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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sell door to door |
| Synonyms: | canvas*, hawk, huckster, market, monger, push, shove, solicit, trade, vend |
| Antonyms: | buy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg, request |
| Synonyms: | appeal, ask, beseech, cop a plea, crave, crawl, entreat, entreaty, implore, importune, make up for, petition, pray, solicit, square things, supplicate |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
| Main Entry: | pray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead; call upon for help, answer |
| Synonyms: | adjure, appeal, ask, beseech, brace, commune with, crave, cry for, entreat, implore, importune, invocate, invoke, petition, recite, request, say, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge |
| Main Entry: | procure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acquire, obtain |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, bring around, buy, buy out, buy up, come by, compass, cop, corral, draw, earn, effect, find, gain, get, get hold of, grab, have, induce, land*, latch on to, lay hands on, make a haul, manage to get, persuade, pick up, prevail upon, promote, purchase, score, secure, solicit, wangle, win |
| Antonyms: | give away, have, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | propose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest, present for action |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, advise, affirm, ask, assert, broach, come up with*, contend, counsel, hit on, hold out, introduce, invite, kibitz, lay before, lay on the line, make a motion, make a pitch, move for, name, nominate, offer, pose, prefer, press, proffer, propone, proposition, propound, put forward, put to, put up, recommend, request, set forth, solicit, speak one's piece, spitball, state, submit, tender, urge, volunteer |
| Notes: | one would propound a plan (set forth for consideration something more extensive, substantial), but propose an idea (set forth for consideration) |
| Antonyms: | condemn, deny, oppose, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proposition |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make suggestion, often improper |
| Synonyms: | accost, approach, ask, pose, prefer, propose, propound, put, solicit, suggest |
| Main Entry: | question |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for answer |
| Synonyms: | ask about, catechize, challenge, cross-examine, enquire, examine, give the third degree, go over, grill, hit up, hit*, hold out for, inquire, interrogate, interview, investigate, knock*, make inquiry, petition, pick one's brains, probe, pry, pump, put through the wringer, put to the question, query, quest, quiz, raise question, roast, search, seek, show curiosity, solicit, sound out, sweat it out of, work over |
| Notes: | a query differs from a question in that it suggests a reservation or disagreement question means to challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; interrogate means to examine closely, aggressively, or formally by posing a series of questions to |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | request |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for |
| Synonyms: | appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bespeak, call for, demand, desire, entreat, hit, hit up for, hold out for, hustle*, inquire, petition, pray, promote, put in for, requisition, seek, solicit, sponge, sue, supplicate, touch |
| Notes: | behest is a stronger term than request |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | require |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask, demand; necessitate |
| Synonyms: | assert oneself, beg, beseech, bid, call for, call upon, cause, challenge, claim, command, compel, constrain, crave, demand, direct, enjoin, entail, exact, expect, insist upon, instruct, involve, look for, obligate, oblige, order, postulate, push for, request, requisition, solicit, take |
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