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Predicative

Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.

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Predicate 74% connected

To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

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Predicate 74% connected

To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Attributive 94% connected

Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Attributive 94% connected

Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Accessory adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjective adjective · 78% connection

relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"

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Adjunct adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjuvant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Ancillary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Appurtenant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Auxiliary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Auxiliary verb noun · 78% connection

a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

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Causal factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Co-ordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Common adjective · 78% connection

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vu…

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Common noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that denotes any or all members of a class

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Coordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Count noun · 78% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Count noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that forms plurals

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Counting noun · 78% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Demonstrative adjective · 78% connection

given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family"

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Determinant noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Affirm verb · 78% connection

To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.

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Affirmance noun · 78% connection

A strong declaration; affirmation.

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Affirmation noun · 78% connection

The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.

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Affirmative noun · 78% connection

A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.

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Affirmatory adjective · 78% connection

Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.

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Agnostic noun · 78% connection

One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming…

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Allegation noun · 78% connection

statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove

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Allegement noun · 78% connection

statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove

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Apprehension noun · 78% connection

The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection…

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Ascription noun · 78% connection

The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.

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Assertion noun · 78% connection

the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

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Assertive adjective · 78% connection

Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

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