appreciable | (adjective) enough to be estimated or measured | - |
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appreciably | (adverb) to a noticeable degree | - |
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appreciate | (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, revalue |
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(verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: apprise, apprize |
(verb) be fully aware of; realize fully | Synonyms: take account |
(verb) recognize with gratitude; be grateful for | - |
(verb) hold dear | Synonyms: prize, treasure, value |
appreciated | (adjective) fully understood or grasped | Synonyms: apprehended, comprehended |
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appreciation | (noun) a favorable judgment | Synonyms: admiration |
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(noun) an increase in price or value | - |
(noun) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something | Synonyms: grasp, hold |
(noun) delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | Synonyms: discernment, perceptiveness, taste |
(noun) an expression of gratitude | - |
appreciative | (adjective) having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion | - |
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(adjective) feeling or expressive of gratitude | - |
appreciatively | (adverb) with appreciation; in a grateful manner | Synonyms: gratefully |
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appreciativeness | (noun) warm friendly feelings of gratitude | Synonyms: gratefulness, thankfulness |
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appreciator | (noun) a person who is fully aware of something and understands it | - |
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deprecate | (verb) belittle | Synonyms: depreciate, vilipend |
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(verb) express strong disapproval of; deplore | - |
deprecating | (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting |
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deprecatio | (noun) a praying against evil, against others, or oneself; a prayer for the removal of some evil. | - |
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deprecation | (noun) the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) | Synonyms: denigration |
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(noun) a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster | - |
deprecative | (adjective) given to expressing disapproval | - |
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(adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting |
deprecatively | (adverb) in a deprecative manner | - |
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deprecatory | (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting |
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depreciate | (verb) lose in value | Synonyms: devaluate, devalue, undervalue |
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(verb) lower the value of something | - |
(verb) belittle | Synonyms: deprecate, vilipend |
depreciating | (adjective) tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value | Synonyms: depreciative, depreciatory |
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depreciation | (noun) a decrease in price or value | - |
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(noun) a communication that belittles somebody or something | Synonyms: derogation, disparagement |
(noun) decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use | Synonyms: wear and tear |
depreciative | (adjective) tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value | Synonyms: depreciating, depreciatory |
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(adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciatory, slighting |
depreciator | (noun) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | Synonyms: detractor, disparager, knocker |
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depreciatory | (adjective) tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value | Synonyms: depreciating, depreciative |
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(adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, slighting |
imprecate | (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss, swear |
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(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, maledict |
imprecation | (noun) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) | Synonyms: malediction |
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(noun) a slanderous accusation | - |
imprecise | (adjective) not precise | - |
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imprecisely | (adverb) in an imprecise manner | Synonyms: inexactly |
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impreciseness | (noun) the quality of lacking precision | Synonyms: imprecision |
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imprecision | (noun) the quality of lacking precision | Synonyms: impreciseness |
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inappreciable | (adjective) too small to make a significant difference | - |
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leprechaun | (noun) a mischievous elf in Irish folklore | - |
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precalc | (noun) a college-level algebra and trigonometry course that is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus | Synonyms: precalculus |
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precalculus | (noun) a college-level algebra and trigonometry course that is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus | Synonyms: precalc |
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precancerous | (adjective) of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated | - |
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precarious | (adjective) fraught with danger | Synonyms: parlous, perilous, touch-and-go |
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(adjective) not secure; beset with difficulties | Synonyms: shaky |
(adjective) affording no ease or reassurance | Synonyms: unstable |
precariously | (adverb) in a precarious manner | - |
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precariousness | (noun) extreme dangerousness | - |
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(noun) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance | Synonyms: uncertainness, uncertainty |
precast | (adjective) of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation | - |
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precative | (adjective) expressing entreaty or supplication | Synonyms: precatory |
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precatory | (adjective) expressing entreaty or supplication | Synonyms: precative |
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precaution | (noun) a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | Synonyms: guard, safeguard |
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(noun) the trait of practicing caution in advance | - |
(noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: care, caution, forethought |
precautional | (adjective) taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure | Synonyms: precautionary |
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precautionary | (adjective) taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure | Synonyms: precautional |
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precava | (noun) receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins | Synonyms: superior vena cava |
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precede | (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, preface, premise |
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(verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space | Synonyms: lead |
(verb) be the predecessor of | Synonyms: come before |
(verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, predate |
(verb) come before | Synonyms: predate |
precedence | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedency, precession |
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(noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, priority |
(noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedency, priority |
precedency | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedence, precession |
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(noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, priority |
(noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedence, priority |
precedent | (adjective) preceding in time, order, or significance | - |
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(noun) an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time | Synonyms: case in point |
(noun) (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions | Synonyms: case law, common law |
(noun) a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time) | - |
(noun) a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws | Synonyms: case law, common law |
precedented | (adjective) having or supported or justified by a precedent | - |
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precedentedly | (adverb) with precedent | - |
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precedential | (adjective) having precedence (especially because of longer service) | - |
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preceding | (adjective) existing or coming before | - |
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(adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | Synonyms: past, retiring |
precentor | (noun) the musical director of a choir | Synonyms: cantor, choirmaster |
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precentorship | (noun) the position of precentor | - |
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precept | (noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: commandment, teaching |
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(noun) rule of personal conduct | Synonyms: principle |
preceptor | (noun) teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) | Synonyms: don |
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preceptorship | (noun) the position of preceptor | - |
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precess | (verb) move in a gyrating fashion | - |
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precession | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedence, precedency |
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(noun) the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone | - |
prechlorination | (noun) chlorination prior to another chemical process | - |
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precinct | (noun) a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes | - |
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preciosity | (noun) the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined | Synonyms: preciousness |
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precious | (adjective) obviously contrived to charm | Synonyms: cute |
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(adjective) characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for | Synonyms: cherished, treasured, wanted |
(adjective) of high worth or cost | - |
(adjective) held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature | Synonyms: valued |
(adverb) very | Synonyms: preciously |
preciously | (adverb) very | Synonyms: precious |
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preciousness | (noun) the positive quality of being precious and beyond value | Synonyms: invaluableness, pricelessness, valuableness |
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(noun) the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined | Synonyms: preciosity |
(noun) the quality possessed by something with a great price or value | Synonyms: costliness, dearness |
precipice | (noun) a very steep cliff | - |
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precipitance | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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precipitancy | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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precipitant | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous |
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(noun) an agent that causes a precipitate to form | - |
precipitate | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitous |
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(noun) a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering | - |
(verb) separate as a fine suspension of solid particles | - |
(verb) hurl or throw violently | - |
(verb) bring about abruptly | - |
(verb) fall vertically, sharply, or headlong | - |
(verb) fall from clouds | Synonyms: come down, fall |
precipitately | (adverb) at breakneck speed | Synonyms: headlong |
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precipitateness | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitousness, suddenness |
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precipitating | (adjective) bringing on suddenly or abruptly | - |
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precipitation | (noun) an unexpected acceleration or hastening | - |
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(noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry |
(noun) the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height | - |
(noun) the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) | Synonyms: downfall |
(noun) the process of forming a chemical precipitate | - |
(noun) the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time | - |
precipitator | (noun) removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation | Synonyms: Cottrell precipitator, electrostatic precipitator |
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precipitin | (noun) an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen | - |
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precipitous | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate |
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(adjective) dangerously steep | Synonyms: abrupt, sharp |
precipitously | (adverb) abruptly; in a precipitous manner | - |
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(adverb) very suddenly and to a great degree | Synonyms: sharply |
precipitousness | (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: abruptness, steepness |
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(noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness |
precis | (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: abstract, outline, synopsis |
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(verb) make a summary (of) | - |
precise | (adjective) sharply exact or accurate or delimited | - |
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(adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | Synonyms: accurate, exact |
precisely | (adverb) indicating exactness or preciseness | Synonyms: exactly, just, properly |
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(adverb) in a precise manner | Synonyms: exactly, incisively |
(adverb) just as it should be | Synonyms: exactly, on the button, on the dot, on the nose |
preciseness | (noun) the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance | Synonyms: precision |
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(noun) clarity as a consequence of precision | Synonyms: clearcutness |
precision | (noun) the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance | Synonyms: preciseness |
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preclinical | (adjective) of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared | Synonyms: presymptomatic |
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preclude | (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, prevent |
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(verb) make impossible, especially beforehand | Synonyms: close out, rule out |
preclusion | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: forestalling, obviation |
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preclusive | (adjective) made impossible | Synonyms: obviating |
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precocial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days | - |
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precocious | (adjective) characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) | - |
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(adjective) appearing or developing early | - |
precociously | (adverb) in a precocious manner | - |
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precociousness | (noun) intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules | Synonyms: precocity |
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precocity | (noun) intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules | Synonyms: precociousness |
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precognition | (noun) knowledge of an event before it occurs | Synonyms: foreknowledge |
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precognitive | (adjective) foreseeing the future | Synonyms: clairvoyant, second-sighted |
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preconceive | (verb) conceive beforehand | - |
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preconceived | (adjective) (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially without evidence or through prejudice | - |
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preconception | (noun) an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence | Synonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, prepossession |
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(noun) a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | Synonyms: bias, prejudice |
preconcerted | (adjective) previously arranged or agreed on | - |
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precondition | (noun) a condition that is a prerequisite | - |
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(noun) an assumption that is taken for granted | Synonyms: given, presumption |
(noun) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else | Synonyms: condition, stipulation |
(verb) put into the required condition beforehand | - |
preconditioned | (adjective) having already been put into a suitable condition | - |
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