To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.
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the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"
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To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or jud…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auctio…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effec…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.To infold or involve; to wrap up.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to de…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Reporting verbs.Words connected by meaning
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A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise en…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.Unpublished narratives.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.Of or pertaining to a continent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrumen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.of Dig
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.To call out; to summon forth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: interesting, memorable, part, tour, visit.Explore Academic Dictionary
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