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of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Verb group 10

Be 84% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Be 84% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Exist 84% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Exist 84% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Live 84% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Live 84% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Subsist 84% connected

To be; to have existence; to inhere.

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Subsist 84% connected

To be; to have existence; to inhere.

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Survive 84% connected

To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

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Survive 84% connected

To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Similar meaning 20

Closing 84% connected

of Close

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Closing 84% connected

of Close

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Dying 84% connected

of Die

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Dying 84% connected

of Die

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High 84% connected

To hie.

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High 84% connected

To hie.

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Inalterable 84% connected

Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed; unalterable.

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Inalterable 84% connected

Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed; unalterable.

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Past 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

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Past 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

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Senior 84% connected

More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.

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Senior 84% connected

More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sunset 84% connected

Alt. of Sunsetting

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Sunset 84% connected

Alt. of Sunsetting

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Ultimate 84% connected

Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.

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Ultimate 84% connected

Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.

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Unlikely 84% connected

Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.

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Unlikely 84% connected

Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.

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Worst 84% connected

Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.

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Worst 84% connected

Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.

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Broader term 11

Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Continue 76% connected

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Measure 76% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

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Proceed 76% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

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Rank 76% connected

Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

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Weight 76% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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Manner of action 3

Endure 76% connected

To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Narrower term 1

Passing 76% connected

of Pass

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Derivationally related 2

Finish 74% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Finish 74% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Entails 2

Be 72% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Live 72% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 17

Close 92% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Concluding 92% connected

of Conclude

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Conclusion 92% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Death 92% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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End 92% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Endure 92% connected

To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Final 92% connected

Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Finale 92% connected

Close; termination

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Finally 92% connected

At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; as, the contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Finis 92% connected

An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Finish 92% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Go 92% connected

Gone.

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Lastly 92% connected

In the last place; in conclusion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Live 92% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Net 92% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Survive 92% connected

To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Terminal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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