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beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4

n. a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

n. operating system company

be

v. be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"

be

v. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

be

v. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"

be

v. spend or use time; "I may be an hour"

exist, be

v. have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"

cost, be

v. be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"

equal, be

v. be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

be, follow

v. work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"

embody, be, personify

v. represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be

v. form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"

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tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

last, endure

v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

meet, fit, conform to

v. satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"

twin, duplicate, parallel

v. duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

parallel

v. be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"

coordinate

v. be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well"

make, create

v. make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

name, identify

v. give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"

incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate

v. represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

denote, refer

v. have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "

imply, connote

v. express or state indirectly

imply

v. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

mean, intend, signify, stand for

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

signify

v. make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

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differ

v. be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"

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