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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contain, involve |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, add, admit, allow for, append, be composed of, be made up of, bear, build, build in, carry, combine, comprehend, comprise, consist of, constitute, count, cover, cut in on, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, entail, enter, have, hold, implicate, incorporate, inject, insert, interject, interpolate, introduce, make allowance for, make room for, number, number among, receive, subsume, take in, take into account, teem with, work in |
| Antonyms: | eliminate, exclude, neglect, reject |
| Main Entry: | comprise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up, consist of |
| Synonyms: | add up to, amount to, be composed of, be contained in, compass, compose, comprehend, constitute, contain, cover, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, engross, form, hold, include, incorporate, involve, span, subsume, sum up, take in |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' comprise means literally 'embrace': a zoo comprises mammals, reptiles, and birds (because it 'embraces' or includes them), but animals do not comprise ('embrace') a zoo, they constitute a zoo |
| Antonyms: | except, exclude, fail, fall short, lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | consist of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | made up of |
| Synonyms: | amount to, be composed of, comprise, contain, embody, include, incorporate, involve |
| Main Entry: | co-opt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to assimilate in order to take over or appropriate |
| Synonyms: | absorb, accept, admit, adopt, bring in, bring into line, bring into the fold, connaturalize, convert, draw in, elect, embrace, encompass, enfold, homogenize, homologize, include, incorporate, make one's own, take in, take over |
| Main Entry: | enclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put inside, surround |
| Synonyms: | block off, blockade, bound, box up, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, coop, corral, cover, encase, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, fence off, hedge, hem in, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, intern, jail, limit, lock in, lock up, mew, mure, pen, restrict, set apart, shut in, veil, wall in, wrap |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release, unloose |
| Main Entry: | get in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infiltrate; find a way in |
| Synonyms: | alight, appear, arrive, blow in, come, embark, enter, gain ingress, get inside, include, insert, interpose, land, mount, penetrate, reach, show, show up, turn up |
| Antonyms: | get out |
| Main Entry: | have |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in possession |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquire, admit, annex, bear, carry, chalk up, compass, corner, enjoy, gain, get, get hands on, get hold of, have in hand, hog, hold, include, keep, land, latch on to, lock up, obtain, occupy, own, pick up, possess, procure, receive, retain, secure, sit on, take, take in, teem with |
| Antonyms: | lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | have |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contain |
| Synonyms: | comprehend, comprise, embody, embrace, encompass, include, involve, subsume, take in |
| Antonyms: | exclude |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have a capacity for |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, be equipped for, carry, comprise, contain, include, seat, take |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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