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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outdo a performance |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, button down, button up, can*, clinch, cob, complete, cover, crest, crown, do to a T, eclipse, exceed, excel, finish, outshine, outstrip, pass, put the lid on, surmount, surpass, top, top it off, transcend, trump, wrap up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | execute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out a task |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, administer, administrate, bring off, bring to fruition, cause, come through, complete, consummate, deal with, discharge, do, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, earn wings, effect, enact, enforce, finish, fulfill, get there, govern, hack it, hit*, implement, make it, meet, percolate*, perform, play, polish off, prosecute, pull off, put into effect, put over, put through, realize, render, sail through, score*, take care of, take care of business, transact |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, fail, forget, ignore, leave, miss, neglect, shirk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | [Constant sequent] Effect. |
| Category: | 1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
effect, consequence; aftergrowth, aftercome; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance; upshot, issue, denouement; end; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud., production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance; creature, creation; offspring, offshoot; firstfruits, firstlings; heredity, telegony; premises.
-verbs
be the effect of ; be due to, be owing to; originate in, originate from; rise, arise, take its rise spring from, proceed from, emanate from, come from, grow from, bud from, sprout from, germinate from, issue from, flow from, result from, follow from, derive its origin from, accrue from; come to, come of, come out of; depend upon, hang upon, hinge upon, turn upon., take the consequences, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
-adjectives
owing to; resulting from; derivable from; due to; caused by; dependent upon; derived from, evolved from; derivative; hereditary; telegonous.
-adverbs
of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently; as a consequence, in consequence; through, all along of, necessarily, eventually.
-phrases
cela va sans dire ["That goes without saying" (French)], "thereby hangs a tale" [Taming of the Shrew].
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| Antonyms: | cause |
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