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March

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

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Broader term 17

Adjoin 76% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Advancement 76% connected

The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancem…

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Dissent 76% connected

To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.

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District 76% connected

Rigorous; stringent; harsh.

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Dominion 76% connected

Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

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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…

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Procession 76% connected

The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course.

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Progress 76% connected

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

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Progression 76% connected

The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.

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Protest 76% connected

To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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Resist 76% connected

To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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Territory 76% connected

A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Walking 76% connected

of Walk

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Countermarch 76% connected

To march back, or to march in reversed order.

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Promenade 76% connected

A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.

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Manner of action 9

Countermarch 76% connected

To march back, or to march in reversed order.

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Debouch 76% connected

To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.

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File 76% connected

An orderly succession; a line; a row

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Neighbor 76% connected

A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.

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Neighbour 76% connected

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Parade 76% connected

The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

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Picket 76% connected

A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.

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Promenade 76% connected

A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.

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Troop 76% connected

A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.

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Marcher 74% connected

The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.

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Marcher 74% connected

The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.

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Parade 74% connected

The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

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Parade 74% connected

The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

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Component part 1

Annunciation 70% connected

The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.

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Synonym 11

Abut 92% connected

To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

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Adjoin 92% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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Border 92% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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Butt 92% connected

Alt. of But

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Demonstrate 92% connected

To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.

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Edge 92% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

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Exhibit 92% connected

To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to disp…

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Mar 92% connected

A small lake. See Mere.

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Marching 92% connected

of March

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Parade 92% connected

The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Process 92% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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