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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine into a collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, add up, amass, amount, assemble, collect, combine, come, heap, mix, number, pile, sum, total |
| Antonyms: | break up, disperse, divide |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
| Synonyms: | advance, approximate, be comparable to, be like, bear, belly up to, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon |
| Antonyms: | depart, distance, go away, leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | become |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evolve into |
| Synonyms: | alter to, assume form of, be converted to, be reduced to, be reformed, be remodeled, be transformed into, change into, come, come to be, convert, develop into, emerge as, eventually be, grow into, incline, mature, metamorphose, pass into, ripen into, shift, turn into, turn out, wax |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | arrive, be one's fate, befall, betide, blunder on, break, bump, come, come about, come off, come to pass, fall out, fall to one's lot, go, hap, hit upon, light, light upon, luck, meet, occur, stumble, stumble on, transpire, tumble, turn up |
| Main Entry: | climax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to top; culminate |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, break the record, cap, come, come to a head, conclude, content, crown, end, finish, fulfill, hit high spot, orgasm, peak, please, reach a peak, reach the zenith, rise to crescendo, satisfy, succeed, terminate, top, tower |
| Antonyms: | delve, dip, drop, fall off |
| Main Entry: | consummate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, finish |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, button down, call a day, can*, carry out, clean up, clinch, close, come, come through, compass, complete, conclude, crown, drop curtain, effectuate, end, fold up, get it together, go the distance, halt, knock off, mop up, perfect, perform, polish off, put away, put finishing touch on, put lid on, put to bed, sew up, sign, take care of, terminate, top it off, ultimate, wind up, wrap, wrap up |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ejaculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject semen |
| Synonyms: | climax, come*, discharge, have an orgasm, spurt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrive |
| Synonyms: | advance, blow in, come, come to, converge, draw near, land, make it, reach, show, show up, turn up |
| Antonyms: | depart, leave |
| Main Entry: | get in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infiltrate; find a way in |
| Synonyms: | alight, appear, arrive, blow in, come, embark, enter, gain ingress, get inside, include, insert, interpose, land, mount, penetrate, reach, show, show up, turn up |
| Antonyms: | get out |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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