dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/son_MW.json
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"son":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a human male descendant":[],
": a human male offspring especially of human beings":[],
": a male adopted child":[],
": a person closely associated with or deriving from a formative agent (such as a nation, school, or race)":[],
": sound":[
"son ic",
"sono gram"
],
": the second person of the Trinity":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She gave birth to a son .",
"They have two sons and a daughter.",
"He is the son of a lawyer and a doctor.",
"the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Soon, her estranged husband, FBI agent Scott Connor (Steven Pasquale) arrives at the station\u2014also demanding to know where his son is. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"Erin Acain noted that her 6-year-old daughter got her vaccine eight months ago, but her 1-year-old son wasn\u2019t able to do so until Tuesday. \u2014 Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"His 7-year-old son was also in the vehicle with him but was not shot. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"The defense argued Cooper's death was an accident and that Harris forgot his son was in the car. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
"Since the moment of his birth, my 5-year-old son has been a near unalloyed joy, but the long journey to that moment was anything but joyous. \u2014 CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Cutler, the Pennsylvania House speaker, said his information was also revealed online, prompting protesters to show up at his house when his 15 year-old son was home alone. \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Cutler, the Pennsylvania House speaker, said his information was also revealed online, prompting protesters to show up at his house when his 15 year-old son was home alone. \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Michael\u2019s father, Robert Griswold, said his son has always been self-reliant and goal-oriented. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin sonus sound":"Combining form",
"Middle English sone , from Old English sunu ; akin to Old High German sun son, Greek hyios":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8s\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193619",
"type":[
"combining form",
"noun"
]
},
"son of God":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person established in the love of God by divine promise":[],
": a superhuman or divine being (such as an angel)":[],
": messiah sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200447",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
"son of a bitch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an offensive or disagreeable person":[
"\u2014 usually used of a man",
"He's a mean son of a bitch .",
"\u2014 used as a generalized term of abuse \"\u2026 You son of a bitch , you sat down in my chair.\" \u2014 Garrison Keillor"
],
": man , fellow":[
"\"The poor son of a bitch ,\" he said. \"He never had a chance. \u2026 \"",
"\u2014 Hunter S. Thompson"
]
},
"examples":[
"That son of a bitch insulted my family.",
"He's a mean son of a bitch .",
"The test turned out to be a real son of a bitch ."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"also \u02c8s\u0259m-\u02ccbich",
"\u02c8s\u0259n-\u0259-v\u0259-\u02ccbich",
"as an interjection \u02ccs\u0259n-\u0259-v\u0259-\u02c8bich"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202507",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
"son of a gun":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"That son of a gun never called me back.",
"I had to bring the car to the shop. The son of a gun broke down again."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1708, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"as an interjection \u02ccs\u0259n-\u0259-v\u0259-\u02c8g\u0259n",
"\u02c8s\u0259n-\u0259-v\u0259-\u02ccg\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191632",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
"song":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a collection of such compositions":[],
": a distinctive or characteristic sound or series of sounds (as of a bird, insect, or whale)":[],
": a habitual or characteristic manner":[],
": a melody for a lyric poem or ballad":[],
": a poem easily set to music":[],
": a short musical composition of words and music":[],
": a small amount":[
"sold for a song"
],
": a violent, abusive, or noisy reaction":[
"put up quite a song"
],
": poetical composition":[],
": the act or art of singing":[]
},
"examples":[
"He sang a love song .",
"The song was playing on the radio.",
"The event was celebrated in song by a folk group.",
"I could hear the song of a sparrow.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like the girl in the song , everyone wants to give the Bananas a whirl these days, or to be whirled by the Bananas. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 3 July 2022",
"Neither Leiber and Stoller nor Thornton ever got paid much for her version of the song , and Stoller acknowledges that as a tragedy, along with the general lack of cultural recognition for her. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 30 June 2022",
"However, many social media users pointed out that his tweet is also the name of a song by his close friend, Machine Gun Kelly. \u2014 Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"That\u2019s because a new trailer for the second half of season four the s features a different cut of the song , the OCC notes. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"That probably subliminally affected the lyrics of that song . \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Global streams of the song surged more than 8,700% on Spotify (SPOT) following the show's May 27 season four premiere. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Prepare 32 bars of a song from the show or in the style of the show. \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"Bowie then sang live over the new backing track during the performance, but the 2022 mix by Ken Scott replaces that vocal with the one from the studio version of the song . \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 16 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English sang ; akin to Old English singan to sing":""
},
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"\u02c8s\u022f\u014b"
],
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"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"vocal"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105553",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"song and dance":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a long and often familiar statement or explanation that is usually not true or pertinent":[],
": a theatrical performance (such as a vaudeville performance) combining singing and dancing":[]
},
"examples":[
"instead of simply denying our request, the mayor's representative gave us a song and dance about legal issues and municipal liability",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His recruits would still come through auditions and undergo months, even years, of training in song and dance . \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
"On Sunday afternoon, Kyiv residents packed the capital\u2019s streets, sat by the riverfront and watched outdoor performances of traditional Ukrainian song and dance . \u2014 Ian Lovett And Thomas Grove, WSJ , 30 May 2022",
"The two types of gameplay are like different genres of music, and developers say the minigames allow players to continue to play in their virtual worlds without getting bored of the same song and dance . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Our heroes, played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis, die almost instantly in this Tim Burton bizarro film that features posession, monsters, demons, and song and dance numbers. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The series about a young woman who can hear other people\u2019s inner thoughts \u2013 which are expressed in song and dance numbers \u2013 may have been canceled, but fans are getting this holiday movie as a special treat. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The actor, 30, stars in Paradise Square, a Civil War-era musical opening Sunday at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre that brings together the Black and Irish American communities through song and dance . \u2014 Michael Gioia, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"In this parody of 1940s musicals, Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key star as backpackers stranded in a neighborhood where people frequently communicate through song and dance . \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The meaning of the song and dance has two versions, Leavitt said. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bafflegab",
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"gobbledygook",
"gobbledegook",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051148",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"song sparrow":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a North American sparrow ( Melospiza melodia of the family Emberizidae) that is brownish above and white below with brownish streaks on the breast and that has a melodious song":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For one thing, in this study, there was only about a twofold difference in relative brain size between the species with the largest brain\u2014the song sparrow \u2014and the one with the smallest\u2014the Swainson\u2019s Thrush. \u2014 Shahla Farzan, Scientific American , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Birds that had big brains, relative to their bodies such as the song sparrow and other New World sparrows, had body-size reductions that were only about one-third of those observed for birds with smaller brains, the study found. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
"This song sparrow would be a better parent if the ravens would just shut up. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1810, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105654",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"song thrush":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an Old World thrush ( Turdus philomelos of the family Turdidae) that is largely brown above with brown-spotted white underparts":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In October 2018, Malta, reacting to the June ruling, repealed its regulations for the autumn live-capturing of finches and allowed trapping only of golden plovers and song thrushes . \u2014 Jacopo Benini, National Geographic , 10 May 2019",
"But following a new ruling by the European Court of Justice, only two species\u2014the golden plover and the song thrush \u2014can now be hunted legally in Malta. \u2014 Jacopo Benini, National Geographic , 10 May 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122625",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"songster":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that sings with skill":[],
": songbook":[]
},
"examples":[
"one of the most popular songsters during the World War II era",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to the list of nominees, Univision has also announced bachata songster Prince Royce, Grupo Firme\u2019s Eduin Caz, Mexican pop singer Danna Paola and Dominican TV star Clarissa Molina as the ceremony\u2019s co-hosts. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"But whether it\u2019s because or in spite of this unpredictability, Droga is effusively confident in Accenture Song\u2019s evolved abilities to help clients stay relevant and face the ch-ch-ch-ch-changes one songster sang of. \u2014 Seth Matlins, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Unlike the Witcher\u2019s goofy songster pal Dandelion, my Cyberpunk sidekick Jackie Welles has no endearing characteristics besides dubious loyalty to V and lukewarm affection for someone named Misty. \u2014 Adrienne So, Wired , 23 Dec. 2020",
"Almost exactly 100 years later, a modern songster named Charley Crockett would stand at about that same spot playing for people\u2019s change, though the Union Depot had been gone for over 70 years. \u2014 Jonny Auping, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Males are innovative songsters , frequently plagiarising phrases from rivals and integrating them into their own tunes. \u2014 The Economist , 28 Nov. 2019",
"Ramblin\u2019 Jack Elliott, who started out as a contemporaneous imitator of Woody Guthrie but soon developed into a singular cowboy-folk troubadour, will play with cowboy songster Andy Hall. \u2014 Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com , 24 July 2019",
"The titular segment features a well-mannered sharp-shooting songster named Buster Scruggs (Tim Blake Nelson), who faces off against The Kid (Willie Watson). \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 6 Nov. 2018",
"The songster 's recent EP For Play earned glowing praises across viral platforms. \u2014 Bianca Alysse, Billboard , 17 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022f\u014b(k)-st\u0259r"
],
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"synonyms":[
"caroler",
"caroller",
"singer",
"vocalist",
"vocalizer",
"voice"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-131140",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sonnet sequence":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a series of sonnets often having a unifying theme":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092932",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sonnetize":{
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": to compose a sonnet":[],
": to compose a sonnet on or to":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259\u02cct\u012bz"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115050",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": poetry in sonnet form":[],
": the writing of sonnets":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4n\u0259\u2027tr\u0113"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225103",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sonny":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a young boy":[
"\u2014 usually used in address"
]
},
"examples":[
"come over here, sonny , and help me clean up"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259-n\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boy",
"boychick",
"boychik",
"boyo",
"callant",
"lad",
"laddie",
"nipper",
"shaveling",
"shaver",
"stripling",
"tad",
"youth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073514",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sonobuoy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a buoy equipped for detecting underwater sounds and transmitting them by radio":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Next, the sonobuoy unfolds a five-sided array of 40 underwater microphones (known as hydrophones), creating an underwater listening post. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 6 Jan. 2022",
"In addition the Trackers were armed with sonobuoys , droppable listening posts that radio any contacts back to the plane. \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 13 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccb\u022fi",
"-\u02ccb\u00fc-\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114139",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sonochemistry":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical effects of ultrasound":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"son- + chemistry":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6s\u014dn\u014d+",
"\u00a6s\u00e4n\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104305",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"sonorous":{
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
],
"definitions":{
": full or loud in sound":[
"a sonorous voice"
],
": having a high or an indicated degree of sonority":[
"sonorous sounds such as \\\u00e4\\ and \\\u022f\\"
],
": imposing or impressive in effect or style":[],
": producing sound (as when struck)":[]
},
"examples":[
"He has a deep, sonorous voice.",
"a sonorous waterfall that can be heard from a considerable distance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For much of his life, Archbishop Tutu was a spellbinding preacher, his voice by turns sonorous and high-pitched. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Their speech moves rhythmically \u2014 a sonorous medley. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Doing so rewards you with a sonorous sound from the staggered quad pipe exhaust, and a freight train-like acceleration. \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Yet stylistic flourishes like jagged sound editing and sonorous musical composition coupled with repetitive clips of interviews with Kamen end up corporatizing parts of More Than Robots. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Each dancer works valiantly, but Mr. Roberts\u2019s choreographic comings and goings seem oblivious to the sonorous textures of Mr. Shorter\u2019s jazzy composition. \u2014 Robert Greskovic, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The enthusiastic ensemble of singing, dancing, charming Moes who lead you through this sonorous self-help session are Big Moe, Little Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, No Moe and Eat Moe. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"He was denounced as a vandal in sonorous verses by the poet Lord Byron, a fellow member of the Ango-Scottish aristocracy, and the broader British public alike. \u2014 Bruce Clark, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Her sonorous voice was laced with a Southern accent. \u2014 Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times , 25 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin sonorus ; akin to Latin sonus sound":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u00e4-n\u0259-r\u0259s",
"s\u0259-\u02c8n\u022fr-\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062054",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"sonorous figures":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": figures (such as the geometrical figures of sand on a plate of glass or metal when the bow of a violin is drawn along the edge) formed by the vibrations of a substance emitting a musical tone":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105637",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"son et lumi\u00e8re":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an outdoor spectacle at a historic site consisting of recorded narration with light and sound effects":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u014d\u207f-(n)\u0101-l\u00fcm-\u02c8yer"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, sound and light":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141636"
},
"songstress":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a female singer":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022f\u014b(k)-str\u0259s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During the headlining set, her first public concert in five years, the 34-year-old British songstress stopped numerous times to assist distressed fans in the approximately 65,000-person crowd. \u2014 Mitchell Peters, Billboard , 2 July 2022",
"Her Barbie doll is part of the Mattel\u2019s Barbie Signature Tribute Collection which also includes dolls of director Ava Duvernay, R&B songstress Brandy, designer Vera Wang and more. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 3 June 2022",
"Prior to the face-off between Liverpool and Real Madrid, the 25-year-old songstress delivered a colorful spectacle for thousands of fans at Stade de France in Paris. \u2014 Mitchell Peters, Billboard , 28 May 2022",
"The expansive space celebrates style and even gave a little sneak peek of some of the 36-year-old songstress ' sports-themes designer bags. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The songstress \u2019 post included a reflective gallery of photos and videos from the past year, including images of her handwritten lyrics, a snapshot of her multiple Grammys, a text message screenshot, and more. \u2014 Mitchell Peters, Billboard , 21 May 2022",
"British songstress Joss Stone performs live at 9:30 p.m. from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. \u2014 Gary Graff, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"Justin Bieber and The Weeknd each nabbed five nods, while Shawn Mendes, Vancouver songstress JESSIA and first-time nominee Pressa were among a crowded field with four mentions each. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 May 2022",
"She is joined by British MTV-era superstars Duran Duran and the Eurythmics, fellow 1980s pop songstress Pat Benatar, legendary R&B and pop artist Lionel Richie, singer-songwriter Carly Simon and hip-hop legend Eminem. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 4 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1684, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145903"
},
"songwriter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who composes words or music or both especially for popular songs":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u022f\u014b-\u02ccr\u012b-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"songsmith",
"tunesmith"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"an award-winning singer and songwriter",
"he's both a singer and a songwriter",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tristan Goodall, founding guitarist and co- songwriter with ARIA Award-winning blues and roots act The Audreys, has died at the age of 48. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 5 July 2022",
"Great because: Dave Grohl went from being the best rock drummer of the \u201990s to the best arena-rock songwriter of the 2000s. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 4 July 2022",
"After nearly 40 years of churning out monster pop hits (and receiving 13 Oscar noms, but no wins) the Academy will be honoring the songwriter at the Governors Awards in November. \u2014 Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com , 2 July 2022",
"These days, Lennox can most likely be found singing in YouTube videos with Lola, who is also a musician and songwriter . \u2014 Allison Stewart, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"The Canadian songwriter mastered the art on Destroyer\u2019s stunning 2011 album Kaputt and has only expanded the form with each new project. \u2014 Corbin Reiff, SPIN , 30 June 2022",
"The actor will receive an honorary Oscar at this year's Governors Awards, along with songwriter Diane Warren, and directors Euzhan Palcy and Peter Weir, the Academy announced Wednesday. \u2014 CNN , 22 June 2022",
"The songwriter has earned a nomination in each of the last five decades since 1987, totaling 13 nods without a win, featuring collaborations with Cher, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Hudson, Lady Gaga, John Legend and Carlos Santana. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer- songwriter known as H.E.R., is suing MBK Entertainment, the record label owned by her longtime manager Jeff Robinson, for the rights to her music catalog. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 20 June 2022"
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"Matthew Rabinowitz explains that, in 2003, his sister gave birth to a son who had severe chromosomal abnormalities. \u2014 Wired , 6 July 2022",
"Seated on the front lawn with two friends in front of the family\u2019s two-story brick Highland Park home under darkening storm clouds, Levberg, 65, talked about his daughter, son -in-law and grandson. \u2014 Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune , 6 July 2022",
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"In total, nine people were arrested at the 2020 protest, including Aaron James\u2019 son Gabe Pecoraro. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 July 2022"
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"The album has moments that move away from guitar pop entirely, often into darker sonic territory. \u2014 Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone , 1 July 2022",
"On a recent morning, Shelley Roden and John Roesch, Foley artists who work at Skywalker Sound, the postproduction audio division of Lucasfilm, stood in the parking lot, considering the sonic properties of an enormous industrial hopper. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"The wails of sirens, pops of gunfire, and thrums of electronic music in Cyberpunk 2077's Night City all melt together into a sonic tapestry to pull you into the game with an unparalleled level of immersion. \u2014 Jaina Grey, Wired , 26 June 2022",
"Despite the wind generated by a huge 26-foot-diameter main fan, powered by a 6,700-hp (5-megawatt) electric motor, the quietude inside allows for more precise sonic measurement of cars or other objects placed therein. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
"Illness streaks across these new poems, toppling them with sonic devastation. \u2014 Jay Hopler, New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"Together, the father-and-son Kuti team creates a propulsive sonic gumbo with songs whose lyrics address the political and economic challenges that face Africa in general and their Nigerian homeland specifically. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 June 2022",
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"Another is dialogue, of which Dermansky is one of my favorite living practitioners, calling to mind the sonic truth of Grace Paley and the delicious weirdness of George Saunders (Paley\u2019s student). \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022"
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"among American songsmiths Irving Berlin has assumed legendary status",
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"The songsmith unashamedly sticks to his winning formula on album four, which makes perfect sense commercially. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The songsmith unashamedly sticks to his winning formula on album four, which makes perfect sense commercially. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The songsmith unashamedly sticks to his winning formula on album four, which makes perfect sense commercially. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The songsmith unashamedly sticks to his winning formula on album four, which makes perfect sense commercially. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The songsmith unashamedly sticks to his winning formula on album four, which makes perfect sense commercially. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The songsmith unashamedly sticks to his winning formula on album four, which makes perfect sense commercially. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The songsmith unashamedly sticks to his winning formula on album four, which makes perfect sense commercially. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 22 Dec. 2021",
"One celebrated country-music songsmith who did still comes up with distinctive, contemporary songs to this day, at age 84, and continues as an esteemed performer to boot. \u2014 Barry Mazor, WSJ , 8 Dec. 2021"
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"The album is a song cycle inspired by Marie Curie\u2019s life and research. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Under lockdown, Van Etten wrote and recorded a song cycle inspired by these events, but one that will not be dated by them. \u2014 Frank Digiacomo, Billboard , 6 May 2022",
"Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner will finally release a formal studio recording of his orchestral song cycle , 41 Strings, which was first commissioned for a special Earth Day event in 2011. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 22 Apr. 2022",
"An adaptation of Winterreise, Franz Schubert\u2019s classical song cycle , A Winter\u2019s Journey is set in Bavaria in 1812 and follows the wanderings of a lovelorn poet who undertakes a life-or-death hike across mountains, ice and snow. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"But what believer ever responded so warmly to texts as consolatory as the six in this choral song cycle ",
"Obama speeches are the inspiration for an orchestral song cycle having its world premiere Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 30 Sep. 2021"
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"And then, on Wednesday afternoon, came the sonic boom . \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In one famous example, engineers in Japan modeled the front of their high-speed bullet train after the shape of a kingfisher's beak to make the design more streamlined and eliminate the sonic boom . \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The waves generated beyond Tonga, however, may have come from the sonic boom of the blast itself, which Lynett said is a new phenomenon. \u2014 Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"One likely explanation is that expanding debris from the merger generated a shock wave, akin to a sonic boom , in addition to the jets. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The sonic boom in Illinois follows a similar incident in Oregon last week. \u2014 CBS News , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard said the sonic boom last Tuesday was caused by aircraft. \u2014 CBS News , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Hofford said the pilot who caused the sonic boom was pointed at a 45 degree angle toward the coast, which aimed the boom toward the coastline. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The eruption set off a sonic boom that could be heard as far away as Alaska. \u2014 Nick Perry, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Jan. 2022"
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"The sonogram showed that the fetus was developing normally.",
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"Inside were the sonogram pictures of the upcoming bundle of joy, and Carmella smiles from ear-to-ear, holding the photos alongside her pregnant mom. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
"Her boyfriend, musician Sid Wilson, also shared a close-up of the sonogram to his Instagram alongside heart emojis. \u2014 Amy Haneline, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"An antiabortion activist offered a potential patient a packet of antiabortion material including a coupon for a free sonogram outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization this month. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Brexton opened the box to find a lime (the size of the baby at the time) and a sonogram . \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
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"After posting hints on social media, including a sonogram and picture of watermelons, the zoo confirmed on Monday that Fiona's mother Bibi is pregnant with her second child. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Her partner Brown also announced the news on his Instagram page alongside a sonogram photo. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The actress announced the happy news on Instagram today, sharing three black-and-white snaps of herself and husband Paul Khoury holding their sonogram photo. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022"
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"The church annually has a songfest following Dec. 25, which actually begins the Christmas season, but this one will honor the Rev. Wally Hyclak, who is retiring Jan. 1. \u2014 cleveland , 13 Dec. 2019",
"The songfest began with the women introducing themselves by singing out their names. \u2014 Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community , 29 May 2018",
"Fans of the fest\u2019s icon, Mr. Pierogi, will get to sing with him during his eponymous songfest and toss little hims during the Pierogi Toss, while others can dance their cares away during Polka time. \u2014 Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com , 13 May 2018",
"The songfest began with the women introducing themselves by singing out their names. \u2014 Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community , 29 May 2018",
"Fans of the fest\u2019s icon, Mr. Pierogi, will get to sing with him during his eponymous songfest and toss little hims during the Pierogi Toss, while others can dance their cares away during Polka time. \u2014 Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com , 13 May 2018"
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"Brown\u2019s body was pulled from the lake after a four-house search by six law-enforcement agencies using four boats with sonar and divers, Hutto said. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 20 June 2022",
"The Seadragon was fitted with special equipment, including sonar to ping off the ice above and a light meter to help determine ice thickness. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Multiple boats with sonar and mapping technology, as well as dragging capabilities, have been used in recovery efforts. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The Georgia Department of Natural Resources said that its game wardens responded to the scene to assist in locating the man using side scan sonar . \u2014 Doha Madani, NBC News , 30 May 2022",
"Butler County emergency response crews used an underwater drone and divers to retrieve an SUV where Kellums was found after a volunteer with Texas EquuSearch found the vehicle using sonar . \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 16 May 2022",
"Also assisting is the Alexander City Rescue Squad and a specialized rescue unit from Tallapoosa County that has special sonar to map the river bottom. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Weddell Sea, an underwater robot called Sabertooth dove almost 10,000 feet, painting the seafloor with blasts of sonar that betrayed the unmistakable form of a ship. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Trolling small jigs is also a good tactic for locating these fish, or find them on sonar by looking for bait schools; www.markcollinsguideservice.com. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 17 Dec. 2021"
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"Dennis will oversee degrees and certificates in nursing, practical nursing, medical assistant, diagnostic medical sonography , emergency medical technician, pharmacy technician, surgical technology and veterinary technology. \u2014 NOLA.com , 18 Oct. 2020",
"The organization raised enough money to buy two ultrasound trucks, which cost $175,000 each, one for Birmingham and one for Montgomery, with licensed sonography technicians who offer free ultrasounds for pregnant women, Blessing said. \u2014 al , 19 Aug. 2020",
"Capron, a 22-year old sonography student, said some of her family from the Bahamas now live with her in Florida. \u2014 Rima Abdelkader, NBC News , 15 Sep. 2019",
"Miss Bay Area 2019 This year\u2019s Miss Bay Area is Carly Moran, who studies diagnostic medical sonography at Lone Star College campuses. \u2014 Don Maines Correspondent, Houston Chronicle , 13 Aug. 2019",
"From at least 2013 to 2017, Mr. Abdel-Sayed claimed to teach courses on topics such as electrocardiograms, phlebotomy and sonography at the college, located in Brooklyn. \u2014 David W. Chen, New York Times , 31 May 2018",
"Popular degrees like dental hygiene ($72,910 average salary), diagnostic medical sonography ($68,970 average salary), nursing (to become a registered nurse at an average starting salary of $66,640) are all available. \u2014 Elaina Loveland, Teen Vogue , 2 Nov. 2017",
"Allyn Osorio, Costa Mesa High School Major: diagnostic medical sonography Jazmine Reyes, Anaheim High School Major: biological science; Minor: dance Why this school",
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"Wonderful band, focused strings and an incredible songbook , sung with grace and a peerless sense of time and space. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Ace musicians Simone Acosta and James Rushin also imbued the proceedings with lush rhythms evoking the Miranda songbook , and scenic designer Beowulf Boritt\u2019s stacked stereos made for a striking backdrop. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Then there is Jamaica, where sweepstakes fraud \u2014 telephone scams aimed largely at elderly Americans \u2014 has generated a vibrant songbook . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The most obvious embodiment of this trend was the Saturday headliner Billie Eilish, who has achieved superstar status by seeming to retranslate the great American songbook into occult-ritual hymns. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Just the resonance of his work, the width and depth of his songbook . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 27 Apr. 2022",
"With a songbook as iconic and versatile as Madonna\u2019s, Drag Race would be foolish not to pay homage to the Material Girl\u2019s career through a Rusical. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Here\u2019s a man on his death bed writing some of the most joyful musical theater songs in the American songbook . \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
"His immense songbook and recordings encompass some of the most cherished and enduring songs in music history. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"To these older materials, however, the work adds more adventurous harmonies and stretches the older sonata form . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Contrary to classical sonata form there is no slow movement, no brooding themes, nothing to detract from the buoyant mood. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Aug. 2020",
"By 1784, sonata form had imprinted itself on the listening culture enough to feel like instinct; Vienna audiences could rest comfortably in the run of classical forms as familiar\u2014and thus enjoyable\u2014narratives. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 29 May 2020",
"This short, exciting opener sets themes from the eponymous operetta in a classical sonata form with an exposition, development, and recapitulation. \u2014 Jessica Rudman, courant.com , 13 Oct. 2019",
"However, the order of those movements doesn\u2019t follow the classical model of fast sonata form followed by a slow movement, a dance movement (usually a minuet or scherzo), and a fast sonata or rondo finale. \u2014 Jessica Rudman, courant.com , 13 Oct. 2019",
"But longevity allowed him a career in almost perfect sonata form , with a final period that recapitulated some of the joy of the first without ever trying to evade what had come between. \u2014 Douglas Murray, National Review , 11 July 2019",
"In early 19th century Vienna, however, long, tuneful melodies weren\u2019t easily adapted into four-movement sonata forms like symphonies or string quartets. \u2014 Christian Hertzog, sandiegouniontribune.com , 25 Mar. 2018"
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"Like the girl in the song , everyone wants to give the Bananas a whirl these days, or to be whirled by the Bananas. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 3 July 2022",
"Neither Leiber and Stoller nor Thornton ever got paid much for her version of the song , and Stoller acknowledges that as a tragedy, along with the general lack of cultural recognition for her. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 30 June 2022",
"However, many social media users pointed out that his tweet is also the name of a song by his close friend, Machine Gun Kelly. \u2014 Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"That\u2019s because a new trailer for the second half of season four the s features a different cut of the song , the OCC notes. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"That probably subliminally affected the lyrics of that song . \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Global streams of the song surged more than 8,700% on Spotify (SPOT) following the show's May 27 season four premiere. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Prepare 32 bars of a song from the show or in the style of the show. \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"Bowie then sang live over the new backing track during the performance, but the 2022 mix by Ken Scott replaces that vocal with the one from the studio version of the song . \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 16 June 2022"
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"Murphy solved that problem by inventing a bed that could be quickly tucked away, converting his sleeping chamber into a proper parlor suitable for his songbird . \u2014 Jill Gleeson, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
"To do this research, the scientists photographed more than 24,000 passerine museum specimens from more than 4,500 songbird species that are curated in natural history museum collections around the world. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy, Snow and Lucy\u2019s race against time to survive will ultimately reveal who is a songbird , and who is a snake. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 May 2022",
"And only a songbird as gifted as Mitchell could grant us that. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
"North American songbird aviary also remains open, Golgosky said. \u2014 Evan Macdonald, cleveland , 7 Apr. 2022",
"However, the court rejected arguments from environmentalists that new homes posed dramatic threats to the gnatcatcher, a type of songbird , and the spadefoot toad. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Past research from Clinchy and Zanette suggests that these issues aren't likely to be limited to one specific songbird , as the fear of predators can impact the hunting and feeding habits of other species that care for their young. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Native species clinging to survival in some sections of the river include chorus frogs; western toads; arroyo chubs, a California species of special concern; and least Bell\u2019s vireos, a federally endangered songbird . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Feb. 2022"
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