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{"id": "temper", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "temper", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "temperative", "text": "temperative"}, {"id": "temperer", "text": "temperer"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["Old English temprian \u2018bring something into the required condition by mixing it with something else\u2019, from Latin temperare \u2018mingle, restrain\u2019. Sense development was probably influenced by Old French temprer \u2018to temper, moderate\u2019. The noun originally denoted a proportionate mixture of elements or qualities, also the combination of the four bodily humours, believed in medieval times to be the basis of temperament, hence temper (sense 1 of the noun)(late Middle English). 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{"text": "a fit of temper"}], "definitions": ["an angry state of mind"], "examples": [{"text": "Drew had walked out in a temper"}, {"notes": [{"text": "mass noun", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "text": "I only said it in a fit of temper"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1038310.009", "semanticClasses": [{"id": "anger", "text": "Anger"}], "shortDefinitions": ["angry state of mind"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "fit of rage"}, {"language": "en", "text": "rage"}, {"language": "en", "text": "fury"}, {"language": "en", "text": "fit of bad temper"}, {"language": "en", "text": "fit of ill temper"}, {"language": "en", "text": "bad temper"}, {"language": "en", "text": "tantrum"}, {"language": "en", "text": "passion"}, {"language": "en", "text": "paroxysm"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "temper", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0014686.001"}]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "temperament"}, {"language": "en", "text": "disposition"}, {"language": "en", "text": "nature"}, {"language": "en", "text": "character"}, {"language": "en", "text": "personality"}, {"language": "en", "text": "make-up"}, {"language": "en", "text": "constitution"}, {"language": "en", "text": "mind"}, {"language": "en", "text": "spirit"}, {"language": "en", "text": "stamp"}, {"language": "en", "text": "mettle"}, {"language": "en", "text": "mould"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "temper", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0014686.004"}]}, {"definitions": ["the degree of hardness and elasticity in steel or other metal"], "domainClasses": [{"id": "metallurgy", "text": "Metallurgy"}], "examples": [{"text": "the blade rapidly heats up and the metal loses its temper"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1038310.012", "notes": [{"text": "mass noun", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "semanticClasses": [{"id": "physical_property", "text": "Physical_Property"}], "shortDefinitions": ["degree of hardness and elasticity in steel"]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "noun", "text": "Noun"}, "phrases": [{"id": "keep_one%27s_temper", "text": "keep one's temper"}, {"id": "lose_one%27s_temper", "text": "lose one's temper"}, {"id": "out_of_temper", "text": "out of temper"}], "text": "temper"}, {"derivatives": [{"id": "temperative", "text": "temperative"}, {"id": "temperer", "text": "temperer"}], "entries": [{"grammaticalFeatures": [{"id": "transitive", "text": "Transitive", "type": "Subcategorization"}], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/temper_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u02c8t\u025bmp\u0259"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it"], "domainClasses": [{"id": "metallurgy", "text": "Metallurgy"}], "examples": [{"text": "the way a smith would temper a sword"}, {"notes": [{"text": "as adjective \"tempered\"", "type": "wordFormNote"}], "text": "tempered steel pins"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1038310.015", "shortDefinitions": ["improve hardness and elasticity of metal"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["improve the consistency or resiliency of (a substance) by means of a process involving heat or chemicals"], "examples": [{"text": "the display is a single sheet of glass, tempered for strength"}, {"text": "for a shiny sheen to the chocolate coating, I recommend tempering the chocolate first"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1038310.021", "shortDefinitions": ["improve consistency or resiliency of substance"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "harden"}, {"language": "en", "text": "strengthen"}, {"language": "en", "text": "toughen"}, {"language": "en", "text": "fortify"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "temper", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0014686.006"}]}]}, {"definitions": ["act as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something)"], "examples": [{"text": "their idealism is tempered with realism"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1038310.023", "shortDefinitions": ["act as neutralizing or counterbalancing force to"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "moderate"}, {"language": "en", "text": "modify"}, {"language": "en", "text": "modulate"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "temper", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0014686.007"}]}, {"definitions": ["tune (a piano or other instrument) so as to adjust the note intervals correctly."], "domainClasses": [{"id": "music", "text": "Music"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1038310.025", "shortDefinitions": ["tune piano"]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "verb", "text": "Verb"}, "phrases": [{"id": "keep_one%27s_temper", "text": "keep one's temper"}, {"id": "lose_one%27s_temper", "text": "lose one's temper"}, {"id": "out_of_temper", "text": "out of temper"}], "text": "temper"}], "type": "headword", "word": "temper"}], "word": "temper"}
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