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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, status |
| Synonyms: | bracket, branch, breed, cast, caste, degree, description, estate, family, feather, genre, genus, grade, hierarchy, ilk, kidney, kind, line, nature, pecking order, pigeonhole, place, position, rank, set, slot, sort, species, station, stripe, subclass, taxonomic group, type |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Main Entry: | rack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | frame, framework |
| Synonyms: | arbor, bed, box, bracket, counter, furniture, holder, ledge, perch, receptacle, shelf, stand, structure, trestle |
| Notes: | rack is the linear gear and pinion is the circular gear in a mechanism rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
| 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: | relate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correlate, pertain |
| Synonyms: | affect, ally, appertain, apply, ascribe, assign, associate, be joined with, be relevant to, bear upon, bracket, combine, compare, concern, conjoin, connect, consociate, coordinate, correspond to, couple, credit, have reference to, have to do with, identify with, impute, interconnect, interdepend, interrelate, join, link, orient, orientate, pertain, refer, tie in with, touch, unite, yoke |
| Notes: | both recount and relate mean 'to tell, to give an account of,' but recount adds the semantic component 'in detail' |
| Antonyms: | dissociate |
| Main Entry: | shelf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jutting, flat area or piece |
| Synonyms: | bank, bracket, console, counter, cupboard, ledge, mantelpiece, mantle, rack, reef, ridge, rock, shallow, shoal |
| Main Entry: | stand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | base, stage |
| Synonyms: | board, booth, bracket, counter, dais, frame, gantry, grandstand, place, platform, rack, rank, staging, stall, station, support, table |
| Main Entry: | underline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emphasize; mark |
| Synonyms: | accentuate, bracket, call attention to, caption, check off, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, interlineate, italicize, play up, point to, point up, rule, stress, underscore |
| Main Entry: | yoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bond together; join |
| Synonyms: | associate, attach, bracket, buckle, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fasten, fix, harness, hitch, link, secure, splice, strap, tack, tie, unite, wed |
| Notes: | a yoke is a crossbar joining animals or something figuratively holding things together; a yolk is the yellow of an egg |
| Antonyms: | disconnect, disjoin |
| Main Entry: | truss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | framework |
| Synonyms: | beam, bracket, prop, support, tie |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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