| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, judge |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, beat, blend, bound, calibrate, caliper, check, check out, choose, compute, delimit, demarcate, determine, dope out, estimate, evaluate, even, eye*, figure, fit, gauge, gradate, grade, graduate, level, limit, line, look over, mark, mark out, mete, pace off, peg, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regulate, rhyme, rule, scale, shade, size, size up, sound, square, stroke, survey, tailor, take account, time, value, weigh |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | orient |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | familiarize |
| Synonyms: | acclimatize, adapt, adjust, align, conform, determine, direct, get one's bearings, locate, orientate, turn |
| Notes: | the Occident is the region of the sky where the sun sets - the west (the opposite of Orient, the east) to orient was originally to make something face east (to the Orient), especially a church; use 'orient,' not 'orientate' |
| Antonyms: | disorient |
| Main Entry: | range |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order, categorize |
| Synonyms: | align, allineate, arrange, array, assort, bias, bracket, catalogue, categorize, class, classify, dispose, draw up, file, grade, group, incline, line, line up, pigeonhole, predispose, rank |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganize |
| Main Entry: | rank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | line up; classify in system |
| Synonyms: | align, arrange, array, assign, assort, button down, class, dispose, establish, estimate, evaluate, fix*, give precedence, grade, include, judge, list, locate, marshal, order, peg, pigeonhole, place, place in formation, position, put, put away, put down as, put down for, put in line, range, rate, regard, settle, size up, sort, tab, typecast, valuate, value |
| Antonyms: | disorder, scatter |
| Main Entry: | square |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adapt, regulate |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adjust, align, conform, even up, fit, level, quadrate, reconcile, suit, tailor, tailor-make, true |
| Main Entry: | straighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in neat or aligned order |
| Synonyms: | align, arrange, compose, correct, even, level, make plumb, make straight, neaten, order, put in order, put perpendicular, put straight, put to rights, put upright, put vertical, rectify, set to rights, smarten up, spruce up, tidy, unbend, uncoil, uncurl, unfold, unravel, unsnarl, untwist |
| Antonyms: | bend, curve, move, twist |
| Main Entry: | federate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ally |
| Synonyms: | align, come together, confederate, join together, league, organize, unite |
| Main Entry: | methodize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange in order |
| Synonyms: | align, array, class, classify, clear the decks, dispose, file, fix up, form, group, line up, order, organize, police, police up, position, put in good shape, put in order, put to rights, range, rank, regulate, sort, spruce, spruce up, systematize, systemize, tidy, whip into shape |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
comparative, geodetical, gradual, inch, measuring, metric, metrical, poisable, scalar, shading off, sidereal, unmeasured
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