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To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.

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Manner of action 10

Add 76% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

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Census 76% connected

A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.

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Miscount 76% connected

To count erroneously.

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Recount 76% connected

To count or reckon again.

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Sum 76% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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Tally 76% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

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Tot 76% connected

Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.

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Total 76% connected

Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.

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Weigh 76% connected

A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.

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Broader term 27

Approximate 76% connected

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

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Ascertain 76% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Assort 76% connected

To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to ass…

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Cerebrate 76% connected

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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Class 76% 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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Classify 76% connected

To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

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Cogitate 76% connected

To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Estimate 76% connected

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of…

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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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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Gauge 76% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

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Guess 76% connected

To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

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Include 76% connected

To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.

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Investigating 76% connected

of Investigate

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Investigation 76% connected

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; a…

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Lord 76% connected

A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.

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Noble 76% connected

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a…

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Nobleman 76% connected

One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Recite 76% connected

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Sort 76% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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Trust 76% connected

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

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Narrower term 7

Census 76% connected

A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.

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Circulation 76% connected

The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

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Complement 76% connected

That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

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Landgrave 76% connected

A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

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Miscount 76% connected

To count erroneously.

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Poll 76% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

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Recount 76% connected

To count or reckon again.

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Derivationally related 6

Countable 74% connected

Capable of being numbered.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Countable 74% connected

Capable of being numbered.

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Counter 74% connected

A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

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Counter 74% connected

A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

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Synonym 19

Bank 92% connected

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bet 92% connected

That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Calculate 92% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Consider 92% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Counting 92% connected

of Count

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Depend 92% connected

To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enumerate 92% connected

To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a s…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enumeration 92% connected

The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Look 92% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Matter 92% connected

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Number 92% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Numerate 92% connected

To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.

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Numeration 92% connected

The act or art of numbering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reckon 92% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reckoning 92% connected

of Reckon

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Rely 92% connected

To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to h…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swear 92% connected

To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tally 92% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Weigh 92% connected

A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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