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Verb
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To precisely state or describe the nature, scope, or meaning of
describe
state
explain
interpret
characteriseUK
characterizeUS
denote
detail
expound
express
elucidate
term
character
clarify
construe
denominate
depict
exemplify
explicate
illustrate
portray
represent
ascertain
formaliseUK
formalizeUS
label
name
assign
dub
entitle
etch
tag
translate
spell out
state precisely
express in words
lay it out
nail it down
put into words
call a spade a spade
give the meaning of
figure out
clear
answer
work out
get to the bottom of
fathom
convey
puzzle out
crack
emphasizeUS
develop
air
affirm
assert
find an answer to
talk about
suss out
pass on
articulate
emphasiseUK
proclaim
bring home
remark
verbalizeUS
relay
find a solution to
straighten
find the solution to
clean up
publicizeUS
advertise
advertize
verbaliseUK
speak about
make head or tail of
dope out
publiciseUK
crystallizeUS
come out with
bring out
understand
crystalliseUK
prove
explain in detail
explain to
abridge
expand
enucleate
make plainer
make simpler
voice
reduce
convert
release
advise
promulgate
exclaim
publish
make easy
reconcile
make more comprehensible
make easier to understand
make more intelligible
draw a picture
put forth
profess
opine
break
piece together
broadcast
attest
work
speak
remove the complexities from
boil down
make easier
make straightforward
get over
sound
vouch
argue
counsel
sew up
interpose
cut down
train
flash
evidence
pipe up with
weigh in
predicate
make out
riddle out
confess
admit
phrase
interject
vent
discover
manifest
preach
direct
patch up
evince
address
deliver
testify
purport
break it down
cut the frills
give utterance to
pass
modulate
intone
reduce to the bare bones
get down to basics
inculcate
school
make understood
put in a nutshell
get off
get to the meat
give voice to
underline
unjumble
inspire
comprehend
reason
shed
dissect
observe
reflect
anatomize
clinch
expound on
lick
penetrate
discourse
reword
dilate
appraise
amplify
expatiate
criticizeUS
straighten up
streamline
allegorize
suss
give details
ram home
shed light upon
rephrase
animadvert
allow
sum up
make see daylight
put two and two together
criticiseUK
editorialiseUK
editorializeUS
expand on
give a commentary on
get through
fix
rectify
get straight
add
chip in
point up
enlarge upon
tell why
popularizeUS
restate
recast
put over
transmit
blare
post
ventilate
placard
herald
table
blazon
trumpet
annunciate
blaze
put right
set right
deal with
throw in
put in two cents
contribute
declutter
brighten
show and tell
coach
cipherUS
dissolve
tidy up
cypherUK
tidy
make plausible
put away
arrange
make reasonable
sort
put to rights
iron out
populariseUK
metaphrase
transpose
tutor
have a say
give out
phonate
give expression to
submit
lay down
postulate
thrash out
hammer out
give the big picture
put into plain English
mentor
show the ropes
make easy to do
make easy to understand
make more accessible
make easier to do
answer for
give a reason for
give an explanation for
shorten
order
chasten
facilitate
disinvolve
prepare
give instructions
give the facts
drill
lecture
supervise
indoctrinate
give lessons
nurture
do into
dumb down
light up
talk
put in words of one syllable
reduce to essentials
state in layman's language
establish
confirm
belight
furnish
make bright
animate
flood
make visible
cast
vocalizeUS
corroborate
verify
put one straight
let daylight in
let sunlight in
clean it up
hit the high spots
claim
ratify
validate
support
back up
substantiate
bear witness
uphold
allege
asseverate
press
word
be a typical example of
be the embodiment of
body
serve as an example of
serve as a typical example of
be representative of
showcase
register
reinforce
certify
bear out
project
endorse
prescribe
point
mutter
contend
protest
propose
spout
blurt
plead
chatter
repeat
cry
maintain
shout
enounce
spill
avouch
mouth
aver
orate
mumble
submit proof
authenticate
give substance to the fact that
witness to the fact that
witness
flag up
document
submit evidence
make evident
testify to
establish evidence
produce evidence
demonstrate the truth
produce proof
sustain
show beyond doubt
retell
chirp
signal
perorate
make public
swear
yammer
pipe
read
blab
give away
spiel
soliloquize
vocaliseUK
whisper
throw out
drawl
jaw
yak
regurgitate
lip
gab
gas
stress
sound out
murmur
pop off
declaim
let on
liberate
disengage
extricate
free
disembarrass
put
imply
find the answer to
find the key to
apprise
update
familiarizeUS
fill in
acquaint
hip
verse
make aware
give the lowdown
explain the situation to
open up
imitate
put wise
catch up
let know
give information to
put on to
cause to understand
save
inspirit
tip off
bring up to speed
let in on
catechize
give details to
uplift
persuade
give faith
familiariseUK
bring up to date
explain the circumstances to
give the word
wise up
describe the state of affairs to
more ❯
“The event will seek to define modern-day issues related to health as broadly as possible.”
Verb
▲
To mark out the boundary or limits of
bound
demarcate
establish
circumscribe
delimit
determine
fix
decide
limit
specify
classify
delineate
designate
identify
outline
settle
stipulate
demark
distinguish
prescribe
set
compass
confine
detail
mark
border
encircle
enclose
encompass
envelop
terminate
belt
curb
edge
flank
gird
girdle
rim
surround
verge
lay down
mark off
mark out
set out
fence in
stake out
wall in
set bounds to
set the boundaries of
set the limits of
more ❯
“The law doesn't explicitly define the boundaries between sharing and commerce.”
Verb
▲
To physical delineate the outline of
outline
delineate
trace
sketch
pencil
silhouette
delimit
draw
demarcate
chart
mark off
draftUS
draughtUK
mark the boundaries of
mark the limits of
describe
depict
border
plot
edge
bound
measure out
mark out
rough out
draw the lines of
etch
stake out
limn
draw round
paint
frame
formulate
prepare
arrange
project
graph
organizeUS
illustrate
compose
calculate
model
devise
organiseUK
cast
contrive
form
make a diagram of
choreograph
budget
work out
shape
create
suggest
caricature
produce
strategize about
scheme out
feature
invent
fashion
envisage
visualizeUS
vision
visualiseUK
conceive
envision
survey
trace out
plot out
draw plans of
locate
think through
programmeUK
think out
write
compute
programUS
map something out
profile
mock up
craft
crayon
engrave
forge
rough
concoct
manufacture
make
fabricate
colorUS
colourUK
rough something out
scheme
make a diagram
make a drawing
tabulate
do drawings
give a brief idea of
estimate
forecast
predict
document
register
lay plans
execute
achieve
dope out
accomplish
perform
strategize
fulfillUS
construct
lay
effect
fulfilUK
reckon
expect
suppose
extrapolate
gaugeUK
purpose
contemplate
predetermine
make a chart of
see
think
imagine
gageUS
foresee
foretell
anticipate
present
embody
display
capture
highlight
mirror
symboliseUK
photograph
exemplify
evoke
spotlight
express
symbolizeUS
manifest
exhibit
conceptualizeUS
ostend
typify
vivify
demonstrate
sculpt
limelight
instantiate
epitomizeUS
perceive
view
generate
epitomiseUK
show
interpret
conceit
conceptualiseUK
snap
give a picture of
paint a picture of
conceive of
conjure up a picture of
more ❯
“Heavy lines delineate swooping curves that define a vertical, multicolored form.”
Verb
▲
To classify as
identify
classify
categoriseUK
categorizeUS
label
brand
consider
describe
distinguish
grade
index
mark
regard
type
class
compartmentaliseUK
compartmentalizeUS
designate
group
peg
specify
stamp
sticker
tab
tag
typecast
catalogueUK
characteriseUK
characterizeUS
catalogUS
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have a great influence on, or determine the nature of
shape
form
develop
affect
fashion
influence
moldUS
mouldUK
create
determine
frame
guide
produce
adapt
make
model
build
condition
construct
devise
regulate
remodel
chart
choreograph
convert
design
grow
modify
become
lay out
map out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To convey or express in a particular way or manner
formulate
express
articulate
state
couch
frame
phrase
say
word
detail
specify
utter
particulariseUK
particularizeUS
render
verbaliseUK
verbalizeUS
voice
clothe
communicate
convey
put
systematiseUK
systematizeUS
designate
indicate
itemiseUK
itemizeUS
codify
get across
get over
give voice to
put across
put over
give expression to
put into words
give form to
blaze
post
release
flash
placard
notify
blast
show
pass the word
blazon abroad
call
noise abroad
report
propagate
toot
tout
preconize
bark
issue
extol
decree
shout something from the rooftops
bruit about
ring out
drum
sound loudly
signal
promote
hawk
call out
speak of
name
pass round
troll
puff
hype
preach
crack up
bruit
outline
postulate
clarify
develop
phonate
make official
transmit
endorse
tweet
put out
spring
distribute
spread around
issue a statement about
give notice of
run off at mouth
read out
scatter
diffuse
disperse
dissipate
boom
sow
resound
honk
thunder
strew
radiate
disject
scream
bellow
put on the air
put about
pass on
bruit abroad
put on the airwaves
clamourUK
hoot
reverberate
shriek
clang
peal
screech
make a racket
sound out
bray
clamorUS
protest
blaze abroad
exhibit
shoot off mouth
get on a soapbox
ostend
spread it around
spout
stump
evince
evidence
shout from the housetops
shout out
illustrate
spiel
state publicly
mark
more ❯
Verb
▲
To understand or interpret the nature, meaning or significance of
read
interpret
construe
understand
apprehend
discern
take
assimilate
comprehend
decipher
grasp
appreciate
cognize
decode
explain
fathom
follow
see
translate
compass
discover
explicate
get
register
recogniseUK
recognizeUS
figure out
make out
make sense of
work out
break down
conceive of
suss out
take to mean
throw light on
dope out
perceive the meaning of
piece together
puzzle out
sort out
get to the bottom of
make head or tail of
perceive
sense
savvy
intuit
know
catch
twig
behold
dig
tumble to
catch on to
realizeUS
grok
take in
cotton on to
realiseUK
detect
conceive
distinguish
seize
identify
divine
observe
crack
unravel
get the picture
cotton to
make
learn
notice
note
ascertain
be aware of
descry
solve
pick up
suss
get to know
get the message
feel
untangle
determine
spot
find
catch on
find out
get the hang of
pick up on
unfold
tell
absorb
become aware of
come to know
latch on to
get the drift of
decrypt
analyzeUS
think
analyseUK
penetrate
suspect
disentangle
espy
eye
sight
unriddle
unscramble
remark
witness
diagnose
spy
get the idea
get it
become cognizant of
digest
become conscious of
keep up with
hit on
have a hunch
size up
see the light
get a load of
get one's head around
get the drift
look at
be conscious of
be cognizant of
break
imagine
guess
reveal
establish
conclude
figure
unearth
decide
track down
verify
scent
glimpse
apperceive
smell
elucidate
uncover
ferret out
confirm
eyeball
have knowledge of
cotton on
slang
anticipate
track
turn up
get the point of
pick out
get vibes
envisage
come upon
run down
take on board
get a fix on
dig up
dig out
find the key to
find the answer to
pin down
root out
get the impression
rout out
catch sight of
make clear
fathom out
scare up
feel in bones
have an aha moment
hunt up
hunt down
feel in gut
scout up
dredge up
be with it
nose out
have a feeling
hit upon
resolve
demystify
get one's mind around
descramble
accept
have
add up
contrive
get the message about
get the picture about
make intelligible
clear up
find the solution
crack the code
do
riddle
envision
parse
have a handle on
click with
get the idea of
differentiate
discriminate
difference
separate
secern
possess
watch
get the point
tap into
attend
presuppose
suppose
assume
hypothesizeUS
theorizeUS
conjecture
postulate
presume
acknowledge
make a distinction
tell apart
extricate
get wise to
discrepate
make distinction
see through
focus
rubberneck
tell the difference
severalize
foresee
know by sight
mark
acquire
ken
take meaning
master
take on
fix
settle
philosophiseUK
opine
venture
hypothesiseUK
theoriseUK
expound
encipher
cipherUS
spell
cypherUK
render
be a witness
flash on
be on the scene
look on at
be a witness to
be on hand
be present
pipe
look on
be present at
pierce
pick up what someone is putting down
see daylight
make sense
see the light about
latch on
wrap one's mind around
see into
get your head round
be aware
be familiar with
be au fait with
uncipher
check
speculate
appraise
fancy
adjudge
evaluate
philosophizeUS
suggest
expect
assess
find the key
bring out
pinpoint
look-see
get down pat
double-check
check up on
make certain of
make sure
peg
wise up
make certain
get on to
check out
get down cold
be wise to
diagnosticate
taste
are aware of
take account
weigh up
sum up
ween
hold
credit
determinate
be alert to
just know
get the impression of
have a funny feeling
come across
rummage
get an eyeful of
focus on
feel in your bones
catch the drift
flash
feature
copy
pin
smoke out
search out
stumble across
light on
happen upon
localiseUK
light upon
get at
chance on
hook
trip over
localizeUS
meet with
lay your hands on
strike
sniff out
smell out
come up with
run to earth
lay one's hands on
locate
trace
bring to light
zero in on
stumble on
get vibrations
feel in one's bones
more ❯
Verb
▲
Set the mood
set the tone
establish a mood
establish the mood
set the mood
Verb
▲
Find or identify with great accuracy or precision
pinpoint
identify
distinguish
find
spot
discover
locate
determine
diagnose
recogniseUK
recognizeUS
detect
finger
ID
name
single out
determinate
isolate
pick out
pin down
place
track down
nail down
run to earth
home in on
put your finger on
zero in on
get a fix on
make out
discern
get a load of
eyeball
watch
set eyes on
take in
clap eyes on
survey
lay eyes on
check out
inspect
examine
gaze at
contemplate
scan
scrutinizeUS
get a glimpse of
stare at
heed
study
scrutiniseUK
take a dekko at
check
become aware of
have sight of
pay attention to
case
recce
dig
rubberneck
peer at
take a gander at
follow
glance at
look on
take a shufti at
explore
flash
reconnoitreUK
difference
secern
gawp at
reconnoiterUS
tell
take note of
have a gander at
mind
have a squint at
have a dekko at
keep a weather eye on
take notice of
get an eyeful of
watch like a hawk
sense
consider
gaze upon
scent
monitor
smell
taste
size up
recon
scout
pipe
spy out
pay heed to
surveil
stake out
look for
take note
nose around
be aware of
twig
discrepate
keep watch on
spy on
have a shufti at
give something a once-over
keep under observation
keep under scrutiny
peep at
peek at
keep under surveillance
keep an eye on
make a distinction
become conscious of
keep tabs on
eagle-eye
feast your eyes on
keep a tab on
tell the difference
pore over
gape at
keep a beady eye on
focus on
have a look-see
scope out
apprehend
disclose
decry
get a view of
decide between
make a distinction between
tell the difference between
feel
sniff
see briefly
give attention to
apperceive
attend
take heed of
gawk at
glare at
pick up
beware
ogle at
get a sight of
give the once over
leer at
make eyes at
take stock of
concentrate on
take a butcher's at
ogle
take a gander
get an eyeful
focus
fathom
foresee
severalize
anticipate
hear
turn
ruminate
deliberate
cogitate
question
meditate
revolve
perpend
debate
entertain
weigh
look over
become cognizant of
have
peruse
reflect
state
comment
say
contrast
be a witness
be on the scene
look on at
be present
be present at
be a witness to
be on hand
see over
gape
kick around
wrestle with
take a glance at
chew over
mull over
leer
see through
make distinction
declare
be shown over
review
spectate
rubberneck at
give someone a once-over
understand
differentialize
oversee
scope
check something out
gaze
believe
audit
canvass
stare
overlook
assess
beam
take a look
think over
have a look
keep eagle eye on
give the eye
think about
get wise to
get the picture
see the light
antithesiseUK
set off
discern a difference
comprehend
know what's what
antithesizeUS
split hairs
see a difference
draw a distinction
give something the once-over
earmark
keep one's eye on
keep track of
meddle
eavesdrop
search
peep
stag
research
sleuth
pry
announce
check over
have a look-see at
eagle eye
opine
interject
animadvert
interpose
assert
feast eyes on
probe
work undercover
poke around
listen in
fish out
secretly follow
crack
speak
commentate
wisecrack
utter
feast one's eyes
run reconnaissance
make a survey of
look out for
take a shufti round
see how the land lies
take a look at
make a reconnaissance of
case the joint
scout around
seek
find out the lie of the land
rustle up
look around
scout out
make a reconnaissance
search for
make a recce of
pass comment
take notice
mouth off
come out with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To confine or keep within certain limits
restrict
limit
confine
regulate
circumscribe
bound
cap
contain
control
fix
hamper
moderate
curb
demarcate
ration
specify
bind
chain
constrain
constrict
contract
decrease
delimit
delimitate
demark
diminish
encircle
enclose
hold down
inclose
inhibit
modify
narrow
prelimit
qualify
reduce
repress
restrain
shorten
shrink
surround
temper
tether
impose limits on
set limits on
bottle up
clip someone's wings
cool down
cut down on
hang up
hold back
keep under control
keep within bounds
pin down
put away
send up
shut in
come down on
hem in
keep within limits
put on ice
put a ceiling on
keep a tight rein on
suppress
subdue
tame
impede
muzzle
retard
rein in
discipline
hold in
smother
stifle
silence
bite back
fight back
muffle
gag
strangle
swallow
keep back
deter
measure
keep
keep in check
rule
choke back
hobble
entrammel
ice
bit
tie
refrain
deny
scrub
clog
hog-tie
curtail
manacle
abstain
pull in
cook
shackle
slow down
withhold
leash
put a limit on
button up
box in
put the brakes on
cut back
tie up
cool off
keep lid on
stem the flow of
keep a lid on
keep tight rein on
bring to screeching halt
more ❯
Verb
▲
To place, lay or set firmly in surrounding matter
entrench
lodge
root
embed
establish
plant
set
fix
instalUK
installUS
seat
settle
anchor
ensconce
implant
ingrain
bed
engrain
enroot
imbed
impact
fortify
station
cement
confirm
consolidate
fence
found
ground
infix
protect
strengthen
construct defences
dig trenches
dig in
hole up
fit
site
build
impose
institute
put in
print
put up
stamp
slap
inscribe
designate
offset
put in position
outfit
sow the seeds of
rig
reside
dwell
post
squat
stand
inhabit
din in
drum in
implement
kit out
rig out
fit out
hang one's hat
rest
predicate
support
focus
construct
sustain
stay
hinge
rear
bottom
induct
instate
invest
initiate
inaugurate
baptizeUS
depend
plonk
allocate to
attribute to
assign to
furnish
baptiseUK
line
attach to
impute to
ascribe to
set in place
settle down
fix up
build in
settle in
bed in
more ❯
Verb
▲
Be very economical or mean about spending or providing something
stint
limit
begrudge
economiseUK
economizeUS
restrict
save
scrimp
skimp on
withhold
be mean
hold back
scrimp on
be economical with
be sparing with
confine
economize on
grudge
hold back on
penny-pinch
pinch
pinch pennies
restrain
scrape
skimp
spare
squirrel
stash
be frugal with
be mean with
be mingy
be niggardly with
be parsimonious with
be sparing
be mingy with
be stingy
be stingy with
be tight-fisted with
be tight with
cut corners
roll back
sock away
tighten belt
be frugal
be parsimonious
go easy on
make ends meet
save for rainy day
spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
earmark
trim
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Verb
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Be situated along or around the edge of
skirt
border
fringe
edge
flank
line
abut
adjoin
bound
frame
join
margin
neighbourUK
neighborUS
rim
touch
border on
hem
hug
march with
surround
verge
verge on
lie alongside
lie along
butt against
butt on
encircle
enclose
decorate
be adjacent to
meet
be contiguous with
connect
connect with
couple with
butt up to
butt up against
ring
encompass
girdle
reach
annexUS
converge
attach to
combine with
append
communicate with
annexeUK
unite with
extend to
butt
link to
link with
converge with
affix to
impinge on
link up with
be connected to
lie beside
be contiguous to
be close to
follow
screen
wall
book-end
approach
tiptoe
shape
be alongside
environ
engird
gird
compass
be situated along
extend
pick your way
rejoin
approximate
be contiguous
be near
be nearby
be adjacent
neighbour on
bound on
touch on
lie
link
be at hand
trench on
lie near
open into
lie next to
contact
brush
interconnect with
connect to
extend as far as
graze
hit
be against
strike
come together with
come into contact with
push against
be up against
make contact with
be in contact with
impinge upon
impinge
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The edge of a piece of cloth or clothing which has been turned under and sewn
hem
edge
border
edging
fringe
margin
trimming
borderline
bound
boundary
brim
circumference
compass
confines
end
frame
perimeter
periphery
rim
skirt
skirting
trim
verge
flounce
frill
valance
brink
piping
selvage
limit
boundary line
demarcation
restriction
bounding line
flank
restraint
scalloping
end point
pinking
scallop
constraint
divider
embankment
partition line
cusp
fence
farthest point
parameter
crossover
partition
maximum
hand
depth
check
control
brake
rein
confinement
stricture
damper
fetter
trammel
bridle
levee
restrainer
hindrance
watershed
distinction
precipice
marchland
detail
purl
ring-fence
mount
mantle
finality
absolute
conclusion
crossing point
connection
end of the line
deterrent
outer fringe
farthest reach
link
furthest bound
beading
condition
flare
labrum
overlap
projection
spout
labium
nozzle
retardant
clampdown
suppressant
crackdown
interface
chain
harness
suburbs
suburbia
quarter
thigh
loin
curtailment
regulation
vicinity
containment
constrainment
inhibition
constriction
perspective
haunch
hip
barrio
outlying districts
faubourg
banlieue
faubourgs
sphere
cramp
repression
ham
bedroom community
surrounding district
surrounding area
sticks
purlieu
suburb
cutoff point
upper limit
tops
height
minimum
pole
ken
stretch
outlook
prospect
perception
pleuron
zenith
pinnacle
nadir
realm
excess
acuteness
apogee
acme
climax
consummation
skysill
field of vision
distance
vanishing point
range of experience
remote
vertex
last
ultimate
extremes
furthest point
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