| appeal | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. appeal, entreaty, prayer | earnest or urgent request.; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" |
| ~ asking, request | the verbal act of requesting. |
| ~ adjuration | a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something. |
| ~ demagoguery, demagogy | impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace. |
| ~ plea, supplication | a humble request for help from someone in authority. |
| ~ solicitation | an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status.; "a solicitation to the king for relief" |
| ~ suit | a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank. |
| ~ courting, courtship, wooing, suit | a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage).; "its was a brief and intense courtship" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. appeal, appealingness, charm | attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates.; "his smile was part of his appeal to her" |
| ~ attractiveness | sexual allure. |
| ~ siren call, siren song | the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous.; "he succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness" |
| ~ winsomeness | childlike charm or appeal. |
| n. (act) | 3. appeal | (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial.; "their appeal was denied in the superior court" |
| ~ legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (communication) | 4. appeal, collection, ingathering, solicitation | request for a sum of money.; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" |
| ~ petition, request, postulation | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
| ~ whip-round | (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose. |
| v. (social) | 5. appeal | take a court case to a higher court for review.; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately" |
| ~ challenge | issue a challenge to.; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match" |
| v. (communication) | 6. appeal, invoke | request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection.; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ plead | appeal or request earnestly.; "I pleaded with him to stop" |
| ~ call on, turn | have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to.; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help" |
| v. (emotion) | 7. appeal, attract | be attractive to.; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" |
| ~ bewitch, captivate, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, trance, becharm, beguile, capture, enchant, fascinate, catch | attract; cause to be enamored.; "She captured all the men's hearts" |
| ~ beckon | appear inviting.; "The shop window decorations beckoned" |
| v. (social) | 8. appeal | challenge (a decision).; "She appealed the verdict" |
| ~ take exception, challenge | raise a formal objection in a court of law. |
| v. (communication) | 9. appeal, invoke | cite as an authority; resort to.; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" |
| ~ cite, mention, refer, advert, name, bring up | make reference to.; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" |
| belong | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. belong | be owned by; be in the possession of.; "This book belongs to me" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 2. belong | be suitable or acceptable.; "This student somehow doesn't belong" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 3. belong, go | be in the right place or situation.; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (stative) | 4. belong | be rightly classified in a class or category.; "The whales belong among the mammals" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 5. belong | be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place).; "They belong to the same political party" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 6. belong, belong to | be a part or adjunct.; "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong" |
| ~ inhere | be inherent in something. |
| ~ appertain, pertain | be a part or attribute of. |
| pertain | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on | be relevant to.; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" |
| ~ allude, advert, touch | make a more or less disguised reference to.; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" |
| ~ center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around | center upon.; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" |
| ~ go for, apply, hold | be pertinent or relevant or applicable.; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" |
| ~ involve, affect, regard | connect closely and often incriminatingly.; "This new ruling affects your business" |
| ~ matter to, interest | be of importance or consequence.; "This matters to me!" |
| v. (stative) | 2. appertain, pertain | be a part or attribute of. |
| ~ belong to, belong | be a part or adjunct.; "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong" |
| include | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. include | have as a part, be made up out of.; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
| ~ contain, comprise, incorporate | include or contain; have as a component.; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" |
| ~ embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| ~ involve | contain as a part.; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" |
| ~ subsume | contain or include.; "This new system subsumes the old one" |
| ~ contain, bear, carry, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ inhere in, attach to | be part of.; "This problem inheres in the design" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. include | consider as part of something.; "I include you in the list of culprits" |
| ~ count | include as if by counting.; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition" |
| ~ colligate, subsume | consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle. |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | 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" |
| ~ carry | include, as on a list.; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" |
| v. (change) | 3. include | add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category.; "We must include this chemical element in the group" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ add | make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of.; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
| v. (social) | 4. admit, include, let in | allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ admit, take on, accept, take | admit into a group or community.; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" |
| ~ induct, initiate | accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite.; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty" |
| ~ readmit | admit again or anew.; "After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted" |
| ~ involve | engage as a participant.; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" |
| include | | |
| join | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. articulation, join, joint, junction, juncture | the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made. |
| ~ esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction | the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium. |
| ~ connexion, link, connection | a connecting shape. |
| n. (group) | 2. join, sum, union | a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets.; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| ~ direct sum | a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets. |
| v. (social) | 3. fall in, get together, join | become part of; become a member of a group or organization.; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" |
| ~ sign up | join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate,.; "Sign up for yoga classes" |
| ~ band oneself, league together | attach oneself to a group. |
| ~ unionise, unionize, organise, organize | form or join a union.; "The auto workers decided to unionize" |
| ~ affiliate | join in an affiliation.; "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group" |
| ~ rejoin | join again. |
| ~ infiltrate, penetrate | enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members.; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor" |
| ~ unite, unify | act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief. |
| v. (contact) | 4. bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| ~ ancylose, ankylose | produce ankylosis by surgery. |
| ~ connect | join for the purpose of communication.; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" |
| ~ connect | join by means of communication equipment.; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area" |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ miter | fit together in a miter joint. |
| ~ ply | join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding.; "ply fabric" |
| ~ close up, close | unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of.; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella" |
| ~ anastomose, inosculate | cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis.; "anastomose blood vessels" |
| ~ couple, mate, pair, twin, match | bring two objects, ideas, or people together.; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" |
| ~ match | give or join in marriage. |
| ~ mortice, mortise | join by a tenon and mortise. |
| ~ cog | join pieces of wood with cogs. |
| ~ fair | join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly. |
| ~ scarf | unite by a scarf joint. |
| ~ rebate | join with a rebate.; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone" |
| ~ rabbet | join with a rabbet joint. |
| ~ seam | put together with a seam.; "seam a dress" |
| ~ bridge | make a bridge across.; "bridge a river" |
| ~ connect, link, link up, tie | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
| ~ close | bring together all the elements or parts of.; "Management closed ranks" |
| ~ ligate | join letters in a ligature when writing. |
| ~ assemble, put together, tack together, piece, set up, tack | create by putting components or members together.; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" |
| ~ sovietise, sovietize | bring under Soviet control, of a country. |
| v. (social) | 5. join | come into the company of.; "She joined him for a drink" |
| v. (contact) | 6. conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ feather | join tongue and groove, in carpentry. |
| ~ attach | become attached.; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" |
| ~ cross-link | join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein). |
| ~ anastomose, inosculate | come together or open into each other.; "the blood vessels anastomose" |
| ~ connect, link, link up, tie | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| ~ yoke | become joined or linked together. |
| ~ engraft, graft, ingraft | cause to grow together parts from different plants.; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" |
| ~ splice | join together so as to form new genetic combinations.; "splice genes" |
| ~ splice | join the ends of.; "splice film" |
| ~ patch, piece | to join or unite the pieces of.; "patch the skirt" |
| ~ solder | join or fuse with solder.; "solder these two pipes together" |
| ~ weld | join together by heating.; "weld metal" |
| ~ quilt | stitch or sew together.; "quilt the skirt" |
| ~ entwine, knit | tie or link together. |
| v. (stative) | 7. connect, join, link, link up, unite | be or become joined or united or linked.; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" |
| ~ syndicate | join together into a syndicate.; "The banks syndicated" |
| ~ articulate | unite by forming a joint or joints.; "the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones" |
| ~ complect, interconnect, interlink | be interwoven or interconnected.; "The bones are interconnected via the muscle" |
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