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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promise |
| Synonyms: | adjuration, affidavit, affirmation, avowal, bond, contract, deposition, pledge, profession, sworn declaration, sworn statement, testimony, vow, word, word of honor |
| Antonyms: | break |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, employment |
| Synonyms: | appointment, berth, connection, occupation, office, position, post, profession, situation, spot, trade |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Antonyms: | unemployment |
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility in business or other enterprise |
| Synonyms: | berth, billet, capacity, connection, do*, duty, employment, function, job, nine-to-five, occupation, office, place, post, profession, role, situation, slot, spot*, trade |
| Antonyms: | unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business; clientele of business |
| Synonyms: | career, clients, patients, profession, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | pretension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false claim, assertion of importance |
| Synonyms: | allegation, ambition, ambitiousness, aspiration, assumption, charade, declaration, demand, disguise, maintenance, make-believe, pageant, pretense, pretext, profession, title |
| Antonyms: | honesty, truth |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | affiance, affirmation, agreement, asseveration, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, sacred word, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false front; appearance given |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air, display, effect, face*, front, grandstand play, guise, illusion, impression, likeness, make-believe, ostentation, parade, pose, pretense, pretext, profession, seeming, semblance, sham, shine*, showboat, showing, simulacrum, splash* |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | situation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employment status |
| Synonyms: | appointment, berth, billet, capacity, connection, employment, engagement, hire, job, office, place, placement, position, post, profession, spot, trade |
| Main Entry: | skill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, talent to do something |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, address, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, clout, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge*, ease, experience, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, finesse, goods*, handiness, ingenuity, intelligence, job, knack*, know-how, line, makings, moxie*, one's thing, profession, proficiency, prowess, quickness, readiness, right stuff, savvy*, skillfulness, sleight, smarts, stuff*, technique, trade, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inability, incapability, incapacity, inexperience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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