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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | direct, guide |
| Synonyms: | commit, consign, deliver, hand in, hand over, introduce, pass on, point, put in touch, recommend, relegate, send, submit, transfer, turn over |
| Notes: | allude is 'mention indirectly, hint at' and refer is 'mention directly' |
| Antonyms: | hold back |
| Main Entry: | urge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg, push for, encourage |
| Synonyms: | adjure, advance, advise, advocate, appeal to, ask, attract, beseech, champion, charge, commend, compel, conjure, counsel, countenance, drive, egg on, endorse, entreat, exhort, favor, fire up, force, further, goad, hasten, impel, implore, incite, induce, influence, insist on, inspire, instigate, maneuver, move, plead, press, promote, prompt, propel, propose, push, put up to, rationalize, recommend, request, sanction, solicit, speak for, spur, stimulate, support, tempt, wheedle |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
| Main Entry: | vote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide on representation |
| Synonyms: | ballot, cast ballot, cast vote, choose, confer, declare, determine, effect, elect, enact, enfranchise, establish, go to the polls, grant, judge, opt, pronounce, propose, put in office, recommend, return, second, suggest |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | warn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give notice of possible occurrence |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, address, admonish, advise, advocate, alert, apprise, caution, clue, clue in, counsel, cry wolf, deprecate, direct, dissuade, enjoin, exhort, fill in, forbid, forearm, forewarn, give fair warning, give the high sign, give warning, guide, hint, inform, instruct, lay it out, make aware, notify, order, post, predict, prepare, prescribe, prompt, put on guard, recommend, remind, remonstrate, reprove, signal, suggest, summon, tell, threaten, tip, tip off, urge, wise up |
| Main Entry: | propound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | propose |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, advise, affirm, ask, assert, broach, come up with*, contend, counsel, hit on, hold out, introduce, invite, kibitz, lay before, lay on the line, make a motion, make a pitch, move for, name*, nominate, offer, pose, prefer, press, proffer, propone, proposition, put forward, put to, put up, recommend, request, set forth, solicit, speak one's piece, spitball, state, submit, suggest, tender, urge, volunteer |
| Notes: | one would propound a plan (set forth for consideration something more extensive, substantial), but propose an idea (set forth for consideration) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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