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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspection |
| Synonyms: | exploration, investigation, maneuvers, probe, recon, reconnoiter, review, scan, scrutiny, search, surveillance, survey |
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| Main Entry: | examination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test, analysis |
| Synonyms: | assay, audit, battery, blue book, breakdown, canvass, catechism, checking, checkup, cross-examination, diagnosis, dissection, exam, experiment, exploration, final, grilling, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, legwork, make-up, observation, once-over, oral, perlustration, perusal, probe, quest, questioning, questionnaire, quiz, raid, reconnaissance, research, review, scan, scrutiny, search, study, survey, the eye, third degree, trial, tryout, view, written |
| Main Entry: | exploration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation; survey |
| Synonyms: | analysis, examination, expedition, inquiry, inspection, probe, reconnaissance, research, scrutiny, search, study, tour, travel, trip |
| Main Entry: | foray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incursion, attempt |
| Synonyms: | attack, depredation, descent, inroad, invasion, irruption, raid, reconnaissance, sally, sortie |
| Antonyms: | abstention, idleness, laziness |
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, chase |
| Synonyms: | coursing, exploration, field sport, following, frisking, game, hounding, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, look-see, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sifting, snooping, sporting, steeplechase, study, tracing, trailing |
| Main Entry: | judgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision about blame |
| Synonyms: | analysis, appraisal, appreciation, arbitration, assaying, assessment, award, belief, close study, conclusion, contemplation, conviction, decree, deduction, determination, estimate, estimation, evaluation, examination, exploration, finding, idea, inference, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, observation, opinion, order, probing, pursuit, quest, reconnaissance, regard, report, research, resolution, result, review, ruling, scrutiny, search, sentence, sifting, summary, verdict, view, weigh-in |
| Notes: | judgment is the U.S. preferred spelling while judgement is the British preferred spelling |
| Antonyms: | indecision |
| Main Entry: | look |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | visual examination |
| Synonyms: | attention, beholding, case, cast, contemplation, evil eye, eye*, flash, gander, gaze, glance, glimpse, gun, inspection, introspection, keeping watch, leer, look-see, marking, noticing, observation, once-over, peek, reconnaissance, regard, regarding, review, scrutiny, sight, slant, speculation, squint, stare, surveillance, survey, swivel, view, viewing |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | raid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack, seizure |
| Synonyms: | arrest, assault, break-in, bust, capture, descent, foray, forced entrance, hit-and-run, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, onset, onslaught, pull, reconnaissance, roundup, sally, shootup, sortie, surprise attack, sweep, tipover |
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| Concept: | Judgment. [Conclusion.] |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, ergotism, illation; corollary, porism; moral., estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication; dijudication, adjudication; arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration; assessment, ponderation; valorization., award, estimate; review, criticism, critique, notice, report., decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree; res judicata., plebiscite, voice, casting vote; vote (choice); opinion (belief); good judgment (wisdom)., judge, umpire; arbiter, arbitrator; assessor, referee; censor, reviewer, critic; connoisseur; commentator; inspector, inspecting officer.
-verbs
judge, conclude; come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion; ascertain, determine, make up one's mind., deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet, ween., form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon (believe); review; size up, settle; pass an opinion, give an opinion; decide, try, pronounce rule; pass judgment, pass sentence; sentence, doom; find; give judgment, deliver judgment; adjudge, adjudicate; arbitrate, award, report; bring in a verdict; make absolute, set a question at rest; confirm (assent)., comment, criticize; pass under review (examine); investigate (inquire)., hold the scales, sit in judgment; try a cause, hear a cause.
-adjectives
judging; judicious (wise); determinate, conclusive.
-adverbs
on the whole, all things considered.
-phrases
"a Daniel come to judgment" [Merchant of Venice]; "and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd" [Byron]; "it is much easier to be critical than to be correct" [Disreeli]; la critique est aislée et l'art est difficile; "nothing if not critical" [Othello]; "O most lame and impotent
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| Antonyms: | misjudgment |
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