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| Main Entry: |
place
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, situate |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, assign, deposit, distribute, establish, finger, fix, install, lay, lodge, nail, park, peg, plant, position, put, quarter, repose, rest, set, settle, spot, stand, station, stick, store, stow |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Antonyms: | dislodge, displace, empty, lose, misplace, remove |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | identify, recognize |
| Synonyms: | associate, determinate, determine, diagnose, distinguish, figure out*, finger*, indicate, know, nail, peg, pinpoint, put one's finger on, remember, set in context, spot, tell |
| Antonyms: | forget, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | [Limited space] Place. |
| Category: | 1. ABSTRACT SPACE |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook (corner); hole; pigeonhole (receptacle); compartment; premises, precinct, station; area, courtyard, square; abode; locality (situation)., ins and outs; every hole and corner.
-adverbs
somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim.
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| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put substance on another |
| Synonyms: | administer, affix, anoint, bestow, cover, fasten, join, lay on, massage, paint, place, put on, rub, smear, spread, touch |
| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute, ascribe |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, appoint, assign, associate, connect, consign, designate, detail, earmark, impute, invest with, lay, name, place, put, second, send |
| Antonyms: | disunite, take away |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | estimate, consider |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, approximate, augur, forecast, foretell, guess, judge, make rough guess, place, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, put, reckon, regard, think, vaticinate |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
| Main Entry: | composition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure, arrangement |
| Synonyms: | agreement, architecture, balance, beauty, combination, concord, configuration, consonance, constitution, content, design, distribution, form, formation, harmony, layout, make-up, placing, proportion, relation, rhythm, spacing, style, symmetry, weave |
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, put in place for safekeeping |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, give in trust, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, lay away, park, place, plant*, plop, plunk down, plunk, precipitate, put aside, put by, repose, rest, salt away, save, settle, sit down, sock away, squirrel away, stash, stock up, store, stow, transfer, treasure |
| Antonyms: | take away, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diagnose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | identify problem, disease |
| Synonyms: | analyze, determinate, determine, diagnosticate, distinguish, interpret, investigate, pinpoint, place, pronounce, recognize, spot |
| Antonyms: | misdiagnose |
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