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consider
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(v) judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

(v) deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

(v) regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"

(v) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"

(v) think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

(v) show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

(v) look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem"

(v) look at attentively

(v) give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving"

accord
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(n) sympathetic compatibility

(n) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

(n) concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal"

(n) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement"

(v) allow to have; "grant a privilege"

(v) go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"

evident
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(s) capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior"

(s) clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reac

practice
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(n) a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"

(n) translating an idea into action; "a hard theory to put into practice"; "differences between theory and praxis of communism"

(n) the exercise of a profession; "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired"

(n) systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"

(n) knowledge of how something is usually done; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"

(v) learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"

(v) engage in a rehearsal (of)

(v) avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"

(v) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law"

intend
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(v) have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

(v) design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"

(v) denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

(v) mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

concern
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(n) something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"

(n) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"

(n) a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"

(n) an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

(n) a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"

(v) have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

(v) be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant"

commit
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(v) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"

(v) make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

(v) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

(v) confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"

(v) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"

establish
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(v) use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"

(v) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

(v) institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"

(v) place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

(v) set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"

(v) bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

(v) build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"

(v) set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"

conduct
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(n) manner of acting or conducting yourself

(n) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

(v) lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"

(v) lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces"

(v) take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"

(v) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"

(v) direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"

(v) behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

engage
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(v) get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"

(v) engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

(v) give to in marriage

(v) keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

(v) engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

(v) as of aid, help, services, or support

(v) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

(v) as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"

(v) ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"

(v) engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

obtain
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(v) receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

(v) come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"

(v) be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

scarce
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(a) deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

(s) not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"

(r) by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

policy
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(n) a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies"

(n) written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy"

(n) a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government; "they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation"

straight
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(n) a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

(n) a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

(n) a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

(s) right; in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"

(s) successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"

(s) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

(s) following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"

(s) reliable in matters of fact; "he was always straight with me"

(s) without water; "took his whiskey neat"

(s) accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"

(a) (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"

(s) not homosexual

(s) characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing"

(s) erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"

(a) having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"

(a) without curves

(a) no longer coiled

(a) honest and morally upright; "I just want a straight answer to the question"; "straight dealing"

(s) neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now"

(r) without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

(r) in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"

(r) in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight"

apparent
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(s) clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reac

(s) readily apparent to the eye; "angry for no apparent reason"; "had no visible means of support"

property
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(n) any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props"

(n) a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"

(n) a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"

(n) any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"

(n) something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";

concept
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(n) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

appoint
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(v) furnish; "a beautifully appointed house"

(v) create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"

(v) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

passage
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(n) the act of passing from one state or place to the next

(n) a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"

(n) the act of passing something to another person

(n) a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"

(n) the passing of a law by a legislative body

(n) a way through or along which someone or something may pass

(n) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"

(n) a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

(n) a short section of a musical composition

(n) the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"

vain
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(s) unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

(s) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever mo

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