| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affirm |
| Synonyms: | cite, illustrate, point out, prove, show |
| Notes: | deduce means to conclude by reasoning or in logic; adduce means to cite as proof or evidence; deduct means to take away from or subtract from another |
| Main Entry: | allege |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert; claim |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, affirm, asservate, aver, avouch, avow, charge, cite, declare, depose, lay, maintain, offer, plead, present, profess, put forward, recite, recount, state, testify |
| Antonyms: | contradict, deny, disagree, dissent, object, protest, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, allude to, appeal to, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, refer to, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell |
| Notes: | cite means to make reference to, refer to; sight is the ability to see, the act of looking or seeing or observing, something worth seeing; site is the piece of land on which something is located or is to be located |
| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, maintain property or right |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, ask, assert, believe, call for, challenge, collect, declare, defend, exact, have dibs on something, hit, hit up, hold, hold out for, insist, justify, knock, lay claim to, need, pick up, pop the question, postulate, pretend, profess, pronounce, require, requisition, solicit, stake out, take, uphold, vindicate |
| Antonyms: | deny, disclaim, question |
| Main Entry: | collate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sort collection |
| Synonyms: | adduce, analogize, assemble, bracket, collect, compare, compose, contrast, examine, gather, group, match, order, relate, verify |
| Main Entry: | impute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute |
| Synonyms: | accredit, accuse, adduce, ascribe, assign, blame, brand, censure, charge, credit, hang something on, hint, indict, insinuate, intimate, lay, pin on, refer, reference, stigmatize |
| Antonyms: | defend, guard, help, protect |
| Main Entry: | instance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | name |
| Synonyms: | adduce, cite, exemplify, illustrate, mention, quote, refer, show, specify |
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce, advance |
| Synonyms: | adduce, allege, bear, bring forth, bring forward, cite, deposit, generate, lodge, offer, present, put forward, submit, yield |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Main Entry: | mention |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refer to |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, acquaint, adduce, advert, allude to, bring up, broach, call attention to, cite, communicate, declare, designate, detail, disclose, discuss, divulge, enumerate, hint at, impart, infer, instance, intimate, introduce, make known, name, notice, notify, observe, point out, point to, quote, recount, remark, report, reveal, speak about, speak of, specify, state, suggest, tell, throw out, touch on |