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A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.

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Verb group 4

Sum 84% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sum 84% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Summarize 84% connected

To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Summarize 84% connected

To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 4

Abstract 76% connected

Withdraw; separate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Docket 76% connected

A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Precis 76% connected

A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a summary.

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Recapitulate 76% connected

To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate i…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 13

Adopt 76% connected

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assume 76% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Continue 76% connected

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ingeminate 76% connected

Redoubled; repeated.

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Iterate 76% connected

Uttered or done again; repeated.

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Preserve 76% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reiterate 76% connected

To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repeat 76% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restate 76% connected

To state anew.

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Retell 76% connected

To tell again.

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Summary 76% connected

Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Uphold 76% connected

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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Appraise 74% connected

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Appraise 74% connected

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Sketch 92% connected

An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a repres…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Summarize 92% connected

To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Survey 92% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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