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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change to suit; distort |
| Synonyms: | aim, angle, bias, color, concentrate, direct, focus, influence, orient, point, prejudice, train, twist, warp, weight |
| Antonyms: | leave alone, maintain |
| Main Entry: | watch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look at |
| Synonyms: | attend, case, check out, concentrate, contemplate, eagle-eye, examine, eye*, eyeball, focus, follow, gaze, get a load of, give the once over, have a look-see, inspect, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, listen, look, mark, mind, note, observe, pay attention, peer, pipe, regard, rubberneck, scan, scope, scrutinize, see, spy, stare, take in, take notice, view, wait |
| Antonyms: | ignore, overlook, pass by |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knuckle down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apply oneself |
| Synonyms: | bear down, buckle down, concentrate, labor, try hard, work |
| Main Entry: | gelatinize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coagulate |
| Synonyms: | clabber, clot, coalesce, compact, concentrate, concrete, condense, congeal, consolidate, curdle, dry, gel, gelate, glop up, harden, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, lopper, set, solidify, thicken |
| Main Entry: | volatilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evaporate |
| Synonyms: | boil away, clear, concentrate, dehumidify, dehydrate, dematerialize, desiccate, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, evanesce, evanish, fade, fade away, melt, parch, pass*, vanish, vaporize, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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aligned with, bound for, direct, directed, directed towards, easterly, point towards, straight, straightforward, undeviating, unswerving
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| Concept: | Compact. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
compact, contract, agreement, bargain; affidation; pact, paction; bond, covenant, indenture; bundobast, deal., stipulation, settlement, convention; compromise, cartel., protocol, treaty, concordat, Zollverein, Sonderbund, charter, Magna Charta, Progmatic Sanction., negotiation (bargaining); diplomacy (mediation); negotiator (agent)., ratification, completion, signature, seal, sigil, signet.
-verbs
contract, covenant, agree for; engage (promise)., treat, negotiate, stipulate, make terms; bargain (barter)., make a bargain, strike a bargain; come to terms, come to an understanding; compromise; set at rest; close, close with; conclude, complete, settle; confirm, ratify, clench, subscribe, underwrite; endorse, indorse; put the seal to; sign, seal (attest); indent., take one at one's word, bargain by inch of candle.
-adjectives
agreed; conventional; under hand and seal.
-phrases
caveat emptor.
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| Concept: | [Place of meeting.] Focus. |
| Category: | 3. COLLECTIVE ORDER |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
focus; point of convergence; corradiation; center; gathering place, resort, haunt, retreat; venue; rendezvous; rallying point, headquarters, home, club; depot (store); trysting place; place of meeting, place of resort, place of assignation; point de reunion; issue.
-verbs
bring to a point, bring to a focus, bring to an issue.
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