| appoggiatura | (noun) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | Synonyms: acciaccatura, grace note |
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| appoint | (verb) furnish | - |
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| (verb) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | Synonyms: charge |
| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: constitute, name, nominate |
| appointed | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointive |
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| (adjective) selected for a job | - |
| (adjective) provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind) | - |
| (adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: decreed, ordained, prescribed |
| appointee | (noun) an official who is appointed | - |
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| (noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointment |
| appointive | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointed |
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| (adjective) relating to the act of appointing | - |
| appointment | (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: assignment, designation, naming |
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| (noun) the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed | - |
| (noun) (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment | - |
| (noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | Synonyms: fitting |
| (noun) a meeting arranged in advance | Synonyms: date, engagement |
| (noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointee |
| apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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| (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
| apportionable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, allocatable |
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| apportioned | (adjective) given out in portions | Synonyms: dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out |
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| apportioning | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| apportionment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| apposable | (adjective) capable of being placed opposite to something | Synonyms: opposable |
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| appose | (verb) place side by side or in close proximity | - |
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| apposite | (adjective) being of striking appropriateness and pertinence | Synonyms: apt, pertinent |
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| appositeness | (noun) appropriateness for the occasion | Synonyms: aptness |
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| apposition | (noun) the act of positioning close together (or side by side) | Synonyms: collocation, juxtaposition |
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| (noun) (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material | - |
| (noun) a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows | - |
| appositional | (adjective) relating to or being in apposition | Synonyms: appositive |
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| appositive | (adjective) relating to or being in apposition | Synonyms: appositional |
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| appositively | (adverb) in an appositive manner | Synonyms: in apposition |
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| disappoint | (verb) fail to meet the hopes or expectations of | Synonyms: let down |
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| disappointed | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: defeated, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted |
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| disappointedly | (adverb) in disappointment; in a disappointed manner | - |
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| disappointing | (adjective) not up to expectations | Synonyms: dissatisfactory, unsatisfying |
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| disappointingly | (adverb) in a disappointing manner | - |
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| disappointment | (noun) an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone | Synonyms: dashing hopes |
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| (noun) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized | Synonyms: letdown |
| hippo | (noun) massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa | Synonyms: hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, river horse |
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| hippoboscid | (noun) bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals | Synonyms: louse fly |
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| hippocampus | (noun) a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories | - |
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| hippodrome | (noun) a stadium for horse shows or horse races | - |
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| hippopotamus | (noun) massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa | Synonyms: hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius, river horse |
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| inapposite | (adjective) of an inappropriate or misapplied nature | Synonyms: out of place |
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| inappositeness | (noun) inappropriateness | Synonyms: inaptness |
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| inopportune | (adjective) not opportune | - |
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| inopportunely | (adverb) at an inconvenient time | Synonyms: malapropos |
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| inopportuneness | (noun) the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time | Synonyms: untimeliness |
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| insupportable | (adjective) incapable of being justified or explained | Synonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted |
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| lamppost | (noun) a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight) | - |
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| nonappointive | (adjective) filled by popular election rather than by appointment | - |
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| opponent | (adjective) characterized by active hostility | Synonyms: opposing |
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| (noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: adversary, antagonist, opposer, resister |
| (noun) a contestant that you are matched against | Synonyms: opposite, opposition |
| opportune | (adjective) suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose | - |
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| opportunely | (adverb) conveniently | - |
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| opportuneness | (noun) timely convenience | Synonyms: patness, timeliness |
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| opportunism | (noun) taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others | Synonyms: expedience, self-interest, self-seeking |
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| opportunist | (adjective) taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit | Synonyms: opportunistic, timeserving |
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| (noun) a person who places expediency above principle | Synonyms: self-seeker |
| opportunistic | (adjective) taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit | Synonyms: opportunist, timeserving |
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| opportunity | (noun) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | Synonyms: chance |
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| opposable | (adjective) capable of being placed opposite to something | Synonyms: apposable |
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| oppose | (verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: contradict, controvert |
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| (verb) be against; express opposition to | - |
| (verb) set into opposition or rivalry | Synonyms: match, pit, play off |
| (verb) fight against or resist strongly | Synonyms: defend, fight, fight back, fight down |
| (verb) act against or in opposition to | Synonyms: react |
| (verb) contrast with equal weight or force | Synonyms: counterbalance |
| opposed | (adjective) being in opposition or having an opponent | - |
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| opposer | (noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: adversary, antagonist, opponent, resister |
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| opposing | (adjective) characterized by active hostility | Synonyms: opponent |
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| opposite | (adjective) of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem | Synonyms: paired |
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| (adjective) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | Synonyms: diametric, diametrical, polar |
| (adjective) the other one of a complementary pair | - |
| (adjective) being directly across from each other; facing | - |
| (adjective) altogether different in nature or quality or significance | - |
| (adjective) moving or facing away from each other | - |
| (noun) a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other | Synonyms: antonym, opposite word |
| (noun) a contestant that you are matched against | Synonyms: opponent, opposition |
| (noun) a relation of direct opposition | Synonyms: contrary, reverse |
| (noun) something inverted in sequence or character or effect | Synonyms: inverse |
| (adverb) directly facing each other | Synonyms: face-to-face, face to face |
| oppositely | (adverb) in an opposite position | - |
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| oppositeness | (noun) the relation between opposed entities | Synonyms: opposition |
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| opposition | (noun) the act of hostile groups opposing each other | Synonyms: confrontation |
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| (noun) the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with | Synonyms: resistance |
| (noun) a body of people united in opposing something | - |
| (noun) an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | Synonyms: enemy, foe, foeman |
| (noun) a contestant that you are matched against | Synonyms: opponent, opposite |
| (noun) a direction opposite to another | - |
| (noun) the relation between opposed entities | Synonyms: oppositeness |
| oppositionality | (noun) The quality of opposing or of being in conflict. | - |
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| oppositive | (adjective) expressing antithesis or opposition | Synonyms: adversative |
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| pappoose | (noun) an American Indian infant | Synonyms: papoose |
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| pappose | (adjective) (of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles | - |
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| presuppose | (verb) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition | Synonyms: suppose |
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| (verb) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | Synonyms: suppose |
| presupposition | (noun) the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument) | - |
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| rapport | (noun) a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people | Synonyms: resonance |
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| rapporteur | (noun) a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings | - |
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| reapportion | (verb) allocate, distribute, or apportion anew | Synonyms: reallocate |
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| reapportionment | (noun) a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) | Synonyms: reallocation, reallotment |
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| support | (noun) aiding the cause or policy or interests of | - |
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| (noun) the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening | Synonyms: supporting |
| (noun) documentary validation | Synonyms: documentation |
| (noun) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | Synonyms: reenforcement, reinforcement |
| (noun) the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities | - |
| (noun) any device that bears the weight of another thing | - |
| (noun) supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation | - |
| (noun) something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest | - |
| (noun) a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts | Synonyms: accompaniment, backup, musical accompaniment |
| (noun) the financial means whereby one lives | Synonyms: bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, sustenance |
| (noun) financial resources provided to make some project possible | Synonyms: backing, financial backing, financial support, funding |
| (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, sustain |
| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, tolerate |
| (verb) adopt as a belief | Synonyms: subscribe |
| (verb) argue or speak in defense of | Synonyms: defend, fend for |
| (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, patronize |
| (verb) be the physical support of; carry the weight of | Synonyms: hold, hold up, sustain |
| (verb) play a subordinate role to (another performer) | - |
| (verb) support materially or financially | - |
| (verb) give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to | Synonyms: back up |
| (verb) be behind; approve of | Synonyms: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for |
| (verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm | Synonyms: bear out, corroborate, underpin |
| supportable | (adjective) capable of being borne though unpleasant | Synonyms: bearable, endurable, sufferable |
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| supported | (adjective) held up or having the weight borne especially from below | - |
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| (adjective) sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support) | - |
| supporter | (noun) a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) | Synonyms: garter |
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| (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jock, jockstrap, suspensor |
| (noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist |
| (noun) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: assistant, help, helper |
| (noun) someone who supports or champions something | Synonyms: patron, sponsor |
| supporting | (adjective) capable of bearing a structural load | Synonyms: load-bearing |
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| (adjective) furnishing support and encouragement | Synonyms: encouraging |
| (noun) the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening | Synonyms: support |
| supportive | (adjective) furnishing support or assistance | - |
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| supposable | (adjective) capable of being inferred on slight grounds | Synonyms: presumable, surmisable |
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| supposal | (noun) a hypothesis that is taken for granted | Synonyms: assumption, supposition |
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| (noun) the cognitive process of supposing | Synonyms: supposition |
| suppose | (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, think |
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| (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize |
| (verb) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition | Synonyms: presuppose |
| (verb) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | Synonyms: presuppose |
| (verb) express a supposition | Synonyms: say |
| supposed | (adjective) required or under orders | - |
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| (adjective) doubtful or suspect | Synonyms: alleged, so-called |
| (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious |
| (adjective) mistakenly believed | - |
| supposedly | (adverb) believed or reputed to be the case | Synonyms: purportedly |
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| supposition | (noun) a hypothesis that is taken for granted | Synonyms: assumption, supposal |
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| (noun) the cognitive process of supposing | Synonyms: supposal |
| (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, surmisal, surmise |
| suppositional | (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositious, supposititious |
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| suppositious | (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, supposititious |
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| supposititious | (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious |
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| suppository | (noun) a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts | - |
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| unopposable | (adjective) not opposable | - |
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| unopposed | (adjective) not having opposition or an opponent | - |
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| unsupportable | (adjective) not able to be supported or defended | - |
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| unsupported | (adjective) not held up or borne | - |
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| (adjective) not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid | - |
| unsupportive | (adjective) not furnishing support or assistance | - |
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| whippoorwill | (noun) American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage | Synonyms: Caprimulgus vociferus |
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| zippo | (noun) a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip |
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