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amount
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(n) how much there is of something that you can quantify

(n) how much of something is available; "an adequate amount of food for four people"

(n) a quantity obtained by addition

(n) a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

(v) develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"

(v) add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"

(v) be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion"

argue
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(v) present reasons and arguments

(v) give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

(v) have an argument about something

answer
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(n) a nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me"

(n) the principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintif

(n) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"

(n) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"

(n) the speech act of replying to a question

(v) understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"

(v) give the correct answer or solution to; "answer a question"; "answer the riddle"

(v) react to a stimulus or command; "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"

(v) respond to a signal; "answer the door"; "answer the telephone"

(v) give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"

(v) reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"

(v) be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of; "This may answer her needs"

(v) match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"

(v) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve"

(v) be liable or accountable; "She must answer for her actions"

accept
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(v) tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies"

(v) consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

(v) be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"

(v) react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"

(v) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"

(v) make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"

(v) of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee

(v) receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"

(v) admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"

(v) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"

(v) be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"

approach
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(n) the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

(n) a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"

(n) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided"

(n) a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"

(n) a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius"

(n) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"

(n) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"

(n) the event of one object coming closer to another

(n) the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

(v) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"

(v) come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"

(v) move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

(v) begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"

(v) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"

away
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(s) (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"

(a) used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"

(r) from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school";

(r) from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"

(r) in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day"

(r) out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"

(r) out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away"

(r) indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"

(r) in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"

(r) in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"

(r) at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"

(r) so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"

(r) freely or at will; "fire away!"

artist
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(n) a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

article
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(n) one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing"

(n) nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

(n) (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

(n) a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

(v) bind by a contract; especially for a training period

animal
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(n) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

(a) of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals; "the animal kingdom"; "animal instincts"; "animal fats"

agency
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(n) how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"

(n) a business that serves other businesses

(n) an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

(n) the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

(n) the state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency"

author
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(n) someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"

(n) writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

(v) be the author of; "She authored this play"

administration
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(n) the act of administering medication

(n) a method of tending to (especially business) matters

(n) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became rec

(n) the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"

available
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(a) obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service; "kept a fire extinguisher available"; "much information is available through computers"; "available in many colors"; "the list of available candidates is unusually long"

(s) convenient for use or disposal; "the house is available after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space"

(s) not busy; not otherwise committed; "he was not available for comment"; "he was available and willing to accompany her"

attention
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(n) the work of caring for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needed constant attention"

(n) a courteous act indicating affection; "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions"

(n) a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review; "the troops stood at attention"

(n) the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"

(n) the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

(n) a general interest that leads people to want to know more; "She was the center of attention"

American
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(n) the English language as used in the United States

(n) a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country

(n) a native or inhabitant of the United States

(a) of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna"

(a) of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"

activity
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(n) any specific activity; "they avoided all recreational activity"

(n) the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age"

(n) an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity"

(n) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"

(n) the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"

(n) (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction; "catalytic activity"

agree
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(v) consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"

(v) be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"

(v) achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"

(v) be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"

(v) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

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

(v) show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English"

action
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(n) something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

(n) the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field; "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"; "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"

(n) a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"

(n) a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

(n) an act by a government body or supranational organization; "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"; "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"; "the Union actio

(n) the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff action"

(n) the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man of action"

(n) the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action"

(n) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"

(n) the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"

(v) put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

(v) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"

according
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(s) (followed by `to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians"

(s) (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions"

along
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(r) with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on"

(r) in accompaniment or as a companion; "his little sister came along to the movies"; "I brought my camera along"; "working along with his father"

(r) in addition (usually followed by `with'); "we sent them food and some clothing went along in the package"; "along with the package came a bill"; "consider the advantages along with the disadvantages"

(r) to a more advanced state; "the work is moving along"; "well along in their research"; "hurrying their education along"; "getting along in years"

(r) in line with a length or direction (often followed by `by' or `beside'); "pass the word along"; "ran along beside me"; "cottages along by the river"

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