rick Rouan, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, literally, recall, from Old French rapel , from rapeler to recall, from re- + apeler to appeal, call \u2014 more at appeal":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-204842"
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},
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"rap sheet":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a police arrest record especially for an individual":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Court records show that a Fulton County judge denied bond over the new charges, which were tacked onto Young Thug\u2019s rap sheet based on items found in his home during his arrest on Monday. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Billboard , 12 May 2022",
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"The judge\u2019s rap sheet is having worked in private practice in South Carolina. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"He had been let out of a Milwaukee jail days earlier after a prosecutor recommended just $1,000 bail \u2013 despite a 50-page rap sheet and active warrant. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"Her lengthy rap sheet includes multiple DUIs, burglary and making terroristic threats after threatening to murder her partner with a pair of scissors. \u2014 al , 9 May 2022",
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"Police announced two arrests, including one man with a long rap sheet who is currently hospitalized with bullet wounds. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Spooked by his criminal history, Nunez said, most hiring managers have blown him off, reluctant to take a chance on someone with a rap sheet . \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Smiley Martin, who has a long rap sheet and is affiliated with the Crips gang, according to his social media posts, was shot during the barrage. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Police were looking for another suspect in the Sacramento gang shooting, one with a long rap sheet . \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1960, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-033704"
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}
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} |