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The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Verb group 8

Serve 84% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Serve 84% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 14

Affair 76% connected

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; --…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Answer 76% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assemblage 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Duty 76% connected

That which is due; payment.

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Execute 76% connected

To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gathering 76% connected

of Gather

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Occasion 76% connected

A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Package 76% connected

Act or process of packing.

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Perform 76% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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Relation 76% connected

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

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Serve 76% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suffice 76% connected

To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Usefulness 76% connected

The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Utility 76% connected

The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the u…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 23

Bee 76% connected

p. p. of Be; -- used for been.

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Capacity 76% connected

The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

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Celebration 76% connected

The act, process, or time of celebrating.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ceremonial 76% connected

Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.

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Ceremony 76% connected

Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the pe…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Expansion 76% connected

The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

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Exponential 76% connected

Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function.

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Hat 76% connected

Hot.

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Jubilation 76% connected

A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation.

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Lieu 76% connected

Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of.

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Meeting 76% connected

of Meet

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Metric 76% connected

Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Multinomial 76% connected

Same as Polynomial.

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Observance 76% connected

The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and f…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Operator 76% connected

One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.

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Party 76% connected

A part or portion.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Polynomial 76% connected

An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2.

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Portfolio 76% connected

A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Stead 76% connected

Place, or spot, in general.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Supper 76% connected

A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.

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Transformation 76% connected

The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.

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Manner of action 9

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Double 76% connected

Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prelude 76% connected

An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strai…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ride 76% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Run 76% connected

of Run

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Serve 76% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Service 76% connected

Alt. of Service

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Derivationally related 12

Office 74% connected

That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the rel…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Office 74% connected

That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the rel…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Officiate 74% connected

To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Officiate 74% connected

To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Operation 74% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Operation 74% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Post 74% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Post 74% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Serve 74% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Serve 74% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Umpirage 74% connected

The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Umpirage 74% connected

The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 2

Program 70% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 70% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

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Attribute 2

Functional 66% connected

Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

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Functional 66% connected

Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

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Synonym 17

Affair 92% connected

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; --…

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.

Go 92% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Map 92% connected

A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mapping 92% connected

of Map

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Occasion 92% connected

A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Office 92% connected

That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the rel…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Officiate 92% connected

To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Operate 92% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Part 92% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Procedure 92% connected

The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Purpose 92% connected

That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Role 92% connected

A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of phila…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Routine 92% connected

A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Run 92% connected

of Run

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Serve 92% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Use 92% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Work 92% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near synonym 1

Calculus 84% connected

Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them…

mathematics of change 25% interchangeable

A rule mapping inputs to outputs.

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