| 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 |
| decoct | (verb) extract the essence of something by boiling it | - |
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| (verb) steep in hot water | - |
| (verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, concentrate, reduce |
| decode | (verb) convert code into ordinary language | Synonyms: decipher, decrypt |
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| decoke | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize |
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| decollate | (verb) cut the head of | Synonyms: behead, decapitate |
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| decolonise | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonize |
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| decolonize | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonise |
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| decolor | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolorize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolour | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decommission | (verb) withdraw from active service | - |
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| decompose | (verb) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | Synonyms: break down, break up |
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| (verb) break down | Synonyms: molder, moulder, rot |
| (verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decay, disintegrate |
| decompress | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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| (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: depressurise, depressurize |
| (verb) restore to its uncompressed form | Synonyms: uncompress |
| deconcentrate | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralise, decentralize |
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| deconsecrate | (verb) remove the consecration from a person or an object | Synonyms: desecrate, unhallow |
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| deconstruct | (verb) interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing | - |
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| decontaminate | (verb) rid of contamination | - |
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| decontrol | (verb) relax or remove controls of | - |
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| decorate | (verb) provide with decoration | Synonyms: dress |
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| (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, embellish, grace, ornament |
| (verb) award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to | - |
| (verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, embellish, grace |
| decorticate | (verb) remove the cortex of (an organ) | - |
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| (verb) remove the outer layer of | - |
| decouple | (verb) reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) | - |
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| (verb) eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) | - |
| (verb) regard as unconnected | Synonyms: dissociate |
| (verb) disconnect or separate | Synonyms: uncouple |
| decoy | (verb) lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy | - |
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| derecognise | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognize |
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| derecognize | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognise |
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| economise | (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economize, husband |
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| (verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economize, save |
| economize | (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economise, husband |
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| (verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economise, save |
| preconceive | (verb) conceive beforehand | - |
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| precondition | (verb) put into the required condition beforehand | - |
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| precook | (verb) cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long | - |
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| prerecord | (verb) record before presentation, as of a broadcast | - |
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| recode | (verb) put into a different code; rearrange mentally | - |
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| recognise | (verb) perceive to be the same | Synonyms: recognize |
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| (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realise, realize, recognize |
| (verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: acknowledge, know, recognize |
| (verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: acknowledge, recognize |
| (verb) express greetings upon meeting someone | Synonyms: greet, recognize |
| (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognize, spot, tell apart |
| (verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: accredit, recognize |
| (verb) show approval or appreciation of | Synonyms: recognize |
| recognize | (verb) perceive to be the same | Synonyms: recognise |
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| (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realise, realize, recognise |
| (verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: acknowledge, know, recognise |
| (verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: acknowledge, recognise |
| (verb) express greetings upon meeting someone | Synonyms: greet, recognise |
| (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, spot, tell apart |
| (verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: accredit, recognise |
| (verb) show approval or appreciation of | Synonyms: recognise |
| (verb) exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate) | - |
| recoil | (verb) spring back, as from a forceful thrust | Synonyms: kick, kick back |
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| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, shrink, squinch, wince |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backfire, backlash |
| recollect | (verb) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | Synonyms: call back, call up, recall, remember, retrieve, think |
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| recombine | (verb) undergo genetic recombination | - |
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| (verb) cause genetic recombination | - |
| (verb) to combine or put together again | - |
| recommence | (verb) begin again | - |
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| (verb) cause to start anew | - |
| recommend | (verb) make attractive or acceptable | - |
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| (verb) express a good opinion of | Synonyms: commend |
| (verb) push for something | Synonyms: advocate, urge |
| recommit | (verb) send back to a committee | - |
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| (verb) commit again | - |
| (verb) commit once again, as of a crime | - |
| recompense | (verb) make payment to; compensate | Synonyms: compensate, remunerate |
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| (verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: compensate, indemnify, repair |
| reconcile | (verb) bring into consonance or accord | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
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| (verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: accommodate, conciliate |
| (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: resign, submit |
| (verb) come to terms | Synonyms: conciliate, make up, patch up, settle |
| recondition | (verb) bring into an improved condition | - |
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| reconfirm | (verb) confirm again | - |
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| reconnoiter | (verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | Synonyms: reconnoitre, scout |
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| reconnoitre | (verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | Synonyms: reconnoiter, scout |
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| reconquer | (verb) conquer anew | - |
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| reconsecrate | (verb) consecrate anew, as after a desecration | - |
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| reconsider | (verb) consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing | - |
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| (verb) consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it | - |
| reconstitute | (verb) construct or form anew or provide with a new structure | Synonyms: restructure |
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| reconstruct | (verb) do over, as of (part of) a house | Synonyms: redo, remodel |
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| (verb) cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically | - |
| (verb) reassemble mentally | Synonyms: construct, retrace |
| (verb) build again | Synonyms: rebuild |
| (verb) return to its original or usable and functioning condition | Synonyms: restore |
| reconvene | (verb) meet again | - |
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| reconvert | (verb) convert back | - |
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| reconvict | (verb) convict anew | - |
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| recopy | (verb) copy again | - |
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| record | (verb) make a record of; set down in permanent form | Synonyms: enter, put down |
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| (verb) register electronically | Synonyms: tape |
| (verb) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments | Synonyms: read, register, show |
| (verb) be aware of | Synonyms: register |
| recount | (verb) narrate or give a detailed account of | Synonyms: narrate, recite, tell |
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| (verb) count again | - |
| recoup | (verb) regain or make up for | Synonyms: recover, recuperate |
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| (verb) retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments | Synonyms: deduct, withhold |
| (verb) reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss | Synonyms: reimburse |
| recover | (verb) get over an illness or shock | Synonyms: convalesce, recuperate |
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| (verb) regain a former condition after a financial loss | Synonyms: go back, recuperate |
| (verb) get or find back; recover the use of | Synonyms: find, regain, retrieve |
| (verb) regain or make up for | Synonyms: recoup, recuperate |
| (verb) reuse (materials from waste products) | Synonyms: reclaim |
| (verb) cover anew | - |
| redecorate | (verb) redo the decoration of an apartment or house | - |
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| second | (verb) give support or one's approval to | Synonyms: back, endorse, indorse |
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| (verb) transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment | - |
| shuttlecock | (verb) send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock | - |
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| telecommunicate | (verb) communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail | - |
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