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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contain, involve |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, add, admit, allow for, append, be composed of, be made up of, bear, build, build in, carry, combine, comprehend, comprise, consist of, constitute, count, cover, cut in on, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, entail, enter, have, hold, implicate, incorporate, inject, insert, interject, interpolate, introduce, make allowance for, make room for, number, number among, receive, subsume, take in, take into account, teem with, work in |
| Antonyms: | eliminate, exclude, neglect, reject |
| Main Entry: | itemize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep detailed record |
| Synonyms: | catalog, circumstantiate, cite, count, detail, document, enumerate, individualize, instance, inventory, lay out, list, mention, number, particularize, quote, recite, record, recount, rehearse, relate, set out, specify, spell out, tally |
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be of consequence, importance |
| Synonyms: | affect, be important, be of value, be substantive, carry weight, count, cut ice, express, have influence, imply, import, involve, make a difference, mean, mean something, signify, value, weigh |
| Main Entry: | noble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | member of royal or important family |
| Synonyms: | archduchess, archduke, aristocrat, blue blood, count, countess, duchess, duke, emperor, empress, gentleman, gentlewoman, lady, lord, patrician, peer, prince, princess, royalty, silk stocking |
| Main Entry: | number |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unit of the mathematical system |
| Synonyms: | cardinal, character, chiffer, cipher, count, decimal, denominator, digit, emblem, figure, folio, fraction, googol, integer, numeral, numerator, ordinal, prime, representation, sign, statistic, sum, symbol, total, whole number |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money numerals are symbols; numbers are the things that numerals symbolize |
| Antonyms: | letter |
| Main Entry: | pace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure by footsteps |
| Synonyms: | count, determine, mark out, step, step off |
| Main Entry: | page |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark sheets of document |
| Synonyms: | check, count, foliate, number, paginate |
| Notes: | a page is one side of a piece of paper; a leaf is the term for a piece of paper with two sides |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speck |
| Synonyms: | bit, count, dot, fleck, flyspeck, full stop, iota, mark, minim, mite, mote, notch, particle, period, scrap, stop, tittle, trace |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scoring unit of sport competition |
| Synonyms: | count, mark, notch, score, tally |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
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