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One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system; an ultimate or undecomposable conception; a predicament.

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Broader term 7

Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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Aggregation 76% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Concept 76% connected

An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.

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Conception 76% connected

The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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Construct 76% connected

To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.

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Conjugation 76% connected

the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

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Declension 76% connected

The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

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Denomination 76% connected

The act of naming or designating.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Kind 76% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Paradigm 76% connected

An example; a model; a pattern.

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Pigeonhole 76% connected

A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartm…

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Rubric 76% connected

That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.

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Sex 76% connected

The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…

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Sort 76% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Variety 76% connected

The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Class 74% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Class 74% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Relegate 74% connected

To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.

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Relegate 74% connected

To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.

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Sort 74% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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Sort 74% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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Class 92% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Family 92% connected

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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