advance | (verb) develop in a positive way | Synonyms: come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up |
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(verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: gain |
(verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: boost, supercharge |
(verb) develop further | - |
(verb) bring forward for consideration or acceptance | Synonyms: throw out |
(verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win |
(verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | Synonyms: go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress |
(verb) cause to move forward | Synonyms: bring forward |
(verb) move forward | Synonyms: set ahead |
(verb) pay in advance | - |
(verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade |
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: boost, encourage, further, promote |
affiance | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: betroth, engage, plight |
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allowance | (verb) put on a fixed allowance, as of food | - |
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announce | (verb) make known; make an announcement | Synonyms: denote |
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(verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald |
(verb) announce publicly or officially | Synonyms: declare |
(verb) give the names of | - |
balance | (verb) hold or carry in equilibrium | Synonyms: poise |
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(verb) compute credits and debits of an account | - |
(verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize |
(verb) be in equilibrium | - |
bechance | (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: befall, happen |
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(verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: befall, betide |
bounce | (verb) eject from the premises | - |
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(verb) hit something so that it bounces | - |
(verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
(verb) leap suddenly | - |
(verb) move up and down repeatedly | Synonyms: jounce |
(verb) come back after being refused | - |
(verb) refuse to accept and send back | - |
chance | (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, encounter, find, happen |
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(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
(verb) be the case by chance | - |
chiromance | (verb) divine by reading someone's palms | - |
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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 |
contradance | (verb) perform a contradance | Synonyms: contra danse, contredanse, country-dance |
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convince | (verb) make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: convert, win over |
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countenance | (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, let, permit |
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counterbalance | (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, countervail, neutralize |
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(verb) contrast with equal weight or force | Synonyms: oppose |
(verb) adjust for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, even off, even out, even up, make up |
dance | (verb) move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance | Synonyms: trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe |
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(verb) move in a graceful and rhythmical way | - |
(verb) skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways | - |
denounce | (verb) speak out against | - |
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(verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
(verb) announce the termination of, as of treaties | - |
(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: brand, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize |
discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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(verb) look with disfavor on | - |
distance | (verb) go far ahead of | Synonyms: outdistance, outstrip |
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(verb) keep at a distance | - |
enhance | (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: heighten, raise |
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(verb) make better or more attractive | - |
enounce | (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
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ensconce | (verb) fix firmly | Synonyms: settle |
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entrance | (verb) put into a trance | Synonyms: spellbind |
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(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, fascinate, trance |
evidence | (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, manifest |
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(verb) provide evidence for | Synonyms: bear witness, prove, show, testify |
(verb) give evidence | Synonyms: tell |
evince | (verb) give expression to | Synonyms: express, show |
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experience | (verb) undergo | Synonyms: have |
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(verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | Synonyms: know, live |
(verb) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind | Synonyms: feel |
(verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | Synonyms: get, have, receive |
(verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience | Synonyms: go through, see |
fence | (verb) have an argument about something | Synonyms: argue, contend, debate |
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(verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence in, palisade, surround, wall |
(verb) fight with fencing swords | - |
(verb) enclose with a fence | Synonyms: fence in |
(verb) receive stolen goods | - |
finance | (verb) obtain or provide money for | - |
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(verb) sell or provide on credit | - |
flounce | (verb) walk emphatically | - |
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freelance | (verb) work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer | - |
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glance | (verb) hit at an angle | - |
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(verb) throw a glance at; take a brief look at | Synonyms: glint, peek |
inconvenience | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, put out, trouble |
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influence | (verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: determine, mold, mould, regulate, shape |
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(verb) induce into action by using one's charm | Synonyms: charm, tempt |
(verb) have and exert influence or effect | Synonyms: act upon, work |
instance | (verb) clarify by giving an example of | Synonyms: exemplify, illustrate |
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jounce | (verb) move up and down repeatedly | Synonyms: bounce |
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lance | (verb) open by piercing with a lancet | - |
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(verb) pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight | - |
(verb) move quickly, as if by cutting one's way | - |
licence | (verb) authorize officially | Synonyms: certify, license |
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mince | (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: moderate, soften |
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(verb) cut into small pieces | - |
(verb) walk daintily | - |
mispronounce | (verb) pronounce a word incorrectly | Synonyms: misspeak |
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outbalance | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outweigh, overbalance, preponderate |
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outdistance | (verb) go far ahead of | Synonyms: distance, outstrip |
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overbalance | (verb) cause to be off balance | - |
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(verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, preponderate |
pounce | (verb) move down on as if in an attack | Synonyms: swoop |
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prance | (verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: cock, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup |
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(verb) ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward | - |
(verb) cause (a horse) to bound spring forward | - |
(verb) spring forward on the hind legs | - |
pronounce | (verb) pronounce judgment on | Synonyms: judge, label |
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(verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enounce, enunciate, say, sound out |
recommence | (verb) begin again | - |
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(verb) cause to start anew | - |
reference | (verb) refer to | Synonyms: cite |
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refinance | (verb) renew the financing of | - |
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renounce | (verb) cast off | Synonyms: disown, repudiate |
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(verb) turn away from; give up | Synonyms: foreswear, quit, relinquish |
(verb) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | Synonyms: give up, resign, vacate |
(verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | Synonyms: abdicate |
reverence | (verb) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | Synonyms: fear, revere, venerate |
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romance | (verb) tell romantic or exaggerated lies | - |
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(verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander |
(verb) have a love affair with | - |
(verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: court, solicit, woo |
sentence | (verb) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law | Synonyms: condemn, doom |
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sequence | (verb) arrange in a sequence | - |
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(verb) determine the order of constituents in | - |
silence | (verb) cause to be quiet or not talk | Synonyms: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, still |
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(verb) keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure | - |
tapdance | (verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes | Synonyms: tap |
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trance | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate |
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trounce | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task |
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(verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | Synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish |
(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, welt, whip |
unbalance | (verb) derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane | Synonyms: derange |
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(verb) throw out of balance or equilibrium | - |
wince | (verb) make a face indicating disgust or dislike | - |
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(verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch |