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get across [get]
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get across [get]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: communicate an idea
Synonyms: bring home, convey, get through to, impart, make clear, make understood, pass on, put over, transmit
Antonyms: miscommunicate
Main Entry: effect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: carry out, accomplish
Synonyms: achieve, actualize, actuate, begin, bring about, bring off, bring on, buy, carry through, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, do a number, do one's thing, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, draw on, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulfill, generate, get across, get to, give rise to, implement, induce, initiate, invoke, make, make it, make waves, perform, procure, produce, pull it off, put across, realize, render, secure, sell, turn out, turn the trick, unzip, yield
Notes: as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result'
effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect
Antonyms: fail, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook
Main Entry: elucidate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: explain in detail
Synonyms: annotate, clarify, clear, clear up, decode, demonstrate, draw a picture, enlighten, exemplify, explicate, expound, get across, gloss, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make perfectly clear, make plain, make see daylight, prove, shed light on, spell out, throw light on, unfold
Antonyms: be vague, confuse, distract, make ambiguous, mix up, mystify, obscure
Main Entry: explain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make clear; give a reason for
Synonyms: account for, analyze, annotate, break down, bring out, clarify, clear up, construe, decipher, define, demonstrate, describe, diagram, disclose, elucidate, excuse, explicate, expound, get across, go into detail, illustrate, interpret, justify, make plain, manifest, paraphrase, point out, put across, put in plain English, rationalize, read, refine, render, resolve, reveal, set right, solve, spell out, teach, tell, throw light upon, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle
Antonyms: be vague, complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, perplex
Main Entry: illustrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: demonstrate, exemplify
Synonyms: allegorize, bring home, clarify, clear, clear up, delineate, depict, disclose, draw a picture, elucidate, emblematize, embody, emphasize, epitomize, evidence, evince, exhibit, explain, expose, expound, get across, get over, highlight, illuminate, imitate, instance, interpret, lay out, limelight, make clear, make plain, manifest, mark, mirror, ostend, personify, picture, point up, portray, proclaim, represent, reveal, show, show and tell, spotlight*, symbolize, typify, vivify
Antonyms: hide, obscure
Main Entry: interact
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: communicate
Synonyms: collaborate, combine, connect, contact, cooperate, get across, get the message, interface, interplay, interreact, join, keep in touch, merge, mesh, network, reach out, relate, touch, touch base, unite
Antonyms: not speak
Main Entry: penetrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: understand or be understood
Synonyms: affect, become clear, come across, comprehend, decipher, discern, fathom, figure out, get across, get over, get through, get to the bottom, grasp, impress, perceive, put over, see through, sink in, soak in, touch, unravel, work out
Antonyms: misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand
Main Entry: speak
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: address; give a lecture
Synonyms: argue, declaim, descant, discourse, get across, harangue, hold forth, orate, pitch, plead, prelect, recite, sermonize, spiel*, spout, stump, talk
Antonyms: listen
Main Entry: spell out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: clarify, explain
Synonyms: break down, brief, clear up, clue in, decipher, decode, define, describe, diagram, draw a map, expound, fill someone in, get across, go into detail, illustrate, interpret, justify, make plain, point out, put across, put in plain English, teach, tell, throw light upon, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle
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