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Verbs (14)
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precede, predate
v. come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
precede, come before
v. be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
precede, preface, premise, introduce
v. furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
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Fuzzynyms (48)
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precede, lead
v. move ahead (of others) in time or space
usher, show
v. take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats"
submit, state, put forward, posit
v. put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
advance, throw out
v. bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"
offer
v. make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"
abstain, refrain, desist
v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
shun, eschew
v. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
refrain, forbear
v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
hold, carry, bear
v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
suffer, endure
v. undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"
stand
v. be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"
suffer, meet
v. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
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"
surrender, relinquish
v. relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another
abdicate, renounce
v. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
give
v. submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"
forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
v. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
abandon, forsake, desolate, desert
v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
swear off
v. promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether"
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Antonyms (5)
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succeed, come after, follow
v. be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
postdate, follow
v. be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday"
precede
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