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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | courteous, mannerly |
| Synonyms: | admiring, appreciative, civil, considerate, courtly, deferential, duteous, dutiful, gracious, humble, obedient, obeisant, polite, recognizing, regardful, regarding, reverent, reverential, self-effacing, solicitous, submissive, upholding, venerating, well-mannered |
| Antonyms: | discourteous, mean, unmannerly |
| Main Entry: | toward |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | approaching |
| Synonyms: | against, anent, apropos, beneficial, coming, concerning, facing, favoring, forward, into, near, obliging, propitious, regarding, willing |
| Antonyms: | away from |
| Main Entry: | of |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | denoting equivalence |
| Synonyms: | about, concerning, from, like, regarding |
| Main Entry: | noticing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perceiving |
| Synonyms: | heeding, observant, observing, regarding, seeing |
| Main Entry: | of |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | from |
| Synonyms: | about, appertaining to, appropriate to, as concerns, as regards, attributed to, away from, based on, belonging to, characterized by, coming from, concerning, connected with, consisting of, containing, epithetical, going from, in reference to, in regard to, like, made from, out from, out of, peculiar to, pertaining to, proceeding from, referring to, regarding, related to, showing |
| Main Entry: | seeing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | observing |
| Synonyms: | alert, awake, aware, conscious, inspecting, looking, looking at, noticing, observant, perceiving, regarding, surveying, viewing, witnessing |
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be appropriate, relevant |
| Synonyms: | affect, allude, appertain, be applicable, be pertinent, bear upon, concern, connect, fit, involve, pertain, refer, regard, relate, suit, touch |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | value highly |
| Synonyms: | admire, adore, applaud, apprise, cherish, enjoy, esteem, extol, honor, like, look up to, love, praise, prize, rate highly, regard, relish, respect, savor, treasure |
| Notes: | the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised' |
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