Synonyms of the word

put

• v. To place something somewhere.
• v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
• v. (finance) To exercise a put option.
• v. To express something in a certain manner.
• v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.).
• v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
• v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
• v. To attach or attribute; to assign.
• v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
• v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
• v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
• v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
• n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
• n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
• n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
• n. An old card game.
• n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.
• n. (obsolete) A prostitute.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

apply

• v. (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another).
• v. (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate;…
• v. (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the…
• v. (transitive) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
• v. (transitive) To betake; to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
• v. (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of…
• v. (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
• v. (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
• v. (obsolete) To visit.
• adj. Alternative spelling of appley.

approximate

• adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
• adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
• v. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
• v. To come near to; to approach.
• v. To estimate.

arrange

• v. To set up, to organize, especially in a positive manner.
• v. To put in order, to organize.
• v. To plan; to prepare in advance.
• v. (music) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original…

articulate

• adj. clear, effective.
• adj. especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner.
• adj. able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals.
• adj. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
• adj. (obsolete, of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
• n. (zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
• v. To make clear or effective.
• v. To speak clearly; to enunciate.
• v. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
• v. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
• v. (music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
• v. (anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints.
• v. (obsolete) To treat or make terms.

assign

• v. (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
• v. (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.
• v. (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
• v. (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
• v. (transitive, law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
• v. (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
• n. An assignee.
• n. (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

cast

• v. (heading, physical) To move, or be moved, away.
• v. To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
• v. (dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
• v. (heading, social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
• v. To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
• v. To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
• v. (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
• v. To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
• v. To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
• v. (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by…
• v. To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
• v. (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
• v. (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
• v. (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
• v. (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
• n. An act of throwing.
• n. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
• n. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
• n. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
• n. The casting procedure.
• n. An object made in a mould.
• n. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
• n. The mould used to make cast objects.
• n. (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
• n. A squint.
• n. Visual appearance.
• n. The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
• n. An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
• n. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
• n. A group of crabs.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

commit

• v. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; — used with to, unto.
• v. To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
• v. (transitive) to have enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.
• v. To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
• v. To join a contest; to match; followed by with.
• v. To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally…
• v. (computing) To make a set of changes permanent.
• v. (obsolete, Latinism) To confound.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.
• n. (computing) The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository),…

couch

• n. An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
• n. A bed, a resting-place.
• n. (art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
• n. (brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied…
• v. To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
• v. (archaic) To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved…
• v. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
• v. (transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
• v. (transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
• v. (transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
• v. (transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
• v. (ophthalmology, transitive) In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with…
• v. (paper-making, transitive) To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould…
• v. (sewing, transitive) To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
• v. To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
• n. Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.

displace

• v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
• v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
• v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
• v. (psycology) to repress.

drop

• n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that…
• n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
• n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
• n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal…
• n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies…
• n. (chiefly Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
• n. (chieflt, Britain, when used with the definite article (the drop) alcoholic spirits in general.
• n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
• n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
• n. (American football) A dropped pass.
• n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
• n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
• n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference…
• n. (sports, usually with definite article "the") relegation from one division to a lower one.
• n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
• n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where…
• n. (US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
• n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
• n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant…
• n. (architecture) A gutta.
• n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's…
• n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
• n. A drop press or drop hammer.
• n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
• n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
• v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
• v. (transitive) To drip (a liquid).
• v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
• v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
• v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
• v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
• v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
• v. (transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
• v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
• v. (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion…
• v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
• v. (transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
• v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down,…
• v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
• v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman…
• v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
• v. (transitive) To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
• v. (transitive) To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
• v. (Rugby football) To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.
• v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
• v. (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
• v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
• v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
• v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
• v. (transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
• v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
• v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
• v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
• v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
• v. To give birth to.
• v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
• v. (slang, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

employ

• n. The state of being an employee; employment.
• v. To hire (somebody for work or a job).
• v. To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).
• v. To make busy.

estimate

• n. A rough calculation or guess.
• n. (construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably…
• n. An upper limitation on some positive quantity.
• v. To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
• v. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.

expend

• v. (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource).
• v. (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse.

formulate

• v. (transitive) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement…

frame

• v. (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
• v. (transitive) To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent…
• v. (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan;…
• v. (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
• v. (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
• v. (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
• v. (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
• v. (transitive, criminology) Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To proceed; to go.
• v. (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To strengthen; refresh; support.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To execute; perform.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To profit; avail.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fit; accord.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
• n. The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
• n. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
• n. The structure of a person's body.
• n. A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
• n. A piece of photographic film containing an image.
• n. A context for understanding or interpretation.
• n. (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win)…
• n. (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
• n. (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but…
• n. (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although…
• n. (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
• n. (film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of…
• n. (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
• n. (baseball, slang) An inning.
• n. (engineering, dated, chiefly Britain) Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
• n. (dated) frame of mind; disposition.
• n. (obsolete) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
• n. (dated, video games) A stage or level of a video game.
• n. (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
• n. (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.

gauge

• n. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
• n. An act of measuring.
• n. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things.
• n. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
• n. (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
• n. (mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector…
• n. (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
• n. (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
• n. (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
• n. (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
• n. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of…
• n. (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be…
• n. (slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat…
• n. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
• v. (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
• v. (transitive) To estimate.
• v. (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
• v. (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
• v. (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
• v. (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

guess

• v. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
• v. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
• v. (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
• v. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
• n. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

invest

• v. To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
• v. (dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
• v. (obsolete) To put on (clothing).
• v. To envelop, wrap, cover.
• v. To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
• v. To ceremonially install someone in some office.
• v. To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
• v. To formally give (power or authority).
• v. To surround, accompany, or attend.
• v. To lay siege to.
• v. (intransitive) To make investments.
• v. (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand…
• n. (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant…

judge

• n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
• n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
• n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
• n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
• v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
• v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
• v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
• v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

lay

• v. (transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
• v. (transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
• v. (transitive) To produce and deposit an egg.
• v. (transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).
• v. (transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
• v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
• v. (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
• v. (law) To state; to allege.
• v. (military) To point; to aim.
• v. (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
• v. (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
• v. (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
• v. To apply; to put.
• v. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
• v. To impute; to charge; to allege.
• v. To present or offer.
• n. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
• n. A share of the profits in a business.
• n. The direction a rope is twisted.
• n. (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
• n. (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
• n. (slang, archaic) A plan; a scheme.
• n. (uncountable) the laying of eggs.
• n. A lake.
• adj. Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
• adj. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
• adj. (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
• v. simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
• v. (proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
• n. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
• n. (obsolete) A meadow; a lea.
• n. (obsolete) A law.
• n. (obsolete) An obligation; a vow.
• v. (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

option

• n. One of a set of choices that can be made.
• n. The freedom or right to choose.
• n. (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can…
• n. (graphical user interface) A button on a screen used to select an action (often "menu option").
• v. To purchase an option on something.
• v. (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.

order

• n. (uncountable) Arrangement, disposition, sequence.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.
• n. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
• n. (countable) A command.
• n. (countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
• n. (countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion…
• n. (countable) An association of knights.
• n. any group of people with common interests.
• n. (countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual,…
• n. (countable, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below class and above family; a taxon…
• n. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row;…
• n. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry;…
• n. (architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon…
• n. (cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
• n. (electronics) a power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier,…
• n. (chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function…
• n. (mathematics) The cardinality, or number of elements in a set or related structure.
• n. (graph theory) The number of vertices in a graph.
• n. (order theory) A partially ordered set.
• n. (order theory) The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it in fact a partially ordered…
• n. (mathematics) The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials…
• v. (transitive) To set in some sort of order.
• v. (transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.
• v. (transitive) To issue a command to.
• v. (transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
• v. To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

organise

• v. British spelling standard spelling of organize.

organize

• v. (transitive) To arrange in working order.
• v. (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
• v. (transitive, chiefly used in the past participle) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure…
• v. (transitive, music) To sing in parts.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively;…

phrase

• n. A short written or spoken expression.
• n. (grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually…
• n. (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
• n. (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
• v. (intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
• v. (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.
• v. (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.

place

• n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
• n. A location or position in space.
• n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
• n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
• n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
• n. A frame of mind.
• n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
• n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
• n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
• n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
• n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
• n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
• v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
• v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
• v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
• v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
• v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
• v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
• v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
• v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).

pose

• n. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
• v. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
• v. (transitive) Ask; set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
• v. (intransitive) Assume or maintain a pose; strike an attitude.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to…
• n. Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
• n. Affectation.
• v. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
• v. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
• v. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).

position

• n. A place or location.
• n. A post of employment; a job.
• n. A status or rank.
• n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
• n. A posture.
• n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
• n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
• n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
• n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
• v. To put into place.

redact

• v. To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder.
• v. (law) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically…
• v. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
• v. (rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
• v. (obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.
• v. (obsolete) To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a…
• v. (obsolete, rare) To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.
• v. (obsolete) To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.
• v. (obsolete) To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

spend

• v. To pay out (money).
• v. To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
• v. (dated) To squander.
• v. To exhaust, to wear out.
• v. To consume, to use up (time).
• v. (dated, intransitive) To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
• v. (intransitive) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
• v. To be diffused; to spread.
• v. (mining) To break ground; to continue working.
• n. Amount spent (during a period), expenditure.
• n. (pluralized) expenditures; money or pocket money.
• n. Discharged semen.
• n. Vaginal discharge.

subject

• adj. Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
• adj. Conditional upon.
• adj. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
• adj. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
• n. (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses…
• n. An actor; one who takes action.
• n. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
• n. A particular area of study.
• n. A citizen in a monarchy.
• n. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
• n. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
• n. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
• n. (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with…
• n. (logic) That of which something is stated.
• v. (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially…

use

• n. The act of using.
• n. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
• n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
• n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
• n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
• n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
• n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
• n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
• n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward…
• v. To accustom; to habituate.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To become accustomed (to), to accustom oneself (to).
• v. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
• v. (transitive, often with up) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing.
• v. (transitive) To exploit.
• v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
• v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
• v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
• v. (transitive, with auxiliary could) To need; to benefit from.
• v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.

utilise

• v. To make useful, to find a practical use for.
• v. To make use of; to use.
• v. To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability.
• v. To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended.

utilize

• v. (US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise.

word

• n. The smallest unit of language which has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest…
• n. Something which is like such a unit of language.
• n. The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action.
• n. (now rare outside certain phrases) Something which has been said; a comment, utterance; speech.
• n. (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting…
• n. (obsolete) A proverb or motto.
• n. News; tidings (used without an article).
• n. An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
• n. A promise; an oath or guarantee.
• n. A brief discussion or conversation.
• n. (in the plural) See words.
• n. (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
• n. (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
• v. (transitive) To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To flatter with words, to cajole.
• v. (transitive) To ply or overpower with words.
• v. (transitive, rare) To conjure with a word.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
• interj. (slang, African American Vernacular) Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement…
• interj. (slang, emphatic, stereotypically, African American Vernacular) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement…
• v. Alternative form of worth (to become).