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Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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Narrower term 13

Adventure 76% connected

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

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Assignment 76% connected

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

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Baby 76% connected

An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

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Breeze 76% connected

Alt. of Breeze fly

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Cinch 76% connected

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

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Endeavor 76% connected

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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Enterprise 76% connected

That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduo…

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Escapade 76% connected

The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.

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Picnic 76% connected

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members par…

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Proposition 76% connected

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Snap 76% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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Stint 76% connected

Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc.…

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Venture 76% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

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Broader term 8

Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Delegate 76% connected

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

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Depute 76% connected

To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

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Designate 76% connected

Designated; appointed; chosen.

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Duty 76% connected

That which is due; payment.

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Extend 76% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Strain 76% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Derivationally related 8

Chore 74% connected

A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chore 74% connected

A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors.

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Design 74% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Design 74% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Job 74% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Job 74% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Labor 74% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labor 74% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Synonym 7

Chore 92% connected

A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Job 92% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Labor 92% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Labour 92% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Project 92% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tax 92% connected

A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Undertaking 92% connected

of Undertake

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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