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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to pass; occur |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, arrive, be found, become a fact, become known, become of, befall, betide, bump, chance, come about, come after, come into being, come into existence, come off, crop up, develop, down, ensue, eventuate, fall, follow, go on, hit, issue, light, luck, materialize, meet, pass, present itself, proceed, recur, result, shake, smoke*, spring, stumble, stumble upon, supervene, take effect, take place, transpire, turn out, turn up, what goes |
| Notes: | happen means to come to pass or occur; transpire means to come to be known or come to light |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | consequence, effect, feeling, impact, reaction, response, result, sway |
| 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: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | consequence, dignity, distinction, effect, eminence, fame, influence, manifestation, notability, note, notice, prestige, quality, regard, result, standing, value |
| Antonyms: | unimportance |
| Main Entry: | occur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take place, happen |
| Synonyms: | action, appear, arise, be found, be present, befall, betide, chance, come about, come off, come to pass, cook*, crop up, develop, ensue, eventualize, eventuate, exist, follow, go, jell, manifest, materialize, obtain, present itself, result, shake*, show, smoke*, take place, transpire, turn out, turn up |
| Notes: | use take place for scheduled events; use occur when something is accidental |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | originate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; spring |
| Synonyms: | arise, be born, birth, come, come from, come into existence, commence, dawn, derive, emanate, emerge, flow, hail from, issue, proceed, result, rise, start, stem |
| Antonyms: | end, finish, terminate |
| Main Entry: | outcome |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consequence, effect |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, aftermath, blowoff, causatum, chain reaction, conclusion, end, end result, event, fallout, issue, payback, payoff, reaction, result, score, sequel, upshot |
| Antonyms: | beginning, cause, origin, source |
| Main Entry: | outgrowth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | product, consequence |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, development, effect, emergence, end, end result, issue, member, offshoot, offspring, outcome, result, spin-off, yield |
| Main Entry: | pan out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to pass; succeed |
| Synonyms: | click*, come out, culminate, eventuate, go, go over, happen, net*, prove out, result, turn out, work out, yield |
| Antonyms: | fail, not happen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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