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Deal [deel] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
deal [deel]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: agreement, bargain
Synonyms: accord, arrangement, buy, compromise, conception, contract, pact, pledge, prearrangement, transaction, understanding
Antonyms: disagreement, misunderstanding
Main Entry: deal
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: distribution of playing cards
Synonyms: appointment, chance, cut and shuffle, fresh start, game, hand, opportunity, round
Main Entry: deal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: do business
Synonyms: bargain, barter, bicker, buy and sell, dicker, hammer out deal, handle, horse trade, knock down price, negotiate, sell, stock, swap, trade, traffic, treat, work out deal
Antonyms: deny, refuse
Example Sentences
  • He admits he is part of a nationwide problem of grade inflation, but he says colleges must work together to deal with the issue.
  • Extensive media coverage meant people were more aware of the oncoming storm and better prepared to deal with it when it hit.
  • If you cannot deal with a small leak immediately, place a pan or cup under the leak to collect the water.
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Main Entry: deal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: distribute
Synonyms: administer, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, come across with, deliver, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, disseminate, divide, divvy, dole out, drop, fork out, fork over, give, hand out, impart, inflict, measure, mete out, partake, participate, partition, render, reward, share, strike
Antonyms: hold, keep
Main Entry: deal/deal with
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: handle, manage
Synonyms: act, approach, attend to, behave, behave toward, clear, concern, conduct oneself, consider, control, cope with, direct, discuss, get a handle on something, hack it, handle, have to do with, live with, make a go of it, make it, oversee, play, review, rid, see to, serve, take, take care of, treat, unburden, use
Antonyms: mismanage
Main Entry: accord
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: agreement, mutual understanding (often written)
Synonyms: 10-4, accordance, concert, concord, concurrence, conformity, congruence, correspondence, deal, good vibes, good vibrations, harmony, okay, pact, rapport, reconciliation, sympathy, treaty, unanimity
Notes: something (a quality) is in accord with something else; something acts in accordance with something else (an activity)
Antonyms: antagonism, denial, disagreement, dissension, opposition, refusal
Main Entry: action
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something done
Synonyms: activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, ballgame, big idea, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, functioning, game, going, happening, haste, hoopla*, hopper, in the works, industry, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity
Antonyms: cessation, idleness, inaction, inactivity, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage
Main Entry: administer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dispense something needed
Synonyms: apply, apportion, authorize, bring, contribute, deal, deliver, disburse, distribute, dole out, execute, extend, furnish, give, impose, inflict, issue, measure out, mete out, offer, perform, portion, proffer, provide, regulate, serve, supply, tender
Antonyms: deny, frustrate, refuse, withhold
Main Entry: agreement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: document of concurrence, contract
Synonyms: acknowledgment, adjudication, affidavit, approval, arrangement, assent, avowal, bargain, bond, cartel, charter, codicil, compact, compromise, confirmation, covenant, deal, indenture, lease, negotiation, note, oath, okay, pact, piece of paper, protocol, recognition, settlement, stipulation, the nod, transaction, treaty, understanding, writ
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