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pro cess
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means, tool |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, channel, device, element, forum, implement, instrument, journal, magazine, medium, member, ministry, mouthpiece, newspaper, paper, part, periodical, process, publication, review, structure, unit, vehicle, voice, way |
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | routine, usual procedure |
| Synonyms: | convenance, convention, custom, fashion, form, habit, habitude, manner, method, mode, praxis, proceeding, process, rule, system, tradition, trick, usage, use, usefulness, utility, way, wont |
| Antonyms: | abstention, refrain |
| Main Entry: | preserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, maintain; continue |
| Synonyms: | bottle, can, conserve, cure, defend, evaporate, freeze, guard, keep, keep up, mothball, mummify, perpetuate, pickle, process, protect, put up, refrigerate, retain, safeguard, save, season, secure, shelter, shield, store, sustain, uphold |
| Antonyms: | destroy, hurt, ruin |
| Main Entry: | proceeding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | undertaking, course of action |
| Synonyms: | act, action, adventure, casualty, circumstance, come off, deed, exercise, experiment, go-down, goings-on, happening, incident, maneuver, measure, move, movement, occurrence, operation, performance, procedure, process, step, transaction, venture |
| Main Entry: | procession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parade, sequence |
| Synonyms: | advance, autocade, cavalcade, column, consecution, cortege, course, cycle, file, march, motorcade, movement, order, process, run, series, string, succession, train |
| Notes: | a choir entering a church is a procession; leaving is a recession |
| Main Entry: | program |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan out; supply instructions |
| Synonyms: | arrange, bill, book, budget, calculate, compile, compute, design, draft, edit, engage, enter, estimate, feed, figure, formulate, get on line, itemize, lay on, lay out, line up, list, map out, pencil in, poll, prearrange, prioritize, process, register, schedule, set, set up, slate, work out |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
| Main Entry: | progress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement, gain |
| Synonyms: | advance, amelioration, anabasis, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, course, dash, development, evolution, evolvement, expedition, flowering, growth, headway, hike, impetus, improvement, increase, journey, lunge, march, momentum, motion, movement, ongoing, pace, passage, process, procession, proficiency, progression, promotion, rate, rise, step forward, stride, tour, unfolding, voyage, way |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, deterioration, retreat, retrogression |
| Main Entry: | protuberance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, outgrowth |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bump, excrescence, jut, jutting, knob, outthrust, process, projection, prominence, protrusion, swelling, tumor |
| Antonyms: | depression, ingrowth, sinkage |
| Main Entry: | push off/push on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave; go to another place |
| Synonyms: | beat it, continue, depart, exit, fare, get away, get lost, go, go away, hie, hit the road, journey, keep going, launch, light out, make oneself scarce, make progress, pass, proceed, process, pull out, quit, repair, shove off, start, take off, travel, wend, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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