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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be entitled to |
| Synonyms: | be in line for, be worthy, deserve, earn, get one's comeuppance, get one's due, get one's just desserts, get what is coming, have a claim, have a right, have coming, incur, justify, rate, warrant |
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| Main Entry: | earn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deserve a reward |
| Synonyms: | acquire, attain, bag, be entitled to, be worthy of, come by, gain, harvest, merit, net, rate, reap, score, warrant, win |
| Main Entry: | rate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be entitled to |
| Synonyms: | be accepted, be favorite, be welcome, be worthy, deserve, earn, merit, prosper, succeed, triumph |
| Antonyms: | disqualify |
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| Main Entry: | credit |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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accredited, bailable, chalked up, credential, creditable, credited, crediting
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| Concept: | Beauty. |
| Category: | 2. Discriminative Affections |
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be beautiful; shine, beam, bloom; become one (accord); set off, grace., render beautiful; beautify; polish, burnish; gild (decorate); set out., "snatch a grace beyond the reach of art" [Pope].
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| Antonyms: | ugliness |
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| Concept: | Credit. |
| Category: | 4. Monetary Relations |
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keep an account with, run up an account with; intrust, credit, accredit., place to one's credit, place to one's account; give credit, take credit; fly a kite.
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| Antonyms: | debt |
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| Concept: | [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
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be beneficial; produce good, do good [more]; profit (be of use); benefit; confer a benefit., be the making of, do a world of good, make a man of., produce a good effect; do a good turn, confer an obligation; improve., do no harm, break no bones., be good; excel, transcend (be superior); bear away the bell., stand the proof, stand the test; pass muster, pass an examination., challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival.
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| Antonyms: | badness |
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| Concept: | Greatness. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY; QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A STANDARD |
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be great; run high, soar, tower, transcend; rise to a great height, carry to a great height; know no bounds; ascend, mount., enlarge (increase), (expand) [more].
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| Antonyms: | smallness |
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| Concept: | Perfection. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
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be perfect; transcend (be supreme)., bring to perfection, perfect, ripen, mature; complete; put in trim (prepare); maturate.
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| Antonyms: | imperfection |
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