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Advert

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

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Verb group 10

Concern 84% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Concern 84% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Pertain 84% connected

To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocea…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Pertain 84% connected

To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocea…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Refer 84% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Refer 84% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Relate 84% connected

To bring back; to restore.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Relate 84% connected

To bring back; to restore.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Touch 84% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Touch 84% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 7

Appeal 76% connected

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cite 76% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Commend 76% connected

To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Invoke 76% connected

To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quote 76% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Remember 76% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 9

Bill 76% connected

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broadside 76% connected

The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Circular 76% connected

In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Commercial 76% connected

Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flier 76% connected

One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flyer 76% connected

One that uses wings.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Handbill 76% connected

A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Teaser 76% connected

One who teases or vexes.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trailer 76% connected

One who, or that which, trails.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 5

Hint 76% connected

To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Listen 76% connected

To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mean 76% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Publicity 76% connected

The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suggest 76% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Entails 2

Denote 72% connected

To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refer 72% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 11

Ad 92% connected

a public promotion of some product or service

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Advertisement 92% connected

The act of informing or notifying; notification.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Advertising 92% connected

of Advertise

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Allude 92% connected

To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Attend 92% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cite 92% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hang 92% connected

To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mention 92% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Name 92% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Refer 92% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Touch 92% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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