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Verb
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To come into possession of, or to receive in return for effort
get
gain
win
earn
obtain
land
procure
receive
secure
attain
achieve
gather
amass
collect
score
bag
garner
realiseUK
realizeUS
access
appropriate
buy
grab
hook
net
reap
annexeUK
annexUS
capture
carry
draw
have
purchase
take
cop
nab
snag
catch
collar
corral
grasp
hustle
make
swing
wangle
come by
come into
get hold of
pull down
bring in
come to have
knock down
latch onto
lock up
pick up
rack up
scare up
take receipt of
build up
come into possession of
get hands on
take possession of
be given
come in for
get your hands on
possess oneself of
more ❯
“He was able to acquire a respectable fortune through entrepreneurship and prudent investment.”
Verb
▲
To come to have gradually, or to gain knowledge in
develop
cultivate
form
foster
conceive
contrive
devise
establish
evolve
learn
concoct
grasp
imbibe
master
materialiseUK
materializeUS
assimilate
pick up
take up
get
adopt
assume
gain
attain
embrace
achieve
take on
take in
contract
espouse
more ❯
“Brad would acquire the ability to do one-handed push-ups through regular training.”
Verb
▲
To acquire new information or skill
learn
attain
grasp
master
receive
absorb
gain
get
imbibe
assimilate
comprehend
digest
pursue
calculate
note
observe
perceive
take
determine
enrolUK
enrollUS
pick up
read
review
swot
understand
acquire a knowledge of
acquire skill in
apply oneself to
apprentice
become competent in
become expert in
become proficient in
become skilled at
con
cram
familiarize oneself with
familiarize yourself with
gain an understanding of
gather
get across
get clued up about
get the point of
glean
grind
have lessons in
hit the books
know backwards
know inside out
mug up
peruse
prepare
read up on
work at
become able
become versed
be taught
be trained
brush up on
burn midnight oil
check
crack the books
drink in
get down pat
get the hang of
get the knack of
improve mind
major in
minor in
pore over
soak up
specialize in
take course
take in
train in
wade through
watch
larn
more ❯
Verb
▲
To catch or develop (a disease or infectious agent)
contract
catch
develop
get
induce
sicken
incur
obtain
take
afflict
cause
succumb
come down with
fall ill with
go down with
pick up
succumb to
become infected with
be infected with
be stricken with
be struck down with
bring on
incubate
be afflicted with
be taken ill with
sicken with
become ill with
become sick with
sink into
fall sick with
go down
be ill with
catch disease
show symptoms of
be indisposed with
take ill with
take sick with
be disordered with
fall victim to
be weakened with
take one's death
be upset with
be deranged with
come down
become infected by
be overwhelmed by
be overcome by
be afflicted by
be smitten by
be smitten with
be sickened with
fall ill
take sick
be prey to
take to your bed
come
die from
die of
be a fatality of
cark it from
have
pass away as a result of
ail
suffer
be incapacitated with
be beset by
get sick
be racked with
be a martyr to
be suffering from
be affected by
be inflicted with
be a sufferer from
have fallen victim to
be cursed with
be laid up with
be sick with
suffer with
have come down with
have gone down with
be beset with
be troubled with
have trouble with
be dogged by
be bedevilled by
more ❯
Verb
▲
To discover through studying or searching
discover
learn
find
ascertain
determine
see
detect
realiseUK
realizeUS
find out
notice
recogniseUK
recognizeUS
spot
perceive
reveal
disclose
dig up
achieve
attain
dig out
expose
gain
obtain
root out
unearth
descry
locate
nose out
uncover
work out
catch on to
come to know
discern
ferret out
get
hear
rumble
twig
catch
conceive
debunk
distinguish
dredge up
elicit
encounter
espy
explore
fathom out
figure out
get on to
glimpse
identify
observe
rout out
run down
scare up
scout up
sense
sniff out
track down
tumble to
turn up
dope out
suss out
wise up to
have an aha moment
hit on
hit upon
hunt down
hunt up
light upon
look up
think of
get wind of
get wind of the fact
get wise to the fact
pick up on
get wise to
make out
note
understand
behold
pick out
grasp
deduce
sight
divine
comprehend
confirm
remark
rummage
know
verify
witness
establish
regard
get to know
eye
view
spy
apprehend
cognize
look at
appreciate
get the picture
gather
fathom
take in
pinpoint
judge
dig
cotton on to
read
pin down
become aware of
catch sight of
intuit
catch on
savvy
register
diagnose
decide
slang
get a fix on
tell
be aware of
check
suss
glean
get a load of
place
seek
seek out
size up
make certain
be given to understand
follow
determinate
latch on to
infer
conclude
apperceive
suspect
fix
settle
imagine
think
estimate
clock
become aware
fancy
wise up
be informed
become conscious of
become cognizant of
anticipate
make certain of
unmask
single out
be led to believe
search out
hunt
interpret
isolate
analyzeUS
contemplate
be told
check out
feel
point out
believe
diagnosticate
get the message
mark
search
surmise
assume
figure
track
guess
suppose
check up on
analyseUK
assimilate
presume
learn of
decipher
reckon
decode
case
make
compass
see the light
eyeball
reconnoitreUK
deem
catch a glimpse of
reconnoiterUS
foresee
substantiate
hear tell
puzzle out
get an eyeful of
corroborate
validate
pursue
finger
ponder
name
have
watch
receive
tag
spy out
look for
search for or out
peg
get the drift
ID
survey
evaluate
double-check
gaugeUK
be informed of
be notified of
be made aware of
ferret
calculate
separate
make sure
find out about
quest
put your finger on
know by sight
construe
define
get word
hunt out
be conscious of
scout
fish out
take
trace
gageUS
consider
be advised
conjecture
speculate
postulate
visualizeUS
visualiseUK
expect
extrapolate
investigate
scan
scrutinizeUS
lay eyes on
set eyes on
reason
differentiate
seize
compute
count
be made aware
bring into the open
hypothesizeUS
be cognizant of
be told of
stake out
get a glimpse of
have sight of
clap eyes on
recce
derive
have a hunch
presuppose
predict
examine
scent
sort out
conceive of
scrutiniseUK
taste
smell
grok
get the idea
smell out
hypothesiseUK
search for
take for granted
take it
draw the inference
see through
make sense of
come to the conclusion
cotton to
research
meet with
dream up
have on good authority
produce
get a hold of
get hold of
lay bare
get wise
know about
trip over
edge out
find something out
digest
overhear
retrieve
penetrate
pronounce
uncloak
extract
add up
contrive
sniff
get at
pierce
accept
hear about
discriminate
focus on
become acquainted with
catch on to the fact
be on to
nail down
clinch
be sure
hear of
measure
hear from
concede
difference
secern
home in on
learn through
be certain
know for certain
filter out
weed out
separate out
zero in on
identify problem
appraise
assess
hold
credit
get the message about
get the picture about
make a distinction
focus
rubberneck
tell the difference
tell apart
extricate
discrepate
make distinction
severalize
tumble into
just know
feel in bones
have a funny feeling
catch the drift
get the impression
get the impression of
feel in your bones
get vibes
feel in gut
be with it
have a feeling
project
count on
work undercover
recon
meddle
eavesdrop
poke around
listen in
peep
take note
secretly follow
stag
sleuth
pry
nose around
make a diagnosis
explain
translate
rate
quantify
posit
contextualizeUS
rationalizeUS
philosophizeUS
valuate
rationaliseUK
foretell
philosophiseUK
forecast
take something on board
feel for
contextualiseUK
image
vision
envisage
feature
envision
describe
introspect
brainstorm
unravel
explicate
trail
be aware of the fact that
be conscious of the fact that
become conscious of the fact that
become aware of the fact that
forage for
chase down
shop for
untangle
disentangle
unriddle
absorb
see daylight
become conscious
get it
piece together
get to the bottom of
perceive the meaning of
break down
throw light on
take to mean
make head or tail of
ruminate
soul-search
self-reflect
reflect
reflect upon
shadow
unscramble
unfold
theorizeUS
hazard
recollect
remember
recall
calibrate
tail
dog
approximate
premise
certify
think up
opine
venture
esteem
get through one's head
stalk
chase
hound
predicate
prevision
call
daresay
imply
get the drift of
clear up
make heads or tails of
get your head round
foreknow
suggest
forefeel
run
course
flag
meditate
look inward
self-question
cast about for
hunt for
cast around for
consult
peruse
rack brains
problem-solve
conjure up
pick
guesstimate
theoriseUK
know again
put a name to
label
select
mark out
put the finger on
call to mind
formal
spoor
dare say
take a stab
make a guess at
hazard a guess
take a shot
think likely
be of the opinion
make an estimate of
jump to a conclusion
go out on a limb
take a shot at
form an opinion of
take a stab at
cook up
have a sneaking suspicion of
dare-say
make up your mind on
key out
decide on
settle on
key
card
tumble
bird-dog
put one's finger on
button down
tab
scour
monitor
get wind
trace back
study
get down pat
get down cold
look-see
get the hang of
canvas
comb
forage
mind
heed
surveil
inspect
pioneer
prospect
sift
probe
burrow
keep watch on
spy on
peer at
gaze at
look on
keep a weather eye on
keep a tab on
keep under observation
keep under scrutiny
pay attention to
keep an eye on
eagle-eye
keep tabs on
keep one's eye on
take a dekko at
keep under surveillance
watch like a hawk
keep a beady eye on
keep track of
take a shufti at
take a gander at
skirr
look around
give a once-over
go over with a fine-tooth comb
run reconnaissance
give the once-over
give a look-see
give a going-over
look up and down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To choose to take up, follow, or use
adopt
embrace
assume
espouse
accept
appropriate
approve
support
endorse
implement
ratify
use
utiliseUK
utilizeUS
affect
arrogate
choose
follow
maintain
select
adapt
back
borrow
sanction
validate
take on
okay
seize
agree to
consent to
opt for
rubber-stamp
OK
take up
engage in
go in for
pick up on
accede to
tap into
assent to
give something the go ahead
give something the green light
give something the thumbs up
go down the line
more ❯
Verb
▲
Take for temporary use
borrow
scrounge
obtain
gain
get
hire
attain
draw
procure
secure
access
have temporarily
lease
take
use temporarily
negotiate
pledge
rent
receive as a loan
take as a loan
touch someone for
ask for the loan of
hit up
raise money
take and return
accept loan of
have access to
make use of
run into debt
see one's uncle
sorn on someone for
give a note for
have a loan of
take on loan
sponge
use
charter
engage
loan
receive on loan
pay for the use of
Verb
▲
To take on a position, duty or form
assume
accept
undertake
bear
shoulder
handle
manage
take on
begin
don
embrace
take over
take up
deal with
take on oneself
set about
take responsibility
take responsibility for
attend to
embark upon
enter upon
take upon yourself
get to grips with
tackle
commence
engage in
take upon oneself
carry
sustain
adopt
appropriate
grab
bite off
address
confront
field
negotiate
pursue
buckle down to
cope with
turn your hand to
get to work at
try to cope with
peg away at
focus on
come to grips with
take a shot at
start on
get weaving on
apply oneself
try to deal with
take measures about
have a go
busy oneself with
settle down to
go for it
plug away at
take the bit between your teeth
square off
bang away at
hammer away at
step up to the plate
try to solve
apply oneself to
knuckle down to
turn to
dive into
try on for size
see to
wade in
throw oneself into
try to sort out
sink your teeth into
work on
take care of
start the ball rolling
go at
give a whirl
wade into
contend with
apply yourself to
give a try
get stuck into
pitch into
grapple with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To visit one or more shops, or websites, to buy goods
shop
buy
purchase
procure
get
hunt
look
market
obtain
go shopping
pick up
snap up
buy things
buy what one needs
do the marketing
do the shopping
get in supplies
look to buy
stock up
window-shop
be in the market
buy what one wants
go window-shopping
go on a spree
try to buy
buy groceries
go to the shops
Verb
▲
Gradually appear or develop
form
materialiseUK
materializeUS
appear
develop
crystalliseUK
crystallizeUS
grow
actualize
arise
begin
break
commence
crystalize
cultivate
dawn
emerge
engender
jell
loom
originate
rise
settle
solidify
spring
start
take shape
accumulate
show up
become visible
condense
eventuate
harden
mature
set
set in
shape up
spring up
come into being
come into existence
present itself
reveal itself
show itself
come into view
become a reality
fall into place
take on character
hap
pass
go down
be
go on
come down
descend
do
cook
be revealed
spread
flare up
show
burst forth
go
come into sight
end up
pour
have roots in
bechance
advance
become known
blow up
leak out
gush forth
mushroom
float up
start suddenly
stand up
take effect
be seen
derive from
succeed
become evident
ascend
hatch
roll out
bloom
boil over
extend
be discovered
reappear
rise up
be uncovered
recur
spread out
be transmitted
be emitted
well up
start off
become
be bred
be caused
be generated
action
shake
present
chance to happen
blossom
metamorphose
put in an appearance
see the light of day
become a fact
be taken
be got
soar
be rooted in
prove
follow from
develop out of
be an effect of
climb
have effect
be unearthed
play out
hail
come next
shake out
work out
finish up
conceive
roll up
become public
getup
overtake
live in
originate from
be from
happen suddenly
intervene
bedevil
enlarge
expand
generate
commence suddenly
befit
presage
flow from
grew up in
come out of
be attended by
follow on
occur abruptly
appear abruptly
be subsequent to
pick up
be descended
be derived
issue from
spring from
emanate from
swell
surge
spill over
broaden
deepen
be uttered
flame
ejaculate
pass off
stop
end
terminate
chance upon
have one's origin
be a direct result
spurt
gush
have its origins
be the consequence
be the result
smoke
naturaliseUK
increase
hit
vent
ooze
exude
have one's foundations
begin suddenly
be a consequence
naturalizeUS
change
be brought on by
be had
have its origin in
be due to
be consequent
have as an ancestor
be a descendant of
well
age
merge
cook up a storm
cook with gas
turn out from
bud
season
embark on
blaze up
explode
burst into
seep out
seep forth
flow out
pour forth
seep
pour out
ooze out
gush out
flow forth
ooze forth
draw on
have as a source
have its origins in
arise in
ripen
maturate
overflow
flower
broach
embody
instantiate
epitomizeUS
personify
body
personalizeUS
express
incorporate
externalizeUS
substantiate
circulate
leak
thrive
enter
trickle
rematerialize
be evident
resurface
expose
be within view
stand out
stick out
be apparent
flash
be visible
be in view
feature
reveal
catch the eye
debut
be obvious
prime
pullulate
be released
be announced
slip out
become common knowledge
get out
be made known
be brought out
be issued
prove to be the case
be disclosed
be divulged
be published
be made public
be promulgated
get around
come out in the wash
be exposed
be reported
come out in the open
vegetate
grow up
typify
pragmatize
personaliseUK
entify
epitomiseUK
visualizeUS
exteriorize
hypostatize
visualiseUK
personize
externaliseUK
corporealize
substantialize
burgeon
present oneself
expose itself
reach adulthood
come of age
push up
run riot
come to the surface
go up
come to the top
break the surface
pop in
manifest oneself
manifest yourself
reveal oneself
hove into view
make the scene
be present
wind up at
heave into view
show oneself
blow in
come true
be incarnate
become real
become concrete
become visual
reveal yourself
show one's face
make appearance
heave in sight
more ❯
Verb
▲
To lay by, to save
squirrel
accumulate
hoard
put aside
salt away
squirrel away
cache
collect
deposit
garner
gather
hide
keep
save
stash
stockpile
store
treasure
amass
buy up
lay away
lay up
pile up
put aside for rainy day
put by
scrimp
sock away
stow away
lay in
stow
reserve
lay aside
preserve
bank
keep in reserve
retain
conserve
hold
save up
pack
allocate
load
mound
put
stock
cull
pick up
withhold
mount up
earmark
stock up with
invest
secure
roll up
stack
hill
place
put down
hang on to
harvest
glean
add
pack away
hang onto
put together
put in storage
hold back
put aside for a rainy day
put by for a rainy day
spare
devote
dedicate
build up stocks
reap
muster
hold onto
tuck
lodge
increase
arrange
warehouse
mothball
budget
maintain
bunch
lock away
use sparingly
keep back
economize on
be frugal with
use economically
lay down
tidy away
get together
manage thriftily
save for rainy day
make a pile of
make a stack of
gather in
save for a rainy day
buildup
speculate
defer
squirrel something away
economizeUS
safeguard
lay something in
economiseUK
clear
multiply
snowball
posit
extract
consecrate
entrust
consign
tuck something away
rake up
keep on hand
array
cluster
jam
bundle
stuff
clean up
search out
huddle
house
tuck away
cram
make a killing
make a pile
keep out
set by
give up to
commit
wedge
put in
pay in
injure
confine
harm
hospitalizeUS
disable
pull in
add up
get hold of
group together
drift
rick
load up
amass supplies of
obtain a store of
hospitaliseUK
shove
secrete
lump together
bank up
make a heap of
put in the bank
plant
pack like sardines
top off
possess
pick
park
anthologize
augment
swell
layer
dump
hutch
reposit
bury
shelve
pack up
beat up
conceal
repress
file
stifle
put up
marshalUK
organizeUS
put in store
lock up
make a mound of
fill up
keep hold of
hold fast to
hold on to
keep possession of
retain possession of
put into storage
get in supplies of
tidy up
keep for oneself
set something by
hold in
cling to
contain
skimp
regulate
ingather
not part with
keep to yourself
collate
compose
systemize
systematizeUS
curb
bottle
guard
control
pluck
take in
collocate
record
edit
consolidate
register
list
colligate
recapitulate
abridge
unite
be careful with
keep intact
go easy on
ploughUK
cut
bring in
crop
plowUS
bin
mow
strip
harrow
systematiseUK
organiseUK
sort out
make up
marshallUS
set down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hire (somebody) for work or a job
take on
employ
hire
recruit
appoint
engage
place
enlist
enrolUK
enrollUS
sign
retain
accept
add
fee
pay
take
bring on board
sign on
sign up
obtain
get
put on the payroll
have on the payroll
contract
secure
take on board
take into service
secure the services of
take into employment
commission
assume
lay on
procure
select
reserve
draftUS
list
draughtUK
call up
assign
book
ink
register
admit
pick
authorizeUS
authoriseUK
delegate
truck with
put on
contract for
have in employment
conscript
induct
levy
gather
press
press-gang
conscribe
muster
lease
rent
designate
choose
charter
join
set
let
fix
establish
determine
bespeak
name
allot
specify
nominate
inscribe
serve
join up
decide
matriculate
settle on
detail
elect
ordain
constitute
decree
installUS
instalUK
decide on
fill a position
keep on the payroll
prearrange
take course
come on board
put your name down
become student
register for
subscribe
borrow
allow
sanction
permit
pay for the use of
utiliseUK
empower
exploit
promise
sublease
carry
occupy
pledge
sublet
utilizeUS
mobilizeUS
bring in
find help
give work
give a break
give job to
make use of
add to payroll
put to work
rally
raise
apprentice
indenture
vote in
brand
recognizeUS
declare
resolve
opt for
point to
pin down
figure
identify
cherry-pick
mark
peg
recogniseUK
conclude
single out
propose
announce
handpick
put down for
put finger on
settle upon
denote
tab
tag
classify
slot
volunteer
record
oblige
incorporate
initiate
mobiliseUK
attract
embody
hitch
interest
enter
solicit
call to arms
enter into
count on
press into service
arrange
impress
settle
shanghai
attach
agree
direct
accredit
finger
prescribe
tap
enjoin
command
crimp
attest
proselytizeUS
repossess
supply
strengthen
replenish
augment
refresh
reanimate
regain
better
headhunt
renew
recoup
reinforce
revive
muster in
deliver
gain
proselytiseUK
recuperate
improve
retrieve
repair
recover
restore
round up
store up
take in
build up
fill up
win over
find human resources
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To hold exclusive control of a market or supply
monopolizeUS
control
corner
engross
dominate
exercise
hog
absorb
bogart
cartelize
consume
copyright
devour
employ
exclude
exploit
have
hold
manage
own
patent
possess
restrain
sew up
syndicate
take over
use
utiliseUK
utilizeUS
gain control over
exercise control
gain dominance over
keep to yourself
lock up
own exclusively
sit on
take up
corner the market
exercise a monopoly over
have exclusive rights in
have sole rights in
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