| advertise | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. advertise, advertize, publicise, publicize | call attention to.; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS" |
| ~ announce, denote | make known; make an announcement.; "She denoted her feelings clearly" |
| ~ headline | publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline. |
| ~ ballyhoo | advertize noisily or blatantly. |
| v. (communication) | 2. advertise, advertize, promote, push | make publicity for; try to sell (a product).; "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" |
| ~ praise | express approval of.; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" |
| ~ propagandise, propagandize | spread by propaganda. |
| ~ plug | make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote. |
| ~ bill | advertise especially by posters or placards.; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso" |
| ~ crusade, campaign, agitate, fight, push, press | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" |
| ~ crusade, campaign, agitate, fight, push, press | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" |
| announce | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. announce, denote | make known; make an announcement.; "She denoted her feelings clearly" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ denounce | announce the termination of, as of treaties. |
| ~ meld | announce for a score; of cards in a card game. |
| ~ report | announce one's presence.; "I report to work every day at 9 o'clock" |
| ~ report | announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding.; "Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city"; "The team reported significant advances in their research" |
| ~ blazon out, cry | proclaim or announce in public.; "before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in the market square" |
| ~ trump out, trump | proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare. |
| ~ blare out, blat out | announce loudly. |
| ~ call out | call out loudly, as of names or numbers. |
| ~ advertise, publicise, advertize, publicize | call attention to.; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS" |
| ~ post | publicize with, or as if with, a poster.; "I'll post the news on the bulletin board" |
| ~ sound | announce by means of a sound.; "sound the alarm" |
| v. (communication) | 2. announce, declare | announce publicly or officially.; "The President declared war" |
| ~ promulgate | put a law into effect by formal declaration. |
| ~ say, state, tell | express in words.; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" |
| v. (communication) | 3. announce | give the names of.; "He announced the winners of the spelling bee" |
| ~ identify, name | give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months" |
| v. (communication) | 4. announce, annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald | foreshadow or presage. |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| communicate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across | transmit information.; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" |
| ~ implant, plant | put firmly in the mind.; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" |
| ~ send a message | give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally.; "The lack of good teachers sends a strong message to all parents in the community" |
| ~ relay | pass along.; "Please relay the news to the villagers" |
| ~ get across, put over | communicate successfully.; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ receipt, acknowledge | report the receipt of.; "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper" |
| ~ carry | pass on a communication.; "The news was carried to every village in the province" |
| ~ render, deliver, return | pass down.; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" |
| ~ message | send as a message.; "She messaged the final report by fax" |
| ~ message | send a message to.; "She messaged the committee" |
| ~ transmit, communicate, convey | transfer to another.; "communicate a disease" |
| v. (communication) | 2. communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ grimace, make a face, pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state.; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" |
| ~ gab, yak | talk profusely.; "she was yakking away about her grandchildren" |
| ~ finger-spell, fingerspell | communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language.; "The Deaf often fingerspell" |
| ~ aphorise, aphorize | speak or write in aphorisms. |
| ~ riddle | speak in riddles. |
| ~ project | communicate vividly.; "He projected his feelings" |
| ~ contact, get hold of, get through, reach | be in or establish communication with.; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" |
| ~ inflict, impose, bring down, visit | impose something unpleasant.; "The principal visited his rage on the students" |
| ~ commune | communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity.; "He seemed to commune with nature" |
| ~ ask, enquire, inquire | inquire about.; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" |
| ~ telecommunicate | communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail. |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ jest, joke | tell a joke; speak humorously.; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" |
| ~ blog | read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal. |
| ~ greet | send greetings to. |
| ~ address, turn to | speak to.; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" |
| ~ nod | lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation.; "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer" |
| ~ sign | communicate in sign language.; "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| ~ talk, speak | exchange thoughts; talk with.; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" |
| ~ speak, talk | use language.; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" |
| ~ gesticulate, gesture, motion | show, express or direct through movement.; "He gestured his desire to leave" |
| ~ telepathise, telepathize | communicate nonverbally by telepathy.; "some people believe they can telepathize with others around the world" |
| ~ write | communicate or express by writing.; "Please write to me every week" |
| ~ radio | transmit messages via radio waves.; "he radioed for help" |
| ~ write | communicate by letter.; "He wrote that he would be coming soon" |
| ~ network | communicate with and within a group.; "You have to network if you want to get a good job" |
| ~ signal, signalise, signalize, sign | communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs.; "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu" |
| ~ semaphore | convey by semaphore, of information. |
| ~ whistle | utter or express by whistling.; "She whistled a melody" |
| ~ throw, give | convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture.; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look" |
| ~ pay, give | convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow.; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention" |
| ~ render, give | bestow.; "give homage"; "render thanks" |
| ~ convey, express, carry | serve as a means for expressing something.; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" |
| ~ issue | bring out an official document (such as a warrant). |
| ~ come over, come across | communicate the intended meaning or impression.; "He came across very clearly" |
| ~ share | communicate.; "I'd like to share this idea with you" |
| ~ get | communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone.; "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| v. (possession) | 3. communicate, convey, transmit | transfer to another.; "communicate a disease" |
| ~ communicate, pass along, put across, pass on, pass | transmit information.; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" |
| ~ transfer | move from one place to another.; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" |
| v. (contact) | 4. communicate | join or connect.; "The rooms communicated" |
| ~ intercommunicate | be interconnected, afford passage.; "These rooms intercommunicate" |
| v. (communication) | 5. communicate | be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas.; "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?" |
| ~ message | send a message.; "There is no messaging service at this company" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| v. (communication) | 6. communicate | administer Communion; in church. |
| ~ commune, communicate | receive Communion, in the Catholic church. |
| ~ covenant | enter into a covenant or formal agreement.; "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world" |
| v. (communication) | 7. commune, communicate | receive Communion, in the Catholic church. |
| ~ communicate | administer Communion; in church. |
| ~ covenant | enter into a covenant or formal agreement.; "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world" |
| needlefish | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. billfish, gar, needlefish | elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters. |
| ~ teleost, teleost fish, teleostan | a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei. |
| ~ belonidae, family belonidae | ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars. |
| ~ timucu | found in warm waters of western Atlantic. |
| n. (animal) | 2. needlefish, pipefish | fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates. |
| ~ family syngnathidae, syngnathidae | pipefishes. |
| ~ dwarf pipefish, syngnathus hildebrandi | small (4 inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast. |
| ~ cosmocampus profundus, deepwater pipefish | a fish 8 inches long; found from eastern Florida to western Caribbean. |
| ~ sea horse, seahorse | small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position. |
| ~ teleost, teleost fish, teleostan | a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei. |
| widow | | |
| n. (person) | 1. widow, widow woman | a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried. |
| ~ dowager | a widow holding property received from her deceased husband. |
| ~ war widow | a woman whose husband has died in war. |
| ~ adult female, woman | an adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
| v. (change) | 2. widow | cause to be without a spouse.; "The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia" |
| ~ leave behind, leave | be survived by after one's death.; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats" |
| widower | | |
| n. (person) | 1. widower, widowman | a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried. |
| ~ adult male, man | an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman).; "there were two women and six men on the bus" |
| loop | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet, loop | fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines. |
| ~ fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
| n. (shape) | 2. loop | anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself). |
| ~ band | a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration. |
| ~ belt | endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys. |
| ~ drip loop | a downward hanging loop in a line that runs to a building.; "when it rained water would fall from the drip loop before it reached the building" |
| ~ running noose, slip noose, noose | a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled. |
| ~ lobe | the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern. |
| ~ jordan curve, simple closed curve | a closed curve that does not intersect itself. |
| ~ bight | a loop in a rope. |
| n. (process) | 3. iteration, loop | (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated.; "the solution took hundreds of iterations" |
| ~ physical process, process | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states.; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls" |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| n. (group) | 4. loop | an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan).; "he's no longer in the loop" |
| ~ clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp, pack | an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. |
| n. (communication) | 5. loop | the basic pattern of the human fingerprint. |
| ~ fingerprint | a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations. |
| n. (communication) | 6. loop | a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied. |
| ~ computer program, computer programme, programme, program | (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute.; "the program required several hundred lines of code" |
| n. (cognition) | 7. loop, loop topology | the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component. |
| ~ network topology, topology | the configuration of a communication network. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. loop | an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop. |
| ~ intrauterine device, iud | contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. closed circuit, loop | a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates. |
| ~ circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow. |
| ~ parallel circuit, shunt circuit | a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit. |
| n. (act) | 10. loop, loop-the-loop | a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane. |
| ~ inside loop | a loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flight. |
| ~ outside loop | a loop consisting of a dive followed by inverted flight followed by a climb that returns to horizontal flight. |
| ~ airplane maneuver, flight maneuver | a maneuver executed by an aircraft. |
| v. (motion) | 11. loop | move in loops.; "The bicycle looped around the tree" |
| ~ circle, circulate | move in circles. |
| v. (creation) | 12. intertwine, loop | make a loop in.; "loop a rope" |
| ~ entwine, knit | tie or link together. |
| ~ crochet, hook | make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle.; "She sat there crocheting all day" |
| ~ noose | make a noose in or of. |
| v. (motion) | 13. loop | fly loops, perform a loop.; "the stunt pilot looped his plane" |
| ~ circle, circulate | move in circles. |
| v. (contact) | 14. coil, curl, loop | wind around something in coils or loops. |
| ~ twine, wrap, wind, roll | arrange or or coil around.; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" |
| v. (contact) | 15. loop | fasten or join with a loop.; "He looped the watch through his belt" |
| ~ tie, bind | fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.; "They tied their victim to the chair" |
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