attain | (verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: hit, reach |
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(verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, gain, hit, make, reach |
(verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
(verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, reach |
attaint | (verb) condemn by attainder | - |
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(verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
attemper | (verb) modify the temperature of | - |
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attempt | (verb) enter upon an activity or enterprise | Synonyms: set about, undertake |
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(verb) make an effort or attempt | Synonyms: assay, essay, seek, try |
attend | (verb) give heed (to) | Synonyms: advert, give ear, hang, pay heed |
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(verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: assist, attend to, serve, wait on |
(verb) take charge of or deal with | Synonyms: look, see, take care |
(verb) be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc. | Synonyms: go to |
(verb) to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result | - |
attenuate | (verb) become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude | - |
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(verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) | Synonyms: rarefy |
attest | (verb) authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity | - |
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(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: certify, demonstrate, evidence, manifest |
(verb) give testimony in a court of law | Synonyms: bear witness, take the stand, testify |
(verb) establish or verify the usage of | - |
attire | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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attitudinise | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinize |
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attitudinize | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinise |
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attorn | (verb) acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord | - |
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attract | (verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: draw, draw in, pull, pull in |
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(verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away | - |
(verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: appeal |
attribute | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, assign, impute |
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(verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: assign |
attune | (verb) adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with | - |
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auction | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction off, auctioneer |
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auctioneer | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction, auction off |
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audit | (verb) attend academic courses without getting credit | - |
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(verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | Synonyms: inspect, scrutinise, scrutinize |
audition | (verb) perform in order to get a role | Synonyms: try out |
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augment | (verb) grow or intensify | - |
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(verb) enlarge or increase | - |
augur | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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(verb) predict from an omen | - |
aurify | (verb) turn golden | - |
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(verb) transform into gold | - |
auscultate | (verb) examine by auscultation | - |
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auspicate | (verb) commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck | - |
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(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
authenticate | (verb) establish the authenticity of something | - |
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author | (verb) be the author of | - |
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authorise | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorize, clear, pass |
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(verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorize, empower |
authorize | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorise, clear, pass |
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(verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorise, empower |
autoclave | (verb) subject to the action of an autoclave | - |
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autograph | (verb) mark with one's signature | Synonyms: inscribe |
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automate | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automatise, automatize |
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automatise | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatize |
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(verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatize |
automatize | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatise |
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(verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatise |
automobile | (verb) travel in an automobile | - |
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autopsy | (verb) perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem | - |
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autotomise | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomize |
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autotomize | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomise |
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avail | (verb) take advantage of | - |
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(verb) take or use | Synonyms: help |
(verb) be of use to, be useful to | - |
avalanche | (verb) gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow | Synonyms: roll down |
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avenge | (verb) take revenge for a perceived wrong | Synonyms: retaliate, revenge |
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aver | (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, avow, swan, swear, verify |
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(verb) report or maintain | Synonyms: allege, say |
average | (verb) compute the average of | Synonyms: average out |
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(verb) achieve or reach on average | - |
(verb) amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain | Synonyms: average out |
avert | (verb) turn away or aside | Synonyms: turn away |
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(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
avianise | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianize |
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avianize | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianise |
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aviate | (verb) operate an airplane | Synonyms: fly, pilot |
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avoid | (verb) stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something | - |
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(verb) refrain from certain foods or beverages | Synonyms: keep off |
(verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, void |
(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
(verb) refrain from doing something | - |
avouch | (verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avow |
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avow | (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, swan, swear, verify |
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(verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avouch |
avulse | (verb) separate by avulsion | - |
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await | (verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of | Synonyms: expect, look, wait |
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awake | (verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: arouse, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken |
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awaken | (verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: arouse, rouse, wake, wake up, waken |
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(verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: arouse, awake, come alive, wake, wake up, waken |
(verb) make aware | - |
award | (verb) give, especially as an honor or reward | Synonyms: present |
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(verb) give as judged due or on the basis of merit | Synonyms: grant |
awe | (verb) inspire awe in | - |
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ax | (verb) terminate | Synonyms: axe |
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(verb) chop or split with an ax | Synonyms: axe |
axe | (verb) terminate | Synonyms: ax |
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(verb) chop or split with an ax | Synonyms: ax |
azure | (verb) color azure | - |
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