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{"id": "efface", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "efface", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "effacement", "text": "effacement"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["late 15th century (in the sense \u2018pardon or be absolved from (an offence)\u2019): from French effacer, from e- (from Latin ex- \u2018away from\u2019) + face \u2018face\u2019"], "grammaticalFeatures": [{"id": "transitive", "text": "Transitive", "type": "Subcategorization"}], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/efface_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u026a\u02c8fe\u026as"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["erase (a mark) from a surface"], "examples": [{"text": "with time, the words are effaced by the rain"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0313070.006", "shortDefinitions": ["erase mark from surface"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["cause (a memory or emotion) to disappear completely"], "examples": [{"text": "nothing could efface the bitter memory"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0313070.012", "shortDefinitions": ["cause memory or emotion to disappear completely"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "erase"}, {"language": "en", "text": "eradicate"}, {"language": "en", "text": "expunge"}, {"language": "en", "text": "blot out"}, {"language": "en", "text": "rub out"}, {"language": "en", "text": "wipe out"}, {"language": "en", "text": "remove"}, {"language": "en", "text": "eliminate"}, {"language": "en", "text": "excise"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "efface", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0004635.001"}]}]}, {"definitions": ["make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous"], "examples": [{"text": "to efface oneself is not the easiest of duties which the teacher can undertake"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0313070.014", "notes": [{"text": "\"efface oneself\"", "type": "wordFormNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "make oneself inconspicuous"}, {"language": "en", "text": "keep out of sight"}, {"language": "en", "text": "keep oneself to oneself"}, {"language": "en", "text": "keep quiet"}, {"language": "en", "text": "keep out of the public eye"}, {"language": "en", "text": "avoid publicity"}, {"language": "en", "text": "keep out of the limelight"}, {"language": "en", "text": "lie low"}, {"language": "en", "text": "keep a low profile"}, {"language": "en", "text": "regard oneself as unimportant"}, {"language": "en", "text": "treat oneself as unimportant"}, {"language": "en", "text": "be diffident"}, {"language": "en", "text": "be modest"}, {"language": "en", "text": "be retiring"}, {"language": "en", "text": "withdraw"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "efface", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0004635.002"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "verb", "text": "Verb"}, "text": "efface"}], "type": "headword", "word": "efface"}], "word": "efface"}
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