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Acceptation 76% connected

Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

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Import 76% connected

To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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Meaning 76% connected

of Mean

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Significance 76% connected

Alt. of Significancy

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Signification 76% connected

The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.

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Sense 92% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Amelioration noun · 78% connection

the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

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Betterment noun · 78% connection

the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

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Broadening noun · 78% connection

the action of making broader; "the broadening of travel"

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Change noun · 78% connection

a different or fresh set of clothes; "she brought a change in her overnight bag"

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Deterioration noun · 78% connection

a symptom of reduced quality or strength

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Dislodge verb · 78% connection

change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

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Euphemism noun · 78% connection

an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh

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Impairment noun · 78% connection

a symptom of reduced quality or strength

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Melioration noun · 78% connection

the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

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Metaphor noun · 78% connection

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a simila…

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Metonymy noun · 78% connection

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in ‘they counted heads’)

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Narrowing noun · 78% connection

an instance of becoming narrow

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Reposition verb · 78% connection

change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

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Semantic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning; "semantic analysis"

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Shift verb · 78% connection

change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

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Specialisation noun · 78% connection

the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology"

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Specialism noun · 78% connection

the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology"

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Speciality noun · 78% connection

the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology"

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Amount verb · 78% connection

To signify; to amount to.

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Appellatively adverb · 78% connection

After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively,…

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Argufy v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To signify.

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Be verb · 78% connection

To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.

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Betoken verb · 78% connection

To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.

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Cata unknown · 78% connection

The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to,…

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Consignify verb · 78% connection

To signify or denote in combination with something else.

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Denote verb · 78% connection

To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the cl…

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Ember noun · 78% connection

A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a…

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Figure noun · 78% connection

To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

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Foreread verb · 78% connection

To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine.

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Foresignify verb · 78% connection

To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify.

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Importune adjective · 78% connection

To import; to signify.

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Indicatively adverb · 78% connection

In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify.

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Matter verb · 78% connection

To be of importance; to import; to signify.

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Mean verb · 78% connection

To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.

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Nod verb · 78% connection

To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.

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Per- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or chance; perennial, that lasts througho…

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