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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determinant |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, aid, antecedent, aspect, board, cause, circumstance, component, consideration, constituent, element, fixin's, influence, ingredient, instrument, instrumentality, item, makin's, means, part, part and parcel, point, portion, thing |
| Main Entry: | get on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount |
| Synonyms: | ascend, board, climb, embark, enplane, entrain, go up, scale |
| Antonyms: | dismount, get off |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, protect |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, board, bunk, conceal, defend, domicile, entertain, guard, hold back, house, lodge, nurse, nurture, provide refuge, put up, quarter, relieve, safeguard, screen, secrete, secure, shelter, shield, suppress, withhold |
| Notes: | harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities |
| Antonyms: | eject, let out, uncover |
| Main Entry: | jury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | panel that hears legal matter |
| Synonyms: | board, judges, peers, tribunal |
| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend; provide for |
| Synonyms: | administer, attend, board, care for, carry on, command, conduct, continue, defend, direct, endure, feed, foster, guard, look after, maintain, manage, mind, minister to, nourish, nurture, operate, ordain, protect, provision, run, safeguard, shelter, shield, subsidize, support, sustain, victual, watch over |
| Antonyms: | abandon, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | lodge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stay at temporary residence |
| Synonyms: | abide, accommodate, bestow, board, bunk, canton, crash, domicile, dwell, entertain, harbor, hole up, hostel, house, locate, nest, park*, perch*, put up, quarter, rent, reside, room, roost, shelter, sojourn, squat, station, stay, stay over, stop |
| Antonyms: | leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | management |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | persons running an organization |
| Synonyms: | administration, authority, board, bosses, brass, directorate, directors, employers, execs, executive, executive suite, executives, front office, head, mainframe, management, micro management, person upstairs, top brass, upstairs |
| Antonyms: | employees |
| Main Entry: | meal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food, often taken by several individuals |
| Synonyms: | blue plate, board, breakfast, brunch, carryout, chow time, chow, collation, cookout, dessert, din-din, dinner, eats, fare, feast, feed, grub, lunch, luncheon, mess, munchies, picnic, potluck, refection, refreshment, regalement, repast, snack, special*, spread, square meal, supper, table, tea, together banquet |
| Antonyms: | snack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | panel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | committee |
| Synonyms: | board, bureau, cabinet, commission, consultants, council, forum, group, jury, representatives, task force, tribunal |
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