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v. tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

v. take the place of

v. take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"

mean, intend, signify, stand for

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

mean, stand for, intend, signify

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

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compare

v. to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb

contrast, counterpoint

v. to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

correlate

v. bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"

match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree

v. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

twin, duplicate, parallel

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

intend, mean, think

v. have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

mean, stand for, intend, signify

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

aim, purpose, purport, propose

v. propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"

bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal

v. be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

count

v. have a certain value or carry a certain weight; "each answer counts as three points"

prefigure

v. imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"

embody, be, personify

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

imply, connote

v. express or state indirectly

imply

v. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

indicate, suggest

v. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

entail, imply, mean

v. have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

imply, connote

v. express or state indirectly

intend, mean, think

v. have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

mean, intend, signify, stand for

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

aim, purpose, purport, propose

v. propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"

stand

v. be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

differ

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

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