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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dissociate oneself; leave behind |
| Synonyms: | break away from the pack, outdo, outpace, outrun, outstrip, pass, put in proportion, separate oneself |
| Antonyms: | associate, be friendly, go to |
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| Main Entry: | dissociate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | part company with; separate |
| Synonyms: | abstract, alienate, break off, detach, disassociate, disband, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disperse, disrupt, distance, disunite, divide, divorce, estrange, isolate, quit, scatter, segregate, set apart, uncouple, unfix |
| Antonyms: | associate, attach, join |
| Main Entry: | exceed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be superior to; surpass |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, break record, cap, distance, eclipse, excel, get upper hand, go beyond, go by, have a jump on, have advantage, have it all over, out-distance, outdo, outpace, outreach, outrun, outshine, outstrip, overstep, overtake, overtax, pass, rise above, run circles around, surmount, top, transcend |
| Antonyms: | be inferior, fail, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | succeed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attain good outcome |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive, avail, be successful, benefit, carry off, come off, conquer, distance, do all right, do the trick, earn, flourish, fulfill, gain, get, get to the top, grow famous, hit*, make a fortune, make good, make it, make out, obtain, outdistance, outwit, overcome, possess, prevail, profit, prosper, pull off, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, score, secure, surmount, thrive, triumph, turn out, vanquish, win, work, worst |
| Notes: | follow means to travel behind, go after, or come after; succeed means to come next in time or succession, follow after another or to attain success, reach a goal |
| Antonyms: | fail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outrun |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run faster than |
| Synonyms: | beat, defeat, distance, elude, exceed, surpass |
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| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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comparative, geodetical, gradual, inch, measuring, metric, metrical, poisable, scalar, shading off, sidereal, unmeasured
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| Concept: | Dissimilarity. |
| Category: | 3. PARTIAL RELATION |
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be unlike; vary (differ); bear no resemblance to, differ toto coelo., render unlike; vary (diversify).
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| Antonyms: | similarity |
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| Concept: | Expansion. |
| Category: | 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS |
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become larger (large [more]); expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, spread; mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like wildfire, overrun., be larger than; surpass (be superior)., render larger (large [more]); expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram; exaggerate; fatten.
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| Antonyms: | contraction |
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| Concept: | Interval. |
| Category: | 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS |
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