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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay attention; apply oneself |
| Synonyms: | catch, concentrate on, devote oneself, follow, get a load of, hear, hearken, heed, keep one's eye on, lend an ear, listen, listen up, look after, look on, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, occupy oneself with, pay heed, pick up, regard, see to, watch |
| Antonyms: | be lazy, disregard, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, arrange, be responsible for, bring about, cause, close, complete, conclude, cook*, create, determine, discharge, do one's thing, effect, end, engage in, execute, finish, fix, fulfill, get ready, get with it, go for it, look after, make, make ready, move, operate, organize, perform, prepare, produce, pull off, see to, succeed, take care of business, take on, transact, undertake, wind up, work, wrap up |
| Antonyms: | defer, destroy, fail, idle, lose, miss, neglect, pass, put off, undo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mend, repair |
| Synonyms: | adjust, amend, correct, debug, do up, doctor, emend, face-lift, fiddle with, overhaul, patch, put to rights, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, regulate, restore, retread, revamp, revise, see to, sort, tune up |
| Antonyms: | break, corrupt, destroy, unfix |
| Main Entry: | nurse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, tend |
| Synonyms: | advance, aid, attend, baby-sit, cherish, cradle, cultivate, encourage, father, feed, forward, foster, further, harbor, humor, immunize, indulge, inoculate, irradiate, keep alive, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, medicate, minister to, mother, nourish, nurture, pamper, preserve, promote, see to, serve, sit, succor, support, take care of, take charge of, treat, vaccinate, wait on, watch out for, watch over |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | organize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, systematize |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, be responsible for, catalogue, classify, codify, combine, compose, constitute, construct, coordinate, correlate, create, dispose, establish, fashion, fit, form, formulate, frame, get going, get together, group, harmonize, lick into shape, line up, look after, marshal, methodize, mold, pigeonhole, put in order, put together, range, regulate, run, see to, set up, settle, shape, standardize, straighten, straighten out, tabulate, tailor, take care of, whip into shape |
| Antonyms: | destroy, disarrange, disorder, disorganize |
| Main Entry: | tend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, attend, baby-sit, cater to, cherish, control, corral, cultivate, defend, direct, do, do for, feed, foster, guard, handle, keep, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, maintain, manage, mind, minister to, nurse, nurture, oversee, perform, protect, ride herd on, safeguard, see after, see to, serve, shepherd, shield, sit, superintend, supervise, take care of, take under wing, wait on, watch, watch out for, watch over |
| Antonyms: | abandon, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | transact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do business, carry out |
| Synonyms: | TCB, accomplish, button down, button up, buy, carry on, clinch, close, conclude, conduct, discharge, do*, effectuate, enact, execute, finish, handle, jell, manage, move, negotiate, operate, perform, prosecute, pull off, run with the ball, see to, sell, settle, sew up, take care of, work out a deal, wrap up |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smarten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix |
| Synonyms: | adjust, amend, correct, debug, do up, doctor, emend, face-lift, fiddle with, fix up, overhaul, patch, put to rights, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, regulate, restore, retread, revamp, revise, see to, sort, spruce, tune up |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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