n. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

n. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

v. give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving"

v. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"

v. show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

v. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"

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

v. be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

v. think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

adj. well matched; having the same quantity, value, or measure as another; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law"

adj. equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "an equal number"; "the same number"

n. either of two correlated variables

n. a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction

n. a person's partner in marriage

n. informal term for a friend of the same sex

n. a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

n. a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"

n. a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"

n. one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participates in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"

n. a person from your own country

n. an associate you work with

v. search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"

v. perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"

v. examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure"

v. look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem"

v. examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"

v. to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror"

v. give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"

v. take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"

v. think moodily or anxiously about something

v. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

v. direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

v. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

v. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

v. have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be"

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

v. make a mathematical calculation or computation

v. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

v. bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"

v. make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

v. aim at; "level criticism or charges at somebody"

v. make level or straight; "level the ground"

v. position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders"

v. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

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

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

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

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

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

v. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

v. face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements"

v. achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"

v. be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

v. get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"

v. carry on a conversation

v. discuss, as between enemies

v. deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"

v. perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"

v. check, try, or ascertain; "See whether it works!"

v. see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"

v. follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"

v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"

v. make a mathematical calculation or computation

v. show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

v. form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

v. include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"

v. feel admiration for

v. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

v. show approval or appreciation of; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean"

v. place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"

v. judge to be probable

v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

v. keep an account of

v. show respect towards; "honor your parents!"

v. expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

adj. being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"

adj. being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"

adj. corresponding in size or degree or extent; "pay should be commensurate with the time worked"

adj. able to be compared or worthy of comparison

adj. closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"

n. someone who is not competent to take effective action

v. throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"

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

v. have no respect for

adj. poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure

adj. (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents; "vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church"

adj. fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas"

adj. not equal in amount; "they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities"