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| Main Entry: |
borrow
 [bor-oh, bawr-oh] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take for temporary use |
| Synonyms: | accept loan of, acquire, beg, bite, bum, cadge, chisel, give a note for, hire, hit up, lift, mooch, negotiate, obtain, pawn, pledge, raise money, rent, run into debt, scrounge, see one's uncle, soak, sponge, take on loan, tap, touch, use temporarily |
| Antonyms: | give, lend, pay, return |
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| Main Entry: | adopt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose or take something as one's own |
| Synonyms: | accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, go down the line, go in for, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select, support, take on, take over, take up, tap, use, utilize |
| Antonyms: | disown, leave alone, reject, repudiate, repulse |
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | annex, borrow, clap, confiscate, cop, embezzle, filch, get fingers on, get hands on, glom on to, grab, grab hold of, hijack, liberate, lift, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, pilfer, pocket, secure, snatch, swipe, take over, usurp |
| Antonyms: | bequeath, bestow, give, return |
Example Sentences
- Yet, his lawyer now says, he was forced to borrow millions.
- The folks you borrow the dog from may even be grateful and travel over the weekend.
- And borrow and spend is much more politically correct.
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt, acquire |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, clap hands on, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, get fingers on, get hands on, glom onto, grab, grab hold of, hijack, kipe, liberate, moonlight requisition, preempt, seize, snatch, swipe, take over, usurp |
| Notes: | assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case' |
| Antonyms: | leave, let alone, not take |
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reserve, commission |
| Synonyms: | allow, authorize, borrow, contract, employ, engage, hire, lease, let, license, permit, rent, sanction |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | hock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pawn |
| Synonyms: | borrow, give security, pledge |
| Main Entry: | imitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be; do an impression of |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, act like, affect, ape, assume, be like, borrow, burlesque, carbon, caricature, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do like, do likewise, duplicate, echo, emulate, falsify, feign, follow, follow in footsteps, follow suit, forge, impersonate, look like, match, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, model after, parallel, parody, pattern after, personate, play a part, pretend, put on*, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, reproduce, resemble, send up, sham, simulate, spoof, take off, travesty |
| Antonyms: | be original, clash, differ, oppose, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infringe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | violate |
| Synonyms: | borrow, breach, break, contravene, crash, disobey, encroach, entrench, impose, infract, intrude, invade, lift, meddle, obtrude, offend, pirate, presume, steal, transgress, trespass |
| Antonyms: | comply, discharge, obey, observe |
| Main Entry: | mooch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cadge |
| Synonyms: | beg, borrow, bum*, bumoff, freeload, leach off, scrounge, sponge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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