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encourage
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(v) spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"

(v) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

(v) contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

experience
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(n) the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher"

(n) the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

(n) an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"

(v) undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"

(v) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two d

(v) undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

(v) of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

(v) go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"

examine
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(v) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

(v) question closely

(v) question or examine thoroughly and closely

(v) observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

(v) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

effective
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(s) existing in fact; not theoretical; real; "a decline in the effective demand"; "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done"

(s) able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of

(s) exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)"

(a) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps towar

(s) works well as a means or remedy; "an effective reprimand"; "a lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat"

(s) equipped and ready for service; "the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers"

eventually
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(r) within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; "he will understand eventually"; "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"; "sooner or later you will have to face the facts"; "in time they came to accept the harsh reality"

(r) after a long period of time or an especially long delay; "at length they arrived"

exist
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(v) have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"

(v) support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

edge
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(n) a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"

(n) a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page"

(n) a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition"

(n) the attribute of urgency; "his voice had an edge to it"

(n) the boundary of a surface

(n) a line determining the limits of an area

(v) provide with an edge; "edge a blade"

(v) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

(v) advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"

(v) provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"

evening
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(n) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"

(n) the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"

(n) a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire"

employee
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(n) a worker who is hired to perform a job

expert
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(n) a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

(s) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved b

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"

enjoy
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(v) take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"

(v) have benefit from; "enjoy privileges"

(v) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"

(v) get pleasure from; "I love cooking"

(v) have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom"

enough
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(n) an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"

(s) enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"

(r) as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"

entire
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(n) uncastrated adult male horse

(s) constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure"

(s) constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact"

(s) (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire horse"

(s) (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes

executive
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(n) persons who administer the law

(n) someone who manages a government agency or department

(n) a person responsible for the administration of a business

(a) having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.; "the executive branch"

environment
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(n) the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

(n) the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom"

example
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(n) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding; "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook"

(n) an item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"

(n) something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"

(n) a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example"

(n) punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him"

(n) an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"

environmental
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(a) concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment; "environmental pollution"

(a) of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings; "environmental factors"

election
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(n) the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"

(n) a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"

(n) the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)

(n) the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

exactly
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(r) indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"

(r) in a precise manner; "she always expressed herself precisely"

(r) just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"

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