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Signify

To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present.

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Verb group 4

Intend 84% connected

To stretch' to extend; to distend.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Intend 84% connected

To stretch' to extend; to distend.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Mean 84% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Mean 84% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Denote 76% connected

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 clock denote the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Indicate 76% connected

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

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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Intend 76% connected

To stretch' to extend; to distend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Mean 76% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 12

Import 74% 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…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Import 74% 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…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mark 74% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mark 74% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sign 74% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sign 74% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Signal 74% connected

A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Signal 74% connected

A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Significant 74% connected

Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant wor…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Significant 74% connected

Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant wor…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Signification 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Signification 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Intend 92% connected

To stretch' to extend; to distend.

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.

Mean 92% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

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.

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