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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical shape, fitness |
| Synonyms: | appearance, aspect, build, constitution, fettle, form, health, kilter, mint, order, phase, repair, state, status, tone, trim |
| Main Entry: | degree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recognition of achievement; rank or grade of position |
| Synonyms: | approbation, approval, baccalaureate, caliber, class, compass, credentials, credit, dignification, dignity, distinction, eminence, grade, height, honor, level, magnitude, order, pitch, point, position, potency, qualification, quality, quantity, range, rank, reach, scope, sheepskin, shingle, sort, stage, standard, standing, station, status, strength, testimonial, testimony |
| Main Entry: | dignity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excellence, nobility |
| Synonyms: | address, cachet, character, consequence, courtliness, culture, decency, decorum, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, grace, grandeur, gravity, greatness, hauteur, honor, importance, loftiness, majesty, merit, morality, nobleness, perfection, poise, prestige, propriety, quality, rank, regard, renown, respectability, seemliness, self-respect, significance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, stateliness, station, stature, status, sublimity, virtue, worth, worthiness |
| Antonyms: | lowliness |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | ambiance, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, rank |
| Synonyms: | bracket, caste, category, classification, condition, echelon, footing, form, grade, level, lot, order, period, place, position, quality, repair, shape, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stratum |
| Main Entry: | identity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's individuality |
| Synonyms: | character, circumstances, coherence, distinctiveness, existence, identification, integrity, ipseity, name, oneness, particularity, personality, self, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, singleness, singularity, status, uniqueness |
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence, standing |
| Synonyms: | consequence, conspicuousness, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, greatness, influence, lionization, mark, notability, note, noteworthiness, rank, reputation, salience, status, usefulness, worth |
| Main Entry: | juncture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turning point |
| Synonyms: | choice, circumstance, condition, contingency, crisis, crossroad, crux, emergency, exigency, instant, meeting point, moment, occasion, pass, pinch, plight, point, position, posture, predicament, quandary, state, status, strait, time, zero hour |
| Notes: | junction means the place where two or more things come together while juncture means an event that occurs at a critical time or point in time when a critical decision must be made |
| Main Entry: | league |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of a certain ability |
| Synonyms: | category, circle, class, grade, grouping, level, pigeonhole, rank, status, tier |
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