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alludes to
| Main Entry: |
bring up
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate, mention in conversation |
| Synonyms: | advance, advert, allude to, broach, discuss, introduce, moot, move, offer, point out, propose, put forward, raise, raise a subject, refer, submit, tender, touch on, ventilate |
| Main Entry: | drive at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mean, suggest as meaning |
| Synonyms: | aim, allude to, contemplate, design, get at, have in mind, hint at, imply, indicate, intend, intimate, propose, refer to, signify |
| Main Entry: | hint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest; indicate |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, adumbrate, advise, allude to, angle, apprise, bring up, broach, coax, connote, cue, drop, expose, fish*, foreshadow, give an inkling, impart, imply, infer, inform, insinuate, intimate, jog memory, leak*, let it be known, let out of bag, make*, mention, point, prefigure, press, prompt, put flea in ear, recall, refer to, remind, say in passing, shadow, signify, solicit, spring, tip off, tip one's hand, touch on, whisper, wink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signify, convey |
| Synonyms: | add up, adumbrate, allude, allude to, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, determine, drive at, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, hint at, imply, import, indicate, intimate, involve, name, point to, portend, presage, promise, purport, represent, say, speak of, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, tell the meaning of, touch on |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make mention |
| Synonyms: | allude to, bring in, cover, deal with, discuss, go over, mention, note, refer to, speak of, treat |
| Antonyms: | secrete |
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| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
attingent, close to, contactual, conterminous, contiguous, end to end, hand to hand, haptic, in contact, intractible, itching, lambent, libant, osculatory, palpable, pertingent, tactile, tactual, tangential, tangible, touching, with no interval
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| Concept: | Mean. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY |
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-verbs
split the difference; take the average; reduce to a mean; strike a balance, pair off.
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| Concept: | [Sensation of pressure] Touch. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; touch |
| Synonyms: |
-verbs
touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler.
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