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Handling

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Narrower term 3

Dealing 76% connected

of Deal

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Fielding 76% connected

of Field

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Loading 76% connected

of Load

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Broader term 4

Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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

Management 76% connected

The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Touching 76% connected

of Touch

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Handle 74% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Handle 74% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Treat 74% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Treat 74% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Manipulation 92% connected

The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful…

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.

Treatment 92% connected

The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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