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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disposed |
| Synonyms: | aiming at, aspiring to, contemplating, convinced, decided, desirous, determined, disposed, inclined, intending, leaning toward, liking, planning, purposing, resolved, settled on, thinking of, willing |
| Antonyms: | disinclined, undetermined, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | occupying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | filling a place |
| Synonyms: | assigned to, commanding, controlling, covering, holding, living in, maintaining, obtaining, owning, permeating, pervading, placed, possessing, posted, remaining, residing, resting, settled on, sitting, situated, staying, taking up, tenanting |
| Antonyms: | gone, leaving, removing |
| Main Entry: | resting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | situated |
| Synonyms: | established, located, lying, placed, reposing, seated, set on, settled on, supported by |
| Main Entry: | elect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select as representative; choose |
| Synonyms: | accept, admit, appoint, ballot, conclude, cull, decide upon, designate, determine, go down the line, judge, mark, name, nominate, opt for, optate, pick, pick out, prefer, receive, resolve, settle, settle on, single out, take, tap, vote, vote for |
| Antonyms: | ignore, vote down, vote out |
| Main Entry: | endow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give large gift |
| Synonyms: | accord, award, back, bequeath, bestow, come through with, confer, contribute, donate, empower, enable, endue, enhance, enrich, establish, favor, finance, found, fund, furnish, grant, heighten, invest, lay on, leave, make over, organize, promote, provide, settle on, sponsor, subscribe, subsidize, supply, support, vest in, will |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
| Main Entry: | pick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose, select |
| Synonyms: | cull, decide upon, elect, finger*, fix upon, go down the line, hand-pick, mark, name, opt for, optate, pick and choose, pick out, prefer, say so, separate, settle on, sift out, single out, slot, sort out, tab, tag, take, take it or leave it, tap, winnow |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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