abscond | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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accommodate | (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | Synonyms: adapt |
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(verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: conciliate, reconcile |
(verb) provide a service or favor for someone | Synonyms: oblige |
(verb) provide with something desired or needed | - |
(verb) be agreeable or acceptable to | Synonyms: fit, suit |
(verb) provide housing for | Synonyms: lodge |
(verb) have room for; hold without crowding | Synonyms: admit, hold |
accompany | (verb) perform an accompaniment to | Synonyms: follow, play along |
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(verb) go or travel along with | - |
(verb) be present or associated with an event or entity | Synonyms: attach to, come with, go with |
(verb) be a companion to somebody | Synonyms: companion, company, keep company |
accomplish | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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(verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: achieve, attain, reach |
accord | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: allot, grant |
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(verb) go together | Synonyms: agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
accost | (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: hook, solicit |
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(verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: address, come up to |
account | (verb) furnish a justifying analysis or explanation | Synonyms: answer for |
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(verb) to give an account or representation of in words | Synonyms: describe, report |
(verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: calculate |
(verb) be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something | - |
accouter | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accoutre |
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accoutre | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accouter |
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alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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(verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
alcoholize | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholise |
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(verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholise |
(verb) subject to the influence of alcohol | - |
beacon | (verb) guide with a beacon | - |
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(verb) shine like a beacon | - |
become | (verb) enter or assume a certain state or condition | Synonyms: get, go |
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(verb) come into existence | - |
(verb) undergo a change or development | Synonyms: turn |
(verb) enhance the appearance of | Synonyms: suit |
boycott | (verb) refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with | - |
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bunco | (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
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caracole | (verb) make a half turn on a horse, in dressage | - |
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charcoal | (verb) draw, trace, or represent with charcoal | - |
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coach | (verb) teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | Synonyms: train |
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(verb) drive or operate a coach or carriage | - |
coact | (verb) act together, as of organisms | - |
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coagulate | (verb) change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state | Synonyms: clot |
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(verb) cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state | Synonyms: clot |
coal | (verb) take in coal | - |
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(verb) supply with coal | - |
(verb) burn to charcoal | Synonyms: char |
coalesce | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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(verb) fuse or cause to grow together | - |
coapt | (verb) fit tightly and fasten | - |
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(verb) cause to adhere | Synonyms: conglutinate |
coarsen | (verb) make less subtle or refined | - |
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(verb) make or become coarse or coarser | - |
coast | (verb) move effortlessly; by force of gravity | - |
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coat | (verb) cover or provide with a coat | - |
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(verb) put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface | Synonyms: surface |
(verb) form a coat over | Synonyms: cake |
coax | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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cobble | (verb) repair or mend | - |
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(verb) pave with cobblestones | Synonyms: cobblestone |
cobblestone | (verb) pave with cobblestones | Synonyms: cobble |
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cocainise | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainize |
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cocainize | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainise |
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cock | (verb) set the trigger of a firearm back for firing | - |
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(verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup |
(verb) tilt or slant to one side | - |
cocker | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
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cockle | (verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds | Synonyms: crumple, knit, pucker, rumple |
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(verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | Synonyms: riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate |
coconspire | (verb) conspire together | - |
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cocoon | (verb) wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection | - |
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(verb) retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment | - |
cod | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
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(verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: befool, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
coddle | (verb) cook in nearly boiling water | - |
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(verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
code | (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, cypher, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code |
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(verb) attach a code to | - |
codify | (verb) organize into a code or system, such as a body of law | - |
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coeducate | (verb) educate persons of both sexes together | Synonyms: co-educate |
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coerce | (verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: force, hale, pressure, squeeze |
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coexist | (verb) exist together | Synonyms: cohabit |
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(verb) coexist peacefully, as of nations | - |
coffin | (verb) place into a coffin | - |
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cog | (verb) join pieces of wood with cogs | - |
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(verb) roll steel ingots | - |
coggle | (verb) walk unsteadily, with short steps | Synonyms: dodder, paddle, toddle, totter, waddle |
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(verb) move unsteadily | Synonyms: wobble |
cogitate | (verb) use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments | Synonyms: cerebrate, think |
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(verb) consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind | - |
cognise | (verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | Synonyms: cognize, know |
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cognize | (verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | Synonyms: cognise, know |
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cohabit | (verb) share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple | Synonyms: live together, shack up |
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(verb) exist together | Synonyms: coexist |
cohere | (verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: adhere, cleave, cling, stick |
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(verb) have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results | - |
(verb) cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole | - |
coif | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set |
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(verb) cover with a coif | - |
coiffe | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffure, do, dress, set |
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coiffure | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, do, dress, set |
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coil | (verb) wind around something in coils or loops | Synonyms: curl, loop |
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(verb) make without a potter's wheel | Synonyms: hand-build, handbuild |
(verb) to wind or move in a spiral course | Synonyms: gyrate, spiral |
coin | (verb) form by stamping, punching, or printing | Synonyms: mint, strike |
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(verb) make up | - |
coincide | (verb) happen simultaneously | Synonyms: concur |
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(verb) go with, fall together | Synonyms: co-occur, cooccur |
(verb) be the same | - |
coinsure | (verb) take out coinsurance | - |
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coke | (verb) become coke | - |
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coldcock | (verb) knock down with force | Synonyms: deck, dump, floor, knock down |
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coldwork | (verb) shape (metal) without heat | Synonyms: cold work |
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collaborate | (verb) work together on a common enterprise or project | Synonyms: cooperate, join forces |
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(verb) cooperate as a traitor | - |
collapse | (verb) collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack | Synonyms: break down |
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(verb) lose significance, effectiveness, or value | - |
(verb) suffer a nervous breakdown | Synonyms: break up, crack, crack up, crock up |
(verb) break down, literally or metaphorically | Synonyms: break, cave in, fall in, founder, give, give way |
(verb) fold or close up | - |
(verb) fall apart | Synonyms: break down, crumble, crumple, tumble |
(verb) cause to burst | Synonyms: burst |
collar | (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
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(verb) furnish with a collar | - |
(verb) seize by the neck or collar | - |
collate | (verb) compare critically; of texts | - |
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(verb) to assemble in proper sequence | - |
collateralize | (verb) pledge as a collateral | - |
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collect | (verb) assemble or get together | Synonyms: garner, gather, pull together |
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(verb) get or bring together | Synonyms: pull in |
(verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up |
(verb) call for and obtain payment of | Synonyms: take in |
(verb) gather or collect | Synonyms: call for, gather up, pick up |
collectivise | (verb) bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises | Synonyms: collectivize |
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collectivize | (verb) bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises | Synonyms: collectivise |
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collide | (verb) crash together with violent impact | Synonyms: clash |
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(verb) cause to collide | - |
(verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict | Synonyms: clash, jar |
colligate | (verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle | Synonyms: subsume |
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(verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: associate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in |
collimate | (verb) adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) | - |
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(verb) make or place parallel to something | Synonyms: parallel |
collocate | (verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | Synonyms: chunk, lump |
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(verb) have a strong tendency to occur side by side | - |
collogue | (verb) confer secretly | - |
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collude | (verb) act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: conspire |
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colly | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: begrime, bemire, dirty, grime, soil |
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colonise | (verb) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) | Synonyms: colonize |
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(verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world | Synonyms: colonize |
colonize | (verb) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) | Synonyms: colonise |
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(verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world | Synonyms: colonise |
color | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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(verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: colour, discolor, discolour |
(verb) affect as in thought or feeling | Synonyms: colour, distort, tinge |
(verb) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for | Synonyms: colour, gloss |
(verb) decorate with colors | Synonyms: colour, emblazon |
(verb) modify or bias | Synonyms: colour |
colorcast | (verb) broadcast in color | - |
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colorise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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colorize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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colour | (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, discolor, discolour |
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(verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize |
(verb) affect as in thought or feeling | Synonyms: color, distort, tinge |
(verb) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for | Synonyms: color, gloss |
(verb) decorate with colors | Synonyms: color, emblazon |
(verb) modify or bias | Synonyms: color |
colourise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourize |
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colourize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise |
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comb | (verb) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb | Synonyms: comb out, disentangle |
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(verb) search thoroughly | Synonyms: ransack |
(verb) straighten with a comb | - |
combat | (verb) battle or contend against in or as if in a battle | Synonyms: battle |
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combine | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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(verb) put or add together | Synonyms: compound |
(verb) combine so as to form a whole; mix | Synonyms: compound |
(verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: aggregate |
(verb) add together from different sources | - |
(verb) join for a common purpose or in a common action | - |
(verb) have or possess in combination | Synonyms: unite |
combust | (verb) undergo combustion | Synonyms: burn |
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(verb) get very angry and fly into a rage | Synonyms: blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit |
(verb) cause to become violent or angry | - |
(verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire |
(verb) cause to burn or combust | Synonyms: burn |
come | (verb) come to pass; arrive, as in due course | - |
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(verb) be found or available | - |
(verb) reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position | - |
(verb) happen as a result | - |
(verb) have a certain priority | - |
(verb) come to one's mind; suggest itself | Synonyms: occur |
(verb) move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody | Synonyms: come up |
(verb) be received | Synonyms: come in |
(verb) cover a certain distance | - |
(verb) reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress | Synonyms: arrive, get |
(verb) experience orgasm | - |
(verb) come under, be classified or included | Synonyms: fall |
(verb) proceed or get along | Synonyms: do, fare, get along, make out |
(verb) extend or reach | - |
(verb) to be the product or result | Synonyms: follow |
(verb) exist or occur in a certain point in a series | - |
(verb) be a native of | Synonyms: hail |
(verb) to measure up to in kind or quality | Synonyms: add up, amount |
(verb) add up in number or quantity | Synonyms: add up, amount, number, total |
(verb) come forth | Synonyms: issue forth |
(verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example | Synonyms: derive, descend |
comfit | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: confect, confection |
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comfort | (verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: ease |
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(verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: console, solace, soothe |
command | (verb) make someone do something | Synonyms: require |
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(verb) be in command of | - |
(verb) demand as one's due | - |
(verb) exercise authoritative control or power over | Synonyms: control |
(verb) look down on | Synonyms: dominate, overlook, overtop |
commandeer | (verb) take arbitrarily or by force | Synonyms: highjack, hijack, pirate |
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commemorate | (verb) call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony | Synonyms: remember |
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(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: immortalise, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize |
(verb) celebrate by some ceremony or observation | Synonyms: mark |
commence | (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: begin, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out |
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(verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: begin, lead off, start |
(verb) get off the ground | Synonyms: embark on, start, start up |
commend | (verb) express approbation of | - |
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(verb) mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship | Synonyms: remember |
(verb) express a good opinion of | Synonyms: recommend |
(verb) give to in charge | - |
(verb) present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence | - |
comment | (verb) make or write a comment on | Synonyms: notice, point out, remark |
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(verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | Synonyms: annotate, gloss |
(verb) explain or interpret something | - |
commentate | (verb) serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting | - |
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(verb) make a commentary on | - |
commercialise | (verb) make commercial | Synonyms: commercialize, market |
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