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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emit, give |
| Synonyms: | aim, bestow, deposit, diffuse, direct, distribute, point, radiate, scatter, shed, spatter, spray, spread, sprinkle, strew, train |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
| Main Entry: | chin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area under mouth |
| Synonyms: | button, jaw, jawbone, mandible, mentum, point |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | clause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provision in document |
| Synonyms: | article, catch*, chapter, codicil, condition, fine print, heading, item, joker*, kicker, limitation, paragraph, part, passage, point, provision, proviso, requirement, rider, section, small print, specification, stipulation, string attached to something, ultimatum |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cogency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effectiveness |
| Synonyms: | bearing, concern, connection, conviction, convincingness, force, forcefulness, pertinence, point, potency, power, punch, relevance, strength, validity, validness |
| Antonyms: | impotence, ineffectiveness, invalidity, weakness |
| Main Entry: | consideration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concern; something mentally examined |
| Synonyms: | development, difficulty, emergency, estate, evidence, exigency, extent, factor, fancy, idea, incident, issue, items, judgment, magnitude, minutiae, notion, occasion, occurrence, particulars, perplexity, plan, point, problem, proposal, puzzle, scope, situation, state, thought, trouble |
| Antonyms: | omission |
| Main Entry: | cutting edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leading position |
| Synonyms: | advance guard, advancement, avant-garde, fore, forefront, front, front line, innovation, invention, leading edge, new wave, newest technology, pioneer, point, spearhead, van, vanguard |
| Main Entry: | degree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unit of measurement |
| Synonyms: | amount, amplitude, caliber, dimension, division, expanse, extent, gauge, gradation, grade, height, intensity, interval, length, limit, line, link, mark, notch, period, plane, point, proportion, quality, quantity, range, rate, ratio, reach, rung, scale, scope, severity, shade, size, space, stage, stair, standard, step, stint, strength, tenor, term, tier |
| Main Entry: | degree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recognition of achievement; rank or grade of position |
| Synonyms: | approbation, approval, baccalaureate, caliber, class, compass, credentials, credit, dignification, dignity, distinction, eminence, grade, height, honor, level, magnitude, order, pitch, point, position, potency, qualification, quality, quantity, range, rank, reach, scope, sheepskin, shingle, sort, stage, standard, standing, station, status, strength, testimonial, testimony |
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