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n. a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

n. operating system company

be

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

v. exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"

exist

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

have the quality of being

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

occur

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 identical to

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

cost

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

live, have life

v. have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"

make up, represent, constitute

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"

occupy a certain area, occupy a certain position

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

equal, be identical to

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

personify, characterize, embody

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

stand, bear, stomach, brook, suffer, endure, tolerate, abide, put up with

v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

last, endure

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

fit, meet, conform to

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

duplicate, twin, 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, co-ordinate

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

cause, create, originate

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

name, mention, identify, give the name of, refer to by name

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, embody, body forth, represent in bodily form

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

refer to, denote, have as a meaning

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

imply, connote

v. express or state indirectly

imply, indicate by inference

v. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

mean, intend

v. mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

signify

v. convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"

differ

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

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