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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express formally |
| Synonyms: | claim, declare, deliver, pronounce, state, utter |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rid of waste |
| Synonyms: | defecate, discharge, eliminate, emit, empty, evacuate, excrete, expel, exude, give off, send forth, void |
| Main Entry: | abstain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back from doing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
| Antonyms: | indulge, use |
| Main Entry: | acquiesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree with some reluctance |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree, allow, approve, bow to, buy, cave in, come across, come around, comply, concur, conform, consent, cry uncle, cut a deal, ditto*, give in, give out, go along, jibe, okay, pass, play ball, reconcile, roll over and play dead, say uncle, set, shake on, submit, subscribe, yes, yield |
| Antonyms: | disagree, dissent, object, protest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admittance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | permission to enter |
| Synonyms: | access, entrance, entry, entrée, ingress, pass, passage, reception |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization |
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit an action |
| Synonyms: | accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, be big, be game for, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, free up, give a blank check, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, grant permission, hear of, hold with, indulge, let, license, live with, oblige, okay, pass, pass on, put up with, recognize, release, sanction, sit still for, stand, suffer, support, take kindly to, tolerate, warrant |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand |
| Main Entry: | Annie Oakley |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free ticket |
| Synonyms: | Chinese ducket, comp, complimentary pass, complimentary ticket, free admission, free pass, free seats, free ticket, freebie, guest pass, guest ticket, pass |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; fulfill |
| Synonyms: | clarify, conform, correlate, correspond, crack*, deal with*, do*, dope, dope out, elucidate, fill, fit*, lick*, measure up, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, unzip, work, work through |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offering of money or services |
| Synonyms: | advance, amount, declaration, feeler, hit, invitation, offer, pass, price, proffer, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, sum, summons, tender |
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