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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"

be, exist

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

be, 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, 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, be identical to

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

cost, be

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

live, be, 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, 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"

be, 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, be identical to

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

personify, characterize, be, embody

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

next, adjacent, juxtaposed, cheek by jowl, side by side

adj. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"

adjacent, contiguous, conterminous, coterminous, abutting, adjoining, bordering

adj. having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"

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?"

adjacent, contiguous, conterminous, coterminous, abutting, adjoining, bordering

adj. having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"

coming, future day

adj. yet to come; "coming generations"; "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay"

following, next

adj. immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"

future, succeeding, next

adj. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"

neighbor, neighbour, neighboring, neighbouring

adj. situated near one another; "neighbor states"

nearby

adj. close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"

next, adjacent, juxtaposed, cheek by jowl, side by side

adj. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"

neighbor, neighbour, neighboring, neighbouring

adj. situated near one another; "neighbor states"

contiguous, immediate

adj. very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"

nearby

adj. close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"

enveloping, ambient, encompassing, surrounding

adj. closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides

appressed, adpressed

adj. pressed close to or lying flat against something; "adpressed hairs along the plant's stem"; "igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson

approximate, close together

adj. located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"

at hand, imminent

adj. close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

at hand, close-by, close by, close at hand

adj. close in space; within reach; "the town is close at hand"

close-hauled

adj. having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible

close-set

adj. set close together: "close-set eyes"; "close-set teeth"

closer

adj. comparative of "close"; indicating that one of two that is the shorter distance away

closest

adj. superlative of "close"; indicating that one of several that is the shortest distance away

contiguous, immediate

adj. very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"

hand-to-hand, at close quarters

adj. being at close quarters; "hand-to-hand fighting"

near, proximate

adj. very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"

walk-to

adj. close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory"

adjunctive

adj. joining; forming an adjunct

affined

adj. closely related; "syllable to blessed syllable affined"- Wallace Stevens

attached

adj. fastened together; "a picnic table with attached benches"

connecting

adj. syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence; "`and' is a copulative conjunction"

contiguous, in contact

adj. connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"

joined, coupled, linked

adj. connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks

cursive, flowing

adj. having successive letter joined together; "cursive script"

Siamese

adj. connecting two or more pipes or hoses or having such a connection; "a Y-shaped siamese joint"; "siamese fire-hose lines"

well-connected, socially connected

adj. connected by blood or close acquaintance with people of wealth or social position; "a well-connected Edinburgh family"

together

adj. (connected)

differ

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

distant

adj. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"

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