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lay land
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | general status |
| Synonyms: | how the land lies, how things stand, lay, lie, look of things, orientation, picture |
| Main Entry: | design |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intention |
| Synonyms: | action, aim, angle, animus, big picture, brainchild, child*, conation, conspiracy, deliberation, end, enterprise, game plan, gimmick, goal, intendment, intrigue, lay of the land, machination, meaning, notion, object, objective, picture, pitch, plan, play, plot, point, project, proposition, purport, purpose, recipe, reflection, scenario, scene, schema, scheme, setup, story, target, thinking, thought, trick, undertaking, view, volition, what's cooking, will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | orientation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction, adjustment |
| Synonyms: | acclimatization, adaptation, assimilation, bearings, breaking in, coordination, direction, familiarization, fix*, lay of the land, location, position, sense of direction, settling in |
| Antonyms: | disorientation, mix-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ball game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | how things stand |
| Synonyms: | big picture, full particulars, ins and outs, lay of the land, the score, whole picture |
| Main Entry: | topography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | terrain |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, contour, country, domain, dominion, field, form, ground, land, profile, province, region, shape, soil, sphere, territory, the lay of the land, turf |
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| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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adventitious, choosehow, circumstantial, conditional, contingent, crisic, critical, ectopic, entopic, exceptional, ferial, formal, given, guarded, hypothetical, incidental, modal, organic, provisional, qualifying, structural
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