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ransom
 [ran-suhm] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay blackmail money for return of possession or person |
| Synonyms: | buy freedom of, buy out, deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, liberate, manumit, obtain release of, pay for release of, recover, redeem, regain, release, reprise, repurchase, rescue, save, set free, unchain, unfetter |
| Main Entry: | repeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate, do again |
| Synonyms: | chime, come again, din, ditto*, drum into, echo, go over again, hold over, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, make like, occur again, play back, play over, quote, read back, reappear, recapitulate, recast, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recrudesce, recur, redo, refashion, reform, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, remake, renew, reoccur, replay, reprise, reproduce, rerun, resay, reshow, restate, retell, return, revert, revolve, rework, run over, sing same old song |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recapitulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summary that repeats |
| Synonyms: | peroration, reprise, summary |
Example Sentences
- It's all that starting and stopping for songs, hardly one of which doesn't reprise an earlier sentiment, either stated or implied.
- And too many started out in free time and ended in a snappy unison reprise.
| Main Entry: | restate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat |
| Synonyms: | chime, come again, din, ditto*, drum into, echo, go over again, hold over, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, make like, occur again, play back, play over, quote, read back, reappear, recapitulate, recast, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recrudesce, recur, redo, refashion, reform, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, remake, renew, reoccur, replay, reprise, reproduce, rerun, resay, reshow, retell, return, revert, revolve, rework, run over, sing same old song |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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