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1. Something that has been done.
2. To gain with effort.
Synonyms: achieve, attain, finish, complete, realize
Antonyms: fail, forsake, fail of, frustrate, defeat, disconcert |
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1. Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).
2. Give out. "We were assigned new uniforms"
3. Select something or someone for a specific purpose. "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
| Synonyms: | give, designate, appoint, convey, distribute, allot, name, | | Antonyms: | withhold, withdraw, retain, refuse, resume, disconnect |
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Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight. "a cumbersome piece of machinery" Synonyms: hard to handle, big, heavy, awkward |
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1. The first of two or the first mentioned of two. "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"
2. Belonging to some prior time. "our former glory"
4. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past. "the former president"
5. Of the distant past. "former generations"
Synonyms: earlier, preceding, prior, past, previous, precedent, antecedent, sometime, anterior, late
Antonyms: latter, current, posterior, succeeding, subsequent |
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1. A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas.
2. Be mad, angry, or furious. Aly fumed because she had to go to bed. |
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1. The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material.
2. Move heavily or clumsily. "The heavy man lumbered across the room" |
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1. An event that occurs at a critical time. "it was needed only on special occasions"
2. The time of a particular event. "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
3. An opportunity to do something. "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
Synonyms: show, occurrence, event, incident, shot, circumstance
Antonym: frustration |
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| an activity done without assistance |
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1. A violent commotion or disturbance.
2. (literary) a violent wind. "a tempest swept over the island" Antonyms: calm, peace, quiet |
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1. An act of traveling by water.
2. Travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means.
3. A journey to some distant place.
Synonyms: journey, expedition, cruise, trip, sail |
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