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Adjective
Having authority to conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of a state, organization, or people
Directing
Serving to repress or suppress
Noun
The process or activity of running a business, organization, etc
The act of keeping something in a safe or entire state
Verb
Present participle for to direct, handle, control, or be in charge of
Present participle for to control or determine
Present participle for conduct oneself, especially with regard to controlling one's emotions
Present participle for to cause a profound effect
Present participle for to limit or restrict
Present participle for influence to believe something
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Adjective
▲
Having authority to conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of a state, organization, or people
controlling
ruling
absolute
administrative
ascendant
authoritative
commanding
conducting
determining
directing
dominant
dominating
executive
gubernatorial
guiding
influential
magisterial
mastering
ordering
overseeing
presidential
regulatory
restraining
superintending
supervisory
supreme
predominant
leading
superior
chief
foremost
presiding
prime
principal
reigning
premier
central
sovereign
top
preeminent
prevailing
grand
primary
regnant
managerial
prominent
main
cardinal
supereminent
highest
first
overriding
paramount
key
directorial
head
major
in charge
overbearing
powerful
supervising
predominate
lead
prevalent
regulative
transcendent
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greatest
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preponderant
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primal
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number one
numero uno
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organizational
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bureaucratic
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jurisdictional
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more ❯
“The
governing
coalition.”
Adjective
▲
Directing
managing
directing
administering
admonishing
advising
controlling
executing
guiding
handling
husbanding
inspecting
leading
operating
organising
UK
organizing
US
overseeing
piloting
regulating
steering
superintending
supervising
ordering
conducting
serving
finishing
transacting
moving
sustaining
using
wielding
accomplishing
practicing
US
performing
maintaining
revolving
driving
turning
fulfilling
manipulating
spinning
determining
contriving
practising
UK
at work
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Serving to repress or suppress
repressive
severe
tough
undemocratic
authoritarian
coercive
despotic
dictatorial
harsh
oppressive
tyrannical
anti-democratic
autocratic
fascist
totalitarian
tyrannous
absolute
brutal
cruel
dominating
draconian
iron-fisted
strict
suppressive
constraining
exploitive
forbidding
illiberal
prohibiting
restrictive
restraining
domineering
imperious
overbearing
high-handed
peremptory
autarchic
arbitrary
bossy
monocratic
masterful
tyrannic
autocratical
overweening
authoritative
czarist
tsarist
one-party
dogmatic
rigid
ruthless
arrogant
absolutist
inflexible
heavy-handed
unlimited
demanding
magisterial
ironhanded
unjust
fascistic
doctrinaire
inhuman
unyielding
all-powerful
dystopian
merciless
summary
haughty
uncontrolled
mean
willful
wilful
iron-handed
pushy
commanding
dominant
cocky
high and mighty
disciplinarian
unaccountable
unconstitutional
single-party
monolithic
Stalinist
communist
totalistic
total
unrestrained
autarchical
subjugating
controlling
officious
autonomous
downright
throwing one's weight about
overpowering
pushing
driving
czarlike
no joke
flat-out
no ifs ands or buts
straight out
omnipotent
almighty
invincible
supreme
pre-eminent
heavy
unreasonable
overwhelming
burdensome
crushing
unconquerable
bullying
lordly
Neronian
pitiless
murderous
trying
onerous
stiff
excruciating
rough
bitter
unfair
hard
hardhanded
punitive
rugged
inexorable
grim
relentless
searing
grievous
disheartening
gloomy
backbreaking
discouraging
weighty
sombre
UK
exacting
hefty
dismal
depressive
troubling
dispiriting
superincumbent
bleak
worrying
distressing
troublesome
stressful
exigent
somber
US
taxing
depressing
confining
headache
huffish
self-asserting
pompous
huffy
high-hat
bumptious
stiff-necked
pretentious
hifalutin
superior
toploftical
uppish
lofty
self-assertive
supercilious
chesty
assumptive
high-and-mighty
uppity
presumptuous
important
cavalier
highfalutin
toplofty
presuming
sniffy
rough going
pushful
inconsiderate
nationalist
xenophobic
militarist
nationalistic
jingoistic
Mosleyite
chauvinist
isolationist
corporatist
corporativist
racist
Falangist
Francoist
neo-fascist
extreme right-wing
far rightist
anti-Semitic
far right-wing
ultra-right
most high
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process or activity of running a business, organization, etc
administration
control
direction
management
conduct
government
running
handling
supervision
superintendence
charge
command
directing
operation
overseeing
oversight
regulation
conducting
guidance
managing
care
commanding
controlling
governance
performance
regulating
stewardship
superintendency
administering
intendance
leadership
supervising
execution
orchestrating
orchestration
presidency
regiment
manipulation
organisation
UK
organization
US
rule
coordination
ruling
maintenance
headship
inspection
monitoring
policing
surveillance
arrangement
ordering
adaptation
codification
classification
alteration
reorganisation
UK
systematisation
UK
standardization
US
settlement
regimentation
reorganization
US
organising
UK
systematization
US
reconciliation
responsibility for
standardisation
UK
moderation
organizing
US
planning
custody
keeping
guardianship
protection
auspices
tutelage
aegis
ward
wardship
authority
strategy
treatment
logistics
employment
patronage
masterminding
structuring
influence
use
safe keeping
working out
keep
trust
scheduling
safekeeping
preparation
formation
power
responsibility
trusteeship
transaction
outlining
regime
ministration
manoeuvring
UK
maneuvering
US
synchronization
US
plans
preparations
development
check
negotiation
sway
tactics
groundwork
custodianship
prosecution
conclusion
clinching
plan
synchronisation
UK
designing
devising
provision
law
executive
projection
regimen
polity
bureaucracy
statecraft
dominion
domination
ministry
utilization
US
application
politics
protectorship
jurisdiction
carrying out
forecasting
drafting
working
hammering out
usage
discharge
empire
thrashing out
hands
powers-that-be
choreography
utilisation
UK
political practice
stage management
headmastership
engineering
approach
instruction
upkeep
selection
categorization
guard
preparing
mastery
containment
lap
prearrangement
predominanc
dealing
reins
making
comanagement
codirection
generalship
coadministration
procedure
coping with
housekeeping
establishment
construction
settling
orderliness
policy
statesmanship
diplomacy
curation
formulation
assembly
assembling
methodology
parenting
enactment
efficiency
structure
mothering
adjustment
fathering
wielding
provision of care
looking after
possession
preservation
thoroughness
red tape
hand
thrall
escrow
productiveness
resourcefulness
productivity
tuning
modulation
agreement
accomplishment
watch
salvation
conservation
observation
say-so
arranging
brokering
design
sovereignty
effectualness
efficacy
leading
guiding
steering
state
forethought
completion
predominance
regency
setting
balancing
time management
appliance
play
exercise
operating
functioning
performing
adoption
implementation
the feds
cabinet
directorate
council
consumption
incumbency
bringing off
bringing about
pulling off
applying
Uncle Sam
setting up
harmonization
US
matching
usance
exertion
deployment
capitalization
mobilisation
UK
mobilization
US
discussing the terms of
governing body
top brass
powers that be
harmonisation
UK
bringing together
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of keeping something in a safe or entire state
conservation
preservation
saving
protection
upkeep
custody
safeguarding
guardianship
guarding
keeping
maintenance
preserving
safekeeping
care
conservancy
conserving
husbandry
preserval
protecting
sustainment
sustentation
charge
salvation
stewardship
supervision
cherishing
keep
management
managing
supervising
control
storage
looking after
safe keeping
keeping alive
keeping going
keeping up
careful management
care and feeding
support
continuation
upholding
perpetuation
servicing
ward
service
repair
repairs
aftercare
defence
UK
prolongation
sustaining
defense
US
continuance
subsistence
sustenance
guard
custodianship
trusteeship
trust
surveillance
observation
improvement
continuity
retainment
running
sustention
safety
security
carrying-on
carrying on
tutelage
auspices
wardship
aegis
food
board
evaporation
safeguard
shield
tanning
refrigeration
responsibility
superintendence
hands
possession
guidance
means
nurture
living
livelihood
escrow
nourishment
reprieve
watch
moment
store
liability
account
lifeline
relief
board and lodging
kai
help
recovery
regulation
superintendency
administration
direction
government
oversight
governance
intendance
headship
handling
operation
protectorship
presidency
patronage
inspection
ministration
shelter
refuge
conduct
leadership
command
check
wardenship
caretaking
tutorship
tutelarity
parenting
mothering
fathering
lap
provision of care
overseeing
cover
reassurance
insurance
assurance
certainty
egis
umbrella
championship
providence
good hands
manipulation
mastery
sway
containment
safe haven
reins
comanagement
generalship
codirection
coadministration
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to direct, handle, control, or be in charge of
controlling
ruling
commanding
conducting
directing
guiding
leading
managing
administering
overseeing
supervising
presiding over
running
superintending
handling
ordering
regulating
heading
dominating
hegemonizing
swaying
administrating
bossing
captaining
keeping
operating
overlooking
piloting
reigning over
steering
stewarding
tending
exercising control over
having control of
carrying on
executing
overruling
presiding
reigning
rendering
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
assuming command
calling the tune
carrying out
exercising authority
heading up
holding dominion
holding office
holding sway
holding sway over
occupying throne
calling the signals
pulling the strings
serving the people
wearing the crown
being in the driving seat
laying down the law
calling the shots
organizing
US
organising
UK
running the show
quarterbacking
looking after
influencing
being responsible for
chairing
domineering
being in the saddle
being in charge
orchestrating
running things
masterminding
mastering
taking care of
dictating
moderating
watching
ruling the roost
caring for
having charge of
taking over
officiating
sitting on top of
curbing
restraining
coordinating
checking
bridling
spearheading
taming
taking charge of
keeping an eye on
riding herd on
containing
helming
constraining
taking the helm
inhibiting
maintaining
minding
predominating
inspecting
holding
advising
watching over
tending to
reining in
pulling in
holding the reins
prevailing over
calling the shots in
having authority over
taking the chair
manipulating
skippering
subjugating
manoeuvring
UK
maneuvering
US
conquering
determining
measuring
oppressing
engineering
ministering
ordaining
chaperoning
holding power
attending
disciplining
observing
micromanaging
ruling over
calling
taking the reins
attending to
having authority
holding down
keeping tabs on
calling the tune in
dealing with
judging
mediating
taking charge
cracked the whip
monitoring
taking the chair of
limiting
methodizing
tempering
policing
systematizing
US
legislating
adapting
reconciling
fronting
taking
modulating
standardizing
US
owning
subduing
subjecting
marshaling
US
marshalling
UK
guarding
setting
overpowering
affecting
wielding
monopolizing
US
driving
bullying
vanquishing
sitting
preponderating
regimenting
instructing
shepherding
overshadowing
monopolising
UK
standardising
UK
systematising
UK
protecting
acting
exercising power
occupying the throne
overbearing
assuming command of
umpiring
officiating at
refereeing
leading the way
sitting on the throne
having power
having influence
walking all over
wearing the trousers
baby-sitting
bossing about
bossing around
calling the play
having the upper hand
pulling the wires
riding roughshod over
wielding the sceptre
doing the honors
keeping under thumb
having the upper hand over
hosting
introducing
arbitrating
seeing
calling the shots of
assuming command over
facilitating
having
surveying
disposing
occupying
wielding baton
officering
coaching
having power over
having control over
tilling
adjusting
managing people
eyeing
keeping up
having the say
funnelling
UK
coxswaining
trailblazing
beaconing
contriving
funneling
US
navigating
channeling
US
channelling
UK
pointing
allocating
serving
emceeing
shielding
safeguarding
defending
superabounding
herding
sorting out
ministering to
taking in hand
having command over
controlling the affairs of
maintaining order
lording over
taking control of
adjudicating
taking the reins of
exercising authority over
dictating terms
pointing in the right direction
putting on the right track
seeing to
keeping one's eye on
fielding
addressing
negotiating
holding dominion over
being responsible
wielding power
hacking
calling the shots on
prevailing
pushing
bending to your will
functioning
carrying out official duties
performing official duties
plying
working
treating
giving heed to
looking out for
looking over
minding the store
balancing
having a handle on
browbeating
restricting
taking forward
pressurizing
US
railroading
bulldozing
engaging in
calling upon
outweighing
having the edge
having the ascendancy
pressurising
UK
pacing
leaning on
overriding
having the greatest influence
giving orders
lording it over
holding the whip hand
ordering around
telling someone what to do
ordering about
throwing your weight around
giving orders to
having the whip hand
using strong-arm tactics on
trying to control
decreeing
intimidating
telling
getting the upper hand
carrying weight
carrying most weight
eclipsing
subordinating
overcoming
prescribing
bewielding
besteering
outshining
pacifying
puppeteering
imposing
pronouncing
enjoining
defeating
beating
suppressing
demanding
establishing
mandating
laying down
deciding
promulgating
pushing about
pushing around
quelling
licking
quashing
having ascendancy over
choosing
setting out
setting down
arranging
trampling on
ruling the roost in
having mastery over
having the whip hand over
leading by the nose
having one's way
having upper hand
having the upper hand in
playing first fiddle
shaping
bidding
stating
charging
legalising
UK
normalizing
US
normalising
UK
classifying
squaring
settling
legalizing
US
readjusting
rectifying
fixing
fitting
having someone in the palm of one's hand
having something in the palm of one's hand
having someone in one's hip pocket
having someone eating out of one's hand
holding the purse strings
holding purse strings
having a hold over
pushing buttons
surmounting
repressing
besting
dispatching
triumphing over
overmatching
stopping
reading the riot act
having a bearing on
putting your foot down
walking heavy
getting
upending
checking up on
gaining control of
winning against
doing down
skunking
worsting
getting the better of
getting over
getting a grip on
gaining mastery over
getting around
making conform
keeping a beady eye on
pulling things together
putting in order
keeping a tab on
plotting
doing
devising
scheming
performing
framing
wangling
coping with
tackling
implementing
finagling
planning
machinating
discharging
fixing up
undertaking
concocting
dealing
finessing
constructing
creating
designing
effectuating
bringing about
stage-managing
effecting
setting up
conning
pulling off
moving
rigging
jockeying
swinging
coming up with
working out
seeing about
getting together
commandeering
calling the tune for
counseling
US
counselling
UK
juggling
easing
edging
grasping
fitting in
contending with
grappling with
behaving towards
acting towards
taking on
applying
approaching
attacking
conducting oneself towards
delivering
enforcing
issuing
turning
twisting
positioning
administering to
achieving
bestowing
inflicting
going
behaving
responding
accomplishing
outnumbering
exacting
causing
enacting
prosecuting
circumnavigating
reigning supreme
cruising
sailing
ferrying
doling out
meting out
dispensing
boating
acquiting oneself
appearing on stage
acquitting itself
concluding
originating
manufacturing
fabricating
detracting from
mounting
choreographing
mobilizing
US
riding out
shipping out
taking the helm of
heading out
bringing off
staging
encompassing
transacting
putting together
concerting
buttoning up
buttoning down
hammering out
wrapping up
thrashing out
doing business
sewing up
running with the ball
inventing
angling
conceiving
doctoring
putting on
mobilising
UK
upstaging
scamming
planting
cooking
formulating
putting one over
pulling strings
playing games
putting over
putting through
pulling wires
improvising
excogitating
hatching
cooking up
thinking up
procuring
dreaming up
drumming up
making
making up
projecting
trumping up
causing to happen
becasting
whipping up
laying out
forging
vamping
vamping up
forming
throwing together
hitting upon
fashioning
casting about
more ❯
“It was a time of considerable turmoil in the cities and it was to
govern
the state with a fair, but at the same time, a firm hand.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to control or determine
controlling
regulating
ruling
deciding
determining
checking
containing
restraining
curbing
directing
inhibiting
swaying
taming
bridling
conditioning
dictating
forming
influencing
mastering
affecting
constraining
disciplining
guiding
holding
keeping
measuring
molding
US
moulding
UK
shaping
subduing
altering
modifying
touching
underlying
acting on
disposing
inclining
predisposing
pulling in
reining in
shepherding
working on
exerting influence on
impacting on
being a factor in
having an effect on
holding in check
having an impact on
keeping a tight rein on
getting the better of
transforming
changing
biasing
US
biassing
UK
impacting
striking
forecasting
manipulating
converting
shifting
adjusting
amending
reshaping
impinging upon
bearing upon
infecting
hitting
attacking
striking at
taking hold of
interacting with
more ❯
“Complex laws and regulations
govern
the cancellation of debts once soldiers leave the service, he said.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for conduct oneself, especially with regard to controlling one's emotions
bridling
checking
controlling
curbing
restraining
constraining
containing
subduing
holding back
keeping back
keeping in check
reining in
keeping a tight rein on
taming
repressing
suppressing
mastering
inhibiting
regulating
stifling
moderating
toning down
overcoming
holding
measuring
ruling
keeping
licking
pulling in
keeping a lid on
keeping under control
reining back
conquering
smothering
tempering
mitigating
calming
softening
quelling
disciplining
mellowing
arresting
nipping in the bud
getting the better of
keeping the lid on
reining
biting back
beating
withholding
keeping control of
keeping on a string
solving
limiting
restricting
modulating
trammelling
easing
trammeling
confining
interning
bringing under control
relieving
bringing into line
finding a solution to
finding an answer to
laying down the law to someone
keeping down
quashing
squashing
crushing
squelching
silencing
damping
diminishing
lessening
snuffing out
cracking down on
putting down
clamping down on
slapping down
getting under control
holding in check
quietening down
pacifying
mollifying
tranquilizing
US
gentling
humbling
muting
cowing
reclaiming
busting
watering down
getting a grip on
more ❯
“I think the question you're trying to ask is whether I am able to
govern
myself well, and by that I mean, am I able to regulate my thoughts and actions according to a set of personal values, morals, ethics, etc.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause a profound effect
impacting
affecting
altering
changing
abating
determining
modifying
shaping
transforming
deciding
reshaping
exerting influence
having an effect
having an influence
making an impression
touching
working
afflicting
agitating
biasing
US
biassing
UK
impressing
moving
reaching
bearing on
bearing upon
touching on
weighing into
influencing
upsetting
striking
swaying
troubling
perturbing
disturbing
stirring
overwhelming
conditioning
devastating
infecting
involving
acting on
damaging
hurting
grieving
distressing
saddening
attacking
concerning
paining
forming
controlling
shaking
hitting
hitting hard
manipulating
guiding
working on
impacting on
throwing
exerting influence on
striking at
fazing
prevailing
bowling over
having an effect on
emotionally moving
inducing
impinging
telling on
relating
regarding
taking hold of
inspiring
shaking up
interesting
overcoming
marking
knocking back
getting to
impressing on
knocking for six
impinging upon
prevailing over
having an impact on
making an impression on
tugging at your heartstrings
going to your head
turning someone's head
arousing
impassioning
grabbing
stimulating
melting
softening
disquieting
exciting
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to limit or restrict
restraining
controlling
checking
containing
curbing
bridling
restricting
suppressing
holding
limiting
subduing
regulating
repressing
constraining
muzzling
confining
corking
dampening
hampering
handicapping
inhibiting
moderating
preventing
reining
bitting
curtailing
harnessing
hindering
holding back
keeping
keeping in check
leashing
measuring
ruling
smothering
stifling
taming
bottling up
choking back
debarring
holding in check
reining in
straitening
circumscribing
cooling
delimiting
detaining
deterring
directing
gagging
guiding
hogtying
hogtieing
impounding
imprisoning
gaoling
UK
jailing
US
keeping within bounds
killing
pulling in
reining back
retarding
staying
stemming
keeping in
putting a brake on
boxing up
cracking down
hemming in
holding down
keeping down
keeping under control
locking up
pinning down
pulling back
putting away
sitting on
tying down
bringing under control
keeping in line
keeping the lid on
having on a tight leash
trammelling
trammeling
holding in
impeding
barring
freezing
withholding
keeping back
keeping lid on
keeping a tight rein on
stopping
arresting
frustrating
constricting
cramping
pegging
muffling
fettering
hog-tying
terminating
shutting in
cooling off
fighting back
slowing down
biting back
putting half nelson on
stemming the flow of
keeping a lid on
quelling
corking up
strangling
simmering down
gaining mastery over
gaining control over
disciplining
entrammeling
entrammelling
putting a limit on
demarcating
boxing in
cutting back
capping
halting
putting the brakes on
cooling down
bounding
buttoning up
keeping tight rein on
fixing
tying up
thwarting
obstructing
delaying
chaining
setting
specifying
prescribing
demarking
baulking
UK
hamstringing
bringing to screeching halt
delimitating
defining
girdling
stalling
foiling
interning
incarcerating
neutralizing
US
holding up
pausing
blocking
swallowing
catching
interrupting
squelching
cutting short
stilling
reducing
placing a limit on
bottlenecking
counteracting
staunching
keeping within limits
binding
necessitating
shotgunning
locking in
concussing
fencing in
banning
disallowing
closing in
denying
depriving
balking
US
immuring
cooping up
braking
discouraging
repulsing
choking
circumventing
checkmating
rebuffing
neutralising
UK
marking off
drawing the line on
drawing up
slackening pace
pulling up
fetching up
standing in the way of
interfering with
nipping in the bud
bringing to a standstill
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
playing for time
silencing
concealing
sinking
hiding
submerging
pocketing
shushing
overpowering
censoring
suffocating
snuffing
extinguishing
entrapping
bringing to naught
keeping feeling inside oneself
trapping
cornering
covering up
enclosing
keeping secret
collaring
oppressing
heaping
shrouding
collecting
composing
quashing
showering
quenching
putting out
squashing
hushing
quietening
icing
quieting
tongue-tying
hushing up
biting one's lip
drying up
shutting up
dummying up
shutting down
clogging
plugging
cracking down on
clamping down on
internalizing
US
bottling
internalising
UK
binding up
taping up
stopping up
keeping under wraps
jamming up
keeping inside
blacking out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for influence to believe something
predisposing
inclining
influencing
leading
prompting
biasing
US
biassing
UK
inducing
prejudicing
swaying
disposing
preparing
affecting
moving
persuading
priming
making
activating
animating
bending
cultivating
impressing
indoctrinating
inspiring
stimulating
striking
teaching
urging
making expectant
making of a mind to
making you of a mind to
tending
convincing
turning
impelling
favoring
US
verging
driving
favouring
UK
looking
gravitating toward
bringing around
making willing
not minding
leaning to
showing a preference for
motivating
conditioning
causing
compelling
actuating
colouring
UK
determining
coloring
US
provoking
triggering
instigating
inciting
encouraging
directing
distorting
twisting
poisoning
skewing
jaundicing
prepossessing
forcing
slanting
bringing
bringing round
prevailing on
propelling
spurring
converting
drawing
pushing
obliging
pressing
spurring on
making partial
weighting
tempting
warping
adapting
mobilizing
US
goading
coercing
sparking
emboldening
envigorating
galvanising
UK
orienting
invigorating
galvanizing
US
mobilising
UK
prodding
rousing
imposing on
enthusing
precipitating
incentivizing
impacting
controlling
touching
guiding
selling
reaching
manipulating
making biased
occasioning
moulding
UK
setting off
setting afoot
triggering off
touching off
setting astir
prevailing upon
firing
giving incentive to
predetermining
giving incentive
bringing about
making partisan
giving
leading by the nose
conducting
sucking in
telling on
cracking
winning over
turning one's head
nobbling
working on
molding
US
hooking
putting across
twisting one's arm
brainwashing
impacting on
carrying
talking round
softening up
impressing on
getting
enticing
prevailing
effectuating
enkindling
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make use of
harnessing
exploiting
utilising
UK
utilizing
US
applying
employing
channeling
US
channelling
UK
controlling
using
mobilising
UK
mobilizing
US
exercising
operating
accoutering
binding
bridling
checking
cinching
collaring
connecting
constraining
curbing
domesticating
equipping
fastening
fettering
fitting
furnishing
gearing
hitching
holding
joining
leashing
limiting
making productive
muzzling
outfitting
rendering useful
rigging
securing
strapping
tackling
taming
tying
capitalizing on
making use of
putting to use
strapping up
tiing together
turning to account
turning to good account
putting in harness
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