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Access

A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.

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Manner of action 1

Address 76% connected

To aim; to direct.

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Broader term 16

Approach 76% connected

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

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Approaching 76% connected

of Approach

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Attain 76% connected

To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

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Code 76% connected

A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a comp…

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Coming 76% connected

of Come

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Find 76% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Gain 76% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Operation 76% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Recover 76% connected

To cover again.

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Regain 76% connected

To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.

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Retrieve 76% connected

To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.

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Right 76% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Narrower term 6

Back door 76% connected

A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way.

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Backdoor 76% connected

Acting from behind and in concealment; as, backdoor intrigues.

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Door 76% connected

An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.

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Entrance 76% connected

The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of pro…

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Entree 76% connected

A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entree of a house.

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Entry 76% connected

The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

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Derivationally related 4

Accessible 74% connected

Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.

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Accessible 74% connected

Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.

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Accession 74% connected

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

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Accession 74% connected

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

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Synonym 5

Accession 92% connected

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

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Admission 92% connected

The act or practice of admitting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Admittance 92% connected

The act of admitting.

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Approach 92% connected

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Entree 92% connected

A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entree of a house.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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