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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | special group of friends |
| Synonyms: | bunch, circle, clique, coterie, faction, group, in-crowd, lot, posse, push, set |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, kind |
| Synonyms: | cast, description, feather, ilk, lot, mold, sort, stamp |
| Main Entry: | depot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage place; station |
| Synonyms: | annex, armory, base, depository, destination, garage, halting-place, haven, junction, loft, lot, magazine, office, repository, stopping-place, store, storehouse, storeroom, terminal, terminus, waiting room, warehouse, yard |
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, afterlife, break*, breaks, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, constellation, course of events, cup, design, divine decree, doom, expectation, finality, foreordination, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, inevitability, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, predetermination, prospect, serendipity, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, wheel of fortune, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dole out supply |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, assign, come across with, deal, deal out, disburse, dish out, distribute, divide, divvy, fork out, furnish, give, give away, give with, hand out, hand over, lot, measure, mete out, partition, portion, prepare, prorate, share, shell out |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
| Main Entry: | dole out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allocate, distribute |
| Synonyms: | administer, allot, apportion, assign, deal, deal out, dispense, disperse, divide, divvy, give, hand out, lot, measure, mete, mete out, parcel, partition, share, share out |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather, hoard, hold |
| Main Entry: | doom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate or decision, usually unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | Judgment Day, Moira, annihilation, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, circumstance, conclusion, condemnation, death, decree, destination, destiny, destruction, disaster, downfall, end, fixed future, foreordination, fortune, handwriting on wall, judgment, karma, kismet, lap of the gods, lot, opinion, portion, predestination, predetermination, ruin, sentence, tragedy, verdict, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
| Main Entry: | dose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of drug or other consumable |
| Synonyms: | application, dosage, dram, draught, fill, fix*, hit*, lot, measure, measurement, nip, potion, prescription, quantity, share, shot*, slug, spoonful |
| Notes: | a dose is a quantity taken at one time; a dosage is any amount prescribed for a given period of time |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation |
| Synonyms: | alluvion, bank, batch, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, deposit, heap, hill, lot, mass, mound, mountain, parcel, pile, set, shock, stack |
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