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Synthesize

To combine by synthesis; to unite.

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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…

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Combine 76% connected

To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical u…

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Compound 76% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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Synthesis 74% connected

Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synthesis 74% connected

Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synthesist 74% connected

One who employs synthesis, or who follows synthetic methods.

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Synthesist 74% connected

One who employs synthesis, or who follows synthetic methods.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

synthesise 92% connected

To bring several ideas together into one explanation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Account noun · 78% connection

a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanat…

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Analyse verb · 78% connection

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "…

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Assess verb · 78% connection

evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professio…

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Context of use noun · 78% connection

discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

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Criterion noun · 78% connection

the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"

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Deduction noun · 78% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Deductive reasoning noun · 78% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Desegregate verb · 78% connection

open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated"

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Dimension verb · 78% connection

shape or form to required dimensions

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Empirical adjective · 78% connection

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical d…

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Evaluate verb · 78% connection

evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professio…

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Evaluation noun · 78% connection

act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

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Exam noun · 78% connection

a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…

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Examine verb · 78% connection

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "…

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Explicit adjective · 78% connection

precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes e…

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Human relationship noun · 78% connection

a relation between people; (‘relationship’ is often used where ‘relation’ would serve, as in ‘the relationship between inflation and u…

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Interpret verb · 78% connection

make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

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Interpretation noun · 78% connection

an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his…

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Agglutinate verb · 78% connection

To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

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Alkyne noun · 78% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Amalgamate verb · 78% connection

To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.

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Analysis noun · 78% connection

A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examinati…

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Club verb · 78% connection

To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.

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Co-une verb · 78% connection

To combine or unite.

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Coalesce noun · 78% connection

To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce.

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Complicate verb · 78% connection

To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.

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Condense verb · 78% connection

To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.

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Connect verb · 78% connection

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or…

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Consolidate verb · 78% connection

To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies o…

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