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Installment

The act of installing; installation.

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Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

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

Broadcast 76% connected

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

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Commencement 76% connected

The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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Payment 76% connected

The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 76% 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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Start 76% connected

To leap; to jump.

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Text 76% connected

A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, o…

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

Narrower term 1

Fascicle 76% connected

A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.

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Containing whole 2

Serial 70% connected

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Series 70% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Synonym 4

Episode 92% connected

A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digr…

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.

Installation 92% connected

The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained mini…

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.

Installing 92% connected

of Install

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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.

Instalment 92% connected

the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

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.

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