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Commandment

An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.

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Bid 76% connected

of Bid

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Bidding 76% connected

of Bid

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Dictation 76% connected

The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Doctrine 76% connected

Teaching; instruction.

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Ism 76% connected

A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.

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Philosophy 76% connected

Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes an…

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Command 74% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Command 74% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

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Precept 92% connected

To teach by precepts.

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.

Teaching 92% connected

of Teach

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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