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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
alternately responsive
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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adj
Of or relating to the ancient town and polis of Meliboea in ancient Thessaly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A native or inhabitant of ancient Meliboea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From the name of a shepherd in Virgil's first eclogue.
