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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, send fast |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, address, consign, dismiss, express, forward, hand-carry, hasten, issue, quicken, railroad, remit, route, run with, run with ball, ship, speed, transmit, walk through |
| Antonyms: | hold, hold back, keep, prohibit, retain |
| Main Entry: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, bump off, butcher, destroy, eliminate, execute, finish, finish off, murder, put away, put end to, slaughter, slay, take out* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | achieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, cap, carry out, carry through, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, earn wings, effect, effectuate, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, get done, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, see through, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out |
| Notes: | achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss |
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write directions for delivery |
| Synonyms: | consign, dispatch, forward, inscribe, label, mark, postmark, remit, route, send, ship, superscribe, transmit |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move something forward, often quickly |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, achieve, bring forward, come forward, conquer, continue ahead, continue on, dispatch, drive, elevate, forge ahead, gain ground, get ahead, get green light, get there, get with it, go ahead, go forth, go forward, go great guns, go places, go to town, hasten, launch, make headway, make the scene, march, move on, move onward, move up, press on, proceed, progress, promote, propel, push ahead, push on, quicken, send forward, skyrocket, speed, step forward, storm |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
| Antonyms: | back down, halt, hesitate, recede, retreat, retrogress, stop, turn, withdraw, yield |
| Main Entry: | chew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind with teeth |
| Synonyms: | bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crunch, dispatch, feast upon, gnaw, gulp, gum, manducate, masticate, munch, nibble, rend, ruminate, scrunch |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize or delegate task |
| Synonyms: | accredit, appoint, assign, bespeak, bid, charge, command, commit, confide to, consign, constitute, contract, crown, depute, deputize, dispatch, employ, empower, enable, engage, enlist, enroll, entrust, hire, inaugurate, induct, instruct, invest, license, name, nominate, ordain, order, select, send |
| Antonyms: | retract, unauthorize |
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deliver, entrust |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, authorize, charge, commend, commission, confer trust, confide, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, depend upon, deposit, depute, deputize, destine, dispatch, employ, empower, engage, give, give to do, grant authority, hand over, hold, ice, imprison, institutionalize, intrust, invest, leave to, make responsible for, move, offer, ordain, promise, put away, put in the hands of, relegate, rely upon, remove, send, shift, submit, transfer, turn over to, vest |
| Antonyms: | keep, keep from |
| Main Entry: | consign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entrust, hand over for care |
| Synonyms: | address, appoint, assign, authorize, commend to, commission, commit, confide, convey, delegate, deliver, deposit with, dispatch, forward, give, issue, put in charge of, relegate, remit, route, send, ship, transfer, transmit, turn over |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, receive, retain |
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