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Recovered 84% connected

of Recover

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Recovered 84% connected

of Recover

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Manner of action 6

Appoint 76% connected

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Build 76% connected

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Constitute 76% connected

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Name 76% connected

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

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Nominate 76% connected

To mention by name; to name.

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Earnings 76% connected

of Earning

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Initiate 76% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Open 76% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Originate 76% connected

To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pay 76% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pioneer 76% connected

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

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Remuneration 76% connected

The act of remunerating.

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Salary 76% connected

Saline

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Start 76% connected

To leap; to jump.

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Wage 76% connected

To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Establishment 74% connected

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Establishment 74% connected

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reason 74% connected

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…

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Reason 74% connected

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Base 92% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Constitute 92% connected

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Establish 92% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ground 92% connected

of Grind

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Institute 92% connected

Established; organized; founded.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Launch 92% connected

To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plant 92% connected

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lost 94% connected

Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Lost 94% connected

Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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