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Modernization

The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.

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Adaptation 76% connected

The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.

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Improvement 76% connected

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

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Version 76% connected

A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.

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Change noun · 86% connection

money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency; "he got change for a twenty and used it…

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Versification noun · 86% connection

a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)

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Climatology noun · 78% connection

meteorology of climates and their phenomena

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Atomic number 6 noun · 78% connection

an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in…

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Calque formation noun · 78% connection

an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "‘superman’ is a calque for the German ‘Ubermensch…

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Carbon dioxide noun · 78% connection

a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…

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Carbonic acid gas noun · 78% connection

a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…

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Climate change noun · 78% connection

a change in the world's climate

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CO2 noun · 78% connection

a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…

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Cyberspace noun · 78% connection

a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data tra…

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Get up verb · 78% connection

rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

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Global adjective · 78% connection

involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continen…

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Global warming noun · 78% connection

an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)

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Greenhouse effect noun · 78% connection

warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass throug…

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Greenhouse emission noun · 78% connection

a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation

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Greenhouse warming noun · 78% connection

warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass throug…

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Internet noun · 78% connection

a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data tra…

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Accommodate verb · 78% connection

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

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Active adjective · 78% connection

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; a…

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Answer verb · 78% connection

To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -…

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Atticize verb · 78% connection

To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.

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Bond noun · 78% connection

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…

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Comply verb · 78% connection

To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.

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Conformed imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Conform

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Defective pleading noun · 78% connection

any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency

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Deportment noun · 78% connection

Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the cou…

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Double-acting adjective · 78% connection

Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.

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Duplicity noun · 78% connection

acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

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Energy noun · 78% connection

an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"

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