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Project

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Verb group 8

Realize 84% connected

To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to rea…

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Realize 84% connected

To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to rea…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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See 84% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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See 84% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Understand 84% connected

To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a pro…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Understand 84% connected

To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a pro…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Visualize 84% connected

To make visual, or visible; to see in fancy.

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Visualize 84% connected

To make visual, or visible; to see in fancy.

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Narrower term 12

Adventure 76% connected

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

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Assignment 76% connected

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

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Baby 76% connected

An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

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Breeze 76% connected

Alt. of Breeze fly

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Cinch 76% connected

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

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Endeavor 76% connected

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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Enterprise 76% connected

That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduo…

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Escapade 76% connected

The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.

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Picnic 76% connected

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members par…

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Proposition 76% connected

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Snap 76% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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Venture 76% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

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Broader term 25

Ascribe 76% connected

To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a boo…

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Attribute 76% connected

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to…

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Envisage 76% connected

To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.

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Exsert 76% connected

Alt. of Exserted

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Extend 76% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Ideate 76% connected

The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

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Imagine 76% connected

To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.

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Impel 76% connected

To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.

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Impute 76% connected

To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in…

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Intercommunicate 76% connected

To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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Plan 76% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 76% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

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Propel 76% connected

To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

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Send 76% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Transfer 76% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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Transmit 76% connected

To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, t…

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Manner of action 17

Bag 76% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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Blueprint 76% connected

See under Print.

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Bulge 76% connected

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

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Cantilever 76% connected

Same as Cantalever.

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Concert 76% connected

To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

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Draft 76% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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Draught 76% connected

The act of drawing or pulling

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Engineer 76% connected

A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.

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Introduce 76% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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Map 76% connected

A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Overhang 76% connected

To impend or hang over.

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Plot 76% connected

A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Silhouette 76% connected

A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.

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Spear 76% connected

A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.

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Thrust 76% connected

Thrist.

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Design 74% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Design 74% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Hurl 74% connected

To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.

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Hurl 74% connected

To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.

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Icon 74% connected

An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

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Icon 74% connected

An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

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Image 74% connected

An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a v…

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Image 74% connected

An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a v…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Imagery 74% connected

The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.

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Imagery 74% connected

The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.

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Imagination 74% connected

The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental i…

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Imagination 74% connected

The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental i…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Innovation 74% connected

The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

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Innovation 74% connected

The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

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Intent 74% connected

Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.

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Intent 74% connected

Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.

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Projection 74% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Projection 74% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Projector 74% connected

One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes.

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Projector 74% connected

One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes.

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Causes 1

Appear 72% connected

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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Stick 66% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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Stick 66% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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Cast 92% connected

of Cast

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Contrive 92% connected

To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Design 92% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Externalize 92% connected

To make external; to manifest by outward form.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fancy 92% connected

The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Figure 92% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Image 92% connected

An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a v…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jut 92% connected

To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Labor 92% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Labour 92% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Picture 92% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plan 92% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Projection 92% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Propose 92% connected

To set forth.

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Protrude 92% connected

To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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See 92% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Task 92% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Throw 92% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Undertaking 92% connected

of Undertake

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Visualize 92% connected

To make visual, or visible; to see in fancy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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