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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come from; originate |
| Synonyms: | be a native of, be born in, begin, claim as birthplace |
| Main Entry: | pioneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invent; lay the groundwork |
| Synonyms: | begin, colonize, create, develop, discover, establish, explore, found, go out in front, initiate, instigate, institute, launch, map out, open up, originate, prepare, show the way, spearhead*, start, take the lead, trailblaze |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pitch in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help out |
| Synonyms: | aid, attack, begin, buckle down, chip in, chip in, come through, commence, contribute, contribute work, cooperate, do, do one's bit, fall to, get cracking, get going, go to it, help, help; get busy, hop to it, join in, jump in, launch, lend a hand, lend a hand, participate, plunge into, set about, set to, subscribe, tackle, tee off, volunteer, wade in |
| Antonyms: | hinder, hurt, prevent |
| Main Entry: | preface |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | introduce |
| Synonyms: | begin, commence, launch, lead, lead up to, open, precede, prefix, usher |
| Notes: | the foreword is written by someone other than the author; the preface is written by the author or editor preface and foreword were once considered the same (Latin praefari 'speak before,' Germanic/Anglo-Saxon vorwort 'preface') but now preface is written by the author and foreword by someone else |
| Antonyms: | conclude, end, finish |
| Main Entry: | premise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hypothesize |
| Synonyms: | announce, assume, begin, commence, introduce, posit, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, start, state, suppose |
| Notes: | a premise is a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; premises are land and buildings together considered as a place of business |
| Antonyms: | be factual |
| Main Entry: | provoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, evoke; stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, awaken, begin, bestir, bring about, bring down, bring on, bring to one's feet, build up, call forth, cause, challenge, draw forth, electrify, elicit, enthuse, excite, fire, fire up, galvanize, generate, give rise to, incite, induce, inflame, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, kindle, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, pique, precipitate, prime, produce, promote, prompt, quicken, rally, rouse, roust, stir, suscitate, thrill, titillate, titivate, waken, whet |
| Notes: | provoke means to stir up or arouse - or to incite to anger or resentment; evoke means to call forth or call to mind emotions, feelings, and responses |
| Antonyms: | end, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become apparent |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, befall, begin, betide, chance, come, crop up, dawn, derive, develop, emanate, emerge, eventuate, fall out, flare up, flow, go, happen, head, issue, loom, occur, originate, proceed, spring, stem, surface, transpire, turn up |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
| Antonyms: | decline, recede, regress |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, incite |
| Synonyms: | abet, begin, commence, foment, initiate, instigate, provoke, put in motion, raise, set on, stir up, whip up |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade, end, finish, halt, hinder |
| Main Entry: | set up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assemble, back, begin, build, build up, compose, constitute, construct, create, elevate, erect, establish, excite, exhilarate, found, inaugurate, initiate, inspire, install, institute, introduce, launch, make provision for, open, organize, originate, prearrange, prepare, put together, put up, raise, rear, stimulate, strengthen, subsidize, usher in |
| Antonyms: | conclude, end, finish |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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