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figure in
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute to |
| Synonyms: | act, appear, be conspicuous, be featured, be included, be mentioned, have a place in, play a part |
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| Main Entry: | appraise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge, estimate |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, assay, assess, audit, calculate, check, check out*, deem, evaluate, examine, eye*, figure, figure in, figure out, gauge, guesstimate, have one's number, inspect, look over, peg, price, rate, read, review, set at, size, survey, take account of, valuate, value |
| Notes: | appraise is 'evaluate, size up' and apprise is 'inform' apprise means 'to inform'; appraise means 'to assess or evaluate' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enrich |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, embellish |
| Synonyms: | adorn, aggrandize, ameliorate, augment, beef up, better, build, build up, cultivate, decorate, develop, endow, enhance, figure in, flesh out, grace, hike up, hop up, jack up, jazz up, make rich, ornament, pad, parlay, pour it on, pyramid, refine, run up, soup up, spike*, step up, supplement, sweeten, up*, upgrade |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deplete, impoverish, reduce, take |
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| Main Entry: | form |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | comprise, be a part of |
| Synonyms: | act as, compose, constitute, figure in, make, make up, serve as |
| Main Entry: | gauge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure, judge |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, appraise, ascertain, assess, calculate, calibrate, check, check out, compute, count, determine, estimate, evaluate, eye*, figure, figure in, guess, guesstimate, have one's number, look over, meter, peg, quantify, quantitate, rate, reckon, scale, size, size up, take account of, tally, value, weigh |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
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| Main Entry: | number |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | count, calculate |
| Synonyms: | account, add, add up, aggregate, amount, come, computer, count heads, count noses, count off, enumerate, estimate, figure in, figure out, include, keep tabs, numerate, reckon, run, run down, run into, run to, sum, take account of, tale, tally, tell, tick off, total, tote, tote up |
| 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: | estimate, guess |
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| Concept: | Form. |
| Category: | 1. General Form |
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-nouns
form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour (outline); structure; plasmature., feature, lineament, turn; phase (aspect); posture, attitude, pose., [Science of form] morphism., [Similarity of form] isomorphism., forming; formation, figuration, efformation; sculpture; plasmation.
-verbs
form, shape, figure, fashion, efform, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast; rough hew, rough cast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick into shape, put into shape; model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture; cast, stamp; build (construct).
-adjectives
formed, [Receiving form] plastic, fictile; formative., [Give form] plasmic., [Similar in form] isomorphous.
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| Antonyms: | amorphism |
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| Concept: | Number. |
| Category: | 1. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer; counter; round number; formula; function; series., sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple, fraction; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number; reciprocal; totient., permutation, combination, variation; election., ratio, proportion, progression; arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression; percentage., figurate numbers, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers., power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm; modulus., differential, integral, fluxion, fluent.
-adjectives
numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable., proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric, differential, fluxional, integral, totitive., positive, negative; rational, irrational; surd, radical, real; complex, imaginary; finite; infinite; impossible.
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