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aspirant, hopeful, wannabe

n. an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"

beryllium, Be, atomic number 4

n. a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

Be, Be Inc.

n. operating system company

be

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

work, be

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"

hopeful

adj. having or manifesting or inspiring hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"

hopeful, fortunate, promising, rosy

adj. presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"

rival, challenger, competitor, contender

n. the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

contestant

n. a person who participates in competitions

candidate, campaigner, nominee

n. a politician who is running for public office

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?"

heartening, inspiriting

adj. cheerfully encouraging

positive

adj. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"

positive, affirmative

adj. expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"

promising

adj. showing possibility of achievement or excellence; "a promising young man"

propitious

adj. presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs or success; "propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration"

industrious, energetic, gumptious, up-and-coming

adj. working hard to promote an enterprise

encouraging

adj. giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"

optimistic

adj. expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"

advantageous, favorable, golden, favourable

adj. favoring or bringing good luck; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"

differ

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

hopeless

adj. without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"

abject, resigned, unhopeful

adj. showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"

desperate, forlorn

adj. "a hopeless attempt"

pessimistic

adj. expecting the worst in this worst of all possible worlds

gloomy, pessimistic

adj. characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"

unfortunate, inauspicious

adj. not auspicious; boding ill

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