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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distance, duration |
| Synonyms: | amount, compass, extent, interval, length, measure, period, reach, space, spell, spread, stretch, term, time |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | spin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around, make go around |
| Synonyms: | gyrate, gyre, oscillate, pendulate, pirouette, purl, reel, revolve, rotate, spiral, swim, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl |
| Antonyms: | stand, steady |
| Main Entry: | age |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a period of time |
| Synonyms: | aeon, blue moon, century, date, day, duration, epoch, era, generation, interim, interval, life, lifetime, millennium, span |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve, curved structure |
| Synonyms: | arc, archway, bend, bow, curvature, dome, semicircle, span, vault |
| Main Entry: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curve |
| Synonyms: | arc, bend, bow, bridge, camber, extend, form, hook, hump, hunch, round, shape, span, stretch |
| Main Entry: | breadth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | width |
| Synonyms: | broadness, diameter, distance across, latitude, span, spread, wideness |
| Main Entry: | bridge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure or something that makes connection |
| Synonyms: | arch, bond, branch, catwalk, connection, extension, gangplank, link, overpass, platform, pontoon, scaffold, span, tie, transit, trestle, viaduct, wing |
| Main Entry: | bridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, extend |
| Synonyms: | arch over, attach, bind, branch, couple, cross, cross over, go over, join, link, reach, span, subtend, traverse, unite |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, unlink |
| Main Entry: | comprise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up, consist of |
| Synonyms: | add up to, amount to, be composed of, be contained in, compass, compose, comprehend, constitute, contain, cover, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, engross, form, hold, include, incorporate, involve, span, subsume, sum up, take in |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' comprise means literally 'embrace': a zoo comprises mammals, reptiles, and birds (because it 'embraces' or includes them), but animals do not comprise ('embrace') a zoo, they constitute a zoo |
| Antonyms: | except, exclude, fail, fall short, lack, need, want |
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