| engagement | | |
| battle, conflict, engagement, fight | (n.) | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" |
| appointment, date, engagement | (n.) | a meeting arranged in advance.; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" |
| betrothal, engagement, troth | (n.) | a mutual promise to marry. |
| employment, engagement | (n.) | the act of giving someone a job. |
| booking, engagement | (n.) | employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time.; "the play had bookings throughout the summer" |
| engagement, interlocking, mesh, meshing | (n.) | contact by fitting together.; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears" |
| engagement, involution, involvement, participation | (n.) | the act of sharing in the activities of a group.; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" |
| settlement | | |
| colony, settlement | (n.) | a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government.; "the American colony in Paris" |
| settlement, small town, village | (n.) | a community of people smaller than a town. |
| settlement | (n.) | a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it. |
| colonisation, colonization, settlement | (n.) | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.; "the British colonization of America" |
| closure, resolution, settlement | (n.) | something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making.; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" |
| settlement | (n.) | an area where a group of families live together. |
| liquidation, settlement | (n.) | termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities. |
| contract | | |
| contract | (n.) | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. |
| contract, declaration | (n.) | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make. |
| contract, contract bridge | (n.) | a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid. |
| contract, undertake | (v.) | enter into a contractual arrangement. |
| contract, sign, sign on, sign up | (v.) | engage by written agreement.; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season" |
| compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze | (v.) | squeeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
| contract, get, take | (v.) | be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" |
| contract, shrink | (v.) | become smaller or draw together.; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" |
| contract | (v.) | make smaller.; "The heat contracted the woollen garment" |
| concentrate, condense, contract | (v.) | compress or concentrate.; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
| contract, narrow | (v.) | make or become more narrow or restricted.; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" |
| abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten | (v.) | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| covenant | | |
| compact, concordat, covenant | (n.) | a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action. |
| covenant | (n.) | (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return. |
| covenant | (v.) | enter into a covenant. |
| covenant | (v.) | 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" |
| pact | | |
| accord, pact, treaty | (n.) | a written agreement between two states or sovereigns. |
| comprehend | | |
| apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy | (v.) | get the meaning of something.; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
| comprehend, perceive | (v.) | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| comprehend, cover, embrace, encompass | (v.) | 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" |
| deduce | | |
| deduce, deduct, derive, infer | (v.) | reason by deduction; establish by deduction. |
| deduce, infer | (v.) | conclude by reasoning; in logic. |
| know | | |
| know | (n.) | the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people.; "he is always in the know" |
| cognise, cognize, know | (v.) | be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about.; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" |
| know | (v.) | know how to do or perform something.; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?" |
| know | (v.) | be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt.; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun" |
| know | (v.) | be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object.; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily" |
| experience, know, live | (v.) | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations.; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" |
| acknowledge, know, recognise, recognize | (v.) | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority.; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" |
| know | (v.) | have fixed in the mind.; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?" |
| bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | (v.) | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| know | (v.) | know the nature or character of.; "we all knew her as a big show-off" |
| know | (v.) | be able to distinguish, recognize as being different.; "The child knows right from wrong" |
| know | (v.) | perceive as familiar.; "I know this voice!" |
| understand | | |
| understand | (v.) | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| realise, realize, see, understand | (v.) | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" |
| interpret, read, translate, understand | (v.) | make sense of a language.; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" |
| infer, understand | (v.) | believe to be the case.; "I understand you have no previous experience?" |
| empathise, empathize, sympathise, sympathize, understand | (v.) | be understanding of.; "You don't need to explain--I understand!" |
| negotiate | | |
| negociate, negotiate, talk terms | (v.) | discuss the terms of an arrangement.; "They negotiated the sale of the house" |
| negociate, negotiate | (v.) | succeed in passing through, around, or over.; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass" |
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