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Hear

To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

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Verb group 6

Find 84% 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…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Find 84% 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…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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See 84% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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See 84% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Witness 84% connected

Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Witness 84% connected

Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

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Broader term 13

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Center 76% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Centre 76% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Comprehend 76% connected

To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

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Concentrate 76% connected

To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Focus 76% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Perceive 76% connected

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pore 76% connected

One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Probe 76% connected

To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Receive 76% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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Rivet 76% connected

A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 10

Ascertain 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Comprehend 76% connected

To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Incline 76% connected

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overhear 76% connected

To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.

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Perceive 76% connected

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rehear 76% connected

To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retry 76% connected

To try (esp. judicially) a second time; as, to retry a case; to retry an accused person.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Attender 74% connected

One who, or that which, attends.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Attender 74% connected

One who, or that which, attends.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Discover 92% connected

To uncover.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Learn 92% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Listen 92% connected

To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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See 92% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Try 92% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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