abbreviate | (verb) shorten | - |
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(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
abbreviated | (adjective) (of clothing) very short | Synonyms: brief |
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(adjective) cut short in duration | Synonyms: shortened, truncated |
abbreviation | (noun) shortening something by omitting parts of it | - |
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(noun) a shortened form of a word or phrase | - |
abbreviator | (noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work | Synonyms: abridger |
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breviary | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily by certain priests and members of religious orders | - |
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brevity | (noun) the attribute of being brief or fleeting | Synonyms: briefness, transience |
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(noun) the use of brief expressions | - |
counterevidence | (noun) (philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis. | Synonyms: counter-evidence |
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crevice | (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: cleft, crack, fissure, scissure |
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(noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: chap, crack, cranny, fissure |
ecrevisse | (noun) small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America | Synonyms: Old World crayfish |
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(noun) tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly | Synonyms: crawdad, crawfish, crayfish |
grevillea | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea | - |
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preview | (noun) a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public | - |
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(noun) an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future | Synonyms: prevue, trailer |
(verb) watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public | - |
previous | (adjective) too soon or too hasty | Synonyms: premature |
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(adjective) (used especially of persons) of the immediate past | Synonyms: former, late |
(adjective) just preceding something else in time or order | Synonyms: old |
previously | (adverb) at an earlier time or formerly | Synonyms: antecedently |
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previse | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foreknow, foresee |
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(verb) warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning | Synonyms: forewarn |
prevision | (noun) the power to foresee the future | Synonyms: prescience |
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(noun) a prophetic vision (as in a dream) | - |
(noun) seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing | Synonyms: farsightedness, foresight, prospicience |
(noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | Synonyms: anticipation, prediction |
review | (noun) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment | Synonyms: follow-up, followup, reexamination |
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(noun) practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory | Synonyms: brushup |
(noun) a formal or official examination | Synonyms: inspection |
(noun) (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court) | - |
(noun) a new appraisal or evaluation | Synonyms: reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation |
(noun) a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion | Synonyms: recap, recapitulation |
(noun) an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) | Synonyms: critical review, critique, review article |
(noun) a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians | Synonyms: revue |
(noun) a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art | - |
(noun) (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data | Synonyms: limited review |
(verb) look at again; examine again | Synonyms: reexamine |
(verb) look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember | Synonyms: look back, retrospect |
(verb) hold a review (of troops) | Synonyms: go over, survey |
(verb) refresh one's memory | Synonyms: brush up, refresh |
(verb) appraise critically | Synonyms: critique |
reviewer | (noun) a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day | Synonyms: commentator |
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(noun) someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication | Synonyms: reader, referee |
revile | (verb) spread negative information about | Synonyms: rail, vilify, vituperate |
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revilement | (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: abuse, contumely, insult, vilification |
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revisal | (noun) the act of rewriting something | Synonyms: rescript, revise, revision |
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revise | (noun) the act of rewriting something | Synonyms: rescript, revisal, revision |
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(verb) make revisions in | - |
(verb) revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving | Synonyms: retool |
revised | (adjective) improved or brought up to date | - |
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(adjective) altered or revised by rephrasing or by adding or deleting material | - |
reviser | (noun) someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication | Synonyms: redact, redactor, rewrite man, rewriter |
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revising | (noun) editing that involves writing something again | Synonyms: rewriting |
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revision | (noun) the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) | Synonyms: alteration |
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(noun) something that has been written again | Synonyms: rescript, rewrite |
(noun) the act of rewriting something | Synonyms: rescript, revisal, revise |
revisionism | (noun) a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism | - |
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(noun) any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx | - |
revisionist | (noun) a Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position | - |
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revisit | (verb) visit again | - |
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revitalisation | (noun) bringing again into activity and prominence | Synonyms: resurgence, revitalization, revival, revivification |
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revitalise | (verb) give new life or vigor to | Synonyms: revitalize |
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revitalised | (adjective) restored to new life and vigor | Synonyms: reborn, revitalized |
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revitalising | (adjective) tending to impart new life and vigor to | Synonyms: renewing, restorative, revitalizing, reviving |
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revitalization | (noun) bringing again into activity and prominence | Synonyms: resurgence, revitalisation, revival, revivification |
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revitalize | (verb) restore strength | Synonyms: regenerate |
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(verb) give new life or vigor to | Synonyms: revitalise |
revitalized | (adjective) restored to new life and vigor | Synonyms: reborn, revitalised |
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revitalizing | (adjective) tending to impart new life and vigor to | Synonyms: renewing, restorative, revitalising, reviving |
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revival | (noun) bringing again into activity and prominence | Synonyms: resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revivification |
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(noun) an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion | Synonyms: revival meeting |
revivalism | (noun) an attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith | - |
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revivalist | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: evangelist, gospeler, gospeller |
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revivalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterizing revivalism | - |
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revive | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revivify, vivify |
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(verb) cause to regain consciousness | Synonyms: resuscitate |
(verb) return to consciousness | Synonyms: come to, resuscitate |
(verb) be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength | - |
(verb) restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state | Synonyms: resurrect |
revived | (adjective) restored to consciousness or life or vigor | - |
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(adjective) given fresh life or vigor or spirit | Synonyms: reanimated |
revivification | (noun) bringing again into activity and prominence | Synonyms: resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival |
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revivify | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, vivify |
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reviving | (adjective) tending to impart new life and vigor to | Synonyms: renewing, restorative, revitalising, revitalizing |
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unrevised | (adjective) not improved or brought up to date | - |
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unrevived | (adjective) not revived | Synonyms: unrenewed |
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