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A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

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Verb group 8

Affect 84% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Affect 84% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Impress 84% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Impress 84% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Move 84% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Move 84% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Strike 84% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Strike 84% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Similar meaning 6

Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Punctual 84% connected

Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Punctual 84% connected

Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ready 84% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ready 84% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 8

Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cue 76% connected

The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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have 76% connected

of Have

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Induce 76% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inform 76% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Cue 74% connected

The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cue 74% connected

The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Promptitude 74% connected

The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Promptitude 74% connected

The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Punctuality 74% connected

The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Punctuality 74% connected

The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Remind 74% connected

To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Remind 74% connected

To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 11

Actuate 92% connected

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cue 92% connected

The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Immediate 92% connected

Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Incite 92% connected

To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inspire 92% connected

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Instigate 92% connected

To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Move 92% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prompting 92% connected

of Prompt

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Propel 92% 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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quick 92% connected

Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Remind 92% connected

To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).

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.

Near synonym 1

Fast 86% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

general 66% interchangeable

Prompt overlaps with fast, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

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