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{"id": "discreet", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "discreet", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "discreetness", "text": "discreetness"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["Middle English: from Old French discret, from Latin discretus \u2018separate\u2019, past participle of discernere \u2018discern\u2019, the sense arising from late Latin discretio (see discretion). Compare with discrete"], "inflections": [{"inflectedForm": "discreeter"}, {"inflectedForm": "discreetest"}], "notes": [{"text": "The words discrete and discreet are pronounced in the same way and share the same origin but they do not mean the same thing. Discrete means \u2018separate\u2019, as in a finite number of discrete categories, while discreet means \u2018careful and circumspect\u2019, as in you can rely on him to be discreet", "type": "editorialNote"}], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/discreet_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "d\u026a\u02c8skri\u02d0t"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["careful and prudent in one's speech or actions, especially in order to keep something confidential or to avoid embarrassment"], "examples": [{"text": "we made some discreet inquiries"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0280580.006", "shortDefinitions": ["careful and prudent in one's speech or actions"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["intentionally unobtrusive"], "examples": [{"text": "a discreet cough"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0280580.009", "shortDefinitions": ["intentionally unobtrusive"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "unobtrusive"}, {"language": "en", "text": "inconspicuous"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "discreet", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0004084.002"}]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "careful"}, {"language": "en", "text": "circumspect"}, {"language": "en", "text": "cautious"}, {"language": "en", "text": "wary"}, {"language": "en", "text": "chary"}, {"language": "en", "text": "guarded"}, {"language": "en", "text": "close-lipped"}, {"language": "en", "text": "close-mouthed"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "discreet", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0004084.001"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "adjective", "text": "Adjective"}, "text": "discreet"}], "type": "headword", "word": "discreet"}], "word": "discreet"}
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