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Liken

To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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

Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Equal 74% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Equal 74% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Equation 74% connected

A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Equation 74% connected

A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Compare 92% connected

To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to b…

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.

Equate 92% connected

To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to me…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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