Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms with Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted WordsMerriam-Webster, 1984 - 940 páginas Good communication starts with choosing the right word--not always an easy task when the choise is between words of closely related meaning. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms makes the task easier by providing full discussions of synonymous terms and by describing the subtle distinctions that make one word more appropriate than another in a particular context. |
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... especially something inevitable or inescapable < all settled back into a sad sort of acceptance of the situation - Deland > Both acceptance and acceptation may be used to denote the state of being accepted or especially of being ...
... especially something inevitable or inescapable < all settled back into a sad sort of acceptance of the situation - Deland > Both acceptance and acceptation may be used to denote the state of being accepted or especially of being ...
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... especially for damages incurred through one's liability for injury or loss to others . Mishap as a rule is applied only to slight accidents , especially those involving disappointment or frustration < a day seldom passes without one ...
... especially for damages incurred through one's liability for injury or loss to others . Mishap as a rule is applied only to slight accidents , especially those involving disappointment or frustration < a day seldom passes without one ...
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... especially by adding adventitious or sometimes gaudy or fictitious ornament for the sake of effect < em- bellishes his style with imagery > < feats of virtuosity . . . with which she embellished the usual routine of the role -Sargeant > ...
... especially by adding adventitious or sometimes gaudy or fictitious ornament for the sake of effect < em- bellishes his style with imagery > < feats of virtuosity . . . with which she embellished the usual routine of the role -Sargeant > ...
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... especially to textiles ( silk weighted with salts of tin > Doctor implies tampering sometimes by adulteration but more often by alterations or falsifications which give an illusion of gen- uineness , of superior quality , or of great ...
... especially to textiles ( silk weighted with salts of tin > Doctor implies tampering sometimes by adulteration but more often by alterations or falsifications which give an illusion of gen- uineness , of superior quality , or of great ...
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... especially in the upper levels of the air and used commercially chiefly in disinfection , in oxidation , and in bleaching . In general use it denotes air that is notably pure and refreshing < the fresh crisp ozone of morning- Halsey > 2 ...
... especially in the upper levels of the air and used commercially chiefly in disinfection , in oxidation , and in bleaching . In general use it denotes air that is notably pure and refreshing < the fresh crisp ozone of morning- Halsey > 2 ...
Términos y frases comunes
action active actual agitation animals antonym applied chiefly artist association attack autarky basic beauty body carries cation cause character close synonyms color common commonly comparable when meaning condition confusion connotes corre corresponding adjectives corresponding nouns corresponding verbs coruscate critical debase definite deliquesce denote designate desire Dictionary DISCOMPOSE discriminated distinction distinguished divergent effect Eliot emotional epicene especially expression extended faith favor fear feeling force formal frequently give hermaphrodite honor human idea intent interchangeable involved lack less light living Macaulay maladroit ment mental mind moral nature ness object offensive one's oneself onyms opposed opposite passion person or thing phrase physical political reference regarded relation result Rose Macaulay sangfroid sense skill sometimes specifically speech spirit sponding adjectives sponding verbs stresses T. S. Eliot term thought tion tive truth usually implies usually suggests words
Pasajes populares
Página 31 - What happens is a continual surrender of himself as he is at the moment to something which is more valuable. The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
Página 315 - Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Página 266 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Página 159 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Página 317 - I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes, put from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...
Página 144 - And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large...
Página 236 - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry : be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Página 255 - Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Página 296 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.
Página 208 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...