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| Main Entry: |
commune
 [v. kuh-myoon; n. kom-yoon] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group living together |
| Synonyms: | collective, commonage, commonality, community, cooperative, family, kibbutz, municipality, neighborhood, rank and file, village |
| Main Entry: | consult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask, confer |
| Synonyms: | argue, ask advice of, be closeted with, brainstorm*, call in, cogitate, collogue, commune, compare notes, confab, confabulate, consider, debate, deliberate, discuss, examine, flap, groupthink, huddle, interrogate, interview, kick ideas around, negotiate, parlay, pick one's brains, powwow, put heads together, question, refer to, regard, respect, review, seek advice, seek opinion of, take a meeting, take account of, take counsel, talk over, toss ideas around, treat, turn to |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | converse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk |
| Synonyms: | chat, chew the fat, chitchat, commune, confer, discourse, exchange, gab, parley, rap, schmooze, speak, use, yak |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, be silent |
Example Sentences
- Today's ideal social form is not the commune or the movement or even the individual creator as such.
- The roving professiorate will commune on the road, flashing headlights at one another in recognition along the interstate.
- Other cultures have a more comfortable relationship with the deceased, and even commune with the spirits of ancestors.
| Main Entry: | department |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of organization, area |
| Synonyms: | administration, agency, area, arena, beat, board, branch, bureau, canton, circuit, commission, commune, constituency, division, force, office, parish, precinct, quarter, range, staff, station, subdivision, territory, tract, unit, ward |
| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | geographical area |
| Synonyms: | commune, community, department, locale, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, parish, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, stomping ground, territory, turf*, vicinage, vicinity, ward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek information |
| Synonyms: | advise, apply, commune, confer, consult, go, have recourse, look up, recur, repair, resort, run, turn, turn to |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss with another |
| Synonyms: | argue, be in contact, canvass, carry on conversation, chew*, collogue, commune, confabulate, confer, confide, consult, contact, deliberate, dialogue, engage in conversation, exchange, go into a huddle, groupthink, have a meet, hold discussion, huddle, interact, interface, interview, join in conversation, keep in touch, negotiate, network*, palaver, parley, reach out, reason, relate, thrash out, touch base, touch*, vent, visit |
| Antonyms: | refrain, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kibbutz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collective farm |
| Synonyms: | collective, commune, farm, hora, settlement |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Antarctalian, Arctalian, Lutetian, Novanglian, amphigean, azonic, civil, classical, costumbrista, gerontogeous, holarctic, illocal, local, manx, orarian, parochial, provincial, sympatric, tedesco, territorial, topopolitan, transpadane
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